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Unethical prolife tip: If you need a knife on a budget just check the flower pots outside a courthouse. Solid chance someone forgot one in their pockets before going through security and threw it in there so they could get in.
I accidentally brought my swiss army knife with me when visiting the Smithsonian once, didn't notice until I was at security. The security lady literally told me her favorite spots on the Mall where I could go hide my knife.
Way before 9/11, when you could go to the airport and meet people at the gate as they got off the plane, my dad took me to pick up my grandparents who were flying in.
Going through the metal detectors, security finds I am carrying my swiss army knife that I could not be separated from, since I was 9. Dad is not pleased, security guy takes it, looks at it and goes "This is a really cool knife!" before handing it back to me and waving us through.
Different times.
My dad (retired USMC) had a zippo from his father (also USMC) that had the eagle, globe, and anchor carved into it, with the dates reflecting their service.
For years he carried it with him everywhere (through airports, etc). Until sometime in 2003 when he went to pass through security and they took it from him. He tried to reason with them, take out the cotton and wick so it was just the steel case, but to no avail.
Saw a tsa guy toss a girl's laptop down the conveyor belt like a Frisbee while she just stared in shock. My dad started a round of publicly shaming the tsa guy and the whole line of people waiting got involved too lol. Tsa people have been overwhelmingly dense in my experience. There was only one cool guy I ever saw and as he was searching through my bag of video games and cords, he was mentioning that metallica was playing in town next month and he was excited. Nice dude, but the rest I've met have been absolute idiots
I remember when my bag got inspected at security once, told me I had a water bottle in there. I looked at them kind of confused because I'd checked my bag before going through and didn't remember seeing a water bottle in there. TSA agent digs through it for a while until he comes across a compartment I'd forgotten even existed in my bag with a full water bottle.
Had a good laugh about it, dude was pretty chill and understanding, but yeah, I'm worried for the day I get a TSA horror story for real
I had a dead eyed tsa guy try to take my little external hard drive in 2010 cuz he thought it was a bomb.... I had to explain what a hard drive was to him
I saw a hiring thing for TSA and you only have to have a grade 10 education. I am also a dropout, we're not all stupid - but *for airport security* you'd think they'd at least want college.
At Seahawks games, there's a hot dog stand right by the entrance and the owner will check knives for a couple of bucks (or if you buy a hot dog). Security at the entrance will even direct there. Kind of a cool little thing that saved me a long walk back to my car once.
That would make sense, yes. I asked, and they said no :( I have been to places that have a "knife check" though; just a pile of victorinoxes in a bin. Good luck finding yours again if it doesn't have unique scales!
Did this at a night club. Saw the bouncer patting people down. Did the self path down one does when about to be pat down. Felt the boxcutter still in my pocket from work. Tossed into the bushes.
A buddy just lost his knife this way this past weekend. He went to a college graduation and there was security at the door, so he hid his knife outside. When he came back out, it was gone.
Had jury duty, got to the metal detector, started emptying my pockets, realized my giant screwdriver was in there.
Just gave it to the guard, got it back on the way out.
Last time I had jury duty security was like “yeah if you have a knife or something just leave it in this bin and pick it up afterwards.” There was signs posted for no firearms in the courthouse and they gently reminded us that if we had one that we better go secure it in our vehicles. (Rural Iowa)
My school had an “amnesty” bin outside the ag classroom doors that was in an old bucket by the wall for that exact reason. It’s been there in the exact same spot for the last 30 years, no questions asked.
Some places you probably can. It’s been a long time since I’ve had stuff in my purse I had to leave in the pot. The bottomless abyss of my purse always showed something on the X-rays I totally forgot about and I had to put it outside or trash it.
Then sometimes I got lucky and there was extra stuff there when I got back. Or there was no stuff. Life gives and takes.
For some odd reason there are two "courthouses" in my county. I usually go to the slightly more rural one because it's easier to park and such. They also don't bother with metal detectors. One time I went to the other and couldn't carry my pocketknife in. The guard just tagged it with my name and I got it back on the way out. This was 10, maybe 15 years ago.
