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.
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This thread reminds me — I need to get my machete sharpened.
(unrelated note — I still think one of the funniest lines in Nacho Libre is the kid saying "This was my Grandmother's machete.")
All the people justifying carrying a knife everywhere: context, and also the kind of knife. I remember once being in the labor and delivery ward of a hospital and a guy visiting pulled out his wallet to sign in. He must’ve been one of those every day carry chumps because like 8 things fell out of his pocket, including a pocket knife that was at like 8” long.
What fucking threat are you gonna have to neutralize at the maternity ward you fucking nerd? Or do you think they’re gonna let you cut the cord with that dirty ass flea market knife that’s probably blunt as shit. All you’ve achieved is making everyone around you uncomfortable because america is loaded with incidents of mass violence.
lol one of the things we have to do in psychiatry is go through every patient's belongings on admission.
We've seen all kinds of things from drug paraphernalia to weapons to dildos (and one dude just had the whole lower half of a sex doll) but in this context the thing that takes the cake was the patient hallucinating so bad they were talking to the demons more than us and it turned out there was a loaded gun in the bag they'd had at their bedside for 8 hours in the ED. The honorable mention is the lighter that looked like a gun that I put in a little plastic baggie with a note covering it that said 'THIS IS A LIGHTER' so that no one would panic when they first saw it.
Honestly I don't even care all that much we really do live in an area where you might just want to have something on you even if it's just a nice hefty flashlight. I'm probably not going to win a fight, but I've always said I'll at least take a testicle with me and leaving behind some tetanus doesn't sound too bad either.
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?
It's because of the implication.
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.
also applies if it wasn't an accident, just want to point that out
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... 🤔
Mine has a permanent place on my coffee table, but I rarely carry it with me, and haven't felt I needed to. It mostly get used for opening packages.
I always have a knife on me at work. 9 hours a day 5 days a week for over 20 years. So naturally i also carry a knife when i don't work. I'm so used to having a knife and there isn't a reason to not carry one imo
I had to stop when I started flying a lot. Had so many knives confiscated...
Ironically, someone carrying a pocket knife is way less weird to me than the idea of someone carrying a screwdriver.
I always carry a screwdriver/ratchetdriver with a bunch of bits. Sometimes I fix peoples glasses, other times loose doorhandles. Also a small prybar sharp enough to replace a knife in most scenarios.
Right, but not like just a plain flathead screwdriver that you carry around in your pocket
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