ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhy do ICE/fake cops need silencers? (Los Angeles)discuss.onlineimagemessage-square214linkfedilinkarrow-up1864arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1842arrow-down1imageWhy do ICE/fake cops need silencers? (Los Angeles)discuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square214linkfedilinkfile-text
Are they cops? Are the ICE? Are they cosplayers? Source: https://redlib.northboot.xyz/r/LosAngeles/comments/1lfe5gb/ice_brandishing_silencers/
minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down23·edit-23 days agoYou would be incorrect. “Silencers” is not a brand name, SilencerCo is. Just like Kleens is not a brand name, Kleenex is. But cute try, at least.
minus-squareboydster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-23 days agoThis is actually a really impressive amount of pedantry and condescension, and I’d read it again. No notes here.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoAh, yes, technically it’s not a brand name like Kleenex, but it is a product name like aspirin. The Maxim silencer, invented by Hiram Maxim.
You would be incorrect. “Silencers” is not a brand name, SilencerCo is. Just like Kleens is not a brand name, Kleenex is. But cute try, at least.
This is actually a really impressive amount of pedantry and condescension, and I’d read it again. No notes here.
Ah, yes, technically it’s not a brand name like Kleenex, but it is a product name like aspirin.
The Maxim silencer, invented by Hiram Maxim.