• acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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    2 months ago

    Or you pack stuff in your backpack while the line of onlookers loses their mind because of the added 3.6 seconds they have to wait.

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      2 months ago

      As a brown person in the USA, I feel that the racists would think I’m stealing if I wore a backpack in a store

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        2 months ago

        i’m a white dude and i get stalked around the store by random clerks, regardless of the store, for my backpack/purse (depending on the day) full of medical supplies. it’s not just you.