“Why do you need a knife on you at all times?”
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Literally no human outside of like five specific cities in Europe where packages apparently open themselves by magic has ever asked that question in good faith since we invented knives six million years ago.
I have a very distinct memory of my first lab job in undergrad, this random very old man came in to talk to my boss, and he stopped and watched me work for a second and goes “Where’s your knife?” To which I’m confused and he says “Every biologist’s gotta have a good knife” and pulled out a very nice very sharp pocket knife which did help with whatever it was I was doing.
I still haven’t bought myself a nice knife. I guess I’m not a true biologist yet.
Lab partner: hand me a sterile scraper/scalpel
Me: smirks “I don’t use 'em kiddo.”
pulls out tactical knife and flame lick it with a paracord wrapped zippo
I open my packages at home, mostly using a scissor. If I open packages at work, they provide a box cutter to do it. There’s zero reason for 99% of people in a urban setting to walk around with a knife.
There’s even less reason for the office workers over at r/EDC cosplaying batman daydreaming about some hostage situation and they finally get to use their backup multi-tool strapped to their ankle to undo the screws on a went and crawl out like they’re Lethal Weapon.
Dork.
What if there’s a tactical scenario. What if there’s simply no time for the operator to walk to the car, open the glove compartment/toolbox and return withing the crucial time frame. What if they don’t get that cable tie off in less than 5 seconds, we’re all going to die. What if there are just seconds to make a decisions and act on it. What then?
