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[@LegalEagle]

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[@Riptide314]

I love ads

[@taikisaruwatari5148]

None as I am not american. Yay that's like a cheat code

[@jonathanperry8331]

I have a question and I hope you answer. If you're sued let's say for a billion dollars. All you have is a car and house that aren't even paid off. You end up just declaring bankruptcy? I guess they could take your assets but there's no way you can possibly afford to pay that back in your lifetime. They can't take all your money because then you won't be able to work to pay them anything right? Like Rudy Giuliani how was this play out if he were convicted for the civil lawsuit?

[@robjohnson3095]

So, in which states is it illegal for all of you felons to vote? I mean, that's the consequence of these laws, right, there are states where no one has the legal right to vote... Of course, I am innocent of all charges.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

None that applies to me as I've never visited the US 😆

[@wmxx2000]

I refuse to comment on the accuracy of these allegations without my lawyer present.

[@GeorgeDolbier]

a sentence everyone (in the US) should practice and memorise

[@alm2187]

Alright. Uh, what's your lawyer's name?

[@linkholder]

@@KezanzatheGreat overruled, I wanna know where *this goes *Edit for the record, changed a [u] to an [I] in thus, turning it into this.

[@sherwingonsalves8821]

@@alm2187 Phoenix Wright

[@stare4539]

Lol

[@privatechan23]

"average person breaks 473 laws a day" factoid actually just statistical error. average person breaks 0 laws per day. Criminal Georg, who lives in a prison and breaks over 1,823,020 each second, is an outlier and should not have been counted.

[@sand747]

can't believe the statisticians made such a bad mistake

[@PretzelLunar]

cookie clicker reference?

[@kiweping5]

fun fact for this supposed 0 average and 1 outlier story to be true, this person would have to break 155,238,600,000 laws per day or: 6,468,275,000 per hour / 107,804,583.333... per minute / 1,796,743.05556 per second That was a surprisingly good guess well done

[@privatechan23]

@@kiweping5 It wasn't a guess, I went and did (very shoddy) math on this

[@genghiskhan6688]

@@PretzelLunar Absolutely.

[@thetruemlerm]

Back in middle school there would often be art students breaking down and crying in the hallway after their brand new (and typically very expensive) markers were confiscated. Most of them were never able to get their markers back :(

[@vladyvhv9579]

Cut to John McClane muttering about California...

[@TroyVan6654]

Well that's robbery right there.

[@-alovelygaycat-]

Guess I was lucky. I may have been horrendously bullied in middle school, but no one ever really messed with my art stuff, especially not the teachers. That’s just cruel.

[@crazysquirrel9425]

Confiscation is THEFT.

[@AKbaby89]

When I was homeless, I had to panhandle to survive, and there was one cop that would *always* threaten to arrest me and/or ticket me for panhandling because of the sit-lie law, even though I was panhandling on private property, and I sat in the same spot, leaned up against the building(which is not included in the sit-lie laws) and the building security guard constantly had to remind the cop that I have permission to be there and its a private building. I literally held a sign, I didn't say anything, or do anything, but yet one cop bugged me for MONTHS over something I literally wasn't doing, it only stopped when a different cop befriended me and I told him about the other cop, and he would come check in on me daily to make sure no other cops were bugging me and that I was alright(I met him because I was assaulted)

[@fyzxnerd]

Can you do a video on the Collosi case? That's wild to consider how you put all that together. 1. Overheard that they were betting 2. Encouraged them to bet more 3. Swat team on game day 4. Killed for "resisting" during the Swat event

[@Secret_Moon]

Pretty sure that was Entrapment and the person would be acquitted if brought to court. But it doesn't matter now since they're dead.

[@celeste4302]

I second this! This case sounds so crazy, I tried looking up the details myself but didn't come up with much.

[@SMBeech]

I want more details too.

[@johndavebobtim5049]

Yeah that sounds pretty bad

[@supervegito2277]

That sounds disgusting as all hell imo Feels like an Unholy union of Entrapment and Murder (for lackof a better word)

[@Aigis31]

I feel like that case of the guy befriending Cullosi to make him bet over the legal amount just to "bust him" and have him die in the process is one of the most corrupt things I've ever heard an officer do

[@interrexclamacion]

Yup, and no justice was served; in fact the same swat team that killed him nine years later killed another innocent person.

[@edgevalmond6173]

@@interrexclamacion I just read both articles on it, and that was probably one of the more disturbing things I have seen. Unfortunately, these sort of events will keep happening unless a federal law is passed for these sort of behaviors. There are a lot of protections these people get, and as a result, they are barely held accountable.

[@sawyer7838]

Dog, read high price or chasing the scream. There have been numerous worse cases in the US such as cops posing as bf/gf to a mark, asking them to buy drugs, and bring it to their workplace, not even to bust the person, but to bring down the whole organization they work for. It's wild what people will do to uphold the status quo.

[@ThisIsArty]

nop. there was also that time where a detective made a person with the mental state of a 5 year old "confess" to a serial killing. that person was then sentenced to death and executed just because the detective wanted fame.

[@dclark142002]

My 'favorite' was the Baltimore cops who covered up their drug running operation by framing innocent people for their own actions...including murder. I may not think ACAB is correct...but man, there sure are some cops who fit the description.

[@zacharywissinger3996]

Since the detective coerced him into betting over $2k, which was something he wouldn’t have done normally (hence the coercion), he was entrapped. Hope his family got a good lawyer.

[@SpeckleKen]

If they do I expect they'll be more likely to sue for shooting him dead when unarmed and posing no threat than they will for entrapment.

[@silverhawke]

they got $2 mil for wrongful death, i believe. still not enough -- the fairfax county police department has no business existing.

[@InventorZahran]

I always knew that sharing a Netflix account (or any other online subscription) was technically illegal, but that law is almost completely unenforceable because there's no easy way to prove that multiple people are using the same account.

[@dakotawilliams4337]

Or you get fined more for multiple devices (not bad)

[@InventorZahran]

@@dakotawilliams4337 Yeah, what if I'm just a computer collector who logs into Netflix from a different device each day?

[@dakotawilliams4337]

🤔 Idk

[@Fetidaf]

@@InventorZahranfrom different locations at the same time under different profiles? It wouldn’t really be that difficult to prove

[@user-ge3wm8ot8q]

Wait, a detective got a man killed by convincing him to break the law and sending a SWAT team to his house? WHAT?

[@acoffeewithsatan]

And don't be surprised if that detective has a medal sitting on their shelf that they were awarded with because of that.

[@masterofthecontinuum]

For gambling no less.

[@___LC___]

The police have killed for less than a $2k infraction. Have to wonder about our law enforcement system.

