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jtuck004

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21. You're probably more at risk from the MRSA virus, or a fatal car wreck. Although I admit it

Wed Dec 2, 2015, 06:33 PM

Dec 2015

is a lot easier to pretend an escape route in a fantasy shooting (in prep for the real one).

Maybe we occupy our time doing that precisely because the others are so hard to avoid?

I'm a sinner to, btw. I, generally, don't fly. I know it is safer than long distance driving, but would rather be around the people, and see the ground. I use the excuse that I don't like flying because we might crash, but I know better. I really don't mind it, I just don't trust the airlines at all, and I prefer flying remote dinosaurs on the island to most people.

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Who else checks all the exits in a room whenever they enter? [View all] retrowire Dec 2015 OP

Only if I enter GD: Primaries leftstreet Dec 2015 #1

Exactly! Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #3

DUzy! Hekate Dec 2015 #8

NICE. But seriously though. nt retrowire Dec 2015 #10

Best answer ever! H2O Man Dec 2015 #26

LOL! cui bono Dec 2015 #40

Good one! Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #56

The only thing I really check, is where the bathrooms are. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #2

Lolz. Yeah, age does that. nt Hekate Dec 2015 #9

Yes, yes it does. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #13

I never look for exits until I leave. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #15

I never look up at thet sky and wonder if a meteor will become a meteorite at my position. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #16

Actually, car deaths are fewer than gun deaths in this country. SheilaT Dec 2015 #32

a friend once said (while we were in NM) "I know the location of every restroom from here to jackson niyad Dec 2015 #25

After a certain age, yep. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #27

Living by the ocean, I started doing this after the Indonesian tsunami uppityperson Dec 2015 #4

My Nanna taught me to do that for fire safety... haikugal Dec 2015 #5

"Because of today's gun violence" Shandris Dec 2015 #6

+1 w0nderer Dec 2015 #52

i always do, and sit nearest the exit restorefreedom Dec 2015 #7

I've been to an FBI-sponsored Active Shooter training. Maedhros Dec 2015 #11

I took that class as well. darkangel218 Dec 2015 #28

I'd hate to be you in the 70s NobodyHere Dec 2015 #12

That's when I started my 2naSalit Dec 2015 #22

I don't. I'm more likely to be done in by a drunk driver, or poverty, than a mass shooter. n/t winter is coming Dec 2015 #14

I've always done that at rock concerts rocktivity Dec 2015 #17

As an aside... Docreed2003 Dec 2015 #43

Not because of gun violence; because of fire. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2015 #18

Always sarisataka Dec 2015 #19

Almost always, but not because of gun violence. Brickbat Dec 2015 #20

You're probably more at risk from the MRSA virus, or a fatal car wreck. Although I admit it jtuck004 Dec 2015 #21

Do it for fire and other concerns unc70 Dec 2015 #23

Same here - and had a reminder of why a few years ago ThoughtCriminal Dec 2015 #24

I do it more in case of a fire, but it's a habit I got into in the Marines Recursion Dec 2015 #29

Yeah, I've always done that car thing. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2015 #50

Nope Travis_0004 Dec 2015 #30

Who here is paranoid? The odds are millions to 1. Not that worried about it. Nt Logical Dec 2015 #31

I always want to know where the -entrances- are HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #33

Not me. CentralMass Dec 2015 #34

I have always taught my kids to find fire exits at clubs Trajan Dec 2015 #35

Me too Aria36 Dec 2015 #36

In California, I always look for what to get under in the event of earthquake jberryhill Dec 2015 #37

Good point nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #42

You beat me to it. montana_hazeleyes Dec 2015 #57

I never sit with my back to the front door... Historic NY Dec 2015 #38

Why on earth would I do that? Codeine Dec 2015 #39

+1 Joe Shlabotnik Dec 2015 #44

Well, on airplanes, they point them out jberryhill Dec 2015 #45

Exactly :) Zing Zing Zingbah Dec 2015 #48

Been doing that for years nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #41

Nope. elias49 Dec 2015 #46

No, I would never do that. Zing Zing Zingbah Dec 2015 #47

I do. But not because I'm afraid of guns. I'm guessing I've been in close proximity to someone cherokeeprogressive Dec 2015 #49

My wife does redstateblues Dec 2015 #51

Whenever I am in public, I am aware of Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #53

Same here. 840high Dec 2015 #55

I'm agoraphobic; know every exit in any venue I'm in... VOX Dec 2015 #54

I've always done that, but not because of gun violence specifically. Nailzberg Dec 2015 #58