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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxN1T1uxQ2g
/r/videos/comments/rgdzrw/everything_everywhere_all_at_once_an_a24_action/
[ "Looks fun", "Hmmmmm interesting.", "Reminds me so much of The One with Jet Li that they should have called this move The Many.", "This looks like it'll be a lot of fun to see in theaters. On a side note, I had no idea the lady in yellow at the beginning was Jamie Lee Curtis the first time I looked at this. If they gave her a different colored wig, I probably wouldn't have noticed anything was off.", "Love the concept. Love the main character being this woman and not a blonde gigachad. Sign me up.", "Getting some Michel Gondry vibes. That along with Michelle Yeoh kicking ass means I'll definitely check this out.", "Welp, this looks like something that might change my life", "Exactly, I think I am ready for this but probably not.", "For some reason the One has stuck with me for my entire life. I think I only watched it once when I was like 12 but remember it vividly.", "Same. I think it was just such a good concept and matrix 2 hadn't come out so it scratched the matrix itch. Also the ending was open ended so we're left expecting a sequel. Still am expecting one.", "The whole multiverse thing has gotten really tired. It’s the ultimate plot device. \n\nThe downside for the viewer is nothing that happens matters, because it can be “undone” by using the multiverse plot device.", "Holy shit that is Short Round! Took me a minute but recognized his voice.", "This is only a problem if you're the kind of person who only watches one type of thing all the time.", "This reminds me of taking LSD, but in movie format.", "Indeed.", "what?", "I think he was just saying that your middle name is Stu.", "Multiverses. So hot right now.", "Loki had sort of a similar plot as well, with the “multiverse time-cop” theme, but without the powers being gained from killing copies of yourself.", "is that a saying? if you only watch one type of thing all the time you are stupid?", "The song is \"TIME\" by David Bowie, and yes, it is the same chords as \"All the Young Dudes\" which he also composed.", "Holy shit James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis and Short Round? Sign me the F up.", "Cute that you think only marvel does multiverse.\n\nTry this link to watch movies other than marvel!\n\nhttps://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=multiverse&sort=moviemeter,asc&mode=detail&page=1&ref\\_=kw\\_nxt", "I am nobody's bitch!", "Good catch! I didn't pick up on that when I watched it the first time.", "No one wants to exist in this reality any more.", "Pretty much everything Marvel and DC are doing right now is this lazy ass Rick & Morty multiverse crap.", "Is 1:52 the Ratatouille universe?", "If only someone created an Internet Movie Database where one could browse by keyword and sort by some sort of rating system. Wouldn't that be useful right now.", "Michelle Yeoh achieves yet another victory in her bloody crusade to be the only Asian woman over 30 being hired Hollywood.", "[ **Jump to 01:52 @** Everything Everywhere All At Once | Official Trailer HD | A24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxN1T1uxQ2g&t=0h1m52s)\n \n ^(Channel Name: A24, Video Length: [02:42])^, [^Jump ^5 ^secs ^earlier ^for ^context ^@01:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxN1T1uxQ2g&t=0h1m47s) \n \n----------------------------------------------------------------------------- \n \n ^^Downvote ^^me ^^to ^^delete ^^malformed ^^comments. [^^Source ^^Code](https://github.com/ankitgyawali/reddit-timestamp-bot) ^^| [^^Suggestions](https://www.reddit.com/r/timestamp_bot)", "Trailer is kind of a mishmash of things happening at the same time with vaguely connected story. In other words, if this wasn't published by A24, I'd be meh, skip. However, action movie from A24. Am not sure what to expect. Be hyped up because they publish some of the best movies I've seen or be scared that A24 is going down the drain.", "> this woman\n\n[Michelle Yeoh](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000706/). She was part of the Jackie Chan-led Hong Kong kung-fu action film renaissance. Internationally, she became more widely known for [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190332/), but more recently appears in Marvel's Shang-Chi as >!his aunt.!<", "So I guess Multiverse movies are making profits now. Can't wait to see every studio making multiverse movies.", "What is A24? I noticed a lot of their ads here lately..", "This looks awesome!", "For many many years, I obsessed so heavily with the beginning of the movie where he just mollywhops all those swat cops. \n\nthe cg of having them in slow motion while he moved was sickkkk", "Until someone creates this Internet Movie Database we won’t have any examples of movies with keyword multiverse. Hopefully someone creates the database soon!", "Every. Single. Shot. At eye level. Interesting. *Perhaps i was exaggerating, it's just noticeable how many shots are at eye level.", "Wtf? and did they just do the \"this is a vagina\" at 1:33?", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A24_films\n\nJust a smallish film distributor. They take risks on weird films and have put out more and more consistently good and unique stuff. Stuff like Bo Burnham's Eight Grade and Hereditary/Midsommar.", "Wait.. WHAT?! They are behind Midsommar?! Wow... Ok. Nice. I am happily surprised.", "Don't forget Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2 as >!Aleta Ogord!<", "One of the last bastions of good movies.", "I want to me in a reality where I have two dicks.", "you scrubs missed lo pan.", "[ **Jump to 01:33 @** Everything Everywhere All At Once | Official Trailer HD | A24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxN1T1uxQ2g&t=0h1m33s)\n \n ^(Channel Name: A24, Video Length: [02:42])^, [^Jump ^5 ^secs ^earlier ^for ^context ^@01:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxN1T1uxQ2g&t=0h1m28s) \n \n----------------------------------------------------------------------------- \n \n ^^Downvote ^^me ^^to ^^delete ^^malformed ^^comments. [^^Source ^^Code](https://github.com/ankitgyawali/reddit-timestamp-bot) ^^| [^^Suggestions](https://www.reddit.com/r/timestamp_bot)", "Finally, an action movie for Reddit’s pretentious film critic demographic", "As opposed to every single shot at crotch level?", "I don't know much about them but like, they seem to have a following. In this era of like, constant remakes and movies that need IP, they're kind of refreshing. Although the following has a share of pretentious people.", "Eh, ya, but I can get behind this one. Its not like a multiverse for the sake of bringing in Bugs Bunny or Master Chief. I like the idea of a multiverse showing that hey, you have soooo much potential. Theres a universe where you're an astronaut and a universe where you're in prison for a crazy go-cart race that got a lot of people killed. \n\nI'd love movies to take on that idea rather than an excuse to being Tobey Macguire's spiderman back.", "Oh yeah! An action movie starring a woman over 35? Thats interesting.", "I am reading about them and their movies for few hours now and I am not surprised by the pretentious followers but what they do seem to be actually pretty good. I watched Val, On The rocks and Midsommar this year and all of these movies were pretty good. I didn't realize that they were from the same production company. It was some refreshing cinematography tbh.", "I wish that depiction of superspeed was used more often, it looked so badass", "Does this end with her and Ming-Na Wen fighting to the death, Highlander style? Because I'd totally watch that movie.", "Same! He looked familiar but I couldn't place it until he spoke.", "Also Philippa Georgiou in Star Trek: Discovery. Lots of opinions about that show but she is definitely a highlight.", "I mean this whole movie seems to be tongue-in-cheek", "Oh what Sens8 could have been like.", "Looks like it will either be a fun popcorn flick or unbearably pretentious.", "The One Two", "It literally is the reverse of that. At least from what the trailer is showing us.\n\nMan...depending on how this goes, it could be an oscar winning title. It's got good vibes to it", "It's really uncommon for a movie or a tv show to keep the camera at eye level without deviating, especially an action film. Far more common to mix it up with high wides and mediums, ominous up shots from below, CG impossible camera moves, etc. Keeping the frame at eye level tends to be the rule for intimate dialogue scenes, usually bookended by wide establishing shots. This thing looks more like Mad Men than Xmen. Reminds me of how Rushmore was almost entirely shot with the same lens.", "Also agreed. I could use some \"fun\" these days.", "Maybe I don't know the definition of \"eye level\" in a cinematography context, but I see multiple shots from below eye level (1:53 and 2:01) and multiple shots above eye level (0:12 and 2:08)", "You may have figured this out but they only make good movies. And if it’s not good, it’s at least weird or interesting. Seriously. Best studio by a long shot.", "Don't think Michelle Yeoh played Lo Pan...", "Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and motherfuckin JAMES HONG!!!", "Also, Jean Todt is her partner, for all the racing fans out there.", "At least use her name: Michelle Yeoh", "Id that Michelle Yeoh still out there kicking asses? That makes me happy.", "Moonlight too", "Every car company makes cars with wheels, yet good cars still get made. Just because something is used a lot doesn't mean it can't be good too.", "::Sandra Oh has entered the chat::", "For what it is, it's pretty ahead of it's time.", "A production studio that takes beautiful risks. They made some pretty visually/ sharp tned great movies. The VVitch, Midsomer, Mandy, The Green Knight.", "Sven Law is still amazing", ">Ming-Na Wen \n\nHow in the world is she 58 years old looking like that.", "finally...ketamine hole kung fu!!!!", "Um. Hell-yeoh!", "It's because the bodies hit the floor scene is fucking unreal.", "Is all the young dudes sung by another band ?", "Spiderman, this movie, and...uh that's all I can think of.", "God bless A24. Also really excited for Michelle Yeoh to have this kind of opportunity to really stretch in a type of role that many other actresses would kill for.", "This looks smart, fun and ridiculous. I hope they knock it out of the park.", "Also Data. I hope he keeps her safe from booty traps.", "Bowie makes everything better. \n\n​\n\n... not that this trailer needs it, but I digress. Bowie!", "After the Music video for Turn Down for What, the short film Interesting Ball, and the film Swiss Army Man, I'll give anything Daniels does a shot.", "YOU ARE MINE!", "Yes, Mott the Hoople.", "Oh. My. God. This looks AMAZING", "Same here. It was a great concept and pretty well done considering they had to have two Jet Li's on screen at once, fighting each other, while incorporating matrix-esque slow mo.", "I want to be in a reality with that one guy's dead wife", "The hands part was definitely a nod.", "WHY THE FUCK DOES EVEVERY TRAILER HAVE THAT ACTION BOOM WITH SONG SNARE/BASDRUM HIT THING IN IT NOW.", "Came here for this!", "A distributor that I keep seeing amazing movies talked about, yet never seem to see them here in France. It's disheartening, really. Ah well, to the high seas!", "Dota 2 event", "Only if it's made in the corner Czech Republic. A Czech One Two.", "White room being shown a kaleidoscope of light reminds me of DMT.", "I can't be the only one who had flashbacks to the school playground when they did the fingers in fingers sequence? If you know, you know...", "superman", "Next Dr Strange movie Multiverse of Madness, Loki, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Marvel's What If, WandaVision and likely Ant Man & The Wasp: Quantumania so 8 of them are Marvel as they are doing the whole multiverse thing. My Googling says the DC's Arrowverse and Legends of Tomorrow both are doing it. Also there is a movie called Multiverse (2019), His Dark Materials (2019) and Rick and Morty, Parallel (2018) and Adventure Time so that makes 16 at least within the last few years. If you add in Parallel: Dimension Under Siege (filming) & Many Worlds (pre-production) that puts it up to 18.", "My friends wanted to walk out of the theater, especially when they pulled a highlander and said there can only be one.", "That is called anime but those shots are done from behind.", "Asian don't raisin, baby", "She carried that show.", "Didn’t end game play with it? And that movie tenant? Also LOOPER? 🤔", "Funny how hard it is to get most people to say that to themselves. Most movies flop but this one does look fun as hell", "Also the recent season of Doctor Who… if anyone can decipher what the fuck happened that is.", "[Don't forget Pockets.](https://vimeo.com/50996114)", "Does this remind anyone else of a crazier version of that Jet Li movie The One?", "Could I interest you in everything, all of the time? Anything and everything, all of the time", "The one after that is a musical.\n\nThe One Two the One Two Three Four", "I appreciate this answer! I never really pay attention to the camera angles of movies or tv shows, besides the obviously wide shot or close up. This is very intriguing 🧐", "I haven't seen Doctor Who in years, but 10th tenure featured the multiverse so it's not really new.", "The battle is will take place on Tuesday.", "I made a list of movies I need to \"borrow\" this week. To my surprise I am actually excited.", "Dr. Jones! Dr. Jones!", ">beautiful risks\n\nI like it.", "Cool. So it’s Rick and Morty", "Space dandy", "Michel Gondry and hand focused body horror, name a more iconic duo.", "I just want to exist in the reality where my kids have a lifetime supply of clean air, fresh water, open land, and abundant food.", "It seems you’ve angered the dick knife community and now they want your head.", "I gotta say Slice was rough though…", "This looks like it might be the greatest film ever made. Or whoever put the preview together is just real good at that.", "Now I'm holding on to my potatoes", "Star Trek Data?? Watched twice and didn’t catch him", "Awkwafina is 33.", "Not Marvel or DC?!? Fuck yeah! I’m in! Also I loved Sense 8 so I’m glad they are pretty much bringing that back", "It gave me 'Yesterday' vibes, but it's from the guys who did Swiss Army Man, so either way, I'm in.", "Bad ass movie", "Looks like a concept of Sense8 with Multiverse", "China. So hot right now. Need to include more chinese actors/scenes in china.", "Short Round also played Data in The Goonies", "Nice movie", "Because it's fun?", "OOOOh. Didn’t make the connection. Thanks!", "ok, we'll reduce it to 99.9%", "Firm, but fair.", "The Daniels have a lot of Michel Gondry in their style. They love using practical effects whenever they can. I got to help workshop Swiss Army Man when it came through the Sundance Director’s Lab and that movie is v similar in filmmaking ethos to much of Gondry’s work.", "They are also the nicest people you could ever work with. Just so funny and full of energy and weird beyond belief. I’m so glad those two guys found each other.", "Oh sick, they're the ones who did Swiss Army Man? I loved that movie. I'll have to check out some of their other stuff.\n\n**Edit** Wait, I totally misread your comment at first. You actually helped work with them on Swiss Army Man? That's rad dude. What was that like?", "Well that’s the only film they’ve made so far but they did the music video for [Turn Down For What](https://youtu.be/HMUDVMiITOU) starring the Daniels own Daniel Kwan as well as a bunch of [absurdist](https://youtu.be/_jb30gQcs1M) [shorts](https://youtu.be/XrJQzDv4zFg) and other [music](https://youtu.be/pkgQ88G8Hj8) [videos](https://youtu.be/PaMiVDZu_T4). They are also just super sweet guys and I wish all the best for them. It’s nice when kind hearted, hilarious, unpretentious art weirdos get to make what they want to make. I would bet dollars to donuts that’s why it took them so long to make a follow up. They told me a story once about Jack Johnson wanting them to make a video after they made the Turn Down For What video (a video DJ Snake did not understand and did not like btw) and they had little interest in making a Jack Johnson video but they also ran a film camp for kids and so they agreed to make the video as long as they got to direct it using the kids and their ideas from the camp which is [p dope](https://youtu.be/pupmjbI4nr4). Also Tall Daniel directed the Death of Dick Long solo where he plays the eponymous Dick Long and it was something else lol.", "That's super cool. I'm going to save this comment so I can check out these videos later. Thanks for sharing.", "It was super inspiring, those guys move a mile a min and are constantly challenging what can be done with the resources they have. Without getting too specific about my role, I worked on their crew while they workshopped scenes from their script at the Sundance Director’s Lab which was not the actual film. There they were tasked with workshopping 4 scenes from their script with a micro budget on essentially one location with mostly local actors (they could cast three people to bring with them to the Labs, so starring in the workshopped scenes was Ted Tremper and Beck Bennett instead of Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe) and overall the experience was super cool and they took full advantage of the Labs (which not everyone does, it feels like some people just do it for the cred, but during my time there and on the projects I got to work on the Daniels and Boots Riley with Sorry To Bother You were the people that really bought into the whole process and let it influence their filmmaking in exciting and unique ways).", "That sounds awesome. Sort of like swedeing the movie beforehand as a proof of concept. \n\nThat's really cool you worked on Sorry to Bother You too, another flick with Gondry vibes. I took my 65 year old Mom to see it on opening day, and we both loved it. You've got good taste!", "Michelle Yeoh still kicking ass! It’s good to see.", "Can you imagine if you are making this movie thinking (Wow, we got a really original idea here!) and then seeing marvel releasing a million different multiverse movies/shows", "What is a man who thinks with his 2 dicks like?", "Haha maybe but they made it with agbo films which is ran by the Russo brothers who did a ton of Marvel movies including Endgame. So I am sure they had a little inside info on where marvel was going.", "Bowie always kills it for trailers", "Yeah listened to Time about a dozen times today after this", "The first fight did bullet-time combat better than any of the Matrix movies.", "ah dang kinda wish i didnt read this, was planning on going into Coherence blind", "thoughtful. assuming one dick cancels out the other in bad decision making.", "Probably the only character I like whereas everyone else is just a pile of emotions manifested into human body. Stopped watching because it was just fucking cringe." ]
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Everything Everywhere All At Once an A24 Action Movie
https://youtu.be/vEY5EkUR6_M
/r/videos/comments/rgewr2/margaret_hamilton_the_wicked_witch_of_the_west/
[ "It's just so wonderfully wholesome.", "Love how he helps humanize a character in order to make her less scary for kids.", "/r/ChurchofRogers/", "I feel that this is how everyone should interact--not just children. It's open, honest, accepting, empathetic conversation.", "Timeless!", "Lowkey predicted Wicked a little bit at the beginning. \n\nShe’s not the only one who felt sympathy for the Wicked Witch of the West. That sympathy and need to understand her motivations spawned a novel, a blockbusting, long-running, Tony-winning Broadway musical and an upcoming movie.", "And she did a great job explaining the character :) both were lovely to watch." ]
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Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the West) Visits Mister Rogers Neighborhood
https://youtu.be/X-iSQQgOd1A
/r/videos/comments/rgfc42/ant_and_slime_simulations_using_code/
[ "Very interesting, hypnotizing and we'll narrated. Even though I know very little programming I watched the whole thing", "Likewise. It’s remarkable how similar his code emulates nature! Very interesting.", "heh.. Earlier this year, when this came out, I spent like a month or 2 trying to code my own ant simulation in python. Never could get them to be as advanced as his tho.." ]
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Ant and Slime Simulations using code
https://youtu.be/FDiapbD0Xfg
/r/videos/comments/rgfhko/a_fully_working_cpu_built_inside_minecraft/
[ "Direct evidence of why we are all living in a simulation.", "Because people made a CPU facsimile inside a game? Is it because it's essentially a computer within a computer?\n\nOh boy, wait till you hear about virtual machines!", "My virtual machine can run additional virtual machines!", "Nested virtualization is in fact a thing!", "I was admin when ORE was founded (splitting off from RDF) and I've seen plenty of CPUs in my days. But damn this is the most feature complete CPU I have ever seen, literally jar dropping! Managing all that in 1 Hz is amazingly impressive as well, specially with no piston shenanigans!\n\nMight be the video, but I can't see any torches? Do they burn out too quick? Is it all repeater locking these days?\n\nVery glad that the redstone community is still thriving! :)", "In an alternate universe somewhere both of my eyes literally just rolled out of my head.", "Soon we will be able to play doom on it", "at 1 hz, we would be doomed to play on it", "You mean in an alternate *simulation*.", "Matryoshka doll's are evidence that you have a tiny human living inside of you. And there is a tinier human living inside THAT tiny human.....", "Hey CX, good to see you're still kicking around in the redstone community :)", "Glad to see you're still around!", "When you need that daily reminder of how stupid you actually are, reddit always has your back.", "I actually laughed out loud at that.", "We all have the same computer in our heads. The more time you devote to any pursuit, the better you'll be at it. \n\nThe person who made this CPU spent many thousands of hours to learn how it works and then build it.", "towards the end that is all i wondering. can this run doom at would be insane to me", "Oh yeah well I built a 9x9x9 dirt cube house with a 2nd story loft for my bed! It also took me 7 months to do.", "[Here's someone doing it with pure minecraft redstone mechanics.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubFU36hoVng) There's mods that run it in the game as an emulator but I feel like that's sort of cheating to get it.", "it's amazing that minecraft CPUs don't just exist, there's a community with *veterans* lmao\n\nalthough I guess that mostly just shows how huge minecraft is", "I have no idea about computer processing, architecture, or any of that stuff. But if we are able to \"produce\" virtual processors like this, isn't it possible to build like huge mega processors with immense computing capabilities using cloud computing - or to throw in a buzzword: blockchain stuff - as well?", "[By exploiting the log4j RCE you absolutely can!](https://twitter.com/gegy1000/status/1469714451716882434)", "Minecraft is Turing complete so you can thereoetically build any size computer you want in Minecraft. It'll be unimaginably slow though. \n\n\nNeither cloud computing nor blockchain is applicable to this.", "There are some torches. Comparators will sometimes be used in place of torches.", "Blockchain is kinda applicable. Because the entire point of Ethereum is that it's a distributed state machine which is turing complete.", "Perfect example of multiverse simulations built on top of another.", "Are you even using your computer if you aren’t running boot camp on a Mac, then using a VM to run OSX, then a VM in that to run Linux?", "A cpu running a program that is running a virtual cpu that is running a virtual program within the program. We need to go deeper.", "So is the idea that blockchain is relevant because a redstone computer could technically mine a cryptocurrency?", "> We all have the same computer in our heads.\n\nWe all have the same *shaped* computer. They are NOT all the same!", "The user is asking that because someone made a virtual computer, is it possible for us to have huge mega processors in the \"cloud\". Ethereum is that, a distributed CPU effectively. Just a slow one.", "Not survival. Doesn’t count.", "Mine is so smooth, like you wouldn't believe.", "This was a nice reminder I don't remember my computer architecture classes nearly as well as I pretend that I do.", "The thing is those processors at the impossible best would only be as good as the thing that runs it. And technically it'll never be as good because it requires some processing just to run it.\n\nYou (at least currently) can't create a virtual machine that's more \"intelligent\" or capable than the thing its built in. As a poor analogy, it's like trying to imagine a color you've never seen before. You can't do it, because you can more or less only imagine things based on things you've already seen. You can abstract things to an extent, but something like a color is hard to imagine beyond what we know. It's part of why a lot of color blind people don't really know they are until it comes up with some specific test or task. You don't know what you don't know, because you don't even know you don't know it.", "There’s a point where I learned that if Humans ever gamafied curing cancer. We would have speed run it years ago.", "help computer?", "But does it play counterstrike?", "They're all the same.", "If you could store the contents of this block in one block of space, you'd have a microchip analogous block.", "Most of Reddit seems to spend the majority of the time competing for ineptitude. The most depressed, the most anxious, the most stupid gets the praise.", "Can you explain something to me, someone who knows little about Minecraft and nothing about Redstone, is the idea of this that the cpu in the game on its own is functioning as a virtual machine, or to create the replica system, limited by its own design, but running the program with the computers physical cpu?\n\nEven in a virtual machine isn’t the “cpu” running off the physical one? It pretends it has the right kind of cpu for the os but the real cpu still does the lifting?\n\nI am very confused if you couldn’t tell", "Whilst the game, Minecraft, is being run by your IRL CPU this emulated CPU is made and entirely runs on the physical blocks that Minecraft uses within itself. Essentially its like if you made a CPU out of Lego, but in a virtual place. The lego is still constrained by its physical limitations, as are the Minecraft blocks, but in this case the emulator for the constraints is indeed run by your computer. So, if you built something 'wrong' in this emulator then it would not work. Its a nested sort of thing, but no, your CPU isnt doing the 'work' for this CPU.", "Hey CX, good to see you :)", "> literally jar dropping!\n\nIs that anything like mind-bottling?", "Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?", "Those are both pretty high tier eggcorns", "https://fold.it", "This is like asking if it’s a good idea to run your car to charge your toothbrush", "You've been downvoted but if you asked this in a college course any professor worth their paycheck would have turned it into a 3 hour journey to explore the question and make everyone in the room, including the professor, better for it.\n\nIt does tend to distill down to some hard constraints - if a computer wants to run a virtual computer as a program, it generally will require more operations to synthesize the virtual computer than the virtual computer itself can run. If a computer was a bright light bulb, it could use its light to synthesize many small light bulbs - or one light bulb almost as big as itself - but never equally big, or bigger. The costs of organizing how to provide the solution have a cost that must be paid, even if it's very small. I'm not a physicist but I might suppose the first law of thermodynamics can be used as an explanation for why this must be, or suitably just an approachable metaphor.\n\nIf you were to design a room that is larger on the inside than it is on the outside, you'd find yourself in a pickle - without breaking any rules, it's a foregone conclusion that the inside must be equal to or less than the outside (and that cost of organizing a solution can be visualized as the room's walls - a small shrinkage but one very real none-the-less).\n\nYou could easily compress something on the outside of the room before storing it inside the room. You've broken the spirit of the visual metaphor, but! It's entirely possible that a virtual processor, including the one from the minecraft cpu, could run an operation that effectively stores more data inside the virtual memory, than was originally presented. But this is the beauty of procedures and algorithms: the manipulation of data into more useful forms. \n\nLong ago, it was very transparent how closely a computer program directly influenced the hardware a single level beneath it. As the decades have progressed, we have used faster and cheaper computers to make expressions of code much easier for humans to write than for computers to run. With this, we have invented many beautiful things, but have lost our connection to the hardware that moves electrons between tiny boxes. Seeing this cpu running in minecraft is a sensational observation to make, and to wonder at how it works -- and to flirt dangerously close to the first conceptual a-hah moment - start with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDshWmhF4A and realize these wood parts are exactly the same way the minecraft artist created this cpu for us to enjoy tonight. \n\nYou asked a great question, and I hope that it encourages you to read more about this because the world is in desperate need of curious people to continue this pedigree of computation.", "Tron. The final frontier.", "Sometimes people loose the silicon lottery for their brain though.", "And sometimes people just lose the silicon lottery", "This is literally the only time in my post graduate life where I was ever glad I majored in Computer Engineering. It only cost me $40k to fully understand and appreciate this video. Worth.", "Well then it's not \"pure\" is it.", "What would impress me is if the assembler ran ON the CPU. Then you could have a small OS that is self-hosting. After that the next logical advancement is a Minecraft CPU that can run Minecraft...", "Astral projection is what log4j is. This is why we put all the logging in a txt file when developing. Lol", "this is unbelievable .. the amount of time to come up with and implement all those features just blows my mind.", "This is literally exactly as the movie “the 13th floor”… same exact everything", "Bone apple tea!", "This is a very common occurrence called a virtual machine.", "Soon enough we're gonna be able to build RAM. A dream come true", "I lost it at the mandlebrot set, like ugh fuck off.", "I literally came here to ask if we could", "Need more xibite memes here", "bro, this is nothing impressive, CPU's have been around for ages. I have like 3 at home.", "VMware has entered the chat. Hyperv is in the corner eating glue.", "Well damn who took a piss in your cereal", "how is the person who made this and I the same species? Give me a hundred years and I couldn't come up with something even remotely close to this..", "Bet someone has been working on it as we speak", "I remember a few years back seeing a video of some guy who built a comparatively simple working calculator in Minecraft and thinking how insane it was. What next from here...", "A low key 90s classic. Great flick.", "When I was a kid Tetris was an achievement of technology. Now we've built machines that play Tetris within the machines that we built to play Tetris. I guess it's just Tetris all the way down. \n\nBut to your point - yes, exactly. The Matryoshka principle applied to our universe. We understand the virtual universes we've created, and we know they are limited by computing power. Our universe has the same kinds of limitations, and we will never really be able to see beyond it, but we have an idea of its shape and composition. \n\nWe can create an endless number of virtual environments, just as we suspect there could be an infinite number of universes on our platform. \n\nAnd the best we are able to explain is that everything we know and love and understand was once infinitely small -- and sprang forth into being in a literal instant. Nothing to everything. Kind of like swiching on a machine. \n\nIf you were a nested doll it would be perfectly logical to think nothing exists beyond yourself. Your universe is the space around you that fits your shape, that you can study and try to understand. But ultimately you'll never be able to see past the outer barrier and know that you're part of something bigger.", "I actually LOL’d at this.", "Ahhh someone has seen it! Indeed. Even though my original post is a joke, I gotta say that movie is pretty cool.. I think it came out around the time the matrix did.\n\nOddly, at the rate humanity is progressing, I wouldn’t be surprised in a hundred years or less… who knows what is right around the corner when it comes to virtual reality", "Yo dawg", "I like your funny words magic man.", "This is awesome and all but....I made a door that opens by itself.", "Your stupidity in thinking this is showing us they're not all the same.", "Yeah, pretty sure doom required at least some dozens of MHz. And a lot more memory.", ">We need to go deeper\n\nWould building a nether portal really make this more impressive?", "I've been meaning to watch that", "I don't want one of those old, wrinkly brains. Gross.", "CHUNGUS", "If anyone is interested, Conway's Game of Life is also Turing complete. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk2MH9O4pXY", "nether-gate or star-gate.\n\nim not picky", "My brain is exploding thank you!", "Enter a state of Xen", "Can it run Crysis 3?", "I heard you like CPU’s running a program", "It's okay, buddy. That only happens from years of overuse. Turn on the TV and don't worry about it.", "Ok we need it to run minecraft so I can Xzibit in infinite layers", "Funnily enough a lot of people assume processors are complicated because yeah, your AMD THROATRIPPER 90000x is pretty damn complicated, but it is all iterated on from very simple building blocks.\n\nMy CS professors talk about how back in the day it was a lot easier to get a degree in CS and to program, because there wasn't all that much to learn.\n\nThese minecraft CPU builds are incredibly impressive, but I promise if you study the logic behind each individual component and put a few thousand hours into it you could do it too.\n\nThat being said nobody has that kind of time. I can't even put 2 hours a day into my favorite video-games.\n\nI also would recommend not spec your points into learning how to build CPUs in minecraft.", "Here's an extra layer for you; Java itself, what Minecraft runs on, is partially executed on a virtual CPU.\n\nSo it's a CPU running a program on a virtual CPU that is running a virtual CPU which is running a program.", "Now if you run Minecraft within a VM, you have another layer.", "I assume it was a java pun, java files have the extension .jar", "If you take it into consideration for it’s time, it’s like the movie exiztense or whatever… it’s old but in its time was pretty cool.", "Where do you mean is it running? I only fast forwarded the video so maybe I missed something...", "Any recommendations on where you would start to learn the basic concepts? Any cool channels or something? You have inspired me to try and understand what is going on in the video, at least in basic principles.", "Yep. No different than playing the different arcade games on the machine in borderlands or any other game thay does this. Its still neat tho!", "Like your username lol used to have a friend that used the sn \"necropoultriac\" he apparently thought it meant \"dead chicken fucker\" lol", "Absolutely disgusting.\n\nAnd I mean that as the highest level of praise", "Nerd", "That is a very good example of how serious the exploit is. And a crazy example.", "Imagine placing a single block one position off and trying to debug this... would not be fun", "In a few years you will be able to play minecraft on a computer built in minecraft", "So technically Minecraft is a programming language?", "Well that's pretty crazy.", "There's no way to test that unless you tested two babies.", "How do you know it's nature and not nurture?", "I am too stupid for this. Goddamit how?", "this is the single most insane plan to do in minecraft", " me too! That comment reminded me about it and it was on my Netflix list but they removed the film.", "Doom?", "What, too...*complex* for you?", "It is turing complete. So sure. It could at least be used as one. (Same goes for programs like MS Powerpoint)", "Most impressive redstone build of all time... a freaking inbuilt call stack .. dude this is just nuts. Massive respect to the dedication, ingenuity, and effort. This is a new era of redstone.", "It makes a lot of sense to create your own assembler code. This really couldn't have been made manually to this degree of perfection.", "Imagine putting this on your resume, then showing the interviewer the final product.", "You'd be surprised what you can learn in 20 years of effort.", "> literally jar dropping!\n\nI seriously hope this is not an accidental pun.", "So this didn’t impress you?", "They use an assembler script to place the blocks in the right place. Building it manually would take too much effort to get just right. So basically, a program running on the host PC does the actual block building.", "Well if you put it like that, it's probably easier to go deeper by just nesting VMs instead of emulating PCs with a game (not very efficient).", "And I was proud of my automatic doors .\nWas......", "Java is not insanely slow", "holy fucking shit dude... \n\nthats really all i can say", "If only smart people like this used their talents to create useful stuff", ">Any recommendations on where you would start to learn the basic concepts? \n\nBen Eater! He has a series where you can watch him (or buy the kit and follow along!)[build an 8-bit computer from scratch](https://eater.net/8bit) (with a box of scraps, cave optional).\n\nHe takes his time to explain new concepts, including making advancements to show where the next thing needs to be built (like using a routine jump instruction without a call stack, for example). If you watch his series on the 8-bit computer you should understand about 80-90% of the minecraft CPU; the major parts that he doesn't do in his 8-bit computer that is done in the above are things like the branch prediction and the IO stuff.\n\nI know all the stuff he's teaching (I'm old enough to have learnt it back in the days!), and yet his way of explaining it is so straight-forward it's refreshing.", "Truly awful music.", ">Yeah, pretty sure doom required at least some dozens of MHz.\n\n66 of them! Which is 66 million times faster than the minecraft computer.\n\n>And a lot more memory. \n\n8MB RAM and 40MB disk, so again, a few thousand times the minecraft computer (256 bytes RAM & 4KiB disk)", "There's also [NAND2Tetris](https://www.nand2tetris.org/)", "While I haven't done more than skim, [nand2tetris](https://www.nand2tetris.org/) seems like it fits the bill.", "tbf i find this project kinda stupid if it was for something pratical, you are assentially running on a cpu a program to run a cpu to run a program. add it in a VM and then in a Docker and you can even go deeper but it has 0 actual reason to exist other than the owner having fun.", "I loved that class. I was a fish out of water, the only one in the room who wasn't studying computer science, electrical engineering or applied physics, and since I took a few moments to discuss things with the teacher at the start of the class he took a liking to me. He ended up giving me a pass after I failed miserably on a project, not asking me questions in class when he went through the list to make sure everybody participated and giving me some tips before the exam.\n\nWith that said I don't remember a thing of the class.", "run it in a virtual machine and then place it in a docker", "you can use dockers", "Yes, tell the smart person how they should spend their time.", "Google tells me you are correct. Do you know why minecraft seems to be such a poor performer? Is it memory limited? Backward compatible with really old jvm? Poorly optimized?", "I wait till next gen of this will make Minecraft in Minecraft possible.", "I had a huge crush on Gretchen Mol because of this flick.", "Doesn't totally work like that for VMs. Stack interrupts jump to the CPU directly so layers generally don't work right.", "That's interesting. Adds another level of depth.", ">I played Doom on a PC with 45 Mhz and 4 MB RAM. I'm also 98% certain I had friends with 33 Mhz computers that ran Doom.\n\nFrom memory I have quoted the recommended specs, as per most games minimum is whatever you're happy to put up with :D\n\nEither way I think we can both agree that Doom's requirements are way above what this minecraft CPU can do, as impressive as it is.", "That's only for the program.", "It does say in the video that it generates the program schematic. I admit that I don't know for sure, but I've got to assume it builds the block layout for the specific program. But I get your meaning. You're saying the CPU itself is hand-made?", "Dude probably works in IT", "> You're saying the CPU itself is hand-made?\n\nYes, though almost certainly with the help of copy-paste.", "Yo dawg", "Author comments from on the video:\n\n>\"I should probably have made this clearer in the video but all programs shown were sped up by a factor of between a hundred and a few thousand times in order to make them actually playable/watchable in real time. While 1Hz is definitely fast for a redstone processor, it's nowhere near as fast as the video may make it out to be. Sorry for any confusion caused!\"\n\nIt's impressive, but yes, there is no *probably* about it, show how it runs in 'real time' as well. We're all nerds here, we want to see all!", "Working with binary logic gates is always a good exercise for the brain", "Back in college I had to take a Digital logic course. We also used Logisim but I did the first few homeworks in Minecraft just because I was on a minecraft bend back then. I stopped after a few weeks not because I couldn't do the circuits, but because organizing the redstone into something that looked clean and you could visually follow was significantly more challenging than the actual logic.", "Is that all you know about the Mandelbrot set?", "That's not the same at all.", "A few factors come to mind...\n\n\\-Older JVMs were in fact pretty bad for game-related performance\n\n\\-The game logic is not particularly well optimized for performance\n\n\\-The graphics code itself is not well optimized and is based on rendering modes that are extremely outdated by modern standards\n\n\\-Voxel based games are inherently CPU heavy, which creates a potential performance chokepoint\n\n\\-Minecraft gamers as a demographic tend to have older/weaker PCs, particularly in the past when this stereotype was more applicable\n\nFixing all these things would basically require recoding the game from scratch. Which is what Microsoft decided to do after purchasing the rights. A pretty well performance-optimized version of the game could be made in Java these days, but it's much more of an industry standard to code games in C++.", "Is it possible to build a virtual computer that runs faster than the computer it exists in? Probably not im guessing, but its worth asking maybe.", "For *real*: your post history makes me sad.", "I know nothing about minecraft, but that music is dope!", "Cool, but it looks like it takes 20+ seconds to refresh the screen.", "Well, the game of life is turing complete and can simulate itself via cleverly positioned generators/eaters that simulate logic gates. \n\nhttps://youtu.be/xP5-iIeKXE8", "I’ve done no research into the guy that made this whatsoever and even if he doesn’t need it, he should be offered a job somewhere. It’s an impressive feat to make your Minecraft world a plausible addition to your resume. God damn I should go back to school..", "I would look at yours, but why would I?", "I wonder how they dealt with\n\n- redstone timings - signals transmit very slowly in minecrfat\n\n- Lag\n\nThose where the main problems we faced when a buddy and me tried to build a (waaay simpler but still fairly complex) CPU in minecraft. Weg built our ALU and some RAM and then it turned into a slideshow.", "The matrix", "It's nature AND nurture. I don't understand how thousands of philosophers have spent their entire lives debating this.", "Oh I get it, don't worry. If you *admitted* to doing that, you'd also have to admit to yourself that this weird, anti-social behaviour you engage in is not just a joke, but rather some sort of sad, unhealthy coping mechanism. And nobody wants to do that, do they.", "MVP, that professor. Mine just gave me a full 100 on my homework even though I’ve only earned an 86 although I have been actively participating. really helps the anxiety for my exam tomorrow.", "This is an insane project building all of this in minecraft, but from a theoretical standpoint it's like one computer science class.", "Unfortunately it is not. A CPU has a certain clock frequency. For sake of example let's say 1 hertz (usually it's in the gigahertz range for modern CPU's). This means that this CPU can perform an operation only once every second.\n\nIf you simulate a CPU on this CPU, there is no way for this simulated CPU to get a clock signal of let's say 2 hertz. This is because the \"outer\" CPU can only change the clock signal at a theoretical maximum of once every second.\n\nThe simulated CPU will actually always be slower because some clock cycles will have to be used for communication between the CPU's.", "So, let’s talk clocking", "Absolutely impressive, but it’s a lot like yo-yo to me. Like when someone is good at yo-yo you’re impressed, but then you just wonder why they even bother.", "Well, if the simulation theory is correct then we are already deeper", "Shh, the world's not ready for that", "rick and morty did it", "The nature is identical. We're all turing machines.", "Yeah but can it play doom", "There is a game I’ve been looking at for a little while now on steam called Turing Complete that takes you through the process of building a CPU. \n\nBeen really tempted to try it. Anyone played it?", "Nextfuckinglevel", "[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bAuP0gO5pc) is getting close. Although a different game.", "I used to have a wrinkly brain but then I ironed it and now I marble jelly window frame tire\n\n:-D", "A 486DX/33 would run it okay. I think I remember people running it on 386DX's even... with framrate issues. \n\nBiggest issue people had running Doom was that many people had 386SX/486SX machines and as Romero said, the SX stands for sucks.", "I'm guessing anyone with the smarts to know how to build a functioning CPU in minecraft probably does something useful as their day job.", "I literally don't understand any of this or how it's remotely possible. Fuck I'm dumb", "Is this more or less impressive than the person who made the entire [pokemon game](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-U96W89Z90) within Minecraft? I need an expert opinion.", "Unreal", "WTF? \n\nI thought writing an OS in my Computer Science class was insane. WTF IS THIS?!", "The FVDisco textures are a nice touch. Still waiting on Labyrinth. Awesome work by the way.", "No, as someone with a comp sci degree, the details to architect a cpu from the ground up is definitely not taught anywhere NEAR the level required to do something like this. The components of a cpu at a high level are taught sure, but it's extremely high level when at the CS level - some components glossed over completely. There's no compsci graduate that I know that can do this unless they spent months taking additional courses or self taught reading. Even people that are working in the field for decades would be extremely impressed by this (not just from \"damn that would have taken such a long time to make\" but \"damn, even if i had a year or 2 to work on it, I don't think i can make a cpu in minecraft\")\n\nSomeone with a computer engineering degree where there's a lot of emphasis on hardware? maybe, but definitely not from a single course - it would require knowledge from multiple courses.\n\nThis is definitely not something most people in the field can do - and it would be extremely impressive to an employer if you put this on your resume (assuming you did design it ground up yourself and not stole components from others)", "Hardest class I've ever taken. I barely passed. \n\nI had classmates drop out and switch majors because of this class. From electrical engineering to econ, and one to business.", "There has to be some sort of shortcut this guy took, or something I'm completely missing here.\n\nIt's way too fucking impressive for a one-man side project. Building a complete CPU requires teams of engineers, and even that is usually with many things copied from previous iterations.", "Theoretically I believe you can increase efficiency however you will always be limited to the binary nature of current computing. Though I think quantum computers and it's multi state functionality will eventually help take this idea to the realm of possibility.", "Kubernetis", ">They use an assembler script to place the blocks in the right place. Building it manually would take too much effort to get just right\n\nThat's actually how computer programs (and prior to that, loom programs) were created for decades. People manually punching holes into cards that are then fed into the computer. \n\nInfact, because the process of manually punching holes into highly specific locations without missing one was inherently a pain in the ass to program with, the [keypunch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keypunch) was developed. Where operators could instead program the punchcards with a keyboard or keyboard punch.\n\nRelating it to this video, manually placing the blocks would be the manual method of punching holes into cards. While the assembler is ostensibly functioning as a keypunch, simply assisting in translating the program into the storage format.", "**[Keypunch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keypunch)** \n \n >A keypunch is a device for precisely punching holes into stiff paper cards at specific locations as determined by keys struck by a human operator. Other devices included here for that same function include the gang punch, the pantograph punch, and the stamp. For Jacquard looms, the resulting punched cards were joined together to form a paper tape, called a \"chain\", containing a program that, when read by a loom, directed its operation. For Hollerith machines and other unit record machines the resulting punched cards contained data to be processed by those machines.\n \n^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/videos/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)", "This is sooo cool! Love the music to, is this world downloadable cos i wanna try pls.", "guesswhatchickenbutt was taken. Next best option, I guess. Haha", "If you had the interest I'm sure you could. The theory really isn't that hard it's just tedious to build and orchestrate into a cohesive machine. Computers are basically just a lot EXTREMELY simple little things that all combine into a big complex one. \n\nIt's all about interest, motivation, determination, and the time to do it.", "> redstone timings - signals transmit very slowly in minecrfat\n\nMinimizing redstone length by spacing components as closely as possible and making them as small as possible. Basically like real life CPUs lol. This thing goes one clock tick per second which while fast for Minecraft is glacial for real CPUs. The latest iPhone can do 3,220,000,000 per second just for comparison\n\n> lag\n\nWell usually these builds are done in a flat or empty world with no mobs so that the CPU is the ONLY thing in the rendering distance. And he probably just has a good PC lol", "Fair enough lol usernane checks", "Hey, mind expanding on power point being turing complete?", "Delete it before Todd Howard rerereremasters Skyrim for it.", "Just took it this term. Bombed the exam, but did well enough on the midterm and projects to get a B.\n\nNever again.", "Not really. Docker doesn't perform any emulation. All containers are just isolated processes on the real CPU.", "This is gonna sound crazy, but get open versions of relevant standard CS curriculums then watch YouTube videos on the section titles.\n\nStart with puzzling out basic boolean algebra, find out what AND / OR / other logic gates are and how those are used to make basic processors, then find out how those gates translate in Minecraft and how people use them to construct processors / ram / etc.\n\nIn essence, you can replicate basic logical statements like IF(switch is TRUE), FALSE (true being powered and false being unpowered redstone.\n\nBecause this binary is the same way actual processors work, you can build entire computer components in Minecraft", "I couldn't do this from memory and would have to read up on the specifics of some of the components, but at least in my university we learned how a processor works starting from individual transistors, over logic gates up to basically what is shown in the video. We also learned about machine code instruction sets, etc. Again I'm not saying this isn't complicated or that me or anybody else from my classes could just build this without additional research, my point was just that this isn't a partical accelerator and more importantly people shouldn't be so intimidated by things they don't know", "Place a vm in a docker", "Yea I learned the same stuff too \nbut you're overestimating your knowledge here. Computer Science courses cover this material at a high level and omit a lot knowledge necessary to build a working cpu - and that's intentional because computer scientists are not hardware engineers they don't need to create CPUs, they simply need to understand the core concepts behind them, understanding them to the level of being able to create one from practically nothing is far far more time consuming and so it's pragmatic that they don't go in to all the details.\n\nI think what's happening here is you're at the peak of the Dunning Kruger curve, and if you embark on a project like this you'll quickly realize how little you do know to be able to do something like this.\n\n> my point was just that this isn't a partical accelerator\n\nMaking your own basic partical accelerator is much easier than making your own basic cpu. Like multiple orders of magnitude easier", "I think what's happening here is that:\n\nA. You assume what you learned in your courses is what other people learned or that nobody could have had more in depth courses on this topic. Which probably means you're American since this is very common for people from glorified 20k/year daycare centers that spend half their time on political indoctrination. \n\nB. You willfully ignore my repeated statement that I or other people with similar education could build this WITH some additional research on the specifics.", "If you can show me a computer science course syllabus and lecture notes, from anywhere in the world, that shows that it goes to the level of depth required to build a cpu from practically scratch i'll believe you - that i'm just an \"ignorant american spending half their time on political indoctrination\". Otherwise i think your Oh this isn't that much more knowledge than from what you learn from a \"single computer science class\" is just the dunning kruger effect talking.\n\nIt's not just a little additional research - it's so much additional research that that \"single computer science course\" you took puts you at only a minor headstart over someone who's starting with no computer science courses taken at all.", "Kinda funny how I could tell you're American right? Did I hit a nerve there?", "> your CPU isnt doing the 'work' for this CPU\n\nI mean, it is!!", "No it isnt. The IRL Cpu is just doing calculations to move some blocks around on a scree, the blocks themselves are are doing so in a set sequence that emulates a physical CPU.", "Didn’t this happen in The Three Body Problem" ]
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A Fully Working CPU Built Inside Minecraft
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[ "He’s full of it that car collection is way to big", "Who cares? Fuck this guy.", "Why? What good is money that isn’t spent?….what a dope this guy is.", "How’d he buy all of those cars?", "He doesn't keep all the cars he restores.", "Because he didn't need to spend it.", "I dont know , at his height he was doing 210 shows a year at what was tossed around at $50,000 per show. \nSo its possible.", "So he just screwed Conan over for the love of the game, cool guy", "Regardless of what cars he keeps his collection is still one of the largest and estimated at 50-100 million dollars ..", "Ok? And?\n\nHe runs a business that pays for his car collection. \n\nHe also has investments.\n\nNot spending a dime of his talk show income doesn't mean he can't spend the profits from the investments he made with that income." ]
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[ "Cute", "Fun", "Do American soldiers have to buy their own uniforms?" ]
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How Army snipers create their camo ghillie suits for combat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MnSO-YmsfY
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[ "Is Brittney and Britney some Mandela shit?", "No OP just got it wrong lol", "I think Justin timberlake would do this for real if Al decided to do a remake" ]
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Weird Al interviews Brittney Spears
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[ "That looks way better then expected.", "Right, thought the same. It looks hilarious and utterly insane!", "Perfect for Nick Cage!", "If you haven't, I highly suggest watching Vampire's Kiss.\n\nIt is off the rails.\n\nBUH-HOO! BUH-HOO!", "Love that movie, grew up watching Cage. Happy he’s found success again, with a lot of different films. Pig, Mandy, Color Out of Space, and Prisoners of the Ghostland." ]
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[ "With the low key awesome casting of sheriff John bunnell from world's wildest police videos.", "So many weird cameos in this. Alex Borstein is also at the very beginning for some reason, so is Bryan Callen.", "I love this movie so much", "I remember making my older brother see this in theaters with me when it came out. He was under the impression it was going to be some childish movie for kids… boy, he laughed his ass off and we still quote it to this day", "I probably quote it every other day tbh", "That's almost my exact experience lol. I didn't see it in theatres and remember thinking it was just a cheap and crappy gross out comedy. Then I think the next year at a Christmas party my cousin had it on DVD and put it on and we all could not stop laughing.", "We always watch this on Xmas Eve or day and get a couple if drinks in", "This would be a great drinking game movie. There's like so many recurring jokes to drink to.", "Truuuee, gotta suggest that this year. Thx" ]
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Bad Santa. An Adult Christmas Classic.
