▲ 116 ▼ What are some common everyday examples of this phenomenon? (see body) (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago* by cameron_vale@lemm.ee to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 89 comments fedilink hide all child comments Rob is blowing a whistle, over and over. Bob: "Why are you blowing that whistle, Rob?" Rob: "To keep the dragons away." Bob: "I see no dragons." Rob: "It works!"
[–] NewPerspective@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) The TSA permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] virock@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I actually think the TSA helps, a lot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago TSA fails 95% of their assessments https://fee.org/articles/tsa-fails-95-of-the-time/ What they successfully do is pose enough of a barrier to entry that most people trying to skirt TSA don't try. If they genuinely tried, they'd likely succeed permalink fedilink source parent [–] kattenluik@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago They do things like not knowing their own citizens, locking up innocent people and looking through their phone and making you believe you're a liar while at the same time not knowing their own rules. They're fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] virock@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I actually think the TSA helps, a lot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago TSA fails 95% of their assessments https://fee.org/articles/tsa-fails-95-of-the-time/ What they successfully do is pose enough of a barrier to entry that most people trying to skirt TSA don't try. If they genuinely tried, they'd likely succeed permalink fedilink source parent [–] kattenluik@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago They do things like not knowing their own citizens, locking up innocent people and looking through their phone and making you believe you're a liar while at the same time not knowing their own rules. They're fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCB@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago TSA fails 95% of their assessments https://fee.org/articles/tsa-fails-95-of-the-time/ What they successfully do is pose enough of a barrier to entry that most people trying to skirt TSA don't try. If they genuinely tried, they'd likely succeed permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kattenluik@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago They do things like not knowing their own citizens, locking up innocent people and looking through their phone and making you believe you're a liar while at the same time not knowing their own rules. They're fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent