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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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[–] ehpolitical@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, lithium ion batteries are a real danger.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 55 points 1 day ago (5 children)

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

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day 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 1 day ago

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

[–] piecat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day 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 1 day ago

Seems sus. Keep an eye on this one.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

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

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

[–] Asafum 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

Or something. Idk I never studied physics.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 23 hours ago

Schrodinger was a terrorist

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-"

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day 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 6 points 1 day 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 2 points 23 hours 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 2 points 23 hours 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.

[–] Guthix@midwest.social 6 points 1 day ago

Hopefully some day

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It also has a chance of being a million dollars.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day ago

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

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

More likely to be da bomb 💣

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think they screen for those these days.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 day ago

Only in high value places.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, United States

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

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