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[–]mrzisme 2113ポイント2114ポイント  (88子コメント)

Crossing a state border with a lobster in your car.

[–]OneSidedDice 1163ポイント1164ポイント  (32子コメント)

Do they issue a crustacean citation?

[–]Skydragon222 1107ポイント1108ポイント  (20子コメント)

I once took a crab with double D breasts on a Greyhound. In other words, I brought a busty crustacean to a crusty bus station.

[–]mormotomyia[S] 223ポイント224ポイント  (3子コメント)

only a lobster over a certain size. lacey act...

Edit: possessing a lobster is a crimer under the lacey act.

[–]hertzsae 1055ポイント1056ポイント  (129子コメント)

Pumping your own gas in Oregon and New Jersey.

[–]SumoSizeIt 248ポイント249ポイント  (43子コメント)

The logic breaks down especially when considering the diesel loophole.

What's the difference between owning a BMW 325i and a 325d in Oregon? I can pump my own fuel with the latter.

[–]bobbydaniel36 138ポイント139ポイント  (20子コメント)

I work at a gas station at South of the Border in South Carolina. Usually the tourists from New Jersey wonder why I can't pump their gas. I have to tell them it's legal for them to pump their own gas here.

[–]thatswacyo 471ポイント472ポイント  (38子コメント)

Throwing away junk mail that's addressed by name to the previous resident of your current address.

[–]YeezusShuttlesworth 36ポイント37ポイント  (25子コメント)

What are you supposed to do with it?

[–]boxsterguy 113ポイント114ポイント  (21子コメント)

Write on the letter something like "No longer at this address" and put it back in the mailbox for the postman to pick up and reroute (probably right back to you).

I just throw them away. It's been 12 years since I bought my house. If the previous owners can't get their shit together in that amount of time, it's no longer my problem.

[–]Yui_Hirasawa_ 32ポイント33ポイント  (7子コメント)

I've written that on mail before, but the post office never takes it back.

[–]boxsterguy 46ポイント47ポイント  (1子コメント)

You did your part, then. If the mailman didn't pick it up, and it somehow blows out of the box and into the trash when you get your mail the next day, well ... nothing you could've stopped.

[–]npinguy 3791ポイント3792ポイント  (256子コメント)

Walking down the street and putting change into all the expiring parking meters.

Yes, this act of good samaritanism is somehow illegal in tons of municipalities.

[–]TheNakedGod 534ポイント535ポイント  (37子コメント)

There was actually a group that recently won a State Supreme Court ruling in their favor after the city sued them for topping up meters. The court ruled it was a protected 1st Amendment action.

http://www.wmur.com/news/states-highest-court-to-weigh-in-on-keene-robin-hooders/33477436

[–]Flater420 2079ポイント2080ポイント  (194子コメント)

The reason it is illegal is so no one can declare themselves "parking attendant of Main Street" and make sure everyone can park as long as they want.

The whole reason parking meters are introduced is to make sure people shorten their stay (so more people can visit without having to park a huge distance away). Allowing people to fill others' parking meters goes directly against that idea.

That being said though, while it is illegal in Belgium to pay for someone's parking ticket, we are now shifting to paying via SMS, meaning you can stay as long as you want. So the old reason no longer applies to the new system, people can now park as long as they want.

[–]MrHibbityJibb 919ポイント920ポイント  (138子コメント)

This sounds like the city wants people to overstay their metered time just to make ticket money. I can't think of another reason they'd be bothered by getting paid what they were due.

[–]HeyZuesHChrist 469ポイント470ポイント  (93子コメント)

I live in Harrisburg, Pa and last year they changed their parking laws in the city to the detriment of the citizens. They did it to make more money. They changed the times when street parking is free and the cost of a parking ticket went up. It was done solely as a revenue generator for the city and people hate it, including business who have seen a large decrease in business since. Some even closing and citing this as the reason they were unable to continue to stay in business.

[–]freespankings 318ポイント319ポイント  (55子コメント)

As is common with every municipality in America - The people living within them are merely a source of revenue to be squeezed. If everyone started walking and riding bikes tomorrow, the cities would come up with a way to charge for bike racks and extra sales taxes on shoes would be implemented.

[–]tamagg 612ポイント613ポイント  (32子コメント)

If you drive a car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet

[–]MikeOxmaul 2012ポイント2013ポイント  (150子コメント)

Sitting in a public park sharing a bottle of wine with my wife.

[–]Maxicorne 987ポイント988ポイント  (75子コメント)

Here (Montreal) it's legal if you're also eating. Bring a chocolate bar or piece of cheese or something and you're fine...

