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[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 hours ago

Why am I laughing at this? Is it because reality has become so ridiculously like a dark graphic novel?

Now we’re going to get grope-shocked by idiots who probably shock themselves before they get their hands on us.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 6 points 12 hours ago

What dystopian sci-fi story did this idea come from?

[–] Snowies@lemmy.zip 16 points 17 hours ago

What kind of looney tunes shit is this

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 27 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Cruelty is they're goal.

I hope they get rained on and glitch out dead.

[–] mister_flibble@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

Hope they forget to take em off the first time they go to take a piss.

[–] dektep@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

I hate when I do that. 🙄

[–] AnotherWastedHuman@retrolemmy.com 19 points 18 hours ago

Oh, this won't be abused.

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 17 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Quit hitting yourself childhood antics may soon become handy and vital for survival.

[–] PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Its america, you've got a gun. Just shoot them.

And close family of them.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Gonna be a fun time to wear conductive outer layers of clothing. I wonder how good these gloves' sort circuit protection is...

[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago

All we have to do is ground ourselves.

[–] tea_n_typewriters@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

What kind of useless can’t-get-work-anywhere-else fuckwad engineers design this shit? Flock not hiring anymore?

Me when I was 14 and trying to save the world with shit I could buy on alibaba literally decades ago.

Turns out grappling hooks are really hard and the rocket skates only worked with solid fuel, which was slightly problematic from a use case perspective and I have no idea how I'm alive.

Seems there's a huge market in authoritarian sadists. Capitalists & fascists are creaming themselves on either side of it.

[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Looking forward to the officers accidentally shocking their nuts when they scratch their balls

[–] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

Tragic masturbation accident incoming.