*Don’t say ‘bomb’. Don’t accidentally say ‘bomb’. Don’t say ‘bomb’.
“Hey, I didn’t bring a bomb! DOH!”
Everytime
Not a word!
If you’re traveling somewhere with extremely restrictive drug laws (e.g. Singapore), you can be sentenced to prison for drug particles on your shoes. i.e. you can accidentally have forbidden substances on you.
Do they test everyone’s shoes or do you just have to be extremely unlucky?
I’d assume they’re just doing the rounds with drug sniffer dogs. Those dogs have crazy sensitivity.
Drug dogs have an average success rate of about 44%.
If they’re sniffing around a Latino that rate drops to 27%.
They can sort of smell drugs, sometimes, but more often than not they are simply a tool that manufactures probable cause.
Mine is a knife, reach in to entry pockets at TSA baggage xray, a moment where I’m afraid I’ll pull out a giant knife
I carry a pocket knife everywhere, so this one is a legit concern for me. It is as natural as putting on my clothes for me to put my knife in my pocket, so I’m always concerned that I accidentally put my knife in my pocket, despite being very intentional about leaving it behind. I paid $280 for the thing, so it would be a damned shame to lose it to stupid-ass TSA.
Pack some prepaid package envelopes with your home as the destination. TSA got a problem with your nail clipper? Leave your favorite knife in your pocket by accident? Put it in the envelope and drop it in any USPS box.
That’s a great idea! Do they have mailboxes at the airport?
Depends on the airport, but usually yes.
I don’t care about bombs. I’m just thinking about not seeing my friends for 3 months, and that scares me more.
The friendpilled visitmaxer
you’re fine as long as you’re not using a Galaxy Note 7.
Me at American Airports: Why the fuck do I have to take off my belt/shoes and throw away my water? They just let me walk into a crowded airport with this shit…
And all those potentially explosive water bottles are sitting in a trash can at the security checkpoint.
This indicates that they know full well that their are no explosives among them. It’s just theatre.
At this point, I’m really wondering if it’s not a plot to sell water.
They let you dump the water out, keep the bottle, and refill it at the bottle filling stations once you’re inside.
That’s not just in American airports.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Brussels_bombings
The solution to the airport being bombed right in front of the security line: while they rebuilt they packed everyone even tighter in temporary tents with longer queues. Then they rebuilt everything the same.
Terrorists and security theater designers operate on the same logic: 30 dead in a security line is nowhere near as big of a deal as 30 dead in an airplane. You only become a high value target when you’re 30k feet in the air, even if the end result is materially identical.
30 dead in a security line is nowhere near as big of a deal as 30 dead in an airplane
I understand your point, but the airplane usually has well over 100 people on it and itself can also fall out of the sky and hurt people that aren’t on it
Security theater is annoying bullshit that doesn’t even catch a shocking number of shit, but planes get more attention for what should be obvious reasons
Earlier this year I had a connection in Doha, Qatar on my way to the US. I had to go through security twice even though it was a connection from another international flight (first was after getting off the first flight and the second was right before getting on second flight). Both times they took away all liquids, even those bought in the airport.
Because… Beyond this line, property is threatened. Planes are expensive. You can die in the front, we can rebuild that cheaply. But planes are expensive.
Remember kids, if you see uniformed authority figures, they are there to protect property above all else.
Pack a bomb??
I’m worried about them randomly selecting my bag for drug inspection or the bag being tagged in the X-ray… And the TSA agents judging my bag packing method and skills
I just wish I didn’t have to take electronics out of my bag for security, doing all of this is already stressful.
“did you pack this bag yourself?”
“Yes?”
“Then is there a tactical nuclear warhead in the left pocket?”
“Ah shucks”It’s 26 to 32 kg so it’s its own piece of luggage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/W54#/media/File%3ASADM_carry_bag.jpg
More like “I sure hope I didn’t pack a bottle of water by accident” (or any other liquit in a container of more than 100ml).
I got tired of worrying about whether or not I packed a bomb and would be caught so I decided to just do so and get it over with.
In reality I just grabbed a 2 pound brick of scrapple wrapped it in wires that I soldered to a watch and stuck it in the middle of my backpack.
Got to enjoy my scrapple on the other side and felt far more confident about my future in scrapple smuggling.
Or just be non-white. Then you will know you are going to be selected for a special screening.
More like “Did I really lock my front door?”
I’m not necessarily worried about actually packing one, but I do feel nervous about saying the word out loud accidentally.
I am sure Tourette’s syndrome sufferers are sweating bullets. Or was it bombs?
Me on my steamdeck at an airport: “okay, this game doesn’t talk about bombs or guns, right?”
I’m sure counter strike would be a decent option
“no russian”
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