[@MagnakayViolet]

I guess you could say that breaking the law is bad for your health.

[@brettonjohansen1619]

@@___LC___ I think you're missing the point, the cost is not the surprising part here

[@KyrieFortune]

Let us be real, there is one law most of us have definitely broken: copyright law.

[@mkfjn1]

I think just my profile pic violates copyright law

[@klop4228]

Which proves that copyright law is, at best, overreaching its bounds.

[@karsten69]

@@victorbukowsky7496 don't put evidence of that in writing.

[@genericname8727]

@@mkfjn1 same but my pic isn’t even from anything. I think it’s a stock photo of a bee I stole from a random animal generator website. I don’t own this image, I have no attachment to it, and I have plenty of good pics on my phone I do actually own but I chose this.

[@andrasbiro3007]

No, I definitely don't have an entire infrastructure set up for that at home, including 40TB of storage.

[@Zaryn_Rinion]

I know I'm hella late to this but as someone who actually really enjoys mirror etching, I thought I'd explain since I didn't see anyone else do it. Etching cream is a substance you can apply to glass or mirrors (I'm sure other things but this is what I learned it on) and, when applied properly, gives you a foggy look and allows you to make designs and the like.

[@tylergorbach4980]

The way it was explained to me was you take the markers that are made for car windows with the foam tips and replace the original paint with paint mixed with etching liquid. Then you can tag on glass and the paint can't be washed off

[@Atmatan]

​@@tylergorbach4980You can already do that with Grog paint 🤔

[@HolyHolyHandGrenade]

I just wanna say, as someone who isn't a lawyer, but did take a cybersecurity course in college, the "Lawyer-speak in 3, 2, 1" made me very confused, followed by total understanding as soon as the words Computer Fraud and Abuse Act appeared, because we also covered the CFAA in my *Ethics in IT* course.

[@Jaydoggy531]

Part of me thinks the "Netflix password sharing" is so varied and conflicted in the courts because the lawyers and judges involved can think of at least five people in their life who do it, or have been involved in it themselves.

[@ldbarthel]

It's also nebulous because members of a household legally share a single account. When we upgraded our mobile plan, we got 2-screen Netflix included. But my wife signed on first, so the Netflix account is on her user id. But she has a user profile and I have a user profile. We also have the standard "Kids" profile - even though we have none at home.

[@Zevoxian]

Let's say a friend that has shared their Netflix password is also their bank account password, awful security decisions aside, does that give the friend permission to go on their bank account and look at their friends finances? There's no real legal distinction for using a password to access Netflix online vs your Bank online (although if you take money out you may violate more things)

[@Zevoxian]

Or how about lets say your friend shares their Netflix password with you and you then use that password to upgrade their account costing them more money each month, if there is no identity verification component is that illegal? And if there is is it illegal for a husband to upgrade the account on his wife's behalf when it's in her name? I'm not saying there can't be solutions but the laws/rulings would have to get very technical in ways they currently avoid doing

[@Subpar1224]

@@Zevoxian well I think that you are impersonating someone else when you use their information to access their info without their express permission, so you probably couldn't do the first thing. If it isn't, then fine I think that is a risk trade you do when giving away your password The second is probably some form of theft, as you are using someone elses money for your own benefit because you are using the screen share system as well right?

[@andrewt.5567]

If you are sharing outside your house to avoid having to pay the premiums it seems this should be illegal if netflix does not openly permit it.

[@mrimplicit6088]

"Lots of cities and states love to fight high housing costs by making it harder to build more housing" My MAN

[@jaschabull2365]

And then of course punish the people who can't afford housing by outlawing sleeping on the streets. And then presumably walk home with money-stuffed sacks from private prison corporations who were helped rake it in.

[@jaschabull2365]

@@chuckyxii10 If the cities intentionally hiked the price, then they ought to pay back the difference to the people who were overcharged when the price is made reasonable. I mean I guess that would take a lot of tax money, and the only way to get that money which seems remotely fair would be to hike taxes for whoever profited off the price hike, who pretty clearly have the government in their pocket already, meaning that's out too, but hey, I can dream, can't I?

[@cdmcrst1292]

Right? I so want a tiny house because I absolutely don't need/want anything bigger. But apparently they're going to shove the "American dream" home down my throat whether I want it /can afford it or not.

[@RabidDog20]

Nobody seems to understand that if there is zero legal restriction, Hong Kong pod houses will become the norm for a lot of cities, and they’ll just stay the same price anyway

[@cdmcrst1292]

@@RabidDog20 That still sounds like a market problem. I'm restricted from building a tiny house on my own for cheaper than a "Hong Kong pod house," because what? Competition is bad now, and I'm forced into a monstrosity that I don't need want? Sounds like a lazy, thinly veiled excuse to keep poor people from owning their own houses and forcing them to rent.

[@machfassett5749]

The final law about sitting or lying down on sidewalks also affects certain physically disabled people. For example, I have a physical disability that can flare up at any moment, especially if I've been walking or standing for an extended period of time (which can be as short as 5 - 10 minutes or less). That combined with chronic pain in the legs worsened by standing and walking for an extended period of time means I often end up sitting on the ground to catch my breath, particularly since I use forearm crutches as opposed to a wheelchair as forearm crutches provide me more freedom.

[@odd_bobble9106]

6:07 But “warming up the car” is not idling, it’s bringing the coolant, oil, and Freon up to operating standards. If this proses is skipped and the vehicle is forced into operation multiple times then damage can occur to the systems that require that fluid including; - Rapid expansion of flexible hoses causing lacerations and cracks - Steel lines heating up too quickly causing cracks and in rare cases explosions - the radiator, condenser, trans cooler, and water pump developing leaks - The exhaust manifold gasket developing leaks - Turbo/supercharger failing - the HPCR failing - rapid engine wear - oil pump failure And a few more Pre-start your cars, it’s not idling as long as your moving after 15 minutes.

[@Twisted_Code]

one thing I love about this channel is the brutal honesty about how messed up the system is. "Lots of cities and states like to fight the high cost of housing by making it harder to build more housing". Then again, I'd be surprised if any competent lawyer wasn't acutely aware of the abundance of systemic failure in this country.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

And at the same time they try to get rid of the homeless without giving them a way out.

[@majuuorthrus3340]

At the same time, you really don't want it to be legal to cram people into what are basically broom cupboards with a toilet. That's how you get (even more) epidemics.

[@louishermann7676]

Those same lawyers are all tacitly supporting the same corruption. Over legislating makes a good market for those in law. Remember what table they eat from.

[@jmurray1110]

I mean technically they always have 2 ways out of the streets Death and the corrupt prisons I never said they were reasonable

[@HilaryPea]

"Being acutely aware of the abundance of systemic failure in this country" is an occupational hazard of being a lawyer!

