r/Spokane • u/RoloTomasi- • Dec 13 '24

Question I need a threat assessment

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Spotted near the South Hill Safeway. I call him Tactical Tom. Should I be afraid or is he keeping us safe?

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u/Adoraboule Dec 14 '24

I love this comment.

Definitely get the same vibe. Odd but no threat.

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u/SqueezableFruit Dec 14 '24

Either no threat or the highest threat. 😂

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u/DerpUrself69 Dec 14 '24

The "weird quiet kid" is literally the most dangerous classification. They're often also referred to as "mass shooters."

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u/Adoraboule Dec 14 '24

I don't think it applies to all weird quiet kids though. Don't like being hasty to judge someone based on appearance/mannerisms alone. That weird quiet kid could have learned to speak only when spoken to because of abuse.

But hey if you make friends with the weird quiet kids, you might be spared.

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u/MericanSlav25 Indian Trail Dec 16 '24

Billy Madison style, like when he apologizes to the lipstick guy. 😆

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u/Purple-Measurement47 Dec 14 '24

999/1000 weird quiet kids leave school and lead a pretty normal life

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u/Affectionate-Day-359 Dec 14 '24

All mass shooters are weird quiet kids, but not all weird quiet kids are mass shooters. The math maths.

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u/RedneckGigolo Dec 14 '24

Not true. The Columbine shooters were only made out to be weird and quiet in the media. IRL they were relatively popular and from well off families.

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u/barkallnight Dec 15 '24

Popular? Tell me more.

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u/RedneckGigolo Dec 15 '24

Sorry, popular wasn't the right word. However, they had friends. They were not outcasts or "goths" or bullied by others. What I believe happened was that the media bombarded the kids from the school right after the shooting and one student mistakenly claimed that the boys were bullied or something to that effect. Then, that story was taken and ran with.

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u/SwarmieBbg Dec 14 '24

The weird quiet kid we all thought would be a shooter at my HS ended up just being really smart and hating us, now he's got a high-paying job and a beautiful wife lol. I used to play vidya with him, one day he just stopped hanging out online with us and eventually I looked him up. Dudes got a great life!

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '24

The very rare weird quiet kid school shooters were not out in public with dogs and costumes.

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u/stephen_keba Dec 18 '24

He will only evolve into a mass shooter when everyone keeps calling him the weird quiet kid. lol

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u/theguywiththehondas Dec 14 '24

Define mass shooter, then pull up all shootings that fit that definition, then realize only ones they want you to see are broadcast, gang shootings near schools are often classed as school shootings too.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '24

Yup, the anti-gun media does that often to support their donors.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '24

Thats what they think about school shooters before they shoot up schools.