09/25/24 – No Lasers

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As Rodrigo, Thoos, Jo, Picknar, and Knox with Purrloin in his arms continued to run, Picknar asked, "do you have any laser stun guns on you or anything?" Knox said, "those don't really exist on earth." Picknar said, "nothing to stun with? I guessss that's okay since they've recently been outlawed in the galaxy." As they get to the park, Knox said, "I mean, we have tasers. Except tasers are just one shot and short range and can actually harm or kill people. And so everyone just uses guns with bullets." Picknar asked, your planet still uses bullets..." Knox replied, "yeah." Picknar and Thoos's eyes went super wide with the realization of the danger, and zoom! They ran on ahead.

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Sometimes for a good refreshing run, all one needs is a little inspiration.

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As Rodrigo, Thoos, Jo, Picknar, and Knox with Purrloin in his arms continued to run, Picknar asked, “do you have any laser stun guns on you or anything?” Knox said, “those don’t really exist on earth.” Picknar said, “nothing to stun with? I guessss that’s okay since they’ve recently been outlawed in the galaxy.” As they get to the park, Knox said, “I mean, we have tasers. Except tasers are just one shot and short range and can actually harm or kill people. And so everyone just uses guns with bullets.” Picknar asked, your planet still uses bullets…” Knox replied, “yeah.” Picknar and Thoos’s eyes went super wide with the realization of the danger, and zoom! They ran on ahead.
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14 Comments

  1. Cops being cops, I didn’t especially question when they raided the lab randomly shooting weapons that can explode a computer, and then chased down the victims, shooting at them the whole time, just because they were trying to get away. But this conversation makes me think either I don’t know how things work on their planet, or they don’t.

  2. I can hereby confirm that Earth once upon a time did indeed have a laser weapon. 14 years ago, I was working on the Airborne Laser, a giant laser mounted in a 747 which did indeed successfully shoot down a SCUD missile. Thereupon the program was cancelled. It was NOT a hand-held pistol, NOR did it merely stun. But at least it worked! Just sayin’.

    1. tlhonmey

      The Russians built a prototype, chemically-powered laser handgun during the Cold War. You know, just in case we started fighting over space stations or something. It did function reasonably well, but it’s way less efficient that just throwing lead.

  3. Pete Rogan

    Uh, hellooooooo! Dark Planet? No telling what they’ve got in their secret arsenals. Hand grenades. Mortars. Punt guns, maybe. You don’t want to be on the receiving end of any of it, guaranteed.

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