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Porn Scan (Could I get copy of that?)

2nd Base (Bit higher, more to the left. Yesss thats the spot...)

Both! (Can I have your number?)

[Sinned]

This is mostly an issue for people flying around and into/out of the US, but anyone could end up there and have a preference. 

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, the TSA (lets just say, airport security) is using "Backscatter" devices to get very detailed body scans (yes, that detailed) to check for illegal items (bombs, machetes and WMD's stuffed close to your trunk or anywhere else on your body.) As an added bonus, these devices will hit you with "a bit" more radiation then normal.

If you decline starting your pr0n career on the spot, well they got alternatives. Well just one actually if you want to board the plane that is. A good old fashioned pat down with only one little detail. They will have to search you very thoroughly... till they meet "resistance". Spread em

Be sure to decide before hand if you want to irradiate your kids or get them felt up by a stranger ... yes, everyone gets a turn.

(Disclaimer: tongue in cheek here. I'm actually safe from this, it won't happen to me anytime soon. Which is good, as I would opt out and rather be put on a no-fly list then undergoing either. Still, I'm curious... and although nobody is happy about the situation, maybe we can get a good laugh from it.)

[Vector]

Probably the patdown.  A little grabbing now is better than a lot of cancer later.

[Sir Finkus]

Pat down, make it as much of a pain the the ass as possible.  For bonus points, wear a kilt in the "traditional" manner.

[Aqizzar]

I ain't afraid of a couple seconds of radiation, and I want to get the Hell into the terminal and enjoy my ridiculously expensive duty-free McDonalds.  All other concerns take a back seat to my uncontrollable rage at waiting in lines.

[Bauglir]

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[ChairmanPoo]

Porn scan. Assuming I absolutedly have to go and/or I want to travel that badly.

[PenguinOverlord]

I don't like the scans, and they don't work well. Sure, they don't give off as much radiation, but it's all focused on your skin.

[Neonivek]

I don't like the scans, and they don't work well. Sure, they don't give off as much radiation, but it's all focused on your skin.

Well they don't work at almost at all.

Which sort of brings up the question: Why are they using them at all?

Then again... they had to fudge a LOT, and I mean a lot, of information to even get the permission to install them. So the Airports must at least think they are useful (maybe they just don't want to pat people down anymore... or they just want to pat down everyone but know they won't allow it)

[Leafsnail]

Apparently the naked scanners here could fall foul of the law forbidding pornographic pseudoimages of a child.  I mean, since I'm under the age of 18, it could actually be illegal to scan me like that.

Although I'd probably opt for it.  Radiation levels are crazy low, and it seems less embarrassing overall.

Incidentally, I actually read the poll and the first two responses BEFORE I read the title or actual OP >.>

[The Merchant Of Menace]

I'd take the scan any day, I'd freak out if there was someone putting their hands all over me.

[RedKing]

I just went through the millimeter-wave scan a few days ago. So somewhere, there's a TSA screener feeling inadequate. 

Though on the way back, when we were leaving San Francisco, they weren't even using their fancy scanners, just the old-fashioned metal detectors because the screening lines were backed up out the door. So remember the first rule, kiddos: Security can go take a flying leap when the lines get long.


Oddly enough, I  had gone in with the mindset of forcing them to do a patdown, but like Aqizzar all I found myself giving a shit about was getting it over with and through to the terminal, especially when my four-year-old daughter began freaking out about the whole security screening process.

Can't say I blame her. The whole travel experience in general was enough to have me ready to say, "F**k it, we're driving to South Dakota next summer." I'm tired of having to engage in a bunch of silly "duck and cover" style security measures that frankly are more there for public perception than actual security, tired of being nickel-and-dimed-and-50-dollar-billed to death by charges, and really tired of the stratified passenger "class" system.

Used to be, there was first-class and there was coach. First-class got nicer seats up front and maybe a better meal and a little curtain to make things quieter for them. Now, there's like five different varieties of first-class (I saw First-Class, Platinum, Executive Platinum, Priority, and AAdvantage), and the differences are more stark. First-class gets a free meal. The rest of us scumbags have to pay $4 if we want a f**king bag of peanuts. I figure pretty soon the actual cabin will be first-class only, and the rest of us will be "steerage" class riding down in the cargo hold like the immigrants on steamships used to be.

I used to love to fly. Now it's my least favorite mode of transportation.

[GlyphGryph]

If I have to fly again, I will probably see if I can't drive to Canada and get a flight from there.

Also,

All other concerns take a back seat to my uncontrollable rage at waiting in lines.

I don't get this most of the time. As long as you're going to get onto your flight on time, the whole process of flying is waiting. Why does it matter so much where you wait? Are your knees that bad?

[Tellemurius]

I'd take the scan any day, I'd freak out if there was someone putting their hands all over me.

besides friends?

[The Merchant Of Menace]

What!?

[AntiAntiMatter]

Scan. Bit of radiation is better than being groped.