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Transcription (of iMessage exchange): “Hi, is this Paul?

Who is this

This is Erica from the dentist's office. I got your number from your file

Pretty sure this violates Hippo but shoot your shot I guess

I'm not flirting with you. We have you on video stealing thousands of dollars of x-ray equipment”

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[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 137 points 2 years ago

I'm trying to figure out what X-ray equipment can be stolen that is worth only thousands of dollars. A case of those films you bite on when they x-ray your teeth?

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 153 points 2 years ago

And why, if you have photographic evidence of grand theft, you’d text the person who stole with just “this is Erica from the dentist office.”

I have a feeling this internet person is making stuff up.

[-] grahamja@reddthat.com 79 points 2 years ago

You Really Think Someone Would Do That? Just Go On the Internet and Tell Lies?

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

And to think someone might post a comment on lemmy and capitalize every word! Nobody makes stuff up on the internet. Nobody capitalizes every word in a sentence. Sheeple will believe everything these days

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 32 points 2 years ago

She wants to make sure this criminal knows her name and number personally

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Because she saw him on video and she thinks he's cute. And she also doesn't value her safety and privacy. It all checks out. This story is totally credible. /s

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

brazzers logo

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

But what about the hippopotamus?

[-] pigup@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

👁️👄👁️

[-] Restaldt@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Nah this is real I was there

Trust me im a dentist

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

I can collaborate this story as well, I was the hippo.

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[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

If something costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, it's also accurate to say it costs "thousands of dollars."

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I am just imagining him bored waiting for them to come back and he is like "fuck this, I am taking this shit, make this wait worth my while" and then just pulls out a tool belt and starts unbolting the thing from the wall.

[-] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 4 points 2 years ago

Found the American who thinks healthcare does cost what he sees in the bill.

[-] rosymind@leminal.space 3 points 2 years ago

Nah, I've worked in dental. Those machines are insanely expensive. This is one hand-held unit for sale just under 3k, down from just under 7k . That doesn't count the sensors, which are also crazy expensive.

https://universadent.com/product/nomad-pro-2/

Most offices have machines attached to the wall, which would be extremely difficult to steal. But a nomad is portable.

https://dentimax.com/x-ray-sensor-comparison/

Above is ONE sensor (most offices have at least 2) that costs around 7k. There are other neccessities as well, but I think you get the point

[-] neonred@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Well, to be fair a few k is not expensive for medical equipment which is not a mass market, needs certification and usually lasts decades. It's like no money.

[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I'm Canadian. (Although dental isn't covered by healthcare in Canada, so ... Same thing in this case, kinda)

[-] aelwero@lemmy.world 61 points 2 years ago

Alright, I'll be that guy... Hippo...

[-] lhamil64@programming.dev 58 points 2 years ago

My guess is they tried to write "hippa" and it autocorrected, because it's "HIPAA"

[-] SobelOperator@reddthat.com 20 points 2 years ago

Could also be short for Hippocratic oath?

It's the oath to hold hippo law above all other laws

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

There are a few things I miss about reddit, like the HIPAA bot.

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[-] BeardedSingleMalt@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago

He meant to say HIPAA. In sort, series a laws for patient protections which include looking at a patient's record to get their phone number for personal reason.

[-] aelwero@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah, it's funny and nobody had mentioned it, so I did ;)

[-] snowraven@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

DiD YoU jUst AsSume ThEir IdeNtity?

/s (you probably meant she*)

[-] Roopappy@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The chatter identified as "Paul" said "Hippo". I don't think the person above you made a bad assumption.

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years ago

That’s trump level defense - you can’t take me to court for stealing because that violates my Hippo rights

[-] conorab@lemmy.conorab.com 41 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

steals funny glowing metal thing

Funny glowing metal thing:

radioactive cesium source Goiânia accident

[-] mwproductions@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I'm sure I have a screwdriver around here somewhere...

[-] squid_slime@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Make em glow

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[-] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 33 points 2 years ago
[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago

Yes… an artistic choice, I believe.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

It's clearly photoshopped/fake af

[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago
[-] gullible@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Looks like they are. I can tell from some of their words and from seeing quite a few critics in my time.

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Perfectly clear on my end

::: spoiler Jk, that screenshot is no good :::

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

jsyk the spoiler isnt formatting for me. i think you need a title after spoiler

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Idk how it works but the spoiler thing is shit. Like there are multiple ways of making spoilers and some work on certain apps/instances and not in others... It's shit.

Theirs works fine to me on Sync

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

interesting. im on jerboa btw

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

To be honest i dont know what the hell happened there. The top and bottom are blurry???

[-] neonred@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Why should an employee witnessing a crime contact the thief? And even tell their name and send their phone number?

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago

Oh yeah... that. FR though, how about dinner?

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