# "Old-personisms" that have sneakily snuck into your habits or vocabulary

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 12, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-personisms-that-have-sneakily-snuck-into-your-habits-or-vocabulary/978111 "2023-01-12T16:52:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-personisms-that-have-sneakily-snuck-into-your-habits-or-vocabulary/978111/310 "2024-03-12T21:04:51Z")

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Why, don’t 'cha know? In the _How safe is San Francisco/Oakland_ thread user **Past Tense** asserted that the reason SF came in so low in violent crime is because of the ineffective police/criminal justice system there.

> [@Trip advise - how unsafe is SF & Oakland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-advise-how-unsafe-is-sf-oakland/998671/26):
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> These statistics are for reported crime. People are more like to report a crime when there is an effective police/criminal justice system–something San Francisco doesn’t have.

**PT** has hidden their profile. 'Nuff said.

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