A Boring Dystopia

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A 19-year old cis lesbian woman was beaten unconscious and robbed after she tried to use the women's restroom at a McDonald's in the US (www.lgbtqnation.com)

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[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I've been hit by a few stun guns, but not the police kind. It hurts sure and it makes a scary noise, but if I were intent on violence they would not stop me.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The police kind might actually kill you.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

But also are still only 60% effective and can be defeated with a thick coat, besides you need to have the exact distance between prongs for intramuscular incapacitation, too close, too far, or one prong miss will all likely fail to adequately incapacitate the attacker.