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[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 127 points 1 month ago

Next time you pass, throw a packet of yeast in there.

[-] BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 65 points 1 month ago

Could even mix the yeast into a bottle of sugar syrup beforehand to give the juice a boost of yeast food. And less suspicious when dumping it.

[-] Godnroc@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago

I have no idea what you're talking about, that's my homemade kombucha. I was going to try it for the first time on the flight, but I guess that's not happening now.

[-] Illogicalbit@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Some people just want to watch the world burn.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

Or get foamy and smell like bread, as the case may be.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

Or a mentos!

[-] kungen@feddit.nu 6 points 1 month ago

What do you mean? It's probably too acidic to have any big reactions with yeast, no?

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[-] sramder@lemmy.world 84 points 1 month ago

Never fails to amuse me that in order to fight to “threat” of binary explosives i.e. two liquids that explode when mixed together…

[-] polonius-rex@kbin.run 48 points 1 month ago

by definition this occurs before security, so anybody that wanted to could just bring a regular explosive

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Aren't the dogs trained to sniff out regular explosives?

[-] SoJB@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 month ago

Generally speaking, police dogs are trained to alert on command and are not used for actual investigation.

Yes, SAR dogs exist and properly trained dogs exist as well. However, the overwhelming evidence shows dogs are not a reliable tool when used by police.

Welcome to the downfall of an empire.

[-] TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Cop: say woof.

Dog: what, right now?

Cop: yeah.

Dog: but I don't smell anything...

Cop: I'll give you a treat.

Dog: woof woof woof!

[-] sramder@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Most of the airports in the US have some sort or chemical detector too. I always get my hands swapped going through PDX because I brought so scary looking circuit boards with my carryon 5 years ago.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

What do they swap them with?

Are they shipped separately?

[-] sramder@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

It’s been a few years, but they are white round pads, probably 3 inches wide. I’m not sure what’s on the pad, probably a solvent of some kind.

The pads go in a machine about the size of an larger microwave oven which I believe uses NMR to scan for nitrates and other kinds of explosive residue.

It was a pair of highschool level sumo robots, lots of wires and motors and gears.

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[-] ValorieAF@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

I prefer my explosives non-binary, thank you very much.

[-] sramder@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

That’s actually way more common than the government wants you to believe;-)

[-] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Not a big enough target for terrorists.
Imagine having planned the next 9/11 but then instead you have to just blow up part of an airport instead 😒

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[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 59 points 1 month ago

Liquids may be dangerous, so let's mix them all together!

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[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

Oh darn guess I'll have to pour my separate bottles of bleach and ammonia in there since they're not allowed past security checkpoint.

[-] zer0squar3d@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

Thinking the same thing. Oh shoot! I need to pour my bromine out! Proceeds to dump 1 gallon of fuming bromine into liquid receptacle.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago

Instructions unclear, unzips...

[-] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 1 month ago

When in Rome, use the Roman urinal?

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Look, I've been in this air terminal for the past three days, no thanks to CrowdStrike...

I dunno where else to empty my [redacted] collection bottle, but I had to entertain myself somehow..

/s

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[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 37 points 1 month ago

Boston Airport won't even sell you a beer before 11. Damn puritan masshole laws

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Calgary has a liquor store in the domestic terminal after security. Not a duty free, a liquor store. Just in case you want a 5th during take off.

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[-] TheBloodFarts@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

That's pure evil

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 32 points 1 month ago

Okay. unzip

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But, if they're explosive, wouldn't emptying your explosive with a soup of everyone else's explosives, be a bad idea? Unless.... is all this "security theater" just for show??

E: grammar

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The point isn't that liquids are explosive, the point is that water messes up the explosives detection. It's "liquids are not allowed, because water is a false positive for explosives and we want to avoid the false positive".

That's why it's starting to get allowed in many airports - they updated their detectors to newer technology where water is no longer a false positive.

Nobody thinks your bottle of water is a bomb.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That makes sense and would almost reassure me if they didn't have a 95% failure rate in tests. The data is super old but I can't find anything to suggest it's improved since then.

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[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

I bet that smells just like my Mom's pussy.

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

When you smelled it last night did it remind you of that?

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Oh I haven't been to Boston since last Tuesday.

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 11 points 1 month ago

Nephew, delete this

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago
[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Have you heard of bartender's mat?

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[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago

All liquids you say?

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

When the terrorists empty their liquid explosives into there, you’ll get to smell like piss while the flesh burns off of your bones.

[-] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I guess they finally got tired of cleaning up the mess people left behind when they had to throw away their drinks.

[-] polonius-rex@kbin.run 13 points 1 month ago

no it's so they can save it all for the christmas party

[-] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 10 points 1 month ago

Ultimate King Cup

[-] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago

I’m imagining them having to change out the bag or.. I guess bag-less bin…?

Unless this goes into a drain which is… equally super weird, actually, because it isn’t sink-shaped or anything.. so now I’m imagining this super tall trash can with like a weak little drain at the bottom full of straws and bottle caps and stuff.

[-] Tensilespark@lemmy.today 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I am actually a janitor at an airport and these have little hoses on the back that we just put into the drain in the janitor closet. They smell like rotten eggs and midew at the same time and are the single most disgusting thing I have ever had to clean.

Most of them have either a grate on top to prevent trash getting in or a separate chamber on the inside that filters out solids.

[-] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago

That’s so much worse than I imagined, I’m so sorry. Nobody should have to deal with that for security theater.

[-] Illogicalbit@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Thank you for your service. Right now I feel the same feeling when someone says “ew this milk smells, smell it”

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[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Are swamp water and jungle juice the same thing?

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I think swamp water is soda only.

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