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ShinyBlueThing t1_j9axj32 wrote

I think this happens because of words sounding similar: charteuse (yellow green) sounds like puce (dusty pinky red) which looks a lot like mauve (dusty purply pink). Then the brain decides that all three are green, because the first word in the chain of words & meanings dominates.

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ChainmailleAddict t1_j9av8c2 wrote

Pepper spray doesn't do anything? Really? Maybe if they're on cocaine! I promise unarmed car thieves don't have the fight in them. You don't take out a gun unless you're willing to use it, and so many things could go wrong once you show you're willing to kill them. The best case scenario for everyone is that they stop breaking into the car and go to jail. Non-lethal is the way to go.

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_Kokiru_ t1_j9arka5 wrote

Well an itty bitty knife ain’t going to get you an upper hand, especially since most people have a knife on them (especially if you’re the “bad guy”. And in a 2v1 situation whee you’re out bulked, out numbered, and out tooled is never where you want to be. If he had done this at night, or in any other location, he very well may be dead if no one was around to help.

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