Yeah, here… I am a jack of all trades, general purpose computer guy at a small company which also includes development. Haven’t and will never use that abomination.

To actually set someone on fire you need some agent that will stick to them like gasoline.

Hmmm… you are right… but if you mount a propane lighter on, lets say, a water pistol filled with ethanol… hmmm…

Yes, scaring can make people just more angry and lead to a more severe attack… but I am pretty sure that a scared angry attacker who’s clothing is on fire will reassess his priorities rather quickly.

Yeah you are right.

But as a sane grown up adult, married man and father I can only say… I NEED ONE!!!1!

As somewhat of a predecessor of that genre i can absolutely recommend Ernest Callenbachs “Ecotopia”!

The Fediverse is not like email, it’s more like the various BBS networks of the 80s: Tons of anarchy, chaos, StarTrek, politics, lunacy, StarTrek… and cool as hell.

Please keep it this way.

Back to the 70s and early 80s…