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[ "Pure Moods with this, the XFiles theme, and a few others was the best disc ever.", "This entire album is so good. This song is the “hit”, but there are so many other great songs…Storms In Africa, Exile, On Your Shore…to name a few. I was a Alt. Rock fan in the 90s, but also had this album on repeat.", "I agree, a wonderful album. Storms in Africa is also another favourite of mine.", "I never realized how loud and percussive this song is. The mix is bright as hell.", "If you want a little spice added into the flow - Prodigy vs Enya - [Orinoco Bitch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1zSHGL3Drg)", "That's a potato quality mono upload. Not sure if [this is the same mix](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU8d-ThRqak), but it sounds 1000% better", "Hell yeah - Crocket's Theme, Lily was here, Sadeness. No regrets buying it by phone from a late night commercial.", "If I'm going to buy an album whose theme revolves around fuckin', this is it.", "You're telling me this song is NOT called \"Sail Away\"?!?", "Its funny you should say that, I once had to write down this specific albums name on a piece of papre for Russian prostitute because she liked it so much..", "It was apparently released as Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) in some places.", "I called it that a lot 😰", "I remember hearing this on the radio in the 90s, it was very popular, sounded fine. Then I heard it on a CD on a good sound system, what a demonstration, was lightyears more clear and bright.", "The production is super slick, sounds a bit ahead of its time. For a long time I thought it was from the 90s, but it's an 80s song.", "[Dope trance remix of Orinoco Flow I found from some guy on youtube](https://youtu.be/VlUWaz_akSQ)", "the whole story please", "You mean the name isn't sail away????", "I was trying to pinpoint what this reminded me of, then I realized - [Ghost in The Shell Stand Alone Complex's opening theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxkMzn4et2U) sounds just like Enya with some extra DnB influences. \n\nBoth are confirmed bangers.", "Hard for me to hear this song and not think about that scene from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.", "Partial to the Lenlow mix myself.", "Used to listen to this and Return to Innocence by Enigma over and over back in my early Marine Corps days. The 90s...we really treated music like a big ass buffet and sampled EVERYTHING back then. I loved it.", "Fun fact, Enya never toured despite lots of pressure to do so.\n\nShe just took her money, retired young, *bought an actual castle in Ireland*, and spends her days gardening and doing other hobbies at home. She also famously doesn't use the internet, doesn't use a mobile phone, and mostly communicates with hand written letters. She also doesn't take visitors or ever speaks to the media. She just chills out in her literal castle doing her own thing.\n\nProps to her for living the dream.", "*hole", "Well, you see, nine months before you were born...", "Fuck yes - Return to Innocence by Enigma was and still is my jam.", "I can see the commercial in my head.", "I was thinking the same:)", "Next time youre real drunk with your buds, put this shit on. If you all arent singing by verse 2 then you gotta get new friends", "Its not particularly interesting. I had come to an arrangement with a lady of purchasable virtue to visit me for an hour or so. She had indicated prior to our sojourn that she was Russian, and so she was, with very limited English speaking skills. Being a sophisticated man I had a full stereo and mood lighting within my boudoir, Enya was, that night, the music of choice. Anyway, skipping the mundane bits, once the interaction had been concluded she communicated to me that she had really liked the music and hadnt heard anything like it before (this was in the 90s and Enya was still fresh). It was somewhat difficult to explain to a soviet-born lady what 'Celtic look/feel' music was actually about but I do recall getting some paper and writing down her name and the album, which she promptly put in her purse. I even thought of just giving her the CD, but as it had been given to me by a much beloved ex-gf as a birthday present it seemed a bit churlish to dispose of it so easily. I hope the young lady went out and bought the CD and enjoyed it, and that she is still doing well. \n\n\nThese days therefore whenever I hear or see this album I recall with some forlorn that departed girlfriend of mine, and the nice Russian prostitute. I shoulda thought that one through at the time.", "\\> On 4 November 2021, a Shepherd Moons \"watch party\" video was uploaded to Enya's official YouTube channel to commemorate the album's 30th anniversary. In his introductory message, Nicky Ryan said that Roma, Enya, and he used the downtime from the COVID-19 pandemic to renovate Aigle Studio, and install new recording equipment and instruments. When this is complete, Enya will begin working on new music.\\[91\\] \n\n\nHUGE Enya fan here. Got me through so many hard times and study deadlines. There's been no music for over a decade. I wonder what her music would sound like now.", "> *bought an actual castle in Ireland*\n\nThis isn't actually all that weird here, we have a lot of castles haha, but most of them are pretty small.", "Yeah, that's basically my get rich dream: make a ton of money in a relatively short period of time, retire young, and then spend the rest of my life in peace, away from stress or attention.\n\nEnya's castle life hasn't been entirely peaceful, though.\n\n[Enya's castle invaded by stalker](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4305058.stm)\n\n>Police in Dublin are investigating reports that a stalker broke into Enya's mansion, it has emerged. \n> \n>He tied up a maid, then spent two hours looking for Enya in her castle in the plush Dublin suburb of Killiney. The singer hid in a panic room. \n> \n>The stalker escaped with a number of items when Enya activated an alarm.\n\nSomeone broke into a literal castle to try to get to her.\n\n>A week previously, another man who broke into Enya's six-bedroom home was arrested. The multi-millionaire singer has now increased security at her home. \n> \n>Enya has suffered at the hands of stalkers before these latest ordeals in the past few weeks. \n> \n>In 1996, a 31-year-old Italian, who had moved to Dublin to be near Enya, stabbed himself outside a County Donegal pub owned by the singer's parents.\n\nDamn, fame can fucking suck. That's why I generally don't envy famous people; instead, I envy people who are rich and influential but whose faces nobody knows, like big-time producers, agents, business owners, and other people who make things happen behind the scenes. They have the benefits of wealth without the burdens of fame.", "This was a very well prosed and waxing poetic account of fucking a whore to New Age music.\n\nI would read your creative writing, any day.", "HaayooohiIIIIIIGHHYahighyiiiyaa@aaaaaaaa", "The accuracy is astounding.", "the PX always had the Pure Moods CD front and center for some reason. I know a lot of soldiers bought it just because it was there. But it reminds me of summer training back in 1997.", "My mate apparently once walked through a shopping centre with this blasting out of his ghetto blaster for a laugh, seemingly much to the bewilderment of the shoppers.", "It's not a castle in the sense that people reading this are going to understand it. It's more a castle-style mansion in a fancy suburb. That's some fucked up shit all the same though.", "I am glad that I get to be the first in this thread to post [Niel Cicierega's mix](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDiqNEtf5Ew) of this.", "I was never great with music, like remembering lyrics or names of songs or even bands before the internet made it substantially easier.\n\n\nSo I remember hearing this song forever ago and thinking I really dug it. No idea where or how I'd heard it, but it was lost to the ether for years afterwards.\n\n\nGirl with a dragon tattoo comes out and now I'm just fucking loving music, Reznor and Atticus Ross was a big reason I was looking forward to that movie, and this fucking song plays at a pivotal moment of the movie and it just was magical to have all these music feels hitting me. I immediately found out the name of the song and listened to the whole album.", "I can't not\n\nhttps://youtu.be/MD4pZFqC8m0?t=31", "> lady of purchasable virtue\n\nThis is the most sophisticated, least prurient way of describing a prostitute. You're a good writer.", "The famous Roland D-50", "c'est noël c'est noël c'est noël" ]
44
videos
Orinoco flow - ENYA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftEp-KpOpSE
/r/videos/comments/rghspr/from_best_friends_to_ghosted_post_malone_and_h3h3/
[ "Everyone should know by now that Ethan is toxic and publicity poison", "Don't forget the View, Wendy Williams, CNN or pretty much anything main stream", "Ethan is surprised that this guy with a bunch of facial tattoos has an illogical worldview", "Ethan Klein is a slimy, backstabbing, two faced weasel and a gigantic hypocrite.\n\nRarely have I ever seen someone go from good guy to toxic villain in this manner.", "Ethan ain't much for logic himself.\n\nDude is as dumb as a bag of rocks." ]
5
videos
From Best Friends to Ghosted Post Malone and h3h3 friendship
https://youtu.be/uIorWQnAOuM
/r/videos/comments/rgic8w/the_biggest_player_in_college_basketball/
[ "[7' 360# Connor Williams](https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2021/12/12/the-internet-is-in-love-with-this-7-foot-tall-360-pound-college-basketball-player-from-st-john-fisher/).", "I mean. I feel bad, but also. Lose some weight dude.", "Chonky", "It's a private catholic school and I'm guessing he was the one of the tallest students available. Class size is 12 students to 1 prof.\n\nI wish his knees and ankles the very best because they take a beating on the big boys.", "bball is a relatively unforgiving sport for the joints in general", "I was waiting for the joke.. is this real?.. and how?", " I’d figure all the running, jumping and hard stops/pivots wouldn’t be so kind to joints.", "I was gonna say I could have played college ball as well. Then I realized he is a foot and a half taller than I am", "Zion is that you?", "He's gotta be heavier than 360lbs at that height. Probably 400+. I knew a guy nearly 7ft tall and 375lbs who wasn't too overweight looking. He definitely had weight on him but he wasn't obese (the Shaq body type, I guess). \n\n[Speaking of which: here's a picture of Shaq at various weights.](https://i.imgur.com/WEeCTrE.jpg) 7'1\", 350 looks very much in shape. 400lbs is a bit overweight but no where near as big as the player in the OP. If he's 7 feet tall, he's gotta be pushing 425+ pounds.", "If he's 7', there is no way he is only 360. I've weighed more than that and didn't look that fat.\n\n[Here's me at 6'6\" and low 340s.](https://i.imgur.com/uApKIIn.jpg). I don't have any pictures of myself at my max weight handy but I got pretty fat in 2018 on depression and malt liquor.", "Shaq isn't really 7'1\". There a lot of stuff analyzing photos of him, and I think the consensus is that he's 6'10\" or 6'11\".\n\nI posted a picture of myself at 340 and 6'6\" in a response above (or below if it gets downvoted). You're right in that guy has to be at least 400 if he's truly 7 foot. I'm guessing it's 450 or so, maybe low 400s if he's exaggerating his height as is common in basketball.", "... and people pay for the tickets and watch this?", "RIP inbox.", "not really. a few do.", "He's probably also pretty good at screens and rebounds.", "Highschool sports are just a place for parents and kids to shine to get to college leve, college level in the states can reach fanatic levels of enthusiasm.", "https://www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUnits/\n\nTo be fair, I've known some men like this who can straight up BALL. I mean, once they're in the paint, they're unstoppable. Back you down, a little hook and it's a done deal. They can also hit the 3 on the regular. \n\nThis guys main probably is just getting up and down the floor. I wish he hadn't rolled his ankle, I feel like he might surprise some people, and honestly, isn't there better film they could take instead of him going down?\n\nedit: NOW we're talking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANED1fe7lDY", "Puttin the three in 360.", "Yeah the announcers in this vid were assholes. They schould be talked to about that kind of disparaging talk.\n\nEdit: Damn that kid can shoot. OP should have posted the video you found not that lame ass one with some shitty commentators.", "Way too much asscrack. Should be marked NSFW", "You are very correct. My brother still has messed up ankles and he was only played through high school. He was tall and lanky though, not enough muscle to support his height through all that strain.", "Dude's already playing basketball on a regular basis, what exactly do you want him to do?", "Raining threes flat footed.", "Most athlete's heights are exaggerated, especially in basketball. Everyone thinks (or claims) they're 2-3 inches taller than they are. \n\nHe's probably 6'8\" flat footed.", "Eat less.", "Holy shit. He is a better shooter than Simmons.", "Being a plumber is a legitimate occupation.", "fuck me, I'm limping after that ankle roll... god damn those hurt\nEdit: no idea why the downvote - I’ve done this a 100 times and my ankles are shot", "2 assists tho", "jesus christ dude's moving an entire Ethiopian family up and down the court", "Standing next to other basketball players, who almost all exaggerate their height.", "I feel like I'm watching Onion Sports", "Gotta make sure those knees make it to age 30", "yea hes bigger than a nose tackle", "He has great passing ability, vision, and a soft touch around the rim. Good player.\n\nStill should lose some weight because he's clearly not mobile enough to set good screens or guard anyone outside. Obvious game plan against him would be force him to rotate to contest outside shooting", "He’s nba ready", "Oh wow; not being funny here the way he was running I literally thought; he looks like he's going to blow out his ankles; then the very next step that's exactly what happened!!", "really thought you were going to link to [Escalade](https://youtu.be/2T-GqlQ_nuU).", "i mean, sleep on the bottom bunk. or, you put both beds on the ground level. you can accommodate such things. it is 1 person, not an entire school after all.", "100%\n\nThe posted video made him look like a bumbling ass. He falls, shows some crack, and leaves hurt. But in reality... holy fuck can this dude ball! He drops 3's like nothing, easy hook shots, blocks, rebounds, and very aware of his teammates for assists. He's an ideal player.", "If only they had a governing body that could measure their height accurately...", "rolling ankles and dishing dimes", "You may not have pictures of you at max weight but do you have any pictures of you at max height?", "Yea. Basketball is kind of a shit sport.", "Compared to random internet people who always tell the truth, no need to provide any proof at all?", "You have to commit actual effort to getting that big, so i guess just stop doing that?", "Thank you for posting the highlight reel. I just watched 4 minutes of a guy who could've probably been a D1 OT in football kicking ass at a sport he obviously enjoys.", "When he fell i couldn't help but think of [this clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjetHZtehNQ)", "Obviously, which is why he's not playing in a higher division", "I think that was on purpose. OP did him dirty.", "Wearing big shoes there though.", "I mean here he is [next to a giant ruler](https://fadeawayworld.net/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTgzNDQwODQ4Njk5MDA4MDM4/screen-shot-2021-08-27-at-23605-pm.webp). I am not even sure what debate there is. Dude is over 7'", "A lot of athletes who aren't as physically gifted as others often end up having to find other ways to keep up. So they might not be as good at defense or dribbling, but they can shoot or pass well, have good game IQ, etc. I'd like to see your second video go viral instead", "What disparaging or asshole comments are you referring to? The video selection is of course a poor look to highlight only this kid getting hurt, but I didn't think the commentators said anything cruel about the kid himself.", "/r/jesuschristreddit", "Good thing there is more than one bunk then lol? Many dorm set ups don't even use bunks", "It's a small division 3 school. Tickets are probably very affordable. He is also not the only player on the team. People attending might be fans of him, of other players, or went to the school etc.", "@ThexAntipop: Fucking “Say less,” cause I think the world would rather have 10,000 big dudes out there doing their thing than just one of you chuckle fuck anons that think the way you smugly put a period at the end of two words so “matter of factly” makes you clever. \n\nMy guy is out there, 18 years old, probably struggled with being the “big kid” all his life. But still goes and hoops in the national spotlight. \n\nHe has the balls to go out there, hit the dirt (probably his nightmare) AND still pops up to get his team the assist-and-one.\n\nShit takes heart, and he’s all of 18. If he decides to take steps to cut weight now that he’s an adult and can make those diet decisions himself as opposed to when he lived at home/was a kid, that’s something his family/friends should support him in privately.\n\nNot something you should anonymously criticize a kid for after he put his real name/face out there. Especially when you do it in a thread he very well might see. \n\nI’ve never met the kid, but on his behalf and if he ends up reading this:\n\n@ThexAntipop:You’re a fucking coward, you’re why the internet is toxic a lot of time, you exemplify a small person, and to paraphrase The Arnold: You can either try to add to this world or continue down the path you’re on now. And if you choose the latter, I hope no one will remember you.\n\nFucking ball out, Con. Board man get paid.", "Wow star player frl", "damn boi its thicc", "This guys the only one who can say his fitness is better than it seems compared to weight", "Quite the over reaction to the not so revolutionary advice that eating less is a way to lose weight. Yikes.", "Lol I wrote two words to give a realistic answer to a simple question. You wrote 4 paragraphs because you got triggered because I said for him to lose weight he should eat less but I'm the one who needs to \"write less\"?\n\nI'm sorry the simple dietary fact that in order to lose weight you must burn more calories than you eat bothers you but there's far better ways to advertise that you're a worthless sack of shit than coming here and having a fat attack over it.\n\nand P.S.\n\nThis is reddit not twitter you fucking moron you don't need to @me when you're replying directly to my comments we all know who the fuck you're talking to jackass.", "Damn, could've been a QB with that casual one-handed full court pass!", "How the fuck is this man so fat when his main job is doing a form of exercise?", "He's going to suffer real, lasting injuries and, worse, life threatening conditions at that weight. So, no, don't just ball out. Work to get yourself to a reasonable place. He has access to the right equipment at least, which is more than most have. I'm guessing he also has reasonable dietary options at a MAC school, but is just absolutely abusing food. \n\nHe can already barely run. There's very little chance he'll make it through 4 years of playing.", "Hey this dude went to HS near me. WNY represent!\n\nOn a more technical note, I'm surprised at the amount of blocking fouls he's able to draw. HS refs are a bit biased against big guys especially when they barely budge from an aggressive hit/block.", "That's Doncic and Zion in 3 years.", "After listening again, I think you're right. The confusion might come from when they said \"nobody wants to play you\" right before he fell, but they were referring to teams playing nonconferences games.", "haha first I see my home city on /r/PublicFreakout because a dude is chasing another with a bow & arrow. Now I see my college on /r/videos ! What a day.", "Bruh, de fuck is wrong with you. The comment before that **asked** what more he could do.\n\nThe answer is fucking straight forward ‘eat less’. Stop being triggered by common health tips. It’s like someone with astma who struggles with breaking asking what more he can do and the answer being stop smoking.", ">@ is pretty much the universal symbol for calling someone out directly\n\nNot on reddit . It has actual functionality on other websites.\n\nLol but yeah ,\n\n>@ThexAntipop:You’re a fucking coward, you’re why the internet is toxic a lot of time, you exemplify a small person\n\nHe's definitely not triggered /s \n\n\n>No amount of anger and insults you respond with won't be funny to me.\n\nTell me you're coping without telling me you're coping.\n\n\nI'm going to say this again because apparently there's more than one of you that need to hear this, if you are overweight the only way to get to a healthier weight is to eat fewer calories than you expend. That's what's so funny to me about this, I wasn't even making a dig at the ball player in *any way* just giving /u/coffeypot0904 (btw THAT is how you call someone out on reddit moron) a realistic answer to his question lol\n\nIf you're trying to lose weight and exercise isn't working you need to eat less, there's no magic third option.", "Yeah, why wasn’t this vid posted? This kid’s shot and assist game are killer. That and he’s slightly taller than the rest and is a tank they can’t budge, I see the benefit.\n\nOP’s video shows his biggest weakness of course, his speed. But honestly with his weaknesses and strengths I’d say it would be worth him jogging back and forth and spare those couple seconds slower to avoid tripping like that, those falls could take him out permanently.", ">Bruh, de fuck is wrong with you.\n\nAlmost guaranteed he's severely overweight himself and is triggered by the idea that he might bear some responsibility for that. There is legitimately no other explanation for why someone would go fully unhinged over the the suggestion of a diet as a weight loss solution.", "In pure fat guy fashion, nothing but ass crack when he bends over.", "No it's not reductive in the slightest. I'm not talking to the person with the weight problem, if I was maybe more detailed advice on dietary restrictions would be warranted but I'm not giving *anyone* advice. I'm answering a *really* fucking straight forward question as to what people would realistically expect him to do if he's exercising and not losing weight.\n\nAlso I *promise* you I'm not the one coming off as a total cunt. As much as I hate when people appeal to the karma count I really doubt I'd be getting so heavily upvoted and him downvoted if the general perception here was that *I* was the one acting like a cunt.", "That's an awful lot of copium my dude.", "He looks to be at least a foot closer to the camera than the ruler. This would make him line up with a higher height than he actually is if the picture was taken from a lower perspective.\n\nAlso, you can't see his feet. Shoes usually add at least an inch to your height.", "Not buying that he’s 7 foot tall. Maybe 6’8” at most. Shaq was 7’1” 395lb when he was on the Lakers and looked way taller and leaner.", "He’s probably 360lbs, but nowhere near 7foot. Seeing him in another video he can barely touch the net with his arm stretched all the way up. I’m 6’2” and can almost touch net from standing. This guys probably 6’7” at most and 360lb.", "Reminds me of the basketball scene in Fletch.", "When it really comes down to it doesn't matter how fat, skinny, tall, or short [it just matters how you play](https://youtu.be/rUOlnvGpcbs?t=210).", "This has got to be the weirdest conspiracy. Show me how you know he's standing a foot in front of the ruler. I want to see this shit worked out lol.", "Look at how far he is from his shadow.", "Overhead lighting sources casts shadows downward. not straight back. Let's try that again, but with feeling.", "How about the fact that, unless the camera was held at the exact same height as the top of his head, perspective is going to make him appear taller than he is. You draw a straight line from the aperture of the camera to the highest visible portion of his head and continue it to the ruler behind him. It will reach the ruler at a higher point than the top of his head. If the camera was higher than the top of his head, he'd appear shorter.\n\nNot sure why \"Shaq is 7'1\"\" is a hill to die on for you. It's incredibly common for basketball players to exaggerate their height. Shaq said on the Howard Stern show in the 90s that he's 6'11\".", "It's just easy to poke holes in your argument. So since this is off his official page we'll say they have a tripod or even a fucking selfie stick lol. You're arguing with like 3 people at this point", "You're arguing with what Shaquille has said himself.\n\nAre you implying having three redditors agree on something somehow proves it?", "Can you link me where Shaq said he was 6'11?", "Google Shaq Howard Stern 6'11\"", "And still fudge the numbers a bit" ]
93
videos
The biggest player in college basketball
https://youtu.be/joAr60Fgrfs
/r/videos/comments/rgjl8z/south_africas_afrigen_covid_vaccine_a_game/
[ "So how will bill gates try to stop this?", "He won't ? The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are the worlds largest philanthropists and spend a ridiculous amount of money on research to cure third-world diseases in Africa. \n\nTake off the tinfoil, bellend.", "I'm not saying that the Big Pharma companies aren't mainly motivated by money, but there are other reasons not to just throw open the gates and share it all out.\n\nMaking, storing, shipping, etc. on mRNA vaccines is very complex technology. As skeptical as people already are can you imagine the disaster that would have come up if they'd let any company in any country produce it? Anything that went wrong could have led to very bad outcomes. Impurities in production, errors in production, lack of quality control, improper storage, improper dosing or distribution? Any little snafu could have caused people to have adverse reactions, and that would have been fuel to the antivaxxer fire.", "I am not educated but a year and a month are different, I think yes", "The two facts about Gates' philanthropy that are worth considering: \n1) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was created at a time when Gates and Microsoft were facing a ton of negative publicity because of an antitrust lawsuit by the US Government. \n2) Ever since Bill Gates promised to give away the majority of his wealth, his net worth has more than doubled. \n \nIt's undeniable that Gates invests a ton of capital into causes like healthcare and agriculture. But if you look beyond just the numbers you'll quickly see that his self-promotional philanthrocapitalism comes with a lot of strings attached.", "They didn't demand anything, they were promised. At the start of the pandemic everyone including Joe Biden was promising the world that operation warp speed will result in open unpatented and free to use technology for the world to make their own vaccines from. Where did that go?", "You think countries would just let \"any company\" produce their vaccines? You think america is the only country with quality control standards? \n\nSA had to wait months before any vaccine arrived in the country, because of supply chain issues and not ordering as early as wealthier countries. If Pfizer had shared their IP with high quality research institutions such as this, SA's vulnerable might have had some chances at survival. But no, even though the research was partly paid for by the american taxpayer and mandated by operation warpspeed, which aimed to make the IP public (as reported by Joe Biden), Pfizer decided they like money a lot more than vaccinating everyone.", "> You think america is the only country with quality control standards? \n\nThere's a lot of this sentiment, even if it's not intentional. People have an impression, just from what they've been exposed to in their lives, that everywhere outside Europe and the anglosphere is an impoverished dystopia. Double that idea if it involved Africa. When I moved to South Korea my mother was panicked that I wouldn't be able to contact her and we wouldn't speak for months. I was moving to Seoul, a city that makes anything in the US look like it's 30 years in the past. That sort of thinking is not remotely uncommon.", "Not sure why you are being downvoted here lol", "South Korea is WORLDS apart in terms of technology and infrastructure from African nations though.", "I remember when the first wave of news about this emerged about a month or two ago, and almost *every* top voted comment in /r/WorldNews and other subs was entirely dismissive or just ridiculing the effort.\n\nWell, as a South African, I'm glad I can finally say *fuck y'all haters*.\n\nMost people are completely ignorant of the fact that the first heart transplant *ever* was done in South Africa, we have amazing scientists and gene sequencing, some really great scientific institutions and amazing medical universities, some of the best.", "> South Africa does not have large-scale vaccine manufacturing capability. The Biovac Institute – a public-private partnership between the South African government and a consortium of South African healthcare companies – is beginning to get into vaccine manufacture with an eye on more secure and accessible childhood vaccine supplies for southern Africa. But this capability is still in its infancy. It’s small compared to the COVID-19 vaccine market.\n\nhttps://theconversation.com/vaccine-production-in-south-africa-how-an-industry-in-its-infancy-can-be-developed-153204", "> But no, even though the research was partly paid for by the american taxpayer and mandated by operation warpspeed, which aimed to make the IP public\n\nGet your facts straight. \n\n> In July, Pfizer got a $1.95 billion deal with the government’s Operation Warp Speed, the multiagency effort to rush a vaccine to market, to deliver 100 million doses of the vaccine. The arrangement is an advance-purchase agreement, meaning that the company won’t get paid until they deliver the vaccines. **Pfizer did not accept federal funding to help develop or manufacture the vaccine, unlike front-runners Moderna and AstraZeneca.**\n\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/health/was-the-pfizer-vaccine-part-of-the-governments-operation-warp-speed.html", "Right..\n\n1) He hasn't worked for Microsoft since 2008, and hasn't say on the board since 2020. It's safe to say that Gates doesn't need any more money. I highly doubt they spent $5b on research, education, healthcare in 2019 just to maintain an imagine. \n\nHe's spending his time on the board of the Foundation, not Microsoft. \n\n2) Yeah, and he's committed to giving away this net worth that has doubled. He's the worlds largest philanthropist and it seems likely he will continue to be. You don't give away $5bn/year just to pump the value of your own net worth. \n\nThere are no strings attached. There are plenty of billionaires and billionaire families that are not giving away $5bn/year to improve and save lives. \n\nBtw - there's a big difference between his \"worth\" increasing, and his liquid assets increasing. Microsoft shares can't be used to fund tropical disease research until they're converted to fiat. \n\nYour points are very very tinfoil hat/paranoia.", "Doesn't a shortage mean they can't \"just buy them\"?", "Coming out of the third world? Are you literally braindead?", "Where it was first detected =/= where it originated. You need only read one article on any of these variants to see as much.", "No one has ever said where it originated from. Only where it was first detected, idiot.", "Germany financed and preordered, reordered multiple times, and is still short on vaccines.\n\nThey are not providing as much vaccine as the market would buy from them.\n\nAnd Africa is drawing the short end of the stick, because they prioritize “better/closer customers” to them.\n\nIt’s not only an issue of ordering.", "Now we hope people are willing to get vaccinated. My country has plenty of vaccine to go around and yet 40% simply refuses to vaccinate." ]
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South Africa's Afrigen COVID vaccine: A game changer for the continent?
https://youtu.be/_U12kT2KXds
/r/videos/comments/rgk3al/you_are_not_the_chosen_one/
[ "what the fuck did i just watch", "this is fucking awesome.\n\na beautifully overthought comparison that I never made on my own, presented in a fucked up way that even Anno would approve of", "Evangelion, I've watched all of it and even I'm not sure.", "And Maniac, -- fantastic if you've never seen it." ]
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You Are (Not) The Chosen One
https://youtube.com/watch?v=sN25UkWP1CM
/r/videos/comments/rgkld3/henry_cavill_states_he_wants_to_make_a_live/
[ "I dont really know whit about warhammer 40k but just the tiny bit of lore I picked up makes me Think there Is plenty of material here for a great backdrop.", "This would have to be a streaming series, it would need to feature extreme levels of violence frequently imo and it wouldn’t work even with an R rating. I love this series despite not playing the tabletop game. It’s got such amazing lore, like top tier stuff", "I just got a good idea about how to make it a very good story. Well everyone knows how to do isekai well we do a full tournament as chanting of others all around and an announcement to wha. The walls around start to break down and bleeding a muck that no one pays attention to.", "Then he should. Who would argue against this?", "It's something that really needs to be made in an animated medium to allow for the level of violence and creativity.", "I've been saying this for a long time, but I really hope they use the universe as a backdrop to tell lots of different types of stories. \n\n\nWar stories ✅\nSpy stories ✅\nHorror stories ✅ \nBuddy cop comedies ✅✅\nEtc etc", "So Eisenhorn. Its got a bunch of all of that. Plus you get a spin off series with Ravenor.", "Think bigger. Not just 1 series. but lots of different story types. All set in the grimdark. \n\nFuck for shits in giggles a one off 40k the office.", "1) Needs to be an anthology series..\n\n2) Needs to *embrace* the uncertainty inherent in Warhammer 40k stuff.... different perspectives... disagreeing portrayals of mutually exclusive ideas (Space marines are superheroes in one story, near disposable mooks in another from a different perspective, hell even have a story with female space marines to rattle things up....)\n\n3) Needs to be ethically... \"flexible\" to say the least. This universe has no 'good guys', and you're supposed to feel like you need a shower every time you truly sympathize with one faction or another..", "Good thing Games Workshop just started their own streaming service Warhammer+. Let’s hope the guy that created Astartes can build something great.", "For people new to the series who just want to get into the lore, I say just start on the Emperor’s wikia fandom page and go into Horus Heresy, then just branch off clicking stuff that sounds interesting. It’ll all come together. r/AskScienceFiction is a good source too if you search for 40k. But I know there’s better resources out there that I’m not aware of, it’s just how I got into the franchise\n\nedit: also the movie Event Horizon can be viewed as a 40k prequel, showing the first time man discovered the Warp and how fucked up it is. the ship is even designed like a cathedral. it’s on HBO Max and is very good", "You have just about every type of setting and character roles to make any type of show. But the setting really doesn't allow for jokes and throwing one in or anything silly most likely won't go over well. An inquisitor show about hunting down the tainted in a hive city would most likely go over very well.", "the Netflix show Love Death + Robots would be a good template for a 40k animated series. have a bunch of different creative talents make one off episodes that can either be animated or live action (or a mix of both like Beyond the Aquila Rift). they can have it be as dark as they want. \n\nBut I still would like a main 40k live action series, along with an animated one that is just as important. Star Trek, MCU,and Star Wars are showing it to be a successful formula", "I loved LD+R.\n\nLive action is just so enormously expensive. \n\nGW has flubbed their streaming service so badly despite buying up some incredible talent.\n\nHave you seen Astartes?", "It seems like there's a daily post about Henry Cavill expressing interest in a videogame-based acting gig. Yesterday it was Mass Effect, today Warhammer.\n\nTomorrow will be him stating he wants the lead in a live-action Kirby's Dreamland. \n\nAnd he'd be great at it because he's Henry Cavill and he's awesome.", "I'm all for whatever he wants to be in, though I REALLY want a sequel to Man of Steel. Did MoS have issues? Yes, but I still consider it a great superhero movie. There are parts where I was like, \"YES, that is what a superhero is supposed to be like... a god among us.\"", "Well The Witcher is going to release a new season soon. Modern marketing is weird and tricky.", ">doesn't really allow for jokes\n\nI can't disagree more! Obviously there's orks entire existence, but also:\n\n* the interactions between Eldar/Tau/Humans are usually ripe for a bit of comedy. \n\n* Hives are basically grimdark Ankh Morporks. \n\n* Within the Imperial structure you've got gobby cocky guardsmen, fanatical inquisitors, overfed autocratic governors and the arcane bureaucracy on top of them, the Martian machine cult.\n\n* Chaos is scary but also sexy/disgusting/etc\n\nI don't think it should be wacky, but it can definitely be fun.", "Astartes is *fantastic*, I can’t believe how good the quality is. I love the epic proportions of things at the end, where it shows the guy surrounded by statues (I guess they’re statues?) that are like a half mile tall. I love that type of shit", "There was a point in my life when I was interested in just reading about lore for worlds like this, not really at a point like that now.\n\nThat said if there is any stand out works affection you can recommend that can be read aloud, I’d be interested.", "That guy got hired by GW. I believe he is heading a project there.\n\nHopefully they get out of his way.\n\nIt's some of the best 'show, don't tell' I've ever seen.", "Maybe I should rephrase that. It doesn't take very well to those types of bad cringy jokes that are popular throw in. You know the worse part of every new movie and show today.", "There would only be war!", "Danka!", "Henry is just a big nerd and wants to do all the nerd shit. Let's get him on Critical Role.", "I see the marketing for Cavill is going full swing in the past few days, really capitalizing on the nerd celeb worship and trying to push him into everything.", "I will always see Henry Cavil as Superman I can’t help it haha 😂", "[watch the EXCELLENT short film Astartes](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O7hgjuFfn3A). It’s gonna be confusing but just go on the ride, it’s worth it. [Then watch this video explaining everything for newcomers.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BrmJqY788Fc) It explains that a lot of stuff is just unexplained and can be whatever you want. \n\nBasically the lore of this franchise is so huge it’s really hard for me to recommend stuff, because there’s so many different genres within it. But it’s also a gold mine because you’ll never run out of cool stuff to read about. I like the extreme horror aspects of the Warp, like Chaos Space Marines. I still think the best place to start is just reading the [wiki page for the Emperor](https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Emperor_of_Mankind) and then the Warp, and go from there just reading about whatever you find interesting. It’s a huge universe but the Emperor and the Warp are the very core of it. \n\nThis is a great universe to just kill time reading the wikia and clicking around reading whatever. There’s always something cool to read about. That said I’ve never played the game or read any of the full novels. Just surf the wiki", "Warhammer animated series when?", "I admit I’ve seen him mentioned the past few days, wasn’t my intention when I posted this lol, nobody would want my profile to be used for marketing. I just wanted to discuss a 40k screen adaptation", "Your honesty is appreciated, never mind what I said about marketing then.", "haha yeah it’s no problem. my profile has a high karma score so I understand why some people would think it’s marketing or whatever. but it’s not, I just love to discuss random shit with people all over the world. \n\nalso truly, thanks for not being a dick. like forreal. every time I get a comment of someone saying I’m a shill and I correct them, they’re always dicks when they reply. always. so thanks man forreal for being cool", "It's going to be hard to make the space marine armor not look stupid in live action. Probably better to do an Imperial Guard series or something.", ">Needs to be an anthology series\n\nAlthough it could be cool to see a perpetual pop up if they're not the focus of the series", "It would be pretty funny if they just portrayed a speedo'd, oiled up Cavill as Kirby and made no attempt to CGI him into Kirby", "I’m not into war hammer lore, but It already sounds disastrous", "They kinda pulled off the big armor in Ready Player One. At the beginning the main characters stepdad is playing a deathmatch and we see his avatar is wearing huge 40k looking armor (except it was painted red white and blue). They could do it I feel", "It is still marketing, just OP isn't pushing it intentionally.", "[watch this short 14 minute Warhammer film](https://youtube.com/watch?v=O7hgjuFfn3A). it’s excellent. Warhammer 40k is a goldmine of great stories that would translate well on screen", "sorry what?! warhammer 40k absolutely can handle jokes. just do a story about the orks!", "well ok, but bad cringy jokes will never work in any movie or setting though. that'll come down to the writers.", "The Boyz makes me disagree.", "40K makes The Boyz look like a kindergarten birthday party.\n\nAmazing show though.", "Marvel/sitcom/Joss Whedon dialogue? yeah not gonna fly.\n\nOn the other hand, 40K is basically farce and parody that takes itself deadly seriously. It's pretty much pure [bathos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathos). The whole universe runs on the same anti-joke wavelength as stuff like [Shia Labeouf](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u4M6vppCI)", "GW isn't going to put up the money for this. It would be similar to Arcane which was Netflix licensing the the rights to League of Legends. So, it more than likely won't appear on Warhammer+.", "[Hulk Hogan is in a cathedral and he's fighting the devil. Hogan is wearing about 50 trucks worth of metal. Also, the cathedral is the size of Rhode Island. And in space.](https://youtu.be/yDh_aoyZT38?t=247)", "That's basically what Hammer and Bolter is on Warhammer+.", "And then leave after 2 seasons?", "My theory is he's making a push to be the next Bond, so he's having his publicist and agent get him in the lime light. He certainly isn't doing it because he has a movie coming out soon, so required press tours for him at the moment.", "I think he probably actually likes 40k otherwise he would have chosen a more popular franchise if it was just for show", "Yes, and the audio books are actually really good too, for Eisenhorn.", "Season two of the Witcher is coming out Friday. So it's not like there's nothing of his coming out soon.", "The 3rd point I think is going to be very hard to do to any acceptable degree. 40k already has a problem with the imperium and nazi sympathizers, and trying to fit some narrative into 2 hours is just going to make distancing that connection much harder.", "At this point there's about a Doctorates degree worth of reading to get 'caught up' on 40k lore. Much of it self contradicts or has been retconned. It would be like studying a fictional history, theology/cosmology and Xenology. Also, who just tosses out 'I could play a Primarch'? The Hubris! But yeah, Rogal Dorn.", "I know exactly what you mean. Quips and shit.", "But that's what ruined orks, when they made that mistake. They took it too far. A sprinkle of chaotic absurdity would have been enough.", "I don't think it can be done. Fascism is just baked right in to it. It's like they took all the fascist bogeymen and fairy tales, and created a universe where they existed, to necessitate Imperium authoritarianism.", "Me too. You can't do everything all at once. Something like 'Master & Commander', or 'The Wrath of Khan' but set in Gothic could be fun.", "\"500 Astartes would be overkill to take over our planet\"\n\nI find that line to be bullshit. In the end they are they are just foot soldiers. How are they going to stop laser guided nuclear bombs dropped on them from 50,000 ft in the sky", "I can hear the Angry Joe Screams from here.", "i can't agree. i love the orks and all their silliness. i think it speaks to something deeper in the 40k universe, where belief beats out everything. kind of like how the sisters of battle can ward off daemons with just their sheer force of faith. the orks believing in ridiculous shit is what makes their whole society function and their things work. if they weren't so ridiculous it would be dumb that their scrap and junk equipment works at all.", "\"just foot soldiers\"\n\nThat are 8 feet tall, with 2 hearts and 3 lungs... that can spit acid, breath in poison, eat anything, are close enough to immortal as makes no difference while being clad in hundreds of pounds of power armor. \n\nImagine something running through a military base as agile as an athlete at 30-60mph while weighing 1000+lbs that is almost totally impervious to anything man portable, while firing 3/4inch rockets out of a \"rifle\" at everything. \n\nThe whole point of the universe is to be completely over the top though. \n\nAnything you don't like or agree with in the lore is probably propaganda from the imperium of man anyway. The Tyrranids are going to eat us all in the end.\n\nAll hail the Four Armed Emperor!", "I take your point, but presumably combined arms, preliminary bombardment. Not too much we could do against any 40k navy just fucking us up from space. But all by themselves, nah, I don't see it either.", "Nowhere have I seen any actual evidence that he's leaving Witcher. The only mention I saw of this was a click bait article that said they found his replacement with the actual article basically saying that while Cavill isn't confirmed to be leaving the show, one possible replacement for him as Geralt is Matt Bomer.", "He could make a good Eisenhorn.", "I love orks too, which is why when they go all in with the silliness I feel like there's a missed opportunity to tell a better story, such as the Jokaero giving orks genetic memory, the crudest race in the galaxy being the poetic legacy of one of the near mythical ancient races. In 40k Cosmology the orks are strong because their neighbors are strong, but weak when they are unchallenged. A galactic immune system hardwired to pick fights with the biggest rival they can find, but also wired to implode and fragment so that they don't overwhelm the galaxy themselves. It's beautiful, better than LotR lore if you ask me.", "He would make a great Ciaphas Cain.", "Honestly and truly if you want a dialogue of the last 40,000 years of w40k, I would highly recommend Leutin on youtube. Now, each episode is over an hour long, but every second is packed with chronological history. And lemme tell you [it's dense](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyPjE1Sn-Ts). It's like ten other videos just to get into the actual year 40,000.\n\n***\n My only gripe about the IP is that Games Workshop are massive *Edit: corporate,* douchebags that continually do shit like sue fans for copyright use and shut down independent artists who try to make beautiful art and sick videos about the universe. The amazing fan video below got [shut down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdI3WuiC6Pw) and forced to delete their original video as well as Patreon link some time ago.", "Games Workshop doesn’t deserve it.", "I love Mandy and his videos so much and I'm happy he's finally getting the coverage he deserves", "He's a huge nerd, that's why.", "In this hypothetical, you have 500 Astartes that are attacking civilian populations, military bases, and other critical infrastructure, and you're wondering how *they're* going to be able to stop laser guided nuclear bombs? Your plan is to drop nukes on them while they're taking over those things. I don't think they even need 500 if your plan is to nuke them, just drop 10-20 in at different cities and let your nukes do the rest — then the rest can have an easy go of it. \n\n(That having been said, like other people said anything that's too over the top in terms of estimating their potential is probably just in-universe Imperium propaganda)", "1) Needs to be an anthology series..\n\nImagine The Silmarillion introduced to the world first and then trickling in epic stories?\n\nPSA: I don't know shit about Warhammer, but it's lasted long as fuck so I believe in the nerdiness.", "i dunno if i'd agree with that assessment. as if there are no opponents near the orks don't they just fight amongst themselves to stay strong, until some boss ork rises up and they decide to invade some other planet.\n\nalso if i remember correctly, they were created at the same time as the eldar to fight off those dudes that created the necron.", "For the Emperor!", "I think it would depend on the writer and execution. For example I could see a noir crime story about an arbiter having to go deeper and deeper into the underhive being great and with the proper shot direction it could really cut down on the effects they would have to spend, and I know Dan Abnett contributed to the script of Guardians of the Galaxy and is supposed to be helping with an eisenhorn adaptation.", "apparently he’s obsessed with it and that’s all he does in his free time haha. like 2 hours a day devoted to 40k. so with that in mind I think he’d do a good job since it’s his passion", "Yeah he’s just everywhere right now, I guess I did what they wanted me to do by posting this, but I just wanted to discuss 40k lol. But I saw the Bond casting gambling odds earlier and it brightens my day to see Jamie Bell rising to the top. He’s been discussed about being the new Bond for years now and I think he’d be perfect", "I present for the jury:\n\nCiaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium \n\nStarring Henry Cavil as Ciaphas\n\nJack Black as Jurgen\n\nSigourney Weaver as Amberley Vail\n\nGwendoline Christie as Quartermaster Leeroy Jenk- err, Sulla\n\nMilla Jovovich as cpl Mari Magot\n\nI wanna bring Carrie Fischer back to play Kasteen with Ford as Broklaw.", "I also want this...more than anything (besides a live action starcraft series)", "A WAAGH! event is the exception more than the rule.", "Ian mcshane as EOM", "I could see him as Commissar Ciaphas Cain or as Commissar Ibram Gaunt.", "Joss Whedon writes all his dialogue like he hears a studio audience in his head.", "See: every comedy on network TV", "These are marketing research pushes. There are bots right now evaluating our responses to these ideas and compiling reports for their masters.", "Pretty sure he's self-identifying with the chapter master, so I hope he invites Arnold to play the Chaplain.", "Not to mention Librarians are basically Space Marines but with powers that would rival Vader.", "If you want the real lore, forget about wikia and lexicanum, go to [1d4chan.org](https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Category:Warhammer_40,000) instead\n\nYou wouldn't learn about the TACTICAL GENIUS CREEEEED managing to hide a 25-meter tall combat mech behind a lamp-post in the middle of enemy formation anywhere else. In case you're wondering, it's a **scout** Titan and he was just that good of a tactician, so it is not *completely* counter-logical.", "His Witcher audition was pretty amusing where the writer(s) weren't very interested, but Cavill pestered them so much one of the writers now couldn't get Cavill out of their head anymore when writing.\n\nHe apparently left the middle of his vacation to come back for another audition as well if I recall.", "Those 500 astartes would arrive on their own warp capable space ship (very likely multiple cruisers with various support craft) and landing craft at the very minimum. Depending on the chapter various other equipment would also be there (tanks, gunships, dreadnaughts, etc). 500 astartes is literally half a chapter so if such a force from a single chapter would ever mobilize in a single place it would include a lot of hardware to make sure they get the job done and not die (half a chapter would take centuries to replace)", "Get Astrates involved.", "I would be very curious to see him as a Ciaphas Cain just so he could stretch his comedic muscles a bit.\n\nOr Gaunt, which would be so perfect, because if you know your stuff, you know that Gaunt is just Sharpe *In Space*, so really, TV execs already have all the proof they need that this show can work (and if you don't know Sharpe, go fix that right now! Sean Bean doesn't die in it!)\n\nIn the same vein, Ciaphas Cain is actually just [The Flashman Papers](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashman_Papers), meaning there is as much potential for a great series (if the Ciaphas Cain material wasn't enough by itself).", "Hell, I'm willing to go as far as to say Games Workshop has a problem with the Imperium. There's a reason a lot of their focus has been on the Blueberry Marines specifically and no the rest of the IoM, because people have been pointing out that they oppose these specific beliefs, the supposed heroes of their IP are the biggest proponents of those beliefs.", ">with that in mind I think he’d do a good job since it’s his passion\n\nThis can be true, but it can also blind him.", "Sure, but *we* do!", "Well, that seems like a very well thought out opinion. I'm convinced!\n/s", "Have him be a primarch during the Heresy", "No, the good guys are the Tyranids. They indiscriminately eat everything they see - I feel a deep relation to that.", "I can just imagine Cavil in like sunscreen and boardshorts, walking into the studio like \"Hey, can I be Geralt?\"", "they wouldn't all be together, you only need a handful to take a city. nukes would be more damaging to earth than the invading space marines as you would need over 200 to take all 500 out.", "Thanks I made it myself", "New Mario movie maybe?", ">almost totally impervious to anything man portable\n\n500 space marines is a mere 6000 point army. Earth would be slightly lower tech version of Imperial Guards, and all armies combined would be hundreds of thousands of points. Ork Shoota guns are basically just machine guns, and Orks kill space marines ALL THE TIME. Just need to eventually roll 500 1s on d6. Numbers are against them. \n\nAlso this is perfect:\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/aaplei/the_numbers_for_space_marines_make_zero_sense_to/", "Still waiting on Mass Effect", "Yes plz", "He got hired by GW ....", "It’s because he’s an extremely good looking actor, and most would not expect him to be the massive nerd he is. It’s like the one guy on True Blood and Vin Deisel being DnD players with characters they’ve been playing as for *years*.", "Watched a vid of someone talking about it, and the lore is so absolutely insane shit", "Mass Effect would be a great role for casting alone. Henry cavil with a shaved head already looks a lot like default Male Sheperd", "Cain Cain Caiphas Cain!", "Have you seen The Lord Inquisitor? They only ever made a prologue but soooo good.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZc6cr6G2E4", "I dunno. Zach Snyder has some fucked up ideas about what superheroes are supposed to be. \n\nLike how his mom keeps telling him he doesn't owe us anything, or how his dad doesn't want to have him save kids from a bus in the water or it'll break his secret. You know, very non-Superman stuff.\n\nThere are other shows that dive into the whole 'if a superhero would really exist, they'd be assholes'. You don't need an actual Superman movie to delve into the angle of 'Superman would act like a bored deity if he was real'.", "They wouldn't. But good luck launching those nuclear bombs when they deep strike onto the heads of state of the countries that own nuclear weapons and destroy them before they even know what's happening.\n\nSpace Marines don't fight by just rolling up to a battlefield and duking it out with the enemies across the trenches. They hit and run. Besides, they would have aerial and orbital support that would take out any missiles in the air.\n\nIt's mentioned in *all* Space Marine lore that they always go for the strategic targets. Only in cases of desperate defence do they fight on a static front, and even then they prefer not to.", "but then i would burn a city so maybe not. that is funny", "> as well as Patreon link some time ago\n\nYou realize that this is the problem GW has a problem with right?\n\nPeople's creations aren't getting taken down because they use GW's IP, it's because *they make money off of it*. That is what an IP is for. It protects the owner of the IP from other people making money off of it.\n\nIf you make fanart, great. GW doesn't give a shit. Hell, they probably applaud it. But if you then go 'hey give me money', you're now using someone else's intellectual property to make money. It's not even transformative so it could be argued fair use.\n\n*Any* company (or artist) in the world would have a problem with that.", "Yeah, Doctor Manhattan was meant to be a parody of Superman not a proposed new direction for the character.", "> ow are they going to stop laser guided nuclear bombs dropped on them from 50,000 ft in the sky\n\nGood/incredible armor can be quite effective against nuclear near misses. A surprising amount of warships survived operation crossroads:\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads", "I see no mentions of it in the comments but there already is an Eisenhorn TV show in production with Frank Spotnitz (The Man in the High Castle) at the helm.", "The balanced game rules and the lore of the setting have basically nothing to do with each other.", "I'll shout out [Luetin09's youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/Luetin09). The mad man is making very long videos discussing the lore of 40k, his lore playlists has everything you could ever want to know and more about 40k. Plus the guy has a nice relaxed voice and way of speaking. Perfect to listen to while dozing off to sleep!", "I'm hoping he does a live action katamari damacy", "If you like that definitely check out[OculusImperia](https://youtube.com/c/OculusImperia) he RPs as a character in the 40K universe chronicling all it's history.", "Thanks, I'll check it out!", "> Like how his mom keeps telling him he doesn't owe us anything, or how his dad doesn't want to have him save kids from a bus in the water or it'll break his secret. You know, very non-Superman stuff.\n\nThat's a pretty shallow take on those scenes.", "Henry Cavill would be perfect and believable as the lead in Kirby's Dreamland because most people would readily allow him to suck them.", "For what it's worth, there's a live action Eisenhorn in pre production. Animated/CG would be neat tho as long as its not actually done by GW team lol.", "A random Librarian would easily shit on Vader", "If the guy who made [the Astartes shorts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7hgjuFfn3A) are involved, I'd be happy. the original videos have been removed so this is a reup. Seems the creator has been picked up by games-workshop, the video description has the full details. But yeah GW are plebs it seems.", "Honestly tackling the Warhammer universes is such a huge undertaking, I just don't think it can be done without massive talent and a massive budget. I'd rather they leave it alone than half-ass it.", "Yea, you really can't apply much of semblance to our morals to those universes, so I think it would be hard to make it for mainstream appeal.", "They're already doing some aren't they? I think you have to subscribe to Warhammer+ or whatever it's called to watch them, though.", "Nah Cain is way too sleazy for Cavil. The bloke looks like an Ultramarine. I think Martin Lawrence would be better as Cain.", "That's because Superman turned out to be a dead-end franchise wise and he's 38, next big project he'll be in will have him being about 40 when it comes out if he gets cast now. So if he wants to land into a big-money franchise he needs to be locking that shit down asap.\n\nIf he doesn't get something soon he'll wind up doing rom coms with Emilia Clark or doing signings at your local con.", "Henry would make a great Valdor or base of his Witcher looks the Lion or Sanguinus.", "Hollywood doesn't have the balls to make a faithful adaptation of warhammer 40k.", "I think a 40k show could absolutely be made that doesnt glorify the space marines extremism.", "So, LGBT Marines, All Xenos are actually dogs, and Orks and Eldar are all cis white guys.", "Yeah, it’s probably just click-bait but Matt Bomer would be pretty close to dead on for book Geralt.", "Lol, make him play cain and just be a despicable human being. That or have him be a grey knight from that one series.", "People like you are a plague", "If you really want to go deep into the lore (and I do mean deep), [Luetin](https://www.youtube.com/c/Luetin09) has an impressive array of ~~documentaries~~videos that cover a slew of topics about the warhammer 40k universe. And then The Algorithm will start shoving videos from other lore sources in your feed before long.", "Nerds /s", "sign me up", "Jason Statham got that covered lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFnBXwj6iUI", "We said animation, not power point presentation.", "Why do you people like this guy?", "Oh that's wonderful, thanks very much.", "What the fuck", "Is Event Horizon intentionally part of the Warhammer universe ?", "Oh I didn't know what the quality was like. I've not watched any of them because I don't actually have Warhammer+. I take it there's not much good, then?", "It sucks", "Live action is not a good fit for 40k IMHO.", "Because he's an actor and reddit is full of marketing shills trying to drum up hype for their clients.", "Right, but let's be real here - Henry Cavill at 40 will still be more youthful and vibrant than most men when they're 20. The man is a specimen.", "I've only browsed 40k wikis a little, but one problem with making a tv show about it seems like a lack of viable protagonists. \n\nDemons? Monsters who want to eat everything? Orks who want to kill everything? Skeleton robots who want to kill everything? Religious psycho humans led by man stuck to a throne who consumes thousands of souls?\n\nWho could the show focus on that viewers would actually like?", "It can be both.", "Gaunt’s Ghosts in the style of Band of Brothers. That’s all you need.", "Shill...\n\n\n\nSorry, hadn't seen it yet and didn't want to let you down.", "What's next, he'd be willing to do a Superman movie?", "No it's just so similar that many people associate it with 40k lore.", "Gotcha", "Still, I want a Warhammer 40k series with Henry cavill in it.", "LGBT Marines 😂.", "Can't wait for the Tomb Raider show staring Henry as Lara Croft", "Yeah, and the amount of films greenlit because X actor is attached (Gerard Butler with mediocre action films, anything with a high box office A-lister, etc) is high. \n\nSo if a marketing bot's analysis states that Cavill + Warhammer = Profit$$$$ that means the movie gets made, so i dont mind", "How is The Witcher? I watched a handful of the first season and liked it. I stopped not because it was bad but because I was in the middle of a bunch of other stuff and it fell off my radar. Just wondering if it’s worth the effort to make time for it now that it’s several seasons in.", "was just showcasing beach episode Geralt", "Who would he play? I think either Franz or Tyrion.", "He is starting to feel like the actor version of Guillermo del Toro. Lot's of interest in just about anything rich in fantasy lore, but with not enough free time to do most of it.", "First season is good but oddly paced, the next season (2) is out on Friday and reviews are very good so far. Looks to be paced much better and generally be an improvement on S1. I'd recommend strongly!", "The early 1990s was a magical time.", "Some of us start from the bottom, others start greased up in fields of mushrooms.", "Joe the Imperial Guardsman. Relatible, and a buncha orks makes it all the better.\n\nEdit: how could I possibly forget CIAPHAS CAIN, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!", "> the setting really doesn't allow for jokes and throwing one in or anything silly most likely won't go over well. \n\nCIAPHAS CAIN, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM, would like to have a word with you, citizen.", "No, the good guys are The Necrons.\n\n\"Hey you, get off my lawn!\" is a universal sentiment.", "Gl dealing with crazy 40k people", "Oh wow! I watched it so longed ago I figured I was behind at least one season (Covid effect!). Since I’m only like half a season behind I might as well jump back in and catch up. Thanks for the response.\n\nEdit - just checked - I was already up to ep 5.", "Fuck 40k, please make a Fantasy live action series and be Karl Franz.", "That is an amazing parody. But it also a parody making fun of just how serious the setting is.", "I would definitely watch that.", "If they do it right, they could have a new franchise of *epic* scale.", "You know that the fascist Imperium isn't supposed to be celebrated right? They're well and truly pointed out as being horrible monsters as much as any other race in the universe. It's a parody of an over the top fascist state.", ">There are other shows that dive into the whole 'if a superhero would really exist, they'd be assholes'.\n\nI *adore* Doom Patrol if just for this.", "they need to fucking just put him in everything like this. the guy brings such good energy and tone to these specific things that he's so insanely passionate and nerdy about. witcher is so goddamn fun and seeing him in a proper warhammer series with similar quality? oooof hell yeah. that'd be some dark rad shit.\n\nhonestly 40k AND fantasy id like to see series for. warhammer is sick", "Jesus fuck, I have been for months watching Luetin09 videos of the 40k lore on youtube because that fan made series Astartes was so damned freaking incredible...\n\nand Cavill actually knows the names and characters better than me?\n\nadmittedly I never played or read the books, but still, what a dude, mad kudos for Cavill actually knowing his stuff.\n\nreally hope they do make an HBO or apple+ or netflix series, because if it looks as good as Foundation or the Astartes shortfilms then it would be amazing.\n\nand Henry Cavill already has the genetically engineered demigod face going on , so he could be any of the primarks.", "check [Luetin09 youtube channel, it's all amazing lore for 40k, well presented and researched.](https://www.youtube.com/c/Luetin09)", "Gregor Eisenhorn", "Oh cool, an Event Horizon sequel!", "I've kinda been a little obsessed with [this version](https://youtu.be/B08xZ4EB_6o) recently. It's not like there aren't certain points of overlap with the two franchises...", "I really like the massive turn-around on Reddit from \"Oh my god, Henry Cavill will be a terrible Witcher, did you guys see Superman\" to \"I want Henry Cavill to play everything\"\n\nI've always thought he was great since I saw him in The Tudors but this really is Reddit at its finest.", "Imagine him as Garviel Loken for series about Horus Heresy", "Yeah, and that's young enough to be cast as a lead in something like that, but it'll get exponentially harder the older he gets.", "It's not good. The writing is really weak, similar to the new Wheel of Time series on prime. A studio throws a huge budget at cast and marketing while neglecting plot and dialogue. In the end, fanboys will still watch it and defend it religiously but it's too cringy for mainstream appeal.", "No, the good guys are the mechanicus.\nThe necron boomers are just hiding all the good shit in their old folks homes when it could be used for the good of man.", "It's been said before but it bears saying again, he would make for a fantastic Karl Franz", "I’m sure a lot of interviewers will ask these types of questions too as they will usually gain traction.", "I was thinking about this too...the Warhammer Universe is absolute massive, intense, bloody and brutal. I'm sure it would be insanely expensive but man...could it be so so good. For the Emperor!", "Astartes is amazing, but a commercial venture would likely get botched by investors who fundamentally don't understand 40k", "Agreed", "Anything that is not a 10 episodes series, related to any of the most known stories of WH40K, is going to be utter burning garbage at best.", "I remember going into Space Marine thinking \"Well, its not Gears of War, but its the closest thing we have on Steam\"\n\n(I actually owned Gears on GFWL, but it was a hassle)\n\nAnd then I ended up enjoying Space Marine much more then Gears of War (1) when I eventually returned to play it. (Its actually quite different. At first glance it looks like a Gears of War knockoff, but plays much differently and imo, much more enjoyable.)\n\nSo in a similar sense, if they end up making a Warhammer movie or series, they should get Dave Bautista as a Space Marine. \"I know you wanted to star in a Gears of War movie, but how about this other completely different series that's a good fit for you...\"", "Not legends/EU vader.", "Most of EU is not canon, unless Vader did those feats in something included in Legends specifically then it doesn't count.", "How about him being Sigma r?", "There have been rumblings of an Eisenhorn series since 2017.\n\nFor those that don't know Eisenhorn is a Rogue Trader from the novels by Dan Abnett.", "No offense to Keanu, but Henry may just be the internet's bf now.", "Says who? Fuck Disney.", "I'll drink to that.", "Have you ever read any of the First Law books by Joe Abercrombie? Fantastic grimdark world. I feel something like that where the IP owner doesn’t have the power to destroy the TV show with their greed (like GW def would) would likely be better.", "I wouldn't be mad if they ripped off the universe though.\n\nLike, at all.", "Okay, but it has to have an R rating", "Me neither! I just don’t want GW to demand excessive licensing fees from it resulting in lower production budgets, nor for them to have any creative input. If Netflix were to just rip off a grimdark sci fi world, all the better.", "What we need is for a scummy company rip them off, get sued by GW, and they both lose money in the process.", "I think they should avoid including a shep since everyone has their own head Canon shep already. I would watch a show about how Anderson almost became the first human spector.", "10 episodes, 2 hours each. \nThey call me a problem solver.", "What's the deep part of \"I'd rather die than have you start helping people with your powers\"?", "the marketing is pushing these videos of Cavill being relatable to nerds in prevision of the new witcher season\n \nit's not about making him seem like something he's not, it's just about creating engagement around him - i've no doubt that Cavill is indeed a bit of a nerd.", "The problem is Games Workshop has absolutely 0 interest in growing the Warhammer fanbase outside of those who play the board game, paint figurines and play a handful of flat turn-based RTS video games.", "I'd say it's pretty fucking shallow to be 'ok' with letting children die to protect your secret. Especially considering he can move at near the speed of light and no one would actually be able to tell it was him.", "I can want to see him in something and say he did the best with what he had but the movie still sucked. aka superman. He looked the part, and did what he was directed to do. It's not his fault the character was only superficially 'superman'.\n\nAs for the witcher stuff I saw about a 50/50 on maybe he will, maybe he wont, but either way the test pictures did look like shit.\n\nYou making sweeping generalizations about a website made up of millions of people is more \"reddit at it's finest\" than anything else said about Cavill.", "As a hero he'll have to make tough choices: *You can't save everyone, all the time*. One of the great things about the modern crop of superhero movies is the amount of collateral damage.\n\nThe OP made the comment \"You know, very non-Superman stuff.\" but I disagree. The bits with his parents show how their influence affected the person we know Superman to be, why he has a secret identity as Clark Kent, etc.\n\nEdit: [the scene in question](https://youtu.be/0HUtzDRMKrc?t=159).", "John Kent asks him to save no one, even those you care about, even his own father, when Clark can totally just grab him from the truck in a couple seconds. In Man of Steel John never ever asks him to save anyone for any reason, just to hide.\n\nYour interpretation fits the 'John Kent heart attack death' where Clark actually can't do anything to save him.", "Well said, Space marines are a Special Forces type troop that are made for small unit tactics and deep surgical strikes on targets.\n\nA 500 unit group of SM could take out every leader of every target country before we even knew what happened. Also, how would you know where to send the nukes when they are taking out your infrastructure seemingly at random?", "Astartes would be proud", "\"Clark you have to keep this side of you secret.\"\n\n\"What was I supposed to do let them die?\"\n\n\"Maybe.\"\n\nHow can you interpret differently from what is said in your clip trying to prove your own argument?", "Is there enough time in the world for him to read all the books though?", "I guess people didn't understand the joke, or really really hate it lol", "Interesting. I took a look and realized I had watched up to ep 5 so will probably finish the season and see how I feel. I actually assumed I missed a season or two that’s why I was asking.\n\nIIRC I can see what you mean. I enjoyed what I saw but it seemed surprisingly clunky and unfocused considering the talent and obvious production values. Maybe they’ll fix it up for s2.", "I mean yeah, but Cavill seems to have picked up a legit hobby for 40k minis during the pandemic.", "Let’s be real, he walked into that meeting and said one thing and one thing only.\n\n*Wind’s howling.*", "To be fair he paints miniatures and plays apparently but I'm not sure how well Warhammer can transfer to the screen.", "Yeah, I mean when you make a video that amazing and develop a serious following, GW kind of has to. He was forced to delete his original video on Youtube though. And they then reuploaded it on their internal site and removed a lot of blood and gore from the original video along with removing scenes and audio.", "Supposedly, the movie Event Horizon fits into the Warhammer universe, if looked at specifically.", "They used to be really stringent on actually licensing the rights to creators, and a bunch of fans got upset that basically refused to do anything but sell novels and codexes in the 2010s. Dawn of War 3 was really shitty, and they pretty much stopped media licensing outside of books.\n\nRecently this has changed, they essentially encourage people make fanart and then attempt to hire them when it gains community traction. The setting is moving forward, and that opens up tons of new opportunities for making stories.", "Space Marines are fan favorites due to how they are created, they essentially *require* a tragic backstory, and a need to do the seemingly impossible. They are essentially monastic marines that continuously fued with eachother and the Imperium's enemies.\n\nWarhammer is a weird setting, they've had power armor longer than we've been growing food. So there is a general theme amongst protagonists of balancing good decisions with the archaic and byzantine laws and norms of the Imperium, a government that is clearly falling apart even though everyone can see it happening.", "Thanks for the additional info", "And Astartes wasn't even made by them. They flub their shit so hard because they run GW like a fortune 500 cmpany; fat, bloated, and with HR and legal ruling it with an iron fist.", "Yeah good luck with that. They'll find a way to let their greed ruin the next good thing.", "Orks are the only ones who are legitimately enjoying themselves.", "The setting literally started as a parody of fascism.\n\nLike, human beings are essentially on a death-march to their own extinction because they've abandoned every positive aspect of humanity. The chief of research doesn't know how a toaster works, but can design apocalyptic weapons.\n\nPlanets are literally eradicated due to typos on paperwork, because nobody is capable of questioning authority.\n\nThe unifying figurehead is literally rotting away on a throne, a staunch atheist, and is being worshiped as a diety moreso than any other god ever created.\n\nYou'd have to be an idiot to look at The Imperium, and aspire for literally anything within it, but fascists aren't known for their intelligence.", "That might be a bit overstated, though. We saw one partly painted Custodes head, I can't be the only one who was hoping to see more than that as time passed.", "I know it would be a hard sell as the first series, but I would love to see this dude in a Ciaphas Cain series.", "Is it just some kind of cosmic law that Henry Cavil needs to have 5-6 different projects in production at once?", "I'm no shill, Henry Cavill is just a pretty cool person and I've love to see him in more stuff, especially if it's to do with gaming and actually decent", "Ssshhhhhhhh just keep napping, wake up in a galaxy devoid of organic matter....\n\nI do love some necrons though, the Infinite and the Devine is probably the best 40k book in a long long time.", "> would easily shit on Vader\n\nthat is the most hilarious and terrifying description of power ever.", "Honestly, its the most fun I've ever had with a 40k book. The audiobook is also really really good. Incredibly well voiced. Cant go wrong either way. \nThe reviews are amazing:\n\n\"The is a book about two immortal NERDS fighting and trolling each other over a mcguffin. Which turns out to be exactly what I wanted.\"\n\n\n\n\n\"\"The wheel always turns\"\n\n-Orkan the Diviner\n\n\"Fuck you Orikan\"\n\n-Trazyn The Infinite\n\ni loved it\"", "Dude should play the emperor. He got the chin and cheeks for it.", "They most likely will not do it right unfortunately. Unless they attach the director from Dune maybe", "Jokes on you Warhammer isnt a videogame franchise but a tabletop gone lore.", "That is generally the price we pay for seasons releasing in one go. Good for binge watching (which I vastly prefer) - but also means more time until we get more once the binge is over.", "Yes but also, this is the same dude who missed the call telling him he got the part of Superman because he was doing a raid in World of Warcraft. From the stories, it sounds like he was a fat drama nerd (I mean he was actually fat, he told a story about Russell Crowe recognizing him and calling him Fat Cavill) so none of this seems made up. Dude's a fantasy nerd in a hot body.", "HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!", "That's part of his thing though. He LOOKS like a hero out of the stories, the rumors of his exploits are legendary, and he is desperate to make sure they stick cause if people ever learn hes really a coward he'll end up in some front line backwaters unit for sure.", "Nobody \"celebrates\" it. Nobody would want to live in it however making it a parody or an after school special, destroys any narrative weight. You have to take the facism seriously otherwise the show can't have any serious stories or moments", "Not to mention Covid. 2020 was a lost year for a lot of things.", "Him and Mario", "I'm def pulling for Ciaphis Cain \n\nIt has the most mass appeal" ]
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Henry Cavill states he wants to make a live action Warhammer 40k series
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rgklf6/deleted_by_user/
/r/videos/comments/rgklf6/deleted_by_user/
[ "Really Voldemort shouldn't even crack this list!", "~~Voldemort~~ **He who must not be named**, thank you very much.", "The only thing that could have made this less interesting is if they'd included words like \"the\" and \"and\"", "Yes, most common words were excluded... You can see it in code" ]
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[deleted by user]
https://youtu.be/CVVqLTjZeX8
/r/videos/comments/rgm5bn/i_make_videos_of_all_the_birds_i_see_in_my/
[ "Backyard Dinosaurs is a great name.", "Thanks!", "I film the birds in my backyard too :) I live in a small seaside town neara forest in New Zealand and we have wonderful native birds that visit. Ive had Tui's in my flax bushes all summer.\n\nI higly recommend slowing down any recorded birdcalls to about 30% speed. They start sounding like actual dinosaurs - [Here's a Tui call a slowed down](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iTii-UKXdT-lz1X3525fSw_nmmMOCNCy/view?usp=sharing).", "Neat! I think you’ve just given me a video idea" ]
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I make videos of all the birds I see in my backyard. Here's my latest one.
https://youtu.be/i8x8ZPGaE2c
/r/videos/comments/rgmaax/the_sunrise_on_the_southern_tip_of_vancouver/
[ "Beautiful! Happy you got a break in the rain and snow! We are down in Seattle and may see sun later this week. Eager to come up there soon", "The covenant are on reach.", "People who work night shift take pictures of the sunrise when they leave work from walmart, they call it \"samrise\"..like Sam Walton. lol", "Neat!", "But the vertical video was definitely not one for the books :\\", "That's a funny explanation!!", "[https://i.imgur.com/RwMZSyv.gif](https://i.imgur.com/RwMZSyv.gif)" ]
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The sunrise on the southern tip of Vancouver Island was on for the books this morning
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rgmak3/deleted_by_user/
/r/videos/comments/rgmak3/deleted_by_user/
[ "I don't understand the rules well enough to appreciate this.", "Normally if he threw it to his own team mate, they would foul him hoping for time to stop and free throw me taken. Hoping he misses one and only a three point deficit, they can take a three to tie. BUT he gave it to them with 2 seconds left and zero time to think of shooting it cause EVERYONE tosses it to their team and then they foul….", "And if he threw it up and it went in it would’ve been a -200 IQ play. They weren’t expecting it so it worked though. Still would’ve been funny." ]
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[deleted by user]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0e-he_dU58
/r/videos/comments/rgmtq4/the_og_karen/
[ "No she isn’t.", "That crazy gaze, that condescending tone, that sassy attitude. And those hand movements!\nYup… checks out. \nAnd I only saw the first 10 seconds", "God damn vocal fry makes me insane", "Tldw!", "All that over a couple candles?! WTH!", "Oh Jen… Jen… your ass is going to get reamed… ya Jen, I’m going to stick this peach Bellini candle in and out… and then in again…. Mmmmm Jen … ya baby light my fire" ]
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The OG Karen
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HguKPVgIZL8&feature=share
/r/videos/comments/rgnt1u/frogge/
[ "The þ (called a thorn) makes a “th” sound. So, for instance, “haþ” would be pronounced “hath.” \n\nMakes much more sense once you know that.", "Came here for this.\n\nAlso. Obligatory origin and proper pronunciation of ‘ye old’. \n\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_articles#Ye_form", "Sir, this is an Arby's." ]
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FROGGE
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rgnydk/deleted_by_user/
/r/videos/comments/rgnydk/deleted_by_user/
[ "Youtubers that know the extension isn't the same thing and are capitalizing on the chaos for views", "?", "The extension isn't gonna fix the problem and they know it", "It’s not gonna bring back dislikes as a whole but anyone who uses the extension will see them again. Do you think it doesn’t work?", "[I knew this was gonna be bullshit... here's how!](https://i.imgur.com/aK9cJqr.png)", "buddy you didn't even try it, not responding anymore after this but [here's more proof it works](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb3U1d_p2bM) lol", "[watch this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb3U1d_p2bM) if u think it doesnt work", "I did because it was full of insults and I also deleted the instructions I gave on how to report your post as the spam that it is. But you're right, I'll set that straight right away", "NEW TUTORIAL:\n\nHow to report this as link-farming, because that's what it is:\n\n1. Click report\n\n2. Click \"spam\"\n\n3. Click \"Link-farming\"\n\nand that's it, it's really easy!" ]
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[deleted by user]
https://youtu.be/1A2DPmB8B8A
/r/videos/comments/rgodzw/i_knew_i_should_have_stayed_home_today/
[ "Geez, and gun in his hands would have killed more people.", "I can take a guess at the person behind the wheels. \n\nSome career criminal in a Democrat city out on bail.\n\n(lol at this getting down voted. \nHint. The truth hurts)", "Nah, your mother was just running late for her horse paste appointment.", "Based on? Or was that your attempt at being edgy? It might be time to shave the neckbeard.", "Based on this being accurate. I know the story behind this video. \n\nIf the truth triggers you then…. that’s something to reflect on.", "damn i forgot how hard that theme song slaps", "> Some career criminal in a Democrat city out on bail.\n> \n> \n\nThis was Oklahoma City lmao", "No honey. It was New York.\n\nDude was on parole from 12 prior arrests.\n\nFacts matter.", "No one here is “triggered”. You’re just commenting like a cringe tryhard without adding a source to your claim.", "Not a claim. I’m stating facts. Google is free.\n\nEducate yourself. \n\nAnthony Reyes, 43, Brooklyn, December 2nd, Parole.", "Ok then why not say all this in your original statement with a link instead of wording it like a douchebag?", "Why not educate yourself rather than throwing personal insults? Ignorance is a choice.", "Why not both? I now know the story and your original comment is still douchey.", "Facts aren’t “douchey”. \n\nContinue being upset by true statements 🤷🏻‍♂️", "“Let me guess” when you’re literally not guessing and adding a political label when it has absolutely nothing to do with politics. It’s a douchey statement.", "Oh but I was guessing. In fact, I was making an educated assumption based on likelihood. \n\nIt turned out to be factual.\n\nInstead of being bothered at people who make valid statements, try being bothered at the actual issue. You know, the fact this nonsense occurs to the point of predictability. \n\nHave a great week.", "[News story](https://www.nbc12.com/video/2021/12/04/man-leads-police-chase-stolen-school-bus-slams-into-cars/).", "Pull your damn pants up." ]
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"I knew I should have stayed home today"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q_z2WkSKTc
/r/videos/comments/rgpaes/adele_before_she_was_proper_famous_singing_on/
[ "Cool", "Jesus, she looks like a totally different person with how much work she has had done.", "She’s got soul", "For a minute the thumbnail looked like she is head banging", "She looks exactly the same lmao", "If you can't see a difference you're fucking blind mate.", "She is so good to hear!", "She hadn't had worked done, she's just worked off half her body weight.", "She has a cleft chin and a concave face (in profile) here, and she still has those distinctive features. She doesn't have defined cheek bones here (which is mostly the lighting - [she had them early in her career](https://hollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Adele-Weight-Loss-Journey-ftr.jpg) depending on lighting and makeup).\n\nIf she's had work done, it's been very conservative and minor. Her nose looks the most different, but that's because her face has gone from plump/full to average.", ">American POV", "I haven't listened to a huge amount of Adele other than the songs that make the radio and TV. Does she still do songs like this, where her accent comes across in her singing?", "Full size Adele > Skinny Adele", "Why is Adele popping up all of a sudden? She release a new album or something?", "She does use it once in a while, but has done so less and less over time. This isn't because of her accent though, it is a stylistic choice I believe. I mean it might be influenced by her accent in some way, like it's more comfortable or felt \"better\" in some way, but she never **had to** sing that way. \n \nA lot of singers have used similar style, regardless of accents, she is just leaning into it particularly hard in this song.", "New album just came out.", "Doesn’t look too improper to me", "And so she looks completely different which is what I said?", "Adele and Leona Lewis were classmates!" ]
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Adele before she was proper famous, singing on British TV.
https://youtu.be/3dJO47d26kc
/r/videos/comments/rgpdoo/vanilla_fudge_perform_keep_me_hangin_on_on_the_ed/
[ "The dad from Clarissa Explains it All was into this band. It was years before I found out they were actually a real band and not just something the writers concocted to drive home Marshall's Marshall-ness. Also the way this is shot makes the band all look really tiny.", "Live performance, no overdubs, no in-ear monitors, no auto-tune bullshit or studio wizardry. Say what you will about their theatrics, but they nailed the musicality like well rehearsed pros, not some Soundcloud posers.\n\n(*Edit addition to mention that IEM's are not a bad thing to have, it's just very difficult to get tight harmonies without being able to hear it in the mix...so all the more credit to a band that can get these live with no visible IEM's or wedge monitors*).", "Great fucking chuneee", "Acid's a helluva drug huh? \nKiller band.", "I loved the drumming!", "Amazing performance. Doing the kind of antics that the drummer and keys player were doing in front of a modern audience would probably get you laughed at today, but for the time it was pretty damn cool.", "I misread your post as the dad from Clarissa was in the band and just spent a few minutes trying to look him up to figure out which one he was in the video.", "Carmine Appice, the drummer, was/is quite influential. Had a big influence on a number of drummers who ended up being \"I play stadium tours\"huge.", "Well played!!", "So Kim Wilde didn't write the song? Mann, everything is a remix... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJZF-skCY-M\n\nEdit: dang this song is even older: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Keep_Me_Hangin%27_On . This is the Problem with growing up after a song was released, whom ever performs it during your childhood is the one that \"wrote it\". I see this with new music today which are remixed from the 90'. Just lately I hard some ATB remix by some rapper, all those kids today think it was written by that rapper....", "I suspect the keys player is wearing some form of in ear monitor, at that distance from the cabs and drums without one he would not be able to hear himself at all. \nMonitors are pretty key to live performances and not at all some modern technical wizardry.", "The first time I heard this was Morrissey singing \"....keep me hanging on...\" in Stop Me if You Think You've Heard this One Before.", "Pretty sure they didn’t exist in 67", "Because current with few exceptions music sucks. Everything’s run thru computers for that nice flat mushy sound. Can’t sing? Auto tune! For some odd reason people can’t get enough of it", "jesus fucking christ.", "See I thought that too but in ear receivers did come out in the 50s. \nA further deep dive seems to think the beatles started using (wedge)monitors in 66 so I have no idea how the guy can even hear in front of that stack unless only a small number are actually on and the music is fed through different speakers than the ones on stage. \n I cant tell by watching it and the more i watch the more i think the keys player is Adam Scott with a beard.", "It's totally a Supremes song. Their version has longing and heartache.\n\nVF's version is hard and gritty.\n\nKW's version is dark and powerful.\n\nEvery version is fantastic back to back to back.", "There is plenty of amazing music being made without all that. It's just that you don't know about it.", "Same with the people who rag on “Hollywood”movies being unoriginal like they’re the only movies getting made. Don’t like mainstream? Make the effort to go find the stuff you like and support it. Lazy fucks.", "It's not like Vanilla Fudge was a very popular band either.", "What a load of bull shit. There is so much good music. The scene we play in (stoner/doom/psychedelic is fucking bursting with good bands.\n\nCheck out \nWeedpecker,\nGreen lung,\nSleep,\nChurch of Misery (houses of the unholy is my fave),\nKing Gizzard and the wizard Lizard,\nStoned Jesus,\nMothership,\nOm (trippy stuff),\nBong Cauldron,\nPist", "Hippie chick\n\nFifty cents \n\nWhy not", "He didn’t just choke the cymbal, he put it in a headlock", "I had no idea Jonathan Frakes played keyboards for Vanilla Fudge back in the 60s.", "ngl, that was pretty awesome.", "Exactly, the difference is today's exceptional creative music doesn't get the exposure that it did in back then. You have to make an effort to find it.", "Does Elder fit into this category?", "this was the opening song of the final Sopranos episode Made in America and really set the tone for the episode.", "> no in-ear monitors,\n\nNo idea why you think in-ear monitors are a bad thing.", "The only constructive post in this thread.", "fuck yeah Vanilla Fudge. Had no idea their stage presence was so fucking **hard**", "Hell yes! We played a few gigs with them. Love their sessions album. They have a split with kadavar out now as well!", "yeah but they're a little proggier", "I don't think they're bad at all...just amazed they got those tight harmonies without them.", "Part of me agrees with the movies though, in that there is a bit of weird that has been lost. I watched existenz and johnny mnemonic and they don't make movies quite like that anymore.", "what other drummers would you say have his sound?", "Nah thats Karl Urban, Jonathan Frakes would be sitting backwards on the chair.", "What's the right tip? ^^^[Context](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S1EzkRpelY)", "[You think that's Jonathan Frakes?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM-e46xdcUo)", "That's possibly the best thing I have seen all day.", "I like how this video will randomly trend every few months on Reddit. These dudes went for it.", "J dil, Justin Bieber, Billie Eyelash, Mad Roach, Buddy Ritch.", "I can't hear this song without picturing Brad Pitt kicking the shit outta Mansonites.", "What? People could actually sing?", "Glad to see you checked some out! You might like All Them Witches. Great band", "ok, none of these answers are serious or correct.", "Duke Evans and Bill Ellington for sure though.", "Drugs are a helluva drug.", "Well, I checked out Weedpecker. This band without a doubt has one of the most overproduced sounds I’ve heard and is exactly what I’m talking about. The guitarist rips of Barry Guedreau of Boston so bad he should pay him. Unoriginal at best.", "Exceptional music didn't get much airplay back then either.", "Ah dont be a sour puss!\n\nOk try this lot.....\n\nhttps://open.spotify.com/track/7uRtBOvqokTBsNBjBhKOZx?si=8iDIPnbAQ7CfBO7onbV88w&utm_source=copy-link\n\nTurn that frown upside down", "Irish folk music with auto tune? Jesus Christ, it’s worse than I thought.", "Damn!\n\nOk your actually gonna like this\n\nhttps://open.spotify.com/album/6ef19n69tzKPQjkLZfc3L1?si=VawdKdm7RGOY0lc24ocl8w&utm_source=copy-link\n\nIts live as well so non of your 'auto tune' complaints", "Sometimes fast isn’t good….unless your Marty Friedman, or even Bucket Head. That’s just straight overproduced wall noise. Phil Spector is rolling in his grave." ]
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Vanilla Fudge Perform "Keep Me Hangin' On" on The Ed Sullivan Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQtTREndJKk
/r/videos/comments/rgpgti/this_drink_drive_advertisement_has_always_stuck/
[ "\"a fookin tall one mate, just sawr you turn into a a woman\"", "Highlights the sheer social poison that drink driving is in the UK.", "It has stucked with me too", "[I always remember this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVbSB2vz_8)\n\n[Oh, and this one.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tteHhYh9rU)\n\nNSFW on both counts", "[This is my fav from New Zealand](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtWirGxV7Q8)\n\nSlightly different mood though." ]
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This drink drive advertisement has always stuck with me
https://youtu.be/T0civ9U8Lp0
/r/videos/comments/rgphs2/joe_rogan_talks_to_dr_peter_mccullough_about/
[ "Can't you please keep this crap in the conspiracy subs with the rest of the lunatics?", "This was some straight lunacy. \n\nRogan is having straight crazy people on and letting them rant for 5 minute periods lol", "If you're on the fence and you know something isn't right about all of this.\n\n\nhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/0aZte37vtFTkYT7b0b04Qz?si=_f8rnnhVQTWD3lSIdzpweg&utm_source=copy-link", "Watch out for those contrails bud.", "Look i'm all open for learning. this \"Dr\" is just dangerous.. and an idiot.\n\nthere's been SO MANY previous iterations stating that a breakout would occur, and it would be coronavirus based. this isn't luck, it's because proper scientists know their shit.\n\nYou can be Pro or anti vaccine (but you need to accept your choices have consequences) but flat out sharing misinformation and scare tactics (not what he described the \"government\" of doing. he's LITERALLY causing people to question and get scared) is a cunt act, and it's causing more damage than we need right now.\n\n\nI wish joe just got comedians back on.", "Well in one sense he said it right? We didn't have the right people in the right committees and bodies of government and regulation... but... we all know who was to blame for that. Mr. \"You're fired\".\n\nIt's a super crazy mix of \"Why but also we know why but whyyyyyy.\"", "https://imgflip.com/i/5xxl34", "This guest is even Dumber than Rogan.\n\nand that's saying something. If you want ACTUAL TRUTH - don't get it from here.", "Nope. Nuh uh. Downvote and move on. No comment.", "What’s the tl;dr of this? I really don’t want to watch 3 hours of bullshit just to get pissed off", "Stop getting your fucking medical info from a clown.\n\nEdit: I’m taking about Rogan.\n\nAnd I’m not concerned about this docs credentials if he’s anti-vaxx.\n\nI work in healthcare, there are tons of idiots and grifters in this field. Dr mercola, I’m looking at you.", "Don’t waste your time with this goop for men dipshit.", "It was an inevitability there would be an outbreak of some kind at some point in some part of the world. In 2016 the Obama administration even developed a plan entitled “Playbook for Early Response to High-Consequence Emerging Infectious Disease Threats and Biological Incidents.” \n\n\"The playbook lists types of infectious disease threats that could emerge. “Novel coronaviruses” were among pathogens flagged as having potential to cause heightened concern\".\n\nWhen the new administration came in, not only did they eliminate the cabinet position responsible for dealing with it, they threw out the plans on how to respond. And, since initially, the outbreaks were in blue states, they did a calculus and determined they were better off to let the virus run its course through the population, and eventually, we would reach some sort of herd immunity with minimal consequences to their base and the economy. Evil", "Well when you put it that way... fuck.. yea man that's super shitty.", "When is he going to have the \"My Pillow Guy\" on to go over how the election was stolen?", "FYI, these are the credentials of this “clown”\n\nBiography\n\nPersonal History\nDr. Peter A. McCullough was born in Buffalo, New York, on the 29th of December 1962. During high school, he and his family moved to Wichita Falls in Texas and later settled in Grapevine. He has lived and worked in various parts of the United States, including Washington and Michigan, and he now resides in Dallas, Texas. \n\n \n\nAcademic History\nDr. McCullough attended Baylor University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984. He then attended the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he studied for his medical degree and graduated in June 1988. Following this, he undertook his residency in internal medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, where he trained for 3 years.¹\n\nUpon completing his residency in 1991, Dr. McCullough transferred to Grayling, Michigan, where he served for 2 years as an internal medicine attending at Mercy Hospital. Following his time at Mercy Hospital, he enrolled at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and studied a Masters degree in Public Health. \n\nAfter he graduated from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in 1994, he became a fellow in cardiovascular diseases at the Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. \n\n \n\nCareer Overview\nDr. McCullough joined the Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute in Detroit following his fellowship at the Beaumont Hospital, where he remained until 2000. He then moved to Kansas City, Missouri, to serve as Section Chief of Cardiology of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Truman Medical Centers. \n\nAfter his time in Missouri, Dr. McCullough returned to Michigan to serve as a Consultant Cardiologist at the Beaumont Hospital, and also as Chief, Division of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine Division of Cardiology. In 2010, following his stint at Beaumont Hospital, he was appointed as the Chief Academic and Scientific officer of the St. John Providence Health System, also in Detroit. In 2014, Dr. McCullough joined Baylor University Medical Center as Vice Chief of Internal Medicine. He was also appointed Chief of Cardiovascular Research of the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, and Program Director of the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program.²\n\nDr. McCullough is recognized internationally as a leading figure in the study of chronic kidney disease as a cardiovascular risk state, having over 1,000 publications to his name and over 500 citations in the National Library of Medicine.³ He is also a founder of the Cardio Renal Society of America, which is a group that dedicates itself to bringing cardiologists and nephrologists together to work on the increasing global issue of cardiorenal syndromes. He is the Co-Editor of Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine and is also currently serving as the Chair of the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP), the largest community screening effort for chronic diseases in America.⁴\n\n \n\nCareer Timeline\n1984: Graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor in Science\n1988: Graduated with a medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School\n1991: Completed his residency at University of Washington School of Medicine\n1991: Dr. McCullough begins his period as a medical attending at Mercy Hospital\n1993: Studies his Masters degree in Public Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health\n1994: Begins his fellowship in cardiovascular diseases at the William Beaumont Hospital\n1997: Joins the Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute\n2000: Appointed to serve as Section Chief of Cardiology of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Truman Medical Center\n2002: Made a Consultant Cardiologist and Division Chief of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine at the William Beaumont Hospital\n2010: Serves as the Chief Academic and Scientific officer of the St. John Providence Health System\nCurrent: Joined Baylor University Medical Center as Vice Chief of Internal Medicine and Chief of Cardiovascular Research of the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute\n \n\nRecognition\nDr. McCullough received the International Vicenza Award for Critical Care Nephrology for his outstanding work and contribution in the area of cardiorenal syndromes. He has also been a recipient of the Simon Dack Award from the American College of Cardiology, and his works have appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, and other prestigious journals worldwide. He has been an invited lecturer at the New York Academy of Sciences, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Medicines Agency, and the U.S. Congressional Oversight Panel.⁵\n\n \n\nAreas of Speciality\nCoronary Artery Disease\nChronic Kidney Disease as a Cardiovascular Risk State\nHigh Blood Pressure\nHigh Cholesterol\nHypertension\nSports Cardiology\n \n\nReferences\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-mccullough-0842a070/\nhttps://www.cardiometabolichealth.org/peter-mccullough.html\nhttps://www.cardiometabolichealth.org/peter-mccullough.html\nhttps://www.cardiorenalsociety.org/what-we-do.html\nhttps://health.usnews.com/doctors/peter-mccullough-304612", "He’s lost positions and titles for taking this position. He lost both his professorships. He has NOTHING to gain. His reputation is now in the gutter. What planet do you live on?", "What did he lose all of this over?\n\nWas it his grifting and using the University name for his own profit?", "I meant specifically with this guest. I selectively watch his podcast when he has a guest I know or am interested in", "It’s not just me and Dr. McCullough saying these things. There are tens of thousands of doctors and scientists around the world screaming from the roof tops trying to warn everyone of what’s happening. I’ve been to marches hundreds of thousands strong in my home city every few months for the last year. I’m not saying there’s a conspiracy, just what the good doctor is saying. \n\nIf you actually listen to what he’s saying, it’s all public information and facts. Do you know what mass psychosis is? You do know it’s happened through history like clockwork, the majority going insane for a brief period, atrocities get committed. \n\nAll I can say is one day you will see. I hope it’s sooner rather than later. I hope it’s before you participate in any atrocity yourself. God knows those you’re advocating for are already up to their neck in crimes against humanity. God help us all", "I'm willing to bet most people here didn't even bother listening to the whole podcast and looking into the studies mentioned, before licking their fingers and making their biased comment from their false moral high ground.", "get mad", "It’s not about Rogan, it’s about his guests you clown. And in this case the guest is probably the most qualified person right now to say the things he’s saying. And it’s all been at personal cost to him.\n\nWake up", "I swear Redditors are like hatchlings. Only they’ve reached adulthood with no knowledge of how the world works.", "Oh?\n\nTry being on the site for a decade kid.", "That's the reddit special.", "Anti vaxx? He is vaccinated and his kids are vaccinated. I think people are confusing his stance on treatment approaches here.", "Edit: on latest Rogan podcast with Robert Malone, Peter writes in to say that Omicron can now be caught as a reinfection due to its multiple mutations.\n\nDoctor claims that during the early stages of the pandemic all upper medical staff entirely focussed on getting a vaccine out and developing a treatment plan for patients who were on their death bed.\n\nThis doc claims that when he asked \"why aren't we treating patients who have just been exposed and have early symptoms?\" He could hear a pin drop.\n\nHe then released a paper with a multipoint strategy for reducing covid effects early but this was largely ignored in the USA. He testified to Congress on this twice claiming a lack of early treatment has now resulted in 85% of deaths. We shouldn't have waited until oxygen levels plumetted for example, before treating a patient - they could have been given many specific drugs to combat covid earlier.\n\nHe claims some drugs work far better during the replication stage than during the final days of infection when patients die and yet they were ruled out based on faulty studies.\n\nHe claims that much of this occurred due to panic and incompetence.\n\nHe claims once you get covid you will never get it again. Sars data is 12 years old, similar virus, no one ever caught it twice.\n\nLots of interesting information to be honest. People commenting are highly biased themselves I imagine.", "reddit is too far gone, likely most are far left wing pushed bots", "Yeah, I wonder how many commenters are actual people, and how many are bots at this point.", "It's lunacy based on what? Nothing. Your pure opinion which means NOTHING.", "He's not anti vaxx. He even said he's fully vaccinated and so is his family.", "I listened! Was quite interesting to see a different perspective on this. He never said he was anti-vax...he's vaxxed himself. He just said that there were other ways to combat the virus.", "It’s lunacy based on established science and facts that contradict what he’s saying", "“Established science” = established $$$", "Joe's a lost cause at this point. His credibility has been yet another casualty of the pandemic.", "He can't that dude is fucked and up to his dick on lawsuits", "No, it means it’s based on studies that have been ran and repeatable results \n\nBut keep sprackin off about conspiracies with no evidence, Rogan might have you on.", "I've been arguing against mercola et al for years. I've been arguing against anti vaxxers for years. \n\nThe mainstream narrative is literally the same as those two. Read the research yourself. These vaccines are not equivalent to others, and the cherrypicking and bastardization of research to argue incorrect points like mercola, fung, berg, dr oz, whoever else, is exactly what the mainstream is doing with covid issues.\n\nThere's plenty of batshit crazy stuff about covid out there, but there are also a lot of very well demonstrated discrepancies the mainstream is blatantly lying about. Believing the state sponsored narrative is just as stupid as believing the dumbest conspiracies.\n\nGo read mask research for an easy example.", "That Dr is vaccinated. Since you obviously didn’t listen to the podcast. There is nothing antivax in the podcast.", "You’re an idiot. Turn off CNN and the other fake corporate news and open your eyes. If you can’t see by now how much of a sham the past 2 years have been you need help.", "Yet here we are with Joe Rogan making just as much money out of this as everyone else except you all think he's a fucking God.\n\nYou idiots constantly forget the rest of the fucking world exists.", "Joe Rogan is a moderator. He’s asking questions and THE DOCTOR is answering questions and from his experience. Why blame joe for this. He brings random people onto his show and has conversations.", "The fact you think he's a moderator shows you have fallen for his bullshit.\n\nWay back when he may have had neutral guests. Now? He's a right wing conspiracy peddling dickhead.\n\nEdit... Toned it down.. thought you were a different user.", "Dude he had Sanjay Gupta on from cnn. How is he picking all right wing people when Sanjay is on. Clearly liberals just call other people names when they disagree with something like you. \n\nJai hind 🇮🇳", "He had him on, to trap him into saying the \"wrong\" things. You get that right?\n\nIt's like how Steve Crowder thinks he's smart because he traps people into saying something by oversimplifying the point", "you mean fox news because they spread conspiracy like AIDS in the reagan 80's", "i wouldn't even bother explaining to others. their brains are unable to comprehend common sense.", "no, he's right. joe rogan is just another midget asshat.", "If you actually listen to the podcast you’d know, Sanjay Gupta reached out to HIM to come talk on the show. Also if you listen to his podcast you know that Joe compliments Gupta every time mentioned, even with different perspectives because all he cares for his a conversation that gets to the audience. I get that the far left and gay people want to cancel Joe, which makes no sense. The guy even says he’s not conservative and wanted to vote for Bernie", "\"crazy people\". Yeh, so one of the most credentialed doctors in the US is \"crazy\" for presenting peer reviewed studies which contradict your narrative. He doesn't even say anything shocking.. Is it so shocking to say that early therapeutic treatment would save more lives based on scientific research?", "What’s my narrative?", "36 mins in the doc goes all Holocaust denial, blaming it on mass psychosis. \n\nJoe Rogan is a cancer.", "It’s pretty nuts reading all these comments from people who jump to conclusions without even listening to the episode.\n\nRogan literally has on a super decorated, well-respected, highly published (I think one of the most ever) physicians. The physician speaks against the narrative and people on here flip out. \n\nWhat’s pretty funny is I can guarantee that almost everyone who buys into the narrative has done literally zero research on their own. Yet, they have a voice in speaking out against well-respected academics on the topic. \n\nHate to break it to you guys — you’re not smarter than this physician. Anyone who has eyes wide open can see everything he’s talking about. This isn’t a surprise to those of us working in the medical community. \n\nRogan is an interviewer who has on guests from every corner of the world. The hate he gets is pretty funny. He’s a liberal who smokes pot and thinks everyone should have healthcare. He had on Sanjay Gupta who we all know is a shill for CNN and even when Rogan had him on the ropes with how CNN completely lied about his COVID treatment plan, he let him off easy. Whenever Sanjay’s name comes up in other interviews, Rogan defends him and praises his resume. \n\nMost of the people commenting on Reddit don’t listen to these podcasts. They’re very close minded. They’re upset when the narrative gets challenged. I think a big part of the issue is a lot of people who got vaccinated are now realizing how duped they are. So now they want to ruin everyone else’s life or at least cling to the narrative so they can feel less stupid.", "Careful dude, Reddit can't often handle rational comments like this. You could kill someone! Or find yourself banned.", "Well then why is he \"crazy\" for wanting to save lives? Is there anything objectionable about that?", "Lmfaoooo", "Calling this doctor an idiot means you either didn’t listen to the podcast or don’t know how to use critical thinking. He clearly isn’t even an anti-vaxxer. He’s just saying that there are effective early treatments that could have prevented a lot of the deaths over the course of the pandemic. He’s clearly a well decorated medical practitioner and is smarter than you and me combined.", "And “causing people to question?” How is that a bad thing? Should we not question? Is your opinion that we should all bury our heads in the sand and not question anything? \n\nHe is also just repeating and interpreting data. Data shows that incidences of myocarditis have gone from 3 per million to 66 per million. Something like that. Im going on memory and I’m not going to fact check myself because I don’t have time. But that should be part of the open discussion. I’m not an anti-vaxxer either but that does scare me a little bit. And now that vaccinated people are getting covid and giving it to other vaccinated people I’m actually hopeful that a multi-drug therapy approach might help get us through the pandemic without costing hundreds of thousands more lives. Why should we be so opposed to the idea of early treatment? Why is that viewpoint met with so much resistance? Well It might just be that the mainstream narrative might actually be the real misinformation. Food for thought.", "https://en-volve.com/2021/12/19/leaked-emails-reveal-fauci-and-deep-state-conspired-to-discredit-dissenting-scientists-with-googles-help/\n\nAnything other than the vaccine was suppressed and ignored from the beginning. If you can’t follow the money (and real science) then I don’t know…\n\nAmazing how the average Redditor is all the sudden a doctor and can dismiss doctors they don’t agree with as conspiracy theorists…", "lol what", "Explain that?", "Covid reinfections are happening in massive numbers from Omicron and there is plenty of evidence of reinfections over the past 18 months. I don't doubt his credentials or sincerity of his advice, but this stance is factually incorrect.", "Fox News was established in 1996. Wasn’t around in the ‘80s. You probable weren’t, either", "Where is your source on that confirmed re-infection?", "nice meme", "Not what he said at all, he compared the mass psychosis that the Nazi government used to incite the Holocaust to the mass psychosis that we're seeing now about shaming people who aren't vaccinated and imposing mandates based on fear of the virus. Clearly you either didn't listen to the words or are actively trying to misinterpret what he said because it challenges your world view", "I couldn't agree more with your rational comment (and laugh at the comment below). This guy talks very articulate on multiple subjects regarding COVID and yet people are so quick to hate. This is the psychosis and group thinking that he alluded to in his comments w/ JR. Literally, no more critical thinking from the masses, just follow the herd. Absurd.", "You either have no narrative, or are part of the \"group think\" narrative from Dr. McCullough's comments. Congrats for being able to think for yourself (sarcasm).", "You realize that both Presidents now have about the same number of deaths during their presidency. Did you even listen to the podcast? Literally, very little to do with politics, yet here you are providing your political opinions. Geez. This country is f\\*\\*\\*\\*d.", "Wow, you work in healthcare. Everyone give this guy a round of applause, and a trophy ... while we are at it a medal. Ha! When you open with arrogance, its pretty obvious to see you are hiding your ignorance. Congrats on being a \"hero\". You prob get on your knees daily at night to pray to Fuhrer Fauci.", "He clearly is an entitled \"healthcare\" worker. LOL! Who cares what he has to say. Little offered.", "I see your mother dropped you on your head as a child. Your critical thinking skills are ... well, not so critical 🤣🤣🤣", "chill with all that critical thinking, you may fry your electric circuit, bro 🤣", "The fundemantal tenant of “science” is to question everything. Then when you have a theory, continuing to question and test it. The fact that the masses are just like “oh cool, science figured out, no need to question anything else…” is really disturbing.", "Just asking questions is not what's happening here. Joe has cherry picked a doctor with fringe views who's making a career for himself spreading these fringe ideas.\n\nJoe's lost his way in recent years.", "Disturbing…", "Would you be willing to answer the following questions (if so keep reading)?:\n\nIf the establishment consensus were incorrect, if everyone took your attitude, would there be any possibility for that to ever be exposed?\n\nAre we simply at the mercy of a giant profit-driven machine that is accountable to no one?\n\nHow does society benefit from turning off our rational minds?\n\nIs it impossible for an organization like the WHO or the FDA to take an official position on any subject and be wrong?", "He certainly didn’t come across as crazy or unhinged. He seemed extremely well informed and secure in all of his viewpoints. It was a pretty stark contrast to Sanjay Gupta, who didn’t seem at all confident any time the dogma was questioned.", "Did Dr. Peter say he was vaxxed?", "Why does this misinformation keep getting spread? It’s like everything to do with this pandemic and the response to it is so saturated with lies it’s just impossible to know what’s true anymore.\n\nhttps://amp.usatoday.com/amp/3437356001", "Just about everything is his post is an outright lie.", "How so?", "I don’t recall a single scientific claim he made that he didn’t back up with scientific data.", "You mean like the numerous peer reviewed published studies he cites during the podcast?", "He’s vaccinated, so calling him anti-vax proves that you lack the ability to check your own emotionally rooted biases on this issue.\n\nHe also said that the vaccines have had a positive overall impact on the pandemic. So that proves you also didn’t listen to the podcast.\n\nThis means that no one should put any sort of credibility in your opinion on this.", "It’s not confusing someone’s stance when you make no effort to learn what it is. This is reckless or purposeful misinformation to characterize him as anti-vax. The obvious question is why anyone would be motivated to do that…", "We don’t know. There is a gag order on his firing from Baylor, so legally neither party is allowed to talk about it.\n\nDon’t you think that’s unusual if he was terminated for a clearly justifiable reason?", "Finally a sensible human being", "Why is it that, anytime people who deepthroat the establishment narrative on this issue are presented with a credible critique, they turn into bratty, snarky teenagers?\n\nCan you help me understand that?", "You didn’t watch this interview. Full stop.", "I posted a link earlier that gives context. I PM’d it to you to avoid spamming the thread.", "Does it not hurt to spew this much undeducated bullshit? It's crazy to me u can type up these emotionally charged partisan comments on something you aren't educated about and still have this aura of arrogance like u know everything. Why don't u try humbling yourself and listening to somebodies words and intentions rather than putting yourself on a political team and hyper analyzing normal statements and twisting them into your weird perverse projections.", "In response to the comment above. Here is another example of you spewing more bullshit on a subject that u have zero knowledge on. The vast majority of his podcast with Sanjay was not to attack him that was about 5% of the entire podcast. Plus if you really were a watchdog for truth like u seem to be trying to be why don't u care that Sanjay and CNN purposefully tarnished Joe Rogans character for taking ivermectin (an fda approved drug that has been proven to reduce viral replication of certain diseases). If you are going to roast Rogan for taking ivermectin then i guess the medical industries in Japan,India, and Russia have zero idea what they are doing also. Try taking mushrooms sometime, go outside, take a hike. It's sad seeing the number of people like yourself who probably mean well working as corporate voiceboxes for groups that don't give a shit about your wellbeing. I'm not some Rogan dickrider either btw. Plenty of podcasts he has bothered me with interruptions/dumb comments but at least i can tell he is being honest with his audience unlike anyone that works at CNN.", "I find it SO entertaining that there's so many... rogan? fans defending this downvoted removed video.\n\nDon't get your \"news\" from Joe Rogan.", "He literally talks about that in the podcast, too. There’s so many people who need to listen to this but won’t because they have programmed themselves (or been programmed) to reject the information in total disconnect from its validity.", "I have no problem with Rogan taking Ivermectin (as prescribed). I have a problem with Jabroni's self-medicating. In my opinion, the reason the media demonized this is to stop people from taking a Lethal Dose of this stuff (do I think they did it well? no. I think they \ncould have managed it much better.) \n\nKeep in mind, the Dose they tested was 200 μg/kg. the LD50 of it is 51.5 mg/kg. That does seem like a big difference, but do you think someone at home is going to successfully manage that dose? Personally, I think it's pretty likely we'll overdose (and 50mg is the LD50, not talking about damaging people's internals permanently.).\nalso, remember all these tests were done **in vitro**. which means, virtually. or not in practical studies with actual living people.\n\nFinally, don't forget Rogan took SHITLOADS of other things as well as the ivermectin.\n\n**\" I took Monoclonal antibodies, ivermectin, Z-Pak, prednisone, everything. I also got a NAD drip and a vitamin drip for three days in a row.”**\n\nFor what it's worth, I have a lot of work colleagues in IND. the story you've heard (Ivermectin saved and stopped the spread in India), is bogus. none of them have heard mention of ivermectin, and are trying to get their vaccination ASAP (they're based in Bangalore, Delhi, and Kerala). \n\nIt's good to be wary of all news, but you need to double check your sources as well.", "r/coronavirus blindly disputes anything that doesn’t go along with their narrative due to “no peer reviewed studies”\n\nI posted a link to a peer reviewed study that went against their narrative. It was deleted and I was banned almost instantly lol \n\nI like to think a large amount of people are now seeing through this nonsense - but it just doesn’t seem that way online because the powers at be censor anyone who asks questions or looks shares alternative information", "I had read previously that they think Natural immunity seems to wane over about 12-16 months (so similar to the vaccine, however, a bit longer). An anti-vaxxer yelled at me, told me I was an idiot, and shared this tracker.\n\nhttps://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/08/covid-19-reinfection-tracker/\n\n\n\nSince we're only just getting to that time frame it's hard to say legitimately (and also depends if cities/states/countries report this stuff) but it does seem it's increasing.\n\n\nthere's also this report, which has suspected and probable reinfections, which is ASTRONOMICALLY higher.\n\nhttps://bnonews.com/index.php/reinfection-tracker-suspected-cases/\n\nThis data is going to keep changing, but a lot of people aren't flexible with information changing. I feel like anti-vaxxers/anti-pandemic people aren't comfortable with this (the CDC mask to and fro was a great example of this).", "It’s sad. After watching the interview, the first thing I did was try to find articles debunking him. I finally had to stop because I couldn’t make it past the first paragraph of any article without reading an overt lie or misrepresentation.\n\nThat’s usually a good indicator that what he’s saying is probably true, but inconvenient for a lot of people.", "No. If I got fired I would be under a similar gag order or something similar. If he really did get fired without cause he wouldn't have to abide by anything. They clearly paid him to go away and shutting up was a part of that.", ">No. If I got fired I would be under a similar gag order or something similar. \n\nWhat relevant information could possibly be extracted from this statement? I don’t know your job or the conditions of it. Gags orders are a thing, and more common in some professions than others, but would you expect it in his case?\n\nIt could mean that he had a psychotic break one day and they want to distance themselves from him as much as possible, or it could be that they told him “hey what you’re talking about is a bad look for us, but nothing you’re saying is technically wrong, but we gotta part ways”.\n\nThat’s my whole point, we don’t know about why he left Baylor because they made sure that he can’t legally talk about it.", "Yes", "What makes it a conspiracy?", "Joe was literally asking questions and making the Dr prove himself because Joe didn’t believe a lot of the statements he made", "Joe is literally a liberal 😂?? Are you trolling?", "Holy block of text batman", "If you consider that a block of text just save yourself the trouble now and drop out of school", "🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️", "Kinda hard to drop out when I teach both high school and college. \n\nNice try though.", "Find a way", "Lmao.\n\nSomeone is so salt they even fixed their formatting a little bit. \n\nBut go on, tell me more about life in academia. Does it include me trying to use a place? I hope your version does.", "Are you having a stroke or something?\n\nAlso I didn’t change any formatting you are high", "Are you?\n\nYou were telling me about how Dr. McPuffn' Stuff was being censored by big Academia and no one could tell me what his new and original findings were. \n\nThen you got lost trying to fix your shit ass formatting.\n\nAnd now we're here.", "I have no idea what the fuck you’re talking about but not surprised considering you claim to be a college professor who is intimidated by 3 paragraphs.", "There are lots of good doctors & lots of bad doctors just like every other category of person. Open your mind", "they're not wrong about the year of fox news's founding", "Lol.\n\n\"intimidated\"\n\nthis child is reaching for it", "While I don't think either administration has handled the pandemic particularly well, I never bought the whole \"they threw out the playbook\" thing. In this day and age, everything is digital, I highly doubt they had one recorded document. There has to be a record of that document somewhere. Now, if that's a metaphor for \"they didn't adhere to it\" then yeah sure I guess, although that's weirdly phrased.", "[https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30764-7/fulltext](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30764-7/fulltext)\n\n[https://jim.bmj.com/content/69/6/1253](https://jim.bmj.com/content/69/6/1253)\n\n[https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2108120](https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2108120)\n\n[https://www.health.state.mn.us/news/pressrel/2021/mediaadv110121.html](https://www.health.state.mn.us/news/pressrel/2021/mediaadv110121.html)\n\n[https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.11.21266068v2.full.pdf](https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.11.21266068v2.full.pdf)\n\n[https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2780557](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2780557)\n\n[https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveycharacteristicsofpeopletestingpositiveforcovid19uk/3november2021#:\\~:text=1.,100%2C000%20participant%20days%20at%20risk](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveycharacteristicsofpeopletestingpositiveforcovid19uk/3november2021#:~:text=1.,100%2C000%20participant%20days%20at%20risk)).\n\n[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33029476/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33029476/)\n\n​\n\nUK, US, Israel and South African sources on it, plus others I can find - the last one is from the very first case of reinfection from Israel in October 2020", "“…the example is nazi Germany where people walked into gas chambers and were gased”\n\nDirect quote, he is referring to the Jewish people who were murdered, not the nazis who murdered them.\n\nEven referencing the Holocaust and Nazis shows he has no argument.\n\nVaccines or being shamed into them is not even in the same realm as genocide.", "Joe actually roasts the my pillow guy pretty regularly.", "Once again you are making weird logical leaps and inferring someone has beliefs that they never verbally expressed. I never said ivermectin was a savior drug just pointed out the hypocrisy in the coverage it has gotten in the media. Also Joe Rogan has never told people ivermectin is a miracle drug or told/even hinted that people should self-medicate themselves with it at home? The proper way arguments should be conducted are to achieve some elevated level of thought u may have not noticed without getting told opposing views. But for some reason your level of arguing is to just strawman fallacy your way through this conversation and not attempt to comprehend all the while speaking opinions on things u obviously didn't watch.", "He's not saying that it is but go ahead and put words in his mouth I guess", "Actually...\n\nI never brought up ivermectin. You did. I also didn't mention Joe about it either (aside from saying I had no problem with him taking it). You brought up the media handling of it, and I said why I thought they did what they did - which was to avoid people from self-medicating (and agreed that they handled it poorly).\n\nthe fact that you're calling this a strawman argument (with topics created by YOU), means you either don't know what that is or aren't interested in a change of view. either way - I feel like this conversation has come to an end.\n\nback to my actual topic - Joe Rogan is dumb, gullible, and (considering how big his audience is) dangerous to the wellbeing of society.", "Your narrative is \"STFU and take the injection\"", "Did you listen to it? Because there's some very interesting data which no one else is questioning.", "So just debating with someone branded and anti vaxxer means someone should be cancelled now?", "The cdc website lists that it's very rare to catch it more then once. Almost impossible. Where did you see this information about omicron?", "[https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30764-7/fulltext](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30764-7/fulltext)\n\n[https://jim.bmj.com/content/69/6/1253](https://jim.bmj.com/content/69/6/1253)\n\n[https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2108120](https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2108120)\n\n[https://www.health.state.mn.us/news/pressrel/2021/mediaadv110121.html](https://www.health.state.mn.us/news/pressrel/2021/mediaadv110121.html)\n\n[https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.11.21266068v2.full.pdf](https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.11.21266068v2.full.pdf)\n\n[https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2780557](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2780557)\n\n[https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveycharacteristicsofpeopletestingpositiveforcovid19uk/3november2021#:\\~:text=1.,100%2C000%20participant%20days%20at%20risk](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveycharacteristicsofpeopletestingpositiveforcovid19uk/3november2021#:~:text=1.,100%2C000%20participant%20days%20at%20risk)).\n\n[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33029476/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33029476/)\n\n​\n\nUK, US, Israel and South African sources on reinfections, plus others I can find - the last one is from the very first case of reinfection from Israel in October 2020 - I copy and pasted this from another post who said reinfections didn’t happen because of some waffle spouted by Peter McCullough.\n\nNow for actual omicron.\n\nhttps://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.11.21266068v2\nThis is preprint so still needs to be peer reviewed.\n\nhttp://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/232698/omicron-largely-evades-immunity-from-past/\nStudy is linked in article.\n\nhttps://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/forecasting/mathematical-modeling-outbreak.html\nArticle from CDC saying immune escape from\nPast infections has been demonstrated in ‘in vitro’ studies - in labs.\n\nI could find more if I googled - but these are just the sources I’ve researched and saved to date.\n\nApologies for the spam; I deal\nWith anti vaxxers a lot(not saying you are one) so I save my sources, across a verity of areas, so they are easy to dump when needed.", "God forbid you hurt someone's feelings", "This doctor has the most publications in his field now or ever in history. He doesn't need to make up another career for himself", "Hi there, just looked at one paper (it's too much to look at all of them, I apologize) \n\nIt's the pubmed. For the Israel study. Young 20 year old woman tests positive for COVID antibodies a couple months after getting it the first time.\n\nMy understanding is that it can take upwards of 15 months for antibodies to clear from initial infection.", "The forum for disproving bad science is more science. Not going on JRE and spouting unfounded claims.\n\nHe may have a heap of published papers but no lay person knew who he was before he started with the fringe ideas, i.e., he gained a media career.", "He’s not really trying to disprove vaccines or anything like that though. He’s trying to shift the focus to early treatment which he has done the science and put out papers in favor of. This isn’t an “us vs them” case. Hes just trying to help people with treatment before hospitalization. \n\nI also think youre overestimating the value of being known by lay people. He’s not producing media", "As far as I'm concerned he is a quack. If he had something concrete, in my opinion the science would speak for itself.\n\nIt should set off alarm bells when there's a minority of scientists going against a position. Either he's right and will prove that through research and publication (and probably get a Nobel prize) or he's wrong and his career is relegated to appearances on JRE. Time will tell. I urge you to follow up in a few years and see which patch he took.\n\nOn your point about vaccines. He's stated that healthy people under 50 don't need a vaccine which is going against the scientific concensus.", "I watched the video. The dr literally lied to get viewers to not get the vaccine", "He is fully vaccinated and so is his entire family. He isn’t anti-vax her literally says that in the interview.\n\nHopefully Joe will have him back on with an expert to debate like he requested.", "He said the vaccine isnt fda approved (which it is btw) and kept insisting why u would take something which isn’t approved?\n\nHe’s lying, he wants u not to take it. That’s when I knew he was bias, and u should also now know he’s bias. \n\nFurthermore, he said blowing your nose is more effective than a vaccine. Which again shows he a lunatic and shouldnt be listened to. \n\nIf he had kept quiet about these idiotic takes , he would have more followers", "I watched the entire interview and I don’t remember him saying that or making that point at all. It seems completely at odds with everything he was saying, so that’s pretty strange.\n\nHe said if you are one of the people who are more *likely* to be harmed by the vaccine than helped, you shouldn’t be *compelled* to take it. That’s the recommendation doctors SHOULD be giving. He said “if taking the vaccine doesn’t offer you any benefit, then you can *only* be exposed to harm”. For example, if you’ve already had COVID, taking the vaccine offers a negligible benefit (if any at all), so what sense would it make to force those people to get vaccinated? He also doesn’t feel like the vaccine should be compulsory.\n\nYou don’t just get to ignore all context and nuance from what a person says simply because you feel like you have some sort of moral high ground.\n\nUnless he is in the middle of some psychotic episode, this is a sane, credentialed professional who at least deserves to be heard without his position being grossly mischaracterized.", "What context are u talking about? There doesn’t need to be context for these statements. \nHe straight up said the vaccine isn’t fda approved in front of millions of listeners. (Time 2:32:10). Talks about about how the vaccine int fda approved but just is made for money for pharmaceutical companies and the government, even though the vaccine is made for. You know, helping people. \n\nHe states 2:34:00 again that the vaccine isn’t fda approved. And implies you shouldn’t take the vaccine bc it’s not advertised nor is FDA APPROVED. He is purposely encouraging vaccine hesitancy for everyone\n\nHe encourages the use of Neti pots in the podcast, which the fda disagrees with. Even though he is VERY insistent of the approval of the FDA. If u watched the podcast, you would know he believes you can “effectively” stop covid with a neti pot. Which is simply blowing your nose. Which is down right stupid.\n\nThis guy is a classic grifter, doesn’t believe or even research in anything he says. Just bc he’s a dr, it doesn’t mean anything when countless other drs heavily disagree with him. \n\n\nThis all just makes everything he’s saying invalid.", "Oh I see, you aren’t really as informed as you think you are about the vaccine.\n\nUnless something has VERY recently changed, the only (singular) company who produced a Covid vaccine with full FDA approval is Pfizer, and FDA approval is NOT for the formulation we are currently taking, it is for (technically) a new product called Cominarty. The vaccines currently available to us are all still authorized under an EUA.\n\nIf you actually paid attention, it would have made no sense to you that 2 and a half hours in he would suddenly completely shift his entire message to say that the vaccines are totally unsafe for everyone, which is what you’re trying to imply that he’s saying.\n\nIt seems that you lack the bandwidth to actually handle this conversation without going totally off the rails with your confirmation bias.\n\nAnd this is coming from someone who just got their booster shot *AFTER* listening to this podcast. His statements about the waning protection from the vaccine after a few months actually motivated me to get boosted when I wasn’t planning on it before. Reconcile that in your mind.", "You do realise he literally said pfizer is not fda approved. \n\nYes I am the one with the “confirmation bias”", "So you’re just going to continue to ignore the facts then?\n\nThe Pfizer vaccine with full FDA approval is Cominarty. The Pfizer vaccine available to *us* is not Cominarty, and is available through an EUA. None of the other vaccines have full FDA approval. If you go get a Pfizer shot tomorrow you are NOT getting the vaccine with full FDA approval. True or false?\n\nThis is a minor point, which you bizarrely want to focus on despite being 100% wrong about what you’re saying. It’s strange. He isn’t making the argument that the vaccines are unsafe. He is making the argument that certain groups are more at risk from the vaccine than Covid and that the need to discrimination is impossible because public health officials want to promote one-size all compliance. People are being hurt unnecessarily because of this and it is being suppressed.\n\nThe fact that you are so brainwashed that you can’t even see his extremely clear and reasonable message is extremely disheartening and doesn’t bode well for us as a species.", "No, my point is ONLY is to do with vaccine hesitancy. \n\nHe is laying out the fact as if the vaccine is only made for money. And that it’s not Fda approved , meaning you shouldn’t take it. (Even though pfizer is fda approved and other vaccines have met the standards for EUA). Why make this point, when pfizer is fda approved and other vaccines the fda has agreed it meets standards for EAU. Why say this? What’s the point of saying not “FDA approved”. It’s only to create vaccine hesitancy \n\n\nI’m not brainwashed, I don’t blow my nose to stop covid. The vaccine is more effective than blowing my nose. Sorry\n\n\n\n\nHis argument isn’t even that profound. Classic grifter. Literally everyone knows the vaccine has side effects that effect certain groups of people. It’s not a secret pal, he doesn’t know more than average person", "Damn guys. Everyone so brainwashed 🦧 they don’t know the vaccine has side effects which effect certain people 🤭\n\nEven though this is extremely rare and more people survive and stay well from this vaccine imma make a huge fuss as if I discovered something new (that’s crazy, the vaccine has side effects)", "You’re so close…\n\nSo if risks can be stratified by population group then why is it so unreasonable to say that a one size fits all approach might be antithetical to how doctors have *always* practiced medicine?\n\nShould anyone be compelled to take a vaccine where the risks literally outweighs the potential benefit? Shouldn’t they be able to make that choice without being compelled? Wouldn’t compelling them be unethical?\n\nThere are *literally* groups that are mathematically more at risk from the vaccine than Covid.", "Um no, I’d rather take the vaccine lol.\n\nI rather live in a police state where they force u to take the vaccine than give people the choice not to take the vaccine. There’s literally people begging for the vaccine in other countries\n\n\nThis group is so insignificant to me", "I made the same decision! People should be free the make that choice. Hypothetically, how would you feel if you compelled your healthy teenage nephew who had already recovered from Covid to get vaccinated and they developed myocarditis? Would you feel comfortable making that decision for other people?", "Reread my comment.\n\nI would be very comfortable, it’s so rare. It’s bound to happen to one child. Then if it was my family, damn that’s tough. \n\nIf it was common, then I would be very uncomfortable. Why would I make take the vaccine?? That would be my fault they got it.", "I read your comment. You’re contradicting yourself.\n\nIf the risk of Covid is large enough to warrant vaccination, then how can the risk of myocarditis (in some groups) that is statistically LARGER, be minimized at the same time? You can’t.", "The risk of covid is that it gets worse and mutates and spreads further and further. And the whole worlds is in a pandemic, and it kills everyone. \n\nI’m fine with a few under 33 year olds getting myocradiyis, who probably already had unknown myocradiyis. And them living with that.\n\nIt’s a dog eat dog world\n\nAnother pandemic would kill more people through suicide than myocradiyis", "So you’re happy to risk a young healthy person’s quality of life and vitality, for no benefit whatsoever to anyone?\n\nAnd you’re doing this because you assume they probably had myocarditis to begin with? That’s borderline sociopathic.\n\nEdit: also keep in mind that in this scenario the hypothetical young person had already recovered from Covid. There’s something wrong with you dude", "Hahahah no benefit?\n\nI don’t want another pandemic. The lockdown it’s self will kill more people through suicide than myocradiyis.\n\nI’m sorry, but I can’t live in your dream world. I choose 800000000>1000s", "You realise the vaccine decreases the chances of covid spreading. If the kid gets over covid, well done. So did I, do u wanna medal. It needs to get the vaccine to kill this virus as a whole. It’s selfish to believe vaccines only help 1 person, it helps a community \n\nI literally got covid and recovered and then a a few months later got the covid vaccine" ]
