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I got a package the other day from an online order I had made. My wife asked what it was and I joked and said it might be a bomb, some dust with poison or a virus or something. We laughed at the thought but it got me thinking of all the packages I just open without thinking all the time. I would never know it was a bomb until after it went off in my hands.

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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 49 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

You're not that important. Nobody wants to kill you.

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

that's the main reason you should care. It makes sense being target of murder when you know you are not important, so no one would care

[–] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago

Nah killing for no reason. No one with that expertise will be wasting time like that.

[–] piecat@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Plenty of random innocent people have died from package bombs. All it takes is for someone to hate your boss / your neighbor / someone unrelated with the same name. Or just, someone unhinged

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

Seems sus. Keep an eye on this one.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

Unless... there's profit in it. No profit in sending a customer a bomb.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

Eh, they could very well have someone that wants to kill them. But it's less likely that they have someone willing to take the risk of prison to do it though, or the knowledge of how to actually make a bomb

[–] Guthix@midwest.social 6 points 9 hours ago

Hopefully some day

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If you ordered from a package bomb delivery service it would have an almost 100% chance of being one.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Order from BDS? Are you crazy? It would take forever and probably not make it in one piece. You should try Bombing Express. They have next day air.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm waiting for the city wide random delivery service that some country will send some day for everyone to enjoy .... all 2 million of them all at once.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I think something crazy would have to happen for that to be a possibility. Like, the US President would have to be taking orders from Russia or worse.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 11 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Every package both is and isn't a bomb until you open it!

Or something. Idk I never studied physics.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago

Schrodinger was a terrorist

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

A bomb squad goes to diffuse it, but a cat just jumps out of the box.

Terrorist: "Wait, then what did I do with the-"

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It also has a chance of being a million dollars.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

And this post says a lot about the human inability to assess various types of risk amongst high / low likelihood and how much damage/benefit a given risk is capable of. Many might think, eee $1M, so good, but cannot project forward, as studies of lottery winners have found, that within a year or two the winner is back at their baseline economic level. But it's rare the person who thinks, "I can hire a financial manager, to help me with this windfall."

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

You've won the lottery; obviously your only option is to immediately develop unsustainable spending habits while abandoning all sources of income.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 3 points 10 hours ago

LoL, that's exactly what I would do. /s

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I think they screen for those these days.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 10 hours ago

Only in high value places.

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 3 points 13 hours ago

More likely to be da bomb 💣

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Gimme your address so I can send you a bomb detector.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, United States

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Well, they had a good run at 36 seasons anyway.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago