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Edit: Not as bad as I first thought. I'm unlocking it. I think people need to start using the /s tag more often. It'll be good for practice over the holidays.
Why are people so weirded out by one of the oldest tools we have?
I agree.
Boy Scouts used to get jack knives in 3rd grade.
My pacifist mom brought me all the guns I wanted when I was a kid; by the time I was about 12 I decided guns were for little boys and put all of mine away. Never felt the need to own one.
My pacifist mom brought me all the guys I wanted when I was a kid
nice
Edited, and you have a filthy mind.
My pacifist mom brought me all the guys I wanted when I was a kid
Um...
People are utterly terrified by the idea of something that could cause consequences if wielded improperly.
Or, stated another way:
People are terrified not just of accountability, but of potential, theoretical accountability.
Hyperconsumerism?
0 attention span?
Things are supposed to all be instant, temporary and ephemeral, nothing that implies the potential of long term consequences can be considered without a level of genuine terror.
I don’t get it, it’s like self infantilizing. Their mommies cut up their food for them.
Some reason? I always carry a knife.
You must be a true romantic.
The one guy in the room
"Let me grab the scissors real quick"
"No need, I have a knife!"
"Oh that's okay, they're in the drawer right here"
"LET ME HAVE MY MOMENT"
I always have a pocket knife with me. 🤷♂️
Most of the time, it just gets used as a screwdriver. Maybe they should make pocket screwdrivers that have a secondary knife function... 🤔
Ironically, someone carrying a pocket knife is way less weird to me than the idea of someone carrying a screwdriver.
What's wrong with carrying a swiss army knife? I always have it with me. It's been with me at all my dates. No tree carving, though.
What do you mean one of them? What kind of moron doesn't carry a knife as part of their regular kit? Just today, I forgot my knife and was boned because I couldn't open a thing until I got home. Knives are handy.
We should only question those who don't regularly carry knives. Are they even trying to be contributing members of society at that point?
A) it's not as romantic when you realize the tree really doesn't like this
B) I almost always have a knife on me (technically 3: 2 in one multitool and 1 in my other, smaller multitool)
I'm picturing the multitool having a smaller multitool as one of its tools
I collect multi-tools, there's always a knife on me bc they all have knifes. I mostly have them for scissors and can openers and they're awesome!
I carry my multitool everywhere that I won't find metal detectors. Knives and pliers are possibly the two most useful tools in existence.
Whenever I see this, I think of an Encyclopedia Brown story. I don't remember the whole story, but somehow culpability for the crime he was investigating was proven by initials that had been carved in a tree long ago and thus were now high up on the tree, as it had apparently grown considerably in the interim.
He proved that this was fraudulent, as trees grow from the top rather than the bottom, so the initials would have been at roughly the height at which they were initially placed.
edit: Grammar.
If they go on a date in a car, one of them could easily murder a pedestrian or cyclist at any time.
*at least one of them
You've never gotten into a romantic knife fight with your beloved? Way more exciting than wrestling.
I just want to use this post to make a PSA - ALWAYS keep a blade in your car! In the case of a serious accident you may need it to cut off your or a passenger's seatbelt, as the locking mechanisms can get stuck and make it difficult to reach the buckle/release. Ideally you want to keep a "vehicle escape tool" which has a hooked safety blade and a punch for shattering your windows if needed. But the right knife could do in a pinch.
I generally tear apart cheese and fruit with my bare hands on dates at the park, no need for a knife. That would be scary
Honestly, after scrolling through this thread, I gotta wonder when carrying a pocket knife became something abnormal to a decent percentage of the population.
It was never universal, but as young lad in the late 1900's it was unremarkable for most people to have at least a little pocket knife with a nail file on them most of the time and never anything sinister. There were places you couldn't take them, but for the most part we lived our lives surrounded by people with concealed knives and never thought twice about it.
Never tied an onion to my belt though.
EDIT: If it's mostly a backlash against the EDC crowd, I kinda get it, but still it seems pretty harmless in moderation.
It's kind of a compliment.
I carried a folding pocket knife in my pocket for a really long time. Eventually, someone educated me that multi-tools (that include knives) exist. I carry this everywhere now instead of a knife. This is a lot more useful than a folding pocket knife: https://www.gerbergear.com/en-us/shop/multi-tools/all-multi-tools/suspension-nxt-black-30-001777 - You may still have plenty of uses for a fixed blade knife in addition to this, but getting some kind of multitool (I am not a fan of Leatherman), is a good upgrade to a daily carry knife.
Never carved anything into a tree; that's fucking dumb.
You can also do it with a sharp rock, or a key...
Or a car key and mad determination.