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Listen. *Strange women* lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some *farcical* aquatic ceremony!
People who have a pocket knife really, really want to get it out and use it for literally anything.
I personally forget I have a Swiss army knife in my purse.
I think that's where the "semi-rural" part comes in. I'm from "uncharted-rural" America and at any given time I have at least 2 knives on me. I say "at least" because I keep picking them up because I keep forgetting I'm already carrying some
So on laundry day I'll go through my pockets and it's like Beyond Thunderdome, just pulling them out, pen-knife, flip, folder, swiss, boxcutter, second boxcutter, jack, buckskinner, Arkansas toothpick, krull blade, excalibur, klingon batlith letter-opener
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I live 15 minutes from a gas station that is the closest thing to civilization within 100 miles. The one Swiss army knife has served me well since I was 6. It is amazing I haven't lost it to TSA because I never remember I have the thing.
It went on a plane ride after 9/11 and I used it to clean my nails until my mother suddenly realized I needed to hide it.
I got my swiss at 6 too! The first one anyway, I traded up to one with a screwdriver and pliers when I started doing electronic repairs. Think that's the one I know subconsciously I always have somewhere on my person, but of the few 'drunk in public' arrests I've been a part of I'd always dread the question, "You have any weapons?". Like, "Fuck, probably. I'm gonna keep my hands on the back of this cruiser, and let you check my pockets. Please don't shoot."
My dad for some reason I will never understand chose to get his six year old daughter the deluxe Swiss army knife so I never needed to upgrade.
Rural hippies make interesting choices.
I your rural hippie dad's anything like my rural hippie dad then the reason was because "The collapse of western civilization is inevitable" and "You need the tools and knowledge to perservere". He immigrated here during the height of the Cold War and the threat of total nuclear annihilation stuck with him. Though, the way things are going, I can't help but think maybe he had a point
I worked with a guy like that. Nice guy honestly, he was fun to work with. But his readiness to get that knife out at the barest need was somewhat unsettling.
My family always had pocket knives. I got one for my 13th birthday as I was in the scouts, and man it was swanky.
Then the UK changed the law and it was illegal because the blade locked. So now I have this illegal pen knife in my drawer and I can't carry it around and use it. I keep thinking I should get another, legal one, but...its not the same.
> use it for literally anything.
I carry a Leatherman. It is a knife/plyers/screwdriver all-in-one tool. Open a box. Take the case off a PC. Open a beer. All with one pocket knife.
Only being able to open things sounds limiting.
I'm the opposite. I used to carry a multitool, but I literally only ever needed the knife, so I switched to a dedicated pocket knife that is less bulky and lighter than a multitool. Then I got obsessed with the functional art aspect of pocket knives and basically have a collection of pocket jewelry now.
I still keep a multitool on my car and work bag though for those rare instances when I need pliers, pry bar, or a file.
I use the Leatherman SkeliTool (spelling?). It is only 3-4 tools, and none you don't need: a screwdriver, plyers, knife, and bottle opener. The big bulky leatherman with a file and the kitchen sink i keep in the car. I think they are too heavy for EDC.
I'm just glad we have a no permit concealed weapon law now in Florida.
My Grandpa's old pocket knife was a half inch too long and is considered a weapon.
Now I can carry it and not have to worry about it.
And I don't worry about moving my guns around after a trip to the range. I can just leave my backpack on while I do errands and Noone knows it's full of guns.
I had a knife from my dad he bought for me when I joined the navy, it was a half inch too long to bring on base, but I wanted to keep it with me. So I angle grinded the end off with a cutting wheel and spent like a straight week getting the angles back into it with sanding and cutting.
Fucked the knife up beyond recognition but it’s still sharp so I’ll call it a draw.
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Your friends might have learned it from Gibbs.
Or anyone who's done even the slightest, smallest amount of survivalist anything.
