You're not that important. Nobody wants to kill you.
this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2025
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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
Nah killing for no reason. No one with that expertise will be wasting time like that.
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
Seems sus. Keep an eye on this one.
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
Unless... there's profit in it. No profit in sending a customer a bomb.
Every package both is and isn't a bomb until you open it!
Or something. Idk I never studied physics.
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-"
Schrodinger was a terrorist
If you ordered from a package bomb delivery service it would have an almost 100% chance of being one.
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.
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.
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.
It also has a chance of being a million dollars.
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."
You've won the lottery; obviously your only option is to immediately develop unsustainable spending habits while abandoning all sources of income.
LoL, that's exactly what I would do. /s
Hopefully some day
More likely to be da bomb 💣
Or a mail order bride... on the instalment plan.
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.
Yeah, lithium ion batteries are a real danger.
If you want to die, walk across the street. You'll have a much better chance than whatever you're dreaming up.
Cool, my stress level wasn't high enough today.
Nuhu, I wanna see you put a bomb in my Tcp-Packages!
TCP ack flood incoming
Gimme your address so I can send you a bomb detector.
742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, United States
Well, they had a good run at 36 seasons anyway.
I think they screen for those these days.
Only in high value places.