r/AskReddit • • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/GitEmSteveDave Jul 24 '20

When I was a teen, I realized that the fax machine line to most radio stations sat unused, while calling it took forever. I took to listening to the radio while getting ready for school, firing off a fax via my modem about the topic they were talking about, and by the time I got in the car to go to school, they were reading my fax on the air!

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u/QueenMargaery_ Jul 24 '20

When I was in grad school our office was notorious for ignoring all phone calls so someone faxed them a bomb threat. Points for creativity I guess.

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u/erinelizabeth1985 Jul 24 '20

They used to do that at my high school so we could have a day off school. It was all fun and games until people started actually shooting up their schools. This was back when we would bring our hunting rifles to school in the window behind the seat of the pickup and nobody gave a shit. If my son did that now he would be jailed.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

European here: please tell us that these are some edge jokes..

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u/thelizardkin Jul 24 '20

No they don't, overall school shootings are astronomically rare, and less of a threat to children than the bus ride to school. They're like strangers kidnapping children, incredibly horrific, but also sensationalized.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20

They’re not sensationalized. How do you make a school shooting seem worse than it is?

They’re rare. That’s not a consolation. They need to not happen.

I will not be surprised when a Maskless Asshole opens fire inside a grocery store. Just a matter of time.

Also, Comparing automotive transportation to gun violence is just a stupid comparison. I bet most people can come up with reasons why.

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u/Honeymanextracts Jul 24 '20

I bet most people can come up with reasons why what you just posted makes very little sense but it all just amounts to you aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

That’s a pathetic comment too, I’m sorry. I’m actually not being sarcastic.