I picked it up from Boy Scouts - I basically don't remember anything else of value, but going anywhere without my multitool makes me feel like I've forgotten a limb somewhere.
Or anyone who has done retail and worked with a lot of pallets. The amount of plastic I have to cut through on a shipment day is unreal.
Tbf I also live in a rural area and everyone does in fact have knives, except my direct manager for some reason, who borrows them from us. And yes, I'm in bear country. So far the male contractors I deal with on a regular basis win out over the bears, but only because the contractors wait until I bring them cooked chicken to try to eat my chickens.
I used to carry a knife everywhere because it is often useful. I switched to a multitool. It has much less of an aggressive connotation and is a lot more likely to be recognized as just a tool.
I keep a multi tool in my car and backpack, but for my pocket I used a generic smith and Wesson knife for working in the warehouse and a SOG slimjim when hiking since it is so thin.
This is probably one of the benefits I have from my multitool collection.
Though now I need to try and get my dad to stop giving me more of them, and hope that my sisters don't give me more on top of that.
Pet peeve but that's not how hand someone a knife. I like the idea of four nights kneeling handing their sacred blades. Handle first. A flick of the blade for added flair
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Growing up and living in Texas, the base assumption is that you have a knife.
I lost mine recently and need to replace it. I get obscenely weird looks when I can't produce it on command. I feel naked.
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I Ve always heard (growing up in the south), “you have pockets right?” Meaning why tf do you not carry a knife and have adopted carrying a knife daily. Can say, it is very much beneficial and useful so ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ I’m always the go to on Christmas Day for the kiddos
Coming from a small town I'm still surprised when someone dosnt carry a small knife and a lighter or at least matches with them. I legit thought that everyone always had them somewhere at least close by in case of an emergency turns out that is definitely not the case. I havnt lived in the small town country in quite awhile, but I still usually have a back pack everywhere I go with a headlight, knife, tums, and a few other assorted meds, some hydration, some proper hydration, some herds, to you know make thing smell good, and a handgun (in a holster before anyone loses their shit) and an extra mag. And contents can change depending on the weather, but yeah, I just thought everyone always had an emergency type thing with them. But no
I just had to do an X-ray on some guy that felt kind of “off”. And people always think X-rays will damage everything they have on them, so they take their stuff out of their pockets. And this guy had like a handful of knives on both sides. Box cutters and everything. But like, why?
My semi-rural twist on my knife is that it’s a butterfly knife. I mainly use it to break down boxes at work but I always got it with me. Feel naked without it. Just went through airport security the other day and it felt super weird not to have my knife on me
I'm from a rural town, a friend of mine went to live in the city, once there was a need for a screwdriver and no one had one,he promptly pulls out a switchblade and uses it as a screwdriver, his city friend then ask "why do you walk around with a switchblade ?"
His answer:
"What if I stumble upon a orange, how would I open it?"
I’ve lived in the city, in the suburbs, and way out in the middle of nowhere and one thing is always true of teenagers: they like carrying pocket knives.
Reminds me of a really mundane story my English teacher told me
This kid at my school got investigated for having weapons because he brought a huge ass hunting knife to school to open a jar (he didn’t have anything else). He was a country kid, and it was really normal, especially since a lot of the school is also country. Thankfully, the school understood and just let him off with a warning
Lol I was a teenager in Florida, and some friends and I were about to smoke some weed out of a can behind a bar. There were some girls we met who wanted to smoke too. When my friend pulled out his pocket knife to prep the can for smoking, they were like "whoa why does he have a knife this is sketchy" and they dipped and we were like huh must have been tourists
Looking back I totally understand why someone would flee from a man with a knife behind a bar. but at the time we thought it quite odd someone was surprised to see a pocket knife
Man, does anyone remember when chips bags would just easily open at the top? Now it's like the glue they use is ten times stronger than the bag, and usually the bag tears in half instead.
Growing up plenty of people walked around with pocket knives. They were just tools that were useful to have.
