this post was submitted on 07 Dec 2025
748 points (99.1% liked)
memes
19928 readers
2817 users here now
Community rules
1. Be civil
No trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour
2. No politics
This is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world
3. No recent reposts
Check for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month
4. No bots
No bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins
5. No Spam/Ads/AI Slop
No advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live. We also consider AI slop to be spam in this community and is subject to removal.
A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
Sister communities
- !tenforward@lemmy.world : Star Trek memes, chat and shitposts
- !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world : Lemmy Shitposts, anything and everything goes.
- !linuxmemes@lemmy.world : Linux themed memes
- !comicstrips@lemmy.world : for those who love comic stories.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The liquids are not allowed because they mess with explosive detectors. Not because anyone thinks they are dangerous.
It's not "too dangerous to allow liquid on a plane". It's "we can't detect explosives in your luggage if there are also liquids in it".
That doesn't make sense. If that was the only reason, it would be easier and safer to just get people to take their liquid, in its container, out of the bag at scanning time
Agree, but security theater is more important, clearly.
Why can't the liquid be allowed on the plane after the rest of your luggage is scanned then?
I thought that somebody could sneak a explosive liquid into a plane via cup or bottle, and that the liquid could look so much like coffee or water or fuckin diet Pepsi that the security people were like "nah bro we aren't gonna test it".