Argh, what a load of pussies

I’m sorry, in the last week I’ve heard ‘terrorist leaving out his recycling’ and ‘bag of sand is a bomb’. People could you try to get some effing focus here. The chances of it being a terrorist attack are slim at best. Look at the track record – you’ve been walking around for the past ~20 years and you’ve never seen a terrorist attack in person; what makes you think that it’s going to suddenly jump up and bite you on the ass. London had for many years lived under the spectre of IRA attacks, yet they still managed to do their business most of the time (barring the occasionally delayed train due to a suspect device). Honestly, tiny, piddly city in the US that thinks they’re so important – eh, no, you’re not. Get over yourself.