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DHS Agents Arrest Man by Pretending to Be Stranded Motorists… A Ploy to Get The “Worst of the Worst” Who are Midwest Nice (fuelarc.com)

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Honestly, I would fall into this trap.

The federal agent genuinely sounds like she is a person having car trouble, this trap would work on me because I guess I too am a fundamentally decent person.

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[-] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 74 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

So here's the new way to help stranded motorists in the US: hold them at gun point, handcuff them to a tree, then fix their car.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 days ago

Don't even need handcuffs, just need a thin tree or a pole.

Have them wrap one leg around the tree/pole and sit down on it, I remember reading that it would be nigh impossible for them to get up from that position without help

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Tried it at as a child, got out easily

[-] GoldenDeLorean@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Try it now. I'll help you if you have trouble.

[-] itsathursday@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

I mean… you could pull yourself up with upper body strength surely

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

It only works for out-of-shape people.

[-] 0x0@lemmy.zip 2 points 23 hours ago

So most muricans.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

70% of the time it works every time.

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't understand how this works. Like crosslegged and the tree is only between one of your legs, not the other? Like behind the knee?

Edit: I've looked this up and found this weird video showing it

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c95iKhNmeSY

I'm guessing you can just lift yourself if you have the upper body strength, but it's interesting and a bit counterintuitive

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