Sorry guys, this got out of hand. I'm going to go ahead and lock it. We got some trolling going on.

Edit: Not as bad as I first thought. I'm unlocking it. I think people need to start using the /s tag more often. It'll be good for practice over the holidays.

Why are people so weirded out by one of the oldest tools we have?

Some reason? I always carry a knife.

Imagine not carrying a knife everywhere you go.

What's wrong with carrying a swiss army knife? I always have it with me. It's been with me at all my dates. No tree carving, though.

I always have a pocket knife with me. 🤷‍♂️

Most of the time, it just gets used as a screwdriver. Maybe they should make pocket screwdrivers that have a secondary knife function... 🤔

What do you mean one of them? What kind of moron doesn't carry a knife as part of their regular kit? Just today, I forgot my knife and was boned because I couldn't open a thing until I got home. Knives are handy.

I carry my multitool everywhere that I won't find metal detectors. Knives and pliers are possibly the two most useful tools in existence.

A) it's not as romantic when you realize the tree really doesn't like this

B) I almost always have a knife on me (technically 3: 2 in one multitool and 1 in my other, smaller multitool)

I collect multi-tools, there's always a knife on me bc they all have knifes. I mostly have them for scissors and can openers and they're awesome!

Whenever I see this, I think of an Encyclopedia Brown story. I don't remember the whole story, but somehow culpability for the crime he was investigating was proven by initials that had been carved in a tree long ago and thus were now high up on the tree, as it had apparently grown considerably in the interim.

He proved that this was fraudulent, as trees grow from the top rather than the bottom, so the initials would have been at roughly the height at which they were initially placed.

edit: Grammar.

If they go on a date in a car, one of them could easily murder a pedestrian or cyclist at any time.

Has this person never heard of swiss army knives?

*at least one of them

You've never gotten into a romantic knife fight with your beloved? Way more exciting than wrestling.

I just want to use this post to make a PSA - ALWAYS keep a blade in your car! In the case of a serious accident you may need it to cut off your or a passenger's seatbelt, as the locking mechanisms can get stuck and make it difficult to reach the buckle/release. Ideally you want to keep a "vehicle escape tool" which has a hooked safety blade and a punch for shattering your windows if needed. But the right knife could do in a pinch.

I generally tear apart cheese and fruit with my bare hands on dates at the park, no need for a knife. That would be scary

Honestly, after scrolling through this thread, I gotta wonder when carrying a pocket knife became something abnormal to a decent percentage of the population.

It was never universal, but as young lad in the late 1900's it was unremarkable for most people to have at least a little pocket knife with a nail file on them most of the time and never anything sinister. There were places you couldn't take them, but for the most part we lived our lives surrounded by people with concealed knives and never thought twice about it.

Never tied an onion to my belt though.

EDIT: If it's mostly a backlash against the EDC crowd, I kinda get it, but still it seems pretty harmless in moderation.

It's kind of a compliment.

You can also do it with a sharp rock, or a key...

Or a car key and mad determination.