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Joe Rogan Talks to Dr. Peter McCullough About Vaccines and Protocol Treatments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv2WJX-x3wY
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[ "Dee! Jay! Khaled! Wings the best!", "Such a lil bitch.", "Even Billie Eilish doubled down on Da Bomb. How is DJ Khalid such a wuss? Was it just a ploy to make his mark on Hot Ones?", "> How is DJ Khalid such a wuss?\n\nSeriously? Is it hard to see through his bullshit?\n\nI mean, the moment he opens his mouth it should be pretty obvious.", "i love how the host calls him on his bs. \"if i stop, doesn't mean i give up\" \"yes it does!\" fucking lol.", "Lame to steal the video from Hot Ones\n\nhttps://youtu.be/1HYEC_FlgAg", "have another one", "It's not the same video. The OP is just highlights, and it cuts to other Hot Ones videos where Khalid is mentioned.", "Is his whole thing saying his name at the start of a song so you know you can skip it without having to listen to it?", "The episode is funny af. I never knew DJ Khaled was suck a fake. There is another video somewhere where he tries to play guitar." ]
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DJ Khaled Hot Ones Highlights and Roast
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rgqodp/deleted_by_user/
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[ "This is bad, but “most horrible”? Idk dude, there were the crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, the Salem Witch trials….Davey and Goliath…", "I didn’t title it. Still, the impression of the burn victim was a bit much.", "Just the Duggar family alone", "What a stupid fuck boy", "Fucking tool", "David and Goliath? Not Christian history, and not all that horrible....", "What a fool. Everyone knows the true God is Horus, God of the Sky, born to Isis the Penis Thrower of the Nile Delta. Tremble before Him.", "Nope, Davey and Goliath, a claymation Christian kids show, all that horrible" ]
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[deleted by user]
https://youtu.be/cySrO6OO8Jg
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[ "This seems funnier every year", "I love it so much. It's just so bizarre. The creator is amazing and has many other similarly bizarre videos.\n\n\"Cindy Lou Who, Give Me The Christmas.\"", "Very clever. Love these" ]
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Merry Christmas from The Gronch
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rgri7u/deleted_by_user/
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[ "A husband and wife get too involved with their new neighbors.", "Give me back the time I wasted watching this!", "what was wrong with it?", "I like the sentiment I just expected more after the long setup", "fair", "Ok, I feel like an idiot.\n\nWere the neighbors having sex? Did the older husband go next door and have sex with the neighbor's wife? Did the older wife go next door and have sex with the new neighbor's husband? Did both the older husband and wife realize it was sex all along, or just at the end?\n\nPlease help me out here..." ]
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[deleted by user]
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rgrjgl/deleted_by_user/
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[ "* I lied!\n* I cheated!\n* Daddy bought me in!\n* I blew the dean!\n* I'm a super jock!\n* I wrote an expose' on the faculty, and blackmailed them!\n* I studied, worked hard, got good grades, and got in on my academic merits. JUST KIDDING!!! I sucked off the dean too.", "My designer dad and movie star mom knew a guy", "Probably getting very nerdy in high school would be my guess" ]
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[ "He sure did", "How do you come back up after flipping the kayak like that?", "[Relevant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDhzwLWKyng)", "This is the same move done is surfing when someone has a longboard, often called “turtling” or a “turtle roll”. With shorter boards people can duck under the wave, but with longer boards you roll under them. \n\nSource:have surfed my whole life but still am trash", "Pushing with the paddle.", "still got wet.", "For sure", "I don’t know why but this comment made me crack the fuck up", "He sure did", "Sure he did", "With your hips, primarily. The paddle provides the water resistance to push against with your core.", "don't listen to the person who said paddle, it is actually just in your hips. you can re-flip yourself without a paddle", "So what was accomplished here? I don't really get it.\n\nInstead of being dry in the correct boating position he was completely wet and upside-down. Is that a good thing? I must be missing something?", "why would you do this?", "So you dont get wet from the wave obviously.", "It is better to go under the wave than have the wave crash on you. In both cases you get wet, but a crashing wave can be high impact and make you lose control. In this case he probably would have been fine going over, but it was a kind of close call. Or maybe he was just practicing his turtle rolls.", "Probably wearing a cag jacket.", "Ok, I can understand that! Thanks!", "Wave looks kinda small for that. I feel like they're just trying to show off.", "\n>Source:have surfed my whole life but still am trash\n\n\n\nMe too. I feel like it's one of the only sports where you can do it for years and still be shit.", "To dodge the oxygen up top.", "Skateboarding would like to have a word with you." ]
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This guy ducked a wave with a kayak
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/r/videos/comments/rgs3a2/how_popeyes_and_churchs_chicken_choose_their/
[ "Me living within 5 minutes of 2 Popeyes and a KFC: (Chuckles) I'm in danger.", "I just went to Popeyes first time like a month ago and I keep going back.", "Menu prices are trash but the 14 piece family meal for 19.99 from the app is on another level!", "Lol these guys are funny as hell. The squid game video was hilarious.", "Lol I live near the only Popeyes for like. Multiple counties in any direction.\n\nThe new nuggets aren't that great", "Inala?", "I'm looking at you, Third Ward.", "The homeless man sealed it, lmao", "I live 2 miles from Popeye's and my neighborhood doesn't look any better.", "Red rooster is kind of the B or C class of fast food franchise. I quite like their roast chicken but every time I see one I'm amazed that they are somehow still open.", "The incipient shooting was very subtle. Good stuff.", "If you watch their Popeyes videos, they actually hired the homeless man here.", "Where would you rank Church's Chicken?", "What's funny is that this is accurate even in Canada. There was two Popeye's within like a few miles of my house even though they aren't even that prevalent where I am. Coincidently, the areas they are in aren't that hot and are by low income buildings. It's like a scaled down version of the US", "The last minute of regulation in March Madness is stellar too - especially if you're a college bball fan.", "Wow! That had me rolling!", "A big problem for them is you can get a better roast chicken from any supermarket for like $10, that's a big reason I never go there anymore.", "Pft, you have name brand fried chicken places. \n\nWhere I used to live, the only business with bulletproof glass was the off-brand fried chicken place. \n\nNot even a dangerous or sketchy area of the city, aside from the one restaurant and like 50 foot radius around it.", "I will go to the hood for that sweet heat dipping sauce.", "Where does Jollibee fall then?", "I agree on this have had it 3 times and have gotten food poisoning 3 times. Also no it hasn't improved since then.", "We don't even have a Popeyes here. But tbf the population is over 90% white", "One of John McWhorter's three proposed ways to help black Americans is to increase literacy. (The other two are legalising drugs, and making 2-year trade school degrees more affordable and culturally praiseworthy).", "I always thought fast food ops simply looked for a McDonald's and put there's next to it.", "Went to popeyes over the weekend and the next day learned from the news that they found a murdered body in a car half a block from where we were eating.\n\nThe food was fantastic.", "The one next to my work has a fire chicken sandwich. If they were faster I'd eat there for lunch more.", "You really gave it a fair shake", "Can confirm. You better be prepared to fight for your Popeyes and that includes the employees.", "Chickens alright but I love their okra", "Pretty sure this was filmed in Austin.", "Every churches Ive been to has a homeless guy mumbling to himself within 50 ft of the entrance. Also Churches has the best biscuits and spicy chicken strips. I order nothing else ever. That meal with fries and white gravy to dip the fries.", "It also has to have such a small parking lot that anytime after 4pn the drive-through is backed up 3 blocks into traffic.", "I lived down the street from a Church's for about 36 months. Suddenly, so many things make sense.", "in Vancouver, the Popeyes are in strip malls close to main intersections", "Popeye's is always hood adjacent\n\nChurches is always in the center of the hood", "I'm 36!", "> Wait... am i from the hood?\n\nwhile australia does have some car dependent suburbia and terrible bike paths, we didn't suffer through a general motors total dismantling of every other form of transport than the car and in some cases entire destruction of neighbors for highways.\n\nAt least, transperth here isn't that bad. [electric light rail](https://i.imgur.com/sCvRIEd.gif) is grass", "K", "It's alright, I do generally enjoy Popeye's more.", "Kennedy Fried Chicken for life.", "**DEM HONEY BUTTER BISCUITS DOE! INJECT THAT INTO MY VEINS!**", "Such disrespect for Williams Chicken", ">Most white people only find a Church's Chicken when they are lost or looking for crack.\n\nYes, *most*. Some of us are looking for some Church’s.", "Fact. Am white, never seen a Church's", "I haven't had Church's chicken for a long time now, isn't one in near me.\n\nBut damn is that ever good chicken.", "I have lived by many a Church’s. The closer you are to one the less safe your home is. If your Church’s closes down you’re getting gentrified.", "Damn I did not know a Gunspoint reference was gonna make me miss 1990s Houston this early in the morning.", "Popeyes = Low income areas\n\nChurches = Even Lower income areas\n\nChick-fil-A = Middle class areas with a line of cars around the restaurant.", "I bet you have a Chik-fil-a ?", "Sucks to be you, loser! I drive by a Popeye's every day in the multicultural bastion that is South Dakota. We got Germans, Norwegians, Swedes, Irish, Dutch, Italians, even a few Jews! No gypsies though, thank God. /s", "Just don't drop it, those guys will break a toe.", "Their chicken isn’t anything great but god damn I saw Jesus when I had their biscuits. Go to Church’s for their biscuits not chicken.", "I don’t really understand why Popeye’s is a chicken restaurant and not a salad bar. Have they even seen Popeye???", "Man, living in Canada sometimes sucks. I just want all these food places I've never had or heard of!", "Big cities in American have public transport in the USA too.", "I just moved last week and have been subtly noticing I may be in the hood. Just looked looked it up after reading your comment and there is a church's chicken 3 blocks away. LOL", "There is the only Popeyes buffet in the world in my city. It's not in the hood. Crazy talk.", "I recently went into a Church's chicken and those motherfuckers were all out of chicken. How do you run out of chicken when all you sell is chicken? And, if you ran out of chicken, why not close the store instead of staying open so you can tell hungry customers that you are out of motherfucking chicken??", "If that homeless guy was barefoot I would have lost it.", "And then there’s Harold’s which you gotta order through bulletproof glass and pick your shit up through a little revolving food door.", "Does not apply to Puerto Rico Popeyes and Church's locations, but pretty accurate for the US. There is a KFC with jerk chicken flavor in the menu up in Hartford, CT, but I've only been that way ever once.", "What about Kennedy Fried chicken?", "You just reminded me of my sweet old lady Polish anthropology professor. She would always stress that we should embrace every culture for being unique… except gypsies they are devil people", "Damn Popeyes digital marketing team is getting creative", "I used to travel to Richmond, VA weekly and drove through what seemed to be the worst neighborhood there. Right in the middle was a Church's. Best fried chicken ever, I actually looked forward to my trips there. I'm the whitest guy ever, never got a second look sitting in the parking lot eating my Church's.", "Here in Ohio they keep building new Popeye's in the burbs because it turns out white people REALLY love chicken. Our family goes there more than Raising Canes and KFC.", "I love me some popeye's but it kinda makes my heart race after eating it, so I don't do it much", "I dont need to GPS that, I know exactly how deep in the hood I have to drive for my fried okra and sweet tea. Worth it every time. I have always joked the perfect chicken place would be KFC's chicken with Church's sides and Popeyes biscuits.", "Last time I went to a popeyes was in the hood in milwaukee. They told me to pull ahead after I ordered. So I did. Then instead of bringing the food to my car, they screamed at me that my food was done and dropped it outside the door by the restaurant. \n\nThey forgot all my sides but gave me two extra sandwiches", "Bojangles4lyfe", "Where I live in Ohio we have a Popeye's across the street from a Tim Hortons. Popeye's is the shit", "Lived in a house that was a 5 minute walk from a Churches during undergrad. Rent was amazing, but our landlord Jeff would show up randomly for “check-ins” and give us $25 bucks off if we paid all cash. Literally anything you left on the porch would get stolen, I had a broken bike helmet (split in half) get grabbed. The house was basically between the university campus and the Churches and just walking towards Churches made this video becomes less and less satirical. Still would eat there every once and a while, but only after get blackout drunk, so that I would fit in.", "He was legit the best part", "I think Church’s is only down south? I’ve only seen ones when visiting family in La and Texas", "\"you might want to hire him\"", "And there’s a small charcoal chicken place nearby, always.", "The only Church’s Chicken I’ve been to was south New Orleans off the highway. The regulars looked at me like I was from the moon, good times.", "Where are you in Canada? In Ontario we have Popeyes and church’s.", "As a side note, within driving distance, I got Chik-fil-a, Popeyes, Church's, PDQ, Crown (probably the best of them), and if I want to go a bit further, a really good soul food place that does bangin fried chicken and all their sides are great.\n\nI don't get how Chik-fil-a survives in that. Outside of breakfast, I don't see what they do which is better than the competition.", "Ha, 12th and Springdale. I recognized the graffiti on that building instantly.", "A bojangles opened up near a friend of mine's house and within 6 months they went out of business... Apparently, they couldn't compete with the KFC or the Popeyes which were less than 2 blocks from them. \n\nWhen the hood has spoken that your chicken isn't any better than KFC or Popeyes that was enough for me to realize Bojangles must not be that great.", "Where does Go Chicken Go fit into the hierarchy of chicken joints?", "When i am traveling and see a Church’s Chicken I know I have fucked up and am in the *bad* part of town, the “don’t stop at stop signs” kind of bad.", "Nearest Popeyes near me is deep into MLK Blvd. You can watch the Chris Rock skit to know about that location...\n\nThey are now building a Popeyes 1 mile from my house and I joked about what it means for our \"white\" suburb.", "#*I HEARD Y'ALL TALKING BOUT MY FUCKIN SHOES!*", "In Toronto, Popeye's are everywhere, and there are a few Church's (which I honestly think is better). Where in Canada are you?", "They got rid of the Cajun rice. Worst decision by far.", "The Church's chicken *is* the crack.", ">The part of the hood that could potentially ~~get gentrified by white people someday~~ have a white person accidentally enter and use the Popeye's parking lot to turn around.", "That makes me hungry for some spicy tenders and buttermilk ranch.", "This tracks", "Bojangles bone in fried is meh compared to KFC and Popeyes, but those biscuits tho... And that Cajun filet biscuit with some bo-rounds.... MMMMMM... also you realize Bojangles is throughout the south now right... Most of us also got Cookout now too... Drinking up all y'all's cheerwine", "Crown Fried Chicken is better than both of them... and usually in the hood of Philly", "Oh Shit there were two Church's Chicken near where I grew up. One closed down. How deep in the hood was I?", "I wonder how much the Jake Delhomme commercials have to do with that, 20 years later.", "Popeyes are popping up everywhere very quickly, like Raising Cane's they have a very rapid expansion plan.", "I miss living in the south for the food. I did a year in Mississippi and my god the southern food was amazing. Fried chicken and sweet tea everywhere, now I have to hunt for good places in Arizona. Found a few but its a long drive. One BBQ place here has the best fried okra I have ever had and the rest of the menu is good too. Sadly no good chicken places in town.", "I checked Google Maps, the only Church's Chicken within 100 miles of me are in Flint and Detroit proper.", "Links?", ">What state did that happen in?\n\nAlabama which makes it all the more odd because my friends in AL love them some chicken but the Bojangles just couldn't compete. Is Bojangles expensive or something? Cause he doesn't live in the best neighborhood but it isn't like *Oh! Look at the time! It's pew pew 30..*", "When Cookout opened up in my college town, it was like someone started a new religion...that place was mobbed every night after the bars closed, and for good reason haha.", "When I lived in Goose Creek, South Carolina, there was a Church's Chicken next to a gas station halfway between Goose Creek and Monck's Corner on Hwy 52. It was the strangest location I've ever seen for one. Out in the middle of the countryside.", "In Chicago and the suburbs, we got Harold's. The most sketchy chicken chain I have ever seen, it's complete trash for food, and the workers act like they work there against their will.", "Chicago represent", "For me just Crown Fried instead of Church Chicken.", "It was \"the Jews\" that gave it away, wasn't it? /s", "Inedible shit", "Or you could be one of those people that live in an area with all the name brands but also know that the *best* chicken is sold at that one random gas station in town.", "There's a Bojangles right across the street from KFC here in Hillsborough, NC and they have no issue staying in business. Bojangles is our goto, but we still crave KFC every once in a while. I prefer the KFC slaw. I like that it's in small bits, and sweet.", "I wouldn't be surprised if they were all owned by the same company. Just diversifying to fit various backgrounds.", "It's true though for my story time. \n\n3 years ago when I lived in a certain southern US state in a city that used to be nicknamed the city \"too busy to hate\" I wanted some Church's chicken. I am a southern boy too who likes fried chicken but I happen to be white with a red beard.\nIt was night time about an hour before closing. \n\nSo I made the drive. Inside I was the only white guy. \n\nThe lady taking my order and prepping the food seemed apprehensive at first but then realized I just really like chicken and we talked a little and I told her about where I grew up in the poor country and I'd been in the city for a little while now. \n\nShe opened up and was super friendly but also advised me to take my food to go and eat it back at home and not talk to anyone in the parking lot on my way out. \n\nShe was expecting some regulars who would most definitely say something and give me \"grief\" (for lack of a better word) for being in their restaurant in their part of town. \n\nThe food was still hot and delicious when I got home. \n\n\n**Edit** For anyone wondering, things like this didn't happen often, but if you've lived in a major metropolitan and seen it or experienced it yourself, then you know. \nThe only other one that sticks out is when I wanted some Krispy Kreme donuts on a Sunday after sleeping in. I had 2 to choose from. \nI chose the slightly closer one, and got in the store while the Church crowd hit. \nIt wasn't too bad either, but in that one I definitely got asked \"why are you here?\" and got some side glances. The person who gave me my coffee and hot & fresh donuts legit told me \"don't come back here, ok\". But it wasn't like threatening. \nAgain, not so bad, but it happens... \n\n**Edit 2** For anyone wondering any further. I kind of look like a white trash redneck but really am just a stupid simple country boy. \nI was pretty stupid and naïve. Living in the city I learned some important things and \"found out\" (but at least I didn't have to \"fuck around to find out\"). 🤣 \nWhere I grew up it sucked for everyone the same out in the poor countryside. \nThings are better out here but I understand more now. Like how the world works and how much distrust and tension is still out there. \nI've also seen a lot of hopeful good things too when I was downtown! So don't let this little story discourage anyone either!", "Popeyes is popping up in all the wealthy suburbs of Chicago now that their food is more trendy with middle class people. They are definitely closer to Chick Fil A on how they choose their locations now, but far more willing to expand than CFA.", "To some of us, the food at Church's is crack.", "Hatred of the Roma is the one thing that might bring all of Europe together to form an EU with some real teeth.", "Popeyes got rid of their rice, haven't been back since", "Not from my experience.\n\nThe three locations off the top of my mind in NYC are:\n\nChelsea- edge of the really nice neighborhood\n\nMadison Sq Park: nice location\n\nLower East Side: slightly seedy, but popular among younger folks", "Bojangles has pretty solid biscuits from what I remember. Obviously terrible for you but damn good.\n\nI live in the northeast now so it might have changed.", "Hey - free trash pickup!", "Despite the fact that Wendy’s is right there with 9/10 chicken and 0 line", "Years back, I'm driving along the highway, decently late at night, and am hungry. I stop at a rest stop, and just about the only thing open is a Roy Rogers. It had been a minute since I had eaten at one of those, but they were known for their roast beef sandwiches and fried chicken. Cool, that works.\n\nWalk up to the counter, ask for fried chicken. Nope, they don't have any. Uh....ok. I'll take a roast beef sandwich, then. Nope, they don't have any. Uh....what do you have, then? They offer to make a burger. Sure, I'm desperate, I guess....\n\nI proceed to make one of the biggest mistakes of my life, as I watch this motherfucker spend the next 10 mins of his life leaning as hard as he could with the spatula, over and over, on this poor piece of meat, flipping it repeatedly. And yes, cooking it for WAY too long. I should have just walked away. I knew this was going to be terrible. But I didn't. I was hungry, so I waited and actually paid for this desiccated disc which no sane person could mistake for a burger.\n\nIt was the worst \"burger\" I've tasted in my life. I choked down a couple of bites, but couldn't do it after that.\n\nThe lesson: when a place known for something is out of that thing, and all they have left is a thing which makes you go, \"you're offering me what, now?\", just walk away.", "\"you might wanna hire him\" \n\nLOL", "Think this a re-upload, what's their name?", "Churches is owned by the same company that owns White Castle, and they will often have split/double restaurants like when you see a Taco Bell Pizza Hut combo store. \n\nI think that’s how most white people come across a Churches.", "I may know an exception to this rule. There is a Church's in the Temescal area in Oakland right across the street from a brewery. This area is definitely not perfect but it is gentrifying pretty rapidly.", "meh. Bojangles is white people chicken from North Kackalackey. They took the name from a character in old blackface movies, and it just doesn't get more condescendingly racist. \n\nBojangles claims to be Cajun, which is just as bizarre as Texas Pete, which is also made in North Kackalackey. Food-wise NC is famous for putting meat in vinegar and calling it BBQ, as well as putting coleslaw on everything that will hold it.\n\nSurprisingly Publix has great fried chicken, just realize that buying it means you're indirectly donating to Trump.", "ChickFilA also goes where students live in college towns. We've got two practically across the street from each other and it's still impossible not to be stuck in the traffic for those places.", "You ever been to the Church's in Gary? They looked at me like they had never seen a white person before.", "Churches also love college campuses, but I guess that's also considered low income areas...", "\n>When the hood has spoken that your chicken isn't any better than KFC or Popeyes that was enough for me to realize Bojangles must not be that great.\n\nBojangles is in fact great, it just is. Popeyes is amazing as well. KFC is garbage and isn't even in the same league.", "> They forgot all my sides but gave me two extra sandwiches\n\nI mean.....I think you won, there. The popeyes sandwich is fantastic while their sides range from good to not great.", "Half chicken dark, mild sauce. Oooooooweeeeeee.", "They have beans and rice still. The green beans being gone sucks.", "> Middle class areas with a line of cars around the restaurant.\n\nIt's *astonishing* how consistent that long ass line is. At all hours of the day, at every location, no matter the weather. There is always, always, *always* a fucking line that stretches around the building. I get the chicken is decent but man, not \"wait for 15 minutes for a chicken sandwich when I got shit to do\" decent.", "Bojangles’ >>>>>>>", "Nope!\n\nEdit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQF2g-5vKkI\n\nKills me every time", "[RDCworld1](https://youtube.com/c/RDCworld1)", "TBF living off of any fast food item would probably kill you.", "Krispy Krunchy Chicken so hood most white people don’t even know it exists.", "Raisin' Canes is excellent", "That’s exactly it!", "I can’t argue with you there!", "Its like looking at the people fighting for a spot at the end of the line. Williams is da bomb.", "March Madness https://youtu.be/yQF2g-5vKkI\n\nSquid Game\nhttps://youtu.be/vWT6YhSs76c", "Just checked. Theres only 1 in NJ and it's 1hr 20mins away from me. The next closest one is in Philly(same distance). That's why I never seen one.", "They’re in the Midwest too. I seen a couple in IL.", "They just put a Popeyes right by me in whitebread Central NJ. Do I live in the hood now?", "To be fair, even if currently owned by the same company they started smaller on their own.", "The buffet is being closed down though :(", "Chick-fil-a sandwiches are dope. Waffle fries are good, too.", "Absolutely. Was in Honolulu a month ago and saw one. Had to try it to try and understand the hype. Nasty food.", "lmao this happened to me a few months ago!", "And they still take 15 minutes to finish your order and don't have half of their drinks and condiments in stock.", "Not a fan of their chicken but their sides to me are the best of all of them", "What!? KFC has the worst chicken out of the three. A well managed Church’s wins everything for me.", "That beans and rice is legit crack I love that shit", "The acting and production value of this video are incredible. There's simultaneously so much and so little effort going on at once. Fucking masterpiece", "Thank you", "Shhhhhh. We don't speak of such things.", "[Inala Inala Inalaiiiiiiii INALAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII](https://youtu.be/9ldMVypqA_8?t=156)", "My late grandfather was a manager of multiple Church's Chicken restaurants, I miss his trove of stories about working there. The craziest offhand I can think of was when he managed one in the OKC area. The store had multiple Iranian college students who were working there part time. Tensions arose during the Hostage Crisis between Iranian students and locals and a policy to charge for cups used for water along with soda lead to an argument between one of the workers and a shitkicker cowboy patron. The latter called him a sand n***** and a melee ensued involving fists and at least one grease laden fry basket.", "It's also hard to separate the 'hood' from segregation and racism. Those roads were used to separate black neighborhoods from the rest of the urban area in a physical manifestation of exclusion, which was very much present in financial deterrents as well, leading to the lower income status of those areas. Entire bridges were designed with the height of buses in mind, so that black families would be unable to take public transport to places like beaches.\n\nIt's kind of like asking the question if you're living in a ghetto: There's a lot more meaning included than living in a self-contained lower income neighborhood.", "Get to building right now!\n\n\n...we on it!", "Welcome to Atlanta", "I miss working on the southside", "Having lived in both Canada and the US I always found it kinda funny how the stereotype about Popeyes never fit with my experiences growing up in Canada. Popeyes are everywhere where I am and definitely not chosen solely based on a neighbourhood's income. I've also never understood the whole Popeyes employees are rude meme because I've yet to experience that either in the US or Canada. American Popeyes is slow as shit though.", "Bojangles' biscuits are fucking amazing!", "Can't forget about the run-down ethnic restaurants in the seedy looking parts of the hood. Or the liquor store right next to a convenience store with a grill that serves the best burgers around.\n\nHonorable mention to that one lady in every hood that sells icebergs and candy to the kids.", "Lived in Chicago years ago. I remember having to go to the sketchy parts of town and ordering through a bullet proof window to get Popeyes. Hearing they have them in the suburbs is wild.", "I will gladly go out of my way and feel a little uncomfortable to hit up a Popeye's. Chick-Fil-A are a bunch of homophobes.\n\nPlus the Popeye's chicken sandwich is king. I'd let them put up a restaurant in my own kitchen if they asked me.", "Heh, my family was on a road trip one time and saw an IHOP so we stopped by to eat. Sat in the waiting area for about 30 minutes before we saw anybody, who looked very surprised to see us. She apologized for the wait and said that they actually are out of ingredients to make pancakes or omlettes and they were making a sign for the door but we got in before they did.\n\nWe were thinking \"if your staples are sold out, why stay open?\"", "No kidding! You'd think they are handing out free handjobs with every order.", "Texas Pete isn't hot sauce, it's mildly spiced vinegar, and I say this from NC.", "Church's chicken is so greasy at least all the ones I have been to. Its like after its done frying they just put it in another vat of grease to let it sit a while and get the skin all soggy.", "2 different ones both in vegas.", "Okay so I live near a very black part of town, and I gotta ask, why are all the fast food places there weird shit that looks corporate but you've never seen or heard of another location in your life. And they always have fried chicken, several fried fish options, and usually gyros for no reason but never a burger? And why is it like twice the price of McDonalds for a meal and fries are always extra?", "Incidentally the Chuches on Airport and Oak Springs closed nearby. Too many gentrified houses in that area I guess?", "Probably near a Filipino church.", "I did really try to like it, my friend really wanted me to like it.", "You just have to ask nicely. Don't forget to thank them when they are done.", "Popeyes buffet?\n\nTell us more please.", "After the tornado in Joplin, MO they rebuilt the biggest Chick-fil-A I've ever seen. It has 3 drive through ordering lanes that are deep enough to allow at least 30 cars... maybe more than that to be queued and the line *still* extends out into the road blocking traffic. People just really value their consistency and are extremely loyal.", "In the Pinoy hood.", "Come on down to Baltimore. We have this little thing called Hip-Hop Fish & Chicken. One hell of a chicken box. Always next to a regional cellphone provider and a dollar store.", "I always find popeyes are on the very edge of bad areas. That way white peoole feel somewhat safe getting a chicken sandwhich.", "The thing is, the line is always around the building, but I get through that line faster than I can get through the McDonald's line with 2 cars in it.", "If you ever find one and are brave enough to go in do it. Theyre delicious.", "Don’t even get me started on where Checkers be", "You ain't seen ghetto until you find a Kennedy Fried Chicken that's been boarded up.", "I love me some Popeyes, although Churches has some amazing biscuits. I have zero issues going into the hood for a Popeyes fix.", "The lines are long but in my experience I haven’t ever had to wait more than like 8 minutes for my food. They have people with iPads or whatever taking your order while you wait and then the line turns into everyone just waiting to pick up.", "I’m going to blow your mind: Popeyes shares the same parent company as Tim Hortons.", "I thought Church’s chicken was OP mocking Chick-Fil-A for being so religious and racists and stuff, not another chicken chain.\n\n(I’m not not from US)", "ah i see you're not familiar with the secret menu.", "Bruh gonna be honest Church's is not that good. Great biscuits but that's about it. \n\nI doubt it's a brand that's gonna grow", "You might wanna hire him", "Sprinkled on top with love just like grandma used to do.", "Attention to continuity always gets extra points in my book", "We have Popeyes a half mile a way from Chick-fil-a. I love Popeyes, but always end up at Chick-fil-a because A: Popeyes' lobby still hasn't reopened, and I don't want to eat in my car, and B: Even if I do eat in my car or am taking it back to the office, I can get through a 10 car line at CFA in under 10 minutes, or mobile order and run in and pick it up in under 5. Popeyes has 10 cars in line, that's at least a 20 minute wait.\n\nCFA just has way better logistics for cooking and pushing customers through. After the initial Popeyes Chicken Sandwich fervor died down, I finally went in to get one. It was fantastic, but it took 40 minutes between walking into the store and sitting down with it, and there were only 8 people in line in front of me.", "Quick question: is Popeye’s any good. They have just opened one in London but the queue was huge (you know we love a queue) so I decided to swerved it.", "Jaws all on the floor like Pam like Tommy just burst in the door\nAnd started whoopin' her ass worse than before\nThey first were divorced, throwin' her over furniture?", "Those spicy chicken sandwiches are fresh as hell though, steam coming off of them and everything.", "My church's in the high crime area didn't survive covid 😥", "Nice I'll try to remember that", "Mobile order. Usually ready in under 5 minutes and just run in and grab it (or they bring it out to your car, depending on your state's COVID rules/status)", "These guys are brilliant, who the hell are they?", "With the pound of soggy French fries god DAMN", "My regular experience with 2am cookout:\n\n\n*Incomprehensible radio static*\"\n\n\"Yeah let me get a tray with a burger double cheddar bacon style with a side of quesadilla and a corn dog\"\n\n*incomprehensible radio static*\n\n\"Lemme get a HUGE tea with tha- *vomit noises* ... that. Also can I get a jr tray with a bacon wrap and cheddar bites\"\n\n\n\"*Incomprehensible radio static*\"\n\n\n\n\"Lemme also get a heath bar eggnog milkshake for my driver\"\n\n\n\"*incomprehensible radio static*\"\n\n\n\"Aight bet.\"", "Our Church’s has been boarded up for about ten years.", "They renovated the chik fil a on a busy corner here, into a DOUBLE lane drive through, manned by workers with computer belts, and the line is STILL always out onto the street, and even farther back into the intersection!\n\nIf the line is backed up to the exit, go eat somewher else you fucking yuppie lmao!! You don't deserve to actually obstruct traffic to eat overpriced lunch!", "I was in Baltimore once and stopped at Popeyes because we don't have them in my part of Canada. The lady at the register told me that it probably wasn't safe for me to hangout there long. Felt weird.", "I have 2 Bojangles both within a 5-minute drive from my house. I live in North Carolina.", "Popeyes chicken is fuckin awesome.", "Kennedy’s Fried Chicken in the Bronx. Bulletproof glass and they had a small memorial on the street where a guy was shot up. Best fried chicken I’ve had in my life.", "Yeah, I avoid Popeyes because they are stupid slow ,and often sold out of things you want to eat. CFA is fast and efficient, and are never sold out of anything. Also, CFA workers will treat you well. Popeyes workers almost never had a lick of customer service training.\n\nIf only Popeyes could get their act together, because the food is always good.", "Wendy's Jalepeno chicken sandwiches are amazing.", "Wait until you get to Sharks", "And guess which one has the best chicken...", "Bojangles is the best. Didn’t realize how lucky I was to grow up with them around. Bo Berry biscuits, dirty rice, spicy fried chicken. Bojangles is that shit son, it’s so fucking good.", "There is Church's all over Vancouver also", "They got a Church's in DC. Gotta go there now that they closed the Popeyes.", "Popeye's sandwich is better", "Was Soylent Green on the menu?", "The code switch though", "My college campus was hood adjacent.", "You don't get a free handjob with every order? I do.", "And you know this. Maaaaaan!", "This checks out with my area. Right on the edge of the mostly white rich side and the mostly black poor side of town there’s a Popeye’s. It’s been there for at least 30 years. The location must be perfect. \n\nUnfortunately the black side of town isn’t big enough to support a Church’s.", "It's not just real ATL we have them in the far reaching burbs/metro like Carrollton now. I feel like I may have found one exploring Alabama as well.", "Dude Bojangles used to be in my area. I miss it so much. Chic Fil A is good but if Bo comes back they can get fucked.", "They’ve got nothing on Crown Fried", "It's good but not Popeyes good. The saving grace from Church's chicken is their honey butter biscuits and corn nuggets.", "To my knowledge it was the only buffet in the country. \n\nYou just grabbed what you wanted for a flat charge of like $8.\n\nYou want 6 breasts and 10 biscuits? Get you some brah", "Surprising though how fast the car line moves. They got people out there *working* those orders.", "Ive been there only once, it did not impress me at all. Id much rather have a culver's chicken sandwich", "Then they give you those fries that smell like they just came out of a dirty warehouse, leaving behind a God awful aftertaste", "Best food in town is always near or in the hood", "I don't know why but 2 years ago they had 4 pieces of chicken for $5. I'm pretty sure I ate 200 pieces of chicken that Summer.", "Not sure about the accuracy here, since they're building a Popeye's and a Chick-fil-a on the same intersection in my town, in a nice area, right on the highway.", "Car playing loud music parked outside that you can hear from the next zipcode", "I'm close to both a Popeye's (older part of town) and Chick-fil-A (white people area). I'll go to the hood for a real chicken sandwich, not some tiny, overpirced, homophobic hate sandwich.", "I thought I was hood smart, but here you are dropping chicken joints I’ve never heard of… learn something new everyday.", "On Clark? There were a lot of good ones pre pandemic.", "Lost it hahaha", "Yup. Definitely a fair number of Popeyes in the wealthy counties of Northern Virginia.", "I have a pet theory that the Harold's aesthetic is a bit of a put on so that middle class patrons can feel like they're at a real \"hood\" spot. I've been to several locations and the over-the-top security stuff/griminess of some of them doesn't fit their surrounding area at all. Hell the Hyde Park one is in the same strip mall as a small organic European grocer.", "We have a Canes across the street from a Chick Fil A with a Popeyes less than a block away on the same street. This street also has a Taco Bell, Wendy’s, Arbys, Culver’s, Starbucks, Caribou, Buffalo Wild Wings, Chipotle, Noodles & Co, Golden Corral, Pizza Hut, Red Lobster, some seafood place, a pizza and cheesesteak place, and I’m sure I’m forgetting stuff. All of this is by a popular concert venue but still. The Midwest is a trip.", "What does it mean then if I live right by an abandoned church's chicken?", "It’s the return of the “oh wait, no way, you’re kidding, he didn’t say what I think he did, did he?”", "This was also pre-universal Amazon delivery so porch pirating wasn’t such a big deal. And the house itself wasn’t ever broken into, just the porch.", "My dad (white, very white) thought that Popeyes was called “Pope Yes”", "My wife won't let me get that cause you can't ask for all dark meat on a coupon.", "This MF channeling the late, great Bernie Mac.", "And out onto the street with a cop directing traffic. \nFuck you 500 E Ben White Blvd location, your the reason I could never eat at cobo bobs!", "From my experience, it's only good in Louisiana. Outside of Louisiana the seasoning really drops. Mild in Louisiana is spicier than spicy is outside of Louisiana.", "Never understood the chick fil a thing. It's the applebees of chicken.", "Gas Station Fried Chicken. delicious.", "In Pittsburgh our version of this is called Hook Fish and Chicken. I'm pretty sure one of the locations was selling drugs for a while lmao.", "Almost every midwestern city is super sprawling and public transportation is only reliable up to the suburbs. So like 70% of those cities are unwalkable.\n\nSource: Learned this the hard way after thinking downtown Chicago was similar to the rest of the city.", "Their anime videos are equally hilarious.", "This was basically everything I observed sitting in the drive thru at Popeyes last night but there was one thing missing…the 24 hour laundry that’s always right across the street.", "\"Aggravated homeless guy\" actor is actually one of the funniest people on the show", "Don’t disagree, but that doesn’t make CFA bad.", "We just got a Harold's here in Vegas. My wife and I went to try it and it was the most absolutely uninspiring chicken I've ever had.\nThey also had a 45 min wait for our food and that seemed to be a trend with everyone else too.\n\nTheir Yelp is full of complaints about no food and long waits, might only be this one off location but I'd never go back.", "Popeye's in my city is being built between an adult toy shop and an Arby's.", ">Now, I boycott them because I just prefer other chicken sandwiches.\n\nThis. They're not even top 5, and it's like their only thing. Their fries suck too.", "I'll be honest, Idgaf about how bad a neighborhood is cuz Popeyes/Church's chicken slaps too hard to care.", "I have never lived next to a bad one until now and it really takes the fun out of it. Apparently they lose their power when you get into less danger. Methadone clinic adjacent apartment is some of the best chicken I have ever had.", "There used to be a corner intown that had a Church's and a Popeye's right across from each other. Both did good business, parking was always a problem. The KFC was a block away. Eventually, the Popeye's won out. it's the only one left there.", "It means there's no reason to go there, when there's a better option nearby, which is what I said.", "Raisin Canes might be the only reason I visit America one day, we don't get that kind of fast food here in the UK and its upsetting", "How do we feel about zaxby’s? I am from the northeast so we have kfc, Popeyes, and a few chik-Fil-a. On our last road trip down south we stopped at zaxby’s and thought it was really good.", "There may be no better hangover food than a Bojangles Cajun filet biscuit.", "What happens if there is a popeye's and a church's next to eachother? There is a spot like that near the St. Louis airport.", "Funny story: My step mom was applying for jobs and mentioned that she applied at some Cajun restaurant with a unique name: \"Bohangles\" (how she pronounced it). We died laughing--\"Do you mean BOJANGLES\" lmao.", "Awhile back I went to the BK drive through near me and was told \"we are all out of burger, order something else\". How do you run out of the thing you are named after? Does Taco Bell run out of taco?", "Dude, Im making conversation, not debating. Have a good day.", "I now have a Bojangles just a 2 minute walk from my house in SC. Every morning at 5:30 it starts filling up with old men drinking coffee and eating biscuits. Many of them drive their golf carts to the restaurant. \n\nIt's fantastic.", "For those interested, check out Patricia Turner's classic article \"Church's Fried Chicken and The Klan: A Rhetorical Analysis of Rumor in the Black Community\" (1987). Super interesting.", "Don't forget that Popeye's also has the KING of fast food sides, their red beans & rice.", "They put one in my college.", "I mean probably not since he just replied to a comment talking about chicago suburbs?", "We have a popeyes in my town that's probably 90% white as well, but I've never tried it bc I usually just get chick fil a or raisin canes. And if I really want actual fried chicken, I'll go to an actual restaurant and not a fast food place.", "Toronto here too, is it just me or does the video not fit us? There's really only a handful of Church's around the city (which I do like better too, their pieces are way bigger) but they don't seem to be in super hood-ish places. If anything Church's is more expensive than Popeye's.", "Bojangles brings their chicken and that just makes me sing. Love it.", "How about Checkers/Rally's?", "You’re not from chicago if you’re talking down on harolds", "supremes combo with cheerwine or the bojangles mountain dew is my jam. nothing fills me up just right like that. my favorite fast food meal since moving down to the heart of bojangles in charlotte 4 years ago", "Don't you dare disrespect *Daddy Subz* like that! No fast food joint comes close to their spice mixture.", "I think my average wait time at Popeyes is a half hour. I think I've been to about a dozen locations, they're all like this. Worst part is their drive thrus usually trap you in too. No bailing out.", "False\n\nhttps://www.today.com/health/man-loses-56-pounds-after-eating-only-mcdonalds-six-months-2d79329158", "There's a spot in Charlotte where there's a Church's on one corner, a Popeye's across the street, and a Bojangles about a quarter mile down the road. Its the chicken wars.", "Why are their drive thru intercoms so bad lmao", "Churches are more accessible in Middle East and South East Asia countries, where they’re called Texas Chicken.", "Due to their accent, YouTube thinks they were speaking Korean. 🤣🤣🤣", "Hello, fellow 27278! I actually think the KFC fried breast sandwich is the best out of /every/ restaurant. Even more so than the Bojangles one that came out earlier this year (too salty) and even the Popeye's sandwich that was the internet's darling a while back.", "I'm in Madison and all of our Popeye's are simply the former Hardee's (Carl's Jr.). So it's not like they were out scouting the hood, they just bought all of the buildings wherever they happened to be. Kind of odd that Hardee's is a Milwaukee based company and only has one location left in the State Capital.", "Hey, it takes a lot of effort to keep those kicks clean. They look good and he's proud of em!", "Harold's has a special place in my heart. My wife who is from Korea had Cole slaw for the first time at Harold's and after her first bite, she was like, \"What is this? It's amazing!\" And the next thing I said was, \"you don't know Cole slaw? I can't wait to take you to KFC!\" Their chicken is meh, but their runny, chopped up Cole claw is amazing!", "I've gone to a Taco Bell that was out of tortillas, beans, and ground beef.... How?", "I pretty much always want a bacon, egg and cheese biscuit.", "Fucking thank you. \nChrist, it's not that good people. \nI wouldn't even care, I mean if people wanna waste their life sitting in line for mediocre chicken served to you by some ass-hole fundie company, cool. \nIt's just that the line of morons always backs up to the intersection I'm trying to get through.", "Yeah they have that chicken sandwich money now, they fancy.", "He could do a great Bernie Mac impression", "What's Church's?", "This man speaks the truth, and they have never asked me to pull off into the parking spot to hand my my food. Even when there is no one behind me.", ">Chick-fil-A =\n\nCleanest bathrooms of any fast food place.", "Yes. Bojangles breakfast is the truth. Especially when they bring back the cheddar Bo. “Hey, how can we make this biscuit any worse for you?” “I dunno man, melt a fucking hunk of velveta on it?” “PERFECT!!!!!!”", "This sketch doesn't make sense to me cause we recently got a Popeyes and it's in the upper middle class part of town.", "Hardee’s may be better, but the Cajun fries at Bo’s on breakfast menu is the tiebreaker.", "They seem to always tell you to pull ahead. I went to the one near my shop because those sandwiches are seriously addicting. I order two chicken sandwiches and some sides. She tells me to pull out in the front parking lot, where I proceed to sit for a good twenty minutes while people stare at me and I slowly regret that I already paid. She finally comes out with two huge bags and I just take them and go. Inside are four sandwiches and a ton of fried chicken. Wings, breasts, thighs, the whole lot. I ate chicken for like a week. And same, no sides except a little bag of sad fries. No idea what the hell goes on at that place.", "Screw the Bermuda Triangle, that’s the Deliciousness Triangle", "...wait... that wasnt an actor? Like that was a real crack head?", "53rd street is calling me…", "True story from 20 years ago which ridiculously cartoonishly fit the race stereotype: I used to live in boring whitebread Marin County CA when there was no chicken except KFC. I would fly out on business trips occasionally via the airport in Oakland CA. I found I could drive into Oakland a little early, drive away from the airport deep into the hood, and stop at Church's for a snack. This was one of those Church's with bullet proof glass surrounding the cashier zone.\n\nThe second time I did this, *months* after the first time, I walk in and the guy says \"Hey I know you, you that white guy who come in here.\" And proceeded to remember my order exactly.\n\nOn another occasion I rented a car from Oakland airport, and it turned out to be a bright penny-copper PT Cruiser. I got two compliments on the car on the short diversion to Church's.", "“You might want to hire him.”", "At least use the original source and not a reupload trying to make money.", "You really can't just rank fast food companies, as each location has a high degree of variance from the company standard. There are good Wendy's and bad Wendy's locations. There are great Popeye's and filthy Popeye's. There are good... no, there are no good KFC's.", "**in·cip·i·ent** \n/inˈsipēənt/\n\nadjective: incipient\n\n in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop.\n \"he could feel incipient anger building up\"", "I don’t understand these random YouTube channels that pull content from these creators.\n\nThese guy’s YouTube channel is:\nRdcworld1\n\nSupport their actual social media accounts if you like their content.", "I've lived in NC my whole life. Before smart phones my dad pulled a police officer over in Florida to ask if there were any Bojangles in the state lmao", "Weird... My experience with Popeyes is airports and around town. Never seen one in a shit neighborhood.", "The Popeyes on Madison and East in Oak Park has been there as long as I can remember. Born in 85 so probably at least since 1990.", "...dice game at any moment?\n\n🤣🤣🤣", "Ezell’s is where it’s at.", "I guess this explains why I've never actually seen a Church's. But over the last few years, Popeye's has expanded into lots of affluent suburbs around here.", "Bass be so loud the whole car rattles with every beat.", "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttt........", "Yeah well they're my kind of friends.", "Don't forget the bread stuck to the bottom", "I went to Church's all the time when I was living in Honduras. Pretty sure I haven't seen one in the States. Am also white.", "Bojangles was named after a song on the radio, the song on the radio got its name from a white street performer, the street performer got his name from Bill Robinson. The nicknaming of Bill Robinson as Bojangles is possibly racist depending on which story you subscribe to, I've heard a few, not sure if any were fully confirmed to be true.\n\nEven if Robinson's nickname was racist though, does that mean the nickname of the restaurant is racist as well given the multiple degrees of separation? Maybe, I'm not sure.", "CFA was the first \"real\" restaurant that my small college had put in the student union and it was such a big deal, you could use your meal-points and all that. I was also living in a single dorm and had a bong in my sink and just generally valued being able to pick something up quick and make it back to the sinkbong over having any sort of variety in the cafeteria.