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[–] sreggin_llik 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago  (edited ago)

How convincing it is is irrelevant. What matters is intent. If I wrap hotdogs around my torso and walk around in public with them under my shirt, it's pretty clear that I'm trying to act like I have a bomb. When people call in bomb threats, there usually isn't even any fake device yet it's still a criminal act.

When I was a kid making incendiary devices, I had to learn that once something resembles an explosive, people understandably lose their shit and no amount of explaining the differences between black powder and modern gunpowder or the necessity of an effective pressure vessel for a bomb were going to matter a bit to the people responsible for ensuring public safety who had discovered my work. And they were right, I was being a dick with no concern for how others might perceive things and deserved what I got.

Maybe if you shaved the neckbeard and left your mother's basement every once in a while, you would develop some kind of understanding about how to act in public.