[@greenredblue]

Morons: "If you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear!" Lawyers: _"You have something to hide. _*_Shut up."_*

[@RannonSi]

Pretty much, it's never up to you whether or not you have anything to hide.

[@YTEdy]

Props. Great comment.

[@MrMartinSchou]

I may not have done anything illegal, but it's no one else's business how often I watch bisexual dwarf nun porn.

[@angelvu]

@@MrMartinSchou I… I agree I think you should hide that fact

[@UGNAvalon]

Cops (& Lawyers?): Anything you say *CAN & WILL* be used against you!

[@diablominero]

9:34 Wifi equipment usually defaults to requiring a password to join. If you intentionally change settings to allow anyone to join without a password and don't post signs restricting who's allowed or something, isn't any access to the network authorized?

[@meckelbu]

My home country, Finland, made connecting to unsecured Wifi networks explicitly legal to stop debates over that question since it was felt that a typical person wouldn't necessarily even realize they shouldn't do it if one was within the range of their device and the device offered to connect to it.

[@Amoryl]

I was at union station in chicago waiting for a train and the cops were going through telling everyone it was against ordinance to sit on the floor in public. Train was over an hour out and they had ZERO benches or anywhere to sit "legally" they just expected children and old people to stand (they also hassled people leaning against the walls) for an hour waiting for a train they bought tickets for.

[@nishant54]

You should have to do it anyway. Tell them to arrest all or f off.

[@kaw628]

When you accidentally break the law hundreds of times a day, the law is the problem.

[@shocker4510]

Did you miss the next sentence where he said he made that statistic up?

[@jmurray1110]

That’s not exactly disproving their point Laws are generally stupid because a bunch just not get repealed or have weird interpretations no one actually accepts For example a good chunk of people disagree that ideas should be treated like private property because they exist in completely different areas so we shouldn’t define @stealing” ideas like characters (IP) like we define stealing property because no matter how often he’s used you can never run out of darth maul (no matter how much Lucasfilm milks him)

[@newbiz3496]

Laws are made because they need criminals to make money..they need criminals to gain power..they need criminals to keep democracy ..Without criminals then prosecutors lawyers, law makers judges and cops etc wouldn’t have a occupation..without criminals Mayors governors and other politicians etc wouldn’t have much to promise you, the more laws they create the more crimes are made, the more arrest are made which lead to power for the so call good guys…why you think instead of actually trying to find solutions to fix crime, they just create more laws? Because they’ll use the worse scenarios that happened with the crime that was made and scare the people to believing everybody who commit these crimes are the same..like illegally carrying a firearm, one out of every 1000 illegal firearm is actually used in a crime or a shooting..the rest are carried for protection for people who was denied or was too young or had a felony due to carrying a firearm under age…Most gun felonies never was convicted of any violent crimes…never was convicted of any discharge of the firearm.:.simply carrying..and living in a community they live in who can actually blame them for Cathy ..but they still get the same treatment as those who use firearms in crimes ..because the government don’t understand the difference between a criminal and a person who broke a law in order to protect their life…But the more criminals the more money and power..same reason why most prosecutors try to find white suburbans when prosecuting a crime that’s common in the inner city….because since they don’t experience the common problems in the inner city..they’re going to likely find the person guilty because they truly believe he’s a criminal due to what they was taught..Because the prosecutors job is to find you guilt rather you’re innocent or not..that alone shows that it’s not about innocent or guilty it’s about who can tell the better story..Because more guilty cases equals more pay and more power

[@pis332]

​@@newbiz3496 Conspiracy theorist

[@cameronjadewallace]

See, the word accidentally is the problem

[@J_Stronsky]

"[He'd] only been a [policeman] for a few days but already he had absorbed one important and basic fact: it is almost impossible for anyone to be in a street without breaking the law." - Terry Pratchett

[@telectronix1368]

"You can be an fast guard, or you can be an old guard. But you can't be a fast, old guard." - Crpl Nobby Nobbs.

[@J_Stronsky]

@@telectronix1368 haha nice, I've always loved that one because there's a similar saying amongst motorcycle riders. 'There's fast riders & old riders but no fast, old riders' ... I wonder which came first, Pratchett's version of the joke or the saying

[@telectronix1368]

@@J_Stronsky Probably Sir Terry's. Or at least he didn't hear the motorbike quote before coming to the same idea. (Honestly I can't imagine him seeing a thought like that and just copying it wholesale. It would get transformed into something even more bizarre.)

[@SMTRodent]

@@J_Stronsky It used to be World War One pilots that were old or bold but never both.

[@anthonyskrzypczak9437]

@@telectronix1368 almost everything Terry Pratchett wrote was a reference or a callout to something. He almost certainly knew about the phrase beforehand

[@CoolRubiksCube]

'When you're on the internet have you pretended to be something you aren't?' No not me never

[@Katpitz7]

@ 2:48 i learned from one of his other videos that the "model" does not own that photo.

[@Katpitz7]

...as he later states...

[@ephraimtimmerman4476]

When it comes to the detective who convinced the man to bet more that $2000, isn't that considered entrapment?

[@andrewt.5567]

The cop has to do more than just suggest it. He would need to be overbearing on it.

[@alexnewell9631]

By definition, it most definitely is. The man was making legal bets with friends. The detective went out if his way to connect with the guy and then convinced him to bet higher just to arrest him. I hope the mans wife got paid

[@dahat1992]

@@andrewt.5567 This is incorrect. You need to commit a crime on your own. If a LEO tells you that you should commit a crime, and even gives you the opportunity, motive, or tools necessary, that absolutely is entrapment.

[@remigyfgrin8830]

Should it be? Probably! Would the legal system consider it entrapment? Probably not! Also the amount of fury in my system after hearing that someone died in that raid could probably be used as a renewable energy source

[@masonwheeler6536]

No. It's only entrapment if the detective convinces him to do something he would not have otherwise done. If the guy wasn't involved in gambling at all because he didn't believe in gambling, but the detective talked him into it, or if the detective said "you should make a bigger bet," and the guy said "that's a bad idea, betting that big is illegal" and the cop badgered him into it, that's entrapment. But if all the detective did was got him to do something he never had any objection to, that's not considered entrapment, not should it be.

[@jellysharkbat]

"So what're you in for?" "Killed 10 guys in cold blood. You?" "Sat on the sidewalk." "*GASP*"

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

I know. It sounds like from Mel Brooks Robin Hood.

[@julietardos5044]

Litterin' And they all moved away from me on the Group W bench.

[@telectronix1368]

They let just anyone in gen pop these days.

[@sandman0127]

It's only illegal because of TB my city's law on it dates back to the early 1900s

[@FujiSkunk]

@@julietardos5044 And creating a nuisance.

