So you’re telling me that the TSA is only a thing to harass people that aren’t white? us-foreign-policy

  • -6-6-6-@lemmygrad.ml
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    My turn to post spicy stuff that I might delete later.

    About 7 years ago I was travelling to Michigan and I went through security as normal. When I got to where I was staying I was just doing a quick check of my luggage to make sure everything was good and lo and behold to my abject horror in one of my jackets was a massive chunk of flat-pressed hash that was god knows how old.

    There wasn’t much in my Jacket to block it/it was towards the front of my case. So, either they saw it and didn’t give a fuck or they just were taking the piss and didn’t notice at the time.

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      they just were taking the piss and didn’t notice at the time.

      From my experience carrying (accidentally and on purpose) various verboten objects through airport security, they don’t understand drugs beyond “a baggie of white powder”, they think flammables and explosives necessarily look like a computer or phone, scanners can usually be defeated by turning objects sideways, and you can carry pretty much anything you want through on your body if you leave your belt on then act like you just remembered about it when the beeper goes.

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        They hardly use metal detectors now. Its 90% xray body scanners.

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      They don’t give a shit about that. The machines are highlighting objects of particular densities or something. A tiny piece of hash is indistinguishable from a piece of gum or candy etc.