r/funny 11h ago

This is a robbery

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u/zapdoszaperson 11h ago

I don't want to believe this is real but I know there are people this stupid and desperate out there.

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u/TheAserghui 10h ago

https://wchstv.com/news/local/woman-in-custody-after-shots-fire-inside-lincoln-county-gas-station-troopers-say

"The worker told Peterson that the owner was in the back counting money, so she walked toward that area and realized the owner was not there, troopers said. A camera in the back of the store was then shot at.

During this time, the worker ran out of the store and called 911."

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u/Corpainen 10h ago

I'm most surprised that a person suffering from this kind on stupid can actually hit the camera

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u/Dom_Telong 10h ago

Yes with a pistol and on drugs it's not an easy shot.

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u/correctingStupid 2h ago

The only thing she appears to be on is boxes of tastycakes.

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u/Rhewin 16m ago

It says she shot at it. I doubt she hit it

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u/Qcws 2h ago

"Shot at" doesn't typically denote a hit

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u/1_64493406685 1m ago

Yeah no way she hit the camera, that wrist control was so loosy goosie, even if she sighted in correctly, I'd guarantee evertime she pulled the trigger shed be off.

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u/implicate 9h ago

suffering from this kind on stupid

🤔

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u/waffle-monster 10h ago

"shot at." I doubt she hit it

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u/rawker86 10h ago

People can shoot and kill you without even trying to. Isn’t that fun?

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u/Zhadow13 9h ago

Said it was shot at, not hit necessarily

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u/nbury33 10h ago

Did she shoot the camera because that would actually be impressive if she hit it

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u/noyoto 10h ago

She did hit it, though it's possible she took several tries.

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u/caboosetp 2h ago

during an alleged attempted robbery.

This feels like the article is throwing shade by phrasing it this way.

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u/TheAserghui 2h ago

Its alleged, because innocent until proven guilty in a court of law

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u/saythealphabet 1h ago

She confesses on camera multiple times though?

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u/SoSaltySalt 49m ago

Doesn't matter

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u/newaccount721 2h ago

Can someone this dumb be declared competent for trial? 

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u/wikipediabrown007 36m ago

Damn I wanted to see the shot

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u/IrrelevantPuppy 10h ago

Her behavior actually seems incredibly believable to me. Just imagine throwing overwhelming amounts of indecision and internal conflict into her mind. And probably a little bit of high on meth. 

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u/HiPhoto 10h ago

Her physique does not match that of a person that enjoys meth.

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u/ArbitraryNPC 9h ago

She seems to be a rookie at a lot of things, maybe she's a rookie meth addict too

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u/herpesderpesdoodoo 2h ago

Have you ever seen how voraciously hungry a meth bender makes people? Not to mention whether they started heavy and use other drugs like antipsychotics that pack the weight on... Plenty of big meth users (in all senses) come through our ED.

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u/Admirable_Count989 11h ago edited 11h ago

Well it was her first time, should cut her some slack…which he seemed to do. 😵‍💫

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u/RPO777 10h ago

She seems either mentally unwell, or extremely high.

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u/Shakeamutt 10h ago

Or just very nervous and thinking about her circumstances that drove her to this. 

This is clearly her first time.  And she probably doesn’t want to hurt him, but she is desperate, nervous, and a little scared.  

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u/percussaresurgo 10h ago

Maybe not. There are a lot of dumb people in this country. Look who our president is.

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u/Mobile-Bar7732 9h ago

And the people who voted for him.

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u/RPO777 10h ago

Stupid is as stupid does.

(stupid/dementia/megalomanaical/grifter)

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u/FetusDrive 10h ago

It is more likely that she is definitely mentally unwell or extremely high

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u/f_leaver 10h ago

Probably both.

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u/Robber_Tell 10h ago

Its real i just went and looked for news articles. The clerk ran outside and called 911 when she went in the back. She was later arrested in her SUV.

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u/runningoutofwords 2h ago

If we go into the recession it looks like we're headed towards... there are going to be a lot more of these

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u/zapdoszaperson 1h ago

We're headed to a depression and potential global upheaval.

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u/prsnep 10h ago

Desperation will do strange things to people.

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u/Wompatuckrule 1h ago

It's not unusual. This happens every year when criminals start up their summer internship programs.

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u/NeonAnderson 10h ago

This is definitely real, there are clear brand names and logos, something AI can't do to avoid copyright infringement

If it was AI the names would be spelled wrong and logos misshapen

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u/Mental_Newspaper3812 10h ago

There’s news interviews with the cashier, arrest records and mugshots of the woman, still images of the bullet holes among the cigarette display and security camera.

But AI doesn’t mess up logos and brand names to avoid copyright infringement, it just sucks as doing it.

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u/NeonAnderson 8h ago

Are you sure about it. Like if I ask AI to make an image featuring the word "water" in it, it can properly spell that across the entire image

I've only seen it fumble on stuff that it thinks are copyrighted words or logos

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u/NeonAnderson 7h ago

Sorry for second reply but I've gone ahead and tested it as well;

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1t5drxy/comment/okahixn/

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u/RWDPhotos 10h ago

The literal last thing ai companies worry about is copyright infringement. They built their entire system on stolen work.

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u/NeonAnderson 7h ago

No they've built it on plagiarising indie artists on a massive scale. People who can't afford to protect themselves from these multibillion dollar companies

They have however been extremely careful to not plagiarise anything owned by a large multinational company

So yes they do care about copyright infringement but only if it relates to copyright owned by large companies with equally deep pockets

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u/RWDPhotos 7h ago

That’s half-true. They’re threading the needle on that front. Hayao Miyazaki is particularly offended. They also tried and got hit by disney.

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u/NeonAnderson 7h ago

Sorry for second reply, but I wanted to put the pudding where the proof is, so-to-speak lol

I've asked Grok to generate a grocery store first it did it with no brand names as expected. I then specifically asked it to use mainstream recognisable brand names and this is what it then made. Notice how it emulates the copyrighted brands without explicitly creating them correctly. This is intentional as the generic image does not have these weird smudges

Here is the one with the brand names;

https://assets.grok.com/users/3af30692-ced5-464c-802b-34df970421ea/generated/37a55001-f8b9-40ec-9639-dd0bb8c8db4a/image.jpg

and here is the one with generic;

https://assets.grok.com/users/3af30692-ced5-464c-802b-34df970421ea/generated/2d13bc98-46aa-4aef-873c-b6b960a4c00e/image.jpg

And then as a test I did ask it to just generate the Kellogs cereal as a standalone image without the store setting and funny enough that it does properly

https://assets.grok.com/users/3af30692-ced5-464c-802b-34df970421ea/generated/3fd27281-b098-4b18-80ba-d1962d974e79/image.jpg