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It's weird because maybe a small percentage of people know the signal, and if the signal became Too Popular then it would lose effectiveness or otherwise be rec
by Jarwain 5y ago
It's weird because maybe a small percentage of people know the signal, and if the signal became Too Popular then it would lose effectiveness or otherwise be recognized by those who would cause harm
- Aunche 5y agoThat is true of the codeword calls for help. As a hand signal, this has more utility even if it's known because you can hide it from your attacker.
- quantified 5y agoEffective here because it didn’t need to be heard. So good for loud places too. ASL for “help me” would cross the TikTok culture gap.
- DoreenMichele 5y agoYour comment reminds me of a video clip I saw where someone dialed 911 and proceeded to "order a pizza," thus giving them her address. She got lucky and the dispatcher was fairly quick to figure it out and didn't hang up on her. https://youtu.be/ZJL_8kNFmTI https://youtu.be/ZJL_8kNFmTI
- gaius_baltar 5y agoI suppose it's not pure luck at all. Here in Brazil dispatchers are trained to cope with callers that appear to be trying to sneak an address in a seemly unusual call.