• The Per-Pound Grape Scam

    From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Wed Sep 23 21:21:45 2026
    You wouldn't believe it if you didn't see it.

    A woman in a NYC grocery store got into it with a staff member over a bag of grapes. The sign said $2.99 a pound. The bag came in a little over a pound at checkout, so the total was $3.34. She immediately decided this was a scam.

    Then she proudly announced that she had graduated from high school as if that settled the math.

    The employee eventually just sold her the grapes at the lower price. Not because she was right. Because explaining "per pound" to someone who treats a high-school diploma like a law degree was clearly a lost cause.

    How do people with such a low IQ get through a normal day?


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2102505086580563968/vid/avc1/720x1280/bPQsoy0s0c73Qu2F.mp4

    This is like all the black people on the exTwitters who can't understand "per capita" (in relation to crime) and claim the entire concept of per capita is just a white supremacy ploy to blame black people for all the crime in the city.



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  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Wed Sep 23 17:45:59 2026
    On 9/23/2026 5:21 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    You wouldn't believe it if you didn't see it.

    A woman in a NYC grocery store got into it with a staff member over
    a bag of grapes. The sign said $2.99 a pound. The bag came in a
    little over a pound at checkout, so the total was $3.34. She
    immediately decided this was a scam.

    Then she proudly announced that she had graduated from high school
    as if that settled the math.

    The employee eventually just sold her the grapes at the lower price.
    Not because she was right. Because explaining "per pound" to someone
    who treats a high-school diploma like a law degree was clearly a
    lost cause.

    How do people with such a low IQ get through a normal day?


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2102505086580563968/vid/ avc1/720x1280/bPQsoy0s0c73Qu2F.mp4

    This is like all the black people on the exTwitters who can't
    understand "per capita" (in relation to crime) and claim the entire
    concept of per capita is just a white supremacy ploy to blame black
    people for all the crime in the city.

    Her shortcoming wasn't stupidity, it was "I know I'm right". Like even
    a *middle*-school graduate, she was more than capable of understanding
    his straightforward explanation, but she never heard a word of it.


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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Wed Sep 23 15:48:12 2026
    moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On 9/23/2026 5:21 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    You wouldn't believe it if you didn't see it.

    A woman in a NYC grocery store got into it with a staff member over
    a bag of grapes. The sign said $2.99 a pound. The bag came in a
    little over a pound at checkout, so the total was $3.34. She
    immediately decided this was a scam.

    Then she proudly announced that she had graduated from high school
    as if that settled the math.

    The employee eventually just sold her the grapes at the lower price.
    Not because she was right. Because explaining "per pound" to someone
    who treats a high-school diploma like a law degree was clearly a
    lost cause.

    How do people with such a low IQ get through a normal day?


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2102505086580563968/vid/
    avc1/720x1280/bPQsoy0s0c73Qu2F.mp4

    This is like all the black people on the exTwitters who can't
    understand "per capita" (in relation to crime) and claim the entire
    concept of per capita is just a white supremacy ploy to blame black
    people for all the crime in the city.

    Her shortcoming wasn't stupidity, it was "I know I'm right". Like even
    a *middle*-school graduate, she was more than capable of understanding
    his straightforward explanation, but she never heard a word of it.



    Oh, I?m quite certain she?s that stupid. She wouldn?t even believe a scale
    is a scale. I?m sure there?s a joke in there somewhere about the high
    schools in New Jersey.

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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Wed Sep 23 22:58:13 2026
    On Sep 23, 2026 at 2:45:59 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 9/23/2026 5:21 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    You wouldn't believe it if you didn't see it.

    A woman in a NYC grocery store got into it with a staff member over
    a bag of grapes. The sign said $2.99 a pound. The bag came in a
    little over a pound at checkout, so the total was $3.34. She
    immediately decided this was a scam.

    Then she proudly announced that she had graduated from high school
    as if that settled the math.

    The employee eventually just sold her the grapes at the lower price.
    Not because she was right. Because explaining "per pound" to someone
    who treats a high-school diploma like a law degree was clearly a
    lost cause.

    How do people with such a low IQ get through a normal day?


