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sluttttt t1_iuoln9z wrote

It's odd that they're pencil sharpener blades and also were dug into factory sealed candy, rather than placed in something that could have been wrapped up to hide the blades (like a Tootsie Roll or something homemade). Makes me think this wasn't done by an adult?

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Small_Basket5158 t1_iuoofwt wrote

Or was done by an idiot. Perhaps smarter people just decide not to try to kill random kids.

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sluttttt t1_iuoqivo wrote

Eh, there are plenty of smart evil people. I think the pencil sharpener thing is what makes me question this the most. An adult can go into any drugstore and purchase some actual blades without question. A 10 year old? Not so much. But I'm sure they have a few sharpeners lying around their classroom.

It's this + the fact that almost every incidence of candy tampering has either been BS or has been done by a parent to their own child (which is disturbing in its own right).

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SvedishFish t1_iuov57q wrote

Most adults that I know have never used a straight razor or traditional safety razor blade before. In fact I think most couldn't even tell you the difference. I couldn't find safety razor blades at Target when I looked and bought them on Amazon. Everybody shaves with cartridge razors or electric razors these days. If you asked the average adult to draw a picture of a razor blade, I'd put money on the average response being a skinny blade as found in a cartridge (similar to a pencil sharpener) or a triangular knife blade like on an Exacto.

I would really encourage people not to draw conclusions based on the type of blade. It's just as likely to be a dumbass adult that doesn't know the difference, a regular ass adult that doesn't care about the difference, an adult that thinks he's smart and trying to act as if he thinks a kid might act, or an actual kid.

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sluttttt t1_iuowd60 wrote

I disagree with you on the easability of finding razor blades. They're also used for far more many things than shaving. But yes, we don't have all the details yet. It just seems fishy since I'm pretty certain there's never actually been a recorded case of this happening. I definitely heard a lot of adults talking about it when I was a kid though, as if it was a common occurrence. It's a shame that these myths have become true in some shape or form.

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