FBI: buying coffee with cash = terrorist

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Quote from: film2240 on February 27, 2012, 05:23:29 AM

I do wonder how many shop keepers actually take this advice seriously as most people will continue to use their common sense on what's odd and what's normal. Maybe this advice is just there to keep people on their toes rather than help anyhting,who knows?

I think everyone missed that memo. Short answer as to who takes it seriously: nobody, because nobody knows about it - not management, not the cashiers, and not the paying public. And if they did know about it, nobody would care.

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Quote from: FirstAscent on February 27, 2012, 12:07:39 AM

Quote from: film2240 on February 26, 2012, 07:26:57 PM

Just glad I live in the UK (for now). As paying is cash for a cup of coffee is still normal even though a fair number of people use loyalty cards and debit cards now to pay for a cup of coffee.
I once saw a person in UK buying an iPhone 4S in cash (yeah,you heard that right) and there was no apparrent issue with the store/customer over this.Not even a suspicion (the customer in question was not from the UK).This was the Apple store as well.Apparently if you have the means to buy something,it's not suspicous (I guess) over here.

This is funny. What I mean is, it's funny how your belief of what it's like to pay for stuff in the U.S. is skewed by forum threads like this. For your information, the reality is, paying for stuff in the U.S. is exactly as you have just described it in the UK.

I accept that my view is skewed by threads like this.Thing is though that this info has also been talked about on other parts of the net as well so I got that impresson from those sites as well.I rely on the internet and other sources to find out what things are like outside the UK as I tend not to trust mainstream news (on tech anyway as they fear monger about privacy enabling hackers,blah,blah.) If the US is like UK for paying for things (as described above) then it's all good. I do wonder how many shop keepers actually take this advice seriously as most people will continue to use their common sense on what's odd and what's normal. Maybe this advice is just there to keep people on their toes rather than help anyhting,who knows?

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Quote from: film2240 on February 26, 2012, 07:26:57 PM

Just glad I live in the UK (for now). As paying is cash for a cup of coffee is still normal even though a fair number of people use loyalty cards and debit cards now to pay for a cup of coffee.
I once saw a person in UK buying an iPhone 4S in cash (yeah,you heard that right) and there was no apparrent issue with the store/customer over this.Not even a suspicion (the customer in question was not from the UK).This was the Apple store as well.Apparently if you have the means to buy something,it's not suspicous (I guess) over here.

This is funny. What I mean is, it's funny how your belief of what it's like to pay for stuff in the U.S. is skewed by forum threads like this. For your information, the reality is, paying for stuff in the U.S. is exactly as you have just described it in the UK.

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Just glad I live in the UK (for now) .As paying is cash for a cup of coffee is still normal even though a fair number of people use loyalty cards and debit cards now to pay for a cup of coffee.
I once saw a person in UK buying an iPhone 4S in cash (yeah,you heard that right) and there was no apparrent issue with the store/customer over this.Not even a suspicion (the customer in question was not from the UK).This was the Apple store as well.Apparently if you have the means to buy something,it's not suspicous (I guess) over here.

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Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on February 26, 2012, 08:59:08 AM

Quote from: Kettenmonster on February 26, 2012, 05:52:25 AM

I guess you made up that picture using gimp or so. Remember you are a terrorist, thus can´t be trusted! Huh

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If every transaction is done using the debit/credit cards the banks will be able to effectively tax every purchase. This is not due to deregulation, in fact it is illegal in most (if not all) states to charge customers differently based on the method of payment.

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Quote from: Kettenmonster on February 26, 2012, 05:52:25 AM

I guess you made up that picture using gimp or so. Remember you are a terrorist, thus can´t be trusted! Huh

I can see it now. Me, as the Da Bitcoin Guy, trying to get pass TSA in my get-up after purchasing a cup of coffee at the terminal. They'll be looking at these shoes after they when through the metal detector.

On a side note, I'm glad the government is finally declaring war on the internet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0OZlGu-kMo

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I guess you made up that picture using gimp or so. Remember you are a terrorist, thus can´t be trusted! Huh

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Quote from: istar on February 25, 2012, 04:55:50 PM

Howto identify a dangerous paranoid person.

If you hear someone who thinks they see a terrorist because they allways buy coffe with cash.
Report this person to the NSA.

Wait, what? This can't be right! Is it?

Quote from: ZodiacDragon84 on February 25, 2012, 04:48:33 PM

You still there PG? Feds didnt get you yet,did they?

Well, it's been over 24 hours and I'm sad to report that THE FBI CONSIST OF NOTHING BUT PUSSIES!!!

Now, let's look at how stupid this is. If you were to go into most convenience stores and try to pay for a cup of coffee with a credit card, guess what. Most of the time you won't be able to do it.

How many of you have seen a sign like this before?

Now, if the FBI can't even get this tiny aspect right, what the fuck else are they getting wrong?

~Bruno~

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Howto identify a dangerous paranoid person.

If you hear someone who thinks they see a terrorist because they allways buy coffe with cash.
Report this person to the NSA.

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The king and the pawn go in the same box @ endgame

You still there PG? Feds didnt get you yet,did they?

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Ok and if someone allways buys coffe with a card, their FBI. Its great than VISA and Mastercard know straight away who the FBI are, those erhm...smart ones who everyday purchase coffe with a card or wait, they buy every other time cash and every other time with card to appear normal...

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The king and the pawn go in the same box @ endgame

My mistake. Bruno of Sandwich, IL.

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Quote from: ZodiacDragon84 on February 25, 2012, 02:33:47 PM

Quote from: farfiman on February 25, 2012, 02:26:05 PM

It is one of the funnest threads in a long time.....

Brought to you by Bruno, of Castle IL!

It's Bruno of Sandwich, Illinois, located VERY near the corner of Castle and Center streets. I could gentling toss a sugar cube out my window and hit the middle of the T-intersection.

Only 5 more hours to prove that the FBI has nothing but pussies on their force. Pussies for not enforcing a law of which they imposed. My crime: paying for coffee with cash--I'm a Terrorist!

~Bruno~

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What if I buy my cash with coffee?

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bool eval(bool b){return b ? b==true : b==false;}

So what, just continue to pay your coffee cash. Once they have a few hundred million terrorist they have to take actions ... or so. Tongue

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Quote from: farfiman on February 25, 2012, 02:26:05 PM

It is one of the funnest threads in a long time.....

Brought to you by Bruno, of Castle IL!

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It is one of the funnest threads in a long time.....

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I must not be in on the 'know' or something, as I don't get how this is interesting.

- Either it's a joke, and boring.
- Or it's real, and who cares, because it doesn't affect anybody, because it has no bite.
- Or it's real, and who cares, because I'm sure your average coffee server never got the memo.

Summary: bunch of anti-government people on a libertarian forum either have their inside jokes, or they go around and get all up in arms over non events.

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