[–]4011Hammock 373ポイント374ポイント  (35子コメント)

It's iffy. Some say a snack, some say a meal. But in general they won't pester you too much. A friend did however get a warning while eating chips because she had already finished her lunch and it wasn't considered substantial food.

[–]catladyfromthesstars 2137ポイント2138ポイント  (293子コメント)

Walking on the sidewalk with a beer in my hand (I did grow up in Louisiana but it's illegal here)

[–]PandaDerZwote 1303ポイント1304ポイント  (147子コメント)

Thats something that bugs me about the US. Here in Germany its allowed and depending on the city, very common. In fact so common that you even have a word (Wegbier) for beer that you drink while you are going somewhere.

[–]Oloff_Hammeraxe 1830ポイント1831ポイント  (68子コメント)

Playing music you've previously bought, at a gathering. Apparently it's only licensed for personal use, and you need separate licensing for public events. I played them anyway at my wedding. Thug life.

[–]inuvash255 685ポイント686ポイント  (33子コメント)

I'm pretty sure that's a private event, unless you let people come in off the street or sold tickets to your wedding to the general populace.

[–]Oloff_Hammeraxe 140ポイント141ポイント  (19子コメント)

By public I meant not a private residence, but a venue available to the public. I guess another similar example would be the fact that I needed a banquet license to serve my own homebrewed beer to my wedding guests.

[–]PM_ME_UR_BIRD 25ポイント26ポイント  (13子コメント)

Your venue probably had their own ASCAP license. You pay a fee to them, and you're allowed to play their protected tracks, which is most of them. You're not allowed to play a whole album though I think.

[–]willhaney 3484ポイント3485ポイント  (82子コメント)

8 1/2 x 11 paper

[–]senatorskeletor 344ポイント345ポイント  (13子コメント)

I'm a lawyer and almost never use legal paper. It's a pain in the ass.

[–]hillbilly_trash 97ポイント98ポイント  (2子コメント)

Once I screwed up and order 10 cartons of 8.5X14. It sat for almost 10 years before I used all of it. By comparison, I use 40 cartons of letter every 3 weeks.

[–]MangaMaven 40ポイント41ポイント  (4子コメント)

But it feels so intimidating to open an envelope and pull out that unnaturally long sheet of paper with the fancy seals and emotionless styles. Don't you get a power rush just stuffing envelopes?

[–]99centclubspecial 109ポイント110ポイント  (21子コメント)

As somebody who was born in europe, it took me several months to realize that the US uses a different paper size (A4)

[–]catharticwhoosh 4324ポイント4325ポイント  (517子コメント)

Driving speeds that are suitable to road and traffic conditions.

[–]StickyGoodness 1653ポイント1654ポイント  (223子コメント)

In San Antonio on loop 1604 they have sensoring speed signs, as in it use radar or something to observe traffic and adjust the limit, albeit maximum 70, but it's something

[–]Vindicator9000 371ポイント372ポイント  (77子コメント)

They had variable speed limits on the I-270 loop in St. Louis for a few years, but it seems like they always stayed at 60mph. Even on a completely empty 8 lane interstate at 1am... 60mph.

I never drove that way during rush hour, but I imagine they lowered them during congestion. It seems like it would have been more useful to raise the limits when the road is empty.

Anyway, they're gone now, and the limit is pretty much 60 all along 270. Apparently people hated them... probably because they were set at fucking 60mph all the time.

[–]dpanic27 178ポイント179ポイント  (54子コメント)

They would change the speed onthose signs when I-270 was congested ahead. The issue people had was that they didn't work to keep traffic flowing because they would be set at 60 while everyone was driving 70+. Then they would say oh it is congested ahead lets lower the speed to 50, but everyone continuedbto drive the same speed. There was also a small issue with people not trusting that the speed wouldn't change after they passed a sign and they would get a ticket for driving 65 in a 50 when they thought they were driving 65 in a 60.

[–]vulturetrainer 52ポイント53ポイント  (50子コメント)

We have these signs on I-5 in Seattle and I never thought about what would happen if the speed changed after you passed them...that said they have them often enough you couldn't get very far before seeing a new speed limit sign.

In my experience, it often gets down to 30mph during congestion and it doesn't make it move any better.

[–]TylerDurdenisreal 659ポイント660ポイント  (49子コメント)

I hope more areas in the US get this within the next 15 years. That's pretty cool. Expensive and probably a bitch to install, but cool.

