From the Camden side

Bonus points if you can tell me what movie the above image is from.

Yesterday I was running on the Camden side of the Ben Franklin bridge when a foul mouthed, tough guy from above on the bridge saw me running below and said, “hey black shirt, you a pussy. You a bitch ass N****.” How did he know?

Nothing gets the adrenaline flowing more than being in Camden and some hooligan yelling at you from the bridge. I certainly didn’t feel scared or threatened, but it did strike me that the bridge isn’t a wide area and who knows what crazies are capable of. One wrong move and they can toss you off. Fortunately nothing happened on my travels back and this lead me to a post that I’ve frequently thought about.

If I was in my home and someone broke in, could I defend myself appropriately? For all burglars out there, the answer is no. Here is what comes to mind as weapons in these situations.

 

 

Gun – Do not own. This is for my own safety as drinking and guns would never go together.
Bat – Haven’t swung since Little League.
Dresser – The thought would be to push it down the stairs, but it would probably take too long.
Stand Alone Light – Most realistic weapon yet.
Alarm Clock – Only get one throw so you better connect with the person’s genitals.
Knife – Fine if I’m in the kitchen but short range weapons are not where you want to be.
Plunger – Probably not going to do much damage.

You can see I may not make it through which has indeed worried me, but not enough to do anything about it. So it goes.

This brings me to story Jeff showed me about Facebook and AI. When trying to set up a negotiation, the AI started it’s own language and it had to be shut down. When Elon Musk tells Mark Zuckerberg that he should be more concerned, perhaps he’s got a point. If you’ve seen IRobot, a robot revolution would make you start considering what weapons you might have available. Based off of the ChatBot’s conversation, I’m fairly sure we aren’t there quite yet:

Bob: i can i i everything else . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Alice: balls have a ball to me to me to me to me to me to me to me

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