What is a “weapon?” Technically, you can inflict harm on another person with just about anything, be it a projectile, blade, stone, or even just your own human hand. So where do you draw the line?
Screengrab: Instagram/TSA
The TSA’s verdict: Fidget spinners are toys and ninja stars are weapons. Ninja star fidget spinner? Weapon.
The (actually sort of funny) TSA Instagram has a history of posting some of the silliest things the agency has found in people’s carry-ons, including plenty of throwing stars and inactive grenades. Always hip to the latest trends, the account has now targeted the fidget spinner. Which are totally “over” as of a day or two ago, according to FiveThirtyEight, by the way.
The Transportation Security Administration has made sure to remind us that normal #FidgetSpinners are allowed, but “Satan’s fidget spinner” is not. I can only imagine how the argument with the (presumably preteen) passenger caught carrying this contraband probably went.
Who would even buy this? If you’ve ever fidget-spun, you know that knocking the spinner’s sides on the crook between your thumb and your index finger is a rite of passage. That makes this whirling shuriken a band-aid and a boo-boo kiss from mum waiting to happen.
As for this spinner belonging to “Satan”, the folks tasked with protecting America’s skies have only demonstrated how not with it they really are. Because, of course, all fidget spinners are Satanic tools designed to lead children away from God and his son Jesus Christ.