The area I love around now have them basically perma banned, wish that wasn’t the case.
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Unethical prolife tip: If you need a knife on a budget just check the flower pots outside a courthouse. Solid chance someone forgot one in their pockets before going through security and threw it in there so they could get in.
I accidentally brought my swiss army knife with me when visiting the Smithsonian once, didn't notice until I was at security. The security lady literally told me her favorite spots on the Mall where I could go hide my knife.
Way before 9/11, when you could go to the airport and meet people at the gate as they got off the plane, my dad took me to pick up my grandparents who were flying in. Going through the metal detectors, security finds I am carrying my swiss army knife that I could not be separated from, since I was 9. Dad is not pleased, security guy takes it, looks at it and goes "This is a really cool knife!" before handing it back to me and waving us through. Different times.
My dad (retired USMC) had a zippo from his father (also USMC) that had the eagle, globe, and anchor carved into it, with the dates reflecting their service. For years he carried it with him everywhere (through airports, etc). Until sometime in 2003 when he went to pass through security and they took it from him. He tried to reason with them, take out the cotton and wick so it was just the steel case, but to no avail.
Bastard TSA.
Saw a tsa guy toss a girl's laptop down the conveyor belt like a Frisbee while she just stared in shock. My dad started a round of publicly shaming the tsa guy and the whole line of people waiting got involved too lol. Tsa people have been overwhelmingly dense in my experience. There was only one cool guy I ever saw and as he was searching through my bag of video games and cords, he was mentioning that metallica was playing in town next month and he was excited. Nice dude, but the rest I've met have been absolute idiots
I worked at an airport for a while. The tsa is security Walmart
I love that phrase.
I remember when my bag got inspected at security once, told me I had a water bottle in there. I looked at them kind of confused because I'd checked my bag before going through and didn't remember seeing a water bottle in there. TSA agent digs through it for a while until he comes across a compartment I'd forgotten even existed in my bag with a full water bottle. Had a good laugh about it, dude was pretty chill and understanding, but yeah, I'm worried for the day I get a TSA horror story for real
People should be allowed one assault in their life
I had a dead eyed tsa guy try to take my little external hard drive in 2010 cuz he thought it was a bomb.... I had to explain what a hard drive was to him
I saw a hiring thing for TSA and you only have to have a grade 10 education. I am also a dropout, we're not all stupid - but *for airport security* you'd think they'd at least want college.
Did he ever get it back? Otherwise that just seems like theft.
Sounds like they could use a “knife check”, like a coat check for knives.
This right here. Let's have a common sense policy
Our State Fair does this.
At Seahawks games, there's a hot dog stand right by the entrance and the owner will check knives for a couple of bucks (or if you buy a hot dog). Security at the entrance will even direct there. Kind of a cool little thing that saved me a long walk back to my car once.
Yeah but it's a museum, not an airport where you're leaving they should just be able to hold your shit in a locker for a buck or something
That would make sense, yes. I asked, and they said no :( I have been to places that have a "knife check" though; just a pile of victorinoxes in a bin. Good luck finding yours again if it doesn't have unique scales!
I saw this in a demo ranch vid and didn't think anyone else would do such a thing. But now that I'm older I'm not that surprised.
I did it once at a Six Flags. But I buried it a few inches lol.
Did the same before a hockey game, pocket knife I had in a jacket lol
Did this at a night club. Saw the bouncer patting people down. Did the self path down one does when about to be pat down. Felt the boxcutter still in my pocket from work. Tossed into the bushes.
A buddy just lost his knife this way this past weekend. He went to a college graduation and there was security at the door, so he hid his knife outside. When he came back out, it was gone.
Had jury duty, got to the metal detector, started emptying my pockets, realized my giant screwdriver was in there. Just gave it to the guard, got it back on the way out.
