# Do some people slam because it's safer?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-people-slam-because-its-safer/238535>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 6, 2004, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-people-slam-because-its-safer/238535 "2004-04-06T13:18:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-people-slam-because-its-safer/238535/21 "2004-04-08T06:50:02Z")

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I think he was joking.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-people-slam-because-its-safer/238535/22 "2004-04-08T07:19:23Z")

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> [@gum](#):
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> I think he was joking.

I think he was too.

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**Author:** ![iamme99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/57b2e6/32.png) [@iamme99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamme99)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-people-slam-because-its-safer/238535/23 "2004-04-08T08:05:52Z")

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> [@don't ask](#):
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> I think he was too.

OK. I couldn’t tell \<shrug\>

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**Author:** ![Donovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@Donovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donovan)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-people-slam-because-its-safer/238535/24 "2004-04-08T10:50:17Z")

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> [@don't ask](#):
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> I think he was too.

Really? I didn’t think so… 😃

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