Thanks for sharing your experience David. Opting out is not just symbolic; it slows lines to a grind, costs the airlines money, and forces human staffing. That’s pretty awesome pushback! Every single refusal is a vote for human jobs and dignity. AI is stealing jobs from humans who need them. Standing in line for a human pat-down is a quiet act of unity. Keep up the good work and keep us motivated to push back.
I do appreciate your comments Martha. There's never been a more important time for us to push back (in every way we can). Things are moving so fast, and I think it's now or never. Thank you for taking to time to write to me :-)
Thank you for the 'Like' Doreen, for ReStacking and sharing as well. I'm glad you enjoyed the story. Lets hope we'll see a few more people opting for a real human pat down next time we travel :-)
I have to do the front now”. . . Sorry.” He added, in that most disarming (and sometimes annoying) Canadian manner. I had to laugh at this. So true, I wish we weren't so apologetic all the time!
Great story, and transferable (the human touch part)--to standing in line at check-outs rather than using the "self" check out, to standing in line at banks rather than using the ATMs, to "full service" gas stations wherever you can (what lunatic managed to sell the idea that it would be great for an old woman to be pumping her own gas, or a parent with children in the car, or...anyone who simply needs a little smidge of help?)...etc. As for airports, wave technology (even in public washrooms--is that the same thing?), medical ("routine") scans--I've long questioned the cumulative effect of all these technologies. Safe and effective or unsafe and ineffective, does "safe" refer to one exposure or multiples as we try to go about our ordinary or our travel days? Ask one of the operators of these technologies and they'll look at you with unknowing eyes. All these things making our lives "safe" condition us to accepting whatever the untrustable authorities want to impose on us. We all need to remember: we don't need to be sheep and the more we aren't, the more we can't be made to be. And the main message, in my reading, is that when we show care for one another, it is returned, and that is the greatest way to overcome the divisiveness being seeded at every turn in our lives. But then, I'm preaching to the choir....sorry to ramble.
Thanks, Evelyn. I agree, I miss those old full service gas stations and, similarly, I'll wait for a real person at the checkout too (if time allows, and it usually does). We get to share our philosophy with them then also. The only place that sometimes doesn't work, is at the banks, where they often seem ordered to direct people to the ATM (though I do use bank machines and think we should ally with the manufactures on the 'preserve cash' initiative)! Thanks for 'rambling'. . . there just always seems something to say on the subject; every day is a new adventure. . . and new opportunity :-)
Yeah, we never go through the machine and we smile and keep it light during the wait and the pat down. No issues so far. On a different topic . . . damn, I love my Shokz headphones. The wired ones always fall out. :)
Hi David - I avoid self-check outs in stores and have been known to seek out management to call over staff to process my purchase, stating that I require human assistance as I am paying cash. Hot spots for this are Shopper's Drug Mart and Home Despot, I mean, Depot, where staff-operated cash registers are often deliberately left unattended, pushing people to self-serve options.
As to airport scanners, I also avoid these and like your "opt for the personal touch" approach 😊. As with many policies, concepts and processes from "authorities", or in fact, like any good mafia, there are usually legitimate-looking "front of house" operations or reasons for doing things but also nefarious backroom dealings. I think the scanners are mapping one's unique electrical biofield signature and that this most important data is being linked to one's ID.
Electronic surveillance and warfare require precision down to the bone marrow, in order to distinguish you from any other living things nearby. In my rudimentary understanding of the larger (hidden) surveillance state, it has capacity for discerning something like a million nodes per square km.
As Yuval Noah Harrari said, "Humans are hackable animals" and "The days of freewill are over". Thanks for the tips, Yuv! His good bud Klaus Anal Swab also said that the 4th industrial reich ... err ... revolution, will change YOU. I believe them.
I'm with you 100% Eddy. Great to see another 'crank' like myself out there ;-) You're absolutely right, they misrepresent all of these technologies; disregard and discredit anything that might contradict their 'safe and effective' propaganda. So great that you, and a few others here, are taking a stand. This really is the least anyone can do... and as I said in my post, if not the Substack audience, then who? Thank you for your efforts!
Thank you so much, 'Kitten Seeking Answers' I appreciate your taking the time to comment here, like and share. Let's hope our ranks will grow. . . as I tried to explain, there's no reason we can't have some fun with this as well :-)
first TSA is a terror cell rooting luggage for shampoo and the only way to stop the airport terror is to stop flying and bankrupt the entire airline industry only then can we get back what was stolen on 9/11, and playing footsie with these fuckers won't work
Thanks for sharing your experience David. Opting out is not just symbolic; it slows lines to a grind, costs the airlines money, and forces human staffing. That’s pretty awesome pushback! Every single refusal is a vote for human jobs and dignity. AI is stealing jobs from humans who need them. Standing in line for a human pat-down is a quiet act of unity. Keep up the good work and keep us motivated to push back.
