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really, unsafe?

Posted by Reagen Apr 13 '11, 13:52

my wife likes to tell the story about how all the pickpockets in Europe would scatter when she walked back over to me.

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I know, it's weird, right? I can't explain it. I have this weird "I couldn't defend myself" thing - amanda jones Apr 13, 13:57 8
- Defend yourself from what? -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 13:58 7
  - I don't know. it's not something I can explain or even get to the root of. it's just where my brain goes. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 13, 14:03 6
    - Could this be TMI? -- nm - OAE Apr 13, 14:15 5
      - how about this: you don't talk to me or about me, I afford you the same privilege. stay the hell away from me and I'll leave you alone. - amanda jones Apr 13, 14:18 1
        
        Oh, sweetie, sounds like you're having a bad day. - OAE Apr 13, 14:27
      - I don't see how. Can you? -- nm - mara Apr 13, 14:16 1
        
        because nobody wants to know!! never mind that someone asked... - amanda jones Apr 13, 14:19
      - Oh yeah...this is gonna end well. -- nm - Jim Apr 13, 14:16
pickpockets avoid tall guys? - loosilu Apr 13, 13:53 40
- Hey ST Talls, a poll: Ever had your pocket picked? Not me. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 13:54 39
  - Negatory. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, 6'0" Apr 13, 14:11
  - Someone tried on the Paris subway but I had my wallet in my front pocket. -- nm - Ender Apr 13, 14:08
  - I had my schoolbag picked. but I'm just a semi-tall. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 13, 13:58
  - nope -- nm - J Apr 13, 13:56
  - Nope -- nm - con_carne Apr 13, 13:55
  - not me -- nm - Remlik Apr 13, 13:55
  - oh, this is scientific. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 13:54 32
    - Just as much as any other ST poll, and we have been doing those for years. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 13:56 3
      - you're definitely going to prove me wrong this way, by not comparing the results to anything. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 13:57 2
        
        This is not a scientific journal. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 14:01 1
        
        winning -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 14:02
    - anecdotes are just pub science! - Beryllium Apr 13, 13:56 1
      - oh, for sure. My dad is just one data point. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 13:57
    - (as opposed to your dad's experience.) -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 13:55 25
      - it might help to poll, I dunno, short people. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 13:55 24
        
        loosi, you can't deride a poll as unscientific in the same breath that you were appealing to anecdote as data. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 13:58 8
        
        I retracted my anecdote. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 13:58 7
        
        11 seconds ago. -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 13:59 6
        
        Welcome to loosi logic. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 14:00 1
        
        it's incredible. it's like a double rainbow that is wearing the three wolf night shirt. - TFox Apr 13, 14:03
        
        and now I'm free to deride. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 14:00 3
        
        did you hear that? - TFox Apr 13, 14:01 2
        
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        I did, and it was awesome. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 14:01
        
        Because that will tell us about Talls getting pickpocketed? -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 13:57 12
        
        you're trying to prove that shorts get picked more, yes? -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 13:58 11
        
        no, I think he's trying to prove that talls don't get pickpocketed at all. If he can prove that, several other related facts are proven as well. - Beryllium Apr 13, 13:59 3
        
        it's meaningless unless they get picked at a different rate than shorts. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 14:00 2
        
        The concept of pickpocketing exists. Someone has been pickpocketed. If no tall has been pickpocketed, only shorts get pickpocketed. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 14:01 1
        
        It just makes perfect sense. - Spawn Apr 13, 14:01
        
        No, just that pick pockets avoid Talls. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 13:59 6
        
        if no shorts get pickpocketed, then maybe pickpockets avoid everyone. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 13:59 5
        
        the very existance of pickpockets invalidates that hypothesis. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 14:01 4
        
        and I thought you were an empiricist. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 14:01 3
        
        yes, and the empirical evidence shows that pickpocketing happens. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 14:02 2
        
        sure, to my tall dad! - loosilu Apr 13, 14:03 1
        
        there's a word for people who carry on in things when they know the other side is annoyed by them - Reagen Apr 13, 14:06
        
        plus, what will use as a denominator for the standard deviations?! -- nm - TFox Apr 13, 13:56 1
        
        we need to do a two-tail T-test, STAT! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 13:57

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