\n\nAfter a year of eating a spicy chicken deluxe with fries and a vanilla coke 2-3 times a day, I feel like CFA doesn't even register as a thing in my mind anymore. i just block them all out", "Not gunna lie, I googled Harold's and wish I hadn't.", "They are tagged in the video title", "Cool, cool they’re building a Popeyes in my neighborhood.", "**THIS IS COMEDY GOLD**", "Yup. That and In N Out. And they are both really good at moving the line through. Imagine if they weren't.\n\nIt's no wonder Americans are fatasses though. Obesity rates continue to rise. People will wait in their cars for 30 minutes for fast food lmao.", "That’s like the best part. I get to the window and the girl said “you wanted spicy right?” I said yes and she yells at the guy next to her: “I told you it was spicy you bitch”\n\nEdit: same place also offered to sell me all their remaining chicken just after closing for “whatever cash I had”", "Reading this thread is making me want to eat very unhealthy tonight", "Bojangles is pretty much chicken king in NC though. The others are popular but none ultimately top Bojangles. Youd have to fail pretty hard as a franchise owner to fuck up a Bojangles in NC lol", "Hard disagree, and I love Bojangles dirty rice haha", "Fascinating! Do they have chicken sandwiches on it?\n\nI have childhood memories of KFC buffets. They only existed outside the city, and I would stop there with my grandparents when going on road trips. Haven't seen one in probably 30 years.", "Raisen Canes is best chicken restaurant. Change my mind.", "I have not been there in years tbh. I think it recently closed due to covid revenue loss.", "\"You might wanna hire him 🤝\" LMFAO", "I stick to my Harold's Chicken. Church's has a few locations in Chicago and is decent. But Harold's is the local place and is delicious.", "The morning fries at Bojangles are great because they're always hot and fresh. They don't keep them under the lamp. It's always \"ok fries are going to be 3 minutes is that ok?\" You bet your ass that's ok.", "All real", "Speaking of beans and rice, my one experience with popeyes was being stunned at just how tiny the small sides are. It was literally like two or three bites worth. I have a photo somewhere of them being in a Tupperware container intended for personal ketchup etc dipping... it's tiny.", "https://youtu.be/EQ8ViYIeH04", "Their red beans and rice is fire.", "I've never had a bad experience at the Popeye's by me in the US (Minneapolis). They're probably the fastest fast food restaurant of all, since there's not much to customize—just grab it and go. Employees have always been good.", "Have you ever seen a drive thru for Culver's (assuming you ever been to Wisconsin)? Totally the same.", "Our KFC has a buffet", "DAMN. WHAT A BUMMER. ROY ROGERS IS FUCKING DELICIOUS", "Facts", "Weird. In Canada, Popeyes here are in the nice suburbs. Like right next to an Ikea.", "man, is it cool to just hate on chikfila? Their food is delicious and the entire population of the US agrees. Saying their not top 5 is crazy. Only Popeyes compares.", "Until you realize there is a popeyes in one of the most popular shopping areas in Singapore.", "This is a garbage channel stealing someone else’s video.\n\n[Here’s](https://youtu.be/pqWkwolb3as) another video by the actual creators on their own channel.", "I entered a Chick-Fil-A line with no way to exit, ended up waiting for 2 hours.", "Just watched a video on chikfila the other night, they average 5 million per year in sales per location. That's 75% more than the next closest competitor.", "Is that the word “inhaler” with an Australian accent?", "I love the way you phrased it, like Chik-fil-A looks for the line of cars in the suburbs just waiting to be served, and plugs a location right into it.", "he said probably not definitely, u posted an exception", "These method actors are getting desperate.", "if you open up a chic fila near by the incantation will be complete and the portal to hell opened up. Luckily they make it hard asf to open a chicfila plus that's one of the reasons they close on Sunday", "They’re putting a Popeyes in down the street from my house. Time to start donating shoes to the homeless", "I almost got into a fight when they told me they stopped selling gizzards. I thought they were fucking with me. I'm still giving pissed about it. Best gizzards ever. Fuck you Popeyes! Bring back the gizzards!", "How do you like North Carolina? We’re looking to move and it’s been recommended a few times!", "Yea, because they hire like triple the staff at any given location, for any given shift compared to other fast food restaurants. They've basically got a cook going for every till. It really isn't that hard to see that investing in customer service can literally pay dividends in return even without increasing cost to compensate. Like, make tasty food, make it cheap, make it quick, and don't make it suck to eat there. Chickfila has had that line around the corner for years now, and not a single one of the other mainstream national fast food chains have even tried to emulate their staffing levels.", "There's a Popeyes near me that, no kidding, serves 1 car at a time in the drive thru. Like you pull up to the speaker & they don't take your order until the car at the window drives away. They also do this weird thing where they take your payment & ask you to back up, then pull back to the window. Something about resetting a clock.", "Guy sounds just like Chris rock", "that's why I refuse to ever ever drive my car into the second menu, even if theres 3 people in front of me and im at the back of the line and theres nobody in the second lane, I stay with 1 because I just don't believe in the 2nd one helping", "I fucking love Churches, especially the Okra, but they are never drive throughs where I am. You have to get down and walk into the restaurant. Thats’s when shit gets too real.", "love that jerk chicken", "It’s okay. We all have to face our fears. We can do this in these trying times. 💪", "??? I have never waited more than 10 minutes with a building fully wrapped. Hell I worked at 2 locations and our times were never over 10 minute so idk how true your statement is lmao", "I might be the only person who hates Chick-fil-A", "It is illegal to say that & not provide a uniform resource locator.\n\nEdit - https://youtu.be/pqWkwolb3as", "My mans is moving on up!", "Where I live they don't have a drive-thru (there is one on Mission and one on Holt in Pomona, CA), bring a gat though. They are not even close to being as rough as the Church's in Jackson, MS.", "There was a church’s I used to love in East Austin way back when. It closed and was replaced by a local taco chain. 😢", "Used to work right there. Very cool!", "yea that's where I eat when the dining room is full", "Ha was searching for someone for mention our beloved Kennedy's! Same bulletproof glass in my spot in BedStuy. Nicest guy working there and open 24hrs (I think? I've been there so many late nights).", "Damn you are so right about those burgers.", "I’m right down the street from the original Bojangles in Charlotte. We also have Panthers themed Bojangles over here in Midtown CLT.", "Not the Chik-Fil-A in Seattle. It's in an area where prostitutes roam", "That's what I'm hoping, at least.", "My first experience with Cook Out was in Tennessee and I saw the prices and assumed the portions would be tiny. I ordered way too much food and had zero regrets.", "In Southern California where I live this means your ghetto is going from 500K houses to 800K houses, seriously.", "Love that chicken from Bojangles", "ALERT: ~ LACK OF UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR DETECTED.", "CFA always seems to be in locations that are just slightly too far away to be considered a convenient drive.", "Got get them Bo'berry biscuits and a Cajun Filet. It's Bo time y'all!", "The Popeyes by me used to be hood adjacent but now it’s been gentrified. So it’s kinda in the middle of a nice neighborhood.", "> Jollibee \n\nWest Covina", "i’m american and my boyfriend is finnish. before i moved here he visited the states once, and had bojangles once or twice. this was about a year and a half ago. whenever the states are brought up he raves about how bojangles is the greatest american food and how delicious it is. he regularly brings up wishing he could have it. we’re going home to visit soon and he is more excited about having bojangles again than anything hahaha. it is fucking delicious, i miss it dearly too.", "In Manhattan, chain fast food restaurants are their own low-income areas.", "I know what you mean but I’m not sure “solid” is the best way to describe a good biscuit. For instance, Popeye’s has a solid biscuit because you could hurt someone by throwing it at them.", "Yo people just don’t know.", "Bojangles is good but Biscuitville is God's own truth.", "are the windows drive through or drive by", "He's not homeless, he lives in his shoes", "It's pretty damn good. I cannot think of a better place to get a chicken sandwich around my area. The pricing is solid, too. 3 bucks and change for what would cost me 5 or 6 bucks at wendys/mcd/bk etc.", "Okay Dwight.", "The wendys by me is a 25 minute+ wait every time, even with like 3 cars in line. They are tryng to get shut down I think.", "Yeah agreed, the Church's that I go to is in a rather wealthy neighbourhood in Markham. Not 100% about the other locations in Toronto, but I'd say for the most part, this video doesn't seem to apply for Torontonians.", "That's probably cause they got bought by Burger King", "Popeyes just entered my country (Mexico) and they are definitely going for high-income areas which is weird hearing how it is on the US.", "is this comment for real? dude is not actually \"a random aggravated homeless man\", he's a part of the video...", "Sameish. Went for the first time in decades/since I was a kid just last month and have been back 3 times. Want to try something else but that spicy chicken sandwich has been bang on every time.\n\nThe first two were essentially paid for cause the prices are kind of ridiculous (but still worth it), so I need to find out what to get next.", "Bojangles gang for life. Let me get some pimento cheese on my Cajun chicken biscuit!", "It may be the only one now but there were others. There was one in my town until about 4 years ago and it was truly amazing. Rather than just close the buffet they closed the entire location.", "Well I’m confused because we have a Chick-Fil-A and a Popeyes.", "Shout out to RDC World, they’re one of the best sketch comedy collectives around right now.", "They've recently opened one that has dual double drive thrus, so 4 lanes total", "idk man there spicy chicken sandwich is really good, better then w.e they gave me at popeyes.", "Lol wat? I live in Toronto and this information does NOT apply", "“We’re the religious restaurant” is also a big draw for a lot of people. I know some people who only eat Chick Fil A for their fast food because of their “values.”", "I lived in Montana for a while. Had 2 church's near me for years. One is still there. About 5 years ago a popeye's came in. I like church's better", "I want Popeyes food served by chick fil a employees.", "I’m white and I live down the street from a Church’s. What does this mean for me?", "Had churches a while back for the first time in ages, shit is worth the increased chance of being involved in a shootout.", "Surprisingly, weight is not the only measure of health and I'm sure you would lose weight eating nothing but couch cushions too.", "Last five years the soda machine at the Anchorage Alaska Popeyes has been broken", "*Walks into Popeyes* \"Whatchu want?\" Damn I'm trying to give you my money, be nice lol", "[Here's your uniform resource locator.](https://theuniformoutlet.com/)", "There's just something mythical about American fast food. The dozens of different fried chicken restaurants that people have extremely strong opinions about, even more hamburger places that also seem to be basically the same but completely different, tacos people say make you shit yourself, chains of dine-in restaurants that nobody seems to like but still end up at, secret menus, not-so-secret secret gems in every city, all-out wars over which city has the best pizza. I can't say I don't want to try it all.", "It's the first time I hear about Church's and seeing as I'm a Slav I immediately want to find one. Boys in the hood know that slavs ain't exactly the same as white, right? Or do I need to show up in a full on Gopnik outfit to blend in?", "I think Popeye's has moved on from this.\n\nChurch's though...\n\nAlso why Church's is better.", "Wrong. I did exactly that because I wanted to know how good it was. It was fantastic. Did I see a couple physically fighting in the parking lot? Yes, and she had him on the run.\n\n8/10. Marked down 2 points because I heard gunshots in the distance that made me realize the cholesterol wasn't the only thing dangerous about getting this chicken.", "Think Wayne and Garth, if you're in your 40s.", "fucking amazing", "I ain’t never heard of no church’s chicken, closest one is 3.5 hours away. Imma go tomorrow.", "My mistake. I thought you asked for meth-head actors. I’ll call casting.", "There's a Popeyes in Lisle now. Chick-fil-A still dominates here in Dupage though.", "Its not just that they have a lot of staff, they are organized AF. Just the workers outside on any given day- they have one directing traffic where the line wraps around past the checkout window, they have 3-4 with pads taking orders, one taking cash/giving receipts, 3-4 people running food out and another 2-3 just inside the window. Most times I get my food before I even get to the window and sometimes I get my food before I even get to where they are handing out receipts. And somehow, they always get my order right AND they are always, always nice. Other fast food places, on the other hand... slow service. Order is right maybe 75% of the time. 50/50 on whether the people I deal with are in a good mood or are just surly if not outright rude. Sure, the owners of CFA are homophobic d-bags but the company and employees know good customer service. Not to mention that spicy chicken sandwich... just damn.", "I have had Popeye's all over the country. And I can affirm that every single one, even the NOLA one, is slow as shit.", "Popeye's came to Canada a couple of years ago and it's just totally different.\n\nChurches basically no one goes to and it seems to just pop up in the really poor neighborhoods.\n\nPopeyes seems to only show up in newer development areas with a lot of high middle class residents. The lines go around the block and the staff are super respectful.\n\nI went to a Popeyes in New York and it was the strangest experience as a white dude. Like the entire restaurant just stared at me... every single person.", "There's a chain called Brown's Chicken in Chicagoland. If you ever find yourself near one roll up the windows and keep driving.", "I didn't get the joke, when did they talk about his shoes? I'm shit without subtitles.", "Uhh isn't a chicken sandwich from Chikfila like 4.50 or something?", "That line moves faster than any chain with half the number of cars. They know how to do business.", "Credit to RDCWorld on yt", "The lines are long but the wait is short, everybody should do their system.", "In and Out = localized traffic jam", "Sausage, cheese, and grape jelly... Mm....", ">they have one directing traffic where the line wraps around past the checkout window, they have 3-4 with pads taking orders, one taking cash/giving receipts, 3-4 people running food out and another 2-3 just inside the window.\n\n>And somehow, they always get my order right AND they are always, always nice\n\nSo, we're saying the same thing here, but your post is really only driving home my point. It's because of those 8+ extra workers you listed that the latter part I quoted happens. When you have 1 worker for every 2 customers instead of 1 worker per every 5 customers, it creates a totally different dynamic. Work becomes both vastly more manage-able, less stressful, and this all rolls up into a double whammy of the satisfaction of having the time to a job both right, and well.\n\nBeing the \"Cream of the Crap\" sucks. Both you and your customers know it, and you get stuck with this awkward dynamic of \"you know you guys could do this way better\" vs. \"yea, but they pay me to do it this way, and show no signs of change\", and now you're both put out and depressed.", "From Canada this has been eye opening. Church's is consistently the best and KFC the worst, with Popeye's in 2nd because popularity & the fact that their fries don't suck ass. Church's & Popeye's at the same price point.\n\nAlso KFC is still the low-income king up here.", "I’ll never forget the first time I tried Church’s… just hopped over the border and we were at the safe house and they brought it over to feed us. Shit was AMAZING! Best chicken ever! And the biscuits… mmmmm delicious.", "They didn't. He was just acting crazy.", "Was going to say Hardees has entered the chat. I wasn't sure if it was just in the Southeast US or not but when I was a kid my brother worked there and they actually scratch made their biscuits.", "And he is god damn right. If I ever move back out to the West coast, Bojangles will definitely be one of my most missed things from the South.", "Gentrification. That's going to be a hip Korean BBQ joint before long.", "Culvers burgers are pretty good, ngl.", "The 4 major intersections around my house have 2 KFC's and a Popeye's between them. I live in a rich Canadian suburb.", "With how Anthony Bourbain popularized hope in the wall eateries around the mid/late 00s I wouldn’t be surprised \n\nIt’s like how ‘authentic western taverns’ try and sell you on a real gritty Wild West aesthetic while serving you European Wheat Ale and Garlic Aioli fries", "All good biscuits are bad for you", "I don't think they had a meeting and decided on the most racist name they could think of, but even in the 70s people knew blackface was a bad idea. I think they picked the name to appear authentic, in the same way Texas Pete named itself.", "You are gentrifying their neighborhood. Soon everyone else won't be able to live there.", "I've lived in Greensboro for 5 years now and really like it. All of the major cities in the state are very diverse and experiencing a large amount of growth in recent years. \n\nIt was just announced that Toyota is building a megafactory here for their EV Battery production.", "as someone who lives like a mile from a bojangles ... trust me.\n\n\"Cajun filet biscuit, add egg, add cheese\" \n\nshit changed my life.", "Man I know a *perfect* location in Dallas they can expand to!", "Another regional thing that I wasn’t sure if people knew of or not is Biscuitville. They’re scratch making them right out at the front counter for all to see.", "I really don't care if they're nice, just work faster.", "Spicy chicken biscuit where it’s at. Put a little honey on it **chefs kiss**", "My super non-combative wife went to the local Popeye's at like 3pm on a Wednesday for a snack. She wanted a small order of chicken fingers, but proceeded to somehow get into an argument with the cashier, because she didn't want a side, just chicken fingers.\n\nThe cashier actually walked away saying \"YOU DEAL WITH HER!!!\" to an intervening coworker, after my wife refused mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, red beans & rice, Cajun fries and whatnot...\n\n\"No thank you. Just chicken fingers, please.\"\n\nMFers still added a biscuit to the box.", "In Vancouver they are everywhere like any other fast food chain. Great chicken without the crime!", "I’ve had someone say this EXACT thing to me (unsolicited, of course, I wasn’t talking about his shoes). That part really got me.", "Well they did start building a barns and noble as soon as I moved in", "I'm sure this is any major city, but I'm getting serious north Tampa vibes from this comment.", "I only disagree on one point, really... disagree is really not accurate.. but think about this:\n\nLet's take my local McDonalds, for example. There are 2 cars in the drive through and maybe 3 parked for people inside ordering. Say 10 customers total- there are At least 5 people working at the restaurant, so its still 1 employee for every 2 customers and they are still slow as Christmas and mostly unpleasant. Yes, having more staff lends to better morale and customer service, but I strongly suspect that the training, management, and tools that CFA uses is superior to most other fast food places. Extra bodies help, for sure, but its not the only factor at play.", "From what I've read here if you happen to be in the middle of those 2 popeyes you're already dead.", "Where I live, both Church's and Popeye's have restaurants in both high income and low income areas. The same is true of McDonald's and Taco Bell. I'm not sure why anyone would have a problem with restaurant chains serving low income areas.", "I have to agree with you there. All these wannabes with their chicken sandwiches all of a sudden, and the Colonel is like \"hold my beer\". \nSomething about Chikfila though. When I get a craving for one of those, nothing else will do. I find they taste even better if I go on a Saturday and get an extra chicken sandwich to eat on Sunday, because I'm a heathen like that.", "Hmm interesting thanks.", "Chick-fil-A does a good job of limiting the number of restaurants that they open in an area, to avoid screwing over their franchisees. If I owned a Subway franchise, I'd always be worried about the prospect of another Subway opening up a block away.", "Thanks!", "There was a part of Atlanta that had a Church's years ago, I moved away and then came back some years later. I noticed the Church's had gone and I wondered what happened to it. Oh yeah, this place got gentrified.", "It's a lot easier to be really nice if you have proper staffing to ensure you aren't burdened with an enormous workload. I haven't bought from CFA in about a year because of their bigoted views, but they definitely treat their people well, at least for fast food.\n\nThey have weird hiring standards though, they won't hire men with long hair as of last I checked.", "They're both alright, but the *Good* fried chicken is at the gas station.", "Why?", "Because the employees hate you, and it's fun to tell customers they can't have what they want.", "lol damn you really fired up about this", "Nah you’re just poor. \n\nThe hood is a different phenomenon. As another user pointed out it really takes the combo of a post industrial neighborhood AND a century of racist segregation to make a proper American ghetto.", "I think you misunderstand. \n\nhttps://youtu.be/pqWkwolb3as", "Their sides are garbage.", "> Also, CFA workers will treat you well. Popeyes workers almost never had a lick of customer service training.\n\ni actually like being told to fuck myself as i am handed my spicy sandiwch", "Just keep your head up and your eyes forward. Minding your own business in the hood is like wearing an invisibility cloak", "Hardees for me", "It doesn't look like good food. It looks like concession stand food.", "Hah, that's funny, the mcdonald's line at the place where I live is SCREAMING fast. I've never even bothered with the chick-fil-a, but I feel like I don't actually stop moving in the McDonald's line.", ">\tThey are not even close to being as rough as the Church's in Jackson, MS.\n\nI mean not a lot of places in the US are", "I just moved to SC and there a super nice new Cookout nearby, and the intercom is absolute trash lol. Did they buy them used from other fast food places when they upgraded", "Bojangles4lyfe, Without question.", "Popeyes are everywhere in middle class suburbs now. \n\nChurch's on the other hand...", "Yeah, they have had that rule for as long as I can remember. I had a friend that applied to work there but they wouldn't hire him because of his hair, despite him being a super Christian guy.\n\nThis was in the early 90s.", "idk if desperate is the word, you don't do crack because it's not fun to do.", "You're talking even lower chicken chain denominations there that most people don't know or pay attention to. Crown Fried Chicken and Chester's Chicken (loved their fries) are usually in the farthest and weirdest locations possible.", "thanks, i was trying to find the video but it's not even on the original channel lol", "Someone was just shot and killed at my local churchs", "Maybe your McDonald's can teach my McDonald's how to handle their business!", "you got gentrified", "TBF living would probably eventually kill you.", "In Toronto, Popeye's is literally everywhere. I think they outnumber places like Wendy's and Burger King now, or at least it feels like it.", "Sheeeeeet. All the Popeye's I know are in the burbs now.\n\nPopeye's got scared. Churches is for the peoples!", "It was back in 2015 or so for me.", "How long before we have the Popeyes vs church's gang/franchise wars?", "We have a bunch in Toronto.", "... And what of KFC?", "Which spot has the okra?", "Likewise", "Oh I had forgotten about my first Popeyes experience in Rochester NY...didn't realize that city was that dangerous until then.", "Lol, where I’m from there’s a Church’s two blocks down from Popeye’s. Ultimate hood.", "Yeah, the Church's locations that come to mind for me are on the first floor of condo towers and stuff like that.", "TIL Popeyes in Canada and the US are very different demographic wise.", "where is their video", "What does it say about me that I never heard of Church's Chicken, and I have been in the US for 19 years.", "The worst is when they make you pull into a spot and as you wait you see car after car get their food, even though you only ordered a Big Mac meal. Can I just have what they ordered then?", "Our Zaxby always has a line but that line moves like lightening. You can be 10 cars deep and still get your food in under 5 minutes. It's downright impressive.", "They hadn’t", "Church’s is better than popeye’s, especially when it comes to their biscuits. But the popeye’s chicken sandwich slaps", "it's a chicken sandwich", "Omg post this on r/chiraqology", "TIL URL", "I remember walking past a KFC in Riverside, CA... All the doors were locked and there was a piece of paper taped to the drive thru window... *\"Closed do to Drive by.\"* That's when I realized I was in a bad part of town.", "Even with that super successful boycott?", "In the mood for some chicken tenders/fingers?? Their supremes combo, imo, is unmatched.", "According to [Bless Your Rank](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PKdmgLWIYs), it's the best.\n\nPersonally, I think it comes down to what item you want and whether it's fresh or not. Like, the Cajun filet biscuit from Bojangles is the best chicken sandwich on the market. I know they just made some new chicken sandwiches to compete with Popeye's but they can throw them shits in the trash. They already got the best. And sometimes I just get it with a bun instead of a biscuit. Still a great sandwich. Their fries are suspect though. They *might* be great but that's like a 1 in 10 shot. I usually skip them.\n\nPopeye's chicken sandwich is great but it's heavy. That's a big boy sandwich. But the service at Popeye's is enough to make me think twice before going. Every one I've ever been to has been staffed by people who clearly don't want to be there. And if they're suffering, we're suffering.\n\nChick-fil-a is fine. This ranks on the lower end for me because that foil packet means the damn sandwich is always wet when you pull it out of the package. Also, they ruined the phrase \"my pleasure\" forever.\n\nWendy's makes an amazing spicy chicken sandwich when the sandwich is fresh. If it sits, it's whatever. I'm old enough to remember when they used a potato bun and iceberg lettuce. It was even better back then.\n\nI can't rank KFC because I haven't been to one in ages.", "I grew up in a small town in Texas. Farming community originally. It had a Church's and it wasn't even in a bad part of town.\n\nEDIT: Just looked it up. And even though the town has grown massively, the Church's is still there. The part of town it's in isn't the *best* part, but I wouldn't call it bad, either. It's in a busy shopping area with gas stations and older strip malls near a freeway.", "As a NC resident, I've never liked Bojangles. The biscuits are good, but the chicken has always been dry. Especially the tenders. I've eaten at it dozens of times at different locations to give them a chance, but it always disappoints. Cajun fries and biscuits are my favorites there, but those are also dry. Bojangles is just dry food.", "I enjoy bojangles. But in my town it’s a damn enigma. There’s never anyone in line but it still takes 10-15 minutes for my chicken tinders basket. Or 20 minutes for my sausage biscuit this last time. I guess they have to restart the kitchen every time.", "There's a reason their slogan for awhile was 'Gottawannaneedagettahava Bojangles' biscuit", "I actually really like Church's spicy. And their biscuits are the best imo", "I go to my neighborhood Bojangles maybe once a month for a bacon egg and cheese biscuit and a large sweet tea. I don't think I've EVER been charged the same price twice. t ranges from $5.65 - $6.10.", "> but if you've lived in a major metropolitan and seen it or experienced it yourself, then you know.\n\nA few years ago I lived in Houston for a few months, and there was like a homeless micro-hood maybe a 20 minute walk from the old Enron building that you had to walk under the highway to get to. I was at a starbucks over there one time waiting for a bus to Austin and a guy on heroin (or something) came in and nodded out right next to me and hit the ground. The starbucks employees didn't even ask him to leave. Pretty wild city, at least where I lived.", ">that's one of the reasons they close on Sunday\n\nAhh cause the demon energy is stronger on Sunday. They smart.", "Dude don't say that, Christmas is in 10 days I don't want to lose my preorder.\n\n(KFC on Christmas is a tradition in Japan, you have to order a few weeks ahead of Christmas to actually get any)", "There’s still the one on Cameron", "> Me living within 5 minutes of 2 Popeyes and a KFC: (Chuckles) I'm in danger\n\nyou are in medium danger, did you even watch or read any comments", "Meth’d actors", "This happened to me once at a Taco Bell. I pulled up and they were out of taco shells and ground beef. The guy at the window sounded terrified to tell me this, like he'd spent all day fighting off enraged customers and thought I might try to climb through the window.", "There was a church’s in prostitution-ridden century blvd near the forum. The new sofi stadium was built nearby, gentrification started occurring in the surrounding area, and the church’s has now disappeared lol.", "There’s a triangle of church’s, Popeyes and lees around my house. I’m in danger", "I moved away from Maryland about 20 years ago and totally forgot Roy Rogers was a thing until just now. Makes me wonder what else is missing.", "There is no such thing as a \"good for you\" biscuit. If it is good for you it'll taste like trash.", "\n>\n>Where I used to live, the only business with bulletproof glass was the off-brand fried chicken place. \n>\n\nAnd that shit is always delicious, never greasy.", "I’m going to have to revisit church’s sides, but I always loved them because they did livers and gizzards. \n\nHartz (who also does livers) has the best rolls. They’re those buttery yeast rolls old school grandmas would make from scratch. \n\nKFC has really good extra crispy, but I will take Popeyes extra spicy over it any day. Popeyes to me has the best sides too (best overall in my area) Cajun fries, dirty rice, red beans and rice and their basic sides are actually seasoned too. \n\nI only really like KFC chicken, the rest is just decent (if you have a good location)", "Those honey covered biscuits are crack.", "better than popeye's", "In N Out is definitely a comparable chain and they do the same thing. There’s like 20 well paid people in the kitchen making everything and a drive through line destroying the parking lot/roads at like 3pm on any given day.", "idk I fux with a famous bowl.", "IMO the cajun fries are pretty decent, especially dipped in the blackened ranch.", "This man biscuits", "Honestly the neighborhood around a Church's is part of the adventure. Also your plug lives next door so...", "Completely agree. You see it in a lot of the non-national chains that people swear by these days. At the end of the day, you can only cut costs so far before it becomes the bottleneck by which your establishment is held back by. Then you have a spiral. You make less money because everyone hates going there because you cut all the costs that made it a nice place. Now that you have less revenue, but still need further profit, you're stuck in an incentive cycle of constantly asking you to cut cost further, while retaining as much revenue as possible.", "KFC = malls, strip malls and on every corner in China.", "hahah RDC world.\n\nHEY HEY! I'm the manager !!!\n\n(you should hire that guy)", "Well nothing I can do if you think mcdonalds is better than chik fil a lol", "In-n-out Burger is similarly very well staffed and efficient. What's with the weird religious companies being so good at it?", "The Mexican/Tex-Mex food in Austin is seriously incredible though.", "It was a new video, and I really don't think the boycott was successful. \n\nUnless you are making a joke and I missed it.", "They've gone downhill in my opinion as a North Carolina resident. The biscuits are still decent but the Cajun chicken fillet has become thinner and as a result, drier. It's been a bit since I've had one but it was pretty similar across several different locations.", "Kennedy Fried Chicken enters the chat.", "Good run those homophobes into the ground", "I have to imagine part of that is bigots feel oddly compelled to support other bigots. Hating gay people has unfortunately been the best thing ever for their bottom line. I never saw the places that busy before that all came out.", "This is the 3rd time in the past 2 weeks I've seen this post, why do people keep reposting this?", "I deal with random aggravated homeless people like that every day, no joke. Just walking down the street and they'll just smash their bottle on the ground \"WHAT DID YOU SAY?? This is MY house WHAT DID YOU SAY?!\"", "https://youtu.be/qZqPmUtQs2Q", "Good to learn that I wasn’t the only one going crazy from never understanding Cook Out intercoms", "Both of ours is on the main street through the middle of town, which has me worried about the town I live in, now...", "There IS no better hangover food than the Bojangles Cajun filet biscuit. No qualification necessary.", "RDC World!!! Love these guys. Too bad OP supporting a shit account thats stealing content", "wtf grape jelly on a biscuit sausage biscuit?", "I'm white and I love Church's chicken. Going inside does get me lots of looks though.", "Yeah, I was trying to find where I fit in. I have a Wendy's, McDonalds, Taco Bell, KFC all within a couple miles. Bojangles, though... that's walking distance. Am in in NC.", "In the tri-state area we have the ubiquitous Crown Fried Chicken. The place you go if you want your chicken served from behind bullet proof glass", "As I was reading ur comment I was having the same thought about the Hyde park location. I went there with a gf back in the day who was from the suburbs and she was confused by the all the security.\n\nShe was like “this place looks fine wtf”.", "Zaxby's is okay but I always feel like trash after eating it.", "This is the most South Carolina thing I've ever read", "[South Tampa where the Chik fil a is a quarter mile from the Pop Eye's](https://makeagif.com/i/-CMSUe)", "Try going through any drive-thru and when they ask you what kind of soda you want with your combo, tell them you want a large ice water, not one of those tiny water cups. Enjoy the show as their brain melts because there is no such button to push.", "It's weird because Popeyes fried vhick is the best fact food.\n\nYou can go to nice as restaurants and never find fried chicken better than popeyes.\n\nAll other fast food is garbage compared to real burgers or real tacos \n\nBut Popeyes is top tier. Put that shit everywhere", "Wilkinson by the Walmart? Here on Beatties Ford we've got Church's, Bojangles and Chicken King #2.", "My town has been ruined by the influx of people.", "Well I mean…..https://i.imgur.com/rUMCyy9.jpg\n\nYou can literally stand in one drive thru and have a conversation with the other….", "I felt the same way for years after being asked if I wanted jelly when I was ordering a sausage biscuit until I broke down and tried it. I don't think I'd order it but it does work. \n\nThink about how sweet syrup is and how it works with sausage. It's pretty much that.", "100k salary is new 50k, my man.", "Agreed", "Culver's (in Illinois at least) is terrible. I don't understand how they stay in business.", "Grew up on Church’s and I’m white. I would not be who I am today if it had not been for their delicious chicken.", "Last time my white husband went into a Church’s the counter lady got in a fight with a customer. We get looks going in but it’s so good.", "*Walmart has entered the chat.*", "You gotta add the KFC to complete the Pentagram or the spell goes REAL bad.", "I'm a transplant myself", "So....during the riots in Ferguson when there was a bit of looting and damage to local buisnesses the local churches had armed locals guarding it so nothing would happen to it.", "Bourdain was right tho ultimately. Often the sketchier the spot the better the food.", "To be fair, I'd always see Crown Fried Chicken spots everywhere when I lived in shittier neighborhoods, and that might be a totally regional chain (if it's even a legitimate corporate-led chain of locations).", "Sweet and savory.\n\nThat's the blueprints for making anything taste good.\n\nJelly on eggs is also acceptable.", "I'm \n- 5 minute walk to a Church's\n- 5 minute drive to a KFC or Popeyes", "100% accurate lmao. I pass maybe four different bojangles on my 30 minute drive to work", "If you go to the Popeyes where I live past 7PM, they tell you their chicken sandwich maker is off work and you can’t order one. Apparently, only one guy knows how to make chicken sandwiches and only works til 7.", "What about Captain Jay's Fish and Chicken", "fukin lol", "They even have locations in the middle east but the go by the name texas chicken instead of being named after the founder due to the religious connotations of his name.", "Lived in the suburbs and we had to go to the poor town 15 mins away for Popeyes. But had a KFC right on main street.", "I don't get the Chick-fil-A hype. I think it's how they store the chicken or something but the fried chicken has a moist crust to it every time I went. I think I just like crispy chicken lol", "Norfolk, VA too!", "Used to do pest control for church's. yeah... not great locations.", "In DFW I feel safe as a white dude visiting any Pops or Churches. It’s the Williams Chicken locations that really make me second guess how bad I need fried chicken at that moment.", "What’s a churches? Time to google.", "If it's any consolation, I only moved here from Danville so its not like I'm from another region of the country. Lol", "Bro, add a little hot sauce to it as well.", "As a white guy I’ve never even heard of church’s chicken. Must be true", "I can't blame him. Bojangles is that good.", "I had never heard of it until I was doing pest control. Job required a lot of driving and I was hungry looking for lunch. Saw it and thought, \"okay, I'll try it out.\" Holy shit, amazing food for cheap prices. Yeah, it was mobbed too.", "It's funny because it's racist!", "Counter point: \nThe worse the neighborhood is, the better the food is.", "It's the opposite of living near a starbucks.", ">Popeyes = Low income areas \n> \n>Churches = Even Lower income areas\n\nWhich is weird because Church's is better than Popeye's", "Having part or all of your order messed up is part of the ✨ experience ✨", "Fuck me you know what you’re talking about though", "This sounds like some Yankee shit like putting syrup on grits.", "Add bacon and pimiento cheese and really start your day right!", "“Damn I want some good fries but I actually would love homeless people to stand right next to the pay window and possibly surround my car….oh Checkers!”", "While not Church's there was this burger chain in only rough areas. The food was *amazing*, still is, but once the area got gentrified they got bought out and it's a completely different store. \n\nIt's all clean and shit now.. not the same.", "It’s the lack of critical vitamins, minerals, and other micronutrients that usually gets ya", "For real. There are so many people here from NY and NJ (which I don't mind - in moderation anyway) and they've taken over the local government and we're turning into a copy of whatever they have up there. It's awful. My rural childhood hometown has turned into a retirement area for Yankees.", "We had a Churches, then they became a Dunkin.", "You don't put honey in your grits?", "Chick-fil-A has lines for miles wtf. I think I've only been there like a dozen times because the lines are insane.", "The Bradley Ave. conjecture; The deliciousness of fried food tends to follow areas of poverty. The further one is away from poverty, the worse the fried food will be.", "Yeah, I see all the people in this thread praising church's and I keep thinking, \"I must have been to the only shitty ones.\" I only ate there because it's cheap. It's not good and when I started doing pest control for them I stopped eating there. Fucking nasty behind the counter.", "I'm like ten minutes away from one of all of these, and a Cane's.", "Well they fund gay conversion therapy, and a dictator in Uganda who wanted LGBT people to get the death penalty for being gay. \n\n\nSo... yeah, it's cool to hate on CFA.", "If I remember correctly, there was a Church's chicken outside Camp Navistar, Kuwait. Like it was literally on the border with Iraq. Not on the camp where it was relatively safe, but outside the camp.\n\nThis was back in 2005, so anyone that was there and running convoys up and down MSR Tampa fell free to correct me.", "100000% on Chick-fil-A. We have 2 local to us, both near middle class shopping centers, both have lines long enough they break DOT rules. It's insane. Like, do they actively sew in cocaine in their Breading to be that busy all the time?", "Omg I need bojangles", "Yeah in the GTA Popeyes are just plain everywhere and usually you find Churchs in nicer or newer places.", "Church’s closed by my house a few months back. It better not get rich around these parts or lots of people will have nowhere left to go.", "aaaand I'm homesick", "He is an \"actor\". He is part of the group (RDCworld). OP just meant they hired him as in future Popeyes skits Desmond plays an employee", "You can with some. I did pest control for a bunch and there are some that are always great and some that are always terrible. Every single Chik-fil-a was super fucking clean and had almost 0 bugs. I think I maybe saw one roach once out of all the locations I serviced. Then there's Long John Silvers.... every location was gross and they never cleaned, so everytime they would have a big amount of German roaches(amongst other things) and despite me treating the place and telling staff/manager/owner that they have to clean to keep pests away they never did.", "I *think* there’s a Popeyes a few blocks from me. Not sure bc it just says Louisiana fried chicken but it doesn’t say Popeyes…but there’s a KFC down the block. \n\nMy city trash can also got stolen last week so I’m sure I live in the hood", "guy in the thumb has some sorely missed bernie mac vibes.", "same in the South", "I blame it on the MSG's they put in their chicken. People can't resist", "Honestly, I don't get the hype. I've tried their chicken, biscuits, and all their sides. It's not bad, but it's not the holy grail everyone makes it out to be. Their biscuits are better than the rest of their stuff, but if you're just going for biscuits you might as well go to bojangles.\n\nThough I haven't been back to one since they released that chicken sandwich everyone lost their shit over, so maybe it's improved.", "I don't like it with the egg but for damn sure I want the cheese.", "wowowow, you perfectly described the experience!", "I swear, Mark is the reincarnation of Bernie Mac.", "Lol yep right there at Hyatt's", "Dude I just went by a church's yesterday heading to my new place nearby and thought \"hmm been a while maybe I should look it up and go tomorrow\" well, tomorrow has come!", "Amen - It's been that way forever. In Columbus, OH back in the 1980s it was the same way. First time I ever saw thick bullet proof glass was at Church's.", "I'm pretty sure I know which Church's you're talking about. I miss it too.", "Man, in Mississauga (Canada) Popeyes are everywhere and they’re just family places in regular suburbia (like it used to be opposite the Pier 2 or Bombay Company or one of those home stores).", "KFC is gross", "KFCs outside of America are way better so you are probably good.", "There are well managed Churches? I've resigned myself to knowing if I really want some it'll be a 15-30 minute wait.", "I’ve literally never been to a Popeyes that got my order right or a chick-fil-a that got my order wrong.", "You ever been to Lee's fried chicken? That was my favorite in Richmond", "I'm from Canada, so when I visited the US many years ago and came across a KFC buffet, my mind was blown.", "First time hearing about this place and now my fat ass wants a biscuit. They don’t seem to have them in the west coast.", "Yep, each location in Sacramento, CA...also slow as shit.", "What if I'm less than a mile from all 3?", "I have had a crazy homeless man yell at me about my shoes so kinda similar.. I cracked up at that part so spot on.", "Popeye's is not the same place it was even 5 years ago.", "Ohh. Haha. That makes sense.", "As someone who lives within a couple blocks of a Church's and walking distance from a Popeyes...it's not *that* bad, c'mon. I haven't heard gunshots in months.", "Hell no the only things that go in my grits are heavy cream, milk, butter, salt, pepper.\n\nI'll allow cheese or a runny egg mixed in once they're cooked but certainly nothing sweet.", "Dude...", "If there's still some brick showing through the graffiti on any of the buildings, you haven't gone nearly deep enough. If there's cloothed toddlers running on the streets, you're getting real close. Once you get to the lone toddler holding up a saggy diaper with one hand and flipping you off with the other, just turn your head. There is a Church's to your left.", "The hood knows fried chicken but if you know what you're doing you aren't getting the fried from popeyes, you're going to Frankie's place, which most people would think was an abandoned building, but when you knock on the drive thru window dude comes up and wants $7. You don't get to pick what you want, you eat what Frankie makes you and it's fucking delicious. The coleslaw is out of this world. The hot sauce for the chicken is not optional. The rolls are from some food service company but even they're great once they soak up a little chicken grease.", "And the sides!", "If I’m driving and I see a church’s or a metro pcs I stay on the gas", "Yeah. Hardee's still does that to my knowledge, but that's from 2019. Haven't been to one since the pandemic, and the pandemic even killed McDs all-day breakfast. \n\nI also know that they tried to do the from scratch biscuits at all Carl's Jr locations, but it didn't take. At least not at the ones around here.", "My family have been in the south since 1656 and I can assure you that none of my family puts jelly on sausage or egg biscuits. \n\nPlain biscuit? Sure, use jelly or honey.", "Churches chicken in my hometown got closed down because apparently they found traces of meth in the chicken.", "There are 2 KFCs and a Popeye's within a 1 mile radius near me, but I guess I'm too white to find Church's.", "Building a new book store? You a time traveller?", "Super consistent, food is always fresh and orders are always accurate. The menu is limited, the chicken is good but not extraordinary, and the fries are kind of eh but make excellent dippers for the CFA sauce and Polynesian sauce. Really good lemonade and iced tea if you're into those. All in all, while I rarely go out of my way to get there, I can't say I've ever been disappointed with Chick-fil-A, although I do seem to only actively crave it on Sunday.", "Yeah there's a definite culture aspect to it. And it doesn't just apply to fast food either.\n\nWhen I worked at Target like a decade ago, I know I got paid roughly the same as Walmart employees. But damn if the team wasn't happier and more pleasant to be around than anyone working at Walmart. Company culture makes a difference. Hell, even the lighting and design of the stores project a different atmosphere from each other. So bringing it back to fast food, Chik-fil-A drive-thrus are usually just built differently from, say, a McDonald's drive-thru. And that means you will have a faster experience than at a McDonalds.", "Church's honey biscuits are going to kill me.", "So every military base has a Popeyes on it. My go to to this day. Church's and KFC aint bad, but it aint Popeyes.", "Hell yeah. I live in Raleigh and there's a Bo right down the street.", "They have pimento cheese available as an add on from time to time as well.", "Chick-fil-A is Gentriflish for \"you can see a Target from the parking lot\".", "Utter truth. Shocked at how effective this is not just in the hood but on subways, elevators, anywhere with high density of people.", "Was it the one that was right off 35 on like 5th or 6th street? I lived in Austin back in 2000...I think that's the one we always went to. Very sketchy neighborhood at the time", "True, they left NC in 1735 and have been in the Pee Dee since then.", "These kids are so overrated lol", "Popeye's is starting to appear in Europe too (at least in Spain its been appearing somewhat recently).", "Waffle House = War Zone", "7th and Chalmers. By Grackle but don’t remember if they were there before it closed.\n\nLooks like the El Chilito that replaced it also closed (just this location).", ">well managed Church’s\n\nBruh, you ride there on your unicorn?", "Or off a random exit on the interstate in Georgia", "I was driving past a Culver’s the other night and thought that mf was closed because there was no line. But then I saw a couple cars in the drive thru. Shocked.", "OK, but what about the Kennedy Fried Chicken?", "Yes...that's the one. It's been a while. Had to move from Austin, property tax and cost of living got too expensive. I miss it though.", "We have one. It's in our liquor store. Owner said the chicken business is great.", "Now that I can DoorDash jangles, my ass has grown by at least 10%. Cajun filet whenever I want it, no matter how lit I am? Sold.", "Zaxby's > Bojangles\n\nFite me", "I was the first comment here. If you mean Youtube comments even I don't dare to tread those waters.", "Plus I can get a fruit bowl instead of fries and a book as the toy! Definitely as guilt free as it gets for fast food with CFA for my little man", "If you ever see a man running a smoker in the parking lot of a hood-ass liquor store, you go up to him, and you *buy some of the best goddamn ribs you’ll ever eat*.", "This is facts people!! Listen up!!", "Yeah I mean that's why everyone goes there. It's almost guaranteed to be a short enough wait you can go during a lunch break and they're food is almost always consistent from any location. It's not the greatest chicken in the world but it's certainly better than most other fast food competition.", "Now if only we could get rid of the chicken tax from the last one.", "Bojanles4lyfe gang, raise up!", "Their fries are so good, but I really don't want to be carjacked in the drive thru.", "The one near Johns Hopkins? Hell even Ben Carson stabbed a dude at that Popeyes", "Why hello there fellow human.", "Nice.. I've never heard of that place (FL) .. I only saw Bojangles when I visited TN .. never seen one around my neck of the woods. We do have Zaxbys, Popeyes and KFC.", "Man we had a Harold's Fried Chicken across from our office (Chicago). Always a line to get in Chicken was that good. Guy was shot in front of the store one time, people steping over the guy bleeding in front of the store to get in for some Chicken it was that good.", "I’m not sure of their footprint. We have them in NC", "Yup right near the airport 😂", "The only Bojangles Ive got food from Charlotte near the stadium (inside the bus terminal) and I can still three years later remember how good it was.", "That’s a dumb reason to eat a particular food, but I guess they’re free to do so.", "> but when you knock on the drive thru window dude comes up and wants $7. You don't get to pick what you want, you eat what Frankie makes you\n\nDefinitely into this. Where can I find this place?", "That's terrible. The ones in Wisconsin are fantastic.", "Lets work to open a Finnish Bojangles shop up. Will clean up.\nLike in London you just need the name close to it like Tennessee Fried Chicken.", "As someone who loves chasing down their target run with some CFA, damn I’m feeling attacked lol", "Frankie's is like Narnia, you just sort of have to discover it for yourself. Though you can start with the no-name chicken & fish places in the hood and just let the dude behind the counter make whatever he wants for you. They'll do you right so long as the community supports the place.", "Dirty rice, mashed potatoes, and chicken thighs DAMN\n\noh and if I’m getting a biscuit I’ll also get a gallon of water", "Preach! Not one is talking about the sauce. Only time I ever went into Bojangles (Charlotte) and said it was my first time - people crowded around me giving me advice in the store.", "What happened to Harolds Chicken? Old school that Logo of Harold with a Clever chasing the chicken was legend.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYOdzBpb3RU", "I'm going to start calling it that", "This reminds me of any fast food place in Hawaii when I was growing up. More often than not you didn't know what you were actually going to end up with if you ordered through the drive-thru.", "Please tell me you've tried grape jelly on a chick-fil-a breakfast chicken biscuit", "Disagree, go so San Antonio for amazing Mexican food and tex mex. Some great places in Austin but overall it’s only ok in comparison.", "Eh I DON'T eat there for the same exact reason. Their \"values\". I don't want a side of bigotry or homophobia with my chicken sandwich.", "Better than \"my pleasure.\"", "Can confirm. Love popeyes but lived in safer neighborhoods my whole life. They've never been closer than 15 miles away", "In a previous job I was working on a project with Church's that required me to check out some of their locations on satellite maps and street view for mapping... a bunch had cop cars in the parking lot when the street view car rolled by. It was amazing.", "Try saying that around a San Antonian lol. The rivalry between the two cities on that topic is absolutely ludicrous.", "That kind of salt of the earth charm makes the food taste better.", "My town is 6% African American. We have a Church's, KFC and Popeyes within 2000 feet on the same side of the street. Church's and KFC customers are basically the same racial profile as the town. Popeyes has about 80-90% black customers in the lobby when I got thru the drive thru. Of the three, I'm more afraid of food poisoning from the KFC. Popeyes is really good especially on the sides. But the spicy chicken will make me late for work the next morning 😬", "Damn, no love for KFC in all this.", "I love this guy. I’ve seen more of his videos than I’m willing to admit. His video on Popeyes training is even better.", "Could be a way to deal with people give empty prepaid cards too. Once had the guy in front of me hand his card, get the food, then drive off. Then for me they made sure to wait for my card to go through lol", "I've been riding my bike past the same pieces of broken glass by Church's for weeks now", "I have yet to ever try their chicken because I refuse to wait that long for a fucking fast food chain chicken sandwich.", "I'm jealous. The one by my house routinely takes 30 minutes to get through the drive thru. It takes about 15 minutes to get curbside pickup once I click \"at the restaurant\" on the app though.", "This cracks me up bc we don't have Church's in the Boston area but when my family goes to PR to visit family for the holidays we always go to Church's which is in a super nice mall.", "Negative the only thing that goes on a chicken biscuit is Texas Pete or Tabasco.", "The best fried chicken I've had in my life was from a Bojangles lunch buffet in Mississippi. I believe it was in either Gulfport or Biloxi. Definitely a small coastal city. As a kid back in the 90s, my family would do road trips from coast to coast (CA to SC) and we always stopped there passing through.", "Now you're talking!", "Every time i go to churches the nice lady always calls me sugar or honey", "I have the opposite experience. I’ve never seen a Church’s anywhere other than crime ridden areas, Popeye’s are everywhere.", "This applies to Walgreens and CVS too", "I've never heard of Church's Chicken. Did a map check, closest one is over an hour away in Philly.", "As a swedish dude. Which one should I pick?\n\nOnly one I've tried is KFC...", "This whole thread is Lee's erasure.", "Lol. Last time I was at a Popeyes, the entire drive-thru line was held up by this lady very loudly arguing at the window in front of me that the chicken wasn't \"fresh enough\" while some dude (who I assume was her boyfriend) was aggressively pacing outside the car with his shirt off\n\nWelcome to Atlanta", "I order delivery from the Popeye’s a few blocks away from me in Albany Park like once a week (directly across from the Kimball brown line). I went in for the first time a few weeks ago since I was driving by and the in-store experience is something else, particularly after dark. Somebody got shot in front of it just the other night.", "“You might wanna hire him..” was my favorite line", "Does the portal to hell smell like fried chicken? If so, I'm in . . .", "Lemon pepper fried hard is the way to go.\n\nStill remember the first time I got Harold’s. I think it was 7 whole wings with bread and fries for like $7. At wingstop this would be like $20 lmao", "Regis?", "Go to Gus's fried chicken on 4th (I think). It's way better", "In Charlottesville, VA there's a Raising Cane's, a Popeye's and a KFC all right next eachother (and a Zaxby's across the street)...and it creates the worst fuckin traffic jams cause their drivethrus aren't long enough so the lines go all the way out into the road -_-", "the one on Manchaca is still open", "My local Chic-fil-A has a line of cars that spills into the road and causes like legitimate traffic issues. It's a middle class WASP vibe", "The chips are good though. \n\nThere was one in a suburb of Brisbane that I’m fairly sure was a money laundering front because my whole life I never saw anyone go in there. The one time I went there with my dad, they thought we were lost. Food took 20 minutes but it was fresh, they made it just for us lol.", "If I want spicy, I need to remember to order regular.", "Looks to be in northeast Philly. close to Jefferson Frankford Hospital", "There is a unified story here too. This is the prequel to the Popeyes training video. In this one at the end, Leland casually says they should hire the angry homeless guy.You then see, they took that advice and hired him, he is working the window in the training video and is still angry which Popeye's Manager Mark encourages. You also see that he is still there fighting with the Chick Fil a employees when they get upset at the spicy chicken sandwich, and when Popeyes does delivery.