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2102505086580563968/vid/
    avc1/720x1280/bPQsoy0s0c73Qu2F.mp4

    This is like all the black people on the exTwitters who can't
    understand "per capita" (in relation to crime) and claim the entire
    concept of per capita is just a white supremacy ploy to blame black
    people for all the crime in the city.

    Her shortcoming wasn't stupidity, it was "I know I'm right". Like even
    a *middle*-school graduate, she was more than capable of understanding
    his straightforward explanation, but she never heard a word of it.

    Videos like this are amusing, but something around 25% of high school
    graduates can't read at all, and nearly 50% of adults are functionally illiterate - unable to read at even an 8th grade level. And those people are now becoming teachers and politicians responsible for setting policy and curricula for the next generation. Meanwhile China, which couldn't care less about bullshit like DEI and transgenderism in schools, is eating our lunch, graduating kids with the functional equivalent of PhDs in the hard sciences from their version of high school.

    Forget wondering how people like the Grape Lady get through a normal day and start asking how we as a nation can possibly recover from this tailspin.



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  • From shawn@3:633/10 to All on Wed Sep 23 19:06:49 2026
    On Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:58:13 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    On Sep 23, 2026 at 2:45:59 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 9/23/2026 5:21 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    You wouldn't believe it if you didn't see it.

    A woman in a NYC grocery store got into it with a staff member over
    a bag of grapes. The sign said $2.99 a pound. The bag came in a
    little over a pound at checkout, so the total was $3.34. She
    immediately decided this was a scam.

    Then she proudly announced that she had graduated from high school
    as if that settled the math.

    The employee eventually just sold her the grapes at the lower price.
    Not because she was right. Because explaining "per pound" to someone
    who treats a high-school diploma like a law degree was clearly a
    lost cause.

    How do people with such a low IQ get through a normal day?


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2102505086580563968/vid/
    avc1/720x1280/bPQsoy0s0c73Qu2F.mp4

    This is like all the black people on the exTwitters who can't
    understand "per capita" (in relation to crime) and claim the entire
    concept of per capita is just a white supremacy ploy to blame black
    people for all the crime in the city.

    Her shortcoming wasn't stupidity, it was "I know I'm right". Like even
    a *middle*-school graduate, she was more than capable of understanding
    his straightforward explanation, but she never heard a word of it.

    Videos like this are amusing, but something around 25% of high school >graduates can't read at all, and nearly 50% of adults are functionally >illiterate - unable to read at even an 8th grade level. And those people are >now becoming teachers and politicians responsible for setting policy and >curricula for the next generation. Meanwhile China, which couldn't care less >about bullshit like DEI and transgenderism in schools, is eating our lunch, >graduating kids with the functional equivalent of PhDs in the hard sciences >from their version of high school.

    Forget wondering how people like the Grape Lady get through a normal day and >start asking how we as a nation can possibly recover from this tailspin.


    Is it a tailspin when this has likely been the situation forever.
    After all the population has always been split with a good number
    being of low intelligence, even below the functional level.

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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Thu Sep 24 07:06:57 2026
    On 2026-09-23 5:21 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    You wouldn't believe it if you didn't see it.

    A woman in a NYC grocery store got into it with a staff member over a bag of grapes. The sign said $2.99 a pound. The bag came in a little over a pound at checkout, so the total was $3.34. She immediately decided this was a scam.

    Then she proudly announced that she had graduated from high school as if that settled the math.

    The employee eventually just sold her the grapes at the lower price. Not because she was right. Because explaining "per pound" to someone who treats a high-school diploma like a law degree was clearly a lost cause.

    How do people with such a low IQ get through a normal day?


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2102505086580563968/vid/avc1/720x1280/bPQsoy0s0c73Qu2F.mp4

    This is like all the black people on the exTwitters who can't understand "per capita" (in relation to crime) and claim the entire concept of per capita is just a white supremacy ploy to blame black people for all the crime in the city.

    If I had been the clerk and had time to deal with her ignorance, I might
    have grabbed a few more bags of grapes and showed her that each came to
    a different weight on the scale. If the bags were of visibly different
    size and the bigger one displayed a higher weight and price, the penny
    might have dropped for her. At least she might have been persuaded that
    the scanner was also a scale. The other thing I might have tried is
    opening the bag and taking a few grapes out so that it weighed exactly a pound.

