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Ah, young love... (media.piefed.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 17 points 10 months ago (11 children)

Depends on the knife really. Even just a 1” non-locking blade on a multitool has excellent utility.

It’s a balance between usefulness and looking like a Crocodile Dundee cosplayer. You take what’s appropriate for where you’re going.

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  • [+] -27 points 10 months ago (8 children)

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

    And the second part of the argument was that you don't need that utility all the time. 99% of the society can get their things done without carrying a knife around.

    Thus someone constantly carrying around a potentially dangerous tool would look weird. I'm sure a hammer would also have great versatility but when you see someone casually lugging a hammer around you wouldn't find it weird?

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  • [–] 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

    Do you even listen to yourself?

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  • [–] 23 points 10 months ago*

    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.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    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

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