\n\nPopeyes Training \n\n[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWkwolb3as&ab\\_channel=RDCworld1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWkwolb3as&ab_channel=RDCworld1)\n\nHow Chick Fila Workers was when they heard about the New Popeyes Sandwich. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHN57ffa-9U&ab\\_channel=RDCworld1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHN57ffa-9U&ab_channel=RDCworld1)\n\nHow Popeyes Would be if They Had Delivery \n\n[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6KvPIFumJs&ab\\_channel=RDCworld1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6KvPIFumJs&ab_channel=RDCworld1)", "We got a Popeye's about 8 or 10 years ago. It has to be one of the worst ones in history, service wise. I honestly don't think it will last much longer, because there are never any cars in the drive-thru or parking lot. Also, they are not that far from our Chick-fil-A that opened up about 5 years ago that always has a line of cars to the road, so that's pretty much the nail in the coffin.", "Is Canadian Popeyes not as good as US? I see people so obsessed with it on here but I’ve never found it to be particularly good. \n\nThe reason I ask is because in Australia, KFC is GOOD, the fries are completely different and the chicken is amazing, I could eat a bucket of just the skin. \n\nBut here (Toronto) KFC is soggy and gross, it’s like the worst chicken place to go to and their service is always horrible. \n\nJollibee and Church’s spicy seem to have the best if you can get it fresh, Church’s is still crispy even if you have leftovers, it’s like magic.", "Damn I love me some raisin canes. Checks all the boxes.", "So good. I've actually seen two fights in the popeys lot when I was waiting in the drive thru. I won't even stop there if the pine is long anymore. Gotta be quick. Can't be trapped between two car haha.", "Orlando has the \"chicken strip\" with Popeyes, Chic-fil-a, PDQ and Guy Fieri Chicken something or other all next to each other", "Can we talk about how I never see anybody at a Burger King anymore?\n\nLike never, it's 6-8pm, not a car at the drive through.", "In Ohio Rally's is the fast food ghetto indicator", "Every Church's I've been to is in the most decrepit part of town and the food fucking sucks. Not worth risking getting shot by a meth head over lol.", "In Pasadena there is a churches next to a Popeyes with a roscoes just down the street.", "Okay, but who is the best? I'm a Northerner, so I don't know anything about this sort of thing.", "The drivethru at the churchs near my old house went thru an alley, one way in, one way out and only wide enough for one car. Risked my life for that chicken once.", "Taste so good, make you wanna SLAP YO MOMMA!", "I need a parody video response where a different crew of white Karens are picking out a location for a Chick Fil-a, then at the end of the video see a Popeyes location scouts in their area so they quickly to leave in haste!", "It’s called demographics", "The trick is to order ahead on the app and select carryout. You're in and out in less than 5 minutes it's great", "At the height of the chicken sandwich craze I pulled up to the drive thru and before I could speak the lady worker said “ what you want? We ain’t got no chicken sandwich’s” my chicken ended up being greasy and cold", "We got hot chicken, bojangles, churches, chickfila, and popeyes in tennessee, you can say were kinda a big deal.", "Cold half eaten garbage plate you got the night before begs to differ", "No clue. Philly is over an hour from me. I hardly every go there, and know very little about the city.", "You are perfect in every way.", "🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮", "Actually it’s both, mild sauce with the lemon pepper dusted on top, but now I’m giving away too many Chicago secrets.", "How is it so wooded so close to the center of the city?", "I used to get a combo and sub the coffee for o.j. and hashbrowns for grits. I miss the south for that.", "I miss Bojangles so much.", "Needs more n words.", "Lol thanks", "disowned, kfc chicken trash.", "Meanwhile I had to wait over 20 minutes at a Wendys because all the employees were hotboxing in a car in the parking lot.", "No bookstores are trendy again", "Haha. Churches is the bees knees here in Vancouver.", "4 piece supreme dinner, represent ✊", "We have one in Chandler, AZ of all places and it was pretty decent.", "Except my hometown on the OBX. Nearest one is like 50 miles away. No Chick-fil-a, no Popeye's no Church's either. It's like fast food dead zone these days. The Taco Bell, Burger King, and Pizza Hut all went out of business.", "Popeye's chicken sandwich > chik fil a", "The Popeye's that just opened on East Wash used to be an Arby's. I don't know if the Fitchburg one used to be a Hardee's? Those are the only two Popeyes in Madison though so I dunno what you're talking about. \n\nWish they would have kept the one in the Woodman's parking lot open though.", "I had the full Chicago hood experience when I went to Harold’s. Ended up fucking up and making an illegal u-turn before going the wrong way down a one way and blowing a stop sign to park in front. Immediately pulled over, they actually hit the lights as I was getting out of my car. cops check my ID and let me go saying stay safe because there’s currently a manhunt going on for a guy who shot a cop a couple blocks over before they peel off.\n\nThen again probably wasn’t the best idea deciding to trek into Harold’s territory at 11pm. There used to be a Chicago in Greek town but they were never as good as the ones in the bad neighborhoods.", "Had such bad Tex Mex in San Antonio. BUT I WILL ADMIT it was on the Riverwalk, so it was my fault.", "Gonna forever miss Church's 3 for $2 Thursday deal", "Oh I know, both are good. Zaxby's is my favorite tenders place around the Carolinas (Yardbirds in Fort Walton Beach FL might top the list if we expanded the area) while KFC is still by favorite on-the-bone place. Bojangles still gets me to stop by every now and again, it's yummy.", "Town next to mine has Chick-Fil-A, Popeyes, Cane's, and Culvers within a half mile. I guess Culvers has burgers but I only get chicken there so I included them lol", "Any location is a good location for a Popeyes in my book", "Wilkinson Blvd?", "Made by a company that does donate to anti-LGBT causes. I don't give them money either.\n\nEdit. My money. How I spend it is my business. If I find out a business owner is a Trumpanzee I refuse to do business with him too.", "The Bo-Berry Biscuits we're still pretty good last time I had Bojangles in April.", "Their breakfast biscuits were too salty for me. And I usually love salt", "Bro wtf… Popeyes are everywhere out here in AZ in all income areas..", "Can you get that Animal Style?", "Me and my boy ran into this same problem some years back.\n\nUs: How do you run out of chicken when all you sell is chicken?\n\nChurches: WTF else do you expect us to run out of then dumbass?", "I preferred Brown's Chicken. They still operating around Chicago at all?", "Better take out and eat it at home because it’s going to knock you out afterwards ..", "I was gonna say - I live in a very hipster gentrified part of Brooklyn and they just opened a Popeyes", "Haven't lived in areas like that for almost 20 years, and I still get uncomfortable and jittery just watching a skit of people getting ready to fight. Entirely too real. Well done.", "Lol straight out of a boondocks episode", "Jail as well. In fact, especially jail.", "that WAS their customer service training", "Damn when did they get one there?", "I know way too many gay Southerners who still go there religiously.", "Don't forget about William's Chicken. The most ghetto locations.", "That chicken king tho.", "Dinner and a show going to a churchs or Popeyes, gotta love it", "There has been a Popeye’s on Lincoln, just south of Devon, for decades. It’s so old, it has a stained glass Popeye. (Or, it did. I haven’t been there in a few years)\n\nJust on the border of Lincolnwood, not too bad of a neighborhood.", "I get my Popeyes from food court at the mall. Then one today someone shoot up the food court. Can’t get your chicken without enduring some risk of getting shot.", "Had a Churches chicken close down near my place a couple years back. Got replaced by a Mexican/Chinese fast food place. I miss there biscuits the most outve all the chicken fast food places.", "I've risked my life a few times for some authentic ethnic food. Many of them have coupons online that they never honor. But it's worth it.", "Rolls for a 6 sided star with Zaxby's. \n\nI think we just Dybbuk boxed this chicken.", "Every. Single. Time.", "For some reason, it thinks this video should have korean subtitles. Moreover, when it then translates that to english, you get very strange results. At least that's what it's doing to me.", "That you don't live in the south?", "I think its the HQ", "I ran into one once, decided to try it. I was the only white person there who wasn't super-high.", "This is the first time I've even heard of Church's... So confirmed maybe?", "You ain't lying", "As a Filipino whose had Jolliebee his whole life in the Bay Area, I think they probably have the worst chicken out’ve Popeyes, Churches, or Kfc. Spaghetti though is always a classic and their peach mango pies are delicious.", "Alexa: \"Are you sure? This is the neighborhood your dad keeps ranting about because he saw a story on Fox News\"", "I'd just like to take a minute to rep my fav chicken sandwich joint, [PG Clucks](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbE0QnOUMAAmWcU.jpg)", "On a side note taco bell and taco time have an agreement to not compete. If you see 2 near eachother they collaborated rather than competed", "Is this supposed to be funny or...?", "hahaha for real. we’ve been saying whoever opens the first bojangles style restaurant in finland would make a killing", "Is there a CookOut nearby?", "I'm over here saying Houston has the best tex mex, but I will agree that SA is over Austin in the ranking, though I would call SA closer to straight mexican food.", "if the order is incomplete then the experience is complete. Gotta love that.", "This reads like a Yelp review made by the Onion.", "In my town it's the opposite. Easily a 15 minute wait with 4-5 cars in line.", "I think there’s an upper limit though, some are just simply run down either by incompetence or just because it’s a front", "Reminds me of the popeyes on Divisadero in SF. Homeless people going in for free drinks with cups from the trashcan outside, fights happening outside, drug addicts digging for food at the side, and long ass wait times for the food. Good times.", "They never really bounced back from that mass murder.", "Never been to a Churches or a Popeyes. Which is better?", "I’ve never waited more than 5 minutes there and I will jump the line no matter how long it is. They are actual *fast* food and put everyone else to shame.", "I grew up in an area with both Popeyes and Chick-fil-A about 2 blocks from each other, with my highschool basically in-between. *That* was a culturally diverse school", "Yes, but who turns down biscuits.\n\n\n*Suspicious!!*", "My old neighborhood has a Church’s but there’s a shit load of development in the area. We’ll see how long it survives now.\n\nRemindMe! 6 months", "They gave you what they had, LOL.", "Wendy’s method - throw a dart at a map.", "What aboot Raisin Cane's?", "I'm also not sure if I've ever gotten a correct order at Popeyes. So 20 minutes of waiting when you're the only one there, and the food is wrong anyway.", "They silently discontinued their dirty rice 😢", "I hate being served my food early while waiting in the drive-thru lane while you're still stuck behind cars because you literally can't leave until they move from in front of you. Meanwhile my food is getting cold..", "Kennedy Fried Chicken = duck", "I guess I'm lucky. There is never more than like 2 cars at the one near me.", "The \"don't pay him any money..\" was pretty accurate too", "I live in a place that has the world's largest phallic structure", "Shouldn't it be a Mosque's?", "Wait, there are franchises in the USA that are not national ?", "Someone didn't get the message, they are building a Popeyes in my town where the median income is 87k , is 89% white and the second most populous race @ 5% is Asian.", "That's odd, in my town the burger king line is wrapped around the parking lot every night. I took my daughter there to get chicken fries a few days ago and waited like 15 just to get to the speaker.", "Thank you that means a lot", "Good job Popeyes marketing, I just ordered delivery.", "While True, the wait to get out of the line at CFA is always short. I usually wait longer trying to get out of the parking lot and onto the road.", "RDC is a treasure. Protect these men.", "Not for long. That area is ripe for gentrification.", "It's funny cause it's TRUE mo'FAKKA!", "It’s not the same Austin you probably remember anymore. But then again, we say that every decade or so. \n\nJust glad to have lived and experienced Austin in my lifetime :)", "To go to Church's ? ,😁", "Chicago person here. If I was going through a neighborhood that had a Harold’s I used to stop, not so much anymore as it’s just not that good to me anymore. I think it’s average at best and the idea of Harold’s probably keeps it going mostly", "Best fast-food biscuit is biscuitville bojangles biscuits are dry :(", "It's just funny (and I guess kinda sad) because it's like, uncannily accurate. If you've lived in a city, you've had pretty much this exact interaction with a homeless person at some point.", "I can see how it may not be anything special to me because I'm not from Chicago, so maybe it is good and my opinion is just biased.", "It's just maddening though when the staff hand you your food and acts like you're all set to go and you're literally still waiting behind people who haven't received theirs yet.", "This right here is the most fucked up part of the situation. If I were the creators I'd find this attention maddening", "Holy shit I've seen like three comments about \"church's\" in this thread and it wasn't until reading yours that I realized people are talking about a sketchy restaurant chain, not actual churches.", "I was gonna argue, cause I remember the Churches near my Grandma's was in a gas station and I thought the-- nope. Grandma lived in the hood. Good to know.", "Chick fil a fucking destroys your local traffic. It's a menace.", "It’s just OK. Some locations are better than others so may be inconsistent is a better description", "I love some zaxbys but yea, it sits so heavy in my stomach that I basically have to take a nap afterwards.", "two fuckin days ago i got this except he was yelling about his hat lmfao", "u/savevideo", "Where in Charlotte is that?", "I once visited Korea via Tourbus and one of our stops was the North/South Korean Border. At the border there was this modern building with an observation deck and some stores on the first floor. While being at the border was a somber moment for most, I couldnt help but be amazed that of all the things they could have placed, they had a fucking Popeye's chicken in that building! Everytime i hear Popeye's i think of that one lone popeye's at the North/South korean border and wonder if its still there.", "the street im close to has a church's and a popeyes on one side. on the other side it also has an HEB super store and a costco, and a location or two for food trucks and coffee trucks that see's huge lines every morning. same street is also seeing a huge amount of new businesses and homes opening up the further out from the city you go.", "I think we need a seven sided star with Pollo Loco entering the neighbourhood.", "This is some of the greatest entertainment I’ve ever seen", "One of my friends specifically moved to some apartments by there in the hopes of keeping his rent low back in the early 00s. It didn't work.", "You know the other option is that it’s just sitting on the counter inside until you get to the window, right? They’ve got a lot of people prepping orders and cooking, some orders will just happen to get completed sooner. So it’s either cooling off on their counter, or in your hands where you can nibble on some fries if you want.", "Right? And they need to be close to a freeway ramp so the white people can get some on their way home. I don't think white people eat at Church's.", "The CFA in my town seems to exclusively hire teenaged blonde girls, so that bit always weirds me out.", "My dad has a Bojangles near his place in North Georgia. I couldn't find a single thing I would have eaten there.", "If true, that is a solid, well done, gimmick.", "But once you have the hot food in your hand it's maddening that you're still waiting behind other people. I guess I should just take a lifted 4x4 vehicle so I can exit the line prematurely by going over the concrete barrier..", "You talking bout John John? Beat up a Pitt bull with his bare hands and the metal plate in his jaw??", "back in college there was this little place called the mercado that sold the best carne asada quesadillas. Was a shame when they got shut down for sellin coke and got new owners. Was never the same.", "That made me snort laugh. Thanks.", "Is the churches up near 52nd any good? Would also like to try out the Popeyes on MLK, but wonder if the one on Cameron is better…", "All it took for me was, \"With one of its residents.\"", "It's true. A study found that in a sample of 100 dead people, every one of them used to be alive.\n\nLiving has a 100% mortality rate.", "There’s a spot on the main strip in Tallahassee from which you can see 10 different fried chicken restaurants.", "The only time I ever had Popeye's was in the mall. Damn good, though.", "Southside! There's a Popeyes now on the other side of town.", "Used to get catering from there for work. So good.", "...dammit. The Pollo Loco monster manuel is in Spanish. Got the wrong edition.", "They've seemed nice here where McDonalds is mostly shit.", "If this ain’t a Freddie Gibbs reference I don’t know what is.", "Ya the river walk is a tourist trap. Never liked going down there", "I have a Popeyes just down the street.\nThey have some kind of timer thing that measures you wait time.\nOne day I pulled in, only car in the drive thru. Ordered got up to the window and waited. After a few minutes the dude asked me to pull around again so it doesn’t fuck up their wait time. Ok, I guess…\nMaybe just hurry the fuck up! It’s one sandwich!", "IDK man I've seen plenty of McDonalds filled to the brim with employees, just depends on the location. I think its more about the menu, if they reduced their menu down to just chicken/salad/sides/drinks they would have maybe 1/10th of their current menu to worry about. Chic-Fil-a has breakfast where they just put a chicken nugget on bread.... its delicious but McDonalds has a full menu of options, its just impossible to match the throughput of a place that has so much less to do.", "Always leave enough room between you and the car ahead of you to be able to see their back tires. That should give you enough room to turn out and haul ass if the need arises.", "Yeah, it's highly dependent on what you consider Tex-Mex. I know lots of people from the Rio grande valley that claim the valley has the best Tex-Mex. I'm a San Antonian and I tend to agree with the people from the valley. Naturally, the closer you get to the border, the more the food will share similarities with authentic Mexican. However, if you cross the border and eat actual authentic Mexican food, you'll find it's nothing like what's sold anywhere in Texas (except for a few minor exceptions). The further north you go, the more American it gets. I don't even consider what they sell in the Dallas area to be Mexican or even Tex-Mex for that matter. It's about as close to Mexican as taco bell IMO. I actually go on foodie trips to Houston but I've yet to test out the Tex-Mex since I've got plenty of that in my hometown. I'll have to make it a point to try it next time. I mainly eat a lot of Asian or seafood in Houston.", "Yeah, if you have two and a half hours to try and get on 4 different busses for what would normally be a 15 minute drive", "It is a sandwich, yes. Sold by a bunch of assholes to whom I won't give my money. Not telling anyone else what do, just not where I'm gonna spend my money.", "Oh man.... Wait till you hear about hip hop fish and chicken", "“You might want to hire him” hahaha", "Nah man it’s when I’m looking for fried okra.", " Management must have canceled combat pay for carside deliveries.", "McDonalds is pretty much the fast food king of efficiency. They pioneered the dual drive through, screens on the drive through, automatic fry makers and drink dispensers, etc. I guess it depends on how you look at it but they have 5x the locations and a menu that has substantially more options and ingredients. They just do a hell of a lot more and are seemingly more willing to accept the ups/downs of wait times and as a result a worse customer experience caused by these factors.", "Been in CO for 25 years, I still miss Bojangles.", "Wilkinson Blvd? I’m trying to think of where else there is a Church’s and Popeyes that close.", "CFA is a Hitler youth cult disguised as a fast food restaurant. It’s the same frozen chicken as McDonalds, they just have more money for a better social media PR team", "Maybe cause its northside chicago, but all the popeyes are in okay locations.", "Adding egg and cheese is also acceptable.", "Our popeye's is going in where the most run down place in town used to be - and it's been in planning since 2015 - so you know eventually they'll get it done.\n\nA chick-fil-a got planned in 2019 10 mins away, and it got officially delayed from it's opening in 2020, but it open now, has been for few months.\n\nPopeyes doesn't even have the kitchen equipment installed yet, but they got the facade done finally which is nice.", "True to a point but he definitely didn't mean chain restaurants.", "I love Popeyes but I fucking hate churches chicken. Maybe I’ve just had bad experiences with the ones around me and you guys have been to better quality ones. Chicken is always dripping in grease like I couldn’t even explain the amount of liquid shit all over it. Then the stomach feeling like a warzone after. I used to always love churches more than KFC growing up. No fuck them both, Popeyes or nothin", "Absolutely! This is how I used to do it in fact!", "I call Austin style Mexican fusion. It is not tex mex but has its place in the food culture.", "Is there also a Chick Fil A?", "Not technically the hood, but it borders a combat zone.\n\nI'm gonna make tge executive decision and say build it. Just because we don't understand the violence, doesn't change our rules for picking a location.", "Riverside near the 7-11?", "Lol I can see this.", "KFC walks in \"What about me guys?\"\n\n*entire group turns to look at them derisively*", "Yup! I'm a petite white passing woman who has lived in some questionable neighborhoods over my 12 years here in Baltimore and I've never once had any trouble. Head up, eyes forward, and act like you know where you're going even when you have no fucking clue.", "Huh im stuck in the void world of popeyes and chick fil a.", "I have. Love churches, not a fan of popeyes.", "Eh, this has Church’s Chicken vibes more than Popeyes to me.", "This is the most Popeyes thing I've ever read.", "My church’s JUST got replaced by a popeyes. It was a sad day", "I'm white, dog sat for a coworker on and off who lived in the roughest part of town. I fucking love fried chicken and passed a Church's on the way, never had heard of it.\n\n\nHoly shit so good. Call me a masochist but I didn't mind employees dropping F bombs and telling me in no uncertain terms about what they were out of. If anything I wish other fast food employees could be that blatant.", "In Broward County, FL (Fort Lauderdale area), you get asked to pull forward and 9/10 times before your food comes out some random dude comes up asking for a loose cigarette lmao", "I spent like $20 once and I got like 3 thighs, 3 orders of fries, 2 catfish filets and a ton of shrimp. Anywhere else in the city and that's easy a $60 ticket.", "And oddly enough, you can also get Bojangles in ***2*** locations in my area of Montana.", "Those honey biscuits, man", "So retro", "Can confirm. Went looking for crack and found a Churches...or maybe it was just a church. It's hard to say, I was on crack at the time.", "The only one was in Lafayette, Louisiana", "What is the channel name?\n\nI'm on mobile, been up since 0300, and am stupid.\n\n**EDIT:** I found it. Sorry.", "Oh of course. We have one lane drive-thrus though. to the left is the building and to the right is a stone wall. You're just stuck if shit goes down lol.", "Fucking brilliantly funny.", "They still sell it at the Popeyes nearest me! They did get rid of their green beans though, but I'm not sure anyone's complaining about that.", "The secret ingredient is the people", "They closest Church's near me has more security than the bank I go to. They had metal bars over their bulletproof windows. Metal partitions where you slide your money and they slide you your food. You couldn't even see who was serving you.", "Them big ol’ women in San Antonio gotta eat something…", "Where I live, all the Church's are getting turned into Popeye's. So, I guess the video checks out.", "It's the name of a suburb", "I ended up with a chik fil a drive thru salad order where they forgot my dressing. It was an inconvenience but not enough for me to really get my panties in a twist over it. I was moreso shocked that somehow, for the first time in all my time going there, they had made some kind of mistake. Probably as rare as winning the lottery except instead of me getting money I didn't have dressing for my market salad or whatever.", "chick-fil-a=overrated", "Popeyes = the best chicken fast food\n\npopeyes employees = the most ignorant employees of anywhere\n\n\nits amazing", "Churches and Popeyes have the same parent company. It won't, but it could happen", "Chester's! Love that place. In Canada they are only in gas stations and corner stores in small towns....", "I once went to Popeyes and the lady just yelled at me when I walked in \"lobby close, lobby close!\"\n\neventhough it was like an hour before", "I pulled into a Taco Bell drive-thru and they said \"we only have vegetarian options.\"\n\nI left and was wondering how the hell that happened for days after.", "Thanks, here's their channel, for the lazy: https://www.youtube.com/c/RDCworld1\n\nAnd I just searched it a couple times and it looks like they didn't upload this one to youtube; maybe it was just on insta or something, I dunno.", "Yo their new mac and cheese is pretty dank tho ngl. Also red beans and rice there is dope.", "made out like a king", "Where I come from, if the restaurant isn't in a sketchy neighbor, the food sucks!", "The total distain shown by Popeye's employees to the customers is part of the appeal", "They tell you to pull up because one of their metrics they get harassed about by corporate the most is how fast you get people served and out of the drive way. The problem is they don’t actually measure how fast you are being served, only how fast the car is physically removed from the drive thru window (many locations have a little camera / sensor there by the window tracking this). So they make you pull up and wait on your food so the metric looks good.\n\n\nSource: I asked a Popeyes employee", "Thank you for sharing this...I needed a good laugh and this was it.", "Tell em to try the country ham biscuit and also the pimiento cheese biscuit is FIRE", "Is Chick-Fil-A actually that good? Given the history of the owners as slime, I'm not spending any money there, so I've no idea if it's better or worse than Popeye's or KFC (the only others around me).\n\nIt boggles my mind how the street in front of one near me seems to have been designed to accommodate the line of cars wanting to get in. Sometimes I need to remember which lane to go in so I don't get stuck as I intend to continue on to my destination.", "They opened one recently in Alhambra, the lines were pretty bonkers for a bit.", "A thousand comments and not one mention of racism? Interesting. 🤔\n\n(OK, downvote away ...)", "Chick fil a is so mediocre. I don't understand its appeal.", "There used to be an intersection in Columbus Ohio where there was a popeyes, churches, KFC, and a mom and pop chicken place on the corners. It was locally known as 5th and chicken.", "Back when I used to live in a \"good\" area of Detroit (near Moross and Harper), there was a Church's Chicken a few miles away near 7 Mile and Gratiot. The counter that separated employees from customers was enclosed by bullet-proof glass from counter to ceiling, and food orders were distributed via Lazy Suzy turnstiles. Many times I was the only white person in line, and occasionally there were folks who got unruly because they had to wait too long for their order....but dang if the risk wasn't worth the delicious crispy Church's fried chicken along with their jalapeno poppers, mashed potatoes with sausage gravy and that sauce they gave you along with the poppers.....", "There's one rap station here and I was living in a real hood spot for one week. I basically heard every song that was playing on that station all day long from cars at the nearby stoplight.\n\nI could even hear the lyrics and look the songs up. 🤣", "Bro I’m in the Chicago burbs. Those Popeyes are popping up everywhere. There went none within a 20 minute drive of me to 2 new ones within 10 minutes of me in a year and a half lol.", "I once had a real estate agent say that Church’s chicken is like the opposite of a Starbucks. As long as it’s not too close I don’t mind, it keeps the rent down", "When I was at Ohio State we used to have an intersection we called \"the corner of 5th and Chicken\" because it was on 5th Ave and all 4 sides of the intersection had a fried chicken restaurant on it, and to make it even better, a 5th fried chicken restaurant was about 300 feet in from the intersection. So within a 300 foot radius you had Churches, Popeye's, KFC, Woody and Jo's, and A& M.\n\nUnfortunately A & M burned down, which of course started a whole chain of joking speculation about which of the other 4 restaurants hired the arsonist to do so lol.", "And there's also a Popeyes right down the street", "Meanwhile I have to drive more than an hour to find either. I would deal with hourly shootouts if it meant I could have Popeyes on the regular", "Still safer than some of the Churches Ive been to, and still worth it.", "$250 worth of chicken", "but it do", "Are you serious?", "For those that is confused on why Church is mention as the center of the hood in this thread...they mean Church's Chicken, a fast food fried chicken restaurant, not where Jesus lives lmao", "Dang. I do love Bojangles. And their service is way better than KFC's these days.", "Most delicious $250 I ever spent!", "I don’t care if you or anyone else goes to Chik Fil A based on their homophobia past (and I believe continued donations to homophobic causes) but not sure i would base those type of decisions just based on “a gay or black person I know said *blank*”. \n\nJust do it or don’t do it if you feel it’s an important issue to you. Gay people aren’t some monolithic group and we all feel different about it. For example I’m gay and I eat at Chik Fil A on occasion but I’m literally the only one of my gay friends that does. Every single one of my other gay friends refuses to eat there and while they’d prefer I didn’t give them my business either, they aren’t dicks about it. If I had to guess a majority of gay people aren’t cool with Chik Fil A’s donations to anti gay causes. (And honestly I’ve tried my best to limit my purchases their but i do like their sandwiches on occasion). \n\nSo again, do it if you think it’s right, or don’t, up to you. But don’t do it just cuz “a gay person told me it’s fine so my moral compass feels resolved.”", "Im always told its terrible.\n\nMy dad would get it sometimes but my mom would never let me.\n\nAlso had a friend who told me not to eat it because it was \"budget chicken\"", "You laugh, but when it opened up here in Saudi Arabia a few years ago they had to rebrand it to “Texas Chicken” \n\nDidn’t even know what Church’s was and was surprised to see it had such a similar logo then my dumbass put 2 and 2 together", "Sharks Fish & Chicken in Gary, IN.\n\nPlace is just as locked down as the liquor store right next to it.", "Them shits just come installed like that", "The Koreans would beg to differ. Cow brain soup is amazing.", "Yes.", "The popeyes in my city has a few shootings a year", "Accidentally stumbled on their hood Olympics videos and holy shit those are funny", "You live in New Mexico? If I remember correctly it wasn’t a Church’s but rather a regional Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant.", "I think Shortbeach vlogs is one of Longbeachgriffy's side channels. Him and RDCWorld are boys IRL. I'm not sure what the arrangement is but i think this channel is the original and only source.", "I’ve been sitting on 2 $15 chik fil a gift cards for almost 2 years because I can’t deal with the traffic at their locations. I thought I’d be smart and go one night at 9pm. Nope. Traffic backed up into the highway. Went to a Taco Bell that was 15 minutes in the other direction. I will say, chik is a smooth operating machine that gets people in and out super quickly, but I just can’t handle the crowd.", "This is the definition and i still don't know what it means.", "try the [Weiner Circle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33zPlnhymCU)", "Popeyes was so much better before being bought out by the BK lounge. I’d have to wait 5-10 minutes for my food, but it was fresh. AND I had my Mountain Dew! Now they’re sliding me my chicken basket before I’ve even paid. Shits room temp and they never have my Cajun sparkle in stock! I don’t even know how I survive anymore.", "Today you learned something.", "\"YOU GOT ME FUCKED UP!\"\n\nToo real.", "Black people: stop associating us with chicken\n\nAlso black people:", "They used to have one down the bayou in Galliano, too.", "I miss Bojangles. Biscuits, dirty rice, and tea...mmmm hmmmm.", "Add a KFC and the undead colonel will crawl out of the fryer and began his eternal reign of spicy terror", "I think that channel legit belongs to longbeachgriffy or RDCWorld. Videos on that channel appear to only be located on that channel. I know Longbeach and the guys of RDCWorld are boys IRL so they may have some sort of arrangement and split the profits from this channel. Just a guess.", "Strange. I'm in AZ, haven't seen one busy in years.", "The recipes and chicken differ; don't sweat it. You're in for a tasty treat, friend!", "Funny you say that b/c the Popeye's in my town is next to the entrance of a neighborhood where the average home size is 2800 ft^2 and you'd be hard pressed to find a vehicle under $85k.\n\nChurch's is definitely closer to the hood though.", "All the Popeye's in Lower Manhattan are either by 1-3Mill homes or Chinatown.", "Rule 1: mind your business\n\nRule 2: mind your manners\n\nAs the ancient Tibetan philosophy states: don't start none, won't be none.", "Really? Interesting.", "Religious cultists have to feel like they're properly supporting their Jesus chicken. I feel like it's on the same level as tithing for some of them.", "Well, guilt free as long as your child turns out straight ig", "Welcome to Texas", "Don't lie. They go there because it's run by fundie cultists. That's the only reason.", "The channel that uploaded this video is Griffy's second channel (or they probably just share this account with Rdcworld1), they are friends with the guys from Rdcworld1, I'm still unsure why these videos are uploaded on this other channel, however these videos are not found in the Rdcworld official channel, either way at least in this case it isn't a random channel stealing their content.", "The fundies feel like they're making a statement by going there. That's all there is to it.", "Bingo. Religious fruitcakes thinking they're buying a chicken sandwich to heaven.", "While I agree that what they do is unethical, a lot of the time they will only post non-YT videos. If RDCworld doesn't think the video will be a good video for the YT algorithm, its better to post it to their Insta instead.", "Man, growing up in Florida we went waaaay out of our way for Church's chicken. That chicken? Those biscuits? I don't care how sketchy the neighborhood, it was usually worth it.", "Because they are *constantly* cooking the food. They aren't cooking to order per say. It's a benefit when you have like 4 unique items on the menu.\n\nFried chicken\nGrilled chicken\nSoup\nFries\n\nThey either cube it, throw sauces on it or put it on buns.\n\nIf you ever use the ChikFilA app you can place your order, pay for it and they will not touch your order until your hit the \"I am at restaurant\" button and it'll generally be ready before you walk from your car to the parking lot. A lot of people also do this with the drive through, they order online and just pickup from there.", "In NYC, we have Kennedy Fried Chicken.\n\nYes, it is McDowells, but with chicken.", "I was driving in a shitty neighborhood for a job in Columbus, Ohio. I shit you not I came to an intersection and the was a KFC, Popeyes, and Churches Chicken. Each had a corner of the intersection. I think they huddled together for safety in case one of them ran out of chicken. The people could just go on to the next one. Though if I'm a chicken restaurant I'm building next to a Popeyes for sure. They are always running out of chicken.", "Where do Canes or Zaxby's fit in though?", "I love this guy nohomo lol.", "So many racial slurs.", "To be fair I don't think most fast food franchise corporations are very ethical either.", "Good chicken joints always have within 100 feet a...\n\n-Wig/weave store.\n\n-Liquor store\n\n-Snack/soda/lotto store/ Bodega\n\n-Cash Checking/ Bill Payment spot", "They opened a Chick-Fil-A in Bellevue Washington and later Kirkland. It came pre-installed with the mine of cars.", "As an ultra-white midwestern guy who lives in a tiny town this kind of freaks me out.", "The dude in the white pickup truck with \"$5 ribs\" spray painted in shaky letters on the side pulling one of those massive pit grills selling out of the walmart parking lot before he got ran out to the next big lot. Best goddamn ribs and it came with the obligatory single slice of wonderbread.\n\nI once asked him how he makes his sauce, I done fucked up that day....", "The Popeyes on capitol? We had people come visit and they wanted to go to Popeyes. I tried to tell them not to, so they went to the one on Capitol. They show up and while waiting for their order the staff are basically fighting the manager. Like screaming and yelling, almost coming to blows. Another guy walks in wearing a wife beater t-shirt and gives the place one look and loudly exclaims \"this place is too ghetto for me\" and promptly leaves. \n\nNever go to the Popeyes on Capitol in Milwaukee haha", "KFC chicken is gross. Fight me.\n\nBesides, the best combo would be Popeyes (spicy) chicken and biscuits, KFC sides, Bojangles deserts", "It's good tho you're missing out", "I don't know if I've got the twilight zone chik-fil-a but I've had my order fucked up so many times. Missing sauces, missing entrees, just shit completely wrong.\n\nI once had my entire sandwich missing, drove 10 minutes back and they laughed and said \"Yeah! We noticed we forgot to put it in after you left\". That's it.", "I mean I thought the point was that they arent in low income trashy places around here now.", "Nahh, replace Popeyes with Checker's/Rally's. I get cravings for it and take every opportunity to get some of the fries when I'm in an area with one. I just put it in the GPS and once I've reached my destination, I begin to wonder if I should have told my mom I loved her more.", "Usually Canada's higher food standards play a role in how much fast food places get away with compared to the US. This results in the differences between CA and US versions of each restaurant.\n\nExample, A&W in Canada is considered one of the better fast food places. It is low tier in the US. Arby's is another popular brand to hate online, but is actually pretty good in Canada.\n\nIt can go the other way sometimes. Five Guys is fairly popular in the states, but is barely a thing in Canada. This also happened with Krispy Kream.", "It's all over Puerto Rico and it's absolutely the worst fried chicken. The meme in Puerto Rico is the orders always take forever too. The chicken is just a fried mess too. I would never eat at a Church's ever again.", "another churches in East Austin is being turned into an Arby's.", "😂😂😂😂", "It's really hard to tell the these days if people are trying to be ironic or not", "We ordered ahead and then they told me they won't prepare the food until I get there and tell them I'm there. ??", "Hey just popping in here a bit late to let you know u/Ocksu2 you are correct here, CFA has spent millions of dollars working through this problem and while the extra labor does help its all made possible by the way they have designed their systems (car experience, kitchen layout, and cooking order/methods). I know this because our company wrote the simulation software that allows CFA to mock up these various changes and digital twin them against various simulated customer loads and system layouts. It was a pretty cool project!", "Man, everyone talks about how good Popeyes is, but the one near me was straight garbage. Slowest service, practically inedible dried-out meat with woody texture. Even the biscuits were bad. It must have been the worst Popeyes in the country.", ">They seem to always tell you to pull ahead.\n\nBecause they are gaming the system. Corporate looks at how fast a car pulled up to the speaker to order and then how long they sat at the next window to get their food. If they have you pay and then drive around front it looks no different from a metric standpoint than if you were served your food and drove off. \n\nYour 20 minutes sitting out from looked \"great\" by their metric and most people won't complain to corporate cause they just gave you a shitton of food and most people don't got the energy or hate in their heart to crack down on some kid making minimum wage slinging chicken.", "> Hearing they have them in the suburbs is wild.\n\nWe've had two popeyes in the suburbs around here even before chickfila opened.", "We have a block in Amarillo with a Chick-fil-A next to a Raisin' Canes at one end, a Popeyes across from a Golden Chick at the other, and about a half block down is Chicken Express.", " Church’s is almost always in bad spot.", "I'd advise get out of that tiny town, and then live your best life. This was absolutely hilarious.", "And for those that are uninitiated, these guys don't miss!\n\nAlso they go into a national dodgeball championship and were on ESPN the Ocho over the summer which was hilarious", "They just opened up a Bojangles and a Popeyes right beside a Zaxby's here. The Fried Chicken Triangle. Maybe they're trying to summon the spirit of the Colonel?", "The Church'ses in Vancouver are white-accessible.", "I’m not sure if it’s a regional chain or was just a one-off shop, but we had a ‘Lee’s Chicken’ in this one spot for a while. It became a churches later on unsure if that means it was moving up or down...", "si es buen pollo", "Or, and bare with me, this is how the great fast food chicken wars starts. I'm betting on church's chicken though...they don't fuck around. I interviewed for one in high school, one of the interview questions was \"can you fight, that happens sometimes around here when customers get rowdy\". It was the damndest thing...", "Used to be one in Saginaw, I think they closed up a while back tho.", "Stopped at a Taco Bell like that in Ft Worth once. Most dangerous Quesaritto I've ever eaten.", "I'd rate Lee's as the top of St. Louis chains chicken wise. Church's had the best sides. KFC has the best novelties. Popeye's is second best chicken.", "Ehh, not really if I'm being honest. But rent in this city sucks.", "Me three. There's still the popeye's on airport...for now.", "When he said, ‘You might want to hire him.’ I lost it.", "I live next to the second popeys in Canada.\n\nbut I know where the first one is, and that is not a place you generally go; but I've seen far worse. east hasteing is terrifying.", "I learned a long time ago that the deep part of the hood is also where you find the best damn bbq in town. It's worth the drive.", "It's the opposite in Canada. We just started getting Church's, and that's usually a sign of a new neighbourhood or an improvement on a bad one. The bad neighbourhoods have a Pizza Pizza.", "There was a Church's near my university (in the sketchy side of course) and a Popeyes showed up right across the street from them. Eventually the Church's closed up shop when a car plowed through the front door. Less than a year later the same happened to Popeyes, but they kept the place open with a damn hole in the side of the building.", "The only one I remember is the one next to the Target on 35, near the old airport.", "Fucking Chick-fil-A. Even if you ain't going there you gotta wait in line.", "The Churches in my area was robbed into submission. They would get robbed, close down, open up, and repeat the cycle.", "you're not wrong, I came to NC at the start of covid\n\nas someone raised in Wisconsin, its the equivalent to Culvers", "Weird, all the Popeyes and Churches I know of aren’t in the hood. In the hood is where you find the local dingy-ass looking places that have way better food.", "There's only one Popeyes in my area, so kinda hard to say... But from my limited experience... This seems accurate enough. lol", "You’re probably thinking of Cameron. Still there and in the tiniest hood since Mueller and the new H‑E‑B.", "I want to go to White Castle more often, but it's right across from the Popeyes in the scarwy neighborhood. :C\n\nAlso damn, how violent is the Mall of America? They have a Popeyes in the food court!", ">in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop.", "Nah man, just drive down I-35 for 90 minutes for great Tex-Mex and underrated Mexican food.", "In Minneapolis we have a locally famous chicken place called Hickory Hut. You'll know you're getting close because the sidewalks are littered with chicken bones. *Just follow the bones.* Not ominous at all.\n\nWhen we went there one time, I was REALLY young, and I asked my dad, in that loud kid voice \"Why are there so many black people here?\"\n\nI don't think dad had ever been more terrified.", "Church’s a few miles from me closed down a few years back. The area is all new condos and chick fil a chipotle and trendy eateries.", "There's a Chick-fil-A up the street from me that has cars going around it day and night and decorates for Christmas too! It's very well run!", "I do like a chicken biscuit from Bojangles every once and a while…", "I went to that popeyes too, right before the super bowl a few years back. I asked for a bucket of chicken and the cashier said, \"This ain't KFC, we got BOXES.\"", "Did Mr_Venom use it right?", "I've only been to one Bojangles (the one in union station) and it was not very good unfortunately :| Chick Fil A has biscuits as well but only in the morning and the spicy chicken biscuit is awesome. Way better than you'd think just changing the bun to a biscuit would be.", "The problem with popeyes being so slow is that they have the cashiers also bag/box the food which almost no other chain does. Saves on employees but increases the time considerably.", "That pretty much coincides with our area. Chick-fil-A is always super crowded at lunch and dinner. So many accidents at that corner too because of the way it's set up.\n\nPopeyes is about a mile away and still in a fairly nice area, though not quite as nice as the Chick-fil-A. Shares a parking lot with Ace, O'Reilly Auto, and a Dutch Bros coffee.\n\nChurches is about a mile further still and it's fairly sketchy. Nearby is a Little Caesars, cheapy furniture stores, and dive bars.", "Sadly I’ve observed MLK Blvd in many American towns are rough and prime locations for church’s.", "Yes, as far as I can tell. `shooting` in his sentence is a noun, \"the shooting.\" Adjectives modify nouns.", "\\>Gus' fried chicken\n\n😳", "My first guess is that they put stores in the most profitable locations.", "Come to Denver then no hood required for Churches", "I’M 36", "Just had the fruit bowl for the first time today at breakfast. The fruit tasted surprisingly fresh and delicious. Will definitely get it more often.", "I'm saying Biscuitville open all fucking day already", "Baby don't fight him you know he like that!", "Memphis guy checking in. Gus's is the best fried chicken period!", "Yah. I am not sure that there is a joke in there but they bought the side of the largest building going east of LA, so i will give them credit.", "Hahaha I have a Popeye's three blocks from my house and a Church's about a mile away.", "Unless you live in Vancouver. They are pretty popular here and always busy (while being next to 2-3 million dollar houses)", "Bojangles is fire, I still remember those amazing biscuits from the one time I got to try it like 4 years ago", "Latching on to top comment, give the OC your views instead of these scammers\n\nhttps://youtu.be/SwXXzyiCvOY", "Well this has been interesting to watch... I didn't even think it was an unusual word!", "Popeyes is owned by RBI, a holding group that also owns Burger King, Tim Horton's, and I guess Jersey Mike's now.\n\nChurch's is owned by a private equity firm, FFL.\n\nCFA is privately owned by the Cathy family.", "You wont get paid closing early", "Apparently they’re converting a church in Philadelphia into an apartment building. Talk about your gentrification.", "Lafayette one closed I thought", "It did. Sometime during covid.", "WTF happened to KFC??", "https://youtu.be/fvA67QPwXvI", "I'm white as hell and grew up six blocks from Church's.", "I am fuxking crying", "The other thing I hate about Popeye's is that if I order spicy chicken, they have no compunction about handing me a box of mild and telling me to have a nice day.", "> don't start none, won't be none.\n\nTruth, as long as you acknowledge that any form of eye-contact can be considered starting something.", "aggressive costumer service. \n\nMY PLEASURE.", "at my local CFA they look deep into your eyes and give you a tender kiss on the lips as they hand you your food", ">Popeyes biscuits.\n\nHartz yeast rolls for me, thanks.", "How do you think they're able to make so much Chick-fil-A sauce?", "Definitely miss the green beans, but then I miss KFC grilled chicken, too.", "Brother talks like Bernie Mac.", "In laffy? lol that was a random piece of trivia my GF dropped on me when I moved here.", "Churches right by my house. It’s ass though i go to the one about 10 minutes away in the nicer neighborhood. They don’t give me watery mac & cheese at that one lol", "“They do look about that action”", "Yea and I’m Evanston 4 ppl got shot at a Buffalo joes, doesn’t mean Evanston isn’t a nice town", "Struggle food is wonderful", "What does it mean if the Church’s in your turn gets replaced by a Popeye’s? Housing bubble?", "Also, the employees are usually treated well and the place usually kept clean. Obviously it comes down to good management too. In addition, their customer service is very good and you can't beat having a Sunday off. This is in addition to the food being good for fast food which keeps people coming back for more.\n\nThe Chick-fil-A up the street for me will occasionally give out free food. There's even been times where all locations in the metro area will give out a free chicken sandwich or nuggets. Happy customers means more sales.", "Sounds like it!\n\nChick Fil A just does so many things right. I suspect other fast food places might do something like this, but I'd imagine CFA does it more than anyone else.\n\nThey really do have the layouts down well too. Maybe I have you to thank for helping with that!", "This is hilariously accurate.\n\nLocal Wendy's had a dank ass smell coming from the drive through last time I was there lol.", "Oh man I had forgotten about that place! Yes, it was freakin delicious!", "We have \"Texas Chicken\" in Indonesia since the 90s. Fast forward to 2012 when I was on business trip to Houston, I saw a Church's and thought \"that logo seems familiar...\"", "That guy's shirt is so white, I had trouble finding the play button.", "I'm in awe ain't no one in here talking Zaxby's. As a NC native, they're one of the three along with Bojangles and Chick-fil-A.", "If you live by a Crown Fried Chicken or Kennedys Fried Chicken your rly in the danger zone lol", "Ha ha nope, a much smarter guy than I was the one writing the actual software. He just worked for us and I managed him for a little bit before we completed that project.", "Yep, our MLK is full of predatory payday loan places, liquor stores, abandoned businesses and a Popeyes that always has a line around the block.", "I'm in suburban WA AND Popeyes is in a just as suburban area as the ChikFilA but the line is 1/10 as long, conservatively. Haven't had Churches sadly since I left TX. Miss me some strips and poppers", "My former neighborhood (in NC) was equidistant from Churches, Popeyes, and Bojangles. Coincidentally, the siding of my house had several bullet holes in it, as did all the other houses around.", "Yeah baby!", "Haha hell yeah, never did go though. Movin down here fattened me up plenty without a damn Popeyes buffet", "A brand new Popeyes location opened up down the street and when we got to the drive through they didn’t have a menu set up, told us “we can tell you what’s on the menu, but if you want anything with chicken, we’re out.” I laughed till I cried.", "Holy shit this actually checks out.", "The guy that told me I was making fun of his shoes wasn’t even wearing shoes.", "Jollibee - NEED MORE JOLLIBEE.", "We had a churches near me a\nBut it got shut down due to rat infestation 😒", "I worked in Iraq as a contractor. They typically go by Texas Chicken when Church's won't fly due to the culture.", "I've only been to Popeye's once and you could tell everyone in the area was packin' heat.\n\nIt was on a US military base in Germany.", "Similarly, the Red Cross is the Red Crescent in a bunch of countries for the same reason", "As a white guy that lived next to a churches... this explains a lot. I think I would walk around and night and people would leave me alone because they knew I was too crazy or too poor to bother with...", "Come to think of it we did have a chemistry teacher quit because he got cancer or something like that.", "The only locations are in the suburbs", "Coincidentally, I went to McDonald's tonight. Wife was in the mood for fast food and the toddler wanted a happy meal, so who am I to argue? So I go to the closest one and pull up to the drive through and I am curtly told \"Register is broken, you have to come inside\". OK.. odd.. anyway, I have a toddler with me and I pull around and see a bit of a crowd at the counter so I decided to go to another McDonald's a couple of miles further away (passing a crowded Chick-fil-A in the process) and I pull in line there. There were 4 cars ahead of me and it took about 10 minutes to get up to place my order. Fine. So I place my order and pull forward to pay and they tell me to pull forward and they will have my food out shortly. No problem. I waited a bit. Looked at the timestamp on my receipt and at the clock... time goes by. A couple of other cars who were directed to pull into spots in front of me are also sitting while the Line chugs along behind us, with car after car getting food. After 20 minutes (I checked the time vs the receipt) I went inside, toddler in-tow and the manager handed me my food \"sorry, we got behind on fries\".... yes, I am sure that all those people that drove off with their food didn't have fries in their order... from McDonald's. They just forgot about us. That's fine, mistakes happen... its just that this kind of stuff (including the \"register is broken\" bit) has never happened to me at Chick-fil-A. \\*shrug\\*\n\nI didn't order a shake, but you can bet your bottom dollar that the shake machine was broken at both restaurants, too.", "That is peak Popeyes", "Nah, ain’t no war just ghetto shit.", "Yeah I was home for Thanksgiving. Was very busy.", "The dirty rice is why i go to Church's. I could eat that shit by itself and be perfectly happy.", "No Líes were told here!", "Or the Church's is in Canada. Its in our more sketchy places but our sketchy places are less racially divided. Or in Vancouver we got this place called Duffins Doughnuts. \n\nThey sell really good doughnuts and burgers and fried chicken and chinese food and its all fantastic and its open 24/7. But it is the weirdest fucking place. The fried chicken is best at 3 am when its fresh... because of course thats when it should be fresh? And there is always a line up at 3 am for that chicken. Someone once drove their mini van through the front side of the restaurant and they just covered it up with a tarp and kept serving. \n\nAnd you got gang members, junkies, prostitutes, homeless folks, wholesome families, church folk, teens, all sharing the space together. People get stabbed here pretty frequently and such. The foods so good people come no matter what.", "But the real spot is Price’s Chicken Coup in Charlotte and TIL that I live in a low income area lol.", "Popeyes is so hit or miss. Last time i had popeyes. (Last month) it was not cooked all the way.", "RDC doesn’t upload their Instagram videos for some reason", "It is the most delicious chicken joint mate. IMO of course.", "Just as dumb as not eating there because the owners contribute THEIR money to causes you don’t like. They don’t expect their employees to believe the way they do, so it really doesn’t make a difference either way.", "The popeyes cinematic universe.", "Meh had a popeyes near our \"white\" suburb all my life. In fact the area around it is getting more gentrified and the popeyes lives on.", "Yeah, if I had to get a complete overview of the owner of every company I buy stuff from, I’d probably not be able to shop anywhere. It’s like enjoying music by people that aren’t totally cool and stuff; I can separate the two separate things. I’m not personally funding terrorism unless the cost of an occasional Chick-fil-A sandwich can buy hand grenades or automatic rifles. *Then* I might begrudgingly spend my cash elsewhere.", "Got'em", "Winston", "Same creator, but his actual channel instead of some aggregator:\n\n[How Popeyes Be Training They Employees](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWkwolb3as)", "In Canada, I feel that Churches is wayyyy better than popeyes.\n\nEdit: Ive seen chick-fil-A but never eaten there\n\nEdit: truthfully I dont like eating chicken much, bad experience doing chicken catching as a teen,\n\nEdit: everytime I eat chicken I just think im eating slimy reptile dinosaur meat, best part of chicken is the fried part, the meat is gross", "This is the realist reddit has been in a quick minute", "Man I love Popeyes but yep, the only one in my town is in the most sketchy part of town possible lol", "Every Popeye's I've been to has just been a boring retail area on a major road near a freeway surrounded by bland suburbs.", "And that shit is soooo gross. Always get I’ll anytime I touch Chick-fil-A", "sadly the owner died. good guy too", "Yup. Although that one I kinda like and understand a whole hell of a lot more than Church’s being rebranded Texas", "CFA knows their \n\n*...ugh...I literally started this sentence without thinking it through...oh well...anyway*\n\ntarget audience. (*I feel gross*)", "Place called Ken's BBQ in Tucson", "Noted for future reference", "Nope, but I think one is under construction now", "Ah, our neighbor to the south. Our closest one is in Fargo.", "Did you not want to know that there was drugs in the sauce, or did the threaten you with violence?", "Yup, nearly sat on a smack syringe on the 2nd Ave east village mcdicks", "No little drawer to pay the dude? That was me at a Harlem fast food joint circa 2010.", "Who wins?", "There used to be 2 Chesters in Mayaguez, PR. Not sure if they still both exist, but best post party food. Only one I'm aware of even remotely close to me is in Bridgeport, CT.", "Popeyes is everywhere now. There’s one out in Crystal Lake.", "This is hilarious because there is a church’s by my friends house and it’s in a typical Illinois suburb. Always super crowded too with cars lined up around the building.\n\nI never knew it was usually in low income areas. I just figured it was like jack in the box or Hardy’s where they didn’t have a big Illinois presence.", "It's not very common, which is why I posted the definition after being curious and looking it up. My dad used to use that word.", "Covid", "You just don't ask that kind of man how he makes his family secret sauce.", "A buddy of mine once went to a Church’s chicken drive through. He ordered his meal and was waiting at the window to receive his food when someone runs up to his window and points a gun at him demanding money. He speeds off. Then, I kid you not, he went back to get his food. My man was hungry that night", "Ours closed down because it's a Mexican neighborhood now. I think it's a Sharky's now.", "Only US Popeye's I've ever been in was in Midtown Manhattan. Big fan of their Chicken Biscuits. (Grew up in the UK on KFC which was \"treat\" food for us as kids).", "Desmond is a hell of an actor. Always act angry :)", "This is one of Griffy's Channel. Him along Lenard and other black youtuber work together and share content between themselves. Its a way to share their work and share their audience.", "They did. He went from yelling at them to yelling at the clients.", ">Chick-fil-A = Middle class areas with a line of cars around the restaurant.\n\nNo lie, they are putting in a Chick-fil-A on the main highway that comes off the Garden State Parkway going towards Long Branch. I fully expect it to stop traffic.", "Next will be a liquor store then a shoe store, I mean I was in a bad area one time I swear to god and I saw a store called Shoes and Cellphones. Next to a Churchs chicken and a you guessed it Liquor store", "Because the weird religious companies treat their employees very well and don't skimp on pay and benefits.", "The same with Dollar Generals.", "... I'm genuinely amazed that every franchise you've ever seen you assumed it existed in all 50 states.", "Never been, but it's actually the next place in TX that I'm interested in visiting. You've just sweetened my interest.", "I had no idea. I've only ever been to Austin. Growing up in the northeast US, Mexican food didn't register as a cuisine of interest... It just wasn't any good up here. \n \nGetting a burrito in Austin was knock-your-socks-off incredible. I thought the same with what I found in southern CA. Can't wait to try out San Antonio.", "Well I hope you do, I have no skin in the game either. Not a Texan just lived there for few years for work", "If it's Torchy's, I'm not complaining." ]
