# I pit burglars **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 19, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535 "2017-01-19T12:04:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/61 "2017-01-19T18:36:22Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > What do you mean, I have nothing? The whole point of that post was pointing out that Obamacare screwed everyone over. Guess that sailed over your head. > > And no, the broken window is not a tragedy. It’s an annoyance, nothing more. Much like your post. Wrong. Republican obstruction of the ACA screwed everyone over. Otherwise, it could have been a resounding success. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/62 "2017-01-19T18:36:26Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Insurance has $1000 deductible. This comes straight out of our pocket. And we got him on camera, but because there was only ambient outside light, we haven’t got a clear image. A successful business owner like you can’t cough up 500 bucks? Sad! ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/63 "2017-01-19T18:37:18Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > What do you mean, I have nothing? The whole point of that post was pointing out that Obamacare screwed everyone over. Guess that sailed over your head. > > And no, the broken window is not a tragedy. It’s an annoyance, nothing more. Much like your post. It didn’t screw me over. It’s the only reason my husband and I have any insurance at all. But that’s small potatoes next to your broken window, right? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/64 "2017-01-19T18:37:24Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > The whole point of that post was pointing out that Obamacare screwed everyone over. Guess that sailed over your head. So, how do you reply to those whose lives were improved or even saved by the ACA? Were they screwed over as well? They’d have been better off not getting treatment for their conditions, just as you are better off for having a broken window? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/65 "2017-01-19T18:38:28Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Are the micro aggressions bothering you, snowflake? Micro? What’s micro about a broken window in my place of business? Do you own a business? If someone smashed a window in your business, would you consider that a micro aggression? Tell you what, bucky. If you consider that a micro aggression, I’ll be glad to PM you the school’s email address. You can use Paypal and send me the $540 it just cost to have the window replaced. You up to that, Mr. Micro? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/66 "2017-01-19T18:41:57Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Micro? What’s micro about a broken window in my place of business? Do you own a business? If someone smashed a window in your business, would you consider that a micro aggression? > > Tell you what, bucky. If you consider that a micro aggression, I’ll be glad to PM you the school’s email address. You can use Paypal and send me the $540 it just cost to have the window replaced. You up to that, Mr. Micro? Pssst… the micro-aggression he was referring to was the post you said “fuck off” to. Hence the quote. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/67 "2017-01-19T18:48:55Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Micro? What’s micro about a broken window in my place of business? Do you own a business? If someone smashed a window in your business, would you consider that a micro aggression? > > Tell you what, bucky. If you consider that a micro aggression, I’ll be glad to PM you the school’s email address. You can use Paypal and send me the $540 it just cost to have the window replaced. You up to that, Mr. Micro? As a fellow business owner who understands how annoying it is to take a dead loss on that sort of thing (My heat went out a few weeks ago, cost nearly $3k of money I didn’t really have to get it fixed.), I can sympathize with your situation. So, here’s a deal, I will send you the $540 to cover your window replacement bill, if you send the money to all the people who will lose their health insurance to get their medical bills covered. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/68 "2017-01-19T18:49:44Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Micro? What’s micro about a broken window in my place of business? Do you own a business? If someone smashed a window in your business, would you consider that a micro aggression? I’m pretty sure **Ravenman** was referring to some of the snarkier posts in this thread, not your broken window. I may have asked this before, but don’t you ever read over your posts and say to yourself, “You know, I really seem to come off as angrier and more belligerent than most people”? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/69 "2017-01-19T18:58:18Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > OP, are you pissed off that your window was broken, or that there wasn’t anything there worth stealing? Good grief. What a load of childish assholes have responded to this topic. I’m curious. Did you see everyone else acting like a childish asshole and think, “Damn, I sure don’t want the other childish assholes to think I’m not one of them. I gotta post something really stupid and chickenshit”? And voila, you came up with that? But in the interest of fighting ignorance and all that, I will educate you, if that is possible. I run a Taekwondo school. The vast majority of the business is open floor space. The “hardware”, such as impact bags, is too large to carry out the window he broke. [Interior shot.](http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d97/Clothahump/Taekwondo/SchoolInterior_zpsx1ryzktb.