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DuePomegranate t1_jdu7nwp wrote

Reply to comment by VanDenBroeck in TSA stirs debate after ruling peanut butter as a liquid by bwaredapenguin

The rule was always about liquids and gels. Or to be more anal,

>Any liquid, aerosol, gel, cream or paste

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/liquids-rule

My understanding is that the "liquid" explosives that airlines are afraid of are often quite viscous and more like gels or putties (or peanut butter) than water.

The TSA media person is just doing a terrible job of explaining the rationale. They could just have said that peanut butter is a paste and that's restricted.

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Longshot_45 t1_jduz5ii wrote

In another post someone noted that some machines are actually calibrated/tested using peanut butter and honey as they mimic the consistency of certain explosives they are looking for.

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curlyhairlad t1_jdvcctq wrote

I’ve played enough Arkham City to know about explosive gel

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