r/comics • u/aostlund27 A Penny For Your Thoughts • 29d ago

OC Airport Security (OC)

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u/chrikthunder 29d ago

Ever since my fiancé lost weight, she gets flagged by TSA every time. Apparently, the machine gets angry at the excess skin.

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u/Muffinunnie 29d ago

Gotta make sure she isn't hiding drugs under her skin folds

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u/nnp1989 29d ago

To be fair, there was a news report about how someone did sneak a gun into a baseball stadium under a fold somewhat recently.

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u/Emotional-Ad9114 29d ago

bro in my country there was a story about how someone snuck in (a prison, not an airport) SEVEN phones in his asshole.

I’m not even kidding.

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u/Spicy-Cathulu 29d ago

They make some of them teeny tiny for that reason. And it's easier to hide them once inside the prison, too.

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u/hitorinbolemon 28d ago

bro was the hole king and put his talents to use

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u/Emotional-Ad9114 28d ago

I remember seeing that on the news and just questioning everything I know about the human body.

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u/12jonboy12 29d ago

yeah but you can find that with a metal detector, you don't need a millimeter wave device to look at you virtually naked or any security personnel to go groping around

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u/mistercokoko 23d ago

This was debunked (it was an off-duty police officer)

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u/Tight_Award_8577 29d ago

People lose sandwiches under skin folds in the hospital occasionally, sooo....

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u/PrincessBuzzkill 29d ago

Can confirm. Lost nearly 75lbs and I'm flagged by this goddamned machine all the time now.

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u/MAReader 29d ago

Hey man.. congrats on the weightloss! ✊

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u/LadyJitsuLegs 29d ago

"What are you hiding in those folds???!"

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u/IWeigh600Pounds 29d ago

Yup. Both at my heaviest and once I lost weight I would get a pat down every single time I’d fly.

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u/arobinj17 29d ago

I have this issue. It’s gotten to the point where I ended up getting TSA pre check just to avoid getting patted down again. Before I had pre check, I’d put my cold hands on my skin that would trigger machine to cool my skin down before going in. I definitely looked odd with my hands in my pants on the car ride over lol

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u/translove228 29d ago

It also gets upset if you have boobs or a dick and they press the other body type. I get flagged every time for a pat down because of this

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u/ClemmieClam 27d ago

Even WITH the right body type I always get flagged down because I have so much breast tissue. Frustrating. Can't wear comfortable airplane clothes because the sensors always freak out that I have too much volume going on.

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u/suitcasecat 29d ago

I wasn't able to understand what the comic is trying to convey before this comment

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u/PenguinColada 29d ago

I lost 100 lbs and same.

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u/Saramona-Said 28d ago

Having lost 140 kg/309 lbs/roughly 1,167 bananas this was really affirming to read. Genuinely thought it was just me.

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u/peshnoodles 29d ago

TSA in SLC made me unpack my carry on so they could go through my planner to ensure…something? I still don’t understand the concern tbh