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I passed through TSA with a pocket knife, a small pair of sewing scissors, and a Leatherman multitool I forgot I put in my work backpack, but had to throw away my solid hand lotion for being 3.4oz. Larger than 3oz was a potential explosive, they told me. I had to toss it in a trashcan filled to overflowing with other potential explosives, located in the most populated area of the airport. I guess so it would take out as many people as possible and do the most structural damage, if my sealed Working Hands lotion was to explode and set off the other containers of lotions, water, and sodas. TSA is a joke.

I'm pretty sure people who work for TSA are in it for the groping and harassment, catching something every once in a while is just a cover

I once accidentally bought pepper spray I forgot was in my bag through TSA.

I’ve had ammo pass through before. TSA is useless.

TSA is not in a fun position.

They are literally dealing with "The Most Armed Nation ... In The World." /clarkson And that is not often given to them out loud as the reality of their working parameters. Statistically that gives them a magnified margin of error by sheer volume of gun owners in the USA to my mind.

That said I have been terrorized by some TSA operators and patted down in the Denver airport without being asked or given a chance to have privacy by a TSA in the middle of line.

So won't you at least give the TSA a chance to go fuck themselves ?

I know this one… it’s because the TSA sucks and isn’t anything more than security theater.

American border is like prison border with the world being the prison. They are more concerned about people getting out of the prison than people getting in.

It is a mix of "American tourists who are to stupid to consult government service pages about their destination" and "TSA is all about perceived security, but not real security".

Mmmmm love the smell of security theater in the morning

Isn't TSA just a money-grab?

With no actual oversight, requirements, or sanctions, that's just transfer of public money to some random wage-slaves and private subcontractors (like for the all-so-special equipment they must have, as well as tons of gloves and lube they consume daily).

Im sure AI could do racial profiling just as racially biased as them, and also fail at detecting any real threats. And Im sure I've seen some 'cavity search'-like robots online that could be deployed.

Of course they don’t know how it got missed! If the knew how, they’d’ve been able to improve their 70+% miss rate

I think they are quite consistent, as a foreigner, when I travel to the US I get the random inspection every.single.time

/s

Just a few months ago, my wife and I went on vacation, and she had my mushroom hunting knife with like a 4 or 5-inch blade on it in her purse. The purse went through scanners and everything and no one said a fucking thing. Didn't realize we had the knife until we were on the plane in the air, and she went to get gum out.

TSA screeners get paid less than $50,000 a year and have to deal with entitled assholes who argue with them all day. I'd do a half-assed job too.