[–]THROWINCONDOMSATSLUT 356ポイント357ポイント  (123子コメント)

Highest speed limit I've ever seen was 80 mph in Utah on I-70. As soon as you cross over the Utah-Colorado border, the limit drops to 75 mph. It's a straight road with minimal traffic. I don't see the issue with keeping it at 80 mph.

[–]smease 433ポイント434ポイント  (68子コメント)

Texas speed limit between San Antonio and Austin is 85.

[–]texancoyote 993ポイント994ポイント  (29子コメント)

speed limit is 85

Keep it in the right lane if you plan on going that slow.

[–]juxtaposition21 38ポイント39ポイント  (3子コメント)

I'm from NYC, just drove to Charlotte. I thought people on Long Island drive too fast, but seeing 75 as the slow speed on a winding mountain road helped me understand that SLOW TRAFFIC IN THE LEFT LANE is definitely the problem. Always hated it, now it's that much worse.

[–]muggledave 1208ポイント1209ポイント  (106子コメント)

Downloading my textbooks for college. When you google half of them, they pop right up with no torrenting or illegal-looking actions. Just save to downloads folder.

They cost hundreds of dollars each and most of the teachers never even mention them in the class.

[–]dom-angelo 345ポイント346ポイント  (45子コメント)

I have saved thousands doing this. I'm not paying $300 for a book that I'll use for one semester. Then when I try to sell it back, they offer me $50. What could happen if you somehow get caught?

[–]dvaunr 161ポイント162ポイント  (20子コメント)

Pro tip - sell them yourself to other students, not back to the bookstore. I've lost barely any money on books that I didn't want to keep by putting them up on Amazon. Take good care of them and you can get nearly as much as the book costs new.

[–]mykoira 203ポイント204ポイント  (16子コメント)

But they cannot use them, because it's not the 2016 version of the book where the only change they made was in the name.

[–]GenTronSeven 82ポイント83ポイント  (5子コメント)

Or they just rearrange the chapters and renumber the problems so that you have a much harder time figuring out what homework to do.

[–]Putridgrim 1704ポイント1705ポイント  (278子コメント)

Driving as fast as possible through the middle of Kansas.

[–]Zediac 2168ポイント2169ポイント  (179子コメント)

What's the worst that can happen? You hit a stray ear of corn. "Oh no. I killed a corn. There's only 27.3 million of them left in this zip code."

[–]Mustachioed_MvrckSFW 886ポイント887ポイント  (148子コメント)

Hell, on I-70 you'll get pulled over by state troopers and have your car torn apart for drugs. Especially if you're coming from Colorado. Also, you'll die of boredom.

[–]Zediac 1032ポイント1033ポイント  (101子コメント)

Also, you'll die of boredom.

"Yes, I was speeding. But it was a medical emergency. My life was in danger. Of death. From boredem. Because, damn. Have you looked around lately?"

[–]theghostofme 911ポイント912ポイント  (23子コメント)

Have you looked around lately?

"Why do you think we're pulling you over? This is the most interesting thing to happen all month!"

[–]whisky_and_blues 135ポイント136ポイント  (68子コメント)

Not being american I didn't really know what you were talking about so I dropped myself in Kansas in google maps

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.3626478,-96.7058626,3a,75y,253.88h,70.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZ1TcPmUw5dsIyPlyUV7R8g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

Those plains look awesome, but I understand how you'd grow tired of them. And I think it would be pretty reasonable to not have a speed limit on that road.

[–]Some-Fucker 135ポイント136ポイント  (33子コメント)

And Kansas cops are among the biggest pricks in the world, especially to out of state people.

My wife got a ticket going through Kansas in 2009, we were going 2 over the speed limit, he actually cited us for that, which was awesome, since at the time we were homeless, and income-less.

[–]itstrueimwhite 328ポイント329ポイント  (27子コメント)

Grew up in Texas, moved to Kansas. Got a 98 mph speeding ticket within the first week. Parents were not happy.

Edit: You have to understand the geographical differences between TX and KS. Even though we like to think of it as baren, Texas has barbed wire fences, utility lines, canyons... Kansas just has wide open fields. It was in my '89 Firebird, and I was just hitting the gas, speeding along to my cousin's house out in the country. It's easy to hit that speed when there's nothing around you to judge your rate of speed... besides, you know, the speedometer.

[–]slyfoxy12 1769ポイント1770ポイント  (315子コメント)

(In the UK)

Seeing a 17 year old on cam is illegal yet if it was in person you could fuck her. Go figure.

[–]Daniel3_5_7 450ポイント451ポイント  (4子コメント)

They just want you to reach out and touch somebody.

