Hodinkee and I Quote

[YYR]

"Jeff's video is far too grainy to see much. You can track the assailant making his approach, then getting closer, and then Jeff discovering his watch is gone, but you really only know these things because the written story tells you what's happening. Otherwise, you're just kind of watching a crowd in a bar. Reading this story, particularly since the watch belonged to his father when Jeff was young, the only person you care about at all is Jeff.

Theft videos with crisper, more cinematic footage turn the crime into a movie. In Ocean's Eleven and other heist flicks, you side with the thief as much as you do the victim. The criminal is, after all, the protagonist, who usually has good reasons for wanting to pull one over on someone richer. The videos offer no such noble motivation.

Still, it's a strange reversal to see luxury-watch collectors – who are, by definition, privileged to own multiple examples of wrist-borne jewelry that nobody can be said to actually need – claiming victimhood. We observe this in comments posted to the videos: "A terrible world we live in"; "The story now in every city"; "It's awful that people would rather take from someone than earn that stuff themselves." Many of these comments have a grain of truth to them, but they also tread on hoary stereotypes about urban crime and ignore the overwhelmingly long odds against bootstrapping your way to a perpetual calendar."

[beshannon]

Cool story, would not read again

[enjoythemusic]

The article missed a great opportunity to focus on the why, and the lack of law enforcement.

[WilsdorfNDavis]

Originally Posted by beshannon

Cool story, would not read again

Agreed. I want those 30 seconds back...

[GBD]

Wut?

[brandrea]

Is there a link to the video?

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by beshannon

Cool story, would not read again

On second thought … never mind

[WatchGuy1966]

Wrong Forum, Bruh.... please review the guidelines.

[Kyle3130]

What about it?

[JRedford]

Only a fool would agree with that.

[77T]

TLDR and glad of it.

Great Caesar’s Ghost, is TRF to become some repository of others’ clickbait?


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[OverGeared]

Originally Posted by enjoythemusic

The article missed a great opportunity to focus on the why, and the lack of law enforcement.

That article is all sorts of wrongheaded, but "lack of law enforcement?" Are we supposed to want a cop on literally every corner? As if the only thing keeping people from committing crimes is the threat of getting caught?

[zengineer]

It's pretty well accepted that what I the online world needs more of..in fact probably the most important aspect of continued evolution of the internet and maybe even artificial intelligence...is to cut and paste stuff with zero context.

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[antrolexsub]

Originally Posted by beshannon

Cool story, would not read again

[PepsiBezel]

TL; DR: Hodinkee Sells Watch Insurance.

[southtexas]

Originally Posted by YYR

"Jeff's video is far too grainy to see much. You can track the assailant making his approach, then getting closer, and then Jeff discovering his watch is gone, but you really only know these things because the written story tells you what's happening. Otherwise, you're just kind of watching a crowd in a bar. Reading this story, particularly since the watch belonged to his father when Jeff was young, the only person you care about at all is Jeff.

Theft videos with crisper, more cinematic footage turn the crime into a movie. In Ocean's Eleven and other heist flicks, you side with the thief as much as you do the victim. The criminal is, after all, the protagonist, who usually has good reasons for wanting to pull one over on someone richer. The videos offer no such noble motivation.

Still, it's a strange reversal to see luxury-watch collectors – who are, by definition, privileged to own multiple examples of wrist-borne jewelry that nobody can be said to actually need – claiming victimhood. We observe this in comments posted to the videos: "A terrible world we live in"; "The story now in every city"; "It's awful that people would rather take from someone than earn that stuff themselves." Many of these comments have a grain of truth to them, but they also tread on hoary stereotypes about urban crime and ignore the overwhelmingly long odds against bootstrapping your way to a perpetual calendar."

A victim of a crime is….guess what…a victim. A person who commits a crime is…guess what…a criminal.

That fact that this is even up for discussion is a nasty indictment of our society today. Whether or not the OP is just a troll or not, the feelings in the post are shared by far too many people today. Repulsive really.


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[GGGMT]

Originally Posted by southtexas

A victim of a crime is….guess what…a victim. A person who commits a crime is…guess what…a criminal.

That fact that this is even up for discussion is a nasty indictment of our society today. Whether or not the OP is just a troll or not, the feelings in the post are shared by far too many people today. Repulsive really.


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+1.


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[YYR]

Originally Posted by southtexas

A victim of a crime is….guess what…a victim. A person who commits a crime is…guess what…a criminal.

That fact that this is even up for discussion is a nasty indictment of our society today. Whether or not the OP is just a troll or not, the feelings in the post are shared by far too many people today. Repulsive really.


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This was exactly my point, I should have explained. For those that did not read the article i did not give proper context