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Specifically the assholes of Seattle.

Every TSA fascist belongs in a forced labor camp where they can do actual honest work for an actual honest wage for as many years as they've volunteered to terrorize the people of the world, plus 5 more because fuck them extra.

Not even five hours back stateside and I already wish I wasn't back because of those goddamn terrorists

Oh I'm being rude because you're being a fucking rules nazi enforcing esoteric arbitrary bullshit that literally no other fucking airport gives a shit about because it's already following fucking internationally agreed regulations fuck you fuck you fuck you Seattle TSA

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

TSA is a jobs program, but the federal government isn't supposed to do anything useful anymore so this is what it does.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I assume some billionaire makes a shit ton of money off "producing" these useless machines that let a stranger inspect your genitals.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

No joke the first generation 3D body scanners were made by Halliburton.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Leidos (private military contractor) makes bank off this shit

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago

TSA is for fascists who are somehow too stupid to even be regular cops, an already subterranean bar

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

SeaTac is the worst. Out of all the airports I've been to only Honolulu compares in pettiness and general disdain for humanity.

CW: me being violated

ALSO. Idk why we have a system that requires me to let a stranger touch my dick if I want to travel.

TSA has a male/female button they press for their scanners. They press the female button for me, which means the scanner thinks I'm hiding something in my pants.

They took me aside for a pat down. I told them what the issue was, and asked them politely not to touch my dick. She told me it was procedure and that she had to feel all the way up my crotch.

I begged her not to. She did anyway. She stopped once she touched it, but by then my day was ruined.

I learned that doing a tuck lets me through the scanners. So I always go to the bathroom before checkpoints to make adjustments. But, I'm always nervous about flying now.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"they gonna touch my bra or my genitals this time?" -me every time I'm trying to get on an airplane.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)
  1. sorry you had to experience that, it sounds awful
  2. this makes me strongly consider just never flying again now that I'm trans, holy shit
[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hmm maybe I just never visibly transition

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Honestly you dont realize how taxing being treated like the wrong gender is until you experience being treated correctly.

Living as a woman is harder but it actually feels like living, and that makes all the difference.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

this is so real, I didn't mind being gendered male until I transitioned far enough to be more often gendered female (more common, bc people tend to assume binary gender) or ??? (which is its own flavor of funny, like I'm giving off a non-binary aura or something).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, its... not fun

Apparently getting TSA precheck might help. I'm looking into it but I'm not clear on everything yet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

"pay us to not harass you" is honestly the epitome of Americanism. thank you though, that's good advice, and might be worthwhile to avoid the stress and embarrassment.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

they're completely useless. remember that anytime an American gets arrested by customs at their destination for "accidentally" bringing a gun or ammo or whatever, that means TSA didn't catch it when they boarded

https://fee.org/articles/tsa-fails-95-of-the-time/

last time I flew they made me put my tablet through the scanner twice because the first time the guy admitted he wasnt paying attention lol

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

I go out of my way to not wear GNC clothing while I travel, but I got flagged by the penis detecting machine around my privates anyway the last time I flew and had to get a pat down. I was almost honored. Nothing compared to going through customs though.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

one of my favorite things about not living in the failed states of America anymore and never traveling there is how much easier air travel is

in Colombia you can rock up to the airport 30 min before gate call for a domestic flight and breeze through security so fast you still have time to get bored before boarding starts

even the Br*ts don't make flying as painful as cursed America does

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Highly recommend all my trans/enby comrades get precheck for less genital inspections with the kindly neighborhood fascists at the TSA.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but that shits like $75

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Leave it to America to a put a fee on fascists not touching our junk. amerikkka

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

u mad

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I slept it off