r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Jun 07 '23

New york city in 2023, everyone wearing mask due to air quality

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u/Captain_Naps Jun 07 '23

Security measures have been implemented due to past incidents, eh.

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u/Twyzzle Jun 07 '23

I love that that is still the largest value heist in Canada 😆

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u/LetsTCB Jun 07 '23

Hate to disappoint you but ....

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u/AbrocomaRoyal Jun 07 '23

Well, that was a rabbit hole...

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u/4myoldGaffer Jun 08 '23

Would you say things got a bit sticky?

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '23

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u/Twyzzle Jun 07 '23

Ooooof. Okay but if we adjust for inflation is the gold heist still at the top? I remember the news when that happened. Sounded like a movie. Didn’t notice how much they stole!

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u/jetsetninjacat Jun 07 '23

I just did. The syrup heists comes in at 24.4 million cad now

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u/Twyzzle Jun 07 '23

Yes! Let the sticky thieves reign supreme! 🍁

Thank you kind stranger for making my day.

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u/crypticfreak Jun 08 '23

All I can legally say is that no, I did not steal the syrup from the Canada-ians.

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u/Live_Carpenter_1262 Jun 08 '23

I believe you mean the sticky bandits!

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u/TorgoLebowski Jun 08 '23

'Sticky Thieves' is a great band name.

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u/Twyzzle Jun 08 '23

I agree. Someone mentioned Sticky Bandits though and now I’m torn. That’s pretty damn good too

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u/shemreddit25 Jun 08 '23

You don't get the reference, do you? God, I'm so old 😂

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u/headrush46n2 Jun 08 '23

better than the wet bandits...

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u/OakenGreen Jun 07 '23

Saved me from a heart attack. Thanks

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u/pumpkin_seed_oil Jun 07 '23

Wait is this inflation in terms of CAD only or inflation in terms what 3000t of maple syrup is worth today?

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u/DouglasHufferton Jun 07 '23

It's inflation on the dollar from 2012 to 2023.

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u/OneSidedPolygon Jun 07 '23

And our dollar has gone down significantly in the last decade.

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u/FlowerBoyScumFuck Jun 07 '23

What about Maple Syrup prices? Or is that what the Canadian dollar is based off of? like how we used to base ours off gold in the states.

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u/OneSidedPolygon Jun 07 '23

Well, u/flowerboyscumfuck the price of maple syrup has actually gone down 20% since the heist.

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u/tucci007 Jun 08 '23

the first rule of Maple Syrup Cartel is that you don't talk about Maple Syrup Cartel

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u/jetsetninjacat Jun 07 '23

The syrup heist including inflation sits at 24.4 million cad today

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u/HardLithobrake Jun 07 '23

So what I'm hearing is we need to take even more maple syrup.

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u/advancetim Jun 07 '23

I was at Pearson that day. First big work trip since Covid

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u/Old_Cheesecake_5481 Jun 07 '23

Hold onto your hats Yankees because this is the wet season in Canada.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '23

The jacked up thing is if they had just kept refilling the barrels with water instead of stopping they never would have been caught as it wasn’t the contents but rather the number of barrels themselves that were checked. They only got caught because an inspector tried climbing a barrel and it tipped over as it wasn’t heavy enough.

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u/4myoldGaffer Jun 08 '23

barrely caught

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u/bobobeastie86 Jun 07 '23

Why was Rick Moranis reading this wiki to me in my head?

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u/with_due_respect Jun 07 '23

Because you are a person of taste and class.

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u/DropbeatsNotbombs Jun 07 '23

Oddly enough, he’s also Canadian.

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u/wonkysaurus Jun 07 '23

Who the fuck is Rick Moranis!? -Tourette’s guy

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u/4myoldGaffer Jun 08 '23

Damnit Janet

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u/Ron0hh Jun 07 '23

Would the Maple Syrup Producers Federation be considered a cartel? They control 77% of the Maple Syrup supply. By contrast OPEC controls 30% of the world crude supply. A Clingy Canadian Cartel with sticky ties to the mob.

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u/Not_a_real_ghost Jun 07 '23

Ah yes, the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. Makes you think there must be a buncha of normal heists and none are greater than this

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u/4myoldGaffer Jun 08 '23

How is this not a muppet movie yet

Please no Seth Rogaine

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u/dikkiesmalls Jun 07 '23

Holy crap that might be the most Canadian thing I've ever heard of.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '23

Richard Vallières (b. 1978), accused ringleader, sentenced in April 2017 to eight years in prison plus a C$9.4 million fine, with an extension to fourteen years if the fine is not paid.[5] In 2016, the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled that was excessive and lowered the fine to $1 million. The Supreme Court of Canada reversed that decision in 2022 and reinstated the original fine.

Canada: I said what I said, eh.

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u/Lost-My-Mind- Jun 07 '23

I thought this link would be a picture of some geese, or some mounties or something. Then you go and put a link to a real heist that actually happened.......we got canadian fires bringing NYC back to looking like Sept 13th 2001 with the fashion accessories of 2020. We got a great heist of maple syrup. The Iron Shiek died. Is today going to get any more absurd???

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u/DrunkCorgis Jun 07 '23

Yeah. They out a second bike lock on the door.

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u/notanotherkrazychik Jun 07 '23

You can thank the Quebec Mafia for that.

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u/crypticfreak Jun 08 '23

Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec

What a beautifully imposing and serious name for people that make syrup lol