# RO: This is totally going to kill Bring Your Clock to School Day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 16, 2015, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454 "2015-09-16T08:35:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/381 "2015-09-20T15:58:33Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > BTW, just a helpful hint for you and the other shit-flingers, that your barbs might be better aimed: the claims that I’m “stupid”, “cretinous”, etc., are incredibly ineffectual. It’s not that you’re stupid, it’s just that you seem like you wouldn’t recognize Occam’s Razor if it was shaving “DERP!” into the back of your head. ---
**Author:** ![canned\_mayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@canned\_mayhem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/canned_mayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/382 "2015-09-20T16:40:45Z")
What I find hilarious is how the media has been treating this retard like he’s some kind of scientist or something. The fucking kid took apart a digital clock and stuck the shit in a different case. Big fucking deal. There are warehouses in China slap full of children half his age that basically do the same shit 15 hours a day. This kid will get to visit the white house, get a full ride to MIT and get 100’s of thousands of dollars from his eventual gofundme page all because the media has lost its fucking mind. Personally, I think his father is the real genius in this story but that doesn’t fit the msnbs narrative so fuck him… ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/383 "2015-09-20T16:53:19Z")
> [@canned\_mayhem](#): > > The fucking kid took apart a digital clock and stuck the shit in a different case. > > Big fucking deal. You have been misinformed. ---
**Author:** ![canned\_mayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@canned\_mayhem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/canned_mayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/384 "2015-09-20T17:38:21Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > You have been misinformed. Really? So you believe he’s an inventor and he invented a new digital clock that amazingly has the same components, looks exactly the same and does the exact same thing that every other digital clock that you can buy at the dollar store? If that’s what it takes to be a scientist now then fuck yeah!! Let me grab my screwdriver, I’ll “invent” all kinds of shit. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/385 "2015-09-20T17:57:34Z")
Grab two and create your own wall-outlet taser! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/386 "2015-09-20T18:12:59Z")
> [@canned\_mayhem](#): > > Really? > > So you believe he’s an inventor and he invented a new digital clock that amazingly has the same components, looks exactly the same and does the exact same thing that every other digital clock that you can buy at the dollar store? Is that the only scenario you can imagine? Think hard. ---
**Author:** ![canned\_mayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@canned\_mayhem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/canned_mayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/387 "2015-09-20T18:54:25Z")
Next week a Korean girl will replant a rose bush and the media will declare how awesome she is for discovering plants. YAY for celebrating mediocrity!!! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/388 "2015-09-20T18:59:38Z")
> [@canned\_mayhem](#): > > Next week a Korean girl will replant a rose bush and the media will declare how awesome she is for discovering plants. > > YAY for celebrating mediocrity!!! I’m sure you would celebrate mediocrity if you ever reached that high. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/389 "2015-09-20T19:07:59Z")
> [@Alkash](#): > > Is the place where this happened basically next door to a town, where couple of months ago two Muslim terrorists where shot and killed, while attempting to gun down participants of “Draw Muhammed” event? According to Maher, apparently so. ---
**Author:** ![Alkash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Alkash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alkash)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/390 "2015-09-20T19:43:35Z")
Are Muslim terrorists known to use bombs to carry out their attacks? Are they also known to use children to carry out their attacks? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/391 "2015-09-20T19:57:51Z")
> [@canned\_mayhem](#): > > Next week a Korean girl will replant a rose bush and the media will declare how awesome she is for discovering plants. > > YAY for celebrating mediocrity!!! You are aware that there’s such a thing as inventing plants, yes? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/392 "2015-09-20T20:05:56Z")
> [@Alkash](#): > > Are Muslim terrorists known to use bombs to carry out their attacks? Are they also known to use children to carry out their attacks? In US schools, no: pretty much the only mass attacks carried out in US schools are by white men or white boys. In some Middle-Eastern and African countries, boys who have gone to certain poisonous death-cult madrassahs are primed for years to carry out suicide bomb attacks. But brainwashing children into becoming this sort of child soldier is the work of years and would be impossible to conduct surreptitiously on a child being raised in a US public school. IOW, mass fail on your part :). ---