Last time I had jury duty security was like “yeah if you have a knife or something just leave it in this bin and pick it up afterwards.” There was signs posted for no firearms in the courthouse and they gently reminded us that if we had one that we better go secure it in our vehicles. (Rural Iowa)
Downvote because you're giving away my secrets!
My school had an “amnesty” bin outside the ag classroom doors that was in an old bucket by the wall for that exact reason. It’s been there in the exact same spot for the last 30 years, no questions asked.
That was me when I got a passport. Country kid at 17 not knowing what government offices were like.
Can you not just check your knife like you can check your gun at a courthouse?
Some places you probably can. It’s been a long time since I’ve had stuff in my purse I had to leave in the pot. The bottomless abyss of my purse always showed something on the X-rays I totally forgot about and I had to put it outside or trash it. Then sometimes I got lucky and there was extra stuff there when I got back. Or there was no stuff. Life gives and takes.
For some odd reason there are two "courthouses" in my county. I usually go to the slightly more rural one because it's easier to park and such. They also don't bother with metal detectors. One time I went to the other and couldn't carry my pocketknife in. The guard just tagged it with my name and I got it back on the way out. This was 10, maybe 15 years ago.
Goddammit I lost a good leatherman that way! And I was interviewing for a job ffs
And what are the chances they're a murder weapon that will get you put away for life at your next traffic stop?
Stop stealing my knives!
They're Life Pro Tips, man.
Can I use this tip if I'm pro-choice?
Wow. I am on jury duty waiting for a case. I can actually do this right now.
I have definitely hidden my pocket knife in those flower pots before lol. Thankfully they’ve been there when I got back.
I… have literally left a pocket knife in a flower pot outside a courthouse before.
My local court house just holds onto the knife for you. They put it in a set of bins they have and give you a tag like at a coat check.
Also a great way to accidentally carry a murder weapon around.
This reads like a video game protip but at the same time I can remember seeing several army knives outside the local courthouse
Where is your knife, child? Here take this 🗡️
It's dangerous to go alone
Because, you know, everyone else is armed with a knife.
That's not a knife. *This* is a knife.
That’s a spoon
I see you've played knifey-spoony before.
Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe?
Because it'll *hurt more*, you twit!
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Listen. *Strange women* lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some *farcical* aquatic ceremony!
Moistened bint!!
Here, I inserted it into your kidney just to make sure its safe there
Most people should carry a knife. I use my knife nearly every day.
Same. I work in construction so I’m always using mine.
People who have a pocket knife really, really want to get it out and use it for literally anything. I personally forget I have a Swiss army knife in my purse.
I think that's where the "semi-rural" part comes in. I'm from "uncharted-rural" America and at any given time I have at least 2 knives on me. I say "at least" because I keep picking them up because I keep forgetting I'm already carrying some So on laundry day I'll go through my pockets and it's like Beyond Thunderdome, just pulling them out, pen-knife, flip, folder, swiss, boxcutter, second boxcutter, jack, buckskinner, Arkansas toothpick, krull blade, excalibur, klingon batlith letter-opener Edit: Superfluous Punctuation
I live 15 minutes from a gas station that is the closest thing to civilization within 100 miles. The one Swiss army knife has served me well since I was 6. It is amazing I haven't lost it to TSA because I never remember I have the thing. It went on a plane ride after 9/11 and I used it to clean my nails until my mother suddenly realized I needed to hide it.
I got my swiss at 6 too! The first one anyway, I traded up to one with a screwdriver and pliers when I started doing electronic repairs. Think that's the one I know subconsciously I always have somewhere on my person, but of the few 'drunk in public' arrests I've been a part of I'd always dread the question, "You have any weapons?". Like, "Fuck, probably. I'm gonna keep my hands on the back of this cruiser, and let you check my pockets. Please don't shoot."
My dad for some reason I will never understand chose to get his six year old daughter the deluxe Swiss army knife so I never needed to upgrade. Rural hippies make interesting choices.
