Originally Posted By u/BCMBCG At 2025-08-31 05:29:55 PM | Source


  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    They’re so damned easy to spot once you know. I started out catching them in our college bars.

    Had an agent of some sort follow me around the airport. He was clearly trying to look nondescript but his build, hair, clothing, demeanor, boots, all screamed FEDERAL AGENT. I only noticed him because I saw him a second time, which is a little odd given most people in an airport get where they’re going and park themselves. After watching him a bit he was actively avoiding my gaze. I guess the military backpack, combat boots and long hair made me look like a terrorist?

    I fucked him with a little, doubling back and making him follow, watching him in store reflections. LOL, he stopped at a closed store to watch me in the glass. Kicker is, it was a woman’s store and there was nothing interesting you could see from the concourse. And worse, he stood like a mannequin, utterly uninterested, obviously didn’t even know what store he picked. Guess he picked up on me fucking with him and bailed. Never spotted another tail, but who knows?

    • yucandu@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Well just think how your outfit would look from a grainy black and white ceiling camera, from people trained on videos of the Unabomber and Columbine.

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        2 months ago

        Forgot to mention, there was a grenade pouch on the back at the time. Turns out that though they’re cheap, they’re utterly impractical for anything but an actual grenade. Spherical pouches suck. :(

    • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      You totally should have just walked up to him at the women’s store and asked him what he thought was so interesting.

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        2 months ago

        I have so many regrets about not fucking with him.

        “Say buddy! You know you’re obvious as fuck, right?”

  • Rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’m sorry but what kind of uncover cop chooses to wear a thin blue line bracelet? Isn’t that, like… A bit on the nose? 😂

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    2 months ago

    i wish you had a photo from the front as well so you could better show “thumb for a head”.

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    2 months ago

    This seems schizo. I dont think the red arrows are correctly identifying things. Thats a pack on zyns in the back pocket not cuffs.

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        2 months ago

        I don’t have a dog in this fight, but Zyns have been around 10+ years now and dip has been around much longer, which is the same size can. That said, one might argue the dip is also indicative of a cop, as many chew since they can’t smoke on the job.

      • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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        2 months ago

        I dont think its a bullet proof vest its way to thin. It looks like a compression undershirt to me.

    • ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      it does look like a vest… not actually a bad idea to wear one at a protest.
      otherwise, schizo….
      if seen people go around saying people with goatees are all cops, 100% of the time.
      i think these are all about infighting.
      like “cop boots”?
      no, if they’re wearing the exact same boots as the uniformed cops, they’re cop boots.
      otherwise they’re boots, exactly what you should be wearing at any protest that has a chance of getting hairy….
      cops would love it if everyone wore flip flops