[@teigenb829]

That tiny house law I both agree and disagree with. I think it prevents massive housing developments of tiny homes; this is actually a good thing as those developments might start to look less like tiny homes and more like expensive appartment/condo complexes which defeats the point of a tiny home. The reason why I disagree with it is that people should be able to get a normal plot size and have a tiny home with the purpose of living in it. Generally I think the law should have been better written

[@kikixchannel]

Basically, just forego the law until the house is to be sold or rented. A person should be allowed to build and live in any house that is not inherently dangerous. But if they want to rent or sell it at any point in time, the house must be abiding by the regulations at that time or be razed/modified before the transaction can take place. Damn easy solution that instantly dismissed any 'bad faith profiting' off of things that for some are just preference or necessity, while for others would have been an annoyance or harm.

[@dylankornberg4892]

As to “law” number 10, when I was 22 or 23 I got fined $50 by a cop who saw me sitting on a subway staircase. The citation was for “obstructing pedestrian traffic.”

[@xxGreenRoblox]

Well of course why would people be able to walk around somebody sitting down

[@Fetidaf]

@@xxGreenRobloxthe argument to that would be if there was an emergency. Like the Mitch Hedburg joke “if someone is flammable, they are not blocking a fire exit” or however that joke goes, but in truth they very easily can be, which could cause people to get trampled as has happened before. Even if there isn’t an emergency, you ever tried to walk down stairs that have people sitting on them? It’s not really as easy as just “walk around them” when theres people coming up the stairs as you’re going down.

[@HomebaseLHR]

Americans “I love living in this free country” Also Americans * can’t sit on the pavement *

[@R8Spike]

I mean if a law isn't enforced, is it a law?

[@HiddenDarkHM]

@@R8Spike It's enforced whenever it's convenient for the people in power~

[@HiddenDarkHM]

Ahh the American delusion.

[@RealGalaxyGamers]

@@HiddenDarkHM It’s like jaywalking it really isn’t enforced anymore

[@RustyDust101]

@@RealGalaxyGamers Say that again in Germany. 😁😂

[@brushylake4606]

"It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood..." James Madison, Federalist 62

[@ghost_ship_supreme]

As someone who lives up north, not warming up your engine can potentially DAMAGE your car! So getting a fine for it would probably cause protests. Since engine coil can actually freeze at -20F, And last winter it was -40F! Many cars actually use heater plugs to keep the oil liquid so warming up the car is easier, but it’s a major pain to install them! In addition, If you don’t warm up your car, the windshield will almost always frost over on the inside when driving, making it impossible to see! Not to mention it’s hard to drive while shaking and shivering with gloves on!

[@namelessnavnls8060]

Anyone: "I'm a law abiding citizen!" LegalEagle: I'm about to ruin this man's entire record.

[@danielchrisronan2281]

Bomb goes off in the courthouse before legaleagle can even respond... (Reference to the movie law abiding citizen😉)

[@patrickpitargue1569]

@@danielchrisronan2281 I still cant believe that ending

[@AmyraCarter]

Me: I was raised Anarchist and abide no laws.

[@SecretlyTwoFrogsInATrenchCoat]

I wasn't a law abiding citizen when I started, but now I'm even less of one

[@judaiyuki5597]

lol i only did 1 of these my record is still fine

[@brendankearney3929]

"I'm crazy enough to take on Batman, but the IRS? No thank you!" The Joker

[@PaulGirdlestone]

Classic!

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Considering they tracked down moonshine runners to tax the moonshine (Moonshiners migrated down the Appalachian Mountains avoiding the IRS), yes, Treasury Agents (sometimes called "T-men") were very tenacious. Watch the movie _Greased Lightning_ about a moonshine runner who became the first Black man in stock car racing.

[@metaparalysis3441]

@@ginnyjollykidd it's a reference to Al Capone who got arrested on tax fraud

[@agentallegator]

person: *collapses on sidewalk* karen: I AM CALLING THE COPS! cops: *arrest person lying on sidewalk*

[@darylcheshire1618]

I remember before casinos in Victoria, a suburban house was raided by police and a roulette wheel seized. Some of the gamblers were indignant as it was a fund raiser for a community club.

[@tiacho2893]

I remember an odd loophole when a long distance trucker was charged for drinking in his truck. He was parked and the semi had a sleeper. So he argued and won (I think) that while parked, a semi with sleeper becomes the same as a RV. So drinking and having open alcohol in the vehicle was legal.

[@Carahan]

Truck drivers have a higher standard, you must blood test a .00, even a .01 is illegal for someone driving a commercial vehicle on a CDL. So unless one plans to sleep off the drinking overnight, no more driving for commercial truck drivers.

[@justins8802]

@@Carahan I wonder if that would hold (or has held) up to an appeal challenge. Demanding a 0.00 result is unreasonable since it should fail a “rational basis” test in my opinion. There should have to be some evidence of actual impairment by a significant portion of people at 0.01 for that to be legit.

[@Capt_AwesomePants]

@@Carahan not quite. The maximum allowable bac for commercial drivers is .04, half of a noncommercial driver, regardless of the type or nature of the vehicle being operated (personal vehicle or work vehicle). The law also requires a minimum of 10 hours between the consumption of alcohol and the operation of a commercial vehicle.

[@shadenox8164]

@@Carahan That's the point, its illegal to drink in or have an open bottle of alcohol in a vehicle even if you're not planning to drive it. It sounds like the guy had finished his distance for the day and was having a beer or something before bed.

[@rodrigojds]

@@justins8802 the drinking limit in the Czech Republic is 0. If you drink you cannot drive at all. Which is interesting because the Czech Republic has the highest consumption of beer in the world!!

[@JosephFuller]

In the late 90's, a cop in NYC hit me in the leg with a nightstick. He said that I could not sit on _his_ sidewalk. He then told me to get up and start walking. The way he spoke and opened the interaction with violence made me think he was going to seriously hurt me so I just scampered off and sat down somewhere else.

[@streettrialsandstuff]

So I wonder, does freedom of speech allow you to say something like "this ain't your sidewalk, pig"?

[@theMoporter]

@@streettrialsandstuff The law of "bigger army diplomacy" says you can't.

[@Starfighter-nk4mo]

@@streettrialsandstuff it should. And cops swear an oath to the constitution. But at the end of the day, they have a badge and a gun. And that means they can do whatever they want. They simply think and act like they are above us because, legally, in terms of what they can get away with, they are.

[@mccookies3664]

@@streettrialsandstuff it absolutely does, if you don’t care about becoming the next police brutality case

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I think if that would go to court, it would come down to semantics. I can see the case for them moving you, because they might want to prevent homeless sleeping there, but at the same time you have a good case that you were just taking a break or were waiting for someone, which is totally legal. Still no reason to open a conversation with violence.

