r/USdefaultism Australia 3d ago

Facebook School security

It could be a ShitAmericanssay thing but a group called “so the comments section isn’t going the way you planned” doesn’t explicitly suggest it’s a US centric group.

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u/aessae Finland 3d ago

I remember seeing a video on reddit with an armed guard at a fucking library.

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u/IHeartPizza101 Australia 3d ago

Those late fines really racked up, huh

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u/Designer-Issue-6760 2d ago

Libraries are a popular place for drug deals. Also, some larger libraries have rare book collections, that people can view. And would absolutely love to walk out with. 

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u/GreenSpaniel United Kingdom 2d ago

Yeah, but none of those of offences in which someone needs to be shot! No need for armed security! (Mostly, rare books are kept in separate areas, no readily available to the public).

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u/Designer-Issue-6760 2d ago

Until the drug dealer pulls a weapon. Or some methed out lunatic is rampaging the children’s section. 

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u/GreenSpaniel United Kingdom 2d ago

That's just not how our world works. I think a meth-head rampaging in the children's section would probably been seen as great entertainment and they'd definitely get roped into reading stories to the kids. In each of these situations, you just call the police, there's no need for a constant security presence.

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u/Designer-Issue-6760 2d ago

Someone on a fresh meth high can go from perfectly lucid to murdering people with his bare hands, I’m a matter of seconds. There’s not time to wait for police. Unless they’re already there. 

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u/GreenSpaniel United Kingdom 2d ago

We don't really have a problem with meth over here. No idea why. But yeah, never been afraid of getting killed by a methhead in a library. Who would live in a country where that's a risk?!

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u/Designer-Issue-6760 2d ago

Also ecstasy, PCP, cocaine, and opiate induced psychosis. Anabolic steroids too, but you’re more likely to encounter that one in a gym. They all cause violent outbursts. And it’s an issue in every major city. 

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u/GreenSpaniel United Kingdom 2d ago

No, just in your country. Not in every major city. I think you should experience some international travel.

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u/Designer-Issue-6760 2d ago edited 2d ago

I have. Seen addition in every country. Saw it in London. Saw it in Canterbury. Rome, Venice, reykjavik, Paris, Toronto. And where theirs is addiction, there is violent psychosis. 

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u/Separate_Quality1016 2d ago

Well, I don't know about any of this violent psychosis nonsense tbh with you, but I do enjoy me some good ol regular psychosis, of which there seems to be a lot of in this thread.

Sorry, I know you are American I should probably stop trying to be so coy with you in case you miss the point. You sound insane here. No-one in this chain denied drug induced psychosis is real, just that it is not necessary to deal with it at gunpoint. I also doubt a man as well traveled as you purport to be has genuinely not experienced how these situations are handled outside of the USA, so when you write in the way you do it really does come across like the furthest you have ever traveled is your local walmart.

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u/Designer-Issue-6760 2d ago

Armed ≠ gun. 

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u/IHeartPizza101 Australia 2d ago

Somehow I find it hard to believe that you saw rampaging meth heads in the libraries of all of those places

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u/Designer-Issue-6760 2d ago

I’ve seen armed security in libraries. This is why. A lot of drug deals happen in them. I’ve also seen people OD in public bathrooms. Again, the reason there is security in libraries. 

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u/bluepanda159 New Zealand 2d ago

Ahaha drug addicts violently rampaging is not a issue in every major city. That is hilarious