    My concern with him just giving it to her cheaper is that people seeing
    the video are going to try the same faulty reasoning at other stores,
    even if they understand she is wrong, for the simple reason that it
    worked and might save them some money, too.

    I've seen a bunch of those sovereign citizen videos and clearly this
    nonsense has propagated widely in many states. A whole lot of people
    have mistaken ideas about that and other things as well and it seems
    likely that those ideas are getting propagated on social media. I've
    been astonished at how many people, when told "You're under arrest",
    insist "No I'm not!" as if their agreement is a factor; they seem to
    think they only have to say that and the officer is obliged to let them
    go. Others think they're entitled to call their lawyers or confer with
    them just because an officer has asked for ID.

    And then there seem to be a LOT of people who have a complete inability
    to listen. The cop explains why they are being detained and they
    immediately ask why. Then the loop begins: he explains again, they ask
    why again, another explanation, another why, time and time again,
    sometimes a dozen times or more.



    --
    Rhino

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Fri Sep 25 00:51:10 2026
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-09-23 5:21 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    You wouldn't believe it if you didn't see it.

    A woman in a NYC grocery store got into it with a staff member over a bag of >> grapes. The sign said $2.99 a pound. The bag came in a little over a pound at
    checkout, so the total was $3.34. She immediately decided this was a scam. >>
    Then she proudly announced that she had graduated from high school as if that
    settled the math.

    The employee eventually just sold her the grapes at the lower price. Not
    because she was right. Because explaining "per pound" to someone who treats a
    high-school diploma like a law degree was clearly a lost cause.

    How do people with such a low IQ get through a normal day?


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2102505086580563968/vid/avc1/720x1280/bPQsoy0s0c73Qu2F.mp4

    This is like all the black people on the exTwitters who can't understand "per
    capita" (in relation to crime) and claim the entire concept of per capita is >> just a white supremacy ploy to blame black people for all the crime in the >> city.

    If I had been the clerk and had time to deal with her ignorance, I might have grabbed a few more bags of grapes and showed her that each came to
    a different weight on the scale.

    It?s not a scale, it?s a scanner. And she says it can be set to display any number he wants.

    If the bags were of visibly different
    size and the bigger one displayed a higher weight and price, the penny
    might have dropped for her. At least she might have been persuaded that
    the scanner was also a scale. The other thing I might have tried is
    opening the bag and taking a few grapes out so that it weighed exactly a pound.

    I?m amazed there isn?t an individual price tag on each bag.


    My concern with him just giving it to her cheaper is that people seeing
    the video are going to try the same faulty reasoning at other stores,
    even if they understand she is wrong, for the simple reason that it
    worked and might save them some money, too.


    Be great if it worked on steak


    I've seen a bunch of those sovereign citizen videos and clearly this nonsense has propagated widely in many states. A whole lot of people
    have mistaken ideas about that and other things as well and it seems
    likely that those ideas are getting propagated on social media.


    www.sovereigncitizen.info

    (That was intended as a joke. I haven?t clicked it to see if it actually
    goes anywhere.)

    I've
    been astonished at how many people, when told "You're under arrest",
    insist "No I'm not!" as if their agreement is a factor; they seem to
    think they only have to say that and the officer is obliged to let them
    go. Others think they're entitled to call their lawyers or confer with
    them just because an officer has asked for ID.

    And then there seem to be a LOT of people who have a complete inability
    to listen. The cop explains why they are being detained and they
    immediately ask why. Then the loop begins: he explains again, they ask
    why again, another explanation, another why, time and time again,
    sometimes a dozen times or more.




    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

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  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Fri Sep 25 10:44:05 2026
    On 9/25/2026 3:51 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-09-23 5:21 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    You wouldn't believe it if you didn't see it.

    A woman in a NYC grocery store got into it with a staff member over a bag of
    grapes. The sign said $2.99 a pound. The bag came in a little over a pound at
    checkout, so the total was $3.34. She immediately decided this was a scam. >>>
    Then she proudly announced that she had graduated from high school as if that
    settled the math.

    The employee eventually just sold her the grapes at the lower price. Not >>> because she was right. Because explaining "per pound" to someone who treats a
    high-school diploma like a law degree was clearly a lost cause.

