I’m not 3, I am a competent adult.

In a enormously consumerist society with a lot of packaging, why is it weird to carry a package opening tool?

"A toddler shouldn't have one, so there's no reason to ever carry one."

Do you even listen to yourself?

You can do 99% of things without carrying a GPS, phone, internet browser, 3 cameras, a compass, an MP3 player, a TV and contents of the Library of Congress around, but no one bats an eye about someone bringing their modern smartphone literally everywhere.

A smaller blade is less dangerous but not safe. You wouldn't give a 3 year old a multitool with an exposed knife.

You wouldn't let a 3 year old cook dinner for himself either. A guy owning an oven is a huge red flag

I did, the manager shrugged and told me to borrow the knife another employee brought in lol

I had a shitty job where I was opening lots of boxes for one of my duties but no cutting implements were provided. I asked and it was gently implied that sharp implements would not be provided to anyone in the building and that brining your own was strongly frowned upon. That was...interesting

It would only be concerning on the first couple dates and mostly because of the declaration of love on a first dates less so the knife. I would imagine if they're in the heart carving phase she would know he carries a knife by then.

Making shit up doesn't help your argument.

My point was that spilled milk is just as, if not more dangerous than a knife. Everything in life has a degree of risk. Part of being an adult is managing or accepting those risks. You can roll off your bed and get hurt, does this mean that there is no place in society for bedframes? Perfectly healthy people are going to die or get seriously injured from falling down stairs today, shouldn't we ban multi-level housing as a response? Probably hundreds of people are going to get cut or die from a knives today, is that a reason not to carry one?

For me, no. I have lots of useful things I do daily with a knife. Not carrying a knife when I needed one has caused me many more issues than carrying a knife when I didn't. However, if you live in a perfect pampered world where you never need to cut, slice, open, poke, pry, trim, shave or shape anything, I could see why carrying a little pocket folder might be an unnecessary risk. I live in a safe place where crime is low and dangerous wild animals are few, so I don't carry a firearm, it's an unnecessary risk and an uncomfortable inconvenience for what I would get out of it.

The danger is always present. Hahaha, like the knife I have folded in my pocket might suddenly attack me at any moment.