it took a mexican guy directly telling me about lebanese influence in the yucatan peninsula to realize that the tacos al pastor i know and love are not quite fully original
A D.C.-based attorney spent three years fighting a $100 ticket he got from a speed camera in the city. He eventually won in D.C.'s highest court on a novel legal technicality, and thousands of other drivers could end up benefitting from it: https://t.co/r9GMBu1Ba6
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Its capabilities exceed those of any model we’ve ever made generally available.
If that weren't enough, the "Lilly Laws" enforced by the police made things much worse.
One method the police used to detect homosexuals was to set up their best-looking men in the Market Street theater, a popular cruising spot.
And, well, just read this:
A 59-year old woman was sentenced to 4 weeks in jail and a fine of HK$2,000 for not declaring 981 cigarettes when entering Hong Kong via the Heung Yuen Wai boundary point. No word on how she was caught by customs officers
https://t.co/wsUS5Kf9IT
We used to do that, up until a court case called Griggs v. Duke Power made it illegal.
Fun fact: that's when college degrees started being mandatory for white collar jobs.
Companies stopped being allowed to filter out retards with a test, so now every single person in the country has to pay tens of thousands of dollars and spend four years doing pointless bullshit so they can get a piece of paper that for the vast majority serves no purpose apart from indicating that they aren't a complete idiot
Reminder: Deep down a lot of right wingers want a left wing artsy gf and a lot of left wingers want a right wing business bf. I see it constantly.
It is because these are complimentary/attractive PERSONALITY types
But because they are politicized...
Modernity is truly cruel!
every time i think "what are they gonna find on me if i <get security clearance/run for office/enter public scrutiny>" it makes me not wanna do those things
then someone like this comes along and it's frankly a bit reassuring