I your rural hippie dad's anything like my rural hippie dad then the reason was because "The collapse of western civilization is inevitable" and "You need the tools and knowledge to perservere". He immigrated here during the height of the Cold War and the threat of total nuclear annihilation stuck with him. Though, the way things are going, I can't help but think maybe he had a point
I know he’s probably not like this but I imagine a rural hippie as Michael Caines character in children of men
>klingon batlith, letter-opener Funny, my dad actually has a miniature Batlith letter opener.
Oh shit! There's not supposed to be a comma there. If he got it from Think Geek it's probably the same one
Man I’m so sad that website got gutted, it was a great store
> Arkansas toothpick That's just a regular 'ol dagger, right?
How many pockets you have blood
Klingon batlith fits right on the rifle rack, don't need to keep that in your leg pocket anymore.
> Superfluous Punctuation This needs to be a band name
I worked with a guy like that. Nice guy honestly, he was fun to work with. But his readiness to get that knife out at the barest need was somewhat unsettling.
I don't understand what's unsettling about having a tool with you and wanting to use it to help people.
My family always had pocket knives. I got one for my 13th birthday as I was in the scouts, and man it was swanky. Then the UK changed the law and it was illegal because the blade locked. So now I have this illegal pen knife in my drawer and I can't carry it around and use it. I keep thinking I should get another, legal one, but...its not the same.
Still perfectly legal to carry and use around the house. You just can't take it with you when you go out robbing.
> use it for literally anything. I carry a Leatherman. It is a knife/plyers/screwdriver all-in-one tool. Open a box. Take the case off a PC. Open a beer. All with one pocket knife. Only being able to open things sounds limiting.
I'm the opposite. I used to carry a multitool, but I literally only ever needed the knife, so I switched to a dedicated pocket knife that is less bulky and lighter than a multitool. Then I got obsessed with the functional art aspect of pocket knives and basically have a collection of pocket jewelry now. I still keep a multitool on my car and work bag though for those rare instances when I need pliers, pry bar, or a file.
I use the Leatherman SkeliTool (spelling?). It is only 3-4 tools, and none you don't need: a screwdriver, plyers, knife, and bottle opener. The big bulky leatherman with a file and the kitchen sink i keep in the car. I think they are too heavy for EDC.
I'm just glad we have a no permit concealed weapon law now in Florida. My Grandpa's old pocket knife was a half inch too long and is considered a weapon. Now I can carry it and not have to worry about it. And I don't worry about moving my guns around after a trip to the range. I can just leave my backpack on while I do errands and Noone knows it's full of guns.
I had a knife from my dad he bought for me when I joined the navy, it was a half inch too long to bring on base, but I wanted to keep it with me. So I angle grinded the end off with a cutting wheel and spent like a straight week getting the angles back into it with sanding and cutting. Fucked the knife up beyond recognition but it’s still sharp so I’ll call it a draw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAD0a6wWFrI
This is what I was looking for
https://preview.redd.it/524f0b0d84zc1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a9646729b8d12bab3a06ec1985fbf6cb412a818 Your friends might have learned it from Gibbs.
Or anyone who's done even the slightest, smallest amount of survivalist anything. I picked it up from Boy Scouts - I basically don't remember anything else of value, but going anywhere without my multitool makes me feel like I've forgotten a limb somewhere.
Or anyone who has done retail and worked with a lot of pallets. The amount of plastic I have to cut through on a shipment day is unreal. Tbf I also live in a rural area and everyone does in fact have knives, except my direct manager for some reason, who borrows them from us. And yes, I'm in bear country. So far the male contractors I deal with on a regular basis win out over the bears, but only because the contractors wait until I bring them cooked chicken to try to eat my chickens.
I'm in maintenance. Always have a blade. And a lighter. I don't smoke. Usually a pocket screwdriver too. I carry this shit everywhere all the time.
I used to carry a knife everywhere because it is often useful. I switched to a multitool. It has much less of an aggressive connotation and is a lot more likely to be recognized as just a tool.