[–]Maclimes 810ポイント811ポイント  (162子コメント)

The problem is really one of inconsistency.

In the U.S., for example:

16 - Can drive.

17 - Can have job. Can join military. Can be tried in court as an adult.

18 - Can vote. Can buy cigarettes.

21 - Can buy alcohol.

Like, what the fuck? I can be considered a legal adult in the eyes of the law, but not allowed to buy a beer? I can be trusted with a 1-ton high-speed death machine, but not a cigar?

All fucked up. (I'm not sure where the various sex/porn/consent shit falls on this list, but I'm sure it's stupid.)

[–]Macismyname 114ポイント115ポイント  (7子コメント)

The 17 to join the military gets funny too.

I was 17 and in the Army, we did TIPA training (Trafficking in persons awareness) which tells us about Human trafficking and child soldiering. It was overall one of the better stupid Army annual training's, but in it they mention that the US defines any country that has soldiers under the age of 18 are guilty of child soldiering.

As a 17 year old in uniform this was very confusing, but it's very relevant to the US laws double standards regarding age.

[–]Vestarne 487ポイント488ポイント  (73子コメント)

The UK is wierder. You can smoke at 16 but you can't buy cigs until you're 18.

[–]Hotbutcold 56ポイント57ポイント  (7子コメント)

There's 2 laws for smoking, one to buy another to smoke them. They changed the law to buy it from 16 to 18 however never bothered to change the age you're allowed to smoke, I guess cause if they can't buy it they can't smoke it

[–]owningmclovin 23ポイント24ポイント  (2子コメント)

As I understand it, It allows your parents to decide if you are responsible enough which, of course, most do not.

[–]ianyboo 45ポイント46ポイント  (9子コメント)

I've seen as low as 15 years old be tried as an adult in court, which is strange because if that same 15 year old decided to have sex with someone who was 21 the dynamic would instantly shift and we would be talking about them being "just a child" and "not being old enough to understand the consequences of their actions/choices"

It makes zero sense.

[–]Diegodebaile 910ポイント911ポイント  (72子コメント)

I'm FROM America I can fuck my girlfriend, but not have naked pictures of her. I'm 18, she's 17. I'm pretty much a pedo

[–]jvpewster 682ポイント683ポイント  (36子コメント)

Why'd you capitalize "from"?

[–]1Chrisp 578ポイント579ポイント  (19子コメント)

At first I think he forgot it and just said "I'm America" so then he added the from with emphasis so people knew he was not, in fact, America.

[–]quixote87 1620ポイント1621ポイント  (255子コメント)

Going slightly over the speed limit in order to overtake someone. If I'm in a 100 KPH zone and sitting behind a caravan that is on 96 most of the way, and goes even slower on corners and such where I CAN'T overtake, I am not going to sit at a perfect 100kph and crawl past at the rate of 4kph (which would take I guess about 30 seconds if allowing for 50 odd metres), which at 100kph ends up being about 800 metres to overtake? Screw that!

[–]everyonecallsmekev 1563ポイント1564ポイント  (124子コメント)

And strangely enough, they always seem to hit the speed limit when you reach an overtaking lane.....

[–]HarveyBiirdman 911ポイント912ポイント  (106子コメント)

"They can't pass me! I am the fastest!"

[–]Orichalcon 958ポイント959ポイント  (102子コメント)

I think the real thought is "I'm being overtaken? I must be going too slow, better speed up!"

Then when you drop back in behind them "Oh he's not overtaking, I must be going too fast now, better slow down."

[–]mrcouchpotato 391ポイント392ポイント  (84子コメント)

There is also the people who are just plain stupid and do it completely on purpose. I drive to work every day on a one lane road. The limit is only 55mph but most people go 60-65 and there is always some asshole who goes 40 the whole way until you try to pass them. I swear to god, they speed up because they don't want you to pass for some reason,

[–]cereal1 494ポイント495ポイント  (64子コメント)

That would suck, here in Minnesota your legally allowed to go 10mph over the speed limit to pass someone on a two lane road.

[–]rotll 285ポイント286ポイント  (11子コメント)

Specifically:

The speed limit increases by 10 m.p.h. when passing on two-lane highways with a posted limit of at least 55 m.p.h. Minn. Stat. § 169.14, subd. 2a.

[–]TigerlillyGastro 351ポイント352ポイント  (23子コメント)

Sounds like an awesome loophole. You could just keep leap frogging each other and stay above the speed limit the whole way.

[–]cereal1 130ポイント131ポイント  (13子コメント)

Until you try to pass someone who is already driving 10mph over the limit and then get pulled over...

