Passengers were too immersed on phones to spot murderer - Polidicks

[QUOTE=MegaJohnny;42466532]but a "no tech at the table" rule helps with that.[/QUOTE] could always do that game where everyone stacks their phones in a pile and puts them on vibrate, first to break down and check their phone covers the bill. (it's easier to convince people if you add a safe situation where everybody covers their own portion of the bill separately if you all survive without checking)

Of course they noticed, they probably just dudbt want to make a scene.

[QUOTE=Rellow;42466389]Why would I want to talk to some random stranger on the bus? Better yet, why would some random stranger on a bus want to talk to me?[/QUOTE] I was not talking about bus trips, but everywhere. Like someone mentioned, it also happens when you're meeting with your friends. Suddenly someone/everyone is trapped in their phones. As someone who didn't bring a smartphone, as i said, it's a pretty bad scenario when you notice. You look at other tables and you realize it's happening everywhere. [editline]9th October 2013[/editline] I brought a picture. Thanks google images. [IMG]http://www.mobilidade.fm/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/smartphones-at-table.jpg[/IMG] If you're using a smartphone, you don't even notice.

all of my friends have smartphones and, unless we're all insanely bored and waiting for something and have zero other forms of entertainment, phones only come out because someone says "oh I got something to show you" and a few people crowd around a person. the joke about the nuclear family gathering at dinner only to stare at their phones has been around since the invention of texting, but it's pretty rare that people are that dysfunctional and distracted.

#murdernexttome #callingcops #ohshitmurdererlookingatme #OHSHI

this isn't really because of digital technology, this is train culture. hell, mib did a joke about it over a decade ago. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eapwXxZNt7s[/media] it's common for people to completely zone out on public transportation.

#itchynose #oopsthatsmygunhand #lolz #murderfail #IMONATRAIN #RIPLacMegantique #bakkathahead

[QUOTE=MatheusMCardoso;42466294]Yeah, maybe not. I hate when i go somewhere and just about everyone is using their smartphones and not talking to each other. I always think: "I don't wanna be like that." So, i just don't buy one. It's a pretty sad scenario. You see people seating next to each other, yet they are so far from each other. I hate that.[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;OINa46HeWg8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OINa46HeWg8[/video]

[QUOTE=RichyZ;42468230]i have a smartphone and i talk to people i know; im basically a mutant[/QUOTE] loser

[QUOTE=OutspokenGolf;42466072][img]http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.17683.1314099765!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/gallery_635/gal-gadget-phonegun-jpg.jpg[/img] but they do! what, you're telling me your phone doesn't eject casings when you hold down end call?[/QUOTE]Fun fact, those count as AOW (Any-Other-Weapon) under federal law, and you can own one with a five dollar tax stamp. Next time you get mugged, you'll be so glad you got one. "Give me all your money!" *thomas the tank engine theme ringtone* "Hold on, I got a call coming. Oh, [i]it's for you.[/i]" *fade to black* *BANG*

[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;42468558]Fun fact, those count as AOW (Any-Other-Weapon) under federal law, and you can own one with a five dollar tax stamp. Next time you get mugged, you'll be so glad you got one. "Give me all your money!" *thomas the tank engine theme ringtone* "Hold on, I got a call coming. Oh, [i]it's for you.[/i]" *fade to black* *BANG*[/QUOTE] That has got to be classified as some sort of firearm, and a very concealed one at that.

[QUOTE=LSK;42468742]That has got to be classified as some sort of firearm, and a very concealed one at that.[/QUOTE]Yeah. Any-Other-Weapon, as defined by the ATF. Legality varies state-to-state and some ban [i]specific[/i] AOWs for whatever reason.

[QUOTE=OutspokenGolf;42466072][img]http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.17683.1314099765!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/gallery_635/gal-gadget-phonegun-jpg.jpg[/img] but they do! what, you're telling me your phone doesn't eject casings when you hold down end call?[/QUOTE] Probably won't work for me, I accidentally buttdial in some occasions.

I dunno about you guys but im not going to be the schmuck to say 'hey, please put ur gun away visibly strange man'. I dont even care if that's awful of me I'm not going to put myself up on a target board.

[video=youtube;AiGRbF-GXvU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiGRbF-GXvU[/video] suprised no one posted this yet.

[QUOTE=Aznsniper911;42466176]This guy was in my geography class and all his family was down in Southern California when this happened, we had a mourning event at night, on top of the school and on the same week. [url]http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/justin-valdez-20-idd-as-man-fatally-shot-after-disembarking-muni-train/Content?oid=2588763[/url] Daily Mail link with suspect shooter attched. [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2450076/Justin-Valdez-murder-San-Francisco-commuters-absorbed-phones-didnt-notice-man-waving-gun.html[/url] Shooter according to article was also a student at SFSU,[url]http://www.goldengatexpress.org/2013/09/26/shooter-justin-valdez-sf-state-student/[/url] And another article claims that the shooter had flashed the gun beforehand to two other people, can't bring it up I have to head to the class Justin was also in.[/QUOTE] I'm sorry about your classmate man. I'll be praying for the family. Also: Such a typical fucking case of 'Murica. *facepalm*

[QUOTE=MatheusMCardoso;42466845]I was not talking about bus trips, but everywhere. Like someone mentioned, it also happens when you're meeting with your friends. Suddenly someone/everyone is trapped in their phones. As someone who didn't bring a smartphone, as i said, it's a pretty bad scenario when you notice. You look at other tables and you realize it's happening everywhere. [editline]9th October 2013[/editline] I brought a picture. Thanks google images. If you're using a smartphone, you don't even notice.[/QUOTE] I don't know what people you're around, but all the people I'm around have a tendency to live outside the phone.

[QUOTE=Savyetski79;42469987]Such a typical fucking case of 'Murica. *facepalm*[/QUOTE] it's a rite of passage into adulthood stateside, you should know that by now [editline]e[/editline] I hope you studied for the test

[img]http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/8655/cyjn.jpg[/img] Kinda reminds me of the beginning to this.

[QUOTE=NoDachi;42465924][img]http://cdn2-www.craveonline.com/assets/uploads/2013/01/file_203693_0_blackmirror2trailer.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] At least you'll be able to stitch the videos together so people don't whine about it being in portrait mode.

[QUOTE=daijitsu;42465755]hard to claim the person is too engrossed in their phone to pay attention to the criminal when they have your phone it would be like this with anything else if someone stole something out of your pocket or hand, you wouldn't be paying attention to them before they do it because you're in a crowd and tune it out, and by the time they grab something they're running the opposite direction and it's kinda hard to see a face through the back of a head If you're on the train to the same old place for the thousandth time I don't really blame anyone for just tuning out the world until they get where they're going. This isn't some epidemic of laziness, these same people would be reading books and magazines if we didn't have cell phones with internet connections. If someone's not reading on a long bus/train ride they're just bored and sleepy, which isn't any better[/QUOTE] [media][URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo7ZN4_w98Y[/URL][/media]

Lets blame all the passengers for the killing of a university student. Its not like you are looking for people with guns when on your daily commute.