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[Palomides]

swatting is older than I am, and kids have been calling in bomb threats to get out of school for the better part of a century

[kodt → Palomides]

Swatting and bomb threats are different things. The rise of live steaming also seemed to encourage swatting as you could see the results live.

[sowbug → Palomides]

Pulling the fire alarm, too. Given how many times this happened at my high school, I'm sure that at least one person in the US has died because first responders were at a false alarm rather than available to help them.