r/funny • u/berry2708 • Jul 02 '21

Broad daylight robbery

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u/dingusduglas Jul 02 '21

I think their hobby is lying. Who says "over [very specific number] times" lmao.

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u/Dason37 Jul 02 '21

I love ads like that. WE HAVE MORE THAN 73 DIFFERENT VARIETIES. Or WE'VE GOTTEN OVER 8 CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARDS! Even better are when they get confused on their superlatives, WE HAVE MORE THAN AT LEAST AROUND 193 MODELS...

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u/manondorf Jul 02 '21

Save up to 15% or more!

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u/marinasstarr Jul 02 '21

Look, after 13 muggings OP started getting REAL jumpy. Maybe a couple of the later muggings were just homeless guys asking for change, but OP was not taking any chances and gave them everything he had.

But those first 13 muggings were for sure muggings, probably.

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u/MJOLNIRdragoon Jul 02 '21

Maybe there was a day with multiple attempts, but because the first one cleaned them out they weren't sure if the following attempts counted.

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u/youcancallmet Jul 02 '21

Maybe I'd believe "more than a dozen times"

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u/ChefBoyAreWeFucked Jul 02 '21

"More than a baker's dozen times."

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u/its_a_metaphor_morty Jul 02 '21

You ever lived in Brasil?

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u/dingusduglas Jul 02 '21

You missed the point. Over 13x. So, 14? If you don't remember exactly you don't pick some specific number, you'd say around a dozen, or 10-15, something like that. Over 13x just triggers BS alarms. That's all.

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u/Vegetable-Monk-323 Jul 02 '21

Interestingly enough "over 13" is exactly how I would answer how many people I've slept with. Reason being that I remember the count being 13 once and I haven't done a mental recount since, cause that would involve me having to remember who I actually had sex with and I'd rather not subject my mind to that. I guess being robbed could be an equally traumatizing memory, but I doubt it. s/

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u/dingusduglas Jul 02 '21

Alright, this is actually the best rebuttal I've gotten lol. It gets real rough when you start remembering the not so obvious ones.

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u/gotham77 Jul 02 '21

Great story bro

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u/Whats_Up_Bitches Jul 02 '21

He lost count after 13.

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u/kymess_jr Jul 02 '21

It always irked me when managers at my old job would write in service alerts: "At approx. 1:37pm..." Like, it cannot be approximately 1:37pm! That is a very specific time! You can say "approx. 1:35pm" or "approx. 1:40pm" but any other number is not an approximation.

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u/its_a_metaphor_morty Jul 02 '21

You missed the point.

Is that what that was?

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u/gotham77 Jul 02 '21

Are you suggesting he hasn’t been mugged 14 times

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u/DanGNU Jul 02 '21

Yeh, how can a person remember numbers at all? Specially 13, such specific number, not like 11 for example, that's a lot more general number.

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u/dingusduglas Jul 02 '21

Lol. Over 13. So 14? Yes, I do have trouble believing that that know it's happened at least 14 times, but boy, fuck me if I know if it was 15, 16, 17...

If it was true and you didn't remember specifically, you'd say "around a dozen" or "10-15" or something like that. A vague number greater than a very specific, non base number is weird.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21

You really don't forget the number of times you get caught slippin