• TillieNeuen [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Hate and fear your neighbors! Assume the worst motivation for every possibly kind act! Monitor the outside world through your surveillance doorbell! :frothingfash:

    • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      You say this the same day my Q-head neighbor is having security cameras installed around the perimeter of his house

      I won't take credit for being the impetus for him doing it, but I too would be genuinely curious were large piles of dog shit hitting my house in the middle of the night

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Gross. The only thing security cameras are good for is racism and watching the fat opossum in you're yard if you're lucky enough to have one.

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        the great thing about growing up outside of America is that without guns those kinds of people lack the cajones to leave their house to confront you

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Oooooh no. "Paranoid aggressive neighbor makes life hell for perfectly normal person" is a whole ass genre, whether they're accusing you of trespassing or being satanists or something even more bizarre. I have seen so many posts about people building large wooden structures to block the view of cameras aiming directly in to their yards, only for the neighbor to go berserk and start screaming until the cops came.

          • SaniFlush [any, any]
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            2 years ago

            "I blame Fortnite for this large wooden structure! Violent videogames are going to destroy this country!"

        • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          I just hope that he takes into account that some people might be capable enough with a slingshot to damage or disable a camera from outside it's field of view

          After all, those things are pricy

          • SaniFlush [any, any]
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            2 years ago

            Hell, with global warming fucking up the seasons, a really bad freezing rain storm might block or even ruin the camera lens.

          • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            and the one's that aren't theoretically might improve with practice. I hope no neighborhood kids decide it sounds like a fun target

    • FlintstoneSpiceLatte [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Also, those SAME people.

      "Wait, you think that these ring doorbells are part of a surveillance operation and as such, you value your privacy?! Please, have a little faith in the private sector! You leftists can be so cynical!"

      • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah, I remember when it was in the news that the UK was getting lots of CCTV cameras. Americans were like, "we'd never allow the government to invade our privacy like that!" So now we're paying private companies to do it instead.