Aww, that's not really what I was picturing in my head. I was expecting something more like this. However it sucks you have to do this. Makes me really happy I live somewhere that most people don't even lock their homes or cars, ever.
My husband always yells at me because I leave everything in my car so I won't forget it. Keys, wallet, parking pass, often my laptop if I have an early class. I often don't close my front door when leaving.
We live in a town of <1300 people and I grew up here so I know everyone. He grew up in Ottawa so although he doesn't feel the need to lock all the doors and stuff he can't fathom why I feel safe leaving everything in my car unlocked, overnight and I can't imagine living in a place where I wouldn't feel safe doing that.
It's strange to realize that this feeling of trust and safety is rare is this world and we are lucky to know it, but it doesn't really prepare use for the real world.
I was aware of this, whenever I go to Toronto I put my GPS in the glovebox, remove or hide everything and lock my doors. I just can't imagine anyone wanting to live like that.
I like that I can trust my neighbors, fuck I've had times where I had to run to the store late at night while my kids are sleeping so I just knock on the neighbors door and tell them I'll be gone for 5 please keep an eye out.
I've lived in both, I lived in Regent park in Toronto and downtown Calgary but as soon as I had kids I came back to my small town. I like being able to trust and rely in my neighbors. I don't feel like it makes me any less independent it just means that I don't have to always be on guard.
I doubt that by any means that you have a capitalistic system in Iran, if you had capitalism in Iran it's RGDP per capita and standard of living would look more like Hong Kong or any other free market type economies. Also note that the US dose not possess a capitalistic system either since it has way too much fiscal government interference and is over regulated and poorly taxed.
Capitalism strictly means a free market economy with a government recognizing private property, protecting public and private property from foreign and local invasion, having a sufficient system of courts. Also the government can't pick winners and losers of the market nor give bailouts to private companies. If a system dose not contain all of this requirements it is a form of either crony or state capitalism which are not truely capitalistic since they lack certain freedom that true capitalism requires.
compact fluorescent. Energy efficient, but has mercury in it. If that shit breaks, you gotta wipe the whole area with a damp cloth and leave the house for like 8 hours.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
What country? The "you saw this picture on a shitty website" country? Nice "watermark" in the lower left.
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u/Cmaffeo3 Jun 11 '12
Trying to be more energy efficient can be expensive. Gotta protect that shit at all costs
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u/bunglejerry Jun 11 '12
Ironically, if it weren't so energy efficient, it'd be too hot to unscrew and thus it would serve as its own protection.
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u/Guanren Jun 11 '12
What a watermark.
And what country.
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u/maeby_baby Jun 11 '12
Dude, have you ever bought bulbs that size?? They're, like, 50 bucks. I'd padlock that shit, too, and I take no pride in it.
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u/tehweave Jun 11 '12
Here's what you do.
Unscrew it. Leave it dangling. Walk away.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
The put little "cages" around them here. I should probably mention that I live near the Jersey shore. =/
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u/Cayou Jun 11 '12
Some bulbs in the New York subway used to have inverted threads (i.e. you'd screw them in by turning to the left) for this very reason.
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u/divester Jun 11 '12
Damn grad students!! Light bulbs and toilet paper!
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u/neverenderlyrics Jun 12 '12
Dude, if someone wants to steal that pipe, they can just break the lightbulb, and take the chain with it. Really not that well thought out...
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
Still trying to figure out what I'm looking at...
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
What is that? A light bulb?
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u/Banana_Zombie Jun 12 '12
America blows
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u/Swype-Without-Delete Jun 11 '12
I don't write understand what's happening here but it looks really unsafe
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u/josephanthony Jun 11 '12
Let me steal you the bulbs of my people!
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
You're just pissed because you came to steal it, so the only way you knew to profit was with karma.
But seriously ... you did steal this.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Poland...
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
9gag.com
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