[–]Lavaswimmer 174ポイント175ポイント  (8子コメント)

But if somebody's going 10 MPH over the limit you probably shouldn't be overtaking them.

[–]stumpjumper_steve 1412ポイント1413ポイント  (73子コメント)

Masturbating on an airplane...thanks a lot Bin Laden.

[–]VoteLobster 356ポイント357ポイント  (52子コメント)

Is it really?

[–]DictatorKris 69ポイント70ポイント  (0子コメント)

You try it at your seat and see if someone else doesn't start furiously jabbing the flight attendant button as vigorously as you're hitting your button.

[–]injusticedOCE 601ポイント602ポイント  (153子コメント)

Swearing in public.

[–]SpoopsThePalindrome 408ポイント409ポイント  (140子コメント)

Where on earth do you live?

[–]aGeordie 550ポイント551ポイント  (106子コメント)

In UK it's a public order offence and you could be arrested.

[–]AtraUnam 294ポイント295ポイント  (39子コメント)

Holy shit really? Why isn't my entire country in jail?

[–]grimmalkin 387ポイント388ポイント  (35子コメント)

Because this law is used as an excuse to arrest someone perceived as a trouble maker, if you are pissing a cop/figure of authority off and have done nothing wrong they can't touch you, but if you use ANY profanity in public they can arrest you for breaching section 5 of the Public Order act. you may think that you will not be swearing, but the chances are something you have said can be construed as being offensive. Another one that gets used in these circumstances is section 2 of the protection from harassment act. in this case you don't even need to swear, if someone tells you to stop bothering them and you persist you can be locked up for it. This was introduced to protect vulnerable people from obnoxious dickheads but is now being used as a tool to suppress public dissent. You pitch up and protest about whatever you want to kick off about and they tell you to move on, if you carry on you are now classed as harassing them and can be arrested for it. Chances are you will not be prosecuted, but it is a useful legal tool for targeting mob leaders and removing them.

[–]SpoopsThePalindrome 311ポイント312ポイント  (45子コメント)

So why are there still chavs on the streets sayin "U fakin wot m8? I'll have me a go at yer mum I will, she's right fit..."

[–]aGeordie 314ポイント315ポイント  (39子コメント)

Come to the UK and tell a policeman to "Fuck Off".

You'll be warned once if you're lucky and the it's a section 5 public order offence. It's not like they try and catch people who've sworn in public before but if you're currently causing a disturbance with foul language, you'll likely be arrested after a warning.

You can however invite a policeman into your own home and call him a cunt as long as you do it quietly enough so as not to disturb neighbours... Good luck with that though.

[–]APoisonPancake 498ポイント499ポイント  (18子コメント)

"Hi, would you mind coming in here? I need some help"

"Sure, law abiding citizen!"

"Fuuuck you"

[–]Tattycakes 37ポイント38ポイント  (2子コメント)

There's a difference between swearing at someone and swearing though. If I was talking about how shit my phone signal was and what a fucking joke the customer service at the network was, for example, I wouldn't be arrested for that. You might get a stern word if you were being loud and vulgar but you'd probably have to be earshot of small children and policemen at the same time, how likely is that.

[–]iam4real 2095ポイント2096ポイント  (406子コメント)

Jaywalking

[–]Ih8choosingausername 2142ポイント2143ポイント  (296子コメント)

feels legal because it is in 99% of the civilized world.

[–]CaptainBolognese 1097ポイント1098ポイント  (173子コメント)

And the rest of the world can't understand what jaywalking actually is or how it's a crime.

[–]Ih8choosingausername 191ポイント192ポイント  (9子コメント)

true. I had to read up on it a couple of years back. I always thought it was 'jailwalking' as in 'going to jail/prison' and I was really confused.

[–]Wheeeler 300ポイント301ポイント  (101子コメント)

When I was living in Germany I used to get the nastiest looks whenever I'd jaywalk. It'd usually be across 2-lane roads with great visibility in all directions, but they glared at me like I was some hardened criminal. . . As if to say "If one must wait zen all must wait."

[–]CeterumCenseo85 76ポイント77ポイント  (5子コメント)

Germany is famous for jaywalking. Here's a video from the 70s where one of our most prominent jaywalkers explains how to do it properly by walking right accross the Champs-Élysées without looking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0CkupZZkwA#t=19s

[–]tomgabriele 546ポイント547ポイント  (35子コメント)

The term 'jaywalking' was coined by early car manufacturers to vilify pedestrians when the dangers of cars were becoming apparent - "A jaywalker was killed" sounds better than "A car killed a pedestrian"

[–]Voltrondemort 418ポイント419ポイント  (14子コメント)

They actually re-purposed an existing term. You know how you go to a big city the first time and you get stuck in the pedestrian crush and you don't know how to navigate dense foot-traffic? People get annoyed 'cause they're trying to squeeze around you while you check maps and read signs and whatnot?

That was jaywalking. "Jay" meaning a country bumpkin.

[–]klop2031 42ポイント43ポイント  (8子コメント)

I thought it was because stupid people were called jays and thus they were stupid for not crossing at a crosswalk

[–]Kpayne78 1203ポイント1204ポイント  (192子コメント)

Sexy time with anyone you are not married to in Virginia. Meaning, single people having sex are breaking the law here.

§ 18.2-344. Fornication. Any person, not being married, who voluntarily shall have sexual intercourse with any other person, shall be guilty of fornication, punishable as a Class 4 misdemeanor.

[–]TheSandwichMan2 839ポイント840ポイント  (73子コメント)

That's gotta be one of those laws still on the books that have been struck down, like laws prohibiting atheists from holding public office.

They're "there" but no one could ever enforce that.

[–]Daniel_A_Johnson 424ポイント425ポイント  (52子コメント)

The odd thing is that sodomy laws have largely been stricken from the books, but fornication laws linger because there's no interest group that cares enough to do anything about it.

[–]Veritech-1 128ポイント129ポイント  (20子コメント)

I've heard of cases of statutory rape where a boy will turn 18 before his 17 year old girlfriend and the parents of the daughter attempt to press charges on the young man. The judge or lawyers will then say "okay, you can press charges and get this poor guy put on a list, but I will charge your daughter with fornication and she'll be in the list as well." I can't imagine a judge doing this for a 16 year old and her 25 year old boyfriend, but you get the idea. Not sure how true this is but I've heard it a couple of times, on reddit...

[–]irotsoma 22ポイント23ポイント  (13子コメント)

I've heard that most places have an exception for 17-19 yo. where you can actually have sex with either teens or adults without worrying. I'm sure the specifics vary, like if you were 18 and having sex with a 13 yo., might be pushing it, but 18 and having sex with a 17 yo. would be ok.

[–]kalifornia94 29ポイント30ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's exactly what it is.

[–]AgentValign 23ポイント24ポイント  (2子コメント)

The statute might still be on the books, but Martin v. Ziherl (2005), 269 Va. 35, ruled that law was unconstitutional.

[–]SufficientAnonymity 256ポイント257ポイント  (30子コメント)

In the UK, thank to a recent court ruling, we've gone back to not being able to rip CDs. Or back up your hard drive. Or add music to Google Play Music. Basically, some of our judges are morons.

[–]BurningPickle 101ポイント102ポイント  (9子コメント)

Or back up your hard drive

What the fuck?

[–]SufficientAnonymity 19ポイント20ポイント  (3子コメント)

Format shifting and copying copyrighted material even if for personal use - some (mostly slightly questionable tech blogs, to be fair, so big pinches of salt needed) suggested that this being illegal again makes it illegal to make a full drive back up if you've got music, films etc there or if software doesn't explicitly give you permission to do so in its ToS.

Basically, you're never going to get in trouble for it, but if you wanted to be a real dick, the ruling back in July(?) gives plenty of scope to do so.

I imagine the most that will ever come of it is a small tax on storage media.

[–]PM_ME_UR_PANTY_COLOR 1712ポイント1713ポイント  (291子コメント)

Speeding. 10 Mph over just feels right, especially on the highway.

[–]wiener-fu 1013ポイント1014ポイント  (177子コメント)

My rule of thumb is: speed limit +10% is acceptable

it is NOT acceptable according to most laws

[–]hammertym 114ポイント115ポイント  (28子コメント)

Come to Australia 103kmph in 100 and you get done, and there are fixed cameras that just issue the fine

[–]up-quark 253ポイント254ポイント  (106子コメント)

I've been told that below 10% + 3 mph above the limit isn't prosecuted in the UK. I don't have a reliable source though.

[–]Annihilinth 166ポイント167ポイント  (43子コメント)

This is correct, the newer average cameras don't even tag you if you travel an average of 58 mph in a 50.

Source : Taxi driver in south east UK and do it all the time.

Also done 59 average in a 50 and had to attend a 5 hour presentation on "the dangers of speeding"

[–]strong_grey_hero 985ポイント986ポイント  (94子コメント)

Treating a stoplight like a stop sign when it's 3:00 in the morning and nobody is obviously coming.

