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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Just get a ute and some angle grinders, detach the entire thing from the bus stop at the dead of night and take your time to work on it at home

Just make sure your hiding your identity

Use a super common ute with a number plate switcher that rolls the number plates and switch number plates in a large enough area with camera deadspots

Then ditch the car somewhere, light it up to incinerate it and switch to another vehicle in another camera deadspot

[–] [email protected] 210 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Story goes that it was only up for an incredibly brief window (heh) and that tools were disallowed for all of the pre-screened participants of the competition. Supposedly, even with all of these measures in place, something still went wrong with the glass, causing the competition to run short.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They should've tried doing this in Romania, the entire bus stop would have disappeared overnight...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Half of Europe: Romanians steal everything!
Otther half of Europe: Czechs steal everything!

Meanwhile...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yeah, it was unfair of me to propagate the stereotype (speaking as a Romanian myself). We have a lot of good people around here, who're just doing their best to be decent and get by.

But it's not easy being an honest citizen in a country where the most prolific thieves are the people who're supposed to govern it... Corruption has been the main thing plaguing these lands ever since the Revolution, when the profiteers saw an opportunity to sell this country for parts...

To be clear, I'm not siding with the former "Communist" regime, which was a Totalitarian cesspit all in all, but I sure as fuck don't agree with the mockery of Democracy which came after that, either...

Edit: thank you so much for the article! As far as I'm concerned (and I'm sure this applies to a lot of my fellow compatriots), everyone on our lands is a Romanian. That has been one of our greatest virtues as a people, we accepted everyone among us. Sure, not everyone has noble intentions, but people are just people and they deserve to be given a chance. Too bad we've grown so hostile and closed-minded over time... God damn it, this hurts... We have such a rich history of persevering through oppression, only to be pushed toward being oppressors. And it's not the citizenry's fault, our "leaders" have pushed us to the brink...

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Hey it's bullet proof, not foot proof

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

foot clan operations intensify

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Not on our watch!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Well, I'd give it a shot at least

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, but after you've taken a shot of vodka, what are you going to do about the money?

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I call BS. There are still tools and ways you could easily break through it. Plenty of which are far better than just kicking it.

[–] [email protected] 100 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There was a guard. It was only $500. People were invited to kick it, but it was monitored.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/3m-marketing-scheme/

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No no no. Chop chop master onion head taught me everything I need to know.

Kick punch it's all in the mind, if ya wanna test me, I'm sure you'll find, the things I teach ya are sure to beat ya! Nevertheless you get a lesson from teacher! Now...

KICK!

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Dremel with a diamond drill bit would make quick work of that

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

If it's 3 million dollars, my car at 30mph should handle it.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Pretty much any tool with a cutting surface made of tungsten, high speed steel, or industrial diamond.

But one source I found says they only let people use their feet.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

If they're only allowing kicking, you should use a 50cal shoe!

https://youtu.be/Sfpr_S8nVLA

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

And nobody thought to install some glass breakers on the bottom of their boots?

Edit: Hell, I'd even consider wedging a nice sharp piece of quartz into the tread of a boot.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Bullet proof glass is plexiglass/polycarbonate, so I don't think a glass breaker would help.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

It's like an inch thick plastic, so I doubt that would help. I think that's what they make the overlook sky balconys out of, so it's pretty resilient. Maybe you could whittle away at it with metal cleats over time? But I think they would probably kick you out first.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 days ago

Bus stop.

Bus.

Pretty sure if the bus went at it fast enough backwards it would do better than some clown and his size 11s

[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 days ago

PR, only installed for the photoshoot, if that.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Get a long industrial chain, tie it around the display, drag the whole thing away with a truck. Drag all the way out to the middle of nowhere and then take your time figuring out how to break, take part, cut, burn, explode or destroy the glass.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

This reminds me of that breaking bad episode.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Box truck with Faraday cage for blocking gps.

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