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United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by sbayg »

isoprophlex wrote: post #21
alfiedotwtf wrote: post #2

> "Free Palestine, F Zionists" Does the FBI usually get involved when someone says these words in public in the US?

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Cognitive dissonance can explain a lot. If you don’t think the current regime is genocidal (whatever that even means) then you might get very concerned that anybody who says it is genocidal is a dangerous lunatic or terrorist sympathizer. Even saying something obviously truthful like “there are good people on both sides” becomes a threatening provocation. Hate is a system.

Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by kennywinker »

hluska wrote: post #28
Cyph0n wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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No that was because they hate our freedom, not because of decades of occupation and war all over the middle east funded by US taxpayer dollars.

Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by firesteelrain »

echoangle wrote: post #43
firesteelrain wrote: post #26

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Oh man, talk about unfortunate set of circumstances. It looks like a cartoon-like bomb too.

I'm assuming that's where the name comes from

Yep, I found the product listing via Google. It says Bomb

Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by [deleted] »

CamelCaseName wrote: post #13

The Reddit thread on this was equal parts amazing and hilarious. Real time insights from not one, but 9, redditors on the flight. Main post: https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/s/57lugEMhxl All the redditors on board: https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/s/Fh2KoqG4SY A passenger with a hilariously illtimed username: https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/s/W86tRI6ZVf

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Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by PearlRiver »

jmisavage wrote: post #19
root-parent wrote: post #4

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This is wildly inaccurate to the point of being dangerous advice. The goal during a bomb threat call is generally not to challenge, mock, or provoke the caller into a reaction. It is to keep the caller talking for as long as possible and gather information that could help assess the threat and assist law enforcement or security. There is no reliable rule that says a "real terrorist" will hang up if laughed at or that…

You are supposed to take every threat as real. Which is also why calling in a fake threat is considered a big federal crime to deter clowns.

Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by Cyph0n »

hluska wrote: post #28
Cyph0n wrote: post #17

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u/fortran77 used the phrase so-called “Palestinian” movement (slightly edited since), so I simply responded with the same rhetoric :)

Of course, I somehow doubt that you would have a similarly strong reaction when Palestine is erased.

Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by em-bee »

bushwart wrote: post #46
Insimwytim wrote: post #29

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Those new obfuscated links prevent old.reddit to work. Is there a way for you to post proper direct links?

You can click on any of the links and replace "www" in the url with "old", then you'll have things more or less like how it used to be.

to do that you have to open the link in new reddit first to expand it, then change it to old reddit. if you use a tool that automatically replaces www.reddit.com with old.reddit.com the shortened links break.

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Post by em-bee »

ValentineC wrote: post #47
Insimwytim wrote: post #29

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Those new obfuscated links prevent old.reddit to work. Is there a way for you to post proper direct links?

> Those new obfuscated links prevent old.reddit to work. Can't you just set the old theme in your profile? That's what I do.

only if you actually log in. not everyone does.

Re: United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

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Post by tehwebguy »

bushwart wrote: post #46
Insimwytim wrote: post #29

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Those new obfuscated links prevent old.reddit to work. Is there a way for you to post proper direct links?

You can click on any of the links and replace "www" in the url with "old", then you'll have things more or less like how it used to be.

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