[@HilaryPea]

-We live in Northern Nevada. My mother's 1985 Jeep Wagoneer has to be warmed up for several minutes in cold weather. Enough time for her to go back in the house and get her stuff ready to go. But, my 2000 Lincoln LS only needs to warm in the mere minutes. Long enough for me to sit in the seat, buckle up, put my purse and stuff where they belong, set my radio, put my cell phone, in etc. And I'm pretty fast and doing those things. Barely a couple of minutes. It was amazed at how fast the RPMs go back down to 1,000, when I first got the vehicle, almost two years ago. At its age, it still has less than 50,000 miles on it! -He befriends Caluso so that he could get him to accept a bet of over $2,000? Unless it was a an official undercover ... whatever, approved by his boss, that sounds almost like entrapment. And it most definitely should not have lead to anybody's death. I understand the need for gambling laws. Laws should be taken seriously. If you don't, make sure that they are worth breaking. But, just on the information given, his was not serious enough to cause a death over. It wasn't like they were doing a raid on a murderer, rapist, or underage sex ring, or something. Well, I hope his family had grounds for a lawsuit of an unlawful death (or some equivilent) for that one! -Illegal for minors to own paint products? In Fernley, NV, my mother has been carded multiple times (she is in her 60s) because she bought a bag of grapes from a Fernley, NV Wal*Mart. .......! The self-check-out program is dumb sometimes. It's grapes, not an aerosol can of whipped cream, okay? -I agree, you don't F$&@$ with the IRS, Welfare, Social Security, etc. LIke if you do lie about your income to Welfare and they find out, they might cut you off (or much worse). Then, what happens next time you lose your job? You're screwed! And they will find you!

[@rhombo323]

Idling your car (when starting it from cold/not up to operating temperature) is better for your car. If you start driving before the engine is up to temperature, it can lead to mechanical failure when done on a regular basis. Metals expand with heat, and engines are designed to operate at a certain temperature. Running it cold (or overheated for that matter) and revving up the engine will create extra stresses in the engine.

[@StarrandSky]

Sitting on the sidewalk? Jail. Shared a Netflix Password? Jail. Bought Sharpies? Believe it or not, right to jail.

[@Pirategirl4nightwish]

Apparently everyone who has ever been to a parade should be in jail, including my toddler, as most people sit on the sidewalk lol

[@shondarene7257]

😂😂😂 parks and rec!!!

[@uneek35]

"Everything's a sin. Have you ever sat down and read this thing? Technically, we're not allowed to go to the bathroom" -Reverend Lovejoy

[@Preston_Mitchell]

Reverend who clearly doesn’t actually believe in God

[@DarkShadows713]

This quote is really familiar but for some reason I can't remember where it's from and "lovejoy" isn't ringing any bells...

[@uneek35]

@@DarkShadows713 It's the Simpsons

[@DarkShadows713]

uneek35 I've never watched the Simpsons so I must've heard or read someone else referencing it. Thanks though!

[@jy3n2]

Not a bathroom. You have to do it outside, and bring a shovel with you, but I think that rule only applies if you're at war. Seriously.

[@harrietyes]

My mom shared her Netflix password with me... because I'm 12 and can't really get my own... OH NO THEY'RE AFTER ME!

[@Bobbbybags]

Etching cream is used for crafts but it can be used to deface class. Graffiti artists will fill markers with it and tag store windows which permanently burns the window and cannot be removed.

[@wesleyoldham4222]

I can't believe Devin got a law license after breaking so many laws himself. For example, did you know he gives out false statistics an average of 473 times a day?

[@hydrolito]

This is on the internet so more than 473 people can see this a day.

[@ndschau]

40% of all people know that.

[@plumjet09]

@@ndschau Only 0.01% of Players know this fact

[@maxter0842]

'Cause he counted criminal georg.

[@rachelroyce8494]

What this video was suppose to teach: here are some surprising laws you have have broken. What I learned: cops really don’t have anything better to do with their time other than convincing doctors to break the law, watching a “suspicious” man check his email everyday, and busting kids who own art supplies .

[@aformofmatter8913]

That's uninironically a good lesson to learn

[@godrickstockwell1505]

Well yeah what else are they supposed to do, protect people?

[@artbysarf]

18 year old me heated up my car at 4 AM for an opening shift in my driveway and just so happens that a cop was in my neighborhood for the first time ever in my 15 years of living there. I didn't get a fine or anything, but I did get a talking to. Idk I feel like I should be able to turn my car on in my own driveway for 5 minutes at 4 AM in the middle of Kansas winter, but that's just me.

[@t33th4n]

Let this be clear: A password is like a key to a house. It represents the access right. If you wish to revoke that access right you must change the key. Because you effectively could copy the key during it's time being in others possession.

[@AJegoist]

"Sit-Lie ordinance" Ah yes criminalization of the homeless.

[@kingofgar101]

And being disabled!

[@GeorgeDolbier]

hopelessness...

[@LuinTathren]

Not to mention those of us walking dogs who sit down to give the dog water or to give the dog a rest. I often go on very long walks and take a little 10-15 minute break after every mile. When it's 90+ degrees (Fahrenheit) out there, those breaks are the difference between a great and healthy walk and heat stroke affecting me and/or my dog. We sit on the edge of the sidewalk. I had NO idea I might be arrested for it!

[@toag3822]

Nice pfp lol

[@jimwormmaster]

Yeah, that one is lame. Even if I'm sitting on the sidewalk, as long as I can move, I'm not blocking it. "Excuse me, sir." "Oh, sorry about that" *moves* No need to make a criminal case about it.

[@Upup2211]

Etching cream is an acid you can put on glass to dissolve it. You can permanently etch a design into glass and the only solution is to remove and replace that piece of glass. It's super super scummy and expensive so that is pretty fair to make harder to obtain.

[@DwAboutItManFr]

Interesting.

[@chronus9083]

@@DwAboutItManFr uhhhhh

[@bcubed72]

So, do you advocate for similar controls over rocks? As they can irreparably damage glass, as well.

[@aazhie]

Yea all my crafter friends who make custom etched tumblers are real scum of the earth...

[@michaelwerkov3438]

that is a terrible argument. the guys comment about rocks, however, is not.

[@paulwyles5720]

Objection: Selling personal property for less than the purchase price is not income. If you buy personal property and then later sell the item(s) on eBay, or at a garage sale it is almost always sold for less than the purchase price because these items are used items. When an item is sold for less than purchase price it is not income. What about a gift? If the sale price is less than what the person who gave you the item paid for it, again it is not income. If an item is sold for more than the purchase price it is income. Depending on the circumstances there are different places on the tax return for the income to be reported. If the sales are business income the income and expenses are reported on schedule C, hobby income is reported as other income and expenses up to income are itemized deductions, a one time sale at a profit could be reported on schedule D (investment income).

