the cops literally did this to my class when we went on a field trip to the police station

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    They came in and tried to sell us on a Anti-Child Abduction service called SafeStay (something dumb like that anyway)

    It basically meant that you got a photo ID and fingerprinted so that they had a database in case someone van-snatched you, they could pretend like they were actually doing something

    Suffice to say, my parents didn't fall for it and I never got abducted

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      How are your fingerprints going to help find you if you're abducted anyway?

      • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        You know, if they find your headless corpse they can compare the fingerprints to determine identity!