Gave my dustbin a good dusting for the first time in 2 months.
That was quite an ordeal.
@matigo pent-up energy and typhoons don't really go together. Though I'd rather have more energy than less: you might be seeing the typhoon whose thunder woke me up at 3am.
@matigo Precisely.
Pretty much everyone on either side has at the very least a respirator and goggles by now; most people also have a helmet. I've seen protesters wearing arm- and shin-pads as well (probably designed for airsoft), with wooden broomsticks and hiking sticks strapped to their backpacks.
It's only a matter of time before protesters start making their own versions of tear gas and toxic smoke to throw at the police, and then both sides will approach equilibrium for manpower. Already there are Molotov cocktails being thrown around.
Only a hazmat suit could really defend you against cockroaches though, and so far I don't think anyone's prepared for that. So that would be an effective approach that doesn't rely on having more of exactly the same resources than the opponent.
All this tear gas, umbrellas, bricks, rubber bullets…all this clean-up…why don't they just turn this into a psychological game and start throwing buckets of Things That Crawl (Hong Kong's least favourite: cockroaches) at the opposition?
Psychological damage can far outlast physical damage, after all. And it's rather more elegant.
@hazardwarning Well, now you know who to contact if you ever want to get into online dating.
The police asked to search my bag on the way home. Fortunately, it's not an offence to carry goggles and a respirator with you.