**Author:** ![Alkash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Alkash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alkash)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/393 "2015-09-20T20:07:50Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > In US schools, no: pretty much the only mass attacks carried out in US schools are by white men or white boys. > > In some Middle-Eastern and African countries, boys who have gone to certain poisonous death-cult madrassahs are primed for years to carry out suicide bomb attacks. But brainwashing children into becoming this sort of child soldier is the work of years and would be impossible to conduct surreptitiously on a child being raised in a US public school. > > IOW, mass fail on your part :). So, Muslim terrorists are known to use children to carry out their attacks (just not in the US yet). Up until a few months ago, were Muslim terrorists known to carry out the attacks (in the US), on the events where people exercised their First Amendment rights (such as the right to draw cartoons)? Did the Muslims do attempt to carry out a shooting rampage a few months ago on the event, where people exercised their First Amendment rights (such as the right to draw cartoons), near the town, where this clock controversy now erupted? Are Muslim terrorists known to use bombs to carry out their attacks? ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/394 "2015-09-20T20:12:56Z")
> [@Alkash](#): > > You didn’t answer my questions. …probably because you are asking stupid, trolling questions. But hey, just for you, [Alkash having a controversial encounter with Texan law enforcement.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) (Just noted you edited your reply, but I’m posting anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![Alkash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Alkash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alkash)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/395 "2015-09-20T20:15:58Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …probably because you are asking stupid, trolling questions. I apologize. Is it stupid to ask whether the current clock controversy erupted near the town, where couple of months ago Muslim terrorists attempted to carry out a shooting rampage, because they didn’t like cartoons people there were drawing? ---
**Author:** ![Alkash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Alkash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alkash)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/396 "2015-09-20T20:23:27Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > But brainwashing children into becoming this sort of child soldier is the work of years and would be impossible to conduct surreptitiously on a child being raised in a US public school. One of the terrorists, who attempted to carry out a shooting rampage on a cartoon-drawing event a few months ago, [converted to Islam](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/us/garland-texas-shooting-muhammad-cartoons.html?_r=0) while in the US high school. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/397 "2015-09-20T21:26:17Z")
> [@canned\_mayhem](#): > > What I find hilarious is how the media has been treating this retard like he’s some kind of scientist or something. The fucking kid took apart a digital clock and stuck the shit in a different case. > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > You have been misinformed. Actually he hasn’t, or so it appears. Taking apart a clock radio and sticking it in a case isn’t a bad activity for a 14 year old. And it doesn’t warrant a trip to the police station. So I’m not exactly upset that US technophiles had Ahmad’s back: we need more kids interested in engineering. But, no, the project wasn’t much. But you walk before you run. [http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2015/09/17/reverse-engineering-ahmed-mohameds-clock-and-ourselves/](http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2015/09/17/reverse-engineering-ahmed-mohameds-clock-and-ourselves/) ETA: I think the evidence that this was a hoax bomb is pretty thin. I frankly don’t see it. A hoax bomb would have had fake explosive material. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/398 "2015-09-20T21:52:38Z")
> [@Alkash](#): > > I apologize. Is it stupid to ask whether the current clock controversy erupted near the town, where couple of months ago Muslim terrorists attempted to carry out a shooting rampage, because they didn’t like cartoons people there were drawing? …you ask if the question is stupid, but you don’t ask if the question is trolling. That is an admission that you are trolling. Do us all a favour and please stop trolling. And now that you have admitted you are trolling I’m pretty sure everyone will now ignore you for the rest of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![canned\_mayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@canned\_mayhem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/canned_mayhem)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/399 "2015-09-20T22:07:12Z")
The way this kid is being treated by the media you would think he invented time. What’s next, a kid puts together a model airplane from Wal-Mart and people fall all over themselves because of his uber awesome architectural design ability? Give me a fucking break… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454/400 "2015-09-20T22:15:31Z")
> [@canned\_mayhem](#): > > The way this kid is being treated by the media you would think he invented time. > > What’s next, a kid puts together a model airplane from Wal-Mart and people fall all over themselves because of his uber awesome\*\* architectural \*\*design ability? > > Give me a fucking break… aeronautical [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-this-is-totally-going-to-kill-bring-your-clock-to-school-day/731454.md?page=21)