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Photo of a portable surveillance system with the caption “I'd rather see crackheads at the gas station than this stupid overstimulating
surveillance state crap”
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[–] 129 points 8 months ago (12 children)

These things are so fucking dystopian.

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  • [–] 144 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    They really are. I visit a location with one of these regularly  and a pleasant loudspeaker says "Welcome to [shopping area], please report any disturbances" and I immediately feel like I'm in Half-Life, or another dystopian video game...

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago

    The ones by me play loud classical music at night to keep homeless from setting up camp. Nothing makes me feel more safe at night than loud classical music. Just kidding it always makes me feel like a slasher movie killer is just a few feet behind me.

    Probably the most dystopian thing I've ever experienced IRL.

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  • [–] 32 points 8 months ago* (5 children)

    It costs less than 10 dollars to disable them.

    It also costs about negative 1200 to steal them.

    It costs infinitely more to do nothing.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    What even are these? I'm not American, we don't torture (or have) crackheads here. I mean we do have bums, but hard drugs are too expensive and hard to find for then I think. Booze is easy.

    Anyway, in case anyone here is thinking of their local community's wellbeing, idk what it's like in the US with tariffs and all, but I know that in general it's like 30 bucks off Aliexpress to get a cordless angle grinder that works with Makita batteries. Maybe 50 with a battery and charger included. Yes, they work.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It's like portable CCTV. Police cameras. They can move them to wherever the crime is basically.

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