[@cliffcorson4000]

etching cream is used to create Frosted images in glass it can also destroy the upper layers of certain metals like chrome or the clear coat paint on a car

[@thumbsarehandy.]

Hopelessness? I was expecting you to say Homelessness. As a person experiencing hopelessness, I am shocked and appalled by such laws regardless of the people they target.

[@alm2187]

So...you have a home but no hope? :-/

[@Delightfully_Bitchy]

That is a very common problem, yes. Vice versa as well. Edit: For example, most suicides occur at home.

[@thumbsarehandy.]

@@efulmer8675 Sadly, I'm very familiar with it.

[@coopergates9680]

Hopeless job market? Been there. As long as we don't start enacting "right to work" laws, it won't get even more hopeless. *cough* PragerU *cough*

[@pepe6666]

@@efulmer8675 fwoah thats brutal. man the united states really does not like poor people or giving support to poor & helping them get up. low ages etc. amazing how you have to tip waitresses and waiters and stuff. in other countries they're not allowed to accept tips and get paid accordingly.

[@AdumbroDeus]

I like how you just casually edged into the entire discussion about suburban zoning by talking about effective the tiny house bans but didn't even comment on the other range of Byzantine regulations that in practice force suburbia to be car focuses. You should totally do a suburban zoning episode ^_^

[@Boon_LightBurn]

“Have you ever driven a car?” No “Have you ever sold something on eBay?” No “Have you every shared your Netflix password?” No I am a law abiding citizen, not even those mysterious disappearances on march 17th 2018 can tarnish my status now

[@erinmccreery9781]

Legal Eagle I agree this law was to stop vandalism with spray paint but I see it as a way to hopefully stop huffing paint. A weird but very dangerous addiction

[@JoakimKanon]

LegalEagle: ”You Definitely Broke These Laws” *Objection: Speculation!*

[@31tentacles]

Overruled

[@M4A1BestGirl]

I'm not a judge so I can't give my input, but since it's so commonplace in this country and the taxpayers don't like to waste their money on literally the American population as a whole, it's overlooked. I would have been arrested for using public wi-fi years ago.

[@trippinjimmy7063]

Weirdly I've never done none of these, but ive probably done many others which were not included in the video

[@da_kracken8879]

That ain't illegal

[@legoworld246]

"You bet it might possibly theoretically do that!" He is speaking the language of lawyers

[@thisisasupersayin376]

"It's all mights, possiblys, and theoreticallys?" (Raises gun) "Always has been"

[@ginnyjollykidd]

In other words, "It depends."

[@04beni04]

Allegedly, yes.

[@wheelch0ck]

I have an issue with the warning of one's vehicle. In cold weather, it is important to warm the vehicle up to bring the fluids up to operating temperature (or close to it), e.g., oil transmission fluid, etc. If you don't, then it can lead to issues down the road over time.

[@ThatGuy_33]

3:07 Isn’t it considered hacking to access a say under a false pretax? I had heard that it’s technically illegal to use a false name on any website.

[@tannymanny1000]

12:40 "...people experiencing hopelessness..." You know, he's not wrong. I frequently lay down on the ground when I feel hopeless.

[@sonicpsycho13]

I was once threatened by a cop for the crime of standing near my own parked car (not idling either). In my old home state of Vermont, it's illegal to reverse a car on any road, so backing out of or into a driveway or parking space is illegal.

[@Keithustus]

I’m very annoyed by New Jersey’s “head-in parking only” city lots. What, why? Totally less safe to mandate that.

[@tylerthomason5594]

That's BS, how are you supposed to back into a driveway or parking spot then?

[@sonicpsycho13]

@@tylerthomason5594 it's one of those many laws that technically exists, but doesn't get enforced, except as an excuse to harass people.

[@thatoneguy611]

@@tylerthomason5594 you don’t. You drive in

[@drkrishnap]

Ew

[@____username____]

I’ve just started watching your videos a few weeks ago and ever sense then I’ve been getting ads for divorce attorneys. I’m 22 and have never been in a real relationship 😂

[@davidhermosillo1686]

Etching cream is an acidic cream used to etch glass. While this is usually used to decorate glassware, you can see how it could be used to deface windows, windshields, and other stuff

[@ryanlangman4355]

“You’ve broken these American laws” Can’t catch me from across the pond, suckers!

[@averagejoey2000]

You got a license for that comment, guv?

[@fireflare908]

@@averagejoey2000 do you got a liscence for that reply?

[@nostalgicake1983]

@@fireflare908 let me see your reply license, buddy

[@fireflare908]

@@nostalgicake1983 right here buddy, you got a reply liscence for that though?

[@jojidubi4]

@@fireflare908 Do you have a license for asking other people for their licenses?

[@JAndersonGhost0326]

For anyone else who's wondering: Etching cream is an acidic liquid used for highlighting cuts made into a glass surface.

[@TheRealLetharos]

Came to post this. Thanks Papa.

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

Thanks, I learned something today! 👍

[@saynotop2w]

It's better to wash the itch with soap

[@fluffycritter]

Yeah, and it's used for graffiti a lot in some areas. In San Francisco pretty much every window at street level has a tag etched into it.

[@MortismalGaming]

Lol was going to post this, I use it a lot to decorate glass for computer cases

[@jazzmyne6881]

I live in Phoenix back when spray paint was caged and only sold to those over 18 I never noticed a lot of graffiti. Now that it is more accessible it is a huge problem from vandalism of cars to walls to well just everything.

[@sophiequinton4327]

here in australia, the law about selling spray paint and markers to anyone under 18 has expanded to the purchase of knives (including kitchen knives) and in many cases scissors as well...

[@prodegyassassin101]

I break the law every time we need to restock our ambulance at the hospital. We just call it borrowing.

[@Shrekfromthehitmovieshrek]

YOU CANT RESTOCK AMBULANCES WITH PEOPLE PROEGYASSASSIN101 WE'VE TOLD YOU THIS 30 TIMES THATS SOMEONES GRANDMA LEAVE HER ALONE WHERE ARE YOU TAKING HER

[@Zakmmr]

Your ambulance company can't afford supplies? What's the massive bill going towards?

[@MatthewStinar]

The fact there's any conflict here at all just points to how badly broken our system is.

[@k.roserette]

@@Zakmmr Fattening the pockets of the ceos since most ambulance services in America are privately run businesses

[@slightlycrookedworkshop]

It is technically borrowing. The hospital will get the supplies back when you bring someone, using said supplies, to the hospital.