I do appreciate your comments Martha. There's never been a more important time for us to push back (in every way we can). Things are moving so fast, and I think it's now or never. Thank you for taking to time to write to me :-)
Thank you for sharing, David. I read with interest and will pass this along for others to consider.
Thank you for the 'Like' Doreen, for ReStacking and sharing as well. I'm glad you enjoyed the story. Lets hope we'll see a few more people opting for a real human pat down next time we travel :-)
I have to do the front now”. . . Sorry.” He added, in that most disarming (and sometimes annoying) Canadian manner. I had to laugh at this. So true, I wish we weren't so apologetic all the time!
Great story, and transferable (the human touch part)--to standing in line at check-outs rather than using the "self" check out, to standing in line at banks rather than using the ATMs, to "full service" gas stations wherever you can (what lunatic managed to sell the idea that it would be great for an old woman to be pumping her own gas, or a parent with children in the car, or...anyone who simply needs a little smidge of help?)...etc. As for airports, wave technology (even in public washrooms--is that the same thing?), medical ("routine") scans--I've long questioned the cumulative effect of all these technologies. Safe and effective or unsafe and ineffective, does "safe" refer to one exposure or multiples as we try to go about our ordinary or our travel days? Ask one of the operators of these technologies and they'll look at you with unknowing eyes. All these things making our lives "safe" condition us to accepting whatever the untrustable authorities want to impose on us. We all need to remember: we don't need to be sheep and the more we aren't, the more we can't be made to be. And the main message, in my reading, is that when we show care for one another, it is returned, and that is the greatest way to overcome the divisiveness being seeded at every turn in our lives. But then, I'm preaching to the choir....sorry to ramble.
Thanks, Evelyn. I agree, I miss those old full service gas stations and, similarly, I'll wait for a real person at the checkout too (if time allows, and it usually does). We get to share our philosophy with them then also. The only place that sometimes doesn't work, is at the banks, where they often seem ordered to direct people to the ATM (though I do use bank machines and think we should ally with the manufactures on the 'preserve cash' initiative)! Thanks for 'rambling'. . . there just always seems something to say on the subject; every day is a new adventure. . . and new opportunity :-)
Yeah, we never go through the machine and we smile and keep it light during the wait and the pat down. No issues so far. On a different topic . . . damn, I love my Shokz headphones. The wired ones always fall out. :)
Hi David - I avoid self-check outs in stores and have been known to seek out management to call over staff to process my purchase, stating that I require human assistance as I am paying cash. Hot spots for this are Shopper's Drug Mart and Home Despot, I mean, Depot, where staff-operated cash registers are often deliberately left unattended, pushing people to self-serve options.
As to airport scanners, I also avoid these and like your "opt for the personal touch" approach 😊. As with many policies, concepts and processes from "authorities", or in fact, like any good mafia, there are usually legitimate-looking "front of house" operations or reasons for doing things but also nefarious backroom dealings. I think the scanners are mapping one's unique electrical biofield signature and that this most important data is being linked to one's ID.
Electronic surveillance and warfare require precision down to the bone marrow, in order to distinguish you from any other living things nearby. In my rudimentary understanding of the larger (hidden) surveillance state, it has capacity for discerning something like a million nodes per square km.
As Yuval Noah Harrari said, "Humans are hackable animals" and "The days of freewill are over". Thanks for the tips, Yuv! His good bud Klaus Anal Swab also said that the 4th industrial reich ... err ... revolution, will change YOU. I believe them.
I'm with you 100% Eddy. Great to see another 'crank' like myself out there ;-) You're absolutely right, they misrepresent all of these technologies; disregard and discredit anything that might contradict their 'safe and effective' propaganda. So great that you, and a few others here, are taking a stand. This really is the least anyone can do... and as I said in my post, if not the Substack audience, then who? Thank you for your efforts!
great essay, will also be sharing!
Thank you so much, 'Kitten Seeking Answers' I appreciate your taking the time to comment here, like and share. Let's hope our ranks will grow. . . as I tried to explain, there's no reason we can't have some fun with this as well :-)
first TSA is a terror cell rooting luggage for shampoo and the only way to stop the airport terror is to stop flying and bankrupt the entire airline industry only then can we get back what was stolen on 9/11, and playing footsie with these fuckers won't work