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kelseyfrogyesterday at 7:15 PM1 replyview on HN

Impulsivity is definitionally the absence of forethought. Deterrence doesn't affect crimes born from impulse.


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JumpCrisscrossyesterday at 7:21 PM

> Deterrence doesn't affect crimes born from impulse

And yet I've seen way more people call an Uber instead of drive home drunk not because they thought they'd kill someone, but because they didn't want a DUI.

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