A friend of mine sent me a post on there and I started to look through the subreddit because I vaguely remember seeing it years ago, but never checking it out. I really just dont get it though.
Half of the posts are:
"im a rich STEM student and here is my edc: Glock, 10 knives, flashlight, unused multitool, navy seal operator wallet, and a nanotech fuckite steel carbon bulletproof backed phone case. also a tacticool watch that costs my entire semester tuition"
and the other half are:
"here is what I edc at my boring office job: my pistol with 30 different attachments on it (including 10 different lasers and quick reload magazines), knife, bigger knife, smaller knife, tactical notepad with speed release stainless steel pen, flashlight with a hidden knife in the bottom of it, and an unopened tin of Copenhagens that expired 2 years ago"
I genuinely dont understand, at most these people will only ever use their overpriced flashlight. Are they trying to brand themselves or make themselves more masculine or something? What am I not getting?
is it a blue collar vs white collar thing? I genuinely cant imagine dropping hundreds on tools that you will never use
As a midwesterner and a human, I will defend carrying a multitool/knife at all times. I legitimately use my normal knife every other day for something. It is really convenient.
which isnt the point at all, these people are spending stacks of money on tools they will never use. I dont care about the edc part itself, I just got intrigued by the fetishization these people have for what are just tools.
Yeah I getcha. It's really weird but at least these guys will not be conspicuous and you'll know exactly who they are.