[@unvergebeneid]

Hot take: laws everyone breaks are there for the government to be able to arrest anyone they don't like.

[@damientonkin]

It's the Al Capone principle.

[@brandonwalker5011]

This is a lukewarm take at best.

[@krthecarguy5150]

Most of these can't even get you arrested

[@MrGoesBoom]

I know it'll never happen both because of the amount of work it would take and how convenient the current state of affairs is, but it would be nice if every 25 years or so there was a mandatory review of all laws on the books and old or outdated ones get the chop. Or modernized if there aren't more current laws that handle things better. Having laws passed 50 years ago ( or longer! ) that are no longer relevant to society today still be upheld in court and used to go after people is pretty disgusting.

[@etcetera1995]

That's not even a very hot take. It's one of those things that a year ago, I would've sworn was a conspiracy theory, but just look at the war on drugs. Criminalizing drug addiction was a way to criminalize being poor and non-white. Just look at the fact that white addicts would tend to get much lighter sentences, while marijuana dispensaries tend to be owned by white folks while black dealers are still penalized.

[@danielhounshell2526]

I think the key thing for password sharing is "if authorization is revoked". Basically the owner of the account has to explicitly state that the second person is not allowed to access the account. To use an IT example, if this weren't the case, no company in its right mind would let IT staff share default passwords with users, but in this case, the company owns the account and grants permission for both IT and the user to access the account. They don't even need to approve this per user since permissions are made explicit through things like group policy. It seems like this is mostly here for cases where someone knows the password a person uses for something, and gets into it without their consent.

[@CyanZone69]

“In the *United States”* Me, a British person: So I am not needed here.

[@shadow_of_the_spirit]

A nice reminder that law and morality are not the same thing. Thanks!

[@InvisiblerApple]

These are starting to sound like the parodies of that anti-piracy ad. You know: "you wouldn't steal a car... downloading movies is stealing". Then "you wouldn't download a bear"

[@zyffyr]

I would totally download a bear.

[@user-jz9hm4ub1s]

@@zyffyr same

[@acelilumelody4445]

The reason they won’t make catfishing a crime is because of advertisers using fake social media influencers but in reality they’re are working directly for the company promoted only their products.

[@Rattle.to.tattle]

the courts not being able to decide if password sharing is legal or not reminds me of not being allowed to share a locker in high school

[@TheRealWilliamWhite]

Remember they can't sue for entrapment if they're dead.

[@Makatea]

Yeah, brilliant police cooperation. Also, not that costly: The guy who shot the victim got 3 weeks suspension _without pay_ . Collegues protested that this was a way too harsh punishment. Starting to deal with killer cops as what they often are in those cases: murderers might be a good idea.

[@tehvvisard]

"Your mileage may vary" Wouldn't idling your car have the same mileage for everyone? 0 miles?

[@GeorgeDolbier]

your not a lawyer... your an engineer! sooo much worse :-) Good catch if this was reddit I'd say +1 now get out

[@dpeYoutube]

Depends on the slope and if the wheels are locked right

[@Badali714]

I interpreted that as, your mileage per tank would decrease due to excess idling.

[@jakefinch5430]

As far as I'm aware mileage refers to the distance a vehicle can cover on a full tank of gas. This is used in my country (New Zealand) despite the fact we measure with the metric system.

[@rfldss89]

Lets not let pedantry get in the way of a good pun ;)

[@crazyscarecrow8136]

Etching cream is a paste you put on glass to etch frosted patterns into it.

[@Kingdom_Of_Dreams]

The caption at 12:41 says "homelessness", but he clearly said "hopelessness" 😂

[@justineberlein5916]

My favorite law you've broken: If you read the law literally enough, it's illegal to board or disboard a train from a center platform in Illinois, unless there's an additional set of boom gates

[@stepswitcher08]

Nice to know that I am not breaking a 65th law by getting on/off a ducking train

[@johnlannon87]

"people experiencing hopelessness" Can confirm. When I feel hopeless I become compelled to lay supine on a sidewalk somewhere

[@jimmoriarty9440]

The beginning of your life of crime.

[@herpderp4078]

if you pass out on the pavement is it illegal, I got bad pneumonia and almost passed out glad i didn't git arrested

[@blisskitty4026]

Go lay in the middle of the street for that extra drop of self loathing

[@AskMia411]

*Me suffering chronic pain/fatigue, unable to sit down because it's illegal* Sounds like hopelessness to me To take the exaggeration further, if i were to sit on the sidewalk because of my disability and get "caught" , would i be able to sue for discrimination? Joking aside, these laws are inhumane and ripe for abuse

[@petermmm42]

it said homelessness but it seems its making it illegal for homeless people to exist on non private property -in urban areas-

[@gengarzilla1685]

Looks like he'll really be seeing a lot of us in court now.

[@digitalunity]

"You've definitely broken these laws!" - Never played poker for money, don't even remember the rules with a degree of regularity. - Never catfished anyone, that's not exactly a common activity so maybe examine yourself? - My house is normal size. - My car doesn't have a remote start. - I haven't borrowed an account in my whole life. - I don't bet on sports. - I don't mooch wifi. - I bought my first can of paint a few months ago... I'm over 21. - I've never sold anything online. - I've only sat on my porch, stairs, and a few times I've crouched or sat in a store waiting for my parents to finish getting things off a shelf. Bold words, but I have done no wrong

[@SoleaGalilei]

I used to work at an art supply chain in California, and those laws against selling certain supplies to minors were a HUGE pain in the ass. Management actually eventually decided to stop stocking spraypaint altogether because it was too much of a hassle. Totally ridiculous to have cashiers at an art supply store carding people just for buying paint.

[@dylantowers9367]

(UK here) A few months ago I was asked for my ID when buying superglue (for the purpose of assembling models cast in resin). I was surprised because I very rarely get asked for my ID anymore when I buy alcohol. I'm very clearly not a minor. I'd like to see anyone under the age of 18 with a beard this big.

[@CTM162]

@@dylantowers9367 You obviously haven't met me. I had a full beard by the age of 16 and frequently got mistaken for a college student. I remember one occasion the police visited my house while friends were over after suspecting one of them had thrown eggs at passing cars (they hadn't but apparently witnesses said they'd gone to my house) and upon seeing me after talking with them for a while immediately started asking me questions like I was the owner or head member of the household (i.e. "were you watching these kids, are they your son's friends, etc."). To be fair, my friends had also trolled them by getting me after they asked to see someone who lived there (because they were already amused the police found them suspicious). They were flabbergasted when I said I was the same age. Always makes me chuckle thinking about it.

[@visceratrocar]

"I just made that up, but it's probably close to the truth." Epic.