[–]brodypros 818ポイント819ポイント  (55子コメント)

Many of the stop lights in my town flash red from 12:00-7:00am. So you treat them like a 4-way stop during those hours.

[–]Frenchie_21 2717ポイント2718ポイント  (273子コメント)

Watching streamed content of copyrighted material in my own damn house.

[–]headshotfox713 154ポイント155ポイント  (19子コメント)

Emulating a 15+ year old game that the original creators will literally make zero profit off of if I buy it legally.

[–]LordFWinterfell 884ポイント885ポイント  (109子コメント)

Underage drinking. My parents are italian so we drink wine with our dinner. I've been doing this since I was 11.

[–]Merrillb3820 785ポイント786ポイント  (62子コメント)

You can actually drink underage if you're in your own home and did your parents give consent

[–]SheeEttin 472ポイント473ポイント  (42子コメント)

Depends on jurisdiction. In the US, alcohol laws vary by state.

[–]koghrun 539ポイント540ポイント  (30子コメント)

Depends on jurisdiction. In the US, alcohol laws vary by state county.

FTFY

[–]jbrogdon 179ポイント180ポイント  (20子コメント)

you must live near a dry county :)

[–]koghrun 62ポイント63ポイント  (13子コメント)

No, but a close friend got married in one. We were driving in from out of state and had the entire trunk full of liquor. We felt REALLY illegal, but apparently it happens all the time since some places are like 3 hours to the nearest non-dry county and people really stock up.

[–]jbrogdon 38ポイント39ポイント  (11子コメント)

so get this- alcohol laws can actually vary down to the city/town level. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_county

Also interesting: "Data collected by the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) also support the claim of higher rates of DUI accidents in dry counties, "dry counties had a fatality rate in drunk driving accidents of 6.8 per 10,000 people. Conversely, wet counties had 1.9 per 10,000 people"

[–]SuperJoeSakic 274ポイント275ポイント  (63子コメント)

Having a beer in the park (American). Sigh.

[–]popisfizzy 29ポイント30ポイント  (14子コメント)

Picking up stray bird feathers from the ground, in the US at least. It's generally illegal due to the Migratory Bird Act, though there are some exceptions.

[–]purrslikeawalrus 210ポイント211ポイント  (34子コメント)

Growing your own garden in New Zealand.

[–]msolb 69ポイント70ポイント  (19子コメント)

Wait... You can't do that?

[–]noteverrelevant 256ポイント257ポイント  (9子コメント)

Last guy who did it started growing orcs uruk-hai. Wouldn't you crack down after that? Also, why does my phone want to auto-capitalize Crack?

[–]UglyBitchHighAsFuck 129ポイント130ポイント  (10子コメント)

Watching a DVD you bought in Europe in the United States. Or writing a little program to do so.

DMCA is the greatest thing ever /s.

[–]I_askthequestions 671ポイント672ポイント  (38子コメント)

Exposing crimes against humanity (like torture).

[–]rockoman100 22ポイント23ポイント  (0子コメント)

Exposing pretty much any form of modern injustice is generally frowned upon, considering that people like to persist in the delusion that it is somehow a thing of the past, and that we are more enlightened today and could never commit the atrocity of <insert thing that probably still happens today in some form>!

Yea sorry, the smart phone I'm using to type this was built with near-slave labor. We just don't need to deal with it anymore because it happens over there in that other place to somebody else.

[–]trudesign 396ポイント397ポイント  (95子コメント)

Fireworks.

USA, Most states, launching fireworks are illegal. There are even idiotic laws where in Pennsylvania, if you are a resident, you can not buy or display fireworks without a permit, but if you are a non-resident, you can buy and display all the fucking fireworks you want. The kicker? In all surrounding states, fireworks are illegal to have at all. This results in being arrested. Proof: Was arrested trying to bring fireworks home from a trip. Lost my car, lost the fireworks, had to go to court in Staten Island. UGH. EDIT: Not all surrounding states. All Surrounding states EXCEPT Ohio.

Comedic Interlude: I was born in NY, lived in MA, VA, and NC. All states where FW are illegal. All I want to do with my summer is shoot pretty rockets.

[–]Runrun110 188ポイント189ポイント  (22子コメント)

In Ohio you can buy fireworks but it's illegal to set them off in the state. So at the time of purchase you are required to sign a form promising you will take them out of state before setting them off. This requirement to sign this statement was called the Liar's Law, for obvious reasons. It was so stupid they recently repealed it. Now when you buy fireworks in Ohio, you don't have to sign a form promising not to set them off in state. It's STILL ILLEGAL to do so. You are just no longer legally required to sign a form promising not to break the law.