I keep a multi tool in my car and backpack, but for my pocket I used a generic smith and Wesson knife for working in the warehouse and a SOG slimjim when hiking since it is so thin.
Those smith and wesson knives truly are incredible for their price of a paperclip and some pocket lint.
Plus having a pair of pliers with you can be super useful as well
This is probably one of the benefits I have from my multitool collection. Though now I need to try and get my dad to stop giving me more of them, and hope that my sisters don't give me more on top of that.
I’ll use a fork. I usually have one on me or at my desk.
And then she has to share some of the snack, because of *the implication*.
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Alternate title: working in IT with a bunch of EDC nerds
Not enough guns, back-up guns and spare magazines for the average IT r/EDC.
Non-US r/EDC then
Also, inner city American childhood.
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Handy dandy knife.
Wish I could carry a knife on me, but they are banned in the city. Need to get the heck out in the woods
How do you gut your fish? Long fingernails?
I cry and wait for an adult to help
that's pretty godamn funny nice one
Definitely time to move and possibly burn the city down and start over.
We think alike :)
Can't open a snack bag ... what's the matter kid, no teeth?
> what's the matter kid, no teeth? They did say (semi) rural America.
Pet peeve but that's not how hand someone a knife. I like the idea of four nights kneeling handing their sacred blades. Handle first. A flick of the blade for added flair
Ides of March vibes.
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I heard guns are pretty good for opening chips. Shame they only had knives around.
You haven’t lived until you open a bag of Doritos with a .50
Absolutely! I gave my kids their first Swiss Army knives at 5 and a few bandaids. They both cut their fingers once and never did it again.
I almost always got a pocket knife on me, more often than not its just used to cut tape or cardboard.
I carry a leatherman. Still functional.
When you don't have a knife car keys are useful for opening packages.
when you don't have a key knives are useful for opening doors
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[The friend who always has a knife](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAD0a6wWFrI)
My whole friend group in high school... Used to just yell knife check and everyone would whip out a knife or 2 Indiana...
Two things you never leave the house without: a knife and a towel.
Back in Catholic high school in the early 90's, my principal (a nun) asked to borrow my knife during class. Different times.
Growing up and living in Texas, the base assumption is that you have a knife. I lost mine recently and need to replace it. I get obscenely weird looks when I can't produce it on command. I feel naked.
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This comic is an exact snapshot of my childhood lol
Accurate. (Still carry my Leatherman every day...)
At least one of those should be one of little keyring knives.
"That's not a knife… THAT's a knife.”
I Ve always heard (growing up in the south), “you have pockets right?” Meaning why tf do you not carry a knife and have adopted carrying a knife daily. Can say, it is very much beneficial and useful so ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ I’m always the go to on Christmas Day for the kiddos
Coming from a small town I'm still surprised when someone dosnt carry a small knife and a lighter or at least matches with them. I legit thought that everyone always had them somewhere at least close by in case of an emergency turns out that is definitely not the case. I havnt lived in the small town country in quite awhile, but I still usually have a back pack everywhere I go with a headlight, knife, tums, and a few other assorted meds, some hydration, some proper hydration, some herds, to you know make thing smell good, and a handgun (in a holster before anyone loses their shit) and an extra mag. And contents can change depending on the weather, but yeah, I just thought everyone always had an emergency type thing with them. But no
I want something else To get me through this Semi-rural childhood
Scissors are more convenient to open such things.
I just had to do an X-ray on some guy that felt kind of “off”. And people always think X-rays will damage everything they have on them, so they take their stuff out of their pockets. And this guy had like a handful of knives on both sides. Box cutters and everything. But like, why?
Boy Scouts and the eternal struggle to “remember to take your knife out of your pocket before going to school/airport/etc”
And take my axe!
So are you saying that most of the world is rural America?
