r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 • Jul 16 '26

Unskippable ad Clear Backpacks + Pay to Keep Your Phone

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My freinds school is now requiring these items, and is also using AI to promote this 🫠

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u/RugbyEdd Jul 16 '26

Not giving easy access to the tools to do that crime seems to work pretty well elsewhere in the world.

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u/BriefSpecial420 Jul 16 '26

I don't think that knives are so hard to obtain, yet we don't see massacres on average Monday.

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u/RugbyEdd Jul 16 '26

Yeah. Do you really need it explaining to you why knives are less dangerous than guns?

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u/BriefSpecial420 Jul 16 '26

Great joke. In crowded places knives are extremely dangerous. Not to mention home-made incendiaries. The thing is that the titles in media wouldn't sell as well as the ones with guns.

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u/AccidentalMechanic Jul 16 '26

Do you need a dictionary? Or should I just explain to you what the word "less" means?

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u/BriefSpecial420 Jul 16 '26

Incorrect assumption.

The only advntage of a gun is range, what makes little sense in an environment like crowded building. In a crowd, an attacker with a knife may stab multiple people while even being hard to spot. Furthermore, single knife cut is more likely to end up with you bleeding out than a single stab/cut.

Knife is just a tool, a weapon. Like any other, it's effectiveness depends on a person who carries it. My guess would be that the pop culture is full of images of all kinds of shootings, better or worse, so messed up people get some idea of how to use a gun in such setting. At the same time, knife attacks get rarely shown, not to mention the less theatrical but more effective ones. As a result (luckily) fewer people think about knives when planning to commit some massacre. 

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u/pkgamer18 Jul 16 '26

The only advntage of a gun is range

Exactly. Taking the need for close range hand to hand combat out of the equation makes the assault of multiple people significantly easier.

an attacker with a knife may stab multiple people

It's difficult to stab multiple people because they start to run away, easy to continue shooting though.

single knife cut is more likely to end up with you bleeding out

You got a reference for this? I would take a hasty slice to the chest over a hasty shot to the chest any day.

Knife is just a tool, a weapon. Like any other, it's effectiveness depends on a person who carries it

Correct. And it is more difficult to be effective with a knife than it is to be with a gun.

As a result (luckily) fewer people think about knives when planning to commit some massacre. 

No. The "tool" is not as effective for massacres. Show me one shooting that would have been worse with a knife, or one stabbing rampage that would have been less severe with a gun.

Your logic is moronic. My cast iron pan can be used as a weapon, but it obviously would be less effective and less dangerous than a gun.

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u/dragon-dance Jul 16 '26

Two brain cells fighting for third place.

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u/AccidentalMechanic Jul 16 '26

Man, you almost sound smart.