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[–] [email protected] 107 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Thats one of those things that makes you think "aw man!!! Why didn't I know???"

But realistically, if you had known you might walk off with a few thousand dollars, but somebody would have noticed. Then there would be an investigation.

Because if a poor person living in the projects dies of starvation? Oh, that's fine. That's a feature, not a bug.

But if a billion dollar bank is missing a few thousand dollars? That's cause to ruin someones life.

So in the end it's good you DIDN'T know. Because it's a big club, and you ain't in it.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago

They'd investigate the shit out of that but if someone broke into your house and stole your $2k TV they'd file a report and tell you to pay to change your locks.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Because if a poor person living in the projects dies of starvation? Oh, that's fine. That's a feature, not a bug.

What's "the projects" in this context? I'm not a native English speaker and have seen this used in similar contexts but I don't know what it means. Translation fails me, I know what the word means but it clearly has some different usage here.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"The Projects" is a term used to describe government provided (or subsidized) housing for poor people. The term is generally used to indicate "a place in a city where income is low and crime is usually high".

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Ghetto. It's a flowery way to say ghetto.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

In UKese it’s “council estate “