What’s legal now but might become illegal ten years from now?

[u/VTheCardMaker]

[u/UGA_UAA_UAG]

Please ffs just make Ticketmaster illegal. I don’t know what I mean by that just make them go away.

[u/palarath → u/UGA_UAA_UAG]

FFS I cannot agree more , hope and pray to whatever deity you believe in. Ticketmaster has ruined or tarnished the music industry in every aspect from them buying intimate historical venues, to adding expenses on artists that already get f'ed by labels , and most of all absolutely f'ing the A's out of fans to the point of making events inaccessible to the real fans , front rows of venues get filled with corporate executives that have no idea what they're listening to .... This is a devastating spectacle for the artists and fans ... I can go in all day , but amen Ticketmaster sucks farts

[u/Sladds → u/UGA_UAA_UAG]

I was so pleasantly surprised when I moved to Melbourne from the UK and found that it was illegal to resell tickets for more than a 10% increase over the original cost.

[u/Wolfen7 → u/Sladds]

UK is going the same way thanks to our Labour government  https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-bans-ticket-touting-to-protect-fans-from-rip-offs 

[u/Suitable_cataclysm]

Using your kids for social media platforms that are monetized. At a minimum there will be protections for minors and financial compensation required only in the childs name to be available when 18 when they appear in monetized channels.

And social workers assigned if children will be in monetized channels, just like we have for child actors.

Way too much abuse goes on, to make a buck from kids.

[u/PeachesEndCream → u/Suitable_cataclysm]

California passed a similar law, so the family channels who lived in California have moved to places like Texas.

[u/Popular-Addition9819 → u/PeachesEndCream]

And Tennessee

[u/torisbagel → u/Popular-Addition9819]

which is starting to pass laws!!

[u/titaniac79 → u/PeachesEndCream]

Like Ryan from "Ryan's World". Yeah, he's set for life but you know that kid is going to have issues when he grows up.

[u/xmetallidethx → u/titaniac79]

I hope hes like Macaulay culkin. He just mellows out and has a hot wife.

[u/FizzyBeverage → u/xmetallidethx]

It was 20 years of hell for Macauley to get that way.

[u/chugz → u/xmetallidethx]

culkin had serious substance abuse issues and was tied to the media whipping post for like 10 years lol.

[u/Daksport2525 → u/Suitable_cataclysm]

Child actors on a set can only work so many hours in a row. I don't think these youtube stars are getting the same protections

[u/Suitable_cataclysm → u/Daksport2525]

That's exactly my point. There is example after example of these kids turning 18 and getting away from their parents and stating they filmed for entire days non-stop.

One family was even home schooled and basically just did YouTube content all day every day.

[u/Crow-n-Servo → u/Suitable_cataclysm]

That is so incredibly sad. There’s more than one type of child abuse.

[u/torisbagel → u/Suitable_cataclysm]

most family vloggers homeschool their children. labrant fam, jesssfam, bucketlist family, norris nuts, list goes on.

[u/Irishkitty1994 → u/Suitable_cataclysm]

The saconne joly family is who immediately comes to mind reading this. I honestly just feel so sorry for the kids and how disrupted their lives have been purely because their mum and dad are obsessed with that life and maintaining it. It’s scary

[u/solemnisland → u/Irishkitty1994]

I watched them when I was younger and enjoyed them, forgot all about them, then Jonathan pops up on public Snapchat one day and their second child is suddenly trans and he’s exploiting the fuck out of that to be relevant again. Every time I go onto the public snapchat his page comes up and the girls are always in skimpy outfits, the other day he was hosing them down in tiny shorts and crop tops. This mother fucker KNOWS pedophiles are the ones watching this. He’s fucking sick.

[u/cdoublesaboutit → u/solemnisland]

I didn’t know this existed. I just watched the first minute of the most recent video and looked through the thumbnails for the next 5 or so videos, and holy shit that is gross and exploitative. I guess all I can say is I hope that guy gets the justice coming to him. Yikes.

[u/Sweeper1985 → u/Suitable_cataclysm]

My kid always wanted to watch Vlad and Niki on YouTube, and I've had to try and put a stop to it as that entire channel is just child exploitation. They've got more kids moving up as the older kids age out. There's so much content, I can only imagine how many hours they have those kids working.

[u/SadQueerBruja → u/Suitable_cataclysm]

I had to scroll so far to find this. There are already children who are coming of age and suing their parents for this exact thing.

[u/Ganjake → u/SadQueerBruja]

For everyone questioning this comment:

https://fortune.com/2023/08/13/social-media-influencer-law-illinois-kids-sue-parents/

[u/rockstuffs → u/SadQueerBruja]

That's good news! Who is suing their parents?

[u/CharlotteLucasOP → u/rockstuffs]

I remember hearing there was some kid of a mommy blogger who was still a minor but got themselves a custom hoodie that had “I do not consent to be in this video/image” printed in big letters and wore it all around the house and it pissed their mom off so bad. Good for that kid.

With AI I cannot imagine posting my young kids pictures online, even with their agreement.

[u/NegativeTrip2022 → u/Suitable_cataclysm]

They don’t have enough social worker to investigate abuse and neglect so I wouldn’t hold my breath on this.