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How Popeye's and Church's Chicken choose their restaurant locations
https://youtu.be/moAUP9A56Sc
/r/videos/comments/rgs8xu/best_way_to_get_motivated_and_keep_studying/
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Best way to get motivated and keep studying
https://youtu.be/XFpVYFTQRuQ
/r/videos/comments/rgsjos/talking_to_an_alligator_with_a_tuba/
[ "welllllllll that was incredible", "That was pretty sick. Didn't know about the subsonic mating call. We really only do perceive a small sliver of nature.", "And that's what we thought dinosaurs sounded like", "[The warning on the enclosure though](https://i.imgur.com/SZP58Mx.png)", "That’s a really small enclosure.", "Tuba player: yea, you little slut. You like that? Hot singles in your area ready for some coitus", "~~talking to~~ fucking with", "I assume it's connected to an outside part with more land and water to walk around.", "I can see this being useful. I don't think I could ever beat an alligator in a fight, but I might have a chance at seducing one if I have to." ]
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Talking to an alligator with a tuba
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L5zj5-U9hY
/r/videos/comments/rgu9h9/man_goes_off_at_popeyes_over_one_chicken_strip/
[ "haha fun for everyone but the manager, dont think she got it.", "God, this is definitely the type of content I needed before bed. God bless my 10pc chicken nugget meal", "This is risky. I seen some of the sketchiest folk working at popeyes.", "I don’t get it…", "Shits not funny, fast food workers already go through enough, people like this are fucking scum", "Fuck this rude asshole", "This had my sides orbiting Jupiter", "Fucking customer service. Worst part is, these days you don't know if you're dealing with a legitimately irrational person or someone looking for internet points. Sucks either way, but sometimes you'd just like to know.", "I ordered the chickie tender family meal at like 6pm. Got a tonne of those chicken tender pull apart things. A massive amount of proper tenders. And like 8 buiscuits?\n\nI ordered on the app", "People have been murdered over their chicken sandwich multiple times. At first I thought that was incredibly stupid. But then I tasted one and got it.", "And being polite to them gets you more!", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwXXzyiCvOY", "This is a guy acting in a boisterous and egregious fashion to evoke bemusement and amusement.", "So he's just a shitty wannabe comedian?", "If they film it, I'm assuming it's an attention seeker.", "Why does he sound Black and Racist at the same time?", "My dude in the window wasn’t lazy, he knew what he was dealing with right away", "No, comedians do it unironically", "Believe it or not, black people are racist too!\n\nTell your leftist friends.", "Unless every single person in the line and at the window was in on this, you're an asshole.", "Moron. Its crazy how easy it is to spot racist anti-vaxxers by just looking at certain terms they say like \"leftist\".", "Hey don't shoot the messenger", "Throws a temper tantrum and makes a scene in public.\n\nAlso tells others to mind their god damn business.", "Uncle Ruckus", "It's racist to acknowledge that all races are capable of racism?\n\nOr is that just a byproduct of your stupidity?", "Is he calling a window a \"Wanda\"?", "About a 90% chance that they are promoting NFTs or post in a bunch of crypto subs or on wallstreetbets too.", "Good that im not political at all. I dont even know what it means to be a leftist.", "This is clearly staged and absolutely hilarious haha", "What a rude asshole", "to be fair, those rims were ugly af though.", "Anyone can look at your profile.", "And not anything I've ever said is racist." ]
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Man goes off at Popeyes over one chicken strip
https://youtu.be/SOsEwAF11VU
/r/videos/comments/rguehb/shout_out_to_tom_grossi_football_youtuber_making/
[ "these stink", "https://youtu.be/pWdd6_ZxX8c", "Also Pepperidge Farms remembers your initial accusation of self promo, no editing that away now" ]
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Shout out to Tom Grossi, Football YouTuber making epics based on the results of a given week’s games, this week’s video is a doozy
https://youtu.be/KAGaPZ7XbHM
/r/videos/comments/rgvzy9/spiderman_no_way_home_trailer_blind_reaction/
[ "SPOILER TAG PLEASE!!!", "So sorry!!!!!!! Added it now!!!", "There’s another trailer that’s has all 3 Spider-Man in it.", "Yes i have seen that now! I have done a trailer analysis of this as well because i missed soooo much on my first watch 🤣" ]
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Spider-Man No way home trailer blind reaction!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c584TGG7jQ
/r/videos/comments/rgwp1o/catching_people_red_handed/
[ "Rrrrrrrrrrepost", "Yt recommended shitpost", "Revenge is a dish best served, messy 🤩" ]
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catching people red handed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKRrfAzdpW8
/r/videos/comments/rgxg7i/michael_davis_juggler/
[ "This guy is good.", "Used to be on tv pretty regularly back in the day. Don’t know whatever happened to him.", "Alive but not active.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Davis_(juggler)", "Nice. Like the [Tommy Cooper](https://youtu.be/oTY6TxXsK-o) of juggling.", "Hilarious", "That's the guy that was such a clown, that the audience laughed while he died on stage of a massive heart attack. There's video of it if you care to see it.", "yes we care to see it", "Charles Grodin [vibe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVxSDW1KcHE).", "pure entertainment", "It's a god damned perfect routine. \n\nAlways wonder where this guy went to. His patter is timeless.", "*Why aren't you popular with the Chicago Police Department?*", "You've got to be *really* good at something to really entertain while pretending to be bad at it.\n\nSee also [The Amazing Jonathan](https://youtu.be/3YhhBTJhcBQ)", "Not just on stage, live on national television", "Corporate shows, conventions, fundraiser’s, Teatro ZinZanni in San Francisco. \n\nHe is 70 years old.", "Infront of the queen?", "he looks like a funny Ralph Fiennes", "I saw him in Vegas. He's hilarious.", "As a kid I couldn't get enough of his act on the Smother's Brothers Comedy Hour in the 80s. Some of his appearances from back then are on YouTube. How can you beat him and Gallagher, Geoffrey Lewis's Celestial Navigations, and Pat Paulsen. Great show.", ">That was stupid but so far that's the one we like best\n\nSums up most comedy today.", "Yeah cuz that's what I said.", "At the egg vs bowling ball bit, when his hand travels upward after catching the egg kills me every time.", "buen video", "Don't have any illusions", "Hey, i got two words for you. Shut the fuck up.", "That line is tied for me for best, with 'I will shoot him and dump him in a fucking swamp!!'", "Same. Every repost gets a full watch from me. Love his style.", "I assume you mean Jonathan. He has serious heart issues, probably stemming from a lot of meth use which he still engages in, and I think he was given like 6 months to live by doctors like 5 years ago or something but despite all expectations he's still alive. So there was a lot of condolences sort of things floating around but then he didn't die. Still fairly ill though.", "This guy has a look and delivery just like Dick Cavett." ]
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Michael Davis (juggler)
https://youtu.be/HzY9tnS7Y2o
/r/videos/comments/rgy8sl/uncharted_the_movie/
[ "Couldn’t tell from the trailer in this video but I sincerely hope that there are some type of supernatural monsters involved in the movie like in the video game series", "Do you mean like when you get to Shangri la? Yeah does't look like it from the trailer but that would be sweet!!", "Indeed I think they were yheti’s? Or the even the zombie’s from Uncharted 1", "I dont think i played number 1 🙄 but i played two and then thought 'this is the best game i have ever played' and then played 3 and thought the same thing 🤣\n\nYeah there was lots of crazy stuff going on in number 3! There were some big strong magical men towards the end too 🤣" ]
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Uncharted the movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wehsz38P74g
/r/videos/comments/rgy9dh/why_new_yorks_billionaires_row_is_half_empty/
[ "So basically its a tax scam.", "Thank you for saving me 30 mins", "The overfocus on the hyper-wealthy seems to be a serious problem for the construction industry. Demand for regular homes is higher than ever and yet developers still aren't building enough of them.", "The problem is it's way too expensive to build. Too many zoning regulations, too much red-tape, too many community meetings and impact studies. Luxury development is the only way the developers can recoup their costs.", "Zoning is the root of the problem. Profitable housing that would accommodate the average person is illegal to build just about anywhere.", "Let's move some homeless people in there", "there's so much fluff in this", "And a place for billionaires in autocratic countries to park their money in the west. Same thing is going on in the art world.", "Yeah, regulations have nothing to do with it. High-end/luxury real estate is just where the money is.", "Short question = 27 minute answer?\n\nNope. Just fucking tell me without all the padding.\n\n(Thanks to a lovely redditor above for doing so…)", "Exactly just look at how much land area is wasted by single family zoning, even when people want to live in walkable mid density.", "Also its literally illegal to build anything but high Value properties in a lot of cities.", "> The overfocus on the hyper-wealthy seems to be a serious problem for the construction industry. Demand for regular homes is higher than ever and yet developers still aren't building enough of them.\n\nWhat are you even talking about? Profit margins for luxury developments are higher... It's not a problem at all for the construction industry it's a goldrush.", "Just because it's expensive, doesn't mean it's good. Just expensive.", "This could be a 5 or 10 minute video.", "In other news, yachts are empty 95% of the years and $1M supercars are driven 100 miles a year.", "After moving back near to the NYC area for the first time in years, I asked what the tall skinny \"jenga buildings\" were in the skyline. Was told they were new condos.", "The big issue is the single family zoning. If states allowed for multifamily zoning then a lot of the housing issues would be solved...assuming a large % was for affordable housing", "It's a good video. I recommend watching it. There are some really intersting and insightful interviews and the information is presented in a palatable way.", "Zoning regulations and rent control are causing that. Whenever either of those go too far we see the same increase in high end construction for rich people and less new construction of more affordable housing. They both add to the cost of making housing which means only the most expensive homes will be profitable.\n\nNew York City has a ton of both", "B1M's best so far. Love his videos. Some really insightful interviews.", "yeah it's great for the construction industry. it's a problem for the rest of us", "Yeah, it's all Chinese billionaires and Russian oligarchs who own the billionaires row places in nyc.", "A whole mess of rich people decided to live permanently in their mansions on long island.", "Paying [160.000.000.000](https://160.000.000.000) dollars for an apartment that you haven't seen & never will use... These are wild times.", "It's an investment. You can own Tesla stock without ever driving a Tesla.", "\"You don't even have to say the name, you just say the number.\" He says that like that isn't some dystopian level crap.", "Hard disagree. The B1M is a channel which focuses on the nuances of construction and seeks to dig not just into the pragmatics, but the motivation between the how’s and why’s. \n\nI really enjoy this sort of long form niche video, and it’s a really nice addition to their regular, generally shorter, format videos. \n\nThis reminds me of the History Channel of yore, which I know many pine after.", "So basically like Ireland and tech companies trying to avoid taxes, only this is in real estate?", "Agreed. Love the channel and this video took it to the next level.", "NYC real estate has become a massive money laundering scheme. Every dictator, cartel leader, oligarch, etc wash their money here. \nIt’s sick and needs to be addressed but too many billionaires with politicians in their pockets like it this way", "The B1M puts out really good content. Always informative without being overly long or complicated.", "Real estate prices are sky rocketing because zoning laws make it impossible to build homes at a rate equal to the number of people immigrating to cities in Western nations. It's an easy dog whistle for cities like London, Toronto, and New York to blame \"foreign nationals\", but the root of the problem is that humans are moving to cities in record numbers, and new construction has just been completely hamstrung by zoning laws.\n\nEven with as dense as buildings are in New York City, more of the buildings there violate current zoning laws, and have been grandfathered in. So any replacement buildings *must* be smaller and have less units, which drives *down* the number of individual units in the city. It's absolutely crazy that modern politicians are completely committed to protecting property values of existing home owners, completely to the detriment of every single person that is trying to move out of jobless rural communities and has to rent apartments with 5 other people just to survive.\n\nAt this point we need a top-down change in zoning laws, and the federal government needs to step in and require changes, otherwise home prices are going to keep skyrocketing, completely to the detriment of every single human being that doesn't already own land in a city.", "If I had a billion and made it in today's economy and if I feared a crash, I'd offload it into safe real estate too because duh.", "the video doesn't say this though - the video brings up the 421a issue but that problem would make buying these buildings more enticing, not less likely to be full ... as if people buying 100 million dollar buildings care about property tax to begin with.", "It's an insult. All that time, effort, money, material used to construct housing that no one will ever live in.\n\nTesla actually produces goods that human beings will use. These condos are just NFTs, yet somehow more wasteful.", "One problem with empty units is that nearby restaurants don't make any money off of people who don't exist. If a city has a high crime rate, that will discourage billionaires from going out.", "Did you watch the video? \n\nI assumed the video was going to answer the question in the title. They introduced some background about these buildings -- talking about how thin they are and how few units they have etc. They talk about investment liquidity and 421a and other points that don't really relate to why they're empty. \n\nFewer units would make the buildings seem more likely to be full, not less.\n\nIf there's a push among billionaires to make these buildings more liquid, they'd buy more not less. \n\nThese billionaires also don't care about the property tax on their 100 million dollar property that's a fourth residence. The fact that it's low would make the properties more enticing, not less.\n\nI was expecting an answer and all this time goes on and they just don't answer the question. I must've missed it.", "Do you think builders are passing up hugely profitable opportunities to cater to the rich instead?", "Haha my thoughts exactly. I love the hype comment he pinned. Great to see his confidence grow from just doing voice over to going and doing in person presentation, on site.", ">If I had a billion and made it in today's economy and if I feared a crash, I'd offload it into safe real estate too because duh.\n\nThats boring as fuck dude.\n\n​\n\nIf I had a billion I would buy every person in my country a blue rubber duck. When you squeeze it, it would say \"CHOMP WA-CHEWY CHOMP. WA-CHEWY CHOMP.\"\n\n​\n\nI'd still have hundreds of millions left over to spend.", "Art is on a whole other level of scam thought. Its tax free currency for the ultra rich", "That's the future of city skylines. Bunch of sticks.", "Don't forget about most of America's utilities!", "Or tell me the answer and then hit me with the padding. If I know your ass isn't wasting my god damn time I'll watch a 2 hour video essay on the vampire diaries, a show I've never seen and have no interest in", "For real. Billionaires gotta be the least creative people on the fucking planet. They could open up a series of prank businesses that sell one item for a million dollars and has a staff of 1,000, and it would be less of a loss to them than when I get a speeding ticket for going 5 over", "To expand on this, it is also very common in the Miami area. Tons of people from South America park their money in these highrises and never even step foot of them. Many are questionable money too. Huge flack was given to some of the more renowned developers in this area for supporting some shady practices.", "As a musician I immediately thought \"rehearsal space\"", ">\"You get taxed if you go outside and take a left.\"\n\n/eyeroll Yea, I'm sure I can trust anything this guy says.", "You know, I'm more of a \"billionaire's row half full\" kinda guy.", "The social point of investments is to move money from an ineffective use to an effective use. There are clearly some bad incentives somewhere along the line if buying condos in empty buildings that you'll never use is an investment.", "It's no different than gold, bitcoin, art, collectibles, or 100 other things people invest in that contribute nothing to the economy.", "It seems like we're starting to see more and more stories in the news lately about wealth inequality. I hope we're on the precipices of a new movement to address this systemic issue.", "You know what I would do if I had a billion dollars? I would invest half of it in low risk mutual funds and then take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities...", ">Same thing is going on in the art world.\n\nThis is only true for the hyper-rel estate ventures. These floors of a building that cost $100,000,000+ for example. The art world is full of fraud in the same way these ventures are.\n\nHowever, there are plenty of venture capitalists, wealthy individuals, or investment companies from autocratic countries (and Western countries) that are gobbling up your more traditional rel-estate such as single family homes.\n\nIt used to be that commercial real-estate would help stem this demand. But with the worlds shift into online retail, which has only been exacerbated by the global pandemic, your brick and mortar store fronts are worth fuck all in the real world and it is these investment companies that are literally the reason why so many store fronts sit empty. They financially and many times legally cannot lower the asking price of rents in many cases.", "You didn't watch the video huh?", "Or are they half full? Depends on how you look at it…", "Yes? I watched the whole thing this morning as I was waiting to leave to the airport. I’m already a subscriber to the channel.\n\nHe have researched explanations for the “why” and you eschew them because you… just don’t agree? What’s then your hypothesis?", "What are the reasons? Yes - I don't agree if the reasons I listed where the reasons he thinks the buildings are empty. Did you think those reasons make sense for why the buildings are empty?\n\nI don't know why they're empty - that's why I tuned into the video. I would guess the market isn't actually there for that many $100M condos (too much supply) or I would guess the billionaires are speculating the prices will fall and they're in no rush to buy their third superproperty.", "zoning laws worked very well when they wanted to buy other people airspace so they can build ever higher skyscrapers\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A761nZgNFNA", "I found the sometimes cringe-worthy commentary from the real estate mogul pretty entertaining. It's apparent that he sees the waste and absurdity of wealth inequality but he also knows who's buttering his bread. It would be an interesting conversation off-camera, I think.", "We need to tax the hell out of underutilization until it's just not worth using empty places as a store of wealth, or buying up a ton of land and using it for a single family while everyone else struggles to just afford any place close to where they work.", "So neat seeing the host on camera and on location this time, too. When I first started watching these videos, I thought they just outsourced the narration.", "they definitely do. The whole reason they're buying these buildings are for tax-free investments", "It's weird seeing The B1M videos on reddit.", "if we play along that the case is that there is beneficial tax benefits (which aren't covered in the video) ... that's an argument for why the buildings would be sold, not why they're empty", "It's almost half an hour of fluff. I don't really think anyone did.", "Actually the opposite happens. Cities collect property taxes off those units which is used to fund city services like the police. Except since they don't live in the city they don't make use of almost any of those city services. This allows a city to bring an extra tax revenue while not actually having to offer any real service. It's one of the reasons why cities love when this happens. They make a ton of money having a giant building sit empty.", "They keep the art in warehouses within freeport areas. Since it doesn't enter a taxed jurisdiction ever you don't need to import it. Like Geneva Freeport", "Tax unused residences", "Don't they also get tax write-offs for lending them to museums?", "Yachts and super cars aren’t causing the same level of damage to the respective boat and car industries.\n\nBillionaires row takes away from affordable housing in a way that Tim Cook buying a yacht doesn’t.", "$490,000/hour", "That building always scared me. It’s soooo skinny and towers above everything else. Don’t think I’d even want to live in it.", "“Oh I live in 432” sounds like a cell block number.", "I understood that reference.", "I'm not sure what you're arguing here but the entire point of the video is that there are plenty of these apartments, not just in New York but around the world, that are being sold and held by the ultra rich as tax free and unused assets. They are empty because the ultra rich are using them as commodities, not as actual living spaces.", "Or when introducing yourself to someone that just moved into the same apartment complex as you.", "Oh thanks - I interpreted that they are unsold, not just unoccupied by an owner or tenant.", "Fast version Art dealer sells art to rich person. Art appraiser says this art is worth 4 times more than what the person bought it for that person sells it to other rich persons.\n\nThat rich person has now gotten 4 times his worth from this transaction largely tax free. This while perhaps engaging in other businessens with the person that bought it off them.\n\nOr Buy a Painting for 1 million get and appraiser to say its worth 20 millions and donate it for a tax cut.\n\nThere are many many ways of using art as currency. \n\nWe haven't even started about anonymous bidders buying it with cash without a source.", "Man, go watch the video or stop commenting about the video you didn't watch. He addresses the fact that these properties pay as little as $0 in tax for the first ten years due to a NYC tax loophole which NYC residents aren't happy about.", "Okay, they can avoid import duties, which don't really exist on art in the US; but income tax still applies as normal. You can avoid a potential penalty, but you don't gain anything by using art. It's no different than cash as a currency.", "They're all technically \"owned\" by the real estate developers that built the buildings. And you didn't really misinterpret, there are substantial units not sold as explained in the video, somewhere close to 40% of the units of all those buildings in Billionaires Row in NYC are unsold. And that is a big part of the problem with the tax too. There can only be so many ultra rich buildings that are really necessary but they keep building more cause of 421a. The developers would rather keep losing money each year and hold onto these unsold assets for the chance to gain stupid profit for when they do sell.", "Not a loophole and the building is still there 10 years later. Just because you don't see instant rewards doesn't mean there isn't any. Plus the half or so of the building that is occupied do give the city instant benefits.", "California exempts paintings available for display from its state property tax, but generally, no. The IRS only gives a tax deduction for completed gifts of art, not loans.", "Sounds like the solution is for the locals to create a co-op that builds one of these, sell it to the big foreign money, bringing the money back into the community, and have management agreements that the locals live in/take care of vacant apartments.", "I agree with you.", "Fucking 30 min video that can answer the question in just 5 mins.", "Pinstripe suit guy is such a tool lol", "If the units are unsold like I thought I had remembered - we're still back to the same point that the video doesn't explain why billionaires aren't buying up these properties.\n\nFeels like they just wanted to make a video about 421a.", ">Fewer units would make the buildings seem more likely to be full, not less.\n\nI think the buildings are empty in the sense no one is living there. That doesn't mean they haven't been purchased. The units are owned by people, but they are owned as investments and not places to live, hence they are empty. For instance the realtor douche said the most expensive unit sold for $160m but the owner has never been thwre. Which is why they spend time on the investment angle. At least that's how I perceived it.", "Nobody needs a yacht like people need a roof over their head. This is like if car manufacturers started ONLY making million dollar supercars and nothing else because a bunch of bad rules made selling supercars to billionaires more profitable than selling regular cars to ordinary people.", "they wouldn't have had to buy those rights if not for zoning. You coul just as easily use that as an example of zoning explicitly not working well.", "its how they exempted all these new building rules for these high rise condos for the rich.... can get the zoning department to sway your way on a poor person budget?\n\nmoney makes new rules ....", "You show me a co-op that can afford to build a skyscraper in NY and I'll show you a co-op composed of people who don't need to worry about housing costs.", "Your describing zoning not working well at all if you think it’s susceptible to the rich prior making the rules to favor them selves. That’s not “zoning working well”", "it works as intended if you got the money to make happen\n\nhttps://www.lamag.com/article/hollywood-target-opens/", "Art and potentially collectibles have cultural value at least.", "I don't think you understand the problem here.\n\nGet rid of the barriers and red tape before you bring out the stick.", "Right? The Lord of the Rings movies are like 10 hours or something too. Who cares just show me the ring getting tossed in the volcano!", "my favorite story this year was about millionaires getting gentrified out of the hamptons by the billionaires. Just the absolute best schadenfreude", "Exactly. This something I didn't realize until I bought a house out in suburbia, where going anywhere besides the local park requires getting in a car.", "The federal government needs to ban cities from having most forms of zoning (allowing the separation of industrial buildings from residential/commercial areas and allocating greenspace, nothing more) because cities will *never* have the incentive to do it themselves. It's the *only* way to achieve affordable housing.\n\nAnd I say that as a homeowner. Because I'm principled.", "This is exactly what's happening in the UK, why would you build 100 units you can sell for 300k each when you could build 60 units you can sell for 750k each instead?", "An awful waste in a whole inefficient system.", "I bet those towers could fit a whole plane of people in it!", "That's the reason these buildings are so skinny. It's such an inefficient use of land and resources because of the weird ass laws", "Not at the million mark yet but ... \n\n\nhttps://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/average-new-car-costs-price-increase/", "They are ugly, bland architecture.", "Not only that... these particular buildings are horrible, they hurt the city and should've never been allowed to exist. This a double slap on the face because they built these monstrosities by the park and people don't even live there.", "A billion dollar skyscraper with a coop of 100,000 people is $10k per person. $2.5k when 400k people are involved.", "I think you put a few extra zeros in there", "According to the video the condos are empty because they are bought primarily as an investment or way to stash wealth. Apparently the multi billionaires who buy them have better places to actually live.", "I did? I dont know but its irrelevant honestly, paying that amount or an amount with more ceros for an apartment that will never be used and will decay in time is just a mirror on these absurd times we are living.", "Are there examples of 6 digit co-ops?", "Thanks out for this. We see the above example online all the time. The rich scam out of taxes constantly. this is not how they do it.", "And only 1 family gets to live in the building.", "one way is buy a expensive art piece, say 1 million, 10 years later, say its worth 50mil, donate it for tax write off", "Question about zoning though, doesn't increasing the number of housing units in an area but leaving infrastructure the same put enormous pressure on all residents?\n\nFor example, say we build 100,000 new housing units in a downtown area but we don't expand the sidewalks, streets or public transportation. Then you have electric cables, water/sewer pipes, fiber for internet, sanitation and green space for residents. You need more grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants and other services.\n\nI think the issue is focusing only on housing. If we allow more housing, we should have a way of increasing all of the other variables that make a city livable as well.", "There are grocery co-ops that run in the thousands.\n\nCities/towns & companies that sell shares. (not quite exact, but very close in concept)", "?\n\nwhy?", "Im 100% sure that those building are made with the worse materials in the market making the most horrible acoustic ever.", "Meh I don't know do. We need denser zoning, but outright stripping zoning cose would be a mess. \n\nNeighbor builds his house ON your property line. Now his living room sees into your bathroom and you have zero sunlight in your yard. \n\nLet's have a pig farm next door on a 5,000SF lot. They're for my family, not for sale, so it's fine.\n\nAirbnb/hotel use for entire neighborhoods. Forget anyone affording or actually living there. \n\nCommercial uses vary. One is a small retail store with 5 customers at a time, another is a drive through restaurant that's open 24/7. \n\nWe need to allow for denser housing, outright stripping of all zoning code would be a hellscape.", "I hear ya. But 160M is WAYYYY different than 160B.", "You don't end to make it all affordable. if you just add an avenue for more housing stock it'll make all housing stock more affordable.", "This is literally the only part of TENET that I understood.", "Yeah thats the theory, right. If you allow multifamily next to single family homes like how it is done in europe then the natural market should make things affordable.", "wow that luxury real estate guy was a straight up ghoul", "Pretty sure the video never says they're unsold, just half unoccupied", "Your initial comment stated have billionaires buy the coops and have someone live on site for free managing the property.", "They're just assets for wealthy people. No billionaire would want to actually live in one. Who would want to live on the 56th floor of some insanely thin building? Sounds terrible.", "what is fair market value? who determine that? are you saying tax right off can not be increase over the original amount and that there is no way to evade/reduce tax with art?", "You've got a local park?! LUXURY!", "(1) Public transportation public transportation\n\n(2) a lot of that infrastructure is *already* under massive hidden pressure because its been force to be spread out in a massive urban sprawl. Highways are massive transportation choke points. \n\n(3) Those services can and do struggle under the exact same zone and licensing red tape to open/build/operate housing.", "There are far too many YouTube videos these days that seem to take a meeting-that-could’ve-been-an-email approach to presenting information.", "So there is one thing in this video that I would like to debunk. Late in the video they claim that this is a global problem and that this exists all over the world. They show Vancouver and claim that it has \"10s of thousands of vacant homes.\"\n\nSo what we know now is that this is, conspiracy theory. The conspiracy theory was largely created by anti-Chinese sentiments (THE RICH CHINESE ARE TAKING OUR HOMES) and not by any matter of fact.\n\nBased on the logic that foreign Chinese billionaires are buying all Vancouver homes and pricing the average consume out of a home, the entire province of BC put in place a vacant homes tax and the city of Vancouver put in place a foreign buyers tax.\n\n[Vancouver proper had a little over 1000 vacant homes](https://www.rebgv.org/news-archive/how-many-homes-paid-bc-vacancy-and-speculation-tax-in-your-commu.html). The greater Vancouver area had a little over 2000 vacant homes. There are 290,000 homes in Vancouver so vacant homes amounted to less than 0.3% of total homes.\n\nIt turned out that the 13.2% of foreign buyers who were buying homes in Vancouver... were buying them.\n\nNow... even that number... might be high for other purposes. For example there was a story about a woman who was trying to demolish her home due to asbestos and build a new one but the city had put so much red tape behind the process that it had taken three years by that point.... no one is living in that house. There's also a lot of snowbirds who reside in their homes when it's warm and move south when it's cold.\n\nI liked this video... right up until it decided to leave the world of facts and go into the world of conspiracy (a conspiracy... that happens to be very popular around Reddit). Now I kind of wonder how honest any of it is.", "So have 100k-400k people pay for a building then sell the condos to people who would agree to buy it on the stipulation that someone they don’t know will live in it… which of those 100-400k people would then live in the building? By lottery? And then the people who don’t get housing out of it? \n\nI swear the key basics of how supply and demand work are lost on Reddit.", "No, it never leaves the freeport. It's cash free cash. You only ever pay taxes when you ship it home but that's why you never bring it home. Just leave it parked in the freeport.", ">as if people buying 100 million dollar buildings care about property tax to begin with\n\nThe people who have that kind of money care a lot about tax. They're real life dragons laying on a bed of gold, they don't want to give up a cent of it if they don't have to. It's why so many billionaires pay less taxes than you or me. They could easily just say fuck it and pay a fair share and still have more money than their entire line for the next century could even hope to spend, but they don't because they're dragons.", "The real-estate guy makes my skin crawl.", "Prices aren't going up because car manufacturers are only building high end or super cars though.", "he gives multiple reasons in the video. but besides the condos being 2nd or 3rd homes for the buyers, most of the condos haven’t sold yet because different developers all started making these luxury skyscrapers after the first one was built which increased the supply way higher than demand combined with the developers not coming down on price. the entire video is the answer. there’s not a part where he just answers the question with one sentence because it’s more complex than that.", "I watched the video. What makes you think that I didn't?", "For some reason I came across a real estate listing for one of these apartments and took a look around the website. They are crazy big and the views are probably some of the best. Insane prices and rental fees tho.", "supply is higher than demand. the whole video is an explanation on how that came to be and why prices arnt going down because they’re not in a rush to sell them because they’re not even paying taxes on the buildings.", "But he did answer it. I closed the window around the 5 minute mark and got the answer. \n\nBillionaires are buying the apartments for investment purposes because it's trendy to live in those apartments. In a couple of years, they'll resell the apartments and make a profit. \n\nIt's the same as a [Ford GT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT) or any other high end sports car. There's only so many of them available and more people want them than are available. So you buy it, don't use it to keep it \"new\", then sell it after a few years when the price goes up.", "Of course he is, he profits off of these rich people, making him also one of those rich people", "It should be illegal to leave property empty for more than 6 months", "the answer is simple. luxery condo supply is higher than the demand right now. then he dives deeper into why that is which leads into more questions with more answers. yes it could’ve been a shorter video but it wouldn’t have been as informative. i feel like all the details he provided were necessary in truly explaining the situation because it’s not science or math. it’s US law and sociology and economics etc. answers to questions in these fields tend to be less universal and require the entire picture of the situation to be painted. for example, the reason this is happening in new york and not other cities.", "They didn't say they were for outright stripping zoning. They also said to separate residential from commerical property, so your examples are made of straw. I guess you're right that your neighbor could build and maximize the space up against the property line, but that's their property not yours. It's within their rights to do that.\n\nNot all policies regarding land use are zoning based either, see: Houston.", "Eat the rich", "world class cities in Buttfuckistan, Ontario", "completely agree. this is a complex question which requires details and even if he repeated himself in spots or could’ve said the same things with shorter sentences, it wouldn’t have been digested the same by the brain. it’s like the people who want the answers asap, don’t even want to think about it themselves. reading a novel vs reading a plot summary. it’s hard to argue with people who don’t see the value in diving that deep when they read a “clickbaity-ish” title and think it’s going to be a 30 second vid of dude just saying supply is higher than demand for the condos lol. like whats the point in clicking on a video if that’s all they wanted to know. sorry i’m ranting to you but i feel like you know what i’m saying which makes me feel heard and resolves that craving for today. shit, i should comment more often. it feels good to think and type my mind lol", "You guys are such pessimists, I prefer to think of them as half full.", "Money laundering.", "reading a book vs the plot summary. sure you get the answers you were looking for but that answer kickstarts more questions for the curious. also i feel the long format with the details sits deeper in the brain but to each is own", "There’s no one who can just barely afford a $10 million apartment. If you can afford 1, you can afford several more in different cities around the globe. of course you’re not going to spend all your time in NY, especially not in winter or summer.", "yes, the copycat buildings made supply higher than demand. and then he goes on to explain why the prices for them are remaining the same. gotta watch the whole video to see the whole picture", "Do you think Central Park South was going to be affordable housing, were it not for these buildings? LOL, there isn't an affordable closet in Manhattan south of Harlem, never mind an apartment.", "Nah, it's \"strategic asset reallocation and liquidation\"", "18:35 covers the tax break\n\n15:45 cover the supply and demand issue as to why they’re not being sold", "15:45 \nsupply and demand", ">It's the same as a Ford GT or any other high end sports car. There's only so many of them available and more people want them than are available. So you buy it, don't use it to keep it \"new\", then sell it after a few years when the price goes up.\n\nCars are not a great example because it takes quite a lot of knowledge and always a little luck to buy an expensive car new that will appreciate in the 5-15 year term and not become essentially worthless. The backs of car mags are chock full of dirt cheap cars from the late 90s and early 00s that are worth a fraction of their price when new. Big, luxury sedans, particularly German ones, are a prime example. Air-cooled Porsches are another: they were near worthless for decades and only recently exploded in value.", "And this is why we should eat the rich .", "They look like what children draw when asked to draw a picture of a skyscraper.\n\nBig tall rectangle covered in square windows.", "I'd rather turn the surrounding suburbs into walkable medium-density neighborhoods--it would massively expand housing supply and reduce rents and slow climate change and reduce pollution and etc etc etc--but better the jenga towers than nothing IMHO.\n\nIt's just a nightmare getting anything built anywhere in NYC---zoning and NIMBYs are insane--so it's really hard for me to object to vritually any increase in supply, no matter how stupid.", "In the video he says there is a wide-spread reckoning today with abuses of power from the wealthy. Is there actually any reckoning today that is greater than other times in the past or is there always people against wealth/abuses of power?", "> to buy an expensive car new that will appreciate in the 5-15 year term and not become essentially worthless.\n\nTrue. But it also can be related to people who buy vintage cars which already show a decent appreciation and can be expected to further climb in value. Such as [a Cobra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Cobra). \n\nI know that the original discussion was about new properties and not older ones, but the same theory can apply. When the supply is small due to capacity (space available for new buildings in New York) or manufacturers who produce low quantities of desired items, if/when demand starts to become larger than the supply, the price takes off.", "Why?", "This is all just gross. Wouldn’t live in that shit-hole city if I was paid for it", "Ah, I see where the confusion is. I meant sell units out of it to big foreign money. Not sell the whole thing.", "The beauty of co-ops is that the rules can be made to fit the desires of the co-op owners. They could choose to let the people who have the most shares live in it. They could choose to let the less fortunate live in it. They could choose to AirBnb it and take the income stream to use elsewhere.\n\nAs it is now, no one currently lives in it. And co-op owners are incentivized to keep it up, as it would affect the prospect of future buyers.", "Interestingly enough, that’s the beauty of ownership as well—the owners make the rules of who lives in their apartments as well! Same with companies who own buildings, etc. there will always be someone who has the power to control a resource and humans are not altruistic by nature. It is a nice idea but that’s all it can ever be in practice.", "Thanks for your input. That's not how condos and managed properties work. But thanks.", ">Billionaires row takes away from affordable housing \n\nDo you think they're going to build affordable housing in midtown? If those weren't 60+ $100,000,000 units they would be 200 $5,000,000+ units. That's not affordable. \n\nThere is no reality where \"affordable\" housing will be built in midtown because there's no reason for affordable housing to exist in midtown. The land is expensive and even though I'll never afford even a $5,000,000 apartment I would rather the city allow them and tax them than have the city subsidize living on expensive land. \n\nWe should 100% build more affordable housing, but place it where it makes sense relative to the cost of living around it. \n\nThe video even mentions that they built affordable housing in the Bronx in order to take advantage of tax incentives. Affordable housing was built as a byproduct of these monstrosities. It's nowhere near perfect, and we should fix tax loopholes, but we shouldn't force subsidized living in locations we can gain more by taxing the rich who want to be there. \n\nIt's a sort of gold mine we should be exploiting as tax revenue.", "No I mean it is—if it is a managed property, the property managers still get to make their decisions within the limitations of the law, and the condo owners, depending on the property rules by the property owner, most likely can put their condo up for lease and could even write a contract to lease it for free to whomever they want. However, this doesn’t happen and even with a coop with 100-400k people, there would end up being significant disagreements on why some people got to live there and others didn’t— and also no one wants to buy a property as a security and let someone else live there for free— because the value of the property loses a significant amount of its value in doing so, like adding miles to a car.", "Yea they’re called slums", "according to their own data linked here\n\n\n\nhttps://news.gov.bc.ca/files/SVT_Detailed_Data_2020.pdf\n\n\nI think it reads that Vancouver proper actually had 4222 property owners that are paying the vacancy tax or am I misreading it?", "You can tell he made that up himself. He sounded so proud when he was saying it.", "Like giant middle fingers from the billionaires who aren't even using them.", "4222 properties is what is called the \"Metro Vancouver Regional District.\" It's not Vancouver but, Vancouver plus. It includes Burnaby, Surrey, Richmond, and ten other major areas. The MVRD represents 60% of BC's total population.\n\n771 of this 4222 properties are what are known as \"satellite families.\" This happens when a person earns more than 60% of their primary income outside of BC but their family resides in BC. So a lot of people who work FIFO in Alberta or in the US have to pay this tax despite not being vacant.\n\nOnly 932 in this entire area are foreign owners.\n\nSo the Metro Vancouver area has 930,000 homes.\n\nIf we subtract the satellite families (who actually live in their homes and are neither speculators nor vacant). This comes up to a little under 0.03% for the Metro Vancouver area are vacant.\n\nIf we were to only include foreign owners (the primary fear here of course is Chinese billionaires), it's a little under 0.1% are speculative properties of foreigners (although... most of the foreigners end up being Americans oops).", "That guy is basically describing a common investment lol look up REITs, you can literally get like a hundred bucks right now and own part of a multi billion dollar real estate portfolio. Or some places allow you to own shares of a single building too.", "And at least one gigantic screwup. The whole section on liquidity is so terrible. These luxury units are far less liquid than a single family home. There isn’t tons of buyers for $100 million condos. The fact that so many are unsold proves it. These are not easy units to resell and could be on the market for years. That’s the opposite of liquidity. That whole section was so cringy.", "Same thing is going on in the art world \n\nWhat do you mean by that?", "The most expensive one, 202 central park ave S or something like that, has the top like five floors owned entirely by one investment guy. Same guy who owns the most expensive rooms in chicago and I think a couple others", "I doubt it'd be all that interesting off-camera, he's a true believer.", "look at the shops ... costs 10k/month to rent ... businesses can't afford that ... but the rich property owners don't care ... they would rather leave the space empty", "The reason they remain billionaires is because they don't spend money on stupid shit.", "Basically anyone who sells homes that expensive has convinced themselves they're as rich as the people they sell too.", "> It's why so many billionaires pay less taxes than you or me.\n\nSearching around I can't find a source to confirm this. According to [the tax foundation](https://taxfoundation.org/publications/latest-federal-income-tax-data/) the top 1% pays an average tax rate of 25.4% compared to the median which pays 14.6%. Maybe all top 1% but not top 0.0001% are getting fucked and 0.0001% somehow manage to pay less than 14.6% but I can't find data to substantiate it.", ">Demand for regular homes is higher than ever and yet developers still aren't building enough of them.\n\nDoes it matter? A house is a house right? It still adds to the overall housing supply, which improves the overall market. Specifically, you build a luxury condo, a rich person moves out of his nice condo to move into that. Now a middle class person can move into the nice condo from his mediocre condo. Now a young adult who's still living with his parents can move into the mediocre condo. It's not like building a luxury condo will just cause another rich person to be born, causing the supply to disappear.", "> a bunch of bad rules made selling supercars to billionaires more profitable than selling regular cars to ordinary people.\n\nspecifically, rules regarding how many cars you could make per year (ie. how much land you have to build houses on). of course car makers are going to make the most expensive cars possible, if they could only make a fixed amount of cars. On the other hand, if they could make unlimited amount of cars, they would still start with supercars, but there's only so many billionares you can sell to, so the manufacturers will have to eventually make luxury cars, then budget cars.", "then again, NFTs.\n\nI rest my case.", "\"why yes, this entire condo building is a single residence and probably has at least someone living in it most days of the year. don't let the rooms fool you, they're just like dorms which have a common area (eg. the pool/lobby/party room/gym) and a private area (the 3 floor 16 bedroom unit).\"", "Step 1. Build a massive luxury tower via a large investment group\n\nStep 2. Don't even sell the units or keep the place 10% occupied because rent is unimaginable\n\nStep 3. Claim a tax loss on the property because no one is renting your over priced units for 10 years\n\nStep 4. Sell the building at a 25%+++++ profit in 10 years after also paying no taxes because of this claimed loss \n\n\nStep 5. Massive profit", "Fuck Pinstripe, I want to punch him so badly.", "It's fucking ridiculous that lobbying can stop functional legislation.", "Cool. Now convince 400k people to give you $10k.", "They do, but only to the extent it makes parking money in corner A give a lower return than parking it in corner B", "Hong Kong’s property problem in a nutshell. You’ve got two types of new builds: four-bedroom relatively palatial apartments that are bought only as investment vehicles, never to be lived in. Or 300sq ft shoeboxes. Nearly nothing in between has been has been built for the past decade", "Okay, but you can't ever access that cash without bringing it home.", "\"people\"", "The value is determined by professional appraisers. These appraisers are independent and are audited. They can, for example, use auction records of other works by the artist to figure out an approximate value of the artwork. \n\nIf someone donates a piece of art worth 50 Million dollars, the person who donates it would be financially better off selling it rather than donating it and writing it off their taxes. It can theoretically reduce taxable income, but not any more than a direct cash donation would. Suggesting otherwise is idiotic.", "Why did I know this was a B1M yideo before even clicking ?", "that's assuming people would buy it for 50 millions", "If they wouldn't, then it wouldn't be appraised at 50 Million...", "And it's the homeowners who live there that will never vote to change the zoning. NIMBY voters who are like \"we need to solve homelessness it's out of control!\" and then refuse to build anything taller than 3 stories in their neighborhood.", "I'm not so sure. He seems kind of sheepish when he mentions wealth inequality but then goes into somewhat canned speeches about capitalism and taxes. He understands the excess, I suspect, but he makes really good money off it so he's just going with the flow.\n\nI often wonder what I'd do if someone offered me an absurd amount of money to do a right-wing radio show. Honestly, I think conservative talk radio is the single biggest factor in the polarization of the US and the complete lunacy of GOP voters. But what if someone said, \"we want your smooth voice, quick wit and legal education to give legitimacy to right-wing talking points and we'll pay you $5 million/year.\" Oof.\n\nI like to think that I have enough morals and dignity to say no, but realistically I probably don't.", "holy shit that guys got a Patrick Bateman vibe", "I've come to offer you the job of being my butler full time. The pay is $1,000,000 per year, give or take some insignificant zeroes", "The extremely wealthy control congress on both sides of the isle. The people who are in charge of regulating or potentially shifting wealth inequality will not do so because it is counterproductive to their political careers. \n\nBefore we can even begin to talk about meaningful change to the problem of wealth inequality we would have to overturn Citizens United. Since that was a fairly recent supreme court decision, this is highly unlikely. Considering that both sides of the isle take advantage of political action committees and the millions they funnel into campaigns, there is little to no push from anyone on capitol hill to address campaign finance reform. Just like single payer in healthcare, there is nowhere near enough political support from either side to make it a reality. \n\nBeyond wealth inequality, things like climate change will never see a significant movement of the needle until we first have campaign finance reform. And again, that will not happen because the largest polluters are also the largest campaign beneficiaries. \n\nThe worst part about all of it, it would take a concentrated effort over decades to shift things like campaign finance reform, and we don't have that kind of time as a functional society.\n\n Companies will never be benevolent and make decisions with humanity in their best interest. That would be fundamentally against the basis of capitalism: there are winners, and there are losers. Self sacrifice and wealth distribution that stems from those controlling the wealth and political regime has not, nor will ever happen.", "Most of the \"problems\" you've described are incredibly contrived and just don't happen in practice. Houston, TX has never had zoning laws and has none of the problems you described.\n\nThere just isn't much of a reason to put a pig farm next to a house and people naturally want setbacks to park their cars and spacing between homes to be able to run a wheelbarrow between the front and back yard. Seeing into your neighbor's bathroom is generally considered undesirable.\n\n*Industrial* is different from business. I'm thinking along the lines of factories being separate from housing and office buildings, but you can still slap a local pub in the middle of a neighborhood and you can stack apartments on top of a laundromat.