• NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    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?

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            10 days ago

            Listen, that would be effective.

            We’d be breaking so many rules I don’t even know where to start, but if accomplished it would be incredibly effective.

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      10 days ago

      It says China is Selling

      All you have to do is find it on temu or aliexpress to make that true.

          • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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            10 days ago

            Yes, I am. Are you just a bundle of internalized misogynistic propaganda to the point that you can’t even take a fucking joke about it without being a reactionary?

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              9 days ago

              damn you sound worked up… you sure i’m the one that’s snowflakin it?

  • Venia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 days 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.

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    11 days ago

    Not sure that’s an acceptable level of violence for pervertry but who am I to get in the way of women’s violent fantasies?

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      11 days ago

      There is no level of violence unacceptable for self defense against sexual assault. Keep your hands to yourself.

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      11 days ago

      EVERY TIME ANYTHING WOMAN RELATED COMES UP IN THE FEED, HERE YOU ARE ACTING IT OUT, EVERY. FUCKING. TIME. HOLY HELL WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST WOMEN? I NEED TO KNOW. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

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        11 days ago

        For full context I have that user tagged as “incel” I don’t specifically remember why, but sure as shit seems accurate.

  • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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    11 days ago

    I kind of get it. It looks a little bit scary so you flash it and some intrusive guy should get the message and fuck of. Probably as effective as spring knife would be but more fancy looking. As an actual self defense weapon it would be useless. I would be easy to close the distance fast and knock it out. I guess this is part of the appeal. It looks scary but is not really that dangerous. Knife would be a better weapon but that’s exactly you don’t want to carry a knife around. It turns any fight in a life or death situation while a big lighter like this is just a prop. Anyway, just get some pepper spray.

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      10 days ago

      To add on about using a knife for defense that you lightly touched.

      You never want to be in a knife fight. Nobody wins in a knife fight. Especially if it’s a pocket knife.

      I have a bright neon orange & green bush/field/combat knife that I take with me when I go camping. It’s largely a tool for managing my camp, but I have practiced defensive fighting with it, but I am no knife fighting expert. I see it as a last-ditch effort of defense against a wild animal or human where my life is already on the line. And wearing it on my hip around camp advertises “this person is armed” to any human that has ill intent that comes across my camp during daylight hours. I’d still rather grab my walking stick for a good head bonking and sternum busting, and I would do my best to do that before pulling the knife for defensive combat use.

      So, to be abundantly clear. There are no winners in a knife fight. The “winner” goes to the hospital.

      • Optional@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        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.

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            11 days ago

            Great, create more fear in society and pit people against each other and give them weapons, too. Winning concept.

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                11 days ago

                The problem is that who an “abuser” is is extremely subjective. In this case it’s evil men. What if people buy these because they’re scared of evil immigrants? The argument is the exact same.

                And nothing is stopping abusers from getting these too. You think they have a little checkbox on the order you have to cross on the form so they don’t accidentally sell them to the wrong person?

                And who are they against exactly, gropers, rapists, people that hit on you in a club, any stranger that approaches you? Burning someone alive is a pretty big commitment, you better make sure you got the right person, or else you’re just another psychopath with a weapon waiting for a chance to use it on anyone you dislike.

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        11 days ago

        Handing out weapons to the population and expect them to use them responsibly has worked so fucking well so far…

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    11 days ago

    Seems kind of fun. Not to barbecue people, just to light candles and start bonfires and other completely unnecessary uses, like ending weevils.