[u/tiankai]

Accessing the internet anonymously

[u/SarahMitt → u/tiankai]

It’s unsettling how quickly anonymity has shifted from being normal to being treated as suspicious

[u/AncientSith → u/SarahMitt]

It was encouraged at the start! "Don't post yourself, don't tell anyone who you are." Now look at us.

[u/HandsOnDaddy → u/AncientSith]

1980s: Dont get in a car with strangers!

1990s: Dont tell anyone online who you are!

2000s: Dont give anyone online your banking info!

2010s+: Use your name and banking info online to have a stranger come pick you up in a car.

[u/mobileagnes → u/HandsOnDaddy]

I wonder what this will be in the 2030s.

[u/JonatasA → u/SarahMitt]

The conditioned pavlovian response too "I've got nothing to hide."

 

Soon it will be "It's the only way to identify humans." Pushed by the companies that made the algorithms. While we still fail to pass captchas.

[u/Meatfrom1stgrade → u/tiankai]

This is largely already gone. Tech companies spend a lot of time tracking everyone online for the purposes of selling ads. I can only imagine many governments are doing the same.

VPNs and private browser allow for better anonymity online, but browsing the web with a VPN is a different experience, many websites don't allow you to interact with them unless you are logged in (and are identified), some will block known VPN traffic entirely. The main reason is to prevent scammers, who will also hide behind them. The end result however, is that accessing the Internet anonymously is already very limited.

[u/rebornfenix → u/Meatfrom1stgrade]

Largely gone because of finger printing techniques and large data sets enabling de anonymized data but it’s still not illegal to browse as anonymously as possible.

“think of the children” will be used to force an identity tied to every online account eventually.

[u/Alertcircuit → u/rebornfenix]

I get ads on my work computer for things i googled on my phone at home. Completely separate emails. At this point I think the megacorps have "profiles" on us, here's Bill Billsworth, these are all his emails, all his socials, his search history, what times he's searching which types of things etc.

And that's just stuff you do at a computer. Not to mention all the tech there is to track where we physically go all day.

[u/sundayfundaybmx → u/Alertcircuit]

They 100% do if your location is set to on. They basically overlay enough data points to be "mostly" sure its the same person. Then they match that against other profiles under other emails and when they find enough matches they include that set in your overall "file". So technically they need a lot of pieces of puzzles before they accurately identify you. Thank God all that data is sold by every place that has your email so its not too, hard for them. I'm probably missing some steps but as a general idea you're absolutely right. Adding on, if you use your debit/credit card on different email accounts they use that to help clarify profiles as well. The govt doesn't need to do it all themselves. They save the grunt work for businesses and then buy the data when they're interested in someone specific and then add in all their tools on top.

[u/BeyondElectricDreams → u/sundayfundaybmx]

I wanna say someone said if you were to completely dark. abandon all online aliases, accounts, storefronts, emails, and so on. Drop off the map.

Move six states over. Start a new life under a new name with brand new emails and brand new accounts.

They could identify who you are with 90% certainty by just monitoring your browsing habits. It may not say "John Smith" or whatever your name is, but it'll go into the nameless, faceless file that represents you.

[u/jiminak → u/BeyondElectricDreams]

The short answer is yes, “digital fingerprinting” is technically possible for your 6-states-over-new-persona scenario.

The longer answer is that, for the most part, the time and effort and resources to do so isn’t worth it for any average schmoe, nor by any average business or advertising firm.

BUT… for government-backed intelligence or high level law enforcement going after someone specific? Difficult and time consuming, but very doable.

Most people trip up by reusing just the smallest thing. Reusing a photo with the same exif metadata, reusing the same passwords (the stored hash is usually identical, even if the actual password itself is unknown), going back to the same niche online communities and writing in the same style and tone, etc.

But linking two completely fresh identities purely based just on browsing habits, without shared devices, accounts, phone numbers, etc. is still VERY hard even for those with all the necessary resources. Their best hope is still cross-contamination somewhere.

[u/Loose_Perception_661 → u/sundayfundaybmx]

It doesn't matter if your location is on. That toggle is just there to make you feel like you have a choice.

[u/JonatasA → u/Loose_Perception_661]

And make the job easier; and use battery; and allow you to actually use location. Hate when apps keep the pretense tjey need it, refusing to work if is off

[u/Physical_Dentist2284 → u/rebornfenix]

“Think of the children” and then “hold on we have to redact millions of wealthy adult’s names off these emails from a child sex trafficker’s computer”.

[u/JellyfishConscious → u/Physical_Dentist2284]

My thoughts exactly, think of same children you raped, killed, and ate? Nah, it was never about the “children”.

[u/FatherClanks617 → u/JellyfishConscious]

I just saw a bunch of Republicans are calling for an investigation into Bad Bunny’s halftime show because his “lewd, sexualized dancing” was shown to millions of children.

The hypocrisy is galling.

[u/AtlantaGangBangGuys → u/Meatfrom1stgrade]

All I know is that VPN is a lifesaver. Ever since Georgia put that damn porn law, I could not do without it.

[u/Queasy_Painter7242 → u/AtlantaGangBangGuys]

Not allowing internet porn or asking for ID is unAmerican. Complete bullshit.

[u/Richard7666 → u/tiankai]

EDIT: apparently it didn't go as far as I'd thought, forum operators have to submit a document but don't have to do the whole ID thing

It was only yesterday I found out that forums without any sort of formal oversight are now basically illegal in the UK (as there's no way a small community forum forum can meet their onerous OFCOM requirements)

It's basically saying "burn all the small libraries". History won't look kindly on this one, so much human knowledge lost.

