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In many southern tech cities corning someone and yelling at/assaulting them with unknown fluids is a great way to get shot. We recently hired a CA transplant to
by ShellGh0st 9y ago
In many southern tech cities corning someone and yelling at/assaulting them with unknown fluids is a great way to get shot. We recently hired a CA transplant to the dev team and he was shocked how many of us carried.
- placeybordeaux 9y agoDo you feel like your life is threatened when someone throws a cup of liquid at you?
- milesokeefe 9y agoNot relevant to the parent comment but in places like the UK where acid attacks aren't uncommon, that can be a concern.
- Balero 9y agoAcid attacks are incredibly uncommon in the UK
- somecontext 9y agoFor anyone curious about the rate, these articles https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/27/acid-attacks-rise-united-kingdom/100739780/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/27/acid-at... https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/z4dy43/why-acid-attacks-have-doubled-in-the-uk https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/z4dy43/why-acid-attacks-h... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4462016/Two-acid-attacks-Britain-DAY-figures-show.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4462016/Two-acid-att... suggest that (on average) there is more than one attack per day in London alone.
- throwanem 9y agoIf I'm cornered by a crazy man who's shouting and dousing me - if it hits me in the face, quite literally inoculating me - with God knows what? Even here in duty-to-retreat Baltimore, you'd have a hard time calling that other than self-defense.