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Re:75-year-old woman with shovel accidentally took down Arme... by fastball on Friday April 24, 2020 @06:00AM (#22966372)
The issue is that you didn't mention fabric / fashion in your first comment, and nobody can read your mind.

Your initial comment came across as saying you just didn't believe that people steal metal.

Re:75-year-old woman with shovel accidentally took down Arme... by vmception on Friday April 24, 2020 @06:34AM (#22966546)
The parent comment was "my dad used to tell me this story", "in rural India in the 60s"

It wasn't about not believing the possibility, it was about noticing how I heard a similar story which featured association and no source, and identifying that this is the same way that all urban legends exist. I also said "or maybe I have been missing an entrepreneurial opportunity" completely, and clearly saying that I am open to believing when referencable information was provided, which it immediately was by the first response while ironically villifying me instead of leaving it at the educational moment.