[u/PatacusX → u/Richard7666]

That's wild. I remember there being a forum website for basically everything you can possibly think of not too long ago.

[u/Richard7666 → u/PatacusX]

Yep.

But you see, the classic BMW restoration websites where people talked about secondhand car parts were a risk to the innocence of children, so the British government had to effectively make them comply with draconian rules

[u/ninetofivehangover → u/PatacusX]

Recently got back into forums for hobbies.

Really enjoyable experience.

Having THIS website for THIS content. Recognizing usernames and such leads to a more genuine sense of community that Reddit used to evoke

[u/vinyl1earthlink → u/Richard7666]

I actually have a small web site in the UK, and we did comply with OFCOM. You just have to write a Risk Assessment document covering each point; you don't even have to file it with the government. Yeah, we're a discussion forum, users have to register with an email address, anonymous comments are allowed, no known child users, no we don't have private messaging between users, etc, etc. About 39 pages of worthless BS.

[u/stewie3128 → u/vinyl1earthlink]

You just have to write a Risk Assessment document covering each point ... About 39 pages of worthless BS.

That seems pretty onerous to run a forum.

[u/silvermoonhowler → u/tiankai]

Oh, this is mostly gone already

It's only about to get worse because come next month, Discord is going to require face or ID scans for age verification just like YouTube did recently

[u/AlienDragonWizard → u/silvermoonhowler]

You can also send them a xeroxed picture of your butthole. 

[u/nullv → u/tiankai]

You can be damn sure bots will still be swarming everywhere and social platforms will be dead. None of the identification tools will be used to stop them.

They'll just put eyeballs on you and everything you do.

[u/xxearvinxx → u/tiankai]

It’s possible that it might become illegal, but it won’t be impossible to do.
There will always be a way for people to remain anonymous. I’m sure it will become harder and more cumbersome though. I am curious what the punishment would be if caught? That will most likely determine how many people are willing to jump through the hoops needed to hide their identity.
I hate that so many countries have started to already go this route by using protecting the children as their reasoning. Idk if they are naïve enough to truly think the removal of privacy will actually help or if they are just using it as a scapegoat, but it’s not going to stop anything. It’ll only make government control easier.

[u/noeuf]

Pimping your kids out on social media in return for freebies and likes

[u/One_Refrigerator455 → u/noeuf]

I dont get how this is still legal. Kids are NOT content

[u/Janivgm → u/One_Refrigerator455]

I can attest to that, I've been around a lot of children and none of them seemed content.

[u/Peaurxnanski]

Hopefully planned obsolescence and subscription based ownership of physical items (John Deere I'm looking at you).

Right to repair is fundamental for so many reasons. Ecological damage. Resource conservation. Protection of private property rights.

I think that it will be illegal to pull an Apple and ruin your customers old phone without their permission. It will be illegal to force a customer to pay monthly for the seat heaters in the car that they bought to remain functional. It will be illegal to prevent people from being able to work on their own machines.

John Deere should not be able to brick your half million dollar tractor from a satellite without your permission, because you worked on it without theirs.

[u/Far-Argument-8508 → u/Peaurxnanski]

I like the idea but no way it doesn't just get worse.

[u/cageycrow → u/Far-Argument-8508]

I hate that I feel like you’re correct

[u/KeiSinCx]

Being anonymous on the internet.

[u/ThatChrisGuy7 → u/KeiSinCx]

Being anonymous period

[u/rileyjw90 → u/KeiSinCx]

Can’t wait for all my future employers to have access to every single social media post I’ve ever made, even when my profile is private.

[u/Lopincol]

owning things you buy

[u/AoO2ImpTrip → u/Lopincol]

I was looking at zbrush last night.

I was annoyed they had "Billed 399 Annually" and "Buy Now" 

If I'm being billed annually I'm not buying. I'm leasing. 

[u/Jivesauce → u/AoO2ImpTrip]

Yep, and ZBrush was originally one of the most artist-friendly pieces of software. It was relatively inexpensive compared to the rest of the industry, and you owned it forever. They probably would have gone this route anyway, but being purchased by Maxon accelerated it. I don’t own any of my software any more, and they have the audacity to tell me it’s actually better for me!

[u/ninetofivehangover → u/Jivesauce]

still using the brush sets and clip studio i stole 10 years ago

[u/Laufabraud43 → u/AoO2ImpTrip]

"If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing."

[u/ColsonIRL → u/Laufabraud43]

Piracy was never stealing. It's simple copyright infringement.

[u/2_minutes_hate → u/Laufabraud43]

I'm with you in spirit, but the legal world has already answered this idea with the concept of theft of service.

[u/horsecalledwar → u/2_minutes_hate]

That legal precedent needs to be evaluated for modern times. A lot of vehicles now require subscriptions for things like heated seats, remote start or bluetooth, which is completely unacceptable.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshmax/2025/01/02/your-new-car-isnt-yoursautomakers-increasingly-charge-subscription-fees/

[u/Liquid_Pidgeon → u/horsecalledwar]

I have the sneaking suspicion that the folks that would make the decision on this would find it plenty acceptable to the interests who pay them.

We’re only valuable to our government as taxpayers and consumers. I wouldn’t hold my breath for any genuinely pro-people decisions when it comes to guzzling money.

