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[–] ArtieShaw@kbin.social 170 points 1 year ago (16 children)

To be fair, after the attacks on 9/11 I heard a fair number of comments from people who were convinced their local high school football stadium would be a prime target for international terror rings.

"Think about it, Becky. It's Friday night and the whole town of Left Nube, Indiana will be packed in there. We're sitting ducks."

It's silly, but people project their fear locally.

[–] imapuppetlookaway@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

After 911 a woman in my city (Portland Oregon) called the police because she saw powder on the hood of her parked car - parked under trees that were shedding pollen. She though fer sher that evildoers were targeting her with anthrax spores or something. The police are required to respond to those calls with full bio-emergency gear, so it was a huge scene, road blocked off, police vans everywhere, people in full body protective gear taking samples of the "anthrax" from her car. The end result was a public announcement from the police asking the public to please use common sense before calling. The drama going on in people's heads sometimes ... yikes.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People need to remember that chances are they are far too unimportant to use expensive stuff like anthrax on them. And if they are important enough for it, then they would already know and take precautions.

[–] thetoastmonster@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless you randomly pick up what appears to be a bottle of perfume and it's full of Novichok nerve agent.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Sounds like a fun Friday night

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