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Additional Context Pinned Murder suspect breaks through a wall and escapes interrogation room

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u/EveryBitTexass 1d ago

Fun fact: most of what you consider to be obstacles can't actually stop you, you've just been psychologically conditioned to behave as though they can.

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u/Freezie-Days 1d ago

Is this an American thing? I doubt anyone could break through walls in europe without tools since most of our stuff uses bricks

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u/Foreveralone84 22h ago

Shh, don’t tell him that he lives in a developing country, and that it might take them another 100 years before they discover stone and mortar.

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u/shelleon 20h ago

Very reddited comment here

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u/HeyselScouserTelAviv 20h ago

Tfw you don't have a passport but it doesn't matter because you can't afford to move country anyway

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u/TLunchFTW 17h ago

Yall are sleeping on light weight construction. My house is just as well insulated as any block house (because it's insulated properly) and I can actually fish wires through my walls, not on them.

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u/dantel35 14h ago

Nobody said anything about insulation. The topic here is clearly something else, but you chose to distract from it.

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u/TLunchFTW 13h ago

Not trying to distract from anything.
I’m making a statement that lightweight construction is just fine. The main issues people claim against it are stability and insulation. But if you insulate it right and properly install weatherproofing you’ll be fine.
People act like it’s some big deal that you can use lighter weight materials and assemble them in a way that makes it stronger, as if we haven’t been doing that for centuries.
And, as an added bonus, I can easily fish wires through my house.

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u/AnnabethDaring 4h ago

Depends on weather, too.

In my country our houses are made of cement. If they weren’t, our frequent earthquakes would break every drywall house in the city 😂

It’s a privilege to have the weather conditions appropriate to be able to live in a paper house.

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u/TLunchFTW 1h ago

I’m pretty sure a lot of lightweight construction is used in California because it flexes, though there’s certain requirements to reinforce problem areas from my area. For example, we are required hurricane straps, even in as far north as NJ, because winds can get high enough that the weight of the roof is not enough.
But don’t quote me on light weight construction being used in earthquake zones.

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u/EducationalFace1725 13h ago

Shhh don’t tell this guy there’s actually reasons houses in different countries are made of different things

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u/jamie_tidman 18h ago

We have partition walls in Europe too...

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u/DatFruitSeller 22h ago

lol and you’re gonna happily generalize America based on this clip?

Even if there’s proof European jails and etc do it different and better than this jail, how would that apply to the entirely of America bc of this goofy ass clip? As if majority of earth is better than America morality or anything thing wise. So how exactly is America a “developing” country bc of this clip or even your preconception racist or opinions on ppl like me across the Atlantic?

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u/dangerdeviledeggs 1d ago

I mean it's a nice thought, But I've punched and kicked walls before and I don't think I could do what he did.

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u/Suyefuji 1d ago

Meanwhile about a year ago I was super sick and fainted trying to go to the bathroom and left a giant head-shaped hole in my drywall where I hit on the way down

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u/TheSodernauts 1d ago

Sounds like quite the scene.

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u/Prince_of_Pirates 23h ago

That's using the ole noggin'

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u/CompetitiveReview416 1d ago

Even a child can punch through a dry wall

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u/lemonjuicypumpkin 1d ago

Where I live dry walls are not the standard. The standard is concrete or bricks.

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u/CompetitiveReview416 1d ago

A brick wall is not called a dry wall. And yeah, I have brick walls between rooms in my house.

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u/TLunchFTW 17h ago

He said "dry walls" (misunderstanding the term being drywall, as it's not a feature of the wall being dry, but the type of material used) are NOT a standard. He's saying he has brick, not drywall.

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u/JediUnicorn9353 1d ago

what about a wet wall?

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u/CompetitiveReview416 1d ago

That's a problem

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u/FreshRecognition9191 1d ago

or you just have american walls

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u/YouAteMyChips_ 1d ago

Yep. All security exists only to keep honest people honest. That security can be bypassed if someone is determined enough.

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u/PartyChemistry4095 22h ago

number of times I had locksmith over to break in to my house and they could do it less than 5 minutes

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u/YouAteMyChips_ 21h ago

The vast majority of standard, mass-produced mechanical locks like that are really just there to serve as psychological barriers. Even a beginner could pick your front door in a very short timeframe.

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u/Lucky-Advice-8924 1d ago edited 1d ago

In aus the interview rooms are armored like cells with heavy doors, heavy walls, no way youre getting out, you COULD maybe try to overpower two officers, but those chances are pretty slim as is any two on one and the second you act up you know theyre calling for backup. Best bet is mayyyyybe getting to a gun, but impossible, when entering the cells/interview area, they disarm themselves and keep their weapons on lockers, so once u get out of the interview room, youre gonna have to go past what is 100% likely, a bunch more cops, and heavy locked/secured doors at the entrance/exit checkpoint.. long story short you are fucked and this is a basic ass cop shop in australia

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u/-_Quest_- 23h ago

Makes sense 👀

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u/TLunchFTW 17h ago

I mean, this is kinda ridiculous though. Dude entered into a building full of cops. He's not getting very far.

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u/Lucky-Advice-8924 10h ago

Yeah but why even risk housing people suspected of serious crimes in a situation where they could commit more crimes, like youve still given him a 10% chance where there should be a 0.0000001% chance, what if some dumbass left his gun unsecured in the next room? This guy could kill someone else in the police station, its a little silly

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u/TLunchFTW 7h ago

I agree.

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u/Dazzling-Mongoose-98 1d ago

How is this a fact?

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u/RhymeCrimes 1d ago

Watch any SummoningSalt speed run video and you'll see. What we once thought of as an impossible obstacle, is nothing!

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u/Evening-Rough-9709 1d ago

We know that walls in SMB1 can't stop us.

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u/WoolyHermits 1d ago

for one… my chastity belt… Go ahead, Try me.

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u/Qwaliti 1d ago

*metal diaper

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u/Ras_Thavas 1d ago

Drywall is flimsy.

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u/tryyeezus 1d ago

Look up learned helplessness

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u/Rain1984 14h ago

In the US most houses are made of wood

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u/ConcertCityZen 1d ago

RIP Titan Submersible crew

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u/HoustonPastafarian 1d ago

Yup. One of my friends was a SEAL in Iraq and they took advantage of this. Opposition would set up to defend the doors, they just blow through the wall behind them to breach a building.

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u/BeCom91 23h ago

Opposition? You mean the People defending their homeland against the invaders like your buddy?

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u/elsasserart 21h ago

Yes, those guys. Those guys would be the opposition to the SEALs. The SEALs would be the opposition to those guys.

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u/TLunchFTW 17h ago

Oh, right. The opposition. The opposition to the Seals. The Seal's opposition. The opposition chosen especially for the Seals. The Seal's opposition. That opposition?
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ir0GoJyg8NA/mqdefault.jpg

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u/_Onyxity_ 22h ago

...the opposition to the seals, as in they weren't their friends

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u/WitchesofBangkok 4h ago

Nobody is saying they’re not the opposition.

The point they’re making is that the words choice sanitise what happened.

It hits different if you say “we invaded a country and broke down the back wall of peoples homes to murder them while they defended their front doors”

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u/Shadow_gublank 17h ago

They where defending themselves from terrorists who invaded their country

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u/_Onyxity_ 17h ago

Yeah that's still their opposition, seals weren't their friends so they were their opposition and vice versa

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u/PmMeCuteDogsThanks_ 19h ago

no, you have to remember that they are evil, and we are good.

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u/Formal_Artist_4188 18h ago

Yes. Otherwise known as enemy combatives to either side

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u/TLunchFTW 17h ago

Oh boy, I love reddit.

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u/crimemilk 22h ago

their leader was Saddam, is this homeland worth fighting for

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u/BeCom91 22h ago

Fighting against the occuptation lasted for almost a decade, they werent fighting for Saddam.

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 22h ago

Its always framed as "how many american soldiers died" and never "how many civilians did they kill".

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u/TLunchFTW 17h ago

bro no you took the bait.
This guy is baiting a dumbass argument and you took it.

Don't humor the moron trying to turn every fucking reddit comment he can into a damn argument

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u/bryhnlearningspanish 12h ago

still opposition. do you know what that word means?

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u/Acrobatic-Price-5357 17h ago

locks are basically just illusions of security in most cases, i mean people will have 3-4 locks on their front door with a giant glass floor to ceiling window 5 feet away. I worked a construction job and the boss forgot his keys at home 2-3 hours away so he just used a sawzall to cut a hole in the wall next to the door, like this guy demonstrated you can just punch a hole in the 1/2 inch drywall.

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u/Eroticmovieenjoyer 6h ago

Similarily i realised this when working as a carpenter, alot of people spend a ton of money on very secure and thick doors for their houses, but they never think about the windows only having a tiny piece of wood/aluminium strip that can be removed easily, after which you can literally just lift the entire glass out of the frame without needing to break anything.

Or the roof that can often be literally lifted off by hand or by unscrewing a few screws, granting easy access to the entire attic.

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u/WitchesofBangkok 4h ago

Yep. Watch a carpenter kick down a door and they go for the hinges not the lock. Or even better, the wall beside the door.

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u/Cute-Database-1350 22h ago

You and your friend are horrible people 

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u/Pares_Marchant 1d ago

american weakling mindset.

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u/ArnUpNorth 21h ago

Say that to a real concrete wall

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u/CarrotCumin 10h ago

The real obstacle here isn't the wall or door. It's the 50 cops between this room and the front door, alongside the maxed-out extra charges for attempting to escape and damaging property.

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u/itscalledmyballs 1d ago

Elephants roped to a post