• sunzu@kbin.run
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    5 months ago

    how is this even a thing, you would think 3rd time would be enough or that 911 caller would ID a child’s voice.

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      5 months ago

      But if it’s real and they don’t send the team, it would be considerably worse PR then “we wasted time and resources”.

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        5 months ago

        Well this policy clearly invites bad faith actors and people who get paid money for managing it, don’t seem to give any fucks about managing the threat.

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          5 months ago

          You’d be really surprised how much of the modern world hangs only in the capability of people to not be assholes.

          We’re fucked.

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    5 months ago

    Makes you wonder just how many of us online are 11. I think I’m going with a conservative 50%.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    In the case of this kid, he made threats about bombs placed in various locations, threatened to commit mass shootings, or stated that a teacher or students had been shot, according to local authorities.

    He was in Virginia, swatted schools in Florida.