[@TotoDG]

How much you wanna bet Lionel Hutz used that phrase as a defence one time?

[@MrGoesBoom]

ah, you've been taking statistics and probably courses I see. As the quote goes 'There's lies, damned lies, and statistics'

[@Treblaine]

It's such a great quote.

[@rockets4kids]

37.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

[@dasdasdaxzvea]

@@rockets4kids Interesting

[@cyberzombie038]

That law about idling is kinda makes warming up a turbocharged car borderline illegal. Granted it only takes a few minutes but in cold climates you definitely want to wait a bit longer to warm up the oil and let the idle rpm settle before driving.

[@xcoder1122]

Where I live, you only need to report profits in your tax return and selling something on ebay is not automatically a profit. If I buy something for $50 and sell it on ebay for $30, I did not make any profit at all, I actually made $20 loss! So unless I can sell anything for more than what I paid for buying it, it isn't a profit and doesn't require reporting. Of course, that only applies to selling as a hobby. If you do selling as a business, you will need to report it as a business is not reporting profit, it is reporting turnover, huge difference. And if you made loss as a business, you surely want to report that as that's only in your advantage because losses are not taxed and can even be deducted from other income that will be taxed, so you effectively pay less taxes.

[@goodlookingcorpse]

"Like most Americans, I've idled my car, shared my Netflix password, and pretended to be a model online in order to defraud someone. Believe it or not, technically I'm a criminal!" One of the examples isn't like the others, is my point.

[@saschamayer4050]

Yeah, I can't believe you actually idled your car! You monster! 😱

[@saschamayer4050]

10:14

[@zanemiracle6121]

"Have you ever breathed?" Then you have broken the law!

[@Ed20942]

Theft of oxygen, book ‘em.

[@cmdraftbrn]

damn you. posted the same thing. lol

[@mybad4990]

@@Ed20942 Breathing? Believe or not, jail.

[@elrien591]

I haven’t broken these surprisingly, 1. Haven’t driven a car. 2. I have never used ebay. 3. I don’t share my netflix password. 4. Never played any game with money, other than monopoly. 5. I literally never used a dating app or twitter, facebook, and instagram. 6. I live by the equator. 7. Never Watched any sports lol. 8. I have not bought any markers and def not spray paint, my mom bought markers for my sister a few times.

[@nowthatsjustducky]

I still have on my list of things to do, "go to Marion Oregon and walk backwards while eating a donut."

[@MGlBlaze]

9:00 - Did the detective face ANY consequences for their part in convincing the Optometrist to bet more than £2000 and then get them killed when they called SWAT?

[@nadinewesterveld5597]

I’d be willing to bet 2 grand that he didn't but, well, I don't want to be killed either...

[@jakepullman4914]

@@nadinewesterveld5597😂 Epic.

[@jakepullman4914]

I mean, that's textbook entrapment, and apparently his part in it is publicly known, so I'm sure he got a week's (paid) suspension.

[@yukikitsune7366]

@@jakepullman4914 if that much.

[@Thougar]

I just looked it up, it doesn't appear so. It happened back in 2006, the family got a two million dollar settlement in 2011 and the swat officer who shot him was suspended without pay for three weeks. The police department was also heavily criticized for overusing their swat team however I'm not sure if anything came of that.

[@xliquidflames]

Does the catfishing law apply to me when I'm role playing in Lord of the Rings Online as a 4305 year old female elf from Lothlorien and I enter into a relationship with a 4365 year old female elf from Mirkwood when I'm actually a 17 year old male human from Atlanta?

[@GinnyFan765]

I did NOT expect to see my favorite game mentioned in these comments. Right on!

[@TonyHammitt]

Depends on whether it's a role-playing server

[@_leokratis_]

@@TonyHammitt I believe it would not break the law no matter the place he is, since it is a made up character from a fantasy world that can not be mistaken for a real person and no profit can come from it. Also it is highly unlikely that anyone would believe that such person is real never mind trusting him enough to give him money. (I don't know if that's how it is. If it's not and this is considered catfishing/impersonating something is going really bad with the current law system. Imagine getting arrested for role-playing a 4305 year old female elf. It would be hilarious and disappointing at the same time.

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

Yes. Elves must be at least 5000 years old to date 😋 👮‍♂️👮‍♀️👮 dusts off the Elf Offender Registry

[@xliquidflames]

@@GinnyFan765 I'm on Treebeard as Ve and Vel.

[@MykArd]

Many people selling items on ebay (including myself) are selling USED items that they paid more for than the selling price. There is no profit, and nothing to report to the IRS. If it was a business, it would be operating at a loss and if anything I'd be entitled to a tax credit for the loss.

[@maxpeterson8616]

One of the toughest parts of being homeless I found is the difficulty in getting a PO box (including a UPS box). One is required to certify you have an address. One must also lie in order to get a bank account.

[@pierrecurie]

"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." - Cardinal Richelieu

[@Foolish188]

Remember watching a cop reality show, where the State Troopers always asked "When was the last time you smoked marijuana?". Obviously a trap, if you say ten years ago, they would use your "Confession" as an excuse to search your car. Now they can ask "When was the last time you played bet on sports?" And seize your money in your wallet as an Asset Forfeiture.

[@RedRocket4000]

As covered by this Lawyer well in depth. NEVER TALK TO THE COPS EVER ON ANYTHING WHICH INCLUDES NEVER ANSWER ANY QUESTION THEY ASK EXCEPT DO YOU WANT A LAWYER YOU SAY YES AND YES TO INVOKING YOUR RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT. see video it very convincing. If you want to cooperate do it though a lawyer.

[@highstimulation2497]

I got asked "twice in a row" how much alcohol I had consumed tonight." As the answer was none, (I was merely a little tired,) I answered none, both times. It occurred to me that they do this to get people who WERE drinking and LIED the first time to crack and come clean. Most interesting.

[@mysticmistress6101]

Lol hope they ask me this in Texas. “When did you last smoke marijuana?” “Uhh last week… in California… where it’s legal” oof

[@jaschabull2365]

@@mysticmistress6101 From what I gather it's a mistake to expect them to be reasonable. I've heard of people getting permanently banned from the whole country for saying they've had weed before when asked by officials at the border to Washington, where it's supposed to be legal and you'd think the officers would have no business asking.

[@mysticmistress6101]

@@jaschabull2365 they’d be fined or sued for detaining you based on something you did legally in a place that isn’t under their jurisdiction

[@karlhendrikse]

In New Zealand I believe it's illegal to sell spray paint to people under 18, but it's not illegal to buy it. Just like it's illegal to sell alcohol to drunk people, but it's not illegal to buy alcohol while drunk.

[@olliebigp]

A random person: *has heart attack and collapses* Police: PUT YOUR HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM