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What the hell is a fake bomb? How does a schoolteacher know what a "bomb" looks like? Are we talking about an IED here? That could be literally any fucking thin
by ryanlol 11y ago
What the hell is a fake bomb? How does a schoolteacher know what a "bomb" looks like? Are we talking about an IED here? That could be literally any fucking thing.
I really doubt that this clock looked even remotely like any of the industrially made ready-to-use explosives.
Sometimes I can't help feeling like some people should be forcibly removed from the gene pool.
- jessaustin 11y agoIf you really want to tie them in knots, get a bunch of small "Amazon"-type (empty) cardboard boxes, and write "BOMB" in bold letters with a magic marker on the sides. Distribute the boxes in slightly-hidden spots, like Easter eggs. Fun times! EDIT: Thanks Mike, that's a great improvement!
- mikeash 11y agoMake three boxes. Label them BOMB 1, BOMB 2, and BOMB 4. Put them in various places around the school. Grab some popcorn and a comfy chair.
- chopin 11y agoWow, what an evil plot. You shouldn't be caught sitting in your comfy chair eating popcorn though...
- alandarev 11y agoAnd then die slow death from NSA interrogation, great plan.
- happyscrappy 11y agoAnd then you will complain when they bring charges against you.
- mikeash 11y agoFor something like this, "I never imagined the authorities could possibly be this stupid" ought to be an affirmative defense.
- happyscrappy 11y agoThey have certain obligations by law and you would certainly pay a fine for wasting their time. A judge would not have much sympathy for a clown.
- mikeash 11y agoI'm well aware of what would actually happen. I'm not talking about that.
- jessaustin 11y agoWhat do the cops ever do with their time that isn't a waste? They only rarely and incidentally protect anyone from any actual threat. Mostly they hassle, ticket, menace, and otherwise inconvenience the public. If they all went on strike next week, violence and mayhem would decrease.
- happyscrappy 11y agoRight, there are no criminals, that is all just made up by the police-industial-complex.
- jessaustin 11y ago2/3 of them are. If you doubt it, look at any international comparison of incarceration rates.
- happyscrappy 11y ago80% of crime goes unsolved, but if you have never lived in a bad neighborhood you might misunderstand.
- venomsnake 11y agoThis is an actual bomb threat. Fun, but probably a felony.
- mikeash 11y agoWell, yes. I'm not saying anyone should actually do this. But it's fun to imagine.
- Ao7bei3s 11y agoOnly in the USA would this pass as an actual bomb threat. Seriously...
- venomsnake 11y agoDepends, my country had a long history of phone bomb threats, by students to delay or postpone exams. They were taken seriously - the classes were dismissed and the bomb squads checked everything.
- burke 11y agoFun fact, making this suggestion is probably illegal in Canada.
- mikeash 11y agoYou liar, that fact is not fun!
- run4yourlives2 11y agoThat'll get you arrested. Instead, label them BOX 1, BOX 2 and BOX 4 and put "geo-location circuity" (it doesn't have to work, just make it look like it could) in it and place those at various points in the school, preferably with visible wires. Then you can claim that you were trying to build your own local mini-gps to monitor your movements throughout the day. Same popcorn value, less time in prison.
- userbinator 11y agoWell, people have thought LED signs were bombs... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_bomb_scare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_bomb_scare Incidentally, I was in Shenzhen (China) a short while ago, and signs like those were everywhere, and the sight of bare electronics not uncommon; but given that it's a huge centre of electronics manufacturing, I'd guess that almost everyone is accustomed to seeing such things.
- stormcrowsx 11y agoThe ignorant portion of our society thinks bombs have flashing lights and tick thanks to Hollywood. In reality anyone wanting to do harm is not going to make their bomb noticeable. It reminds me of the Aqua Teen bomb scare back in 2007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_bomb_scare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_bomb_scare
- ryanlol 11y agoEven then, for an IED to actually be of any use it needs to have an explosive compound, likely in a container of some kind. Anyone with half a brain would understand that you can't just magically make circuitry explode. That's a whole new level of ignorance, they teach this stuff in elementary school for gods sake.
- knowaveragejoe 11y agoThis isn't a "whole new level" of ignorance. If you think so, then you probably don't understand how stupid a significant portion of the population is. There are people out there who think that Google, Facebook, so on, are actually on their computer. It makes complete sense that some people think a bomb looks like some caricature envisioned for the audience's benefit in a movie or TV show. Many people's entire lives revolve around motion picture entertainment of some sort.
- Someone1234 11y ago> Anyone with half a brain That's the problem right there. These people have let their common sense be overtaken by their sense of fear, they're so afraid they aren't thinking. That's why going after a 9 year old or MIT student with a t-shirt[0] makes sense, because they literally aren't thinking straight because they're so convinced there is a threat around every corner (thanks mass media!). [0] https://boingboing.net/2007/09/21/mit-student-arrested.html https://boingboing.net/2007/09/21/mit-student-arrested.html
- userbinator 11y agoUnfortunately, entertainment is making people think everything can explode: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadeOfExplodium http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadeOfExplodium
- mtgx 11y agoAren't lots of bombs in cartoons represented as clocks? Maybe that's how.
- knowaveragejoe 11y agoNot just cartoons but media in general. Pick a movie with a bomb involved, it's probably a mess of wires and electronic components along with a digital clock of some sort.
- dnm 11y agoFrom a Dallas News article, Ahmed said “He said, ‘It looks like a movie bomb to me.’” FTA it's unclear who "he" is. I think it's the principal.
- vbcr 11y agoHow can they think that the clock was a bomb when it is ticking up rather than down.
- vermontdevil 11y agoAnd they didn't even call the bomb squad. Evacuated the school, etc. So I doubt they were even that concerned it could potentially be a bomb.
- dllthomas 11y ago"Are we talking about an IED here? That could be literally any fucking thing." "Student arrested for bringing backpack to school"
- jrometty 11y agowe don't know wether the teacher made the bad call. (s)he could have updated the principal to ask if it's ok to demo electronics projects in a K-5, only to have the principal think it's a bomb. let's trust everyone until they give a reason not to.