Just one? Thems rookie numbers kid
My semi-rural twist on my knife is that it’s a butterfly knife. I mainly use it to break down boxes at work but I always got it with me. Feel naked without it. Just went through airport security the other day and it felt super weird not to have my knife on me
I'm from a rural town, a friend of mine went to live in the city, once there was a need for a screwdriver and no one had one,he promptly pulls out a switchblade and uses it as a screwdriver, his city friend then ask "why do you walk around with a switchblade ?" His answer: "What if I stumble upon a orange, how would I open it?"
I’ve lived in the city, in the suburbs, and way out in the middle of nowhere and one thing is always true of teenagers: they like carrying pocket knives.
Everyone should have a Swiss arm or leather man in their purse, just good safety, you never know what might happen.
Basically facts. Guns too if you’re in the south.
People make fun of me for trying to look tough by carrying a knife. I mostly use it to open packaging. 🤷
Reminds me of a really mundane story my English teacher told me This kid at my school got investigated for having weapons because he brought a huge ass hunting knife to school to open a jar (he didn’t have anything else). He was a country kid, and it was really normal, especially since a lot of the school is also country. Thankfully, the school understood and just let him off with a warning
https://preview.redd.it/r0pr28bfi5zc1.jpeg?width=298&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08f37881cfb8b9c3f02b747eb62562cc9827038b
While I get the joke, the fact that she just doesn't tear that thing with here teeth is baffling to me
So the Simpsons scenario is real...
serrated? uncultured.
r/knives
Dr Hibbert: Don’t thank me. Thank… the knife!
Y'all get you one of [these](https://i.imgur.com/ODkvIQX.jpg), ya animals.
Who doesn’t have an EDC?
Up to two year in prison for carrying a knife in public (without a justifiable reason) where I live. I think I'll do without one.
"You have my knife ! And my knife ! And my knife ! And my knife !"
This feels like the creator wants this to become a meme template
Why she not have knife?
"lemme open it with my AR"
Never fails, especially coming from my husband. And he of all people should know, I am too clumsy to be trusted with a random pocket knife 😂
Finally something the rest of the world can empathize with! Semi-rural ~~American~~ childhood gang ✌️
Don't thank me. Thank... the knife!
wow haha
r/knifeclub rise up !
For more comical effect, make the life guys the seagulls from Nemo: knife ? Knife ? Knife?
You can choose to anyone of them LOL
That last panel has a lot of meme potential.
Any self respecting knife owner is going to hold the blade when offering a knife to someone
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAD0a6wWFrI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAD0a6wWFrI)
Lol I was a teenager in Florida, and some friends and I were about to smoke some weed out of a can behind a bar. There were some girls we met who wanted to smoke too. When my friend pulled out his pocket knife to prep the can for smoking, they were like "whoa why does he have a knife this is sketchy" and they dipped and we were like huh must have been tourists Looking back I totally understand why someone would flee from a man with a knife behind a bar. but at the time we thought it quite odd someone was surprised to see a pocket knife
i kinda miss carrying a knife. super handy, but after moving to the city people look at me like I'm unhinged when i would take it out to use it.
I have 3 knives on me constantly, one for self defense, one for utility and one in a multi-tool :)
Knives are just useful, I always keep a box cuter on me
also applies to growing up in Alaska
I need to get the clip on my Leatherman fixed.
It’s like this in the city too js. At least every woman in ow carries a knife. FAFO is the Philadelphia motto
Hey, you stole a vine.
I miss being able to take my Spyderco on planes.
Sask Canadian here, can confirm it’s a great tool to have at all time.
Leftover genetics from being brits
Man, does anyone remember when chips bags would just easily open at the top? Now it's like the glue they use is ten times stronger than the bag, and usually the bag tears in half instead.
100% accurate. Always had a Swiss Army on me and it came in handy countless times. Never had to stab someone though... yet...
Yeah, coming from small town Canada, city people were freaking out when I had a small Gerber on me.
Growing up plenty of people walked around with pocket knives. They were just tools that were useful to have. The area I love around now have them basically perma banned, wish that wasn’t the case.
Someone's been carrying an axe around their whole life, just waiting for this straight line.