i have had to explain to multiple small-towners now that where i come from if you put an object down and look away from it it will not be there anymore when you go back to it and they’re just like “what is someone gonna do with my backpack? why would they want it?” and im like, well, for starters they can take it with their hands and then have it and at that point you wont have it anymore
i was told today that “its smarter to leave your car unlocked so that they dont smash your window just to find that you have nothing valuable inside” and im like ok first of all. in a full parking lot someone can just look in the windows of multiple cars and just pick the ones that obviously have something worth stealing inside. second, they can also steal the wiring? or the car itself? and my friends were like “why would anyone go through the trouble! thats too high risk!” and im like . high risk of WHAT. nobody’s going to recognize your car’s wires and bring them back to you.
cultural differences make for such fun conversation tho