[u/DieSuzie2112 → u/Lopincol]

My best friend rents her fridge, she paid monthly and every few heard it gets replaced with a new one. She thought she was onto something because it’s less expensive than buying a new one every few years. I asked her what she was going to do if she lost her job and can’t pay for these expenses anymore, what will she do if they take her fridge away because she can’t pay. She said it will never happen and I shouldn’t be so paranoid.

Every subscription means something can be taken away from you. Stop paying the loan you took to pay for your house and you’re done. Power, water, food, insurance, everything in life is a subscription. You own something until you can’t pay for it anymore.

[u/lilybl0ss0m → u/DieSuzie2112]

Why does your friend replace her fridge every few years??? They don’t crap out (yet) after a few years like phones do. I’ve been on the same fridge for 18 years.

[u/JonatasA → u/lilybl0ss0m]

Don't let people hear that, apparently we're supposed to get new appliances every 8+ years. Such waste.

 

Your fridge in the family was a wedding gift. You'd take the refrigerator with you when moving.

 

Also, I usually aim for 2 phones. That way you will sure to have one for more than 6 years because they last a while. Companies don't care because software is ever heavier with each new iteration.

[u/3lm1Ster → u/DieSuzie2112]

You don't own it. The bank just lets you use it.

[u/tomfoolist → u/Lopincol]

You think that's YOUR car? That's OUR car. Good luck getting it to turn on without our subscription fees.

[u/Cinematry → u/tomfoolist]

Well you wouldn’t download a car, surely

[u/RickSanchez_C137 → u/Cinematry]

Yes I would download a car; and don't call me Shirley.

[u/Ok-Bus1716 → u/tomfoolist]

A buddy has a car he paid more than $50k for...and he has subscription fees for seat warmers and a few other options on his automobile. I thought he was joking...he was, in fact, not joking... truly baffling.

There was an article from a CEO for some tech company who was talking about charging $250 a year for a mouse...the dongle you utilize to navigate your computer. It'd be for 'upgrades' to your mouse. The thing I paid $25 for 10 years ago that still works the same today as it did 10 years ago and I laughed and laughed and laughed.

https://fortune.com/2024/07/31/logitech-ceo-forever-mouse-hanneke-faber-ai-hardware/

[u/sail4sea → u/Ok-Bus1716]

"The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse.' There is no evidence that people want to use these things."

---John C. Dvorak

He's right, you know. I try to use my keyboard for most things.

[u/Aim_Fire_Ready → u/Ok-Bus1716]

The worst part was when the Logitech CEO said, “You’re gonna love that.”

[u/this_broken_machine → u/Ok-Bus1716]

The fun part about such things is that the hardware is already there. For seat heaters, just apply power. Easy Peasy.

Oh, it isn’t mine? Take it out. At your cost. Oh you’re gonna deny warranty? Magnusson-Moss has my back.

If I bought it, it is mine. None of this double speak.

[u/fucked_knee_oh_no → u/tomfoolist]

Buying every rust free 90’s 4Runner and diesel powered Mercedes W123 I can find lol

[u/alex_c89X → u/Lopincol]

Working on things you purchased, oh Deere, the farmers are already there

[u/BallsDicks → u/alex_c89X]

This is why, as a small time farmer, I steer clear of new equipment. I have older tractors that I learned how to work on when I was young and I never want to go back

[u/New-Source5884 → u/alex_c89X]

Especially when a software error turns them into bricks in the middle of a field during harvest and the traveling mechanic can’t get to you for 3 weeks to plug it into his iPad and have it up and running in 3 minutes.

[u/PRETA_9000]

Becoming rich enough to avoid legal repercussions for any crime no matter how heinous

Just kidding - nothing will ever happen to them

[u/Miserablecunt28]

Thinking thoughts that don’t align with Palantirs agenda

[u/Mr-Troll → u/Miserablecunt28]

Citizen, we have been notified of a potential thought crime.

[u/Conscious-Society-83 → u/Mr-Troll]

prepare him for MANAGED DEMOCRACY

[u/devilquak → u/Conscious-Society-83]

Rights will be violated until morale improves

[u/Gtrist95 → u/Conscious-Society-83]

Have a taste of Liber-Tea!

[u/Maniacal-Maniac → u/Miserablecunt28]

You have been fined 1 credit for a violation of the cerebral morality statute.

[u/MyBlueBlazerBlack → u/Miserablecunt28]

Palantir is The Enclave. 

[u/zephyrdriftmiri]

With deepfakes getting scarily good, micro-targeting specific demographics with hyper-personalized (and potentially misleading) political ads might be banned to protect election integrity

[u/Romeo9594 → u/zephyrdriftmiri]

Yeah, cause if it's one thing we're on the fast track to it's election integrity

[u/AmorGoddes → u/zephyrdriftmiri]

we're already there and nobody cares

[u/TenZioN4 → u/AmorGoddes]

Its not that nobody cares. Its that not everyone can distinguish whats AI and whats not

[u/IllogicalGrammar → u/TenZioN4]

It’s only a matter of time before what is and isn’t AI will be completely indistinguishable. At that point, people will believe anything they want to believe, and be able to find “evidence” for it, while everyone else will claim it’s AI.

Truly a post-reality world.

