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I got a package the other day from an online order I had made. My wife asked what it was and I joked and said it might be a bomb, some dust with poison or a virus or something. We laughed at the thought but it got me thinking of all the packages I just open without thinking all the time. I would never know it was a bomb until after it went off in my hands.

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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 69 points 4 months ago (5 children)

You're not that important. Nobody wants to kill you.

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

that's the main reason you should care. It makes sense being target of murder when you know you are not important, so no one would care

[–] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

Nah killing for no reason. No one with that expertise will be wasting time like that.

[–] piecat@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Plenty of random innocent people have died from package bombs. All it takes is for someone to hate your boss / your neighbor / someone unrelated with the same name. Or just, someone unhinged

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Seems sus. Keep an eye on this one.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Eh, they could very well have someone that wants to kill them. But it's less likely that they have someone willing to take the risk of prison to do it though, or the knowledge of how to actually make a bomb

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Unless... there's profit in it. No profit in sending a customer a bomb.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Every package both is and isn't a bomb until you open it!

Or something. Idk I never studied physics.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

A bomb squad goes to diffuse it, but a cat just jumps out of the box.

Terrorist: "Wait, then what did I do with the-"

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

Schrodinger was a terrorist

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you ordered from a package bomb delivery service it would have an almost 100% chance of being one.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Order from BDS? Are you crazy? It would take forever and probably not make it in one piece. You should try Bombing Express. They have next day air.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm waiting for the city wide random delivery service that some country will send some day for everyone to enjoy .... all 2 million of them all at once.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I think something crazy would have to happen for that to be a possibility. Like, the US President would have to be taking orders from Russia or worse.

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It also has a chance of being a million dollars.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And this post says a lot about the human inability to assess various types of risk amongst high / low likelihood and how much damage/benefit a given risk is capable of. Many might think, eee $1M, so good, but cannot project forward, as studies of lottery winners have found, that within a year or two the winner is back at their baseline economic level. But it's rare the person who thinks, "I can hire a financial manager, to help me with this windfall."

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You've won the lottery; obviously your only option is to immediately develop unsustainable spending habits while abandoning all sources of income.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 3 points 4 months ago

LoL, that's exactly what I would do. /s

[–] Guthix@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago

Hopefully some day

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

More likely to be da bomb 💣

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Or a mail order bride... on the instalment plan.

[–] temporal_spider@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

There was a bomber in Texas who murdered several strangers with package bombs left on their doorsteps. He blew himself up just before he was captured. I don't think we ever got an explanation of his motivation. It's really rare, but it does happen.

The fact is that most of us are alive simply because no one has decided to kill us yet. There is no complete safety in this life, so you may as well take reasonable precautions and chill. Enjoy your life.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah, lithium ion batteries are a real danger.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

If you want to die, walk across the street. You'll have a much better chance than whatever you're dreaming up.

[–] ehpolitical@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Cool, my stress level wasn't high enough today.

[–] needanke@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nuhu, I wanna see you put a bomb in my Tcp-Packages!

[–] WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

TCP ack flood incoming

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Gimme your address so I can send you a bomb detector.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, United States

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Well, they had a good run at 36 seasons anyway.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago
[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think they screen for those these days.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 4 months ago

Only in high value places.