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Student charged with felony after pointing finger gun (youtu.be)

submitted 3 months ago by Wilshire to c/nottheonion

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Are finger guns going to become the equivalent of a middle finger in the US because of how many people die to guns?

[–] Tudsamfa 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Much like the middle finger gesture is offensive because outside the US many people die to birds.

[+] [email protected] -24 points 3 months ago (3 children)

That's one way to misunderstand the sentence. Impressive. The USA preschool reading level isn't a joke after all.

Half of U.S. adults can’t read a book written at the 8th-grade level.

sauce

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

You are replying to the most obvious of jokes, but even if it wasn't a joke your response doesn't really make sense. There is nothing in that comment that would imply that the person writing that comment misunderstood what you wrote.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

bro is part of the 30%

[–] Tudsamfa 7 points 3 months ago

Are you describing yourself here or what?

You made a snarky comment, I made a snarky joke in the same vein, you decide to bring in statistics (of the wrong country btw)? Why?

[–] RizzRustbolt 4 points 3 months ago

Only if the French start doing it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No. It's hysterical admins using lousy logic to conclude that finger guns = violence. The logic is something along the lines of finger guns = real guns = killing people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think the logic is "it could be a threat" but yeah it's dumb either way, unless it is a threat I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The only time I really heard this talked about was in elementary school, and finger guns were never a threat at the school I went to. Not even once, but the teachers and administration would harp on about it like kids were demonic for making them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They could get you expelled at mine, but not charged. IIRC even water guns would get you actually charged. Tbf it was shortly after 9/11, but still.