shopping rule theory

spujb@lemmy.cafe to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone – 1180 points –
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what about people that return carts half the time but dont half the time?

If you only commit murder every other day, are you a murderer?

the whole point of the shopping carts question is that it is not actually a crime but undesirable behavior. murder is a crime not just bad behavior. not a good comparison.

It's not about the severity it's about whether or not the frequency of which you do a thing affects whether you are labeled by that thing.

They generally know what's right, but mostly from people telling them, not from first-hand experience. Their values haven't been fully tempered yet.