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this post was submitted on 10 May 2024
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A Boring Dystopia
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The media has pumped us full of terror. The gun thing is a perfect example, but comments on that aren't welcome around here. I'll just say, the danger is nothing like most imagine.
Went to pick up a kayak from FB Marketplace, got the wrong house. Lady wouldn't answer at first, and that's with a German Shepard barking at me though the door and a Ring doorbell looking at me. When she finally came, she wouldn't open the glass, talked to me through the door.
For context, this is in the bougie suburb and I'm a well-dressed, middle-aged white guy. And I'm small. Hardly a scary man for the time and place.
On Nextdoor.com I see 1,000 idiot posts.
"Did you see the strange man walking down Oak Street?! I've seen him twice now!"
"A teenager came to my door today and I didn't know him! Has anyone else been terrorized like this?"
Those NextDoor posts are something else.
In my area, they tend to take on racist undertones. But, there are also posts of equal-opportunity fearmongering, wherein strange cars, teenagers with clipboards, or nicely-dressed middle-aged ladies taking pictures of houses are suspected of casing the joint for later break-in, accompanied by the usual question: Should I call the police?
Folks really are that fearful, and it’s a sad state of affairs.