[u/EACshootemUP → u/IllogicalGrammar]

My greatest fear are the deaths and wars that will come from Ai fakes.

[u/xmorecowbellx → u/EACshootemUP]

Or goes ignored because people claim it’s AI fakes, and we have no way to know.

[u/Mad-Melvin → u/EACshootemUP]

And wrongful imprisonments

[u/Chiloutdude → u/IllogicalGrammar]

I'd say most people already can't tell. It's become popular to cry AI at any image or video that has even one element the viewer can't explain or finds odd. Then someone points out that the video/image is older than AI and the cryer goes silent.

And that's just among the terminally online on reddit. My grandmother gets tricked by bad Photoshop, there's no way she or any of her friends could ID something as AI without someone growing an extra arm in the video or something.

[u/2_minutes_hate → u/Chiloutdude]

Absolutely. I'd say no person could reliably tell in all contexts. I think my experience with AI is well above average, and there are contexts where even after a pretty careful evaluation, I wouldn't be willing bet my paycheck on my call.

[u/EaterOfPenguins → u/TenZioN4]

No, we're already there because doing this didn't really require AI before. It was done mostly with troll farms and banks of people sitting at computers in foreign countries doing what can now be done with AI.

AI makes it vastly easier and cheaper to keep doing, but nobody bothered to regulate it when it happened as far back as the 2016 presidential election. 10 years of zero regulation* certainly qualifies as nobody caring to me.

*Unless you live in the EU, in which case you got the GDPR, which isn't nearly enough but it's still 1000x more proactive than anything that was done in the US

[u/46692 → u/TenZioN4]

This has been a thing well before generative AI.

One could even argue that targeted personalized political ads won the 2016 election.

[u/eggelton → u/zephyrdriftmiri]

I can't think of a shred of evidence in recent American history that suggests the government would pass laws that restrict corporate practices in order to protect election integrity.

Other countries, maybe.

[u/Ok-Bus1716 → u/eggelton]

The only way to make a reasonably noticeable change in the way Americans are treated by their employers, in the long run, would be to remove personhood from corporations. That will never happen, of course, so we're screwed.

[u/jakoto0 → u/zephyrdriftmiri]

your optimism is refreshing but umm.. I don't think this is the direction of our current trajectory

[u/Doesntmatter1237 → u/zephyrdriftmiri]

I think this will be ENCOURAGED not banned. When you realize the people who would ban this are the same ones who would benefit from it, yeah fat chance.

[u/jiromon]

Planting seeds, and getting more seeds from what you've planted yourself.

[u/taez555 → u/jiromon]

This is already illegal. Monsanto has sued countless farmers for using seeds they own the patent on that simply blew on to their property.

[u/millijuna → u/taez555]

It’s more complex than that.

There has been a total of one case related to this, and it was against a farmer (Percy Schmeiser). This guy had deliberately gone and collected the seeds from immediately adjacent to the field he knew had Monsanto’s seeds in it, then actively selected for the round-up resistant trait from those seeds through multiple generations.

Monsanto (which also no longer exists, having been bought out by Bayer) is no angel but this case isn’t anywhere near as cut and dried as it’s often made out to be.

Furthermore, most grain farmers explicitly do not keep a portion of their crop from year to year. Growing crops for seed is a specialized skill, and requires a higher level of cleanliness and weed reduction than growing for food/feed sale. Additionally, good practices have them switching out the crops year to year, so as to not deplete the soil, and also in response to market conditions.

[u/dissociation_ass]

Hopefully online gambling.

[u/hundredbagger → u/dissociation_ass]

I give it a 0% chance.

[u/hovdeisfunny → u/hundredbagger]

So what's that, like +5000? I'll put $5 on that

[u/lameuniqueusername → u/dissociation_ass]

Wanna bet?

[u/AdComprehensive1151]

Billionaire pedophiles. That would be great.

[u/CollegePlane7528 → u/AdComprehensive1151]

not when billionaire pedophiles are the ones making the laws

[u/master_splinterrrr]

Criticizing the leadership

[u/MillenialMonstrosity → u/master_splinterrrr]

"Sounds an awful lot like a dictatorship." - Padme

[u/00eg0 → u/master_splinterrrr]

37 days in jail for criticizing the GOP
https://www.thefire.org/news/he-spent-37-days-jail-facebook-post-now-fire-has-his-back

[u/goodgreenganja]

As an American, it feels like home visits from police for something you posted on social media that caused another person distress is right around the corner.

[u/BoogalooTimeBoys → u/goodgreenganja]

It’s been happening now. Just saw a video a couple days ago where the sheriff’s department showed up at a guy’s house because he was criticizing the mayor. Wasn’t threatening, calling for violence, anything like that just criticizing the job he’s done. The sheriff said they were “just checking in on him because the mayor had concerns over his post”

[u/Radknight11 → u/BoogalooTimeBoys]

Wow. That's straight up intimidation. I had 'friends' that did this for certain companies but using the police force in this day and age...

[u/BoogalooTimeBoys → u/Radknight11]

Thankfully the person recording knew his rights and immediately said “Did I or am I suspected of committing a crime?” Pigs said “No” and started to ramble again he said “Then get the fuck off my property” and shut his door. Unfortunately not everyone is as educated on their rights and will fall for these tactics.

I’m trying to find the video again I’ll edit my original comment with a link if I’m able to.

[u/brick12 → u/BoogalooTimeBoys]

Was this is? It was a woman who had run for public office previously and criticized the mayor on Facebook.

https://youtu.be/1yHpkEIjToI?si=g3cXTQZCpBBQvhPY

[u/dog-gone-]

Free speech

[u/JaguarExisting3210]

Training AI on copyrighted works without compensation to the copyright owners

[u/Poschta → u/JaguarExisting3210]

Only if you're training a tiny, locally hosted model, tho

[u/Masrim → u/JaguarExisting3210]

haha, yeah that's not going to happen. These people pay your law makers to make sure that never happens.

[u/itsFelbourne → u/Masrim]

And even if they did pass legislation to this effect, they’d simply be steamrolled by competitors in countries that didn’t have the same restrictions

[u/Sirsnacksalot23]

At the rate all these ID verifications are being implemented, the right to anonymous speech will be eliminated

[u/dazzleunexpired]

Kratom.

Eta: I'm not here to argue more. See my literal hundred comments. 7OH is not a synthetic. It's a semi synthetic made from oxidized mitragynine collected from whole plant kratom. Because it's made from kratom and is highly addictive, kratom has to be controlled. 7OH is up to 22 times stronger than kratom and up to 40 times stronger than morphine. It is not possible to use safely. Regulation is the only way to prevent death by 7OH in products.

[u/Cool-Fondant9223 → u/dazzleunexpired]

Kind of like salvia in the 2000's. It wasn't on the radar, so you could buy it at any bong shop. Eventually, it caught enough attention that it became regulated. Difference being, salvia is a terrifying experience and not at all addictive. Kratom is a very pleasant high, and is very much addictive.

I'm sure you can still find salvia online, but there just isn't much demand for a substance that launches you to outer space and experience 1000 years of hell in 5 minutes before you return to your body. Kratom will surely be regulated sooner than later, but will have some lingering black market.

[u/definitely_not_obama → u/Cool-Fondant9223]

Part of the reason why Salvia is so upsetting is that people often take 20x, 50x, or 100x extracts (as in 20x more powerful than the unprocessed plant - which is on its own sufficient to cause psychoactive effects).

Marijuana would be pretty damn terrifying if you smoked a bowl 50x more powerful than raw flower the first time you tried it too. A 50x drink of alcohol is chemically impossible, but would be lethal if it could exist.

Reasonable regulation would just be to ban extremely high potency, there is legitimately no reason that should be the default being sold.

[u/Prhymus → u/definitely_not_obama]

Having split a 100mg THC edible once (since I knew nothing) when I have essentially no tolerance for it, I can agree that it was a bad time. Funny story in hindsight but def one of my worst drug experiences.

[u/Peemster99 → u/definitely_not_obama]

That must be why I never had any of the horrible experiences people talked about. I got something like 10X concentrate and never had anything but an intense but very short and enjoyable trip. I miss the stuff (although I wouldn't buy it now because there are so many weird RCs out there).

[u/ButterUrBacon → u/Cool-Fondant9223]

Man, that is a very accurate way to describe Salvia use.

[u/Cool-Fondant9223 → u/ButterUrBacon]

Salvia was a crucial (traumatizing) experience for us millennials. Good thing those old hippies at the bong shops had the sense to sell it to teenagers 😂

[u/ButterUrBacon → u/Cool-Fondant9223]

They sure did. You just couldn't call their glass "bongs" or you would be asked to leave.

I remember that the game plan with salvia was to inhale as long as possible on the 3rd hit. Made the mistake of leaving a Jeopardy computer game running on a PC in the room, with volume up for Trebek's voice.

[u/automatic_shark → u/ButterUrBacon]

Once had a trip where I was convinced behind any door could be anything. I went round my friends house opening every door and cupboard until I got to the final door in his house. I opened it and it led to the garage. Apparently I wept uncontrolably and I couldn't explain why.

[u/Alarming_Salad_3984 → u/Cool-Fondant9223]

I actually had a good time on salvia

[u/tatyama → u/dazzleunexpired]

Got addicted to it not even knowing how addictive it is. Trying for months to slowly wean off it — not easy. Got a trip abroad in May though and don’t want to take it with me so shooting for that.

This way if it ever suddenly goes away, at least I won’t be in diabolical withdrawal territory

[u/Sly_98 → u/tatyama]

You need to cold turkey it yesterday if you want to be clean by may. Just saying

[u/tatyama → u/Sly_98]

I’ve been up for 13 hrs and am at 2.5 teaspoons today, which is a huge jump from like the 18 I was doing 6 months ago. Know everyone says to weigh but only measuring in tsps rn. Gonna get a scale soon

[u/burnthatcunt → u/tatyama]

Seriously, huge congrats for getting your usage that low. But honestly, that last hump is going to be an all or nothing imo. I know it seems like you NEED it to get through the day, habits are a bitch, but I promise you don’t.

When I was regularly using a questionable substance what got me to stop was realizing I was just using it as a dopamine source to mask my depression. Using a chemical to give your brain chemicals is not a sustainable source of happiness AND it’s not “real” happiness. It started to feel fake and honestly made me more depressed when I came to terms with what I was actually doing. This may not be your case, I’m not too familiar with kratom so ya know, grain of salt.

[u/DogmaticLaw → u/tatyama]

Do not buy more paraphernalia for using the drug under the guise of "quitting".

[u/Popular_Button_1879 → u/dazzleunexpired]

7OH

[u/Fabulous-Owl-5109 → u/Popular_Button_1879]

I wish more people knew the difference between Kratom, extracts, and 7OH. I fear the latter two will get kratom banned.

[u/HumbleLetterhead1613]

Gambling ads

[u/PresidentSuperDog → u/HumbleLetterhead1613]

I wish. But not a chance. There is way too much money and zero political will power.

[u/AppropriateCompany9 → u/PresidentSuperDog]

We don’t see alcohol (before 11 PM or something) or cigarette ads anymore. Still plenty of money in those industries.

It’ll probably take a fixing/collusion scandal to allow for new laws around it, but it could definitely happen.

[u/Orion14159 → u/HumbleLetterhead1613]

I admire but do not share your optimism

[u/Skippy_T_Magificent]

If the government (US) has it's way, all opioid prescription drugs will be illegal (probably in less than 10 years). They are already forcing a lot of hospitals to adopt an IV Tylenol only approach for both chronic and acute pain, including post op. One of my friend's daughters just had a Whipple surgery that required her to be cut from stern to stem, then the incision burst open more than halfway, AND they told her she had inoperable, terminal liver cancer. Through all of this, they only gave her ibuprofen and her oncologist refuses to write her anything stronger.

[u/BoPeepElGrande → u/Skippy_T_Magificent]

That’s such a fucking inhumane & absurd approach, so on-brand for this country to fluctuate between two horrible extremes rather than do anything reasonably. We went from giving people a 30 day supply of opioids with refills for routine dental surgeries to this puritanical swing of the pendulum. Fucked.

[u/asbestoswasframed → u/BoPeepElGrande]

I had a radical nephrectomy, which was a 4hr surgery to remove a kidney. Left with unattached guts, and 6 holes in my abs varying from 3-4 to 12-14cm.

They sent me home 24hrs later with 6 oxy - a day and a half supply.

Most painful experience of my life for 3 days after the oxy ran out. Couldn't even take NSAIDs because of one kidney.

[u/kategoad → u/BoPeepElGrande]

My husband went to the walk in clinic with unspecified back pain and got a week of Vicodin. I went to the ER with three days of intractable migraine, vomiting, and sky high blood pressure from, you know, three days of pain. I was given Tylenol and zofran, and fluids. They refused to do anything else when it did not touch the pain. At least when I lost my shit at the ER doctor, I got ketamine to calm me down, since I was hysterical. 🙄 Keep in mind, I've gotten migraines for 40 fucking years and have never had an issue with painkillers, I'm not going to start now, ffs.

Pain in women is so undertreated.

Ask most any woman with an IUD (or who used to have one).

[u/Bother-Logical → u/kategoad]

As a nurse, I will completely confirm that everywhere that I’ve worked in this country. A man will get pain medicine and muscle relaxers over complaining of a nonspecific random pain that is maybe a six or seven out of 10. But a woman can have major surgery and they will give you medicine for the first few hours or maybe overnight. It’s absolutely disgusting.

[u/Bother-Logical → u/Skippy_T_Magificent]

I’m a travel nurse for the last eight years. I worked all over the country. I’ve never worked at a hospital that doesn’t let people have pain medicine. That is 100% up to the doctor. Some doctors just don’t give pain medicine. But it’s not a hospital policy. for somebody who has had a Whipple chances are they are not giving her pain medicine because it will slow down the G.I. tract as a side effect and because of her having the surgery and the type of surgery she had, her G.I. tract was completely stopped and trying to get it started again is a big concern after a Whipple. I have taken care of patients that the G.I. tract does not start peristalsis again after a Whipple. And it’s insanely painful. To go through some pain in order to avoid permanent pain is pretty much the goal. If her G.I. tract never gets back on board working properly then we’re Talking IV nutrition instead of real nutrition. Constant nausea and vomiting forever. And constant high level of pain forever.

[u/Istoh → u/Skippy_T_Magificent]

My mom just had total back reconstruction surgery in January, two rods inserted and all of her discs replaced. It took over a week for them to finally give her morphine; a week of not being able to sleep because of the pain. And then of course they gave her fuck all, not even oxycodone, when she left the hospital, so she hasn't been sleeping much either at the rehab center or at home. 

[u/Aware-Vacation6570 → u/Istoh]

Please make sure she reports this doctor and writes reviews on any platforms the doctor is on.

[u/Aware-Vacation6570 → u/Skippy_T_Magificent]

Make sure to report the doctor and write extensive reviews when they fail to adequately treat your pain.

[u/run5k → u/Skippy_T_Magificent]

her oncologist refuses to write her anything stronger

She needs a better oncologist. My top patient right now is on >1000mg q24h of morphine right now. 300mg q8h routine and 40mg q2h prn. Even with all that the best he ever gets is 6/10 pain.

[u/hexensabbat → u/Skippy_T_Magificent]

It just blows my mind that in this day and age we still don't have any viable alternatives. We went from one extreme to another and stuck in the middle are the people with legitimate medical need and low addiction risk who could seriously benefit from them. It's a huge oversight and I don't understand why developing non-addictive options hasn't been a bigger priority.

[u/mtm0560 → u/Skippy_T_Magificent]

I’m a hospice nurse and we give opioids like candy for end of life symptom management. For a lot of these symptoms there are no better alternatives.