Progress.

[–]MagnusRune 194ポイント195ポイント  (18子コメント)

Shooting a Welsh man crossing the border the England, with a longbow from a castle...

Oh wait... It is legal! Woo

(Or last I checked it was)

EDIT

i double checked, and i was only partly right. its apprently in Chesterfield, you can shoot a Welshman with a longbow after midnight, but not on a sunday if he is in a cathedral.

also, i didnt say kill, i said shoot, so stop mentioning the murder laws. i didnt say to kill him, just shoot!

[–]pikscast 99ポイント100ポイント  (10子コメント)

Video Game Emulation.

how else am I supposed to play Mother 3?

[–]Milosonator 22ポイント23ポイント  (5子コメント)

Is not. It differs but generally reverse engineering or circumventing security is illegal, the usage of emulators is not.

In addition, many (but not all) emulators need a BIOS in order to work, therefore you need to get the BIOS, which is usually protected by copyright law. Exception, for instance game boy emulator BIOS's don't do a lot of interesting stuff on emulators (such as clearing video ram) so these emulators just start 'as if' the bios is already run, not needing it in the process. This makes the distribution of such emulators much easier.

[–]aGeordie 2589ポイント2590ポイント  (755子コメント)

Beating up or killing a home invader in the middle of the night.

Edit: for clarity. I live in the UK. We're pussies.

I once chased a guy out of my own house with a hammer and then called the police to report the intrusion. They told me if I had struck him (while still in my house) I would have been charged with something like assault with a deadly weapon. I asked what I should have done and they said "run out of the back, your property is worth less than their life".

Like I said, pussies.

[–]Dragoniel 1013ポイント1014ポイント  (224子コメント)

Perfectly legal in countries and states with a Castle Doctrine. Of course, common sense still applies, but if you see an intruder in your own house that doesn't immediately flee upon realizing you are there, you are free to open fire without warning and without waiting for the intruder(s) to attack you.

That's the point of Castle Doctrine.

[–]Kyosama66 488ポイント489ポイント  (99子コメント)

For Colorado, at least, you have to feel that there is "immediate danger to life and property". Which basically means if they don't immediately flee upon seeing you, you can feel afraid they're going to hurt you or steal something.

[–]HORRIBLE_DICK_CANCER 699ポイント700ポイント  (57子コメント)

I feel immediately in danger because another grown adult broke into my house in the middle of the night. That saw my car out front, they know I'm here, they came in any how knowing full well I may wake up an then would have to 'deal' with me. I pro people's lives but I shouldn't have to assume he won't harm me if given the th chance.

[–]tehconqueror 4396ポイント4397ポイント  (586子コメント)

15

[–]mormotomyia[S] 2593ポイント2594ポイント  (87子コメント)

oh damn.

[–]Dantae4C 1301ポイント1302ポイント  (84子コメント)

hot damn

[–]TemporaryAccount2411 1180ポイント1181ポイント  (74子コメント)

Called a police and a fireman

[–]JeezyTwoHard 365ポイント366ポイント  (35子コメント)

"How old is 15 really?"

[–]BlackDante 184ポイント185ポイント  (17子コメント)

I love how everyone groaned when he said that, before he could explain what he meant.

[–]xenothaulus 1160ポイント1161ポイント  (217子コメント)

Every summer, the streets are filled with all these smoking hot chicks running around with barely any clothes on, and every fall they all disappear during the week, and I realize either I'm getting too old to tell 15 from 20, or kids are maturing Much faster than they used to.

[–]eversaur 854ポイント855ポイント  (70子コメント)

That's just for girls. High school freshman guys look like they belong in elementary school.

[–]califuckyeah 418ポイント419ポイント  (56子コメント)

Until they learn how to dress like they're not still in middle school. Then they tend to look like malnourished college freshman..

[–]califuckyeah 439ポイント440ポイント  (92子コメント)

I'm only 19. Have a 16 year old sister. All her friends dress like their my age or older (and look it). One time I went to drop her off downtown and saw a hot ass chick I was thinking about starting a conversation with after I dropped my sister off. Let my sister out of the car, she runs to the hot ass chick her 15 year old friend.

Felt creepy for like a week..

[–]call-now 222ポイント223ポイント  (29子コメント)

Being associated with someone who comitts a crime

[–]TylerRosca[🍰] 70ポイント71ポイント  (26子コメント)

Giving someone a new car, legally you can't give someone (even your family member) a car worth more than $15,000 with out of filling out a form and being taxed a percentage