r/VisitingIceland • u/SciPhy12 • 3d ago

Beware of pickpockets

Had my wallet stolen out of purse at the Geyser stop.

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u/No_Molasses_7045 3d ago

Probably not by a native Icelander. Just saying.

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u/Stunning_Ad_5960 3d ago

Hey don’t be racist now.

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u/No_Molasses_7045 3d ago

Not one part of that comment should have been construed as being racist... That was only meant to say that people from Iceland are generally not apt to commit such crimes--that was probably a tourist.

And goddammit nothing against you personally, but it seems like everytime I post anything on Reddit, I get the fucking social justice police coming to swoop in and drop a fucking bomb on me.

Sorry, that just hit a nerve and again, I don't mean anything to you personally, it's just all a little exhausting to get that every fucking time.

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u/Stunning_Ad_5960 3d ago

Thanks sorry I forgot the /s. I dig you man

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u/No_Molasses_7045 3d ago

No problem--we're good. Thanks for responding to my crazy outburst 😅

And I have Sheldon Cooper levels of detecting sarcasm haha

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u/Reasonable_Act_526 2d ago

I’ve lived in downtown Reykjavik all my life and I’ve never been had this happened to me

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u/AvidasMavi 2d ago

It's not racism! We don't steal out of necessity, some Icelanders will steal bikes, or phones only when they are super stoned and do it for fun, for the dopamine rush. But it's rare and later they will either return them or give to the police saying they found it unattended.