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[Ashes]

Feels so surreal.

 

[A Link to the Past]

True, but that's not always the case.

Just an example, a Transgender healthcare clinic in Canada was intentionally lit on fire a couple months ago. Naturally everyone assumed it was an act of terrorism by a violent transphobe, but they caught the person recently and turns out it was a disgruntled trans women who was upset about the outcome of her surgery.

That's an outlier though. Given the context of the situation, the logical assumption is that the person involved was probably doing it related to the recent hubbub (especially when we're hearing of people being bothered in restrooms more and more due to the law).

 

[eddievanclaylen]

I saw this on the local news. The bomb was like a 20 ounce diet coke bottle. Not much dmg. Still sucks that theres people who give this many fucks about who pees where. Its fucking stupid if yoi ask me. And, they should be prosecuted as terrorists and thrown in guantanamo

 

[The Faceless Master]

True, but that's not always the case.

Just an example, a Transgender healthcare clinic in Canada was intentionally lit on fire a couple months ago. Naturally everyone assumed it was an act of terrorism by a violent transphobe, but they caught the person recently and turns out it was a disgruntled former patient who was upset about the outcome of her surgery.

indeed.

it could totally be a 44 year old woman upset that Target no longer carries those 3-Packs of Mossimo Mens Tees

 

[killer rin]

If this has anything to do with people being anti-trans, then we seriously need to prosecute them as terrorists to the full extent of the law. Any other ruling is going too easy on these people.

 

[Commanche Raisin Toast]

indeed.

it could totally be a 44 year old woman upset that Target no longer carries those 3-Packs of Mossimo Mens Tees

thanks. i was trying to formulate a serious reply to this thread but now i'm struggling not to laugh.

occams razor and all though. right now the best bet is it's bathroom policy related.

my next guess would be someone trying to pull a prank, followed by an idiot trying to make their own glow stick water bottle thing and it blew up. supposedly there's some fake 'recipe' going around that actually creates a bomb instead of a glow stick.

 

[TwEE-N-Toast]

Chicago woman charged in Target washroom blast

http://evanstonnow.com/story/public...hicago-woman-charged-in-target-washroom-blast

"Evanston police now have charged a 44-year-old Chicago woman with setting off an explosion in a bathroom stall at the Target store on Howard Street Wednesday afternoon. Police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan says evidence recovered from the scene indicates Heidi E. Schmidt of 4049 W. Crystal was in a bathroom stall mixing items commonly used to producd a chemical high when the unstable mixture exploded."

 

[riotous]

So she was trying to cook meth in a Target bathroom?

 

[How About No]

What a winner. At least it was just some dumbfuck and this wasn't done intentionally to do harm.

 

[parrotbeak]

Cooking meth in public restrooms as been documented before:

http://time.com/3744599/walmart-restroom-meth-lab/

 

[Team Alucard]

So she was trying to cook meth in a Target bathroom?

You expect more from Target customers?

Spoiler

I kid

 

[Volimar]

Figured as much as soon as the plastic bottle was mentioned.

 

[RumblingRosco]

Fuck I read this thread title directly below the Orlando shooting thread and my heart skipped a beat.

I'm glad this was just a really badly operated meth lab.

 

[LordJim]

Out of all the things I worry about when I am in a public bathroom, failed meth cooking attempts did not rank highly, that's for sure

 

[Aztechnology]

regardless no one in this country is a bigger threat to women than white men.

Edit:

 

[MIMIC]

Chicago woman charged in Target washroom blast

http://evanstonnow.com/story/public...hicago-woman-charged-in-target-washroom-blast

"Evanston police now have charged a 44-year-old Chicago woman with setting off an explosion in a bathroom stall at the Target store on Howard Street Wednesday afternoon. Police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan says evidence recovered from the scene indicates Heidi E. Schmidt of 4049 W. Crystal was in a bathroom stall mixing items commonly used to producd a chemical high when the unstable mixture exploded."

So she was just trying to get high?

Well done, Heidi.

 

[Aztechnology]

So she was just trying to get high?

Well done, Heidi.

Never mind if it's Meth I know. Someone making meth in a bathroom though, idiotic.

 

[BriGuy]

Looks like another cautionary tale about jumping to conclusions.

 

[klonere]

These damned blue-collared tweekers are blowing up this damn town.

 

[sunshine and gasoline]

Haha, oh wow. Glad that it wasn't an act of terrorism.

 

[Red]

Nowhere better to spend a good high than Target, after all.

 

[NHarmonic.]

When the right spews dangerous fuckshit rhetoric

Pretty much, so much for "public safety", look what thy've done.

Edit: nice, doesn't make this any less truth tbh. Jumping to conclussions early or not.

 

[entremet]

Good to see no one was hurt and it wasn't was what initially people suspected.

Another reminder to wait for investigations to conclude.

 

[CrispyBoar]

This is insane. Thank goodness no one was hurt.

 

[Volimar]

I keep thinking this is a new story when I see the thread and I just can't take anymore....not this week.