• Subverb@lemmy.world
    59·
    2 months ago

    But think how safe you would be if you did pack a bomb.

    The odds of there being one bomb on a plane are tiny enough, but the odds of there being two bombs on a plane are vanishingly small…

  • AlolanYoda@mander.xyz
    36·
    2 months ago

    Pack a bomb??

    I’m worried about them randomly selecting my bag for drug inspection or the bag being tagged in the X-ray… And the TSA agents judging my bag packing method and skills

    • kurwa@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 months ago

      I just wish I didn’t have to take electronics out of my bag for security, doing all of this is already stressful.

  • balderdash@lemmy.zip
    32·
    2 months ago

    Me at American Airports: Why the fuck do I have to take off my belt/shoes and throw away my water? They just let me walk into a crowded airport with this shit…

    • azertyfun@sh.itjust.works
      161·
      2 months ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Brussels_bombings

      The solution to the airport being bombed right in front of the security line: while they rebuilt they packed everyone even tighter in temporary tents with longer queues. Then they rebuilt everything the same.

      Terrorists and security theater designers operate on the same logic: 30 dead in a security line is nowhere near as big of a deal as 30 dead in an airplane. You only become a high value target when you’re 30k feet in the air, even if the end result is materially identical.

      • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        10·
        2 months ago

        30 dead in a security line is nowhere near as big of a deal as 30 dead in an airplane

        I understand your point, but the airplane usually has well over 100 people on it and itself can also fall out of the sky and hurt people that aren’t on it

        Security theater is annoying bullshit that doesn’t even catch a shocking number of shit, but planes get more attention for what should be obvious reasons

    • Subverb@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 months ago

      And all those potentially explosive water bottles are sitting in a trash can at the security checkpoint.

      This indicates that they know full well that their are no explosives among them. It’s just theatre.

      • Sotuanduso@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        They let you dump the water out, keep the bottle, and refill it at the bottle filling stations once you’re inside.

    • Snapz@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 months ago

      Because… Beyond this line, property is threatened. Planes are expensive. You can die in the front, we can rebuild that cheaply. But planes are expensive.

      Remember kids, if you see uniformed authority figures, they are there to protect property above all else.

    • TurtleTourParty@midwest.socialEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      Earlier this year I had a connection in Doha, Qatar on my way to the US. I had to go through security twice even though it was a connection from another international flight (first was after getting off the first flight and the second was right before getting on second flight). Both times they took away all liquids, even those bought in the airport.

  • Ignotum@lemmy.world
    26·
    2 months ago

    “did you pack this bag yourself?”
    “Yes?”
    “Then why is there a tactical nuclear warhead in the left pocket?”
    “Ah shucks”

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
    19·
    2 months ago

    If you’re traveling somewhere with extremely restrictive drug laws (e.g. Singapore), you can be sentenced to prison for drug particles on your shoes. i.e. you can accidentally have forbidden substances on you.

          • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
            1·
            2 months ago

            It’s not that they " can sort of smell drugs", they are extremely sensitive to any trace smell of drug. Your linked article confirms that:

            Dog-handling officers and trainers argue the canine teams’ accuracy shouldn’t be measured in the number of alerts that turn up drugs. They said the scent of drugs or paraphernalia can linger in a car after drugs are used or sold, and the dogs’ noses are so sensitive they can pick up residue from drugs that can no longer be found in a car.

            Search so thoroughly that you would even find the tiniest crumbs left on someone’s shoe sole and that 44% “success” rate would probaby jump up considerably.

            Though the false positives that are mentioned in the article are also an issue, but probably less so if you’re regularly doing the rounds at airport waiting queues.

          • nifty@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 months ago

            That’s too bad, so much that happens in World War Z (book) depends on dogs being able to smell sus shit out

    • Sabata@ani.social
      10·
      2 months ago

      For my next trick, I shall pull a condom full of coke out of your ass. I assure you we did not plant it ahead of time.

  • dwindling7373@feddit.itEnglish
    15·
    2 months ago

    I have the reverse thing, after the check I’m like “I got away with it once again!”, while packing absolutely nothing wrong.

  • Aceticon@lemmy.world
    15·
    2 months ago

    More like “I sure hope I didn’t pack a bottle of water by accident” (or any other liquit in a container of more than 100ml).

  • Krauerking@lemy.lol
    10·
    2 months ago

    I got tired of worrying about whether or not I packed a bomb and would be caught so I decided to just do so and get it over with.

    In reality I just grabbed a 2 pound brick of scrapple wrapped it in wires that I soldered to a watch and stuck it in the middle of my backpack.

    Got to enjoy my scrapple on the other side and felt far more confident about my future in scrapple smuggling.