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ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Wat? Doesnt the second avatar series have people who fight with shocker gloves? Reality really is stranger than fucking fiction.

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[–] Geldaran@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

My first thought was the Babylon 5 slaver gloves. I mean they're already the villains. might as well go full evil.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

I have a feeling many of the people involved with ICE had a different interpretation of the Avatar movies than most of us

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