Scientists Create Gun That Physically Stops You From Talking

[TheMatsjo]

Whatever happened to social control? Is it really so hard to just *tell* someone to shut up? This passive aggressive nonsense is really getting out of control. If this is a result of Japanese being too polite for their own good, STOP DOING IT!

Cheerio.

 

[Wesley Brannock]

Awesome device now where can I buy one. Not joking this would make movies so much more fun to go to.

 

[Aptspire]

This can be SO easy to misuse.
There goes your Arab Spring, basically.

 

[Something Amyss]

Quick, use it on politicians!

Is there an area of effect gun?

 

[Treblaine]

"Scientists Create Gun That Physically Stops You From Talking"

Don't ALL guns physically stop people talking? As well as stop them... everything.

For example, behold! The amnesia gun:

Spoiler

Simpsons references lol

 

[CosmicCommander]

No.

Really, no.

I already experience bullshit because of the fact I speak loudly, and the fact I tend to go off on tangents- now people can just surpass jeering and insulting me and silence me utterly.

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

Five years from now, this will be made to look like a regular microphone and sold at Spencer's for $25. Congratulations, science!

 

[Bloodstain]

Now where can I get one?

And the science gets done
And we make a neat gun
For the people who are
Still Alive.
For the people who still
don't shut up.

Fixed that for you.

 

[spartan231490]

Just gonna say, this won't stop anyone from talking. It would be annoying to talk with this thing in your face, but well within the realm of possibility. I know, I've had a sound check where this pretty much happened. It gave me a headache, but it didn't stop me.

 

[lacktheknack]

They actually made a gun that can kill freedom of speech. I see no way this can be missused in the wrong hands. Nope, nothing comes to mind, not a single thing.

Actually, it just makes you talk like a deaf person. If you want to say what you're going to say, then you're going to SAY it, dammit, even though it'll sound a bit wrong.

To test this, say something and record it on the computer. Then play it back while saying it again. Feels awkward, doesn't it? But you still managed to say it. This does the same thing, except it heightens the "awkward" and second-guessing as much as possible. But if you don't mind sounding a bit like Helen Keller, then there's nothing the gun can do to stop you.

Besides, if they're going to flagrantly silence people with no concern for rights, they could use... I don't know... A REAL GUN.

 

[Jabberwock King]

I think I know where they got this idea. The guy who pitched it must've been using a headset for XboxLive/PSN/Ventrillo/etc. and someone else's mic was too close to the earpiece and it made an utterly annoying feedback loop. Happens to me on Xbox Live often enough, damn do I know how irritating that is.

 

[zerobudgetgamer]

and here I though it would use noise cancellation

hit their voice with the opposite soundwave and it cancels it out, while they can still talk, the sound won't make it to you, or it'll be significantly reduced

I was hoping for the same. When I clicked the link, I was thinking: Good god, we're one step closer to the world of Batman Beyond. But nope, no noise cancellation, so I'm sad.

 

[spuddyt]

Or you could try transcranial magnetic stimulation and physically shut down the speech centres of someone's brain. But you know, your terrible idea is great too japan.

 

[Jumpingbean3]

Well, time to start taking bets on which political party will be the first to get a hold of this.

 

[hermes]

It doesn't physically stop you from speaking, just makes you stop listening to the sound of your own voice. You can still be as annoying as anyone speaking while using headphones...

If it relies on a mental glitch then chances are that at some point people are going to be able to overcome it and render this thing even more useless.

That is true. Simply screaming "lalalalalalalalalalalalala" will make you annoying enough that the other person will be forced to stop pointing a gun at you.

 

[Auirc]

All I have to say is:

LOL, Japan.

 

[snagli]

Punching someone in the throat works pretty well too, but I guess if you want to be all sciency about it...

 

[Techno Squidgy]

This device has some serious potential for abuse. It probably started out as a neat little idea that some researcher had and thought it'd be cool to look into, but I bet some political group somewhere is already looking into this as a method of holding back their opponents.

Also, the title is misleading! When it said physically I assumed it meant you physically couldn't speak, like your tongue or jaw froze up or something. This just works on a strange mental quirk. I know how it works, as does anyone who's tried to test a microphone on steam, ventrillo or teamspeak.

 

[Smertnik]

Aww, so it's not actually a mind controlling ray gun? *disappoint*

 

[saikotriller]

I feel like using this on someone is the conversational equivalent of whacking the dog on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper.
"Well, I think that..." /soundjammed
"NO! NO! Bad speaker!"
"But I just...:" /soundjammed
"I said NO! Don't make me send you out back 'til you learn your lesson!"