Reply to Traveling with equipment

Has anyone ever encountered confusion on their gear when flying overseas?

Just the way I have all my cables snaked together with 16 different TRS ends and packed in my bag with other stuff... has a certain look to a bomb or something crazy to interfere with the airplane. I mean the average person looking at this somewhere other than a airport will not even thing about it.
but like when Im in line taking my laptop out or whatever,,, the controllers with the buttons and knobs and stuff... Has anyone encountered paranoia from other people.. or people check through the bags.

or am I just being paranoid??