    How do people with such a low IQ get through a normal day?


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2102505086580563968/vid/avc1/720x1280/bPQsoy0s0c73Qu2F.mp4

    This is like all the black people on the exTwitters who can't understand "per
    capita" (in relation to crime) and claim the entire concept of per capita is
    just a white supremacy ploy to blame black people for all the crime in the >>> city.

    If I had been the clerk and had time to deal with her ignorance, I might
    have grabbed a few more bags of grapes and showed her that each came to
    a different weight on the scale.

    It?s not a scale, it?s a scanner. And she says it can be set to display any number he wants.

    If the bags were of visibly different
    size and the bigger one displayed a higher weight and price, the penny
    might have dropped for her. At least she might have been persuaded that
    the scanner was also a scale. The other thing I might have tried is
    opening the bag and taking a few grapes out so that it weighed exactly a
    pound.

    I?m amazed there isn?t an individual price tag on each bag.

    The bags aren't sealed (maybe for freshness). So, if the prices were
    printed on them, you can bet there'd be lots of inter-bag mobility...


    ...

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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Fri Sep 25 12:07:41 2026
    On 2026-09-25 3:51 a.m., anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-09-23 5:21 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    You wouldn't believe it if you didn't see it.

    A woman in a NYC grocery store got into it with a staff member over a bag of
    grapes. The sign said $2.99 a pound. The bag came in a little over a pound at
    checkout, so the total was $3.34. She immediately decided this was a scam. >>>
    Then she proudly announced that she had graduated from high school as if that
    settled the math.

    The employee eventually just sold her the grapes at the lower price. Not >>> because she was right. Because explaining "per pound" to someone who treats a
    high-school diploma like a law degree was clearly a lost cause.

    How do people with such a low IQ get through a normal day?


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2102505086580563968/vid/avc1/720x1280/bPQsoy0s0c73Qu2F.mp4

    This is like all the black people on the exTwitters who can't understand "per
    capita" (in relation to crime) and claim the entire concept of per capita is
    just a white supremacy ploy to blame black people for all the crime in the >>> city.

    If I had been the clerk and had time to deal with her ignorance, I might
    have grabbed a few more bags of grapes and showed her that each came to
    a different weight on the scale.

    It?s not a scale, it?s a scanner. And she says it can be set to display any number he wants.

    That should be easy to disprove: put the same bag of grapes on the
    scanner 3 times and each comes to the exact same weight; do it again
    with a second bag and you get a different weight each time. Let HER
    identify where he is setting the number: it should be visible since he's
    going to have to type it on a keyboard or scanning a barcode or something.

    If the bags were of visibly different
    size and the bigger one displayed a higher weight and price, the penny
    might have dropped for her. At least she might have been persuaded that
    the scanner was also a scale. The other thing I might have tried is
    opening the bag and taking a few grapes out so that it weighed exactly a
    pound.

    I?m amazed there isn?t an individual price tag on each bag.

    Why not on each grape?>
    My concern with him just giving it to her cheaper is that people seeing
    the video are going to try the same faulty reasoning at other stores,
    even if they understand she is wrong, for the simple reason that it
    worked and might save them some money, too.


    Be great if it worked on steak

    For sure! Just grab the biggest one and get that much more beefy
    goodness for the same money ;-)>
    I've seen a bunch of those sovereign citizen videos and clearly this
    nonsense has propagated widely in many states. A whole lot of people
    have mistaken ideas about that and other things as well and it seems
    likely that those ideas are getting propagated on social media.


    www.sovereigncitizen.info

    (That was intended as a joke. I haven?t clicked it to see if it actually
    goes anywhere.)

    I tried it: it doesn't.

    I've
    been astonished at how many people, when told "You're under arrest",
    insist "No I'm not!" as if their agreement is a factor; they seem to
    think they only have to say that and the officer is obliged to let them
    go. Others think they're entitled to call their lawyers or confer with
    them just because an officer has asked for ID.

    And then there seem to be a LOT of people who have a complete inability
    to listen. The cop explains why they are being detained and they
    immediately ask why. Then the loop begins: he explains again, they ask
    why again, another explanation, another why, time and time again,
    sometimes a dozen times or more.






    --
    Rhino

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