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/70 "2017-01-19T19:00:54Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Micro? What’s micro about a broken window in my place of business? Do you own a business? If someone smashed a window in your business, would you consider that a micro aggression? > > Tell you what, bucky. If you consider that a micro aggression, I’ll be glad to PM you the school’s email address. You can use Paypal and send me the $540 it just cost to have the window replaced. You up to that, Mr. Micro? Hey, look: another Republican asking a liberal to bail him out of his financial difficulties. Must be Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/71 "2017-01-19T19:12:02Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > What kind of school is this? The kind that’s easily broken into, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/72 "2017-01-19T19:16:23Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > What do you mean, I have nothing? The whole point of that post was pointing out that Obamacare screwed everyone over. Guess that sailed over your head. > > And no, the broken window is not a tragedy. It’s an annoyance, nothing more. Much like your post. Life must really suck when even the crooks and malcontents pick on you. Don’t let it get your down, think how proud you’ll be when you get your wall. ---
**Author:** ![Grim\_Render](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@Grim\_Render](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grim_Render)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/73 "2017-01-19T19:17:04Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > What do you mean, I have nothing? The whole point of that post was pointing out that Obamacare screwed everyone over. Guess that sailed over your head. > > And no, the broken window is not a tragedy. It’s an annoyance, nothing more. Much like your post. Oh, so you did return to that thread to answer Raventhief, Leaper, ThelmaLou, Budget Player Cadet and yours truly ? Because what it looks like, is that you… fucked off. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/74 "2017-01-19T19:17:11Z")
I’m gonna skip all this political crap and say I’m sorry that this happened to you. nobody deserves this shit. My daughter’s fiance had his laptop, tv, and video game console stolen night before last from his dorm. He is in the Army, stationed at Ft. Hood. They have key cards to get in to their rooms so it was probably one of his “brothers”. Stuff can be replaced (the MPs took the report but said it’s unlikely it will be recovered) but it’s just a feeling of violation, and for him knowing it was someone he likely works with every day that really stinks. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/75 "2017-01-19T19:25:18Z")
I was burgled once in Honduras. I was staying with a family while learning Spanish, and I came back one afternoon to find my room broken into, and my laptop and camera (and a few other things) gone. Luckily I had my passport and cash on my person. This was a few days after I got into a fight late at night from some teenagers trying to mug me, but they were small and unarmed (and I was drunk) so I resisted successfully, but they probably saw the house I ran to, so I suspect it was the same assholes. Condolences again to **Clothahump** , despite our (often very sharp) disagreements. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/76 "2017-01-19T19:25:44Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Insurance has $1000 deductible. This comes straight out of our pocket. And we got him on camera, but because there was only ambient outside light, we haven’t got a clear image. Then you should have been responsible enough to install adequate lighting. In fact, the break-in was partially your fault for failing to install lighting adequate to act as a deterrent (not to mention your failure to install more robust windows). Whatever you do, do _not_ call the police. They are supported by money extorted out of people, and thus are SOCIALIST. As for the window, the solution is simple. Have it replaced. When you are presented with the invoice, say the window wasn’t installed to your standards, and only pay them $20. That’s what Trump would do. . ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/77 "2017-01-19T19:28:56Z")
I think that its a failure of the education system in general that has led to this window being broken by a rock. If that vandal had bothered to study or to apply himself and had tried to learn from that Dojo… **… then he could have EASILY broken that window with his hand…!** ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/78 "2017-01-19T19:29:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > As for the window, the solution is simple. Have it replaced. When you are presented with the invoice, say the window wasn’t installed to your standards, and only pay them $20. That’s what Trump would do. > > . Trump would part with a $20? ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/79 "2017-01-19T19:34:56Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Trump would part with a $20? In a check written by the Trump Foundation? No question. He’s not a monster. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535/80 "2017-01-19T19:49:30Z")
At least with Trump in charge a lot more women will be coming in for self-defense classes, should make that $500 back in no time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-burglars/777535.md?page=5)