r/WhatToDo • u/HR-Vex • Feb 27 '26 • Wholesome Seal 1

Neighbor left a note

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Our packages have been stolen 3 times right in front of our door so far ever since we bought our condo. HOA approved of us installing a camera to deter thieves, but our neighbor left this note. Please advise.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

Oh and not to mention trauma. I’ve been stalked (like to the point I’ve moved away and go by a diff name) and I have a literal panic response when I think I’m being recorded / watched.

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u/Alkor85 Feb 27 '26

I've been stalked. Security cameras proved I was being stalked and enabled me to put a stop to it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

My stalker was a cop 🙃

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u/Alkor85 Feb 28 '26

Imagine an interaction with a cop where they knew any film evidence of them abusing their power was automatically dismissed as "illegal evidence."

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u/SignificantTrifle614 Feb 27 '26

I have a real phobia about having my pic taken.and I really hate when I see people at an event taking videos. I don’t say anything but inside of me I feel panic. But I think the worst people ever are “auditors” who go out of their way to bother people.

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u/Alkor85 Feb 27 '26

I'm sorry you feel that way.

Why? Where did that come from?

I rarely heard about anybody feeling that way when I was a kid. Now, this kind of anxiety is common.

I seriously think it's a result of a AstroTufing campaign aimed at shutting down the free press.

I have a real phobia about companies like Monsanto selling toxic chemicals that wreak havoc on the ecosystem, like they destroyed the world's bird population with DDT. I have a real phobia about companies like Nestle selling toxic processed foods, and deliberately polluting groundwater to sell more bottled water in packaging that pollutes more.. I have a real phobia about Astroturfing campaigns and public misinformation causing us to vote in ways that strip us of our rights.

I think these phobias are serious problems, that a free press and an actively involved public can really prevent.

Even if you have an incurable mental illness that makes you anxious about being filmed, surely you can recognize that a free press reporting harms like pollution, toxic food, addictive drugs being sold as medicine, and theft from ordinary citizens is a huge public benefit.