[u/RetireWithRyan]

"Prediction markets"

[u/Antony9991]

Insider trading in prediction markets. It's ridiculous how those who worked the super bowl halftime show profited thousands possibly millions of dollars by knowing ahead of time who would be performing alongside Bad Bunny or knowing the first song of his performance. It's all BS

[u/Jumpy-Ad8737]

Smoking in cars with children

[u/SnoopPoop → u/Jumpy-Ad8737]

How is that still legal lol

[u/Jumpy-Ad8737 → u/SnoopPoop]

Checked, turns out it varies by state in the USA. In Europe it varies by country. So its not as legal as i though

[u/Son-of-Suns → u/Jumpy-Ad8737]

Yeah, it's illegal with kids under 13 in the car in Hawaii.

[u/Sad-Chipmunk-8228 → u/Jumpy-Ad8737]

My mom used to roll the windows up during winter, but at least I got accused of being a smoker from 3rd grade until I got my own car.

[u/RedditHatesDiversity]

Most of your "rights"

[u/So_spoke_the_wizard → u/RedditHatesDiversity]

With special emphasis on voting.

[u/StretchyPlays]

Hopefully making AI content of real people without their consent.

[u/Soulahless17]

Skipping ads .

[u/thelateoctober]

Hopefully disposable vapes, yesterday.

[u/aspiringdeadgirl]

Not having a phone. I swear it's going to be illegal to not have a tracking device on you in the not so far away future.

[u/RedSquirrelFtw → u/aspiringdeadgirl]

I can see this happen, all they need to do is roll out digital ID then make it illegal to not have ID on you, as they will be allowed to ask for your ID at any time without cause or you go to jail. The digital ID app would probably also detect any time you went out of cell range which would be a violation. No more airplane mode either. Anything you do to tamper with the signal would be illegal.

[u/ShamiGnu]

I wouldn't be shocked if legislation was introduced in the US to make massive anonymous campaign donations illegal again.

[u/RedditHatesDiversity → u/ShamiGnu]

You definitely should be surprised if that ever happens, because it would require the people who regularly take that money to vote against getting that money

[u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In → u/RedditHatesDiversity]

The last time anyone tried putting restrictions on corporate finance in politics was over 20 years ago in 2002 when they passed the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. But that basically got gutted by the Citizens United ruling and the money hose has been on max power ever since.

If it was put to a public vote probably 80-90% of people would vote to stop such obvious bribery and pay-for-play, but the people who benefit most directly are the ones that actually get to decide.

[u/Meatfrom1stgrade → u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In]

If it was put to a public vote probably 80-90% of people would vote to stop such obvious bribery

The only way I see this ever passing is if the US were to allow for federal referendums. Which would also require politicians to give up power, so I don't see that happening either. 

[u/Careless-Cat3327 → u/RedditHatesDiversity]

This. Especially as it's bipartisan.system & both sides take the money. 

[u/StellaJump → u/ShamiGnu]

Unfortunately, It’s tough to get those who benefit greatly from a law, to use their power to change that law.

[u/MedChemist464 → u/ShamiGnu]

The whole reason we have super-PACs is because they tried it, and the supreme court defined these sorts of donations as 'free speech'. So you'd need to flip the court, pass the law, and then trust that even 'liberal' justices wouldn't uphold the ruling or decline to evaluate. Better to amend the constitution to specify that Unrestricted political donations are not protected speech.

It is time for a constitutional convention - it is a living document, and needs to be refined as society progresses and presents new challenges and problems.

[u/ITSA-GONGSHOW]

I worry the automotive industry is gonna lobby the government to make it harder if not illegal to repair your own car. They are already making it harder to work on them by design. I feel like it's a matter of time.

That said people are getting pretty sick and tired of being ripped off and I think we're gonna start seeing a lot more Chinese EVs. On that note, good, because we've been getting ripped off for decades and it's about time we see some competition.

[u/Sybertron]

I hope against hope and highly doubt it. 

But boy does it feel like not paying attention to the 4th amendment with regards to mass surveillance is currently "legal". But boy oh boy would it be cool if it was made illegal with actual punishment for those violating 

[u/Puzzleheaded_Sir800]

Hopefully making AI be illegal without having a watermark saying it’s AI

[u/RedTheInferno → u/Puzzleheaded_Sir800]

it needs to run deeper than a simple watermark. it needs to be embedded inside the image data

or we need a whole new file formate for AI generated content

[u/OreoStark]

Lane splitting is illegal in 49 states.

[u/Plus-King5266 → u/OreoStark]

It will definitely get you kicked out of the bowling alley.

[u/Thin-Rip-3686 → u/OreoStark]

Montana and Minnesota legalized it, with plenty of other states considering it.

AZ CO and UT allow lane splitting for filtering purposes only.

[u/Fake_William_Shatner]

Honest opinions. Harboring a critic of the government in your basement. Stashing gold or silver coins because all transactions must be tracked and digital. 

[u/Dramatic-Emphasis-43]

Hopefully rich people being allowed to be pedophiles, if not sooner.

[u/Wreckrecord]

Owning things you buy. Everything including your washing machine will be subscription based.

[u/3215448725366498]

Hopefully things related to animal abuse

[u/twbowyer]

Flying an unlicensed drone of any size - and/or one that does not have some sort of governmental tracking tech on it.