riwowent to my first protest today :33
Taniwha420" … and no identifiable tattoos."
AnamanaYou can wash them off, don’t worry
Krafty KactusThat’s exactly what I was thinking lol. Tattoos are way easier to identify than a face so the mask does nothing.
RivenGreat red haring though. Not that I ever would but I’ve also considered using a bald cap if I ever needed to do something illegal. They’ll be looking for a bald person and I’ll be here chilling with long hair.
Great red hair ring
Oof I don’t even know how I made that typo.
AFaithfulNihilistSomeone should mass print the most common tattoo shapes in temporary tattoos and hand them out at protests or sell them for cheap.
Seems like a great way of just poisoning a lot of data sets
Or sheets you can cut to size that are just gibberish to cover up your actual tattoo (or lack of one) like
CAPTCHA for anarchists
The good ol’ wartime razzle-dazzle
They make fake tattoo sleeves.
Probably going to be pretty easy to identify you with it though. You’ll be tracked by the purchase.
I suppose we should all buy some, then.
Pay cash
I’ll just go to my local anarchist store.
Costume stores exist. Fake tat sleeves are pretty common outside of just anarchists.
EtherWhackOn a side-note. Those stamps can be circumvented depending on the type of ink/toner the text you are trying to hide is made of.
Just get one of those costume tattoo sleeves for like $5
Yeah pretty sure that this comic was making fun of this mentality, not in support lol.
TropicalDingdongDon’t forget your P100.
Snot FlickermanAlso don’t forget your Flipper Zero.
What am I supposed to do with it? Somehow skim someone's badge without them noticing to unlock a proxcard door? Turn off a nearby TV? Use BadUSB functionality on one of the many computers with USB ports you commonly find on a street? I mean, I love my Flipper Zero to pieces, but I'm having a hard time figuring out what benefit bringing it with me to a protest (and risking having it confiscated if I get arrested) could possibly get me.
sadly, masking yourself when protesting is forbidden here in my country :c
Facepaint? Some designs can confound facial recognition systems
But it won’t protect against tear gas or rubber bullets.
Ironically neither does a mask?
Not a balaclava, but there are goggles and full-face masks that offer some protection.
I have been shot with a bean bag. Balaclava isn’t going to do shit. I was wearing a leather coat and almost my whole torso was deeply bruised.
It doesn’t help that cops purposefully misuse those types of guns. If I recall correctly, they’re supposed to “bounce” the round off the ground and into the target, reducing the total amount of force hitting the target since some of the impact will be reduced from the first impact on the ground.
The number of cops who just shoot people straight with these things point blank is too god damned high. However, you can still get deeply fucked up, even if they’re using it “correctly.”
not just straight at people, they have caught police, on video, intentionally getting within arms reach and shooting at the head.
Is that how you inspired your username?
I wish.
I didn’t say it wouldn’t leave a bruise. Even solid armor plates won’t stop that amount of kinetic energy without leaving a mark. But having soft padding between the projectile and your skin will reduce the abrasion, and the force of low-angle impacts. “Better than nothing” in this case means the difference between a deep bruise, and a deep bruise under an open wound.
I am saying that something as weak as a balaclava would not even accomplish this. If you have ever seen people get hit by these wearing hoodies, and the like, you will see they tear right through that shit like it isn’t even there. This is like trying to reduce the trauma of a hammer blow with a sheet of paper.
Look to nature. Butterfly wing patterns.
Nah. Dazzle pattern, or paint an extra nose and a few eyes.
Now that I think about it, that is butterfly pattern isn’t it.
It kinda makes sense, protests are supposed to be peaceful, why bring a mask if your intent is a peaceful protest?
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆Because a nasty disease spread mostly by sneezing and coughing is going around.
In the USA its because they use facial recognition and then decide to harass you for the next decade over every small infraction they can.
Because nobody in a position of power would ever abuse that power! /s
Protest is never peaceful, if it is you’re doing it wrong. It should be non-violent and as respectful as possible but it needs to be disruptive and you can’t be peacefully disruptive
Peaceful and non-violent are synonyms….
If me and my fellow protestors block a road, we are being non-violent, but we are being disruptive.
And that is peaceful as well, until it isn’t.
…and in 99% of the cases where it stops being “peaceful” it’s because cops come in and violently assault everyone to try to break up the protest.
You’re the one arguing with me after I said protests are peaceful. What the fucking hell is going on here?
Sorry, my bad, I confused you with the guy above you. That one’s on me.
Non-violent in the context of political action does not exclude property damage and looting. A non violent protest is still disruptive, it’s the entire point
Cowbee [he/they]No, they aren’t. You must be disruptive, which isn’t peaceful.
How can you be non-violent and not peaceful at the same time lmfao. They mean the exact same thing.
Disruptive doesn’t mean violent, but it isn’t peaceful.
Peaceful and non-violent mean the exact same thing…
Skydiving isn’t peaceful, but it certainly isn’t violent.
What’s not peaceful about skydiving…?
I’d go with the wind, noise, speed, and imminent possiblity of death.
wind, noise, speed.
So going for a drive wouldn’t be peaceful either…?
imminent possiblity of death.
So… driving again? Or riding a motor bike?
Strange example to try and use lol.
Go ahead, take a nice bath, read a book, or do some origami while skydiving, or driving at 200mph with the top down.
Strange example to try and use lol.
You know what is peaceful? Take a hike.
Getting chased by bears is peaceful…? Getting attacked by wasps is peaceful…?
Anything can be twisted one way or the other dude lol.
You’re making petty, empty, semantic “arguments” and you know it.
Also, whoosh.
You started…
And I knew that, lmfao hence why I gave you the same stupid bull shit.
Ah, so if someone catches a charge for disturbing the peace, then they must have been violent?
So yeah skydiving is actually peaceful by definition, no matter which pedantic argument EITHER of us use.
1st definition of peaceful. adjective
free from disturbance; tranquil. "everything was so quiet and peaceful in the early morning" synonyms: tranquil, calm, restful, pleasant, quiet, still, relaxing, soothing, sleepy, silent, soundless, hushed, noiseless, undisturbed, untroubled, private, secluded, solitary, isolated, serene, composed, placid, at peace, at rest, at ease, in repose, reposeful, unworried, unruffled, anxiety-free, content, blissful, secureYou are factually wrong on this statement.