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Only in rich countries.

Would you please stop posting flamebait to HN?

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Can you tell me how this constitutes as flame-bait? From my anecdotal experience I feel my comment is true. The comments in response to mine offer enlightening information to the contrary. I didn't post it to flame anything only to generate interesting responses.

I'll try to stop doing what I think you want but note that from my perspective, I just have a different perspective on certain things and I find it only worth saying things that are different or controversial rather than saying things everybody already agrees with. It's not necessarily purposely flame-baiting though differing opinions do tend to look that way as a side effect. I will admit I use sarcasm to illustrate some points, but I can stop that. Just note, that I'm not purposely flame-baiting anyone. I am literally just saying an opinion that I have that many people disagree with.

Not that my view holds any moderation weight, but for me (and as far as my up/down vote goes) that might've been fine if you'd expanded on it more, exactly what is 'only in rich countries' and how something's specifically different in not-rich countries, i.e. sharing some insight and adding something less low effort to the discussion.

'only in rich countries' on its own just reads like a Reddit-esque meme/jokey dismissal.

That's legitimate. I can agree with that and the downvote. But you realize that I was accused of flame baiting meaning I was accused of making up a statement purely for the purposes of inducing anger.

I would argue that clearly from the evidence in the responses, such a statement (while it did attract downvotes) did not attract flame and therefore was not "flame bait."

Even in poor countries, a wallet with money in it is actually more likely to be returned to its owner than an empty one

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/20/734141432/what-dropping-17-00...

Did not know this. Good to know. Given relative wealth and my own anecdotal experience in poorer countries I would think the opposite. Clearly, I am wrong.

thanks for saving me the effort of hunting for this, really good info

A while ago, there was a fashion of making lost wallet studies around the world. It looks like every factor is more relevant than country (time of day, wallet stile, place, phone number being available, anything), except for those countries where people absolutely do not let things out of place and those where people think everything is a bomb.

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