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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 2 months ago

Well with women having these on hand at least the incels will finally achieve one of their objectives:

Women thinking they're smokin' hot.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And yet somehow I feel this might not be the best path forward.

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 58 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Well... let's try it out for a little and see what happens.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Typically without solid training what happens is the weapon gets turned on the wrong person.

But, for the sake of a good time we can imagine some asshole pervs getting lit up like a cigar. Heh heh. Awesome.

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (45 children)

Honestly, I hope it is more deterrent than anything else

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[–] unit327@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

I hope the QA is good. Training or no training, these aliexpress specials will probably just self immolate in your bag.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 6 points 2 months ago

Also, fire doesn't just stay put. Yes, you might burn the attacker, but catch the building on fire killing people.

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[–] Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

There is one benefit to this. If you're talking to a women at a bar and the people around you starting to move away, you know you're crossing some lines.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

I somehow knew instantly

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Hey, idiot asses, it’s a meme. That’s just a dumb lighter for idiots you can get on temu. Are you really stupid enough to believe they are handing out flamethrowers because of a post on a meme instance?

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

I've never been more sure of anything, ever.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (8 children)

dumb lighter for idiots

Meaning a tool idiots can use to set the dumbs on fire?

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (4 children)

If I don’t hear about women being arrested because some creep got immolated for catcalling them, I am going to be disappointed.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Over catcalling? That seems somewhat insane though no?

Unwanted touching or stalking or threatening and such i could see of course, but reciprocating men trying to get a womans attention (in a crappy and rude fashion) with literally death and/or permanent disfigurement and pain is a little drastic.

We rightly abhor the insane acid attacks committed on women over some minor transgression out of some fucked sense of honor sometimes happening in certain countries, how is this a viable position to hold just because the genders are reversed?

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[–] stenAanden@feddit.dk 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, that's the issue I find with this device, the same as guns or general physical force used against harasment and violence against women: it just leads to the woman getting arrested because the issue in the first place is that law enforcement and courts DO NOT take harasment and violence against women seriously

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Bingo. This isn't a solution to the problem, it’s a response. The actual problem isn’t being addressed in the slightest. People defending themselves will continue to get blamed for standing their ground. The only solace to be had from that is that women being arrested for “assault” will serve as external confirmation that these things are being used and that they work.

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[–] Godric@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I am a man. I am buying six of these, a pair of rollerskates, a hockey stick, a mini fire extinguisher, and some string.

See you guys on TV later!

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[–] mtpender@piefed.social 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

TFW the party's mage casts fireball in a small room...

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You say that as if casting fireball is ever a bad idea.

[–] Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Best to avoid at the gas station.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 2 months ago
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can be trusted with this, I promise

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[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Cool idea but that thing needs a bigger fuel tank, looks like it'll be empty after 30 seconds of use

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does it take longer than 30 seconds to burn someone?

[–] fleebleneeble@reddthat.com 6 points 2 months ago

Depends on if you're going for shock or efficiency.

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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

That bear isn't gonna know what it hit.

[–] entwine@programming.dev 9 points 2 months ago

"I'll touch your dick if you take a hit of this vape"

[–] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Selling something to anyone that can shoot flames up to 20 feet seems like a bad idea. Predators should probably be set on fire, but this sounds like it would take the entire block down with it.

It's all about peer pressure: don't bother her or they will suffer the consequences.

/s

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago

ehm.. aliexpress link? ... for science?..

[–] Mika@piefed.ca 6 points 2 months ago

So, a worse pepper spray?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Because there is no way this could go wrong

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