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Who has the time to listen to police scanners every waking moment on the minuscule chance that they may yield useful information?? This is not a healthy way to
by CydeWeys 4y ago
Who has the time to listen to police scanners every waking moment on the minuscule chance that they may yield useful information?? This is not a healthy way to live.
Also, your story is not very compelling. There's a small chance something bad may have happened to you, but probably not. Near miss stories aren't very useful as the miss is almost invariably not as close as it appears to the person experiencing it.
- edgyquant 4y agoThis is red herring/strawman argument. It’s irrelevant and only meant to change the discussion into one you can “win.” No one mentioned you have to listen 24/7 (in my case it was on when we were home) but it’s definitely a useful tool regardless and only people who’ve never lived near high crime areas or been a victim of a crime have the privilege of thinking this way.
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- CydeWeys 4y agoPeople who actually live in high crime areas know how useless 911 and the police are, and don't rely on them for their safety. Gunshots don't get called in in these areas; they're just background noise. Life's way too short to have the police scanner on as constant chatter in your home. I've also literally never met anyone in my life who's done this. You really think everyone should live like this?
- anotherman554 4y agoI find your earlier post confusing. You told a story that began "My uncle constantly had a police scanner on when I was young..." The story ends with the supposition that the uncle's obsession with the police scanner saved his nephew's life. If you don't have the police scanner on right now, it seems you forgot to tell us the end of the story, the part where you realized your uncle's obsession with the police scanner was not healthy?