\n\nThere *are* different business uses to keep in mind, but the distinction *only* matters because of intense car dependence brought on by suburbia. In a walkable neighborhood, it isn't going to matter that an ice cream shop is across the street from a house. To ease the traffic, drop parking minimums.", "There's plenty of affordable housing. People just don't want to live in those places.", "You never need to. You can sell it there, in the freeport. And if you never sell it, all art does is appreciate. It's a great way to hide a huge inheritance.", "there is an interview with him in the iced coffee hour if you actually care he is interesting off camera. Everyone who come across these comments please give the video a try we need more people in the investment class. It is a ponzi sure whatever but its the game the wealthy is playing the more people in it the more I can learn and we can all learn together.\n\n​\n\n[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmASOZ7Vgzc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmASOZ7Vgzc)", "It's true go to r/personalfinance it will teach you to pay less in taxes simple things like buying dividend paying stocks. there is also youtube videos that teach you to be better in finances. And this guy has a interview in the iced coffee hour teaches you some stuff on real estate. We need more people in the finance space.", "As others have mentioned, when you have that much money, you can’t just put it in a bank…you need to spread it around in investments like real estate, securities, bonds, etc. The art world is also an option.\n\nI’m not an expert by any means, but I believe a lot of extremely high priced art is warehoused in [Freeports.](https://itsartlaw.org/2020/11/03/behind-closed-doors-a-look-at-freeports/) Freeports are anonymous, secure, duty-free warehouses that are not subject to Customs and invisible to tax authorities.\n\nIt’s just a way to park money.", "A lot of homelessness doesn't have anything to do with lack of housing, but addiction, though.", "This is a MASSIVE problem in Denver right now. NIMBYs have blocked every possible affordable housing solution. We're zoned entirely for suburban SFH, and it's so bad that NIMBYs have been weaponizing our historical building laws to block construction of new affordable apartments with frivolous claims that shit like an old diner and the [abandoned local news TV station](https://denvergazette.com/news/new-owners-to-demolish-channel-7-building-build-apartments/article_879b7068-e8d8-11eb-a4bc-1b2e1a0bc944.html) are historical landmarks.", "Okay, it’s sold in the freeport, how do you think that money is brought back into the US? If the money is ever actually used you have to pay taxes on it.", "his videos usually are", "NYC greatness keeps ebbing away \n\nsimple fix - ban foreigners buying real estate and require people who do buy prove someone lives in the apartment, condo, house, etc\n\neliminate restrictive zoning laws.", "I mean with a 6% seller fee they probably make a pretty good living", "Honestly, I don't give a shit if they want to invest in super wealthy real estate. When they start buying regular homes up en-masse making housing unaffordable to most of anyone who doesn't have one yet, that's another matter.", "$2.5k for 400k people.", "Yep. It pretty much would be structured like securities or equities for real estate. Only difference is that there isn't the obligation to maximize profits for shareholders (although it doesn't exclude it either), and other obligations can be written into it.\n\nFor some reason, it comes across as something super radical for people.", "You're getting downvoted because your proposal is nonsense for the discussion at hand it doesn't solve a single problem. There's basically no difference than telling everyone to buy shares of a profitable company and a lottery ticket to your plan. 400,000 people can't live in a building like this - if that many people bought in you might as well invest in Apple or something.", "Yeah totally. The cause of homelessness is because people do drugs, and not because rent has gone up 300% in the past 10 years while wages haven't even kept up with inflation.", "This is what people don't understand. \n\nThere's actually a big demand for \"missing middle\" housing, but it's not profitable. Naturally a group of developers would see this need in the market and they would pile on to make money in it. The reason they don't is city codes and NIMBY bullshit that drive down the profits.", "Solves the issue of spending that much energy and material on a building that's not being functionally utilized. Also serves to distribute the returns to the community rather than concentrate it in the hands of a single developer. Not all 400k people would live in it. Coop decides who lives in it-- could be people with the most shares or the least fortunate. Everyone else gets a financial return.\n\nComplaint was that foreign money buys up local real estate, implicitly driving up prices for locals, and pricing them out of the locale, while no one lives in the purchased real estate.", "I couldn't be bothered watching this vid. But let me guess, the rich hordeing their weatlth in property?", "Billionaires being bastards aside, these towers make me uncomfortable. They seem too thin to be allowed. Even if 1000 engineers assured me they were as structurally sound as every other skyscraper, I would still exist in constant fear if I lived there.", "You do realize your entire plan hinges on rich foreign investors essentially donating money so \"poor commoners\" they never have met can live in luxury? In what the hopes some other dumb rich person would buy the property from them? \n\nAlso what would they be \"buying\"? If the co-op owns the building what exactly is a rich person buying, a share in the co-op? They're clearly not buying the apartment since the co-op has to own it in order to deny them access.", "The infrastructure can't hold up because we depend too much on vehicles that can carry 5 people plus cargo, but usually only hold one if they're not taking up space in a parking lot. Parking lots and garages are an enormous waste of space that we wouldn't need if only we made cities walkable.\n\nYou need more grocery stores, yes, but they can be smaller and have little to no parking lot.\n\nEverything stems from homeowners wanting the value of their homes to continually increase. Single family zoning is the *only* thing keeping up that racket. Car-dependent suburbs are financially insolvent and are propped up by subsidies and what essentially amounts to a pyramid scheme.\n\nUrban sprawl and NIMBYism need to stop. This big and spread out city planning seemed nice enough at first, but it has proven to be an absolutely terrible idea that is bad for the environment, taxing on mental health, and a major driver behind inequality. Just let people do whatever they goddamn please with their own property and stop acting like the government knows better. City planning was a mistake.", "Yes, it does hinge on foreign investors. They currently use it as a store of value, sitting empty.\n\nIt's not donating money to the poor.\n\nForeign investors buy the condos as a store of value from the co-op that built it. The co-op has a covenant that says that if the units are vacant that the property management can \"maintain\" them.\n\nThe buyers could also always put the unit on the rental market and rent it out so it is not vacant. This would ensure that there is some supply on the market to the locals, as opposed to tying it up as a storage of value while vacant.\n\n Co-op would ultimately decide who the \"maintainers\" are. And, to the benefit of the buyer, they could forego or reduce maintenance fees. Living there would be conditional on being super tidy. And fixing things. Ultimately the coop decides how this would work, but I could see several possible scenarios. 1) maintained by long term tenants. 2) maintained by a more short term tenant; a verified network of a more transient tenants. 3)or something like time shares for tenants. (Tenant=co-op owner who wants to live in, as opposed to some co-op owners who just want a financial dividend).\n\nEven at the most basic level, it is functionally and could be treated as an REIT.", "I'm curious why your comment and the one above it both find it incumbent on the Federal government to fix this. If the fix were achievable by government intervention (I believe it might be), why would progressive states like NY and CA not act on the issue? If they haven't (they already do things like rent control), why would you dream the Federal government would intervene?", "I will say, costs are going up partially due to the amount of expectations of features in vehicles though. Obviously not doubling the pricing or anything, but all those sensors and systems DO cost money. \n\nPersonally, I'd be fine buying another of what I drive now; Manual locks/windows, AC is the most \"luxury\" thing this car has, aside from an electric odometer. I can't buy a \"basic\" car now though. Hell, I remember when I could literally buy a car without AC lol.\n\nSame with cost of living. With cell phones/internet expected, if not needed in life now, that's *at least* an added cost of what, 100$ a month or so? Add in streaming that almost everyone uses, along with some form of premium membership like amazon prime, that's almost another 50$.\n\nJust some food for thought and partially part of the reason vehicles are getting more expensive. Could say the same about fuel/safety standards too, although I'm all for those.", "> The players are just playing the game that's been created.\n\nMore like the players are bribing the lawmakers to keep the laws favorable towards them.", "I mean its kinda true, most homeless are usually some kind of addict or have mental issues.\n\nIf you can't afford rent as an average joe you usually just move somewhere cheaper rather then living on the streets.", "This reminds me of China where people buy homes in massive ghost towns where no one lives because it is safer to invest in a home then to put it into the Chinese bank.\n\n[Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5SE47Xjx2Q)", "Look up buy, borrow, die. \n\nBillionaires don't have to pay anything in taxes by e.g. selling their stock etc to trigger taxable events - they just borrow against their existing assets and spend that money. Income-tax free. \n\nThen they die and neither the heirs nor the estate are responsible for paying any taxes on the massive appreciation of those assets. \n\nA billionaire who pays proportionally more taxes than you or me is only ever doing it to make more money by doing it. They can just sit on their wealth and pay nothing in tax yet have all the spending money they want via borrowing against their assets.", "No, it never leaves. The way I understand it is there’s all these storage units with anonymous ownership. So whoever has the keys codes to these units owns whatever is in the units. The unit changes ownership over and over but the stuff in the unit is the same. Nobody pays taxes on it until someone takes everything out of the unit and even then, there’s countries that aren’t the US you can take your assets to that don’t tax so much.", "Yeah I lost interest after 7 minutes. But 28 mins? Nah", "Insane how some have 1 or 2 entire floors as an apartment.", "Look at San Fran you retard.", "The billionaires don't move out of their existing home(s). That's the problem. It's just a way to store money.", "> Personally, I'd be fine buying another of what I drive now; Manual locks/windows, AC is the most \"luxury\" thing this car has, aside from an electric odometer. I can't buy a \"basic\" car now though. Hell, I remember when I could literally buy a car without AC lol.\n\nMan, that makes me think back to my '03 Ranger. Manual locks and windows. Had to reach across the bench seat to roll the other window down. Stereo had a couple of knobs, a few buttons. That truck didn't cost much in maintenance.", "I know people that have a decent job, shower at their gym, and live in a van in SF. They are technically homeless.", "A pied-à-terre tax would stop these investment schemes over night and you are waxing philosophical on talking points from the 80s.", "Tax parking. Basically, tax all land so that it must be economically productive.", "Prices are going up because there is a supply chain shortage, specifically chips.", "Yes, the ownership can change hands without having to pay import taxes on the piece, but whoever sells the art WILL pay taxes on it. You can send the proceeds to a foreign bank but you will be committing tax fraud if you dont declare the income.\n\nIt is NOT a way to buy and sell art completely tax free. There are people that do things with freeports that are illegal, sure. But the main benefit of a freeport when it comes to art is the ability to transfer ownership of, prepare to sell, or have a private viewing within a different country without having to pay import taxes. This way someone who owns a painting in russia can move the painting to a freeport in the US to show it to a buyer in the US for example.\n\nThe US buyer can choose to leave it in the freeport without paying import taxes, but if they ever choose to take it out they must pay the import taxes.\n\nThis system is only legally used to avoid import taxes, it’s impossible to use it to avoid capital gains taxes without also committing tax fraud.", "Oh but they'll quickly mobilize police to clear out homeless out of areas. It's absolutely insane.", "TBH they are probably small floors. like a townhouse Apt. in a smaller city than NYC would have the same floorspace.", "And zoning makes sure of that.", "Nimbyism is, unfortunately, a perfectly rational thing to do, so they're not going to stop as long as democracy gives them the claws to be assholes. *Nobody* should have the power to substantially limit what other people can do with their rightfully owned property.\n\nI'm not like them. That's my backyard and I say yes! It might cause my home's value to go down, but *it has to*, along with everyone else's, in order to make homes affordable. Homes historically were not an investment; this is a relatively new concept.", "You’re completely missing the entire concept. It’s not about the art. All the art is is a transaction token. The transactions are untraceable and untracked. You never bring the contents to the US. You ship it to a third world country or whoever buys it smuggles it somewhere. But you would never do that because it’s much more valuable as a safe way to transfer enormous amounts of wealth that never depreciates.", "Nothing you described is a way to evade capital gains taxes...\n\nIt's not a very easy or safe way to transfer wealth either, nothing about the piece of art exempts it from being taxable any more or less than a pile of cash when it's sold. It's also not entirely untraceable or untrackable. Not every piece appreciates the same amount, and some do in fact depreciate. \n\nAgain, there are things that people can do to avoid taxes using freeports, but not without committing fraud first.", "> Then they die and neither the heirs nor the estate are responsible for paying any taxes on the massive appreciation of those assets. \n\nthat's not how taxes work. being dead doesn't magically absolve you of taxes. your unrealized gains gets taxed. the cost basis for your heirs get adjusted, so they don't get taxed, but that's because you already paid the estate/capital gains tax on it. in short, you're still taxed in the end. the strategy is also not limited to billionaires. the non-billionaire equivalent is a reverse mortgage.", "People using freeports to exchange wealth are committing more crimes than just fraud.", "I don’t blame him. If my job was to sell mega million apartments, in which for every unit I sell I get probably 100k in commission, I’d do exactly what he does.", ">being dead doesn't magically absolve you of taxes\n\nIt quite literally absolves you of capital gains taxes that you would've otherwise had to pay if you were passing the assets on to your heirs or selling them while still alive. \n\nBut obviously there isn't anything \"magical\" about it. But we both know you just added that word in there to sound condescending even though you apparently know less than even me about this (which is not easy). \n\n>your unrealized gains gets taxed\n\nThey do not. \n\n>the cost basis for your heirs get adjusted\n\nThat is the opposite of your unrealized gains getting taxed. \n\n>so [your heirs] don't get taxed\n\nNeither did the dead person. Neither does their estate. \n\n>but that's because you already paid the estate/capital gains tax on it\n\nNo. No one pays the capital gains tax. It is avoided. \n\n>in short, you're still taxed in the end.\n\nIn no way, shape, or form is anyone \"still taxed in the end\" with this scheme. \n\n>the strategy is also not limited to billionaires. the non-billionaire equivalent is a reverse mortgage.\n\nIt's not limited to billionaires but it's available to all billionaires whereas it's not available to all millionaires nor any non-millionaires who have to work for a living and can't just be paid in e.g. stock.\n\nBillionaires performing this scheme can even offset their interest payments against their actual income to get to pay zero income tax even if they did make tens of millions of dollars that year. It sounds outrageous (because it is) but it's [true](https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax). \n\nP.S. If you think you are right and Forbes, WSJ, Bloomberg etc are all wrong then please do not converse with me any further.", "could you explain this and maybe how it connects to suburbia", "Stable housing can help prevent addiction though", "The Supreme Court unfortunately [stamped its approval on zoning laws in 1926](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_of_Euclid_v._Ambler_Realty_Co) and the brakes have been pretty much off since then.\n\n[https://ij.org/sc\\_blog/lets-take-zoning-to-court/](https://ij.org/sc_blog/lets-take-zoning-to-court/) is trying to change that, but it's going to be a long time before it bears fruit.", "**[Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_of_Euclid_v._Ambler_Realty_Co)** \n \n >Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co., 272 U.S. 365 (1926), more commonly Euclid v. Ambler, was a United States Supreme Court landmark case argued in 1926. It was the first significant case regarding the relatively new practice of zoning, and served to substantially bolster zoning ordinances in towns nationwide in the United States and in other countries of the world, including Canada.\n \n^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/videos/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)", "Idk why people are downvoting you, you’re right. The purpose of them buying these empty apartments is secure their wealth into capital. the goal of the building is to make physical assets as liquid as possible", ">> your unrealized gains gets taxed\n\n> They do not. \n\nSource? A quick search turned up:\n\n[In general, the final individual income tax return of a decedent is prepared and filed in the same manner as when they were alive. All income up to the date of death must be reported and all credits and deductions to which the decedent is entitled may be claimed.](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/deceased-taxpayers-filing-the-final-returns-of-a-deceased-taxpayer) \n\n> > the cost basis for your heirs get adjusted\n\n>That is the opposite of your unrealized gains getting taxed. \n\nNo, it's the gift recipient not getting double taxed. Suppose person A buys some stock at $10, a few years pass and now the stock is worth $50. If they gift it to you, they to pay taxes on $40 worth of gains. Your cost basis starts at $50, not $10 or $0, because they already paid the tax on it. If it starts at $0 for you, then the government is double-dipping. It's taxing that $40 worth of gains *twice*.\n\n>It's not limited to billionaires but it's available to all billionaires whereas it's not available to all millionaires nor any non-millionaires who have to work for a living and can't just be paid in e.g. stock.\n\nit's available to anyone that has *unrealized* capital gains, whether that's in the form of stocks or house equity. stock compensation [is taxed as ordinary income.](https://www.schwab.com/public/eac/resources/articles/your_stock_awards.html)\n\n>but it's true. \n\nthat's an entirely different issue, which is that capital gains aren't taxed unless they're realized. \n\n>P.S. If you think you are right and Forbes, WSJ, Bloomberg etc are all wrong then please do not converse with me any further.\n\nI don't think they're all wrong, but so far you have not provided any links to those publications.", "Well you're in luck, their investments do that too.", ">I don't think they're all wrong, but so far you have not provided any links to those publications.\n\nI can hardly even believe how comedic it is for you to respond to my comment which opened with \"Look up buy, borrow, die.\", the first result of which on Google is the WSJ article, the third is the Forbes article etc. and then whine that I haven't provided any links.\n\nYou can just go fuck off for all I care. Live with your own misinformation. I'm not being paid to mentor you--nor would I take that job since you seem absolutely incapable of being mentored.\n\n#\"Look up buy, borrow, die.\"", "Fuck man, my ex-roommate has a ranger still. I let her drive my car before she got it, so she'd let me drive the ranger. Let me tell you, that car was beautiful, was everything I wanted in a vehicle. Speaking of maintenence, her radiator decided to call it quits (when I was driving it, of course lol) and fixing that costed fuck all but like $250 with labor included. Thing was so fucking cheap to have work done on. I told my ex-roommate, either sell it to me, or save up and buy a wrecked one (or scavenge the fuck out of dumpyards) for spare parts, especially a working engine for when hers eventually quits. Just don't let it die.\n\nI don't know, I'd kill for another ranger. It's a crime that they no longer sell small or even medium sized trucks anymore in the US (at least from what I've seen). Even the F150 is fucking massive. I'm glad they seem to be bringing back a smaller form factor, but I doubt it'll be as small as the nissan squarebody or ranger sadly.", "its a good video alright, first of B1M I've watched", "Hell, if you even just forced taxes onto single-family zoning that required it to be able to pay for itself for 50 years it would basically disappear. People think that the criticism of car-centric suburbia is one centered around traffic, but the bigger issue is nearly every suburban area costs far more to maintain than it's worth in taxes. \n\nSingle-Family Housing suburbia is essentially maintained via welfare grants from the state or federal government.", "> Even the F150 is fucking massive.\n\nShit, even the new Ranger is fucking massive. I wanted to get back into a small truck in the last couple of years and was thinking about a Tacoma but fuck Toyota and their subscription remote start crap.", "The kind of people who charge a Renoir for their services.", "I think the mistake you’re making is assuming the art returns to the economy at some point. It doesn’t. It exists beyond the economy that you and I use. It’s just a poker chip now. And you and I can not afford to sit at this table.", "I guess im not really understanding why that really matters? The same is true for something like bitcoin, or literally any other rare collectable.", "OG NFTs", "They spend money on all kinds of stupid shit! Just super uncreative stupid shit. Like 500 million dollar mega yhachts that are floating depreciation machines", "That would be *helpful*, but I doubt it would be enough.", "Such a tax might help, but it's not going to be enough by itself. Alone, it's a bandaid on a systemic problem.", "It doesn't *have* to be the federal government doing it. I just think it's unlikely that 1000 cities are ever going to decide to drop their zoning restrictions. Few individual homeowners would *ever* consent to it.", "Ryan Serhant.\n\nSeems like an overall okay guy who is a bit self-absorbed and egotistical. Like all realtors, he is a parasite, but at least he is feeding off the rich instead of the middle-class fueling appreciation in home values that price out poorer americans.", "And dodging taxes at the same time" ]
288
videos
Why New York’s Billionaires’ Row Is Half Empty
https://youtu.be/s5m9sRC2kEA
/r/videos/comments/rgyfhw/great_nations_eat_tv_commercial_germany_for/
[ "Let's Go Brandon! 👏\n\nWe're also supporting Russia by importing their overpriced gas so they can feed us and win their war against ukraine.\n\nhttps://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/millions-of-americans-cant-afford-enough-food-in-the-pandemic.html", "It's worth bearing in mind that this is an made by Americans for Americans. This has never aired in Germany. \n\n[Here is a similar one with China.](https://youtu.be/WBcX2EBwnNI)", "Shots fired", "We probably should move off fuel asap then so that we're not dependant on other countries for energy.", "I don't think there's anything more braindead than conservashits saying \"Let's go Brandon!\". Peak 80 IQ inbreed demonstration of their intellect. You know you can just say \"Fuck Biden\" right ?\n\n\nWhat does this ad even have to do with Biden lmao. (btw this is a few years old ad idiot).\n\n\nSpeaking of Biden and children poverty though :\n\n\nhttps://www.economist.com/united-states/america-is-substantially-reducing-poverty-among-children/21804765\n\n\n\n>We're also supporting Russian by importing their overpriced gas\n\n\"Supporting russian\" ? As in the language ?", "Shush, I’m here to watch the start of WW2 part 2.", "Also, it’s not an actual thing. Just there to “raise awareness.”", "I refuse to believe 20% of Americans have a hard time dealing with the cost of food.", "Yeah, seems to be a low balling estimate.", "Food insecurity also includes nutritional needs. 20% not being able to get all the required nutrients is more believable than just caloric needs.", "Why is that hard to believe?", "Food insecurity also applies to people who eat McDonald's every day", "It's probably more than 50%.", "Poll date: 2013-2014\n\nLeTs gO brAnDoN 👏", "Brandon won.", "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/millions-of-americans-cant-afford-enough-food-in-the-pandemic.html", "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/millions-of-americans-cant-afford-enough-food-in-the-pandemic.html", "Article date: 2020\n\nThat article was written when trump was in office, not Biden. I cannot stress enough how stupid it looks for you to cite an article that actively hurts your stance. But hey…\n\nLeTs gO brAnDoN 👏", "Food cheap, rent not.", "It's an advert made by Americans for Americans.", "Can.. Americans not hire native German speakers or something?", "Well, Hollywood casting history would indicate a clear no. But here they seemed to have achieved the impossible.", "Yes, this was definitely a Hollywood production. You're right, it must be impossible to pay German people for goods and/or services!", "Am I not agreeing with you?", "This is kind of eerie actually. Like an alternate universe where the Germans had won WWII and decades later this aired.", "> Published Thu, Jul 23 2020\n\nI wonder who was president then", "She doesn't need help! She just need 'ta pull herself up by 'er boot straps! Put in another 20 hours of a work this week!", "As satire or propaganda I don’t care. That was so well done!", "Y'all will say this shit with one breath and then say some bullshit like \"HSR and public transit are socialist\" with the next.", "I do wonder, because the situation is EVEN worse now...", "Maybe in your fantasy boomer facebook world\n\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/us/politics/covid-poverty-aid-programs.html\n\n\nNot stop replying with shit that instantly makes me dunk you, it's embarrassing, you have a humiliation fetish or what ?", "Oh please, wake the fk up, inflation is everywhere, food cost more and our salaries aren't keeping up. If you're making minimum wage good luck buying food now vs a year ago.\n\n[https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/16939-food-prices-continue-surge-fueling-november-inflation](https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/16939-food-prices-continue-surge-fueling-november-inflation) \n\n\nhttps://cbs12.com/news/local/local-hunger-relief-non-profit-struggling-to-keep-up-with-food-demand-surging-prices", "> inflation is everywhere, food cost more and our salaries aren't keeping up\n\n\nInflation during wage rises hurts capital the most, not the poorest people who benefit from it since it eats debt and they are up to their necks in debt. \n\n\n\nIgnoring the fact that rise in prices is a global issue right now and nobody's fault and the US fares much better than most of the world atm.\n\n\n\nIt's hilarious how you conservashits blame Biden for too much social spending then in the same breath say there's too much poverty.", "Actually it seems to be an actual thing, as in the stats used appear to be real:\n\nThis source shows stats for USA, Germany and China\n\n[https://slate.com/business/2014/09/american-hunger-it-s-embarrassing-by-rich-country-standards.html](https://slate.com/business/2014/09/american-hunger-it-s-embarrassing-by-rich-country-standards.html)\n\n\\---------------------\n\nEdit: I am not making any claims about the validity of the stats or the research. Im just saying the video is based on some research, which is shown in the link I provided.", "No one is starving to death in the US. IIRC, Americans spend a very small amount of their income on food compared to the rest of the OECD.\n\nhttps://www.oecd.org/els/family/HC1-1-Housing-related-expenditure-of-households.pdf", "The ultimate Reddit moment", "They don’t. Food insecurity doesn’t entail any missed meals.", "There's a difference between averages and edge cases. Poverty and [Deep Poverty](https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/faq/what-deep-poverty) in the United States is what the OP's video is referring to, while your link is just on aggregate expenditures across the country.\n\nThe US has millions of people living on a few dollars a day, for all expenses.\n\nWhile they may not be 'starving to death', due to access to school lunches and food stamp type programs, it is worth examining whether our treatment of the poorest people in the country is up to our standards.", "Jezus fucking Christ, a country of moon explorers... Doesn't matter who made this commercial. That's fucking sad.", "\"Food insecurity\" in America is an enormous lie. The way the statistics are derived and interpreted vastly inflate the image that \" hunger\" is a problem. It is all about the money. The bigger the perceived problem, the more money will be thrown at it. Are there people here who are truly hungry- yes. There are hungry people in every country. Is it anywhere close to the 49 million people they claim. Nope.", "TY Germany ever since we elected trump we became a shithole country :( sucks", "Is the little girl an android or something? Getting some real uncanny valley vibes.", "I'm assuming that they got that number from how they interpret information. If you told me 49 million Americans had an absolutely shitty diet that consisted of them slamming coca-cola and McDonald's down their throats multiple times a week, which overtime resulted in long term health issues, I would be believe that number. But I certainly doubt that there are 49 million people who go to bed at night hungry.", "Holy shit, that's [Mercy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucie_Pohl) from Overwatch!", "I am not making any claims about the validity of the stats or the research. Im just saying the video is based on some research, which is shown in the link I provided.\n\nAlso the statistic is about whether people feel they can afford enough food or have had to worry about having enough food in the past year, not whether food is a large part of their household expenditure. If I'm not mistaken the metric is called food insecurity.", "Well since you're a random guy on the internet and you've chosen not to back up your argument at all I'm going to have to disagree with your conclusion. You realize you're painting food security nonprofits/charities as money hungry liars? Nobody should accept that as a fact without some serious evidence to prove it, which you've failed to do.", "> the quality of nutrition for children is the responsibility of the parents\n\nClearly you haven't seen the average Midwesterner. Most of us are astonished when we learn that Gravy is not, in fact, a food group.", "Yup, that is one of the hazards of social media. Everyone has an opinion and \" facts\" are seemingly what anyone wants them to be. In my (limited) experience with this, I have a very unfavorable view of food security non profits and charities. Of course some do good work but the ones I have had experience with are just what you said, money hungry liars. After my last and final experience volunteering at a food bank, I did research what constituted \" food insecurity \" and how someone was deemed food insecure. It is bullshit.", "Sweden has low income inequality, the healthiest population, and a great healthcare system. Why are you saying it like it’s a bad thing? \n\nOne day old account troll, begone!" ]
53
videos
Great Nations Eat TV Commercial, Germany for America
https://youtu.be/pPg4rHU2YKE
/r/videos/comments/rgyph9/hardest_song_you_will_ever_hear_today/
[ "Well it's certainly hard to listen to.", "cringe", "Garbago" ]
3
videos
Hardest song you will ever hear today
https://youtu.be/DFSNf8rbXME
/r/videos/comments/rgypkv/incredibly_steep_abandoned_old_railway_in_a/
[ "Heya, where is this? I am always exploring various parts of Cheshire", "Hey, more information here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulkeley_Hill_Narrow_Gauge_Railway", "Why?", "built to support construction of a reservoir.", "Oh, so this is where the Fallout 4 Devs got their inspiration.", "Thanks" ]
6
videos
Incredibly steep abandoned old railway in a Cheshire forest England
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsQH4uHimWM&feature=youtu.be
/r/videos/comments/rgzesi/jeremy_clarkson_says_world_first_yeet_in_1998/
[ "That car would be worth a pretty penny nowadays.", "Ok great. Now someone please go back in time and stop him from saying it!", "With such fervor, too", "Exactly!! I cringed when i saw it", "Its \"eat\" but whatever.", "Yeah, for those not convinced play it back at a slower speed.", "Can you permayeet yeet by yeeting someone into the yesteryeet to yeet the yeet thoughts out of Jeremy Clarkson's yeet tuned brain?", "Yeeting through time, I like it.", "Why?" ]
9
videos
Jeremy Clarkson say's world first "yeet" in 1998
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGJPUY2Lm7A
/r/videos/comments/rgzozw/when_actors_do_that_weird_eye_switching_thing/
[ "Marianiania a babe. Seriously though I’ve noticed this forever, why do some actors do this?", "I’ve wondered this for years!!", "reading a teleprompter possibly?", "Dude yes!", "I don't think so, this usually happens when actors are staring deep into each other's eyes. I think their brain naturally switches from one eye to the other and it shows up plainly on camera", "The movement causes spotlights reflections on the eyes to move giving a sparkling effect or so Ive heard", "My sister calls it soap opera eyes when she does it. It's supposed to translate as \"about to cry\" when they flicker back and forth fast enough.", "So it’s an intentional choice?", "My dad used to do that but at super high speed. We knew he was nervous for something and we'd to be very careful.", "They are reading the promoter because they forgot the script", "Same! and I have asked MANY TIMES over the course of my life why they do this and it seemed like no one else ever really noticed.", "Nah that’s not what I was getting at. I definitely didn’t make it obvious with how I filmed this, but I meant when two actors are passionately gazing into each other’s eyes. The eye switch thing happens a lot then", "Oh that’s the “longing” look of love actors are taught quite early in drama class. It comes from the limited expressions that your old time films had to accentuate in order to portray the plot. Some directors still use it today even though we have much better equipment and can pan, zoom and even change the hue of a movie to emphasise emotion.", "It's why the girls say i have a twinkle in my eye.", "What do you mean by some people being able to do it voluntarily? It's just switching between looking at the left and right eye of who you're talking to. Or do you mean how some people can vibrate/shake their pupils really fast?", "There's a part in Silver Linings Playbook where Jennifer Lawrence does this and every time I see it I think to myself, \"hey, that's really normal looking!\"", "Literally anyone can do it. It's not a talent.", "I agree. I've always wondered what it was. I started noticing it a few months ago and now I can't not see it when I'm watching a close up scene of the actors. It's kind of annoying.", "I was re-watching the first season of The Witcher recently and noticed that Freya Allan (who plays Ciri) goes absolutely ham with the eyeball twitches in a few scenes. \n\nIt's positively distracting once you notice and now I see it everywhere. And now I've seen this video about it.\n\nThis is gonna be like a physical manifestation of the Wilhelm Scream for me now, fuck.", "This is not nystagmus. Nystagmus occurred with horizontal fixed gaze (fully looking out of the corner of your eyes, both sides). \n\nThis is just a voluntary switching of what eye you look at while the person/target of gaze is centrally located. \n\nNystagmus is a sign of stroke or neurological disease", "YES! I noticed this too while rewatching recently. I'm so glad I'm not alone", "Hilarious! Keep putting out more vids!", "There is a good joke to be had at the end where she says she \"is seeing other people\" and they are placed on both sides of the main guy.", "Yeah I feel like it's a result of a type of acting which I have no knowledge of. Method acting / \"blindfolded\" acting, etc. I see a lot of actors do this. Several on Game of Thrones IIRC.", "I feel like Leo DiCaprio is the worst offender.", "I always thought they were trying to read a teleprompter for their lines or reacting to something a director is doing. Perhaps I am thinking of something different - when they literally look past other actors or divert gaze like they are reading something, then look back.", "Jennifer Aniston allll the time on Friends", "Crappy hoodie crappy video", "*<Pruitt Taylor Vince intensifies>*", "Yeah, [this is what nystagmus looks like](https://youtu.be/z1Lfsi4dbGQ?t=14) (Pruitt Taylor Vince).", "Nystagmus isn't what's in the video fyi. You could think of it as vibrating your eye and not just looking back and forth.", "Wonder if his brain corrects for the movement.", "Battle of los angeles scene does this but he moves his head to look at each eye. I always wondered why.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdBjhD39OWo\n\nCant find a better quality video, but starts about 2:50 in.", "You've never had anybody look you in the eyes for an extended period of time?", "I have nystagmus sometimes and when it's bad it just makes everything blurry. My brain does some level of anti-shake to it but it's just blurry as hell.", "It's actually normal human behavior AND it is a sign of a lack of training. As normal humans, when making eye contact with someone, your eyes rapidly change focus on the other person's two eyes- essentially you look at their left eye, then their right eye, back and forth, over and over at an extremely fast pace AKA what you note as wiggling. You don't notice someone doing that in real life because it's not that noticeable.\nUnfortunately, film makes everything appear ten times bigger/more noticeable, so the \"wiggling\" looks super exaggerated and ridiculous. Most experienced and/or trained film actors know that you have to focus on one eye to avoid the \"wiggling\". But I see it all the time in movies and on TV, even with professionals. It drives me nuts.\n\nsource: I stole this comment", "This guy's getting all the attention now that Gus Johnson is cancelled.", "Reminds me of an actor Pruitt Taylor Vince, who has a condition called nystagmus which causes him to do rapid eye movements and is something he incorporates into his roles most notably when he was in Touching Evil with Jeffrey Donovan", "Me too. I'm in my 30's, and remember seeing this when I was a small kid, and wondering \"why do they do this in the movies\". It's very, very rare to see it in real life.", "I always thought it's because they're reading cards?", "Interesting, do your eyes get tired with the amount of movement they are doing?", "I literally only ever look at one eye… am I broken?", "It's completely normal. You almost certainly do it but don't notice it because your brain adjusts for it.", "My girlfriend does that sometimes. Freaks me out, too. Feels dramatic.", "Lol, surprisingly good example", "Yeah. Really kicks into gear at 3.40. \n\nFirst thing i thought of when i read the post title.", "Rava from Succession, I thought she had a wild case of nystagmus.", "Kate Mulgrew as Captain Janeway did this a lot.", "sadly, yes. you are scheduled to be put down next tuesday", "Omg it's all the time on GOT! I think that's where I first started noticing it but here lately I feel like I see it in every movie or TV show.", "I was actually about to comment about her, but for The Morning Show instead. I just noticed it for the first time yesterday and it really threw me off.", "This isn’t just for film; my mom does this when she’s really upset with me. Like she’s searching my eyes for where she went wrong.", "Literally every scene with Ross 😬", "The Renfri actress does it constantly in the first episode as well.", "I vaguely remember reading somewhere that it is supposed to make your eyes “pop” when on camera. Like if you aren’t intentionally noticing it, it will make focus on the actor/actress more.", "Yep, it causes a lot of eye strain and can be pretty uncomfortable. Thankfully it doesn't happen that often. \n\nI have essential tremor and it seems to me that it comes on whenever my tremor is particularly badly acting up, e.g. very stressed, hungover or being sedentary for a few days. It's probably one in the same, this stuff is mostly still a mystery to science from what I can tell...", "What happened to Gus?", "He got into a spat with his then GF and after they broke up she told the world of it.", "Well that’s fucked up. Honestly, I’m kinda done caring about whether or not celebrity artists are decent people or not. It’s not like we’re canonizing them as saints… What happened to being able to bite off the head of a live dove in a meeting with your record execs? People need to stop giving a shit.", "[...](https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/10/26/gus-johnson-sabrina/)", "When I talk to people who have a lazy eye, I make a concerted effort to just pick an eye to focus on, so it doesn't seem like I don't know where to look.", "A'yup.\n\nI don't care. Bread and circus! These aren't my role models, you expect a comedian to be nice? You expect and NFL player to be kind? A NBA player to be smart? \n\nComedians are mean as a job, NFL players mash people for a living and NBA starts bounce a ball. Actors recite someone else's lines for a job.", "Cancelled? He's still posting videos and doing a US tour.", "I agree, but also it wasn't \"a spat\". It was serial behavior of him emotionally abusing her and doing some kind of fucked up shit like leaving her in the hospital while she was basically dying, ignoring her phone calls while in said hospital literally live on stream, and basically negging(?) her over the fact that she had a miscarriage iirc. Saying something like \"you know other guys would have left you by now\".\n\nDon't get me wrong I agree and I consume content from all kinds of people who I don't exactly agree with or think are the best people, but I think Gus was fairly \"progressive\" in his viewpoints that he'd share on social media and on his podcast and for him to be doing this while pretending to be a good person online in terms of his brand it can feel a bit hypocritical. I don't think his career should completely evaporate or anything but I'm just saying I get why some people have ditched him.", "I do this when talking to people with a glass eyes.", "Something off putting about Rava in general. Don't like her whole vibe.", "Wouldn’t you rather he push progressive ideals than whatever fucked up shit he might believe about his personal life? Like do you really want to punish people for broadcasting their good side instead of their old racist/sexist grandpa side? Because if people were honest about how they truly are in private in front of a camera, then we’d normalize some seriously disturbing shit.", "It reflects uncertainty", "Having worked in the film industry, often coverage (when the camera moves to a different angle) makes it awkward for the actor to have a timeline. Sometimes the other actor they're performing with in the scene is suddenly changed dramatically in position and often in a close up there's tonnes of crew members off camera...", "Mariska Hargitay has been doing this on SVU for decades. I've only ever met one person in real life that does the rapid eye switch, and it's extremely distracting when you're trying to talk to them.", "I was born unable to do it, it is part of my tragic backstory.", "She is constantly on edge, never lets her guard down. She has those wasp eyes in a sort of half-squint. Always comes across as a judgmental look.", "Yeah you're right if Jeffrey Dahmer were a really nice guy in public it would make up for all the killings.", "Lol I get downvoted", "Yea she comes across judgemental and condescending, the kind of person you can't be comfortable around.", "I gave ya an upvote. Reddit users are mostly morons and if they think they don't like your tone then they will downvote; even if you're right about something. It's kind of ridiculous.", "Lol thanks. Yeah and what's ironic is that the \"Chekhov technique Acting Exercises\" include wearing and then pretending to wear blindfolds. I could see how that would cause actors to do that eye fluttering thing but anyways!" ]
76
videos
when actors do that weird eye switching thing
https://youtu.be/BO9-gnF1lcw
/r/videos/comments/rh05ig/euclideon_is_continuing_its_lies/
[ "They started with their prerendered videos showing \"real time unlimited detail\" 10 years ago - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKUuUvDSXk4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKUuUvDSXk4) and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00gAbgBu8R4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00gAbgBu8R4)\n\nGrabbed some cash and disappeared for years then reappeared with the \"HOLOVERSE\" - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6MaZE9cU\\_c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6MaZE9cU_c)\n\nAgain grabbed money and sold the idea.\n\nThey made a holographic table - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV2vpnb2adw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV2vpnb2adw)\n\nGrabbed the money and went into hiding.\n\nThey then made \"Real Hologram Tech\" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCLTCvJpO4Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCLTCvJpO4Y)\n\nGuess what... they also sold that and went were bought by a company that does have a suspiciously similar logo and name. They went from Euclideon Holographics to Euclideon Entertainment owned by [equitiste](https://equitise.com/offer/euclideon-entertainment-offer) \\- a platform they now use to grab money for \"promising startups\". Kinda like kickstarter but with much smaller audience.\n\nAnd now they are planning on getting 300k AUS$ for opening the first in the world breathtaking, boundaries-breaking, super high tech park that uses real Start Trek holograms.. (some basic AR and VR in a storage room with projectors). In their video (the one I posted) they have some lazy presentation of how it works.\n\nThey repackage already existing technology and sell it as something amazing and new. A kid with a regular VR PC can do the same. You can track your head movement with gyros in your phone, you can track your retina movement with a simple set that is PnP or even with a 10$ camera and free software. Their most advanced [visualization tech](https://youtu.be/BsVTCzpeY8c) from 2019 is just LIDAR with photogrammetry but unnecessarily more complicated than Microsoft Photosynth from 2008. It is something you can do with your phones for years (discontinued 123D from Autodesk that went to ReCap). Euclideon is a scam.\n\nSome of their tech about \"unlocking 3D\" is using open source data like [Earth 2](https://earth2.io/) and some imaginary server farms with SDKs that are not compatible with anything useful unless you want to design a whole new ecosystem around it. The worst thing is that they are still on the market..", "It can't really exist the way they show it in the video. Perspectives always seem to match where the camera is, not where the real human viewers are. You can only have one viewer, and to anyone else the image would be distorted.", "I remember watching that old video way back. Definitely seemed too good to be true. I almost forgot about these guys.\n\nI thought they continued with that whole voxel thing they had to make photogrammetry faster to render in real time, thats about the last I heard of them, which was probably well over 4 years ago. Was that all fake?\n\nSomehow I have doubts that a company could exist under the same name for over 10 years with no actual product and only living off of investor money.", ">real time unlimited detail\" 10 years ago\n\nI immediately remembered this..", ">I almost forgot about these guys.\n\nI too almost forgot about them and because I work with photogrammetry lately I googled them today.\n\n​\n\n>I thought they continued with that whole voxel thing they had to make photogrammetry faster to render in real time, thats about the last I heard of them, which was probably well over 4 years ago. Was that all fake?\n\nIt was not per se fake. It was not as applicable as they promised. It is the same with all of their tech. \"Just set up a table\", \"experience this and that in a holographic room\" or \"real life like objects floating in the air\" are all just buzz phrases. Even in their presentation videos it is clearly visible that they are faking it. In reality user needs a room with high reflective paint or screens, well calibrated projectors and a ton of additional hardware just to make it work.. ant it still does not mean that it will have any entertainment or educational values. It looks cool in the videos but it does not need a lot of logic to see that they are contradicting what they want to show. u/Tersphinct explained it better than I can here - [https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rh05ig/comment/honu1sk](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rh05ig/comment/honu1sk)\n\n​\n\n>Somehow I have doubts that a company could exist under the same name for over 10 years with no actual product and only living off of investor money.\n\nCloud Imperium Games and StarCitizen? The company that \"made\" a product is now valued at over 0,5B$. The game is still in development for over 9 years. They are making it with a dying Amazon Lumberyard engine (which I worked on too in 2019 and oh my it is horrible) and soon they will have to switch to another engine and start over. For now it is just a platform to get more money from investors.\n\nEuclideon is selling its assets after getting the money from investors. It is impossible to find real applications of products they made beside the ones they put in their promotional videos.. and even in their presentations the video is sprinkled with VFX to make it look more believable.\n\n3M existed for decades of inventing things and selling the ideas without producing anything beside patents. Many companies are doing the same nowadays.", "Gosh that video is annoying he talks like normal and then every 5 seconds he has an echo effect that is so annoying lol. It doesn't make you sound cool bro it makes you sound like a moron lol.", "This is stupid AF. This post went from 18 upvotes to 4 in a matter of minutes and my older comments and posts are now downvoted xD\n\nI bet \"someone\" is reporting me right now.", ">They have real products\n\nDo they? I cannot find a single demo of their product that would not be provided by them. And what they show are prototypes and edited videos with VFX..\n\n​\n\n>I tried a live demo of it myself on a standard laptop.\n\nYou tried the demo provided by Euclideon? There was no such thing. The closest you could see would be Tesselation demos like Unigine Heaven from 2009 and even in 2012 GPUs would struggle with higher settings of that technology.\n\n​\n\n>It's just voxel tech\n\nVoxels now are based on shaders so 2D+ or 3D simulated objects that are vectors based on cubes - not even close to what is presented in their videos.\n\n2012 was a year that GeForce GTX 690 was released. Most of their original tech demos were pre-rendered or rendered on some high end rigs in 2012 but they claimed this technology was accessible to everyone. The same goes to their idea of 3D scanning (regular LIDAR) or Now they claim to make holograms that are also accessible but they didn't care to mention all of the preparations needed to even simulate what they are showing in the videos. Just look at the games that were out there in 2012. Nothing even comparable to what they shown in their 2012 videos because it was literally impossible on high end personal computers.", "Don't blame the intern.. ;D", "I still love the potential of voxel stuff, though. \n\nYou've probably seen it, but the stuff this dude is showing looks [awesome.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iP4qR8supk)", "But... they're wearing glasses. If your \"hologram\" needs that, you can just use an off-the-shelf Quest, $299 at your local Best Buy. All this \"holographic\" bullshit is totally unnecessary, even if it *did* exist. And it would look better than what they're showing here, not translucent (unless you wanted it to be).", "If this is the same guys who did that \"unlimited detail engine\", then I am familiar with these guys, although this information is 6-7 years old at this point\n\nI had friends who did work experience for them at the end of their courses for game design/animation.\n\naccording to them, the guy talking is the CEO, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00gAbgBu8R4\n\nbased on what my friends said this is all anecdotal of their experiences they shared with me, he's a total prick; would berate their work constantly despite being unpaid interns, even made fun of them and their partner for using unreal engine/autodesk/adobe softwares instead of making their own software to work on.\n\nAnd plus the parent company which provides the funding for it I remember looking it up since at that point they had not put out a single product and was curious how it is funded, the old website linked to a mineral/mining company which also took military software development contracts. (edit: Grammar)", "Nanite is the infinite detail thing made real, but it's still based on polygons.", "Donate to some website you've never heard of and guess what? You can donate anything from $200 or more!", "> This investment isn't in our parent company. It's in an area which is even more profitable.\n\nThe parent company would be more profitable. They want to invest in the child company as it helps to mitigate their risk.", "As for the iteration of publicity and silence, isn't that how product development works? Rather than \"grab money and go into hiding\", why is it not product announcement and silent development phase?\n\nAre you saying they're not using and selling their own engine product? Of course there's other similar technologies and competitors. And of course they integrate with and use other technologies just like anyone else.", "But it has zero dislikes. It must be legit.", "> They then made \"Real Hologram Tech\" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCLTCvJpO4Y\n\nSide note from the details of that video:\n\n> It is a very big and important contest in China, the prize ceremony was opened by Prince Andrew (the son of the Queen of England). \n\nEven then that was not much of a boast and it was well known that he was a friend of Epstein.", ">Queen of England\n\nDid you mean the [Queen of the United Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_United_Kingdom), the [Queen of Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Canada), the [Queen of Australia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Australia), etc?\n\nThe last Queen of England was [Queen Anne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain) who, with the 1707 Acts of Union, dissolved the title of King/Queen of England.\n\n####FAQ\n\n*Isn't she still also the Queen of England?*\n\nThis is only as correct as calling her the Queen of London or Queen of Hull; she is the Queen of the place that these places are in, but the title doesn't exist.\n\n*Is this bot monarchist?*\n\nNo, just pedantic.\n\nI am a bot and this action was performed automatically.", "That guy's voice in the video took me right back to ten years ago. \n\nIt's so obviously a scam in retrospect. I remember so many people on Reddit back then being convinced that it was going to be the future of video games.", "Not unnecessary as it scales a lot better. \n\n3-4 people? Sure VR wins. \n\nA whole entire concert stadium with 3 dollar glasses included in the ticket price? Nope, holograms win. Not that technology is there, but that it wouldn't be unnecessary.", "I think it just has to do with your title and the way you come across.", ">You don't know what you're talking about mate. They had online demos that literally ran on a web browser.\n\nIn 2012? They had a demo of unlimited geometry online and it could run in your browser in 2012?! xD \nAnd this demo is not documented in any way, there are no mentions of it online, there are no screenshots, no videos and in general absolutely nothing in the last 9 years. And I am supposed to believe You could run Euclideon demo of \"unlimited geometry\" on your personal computer? Oh come on..\n\nIf it would be real now I would maybe believe you but there is no company that ever achieved that.", "I am not sure what you mean. Did they provide some scammy link and I missed it?", "Not necessarily but yeah.. it is a possibility. I am bipolar and I can sometimes get stingy and people usually react to that instantly.\n\nI am a data hoarder and I monitor my data from social platforms and I don't remember ever having such amount of negative interactions with my older posts (older than six weeks) at once. Ofcourse it might be just a coincidence but I posted many controversial posts and comments but usually if someone does not like what I said and wants to repay me for my statements they don't go for older comments in few minutes. This post got downvoted 20 times in one minute, at the same time my comments from October got almost 50 downvotes. This is why I nuke my account once in a while.\n\nEDIT: Aaaannnnd I got reported to reddit. lol", ">I still love the potential of voxel stuff, though.\n\nYet there is a huge difference between voxels and unlimited geometry. This demo you linked is amazing because it is based mostly on shaders and not on complicated geometry. Euclideon claimed to have \"unlimited geometry\" and not the magic of shaders. In their videos they show really complicated objects that are constructed of regular polygons (triangles).\n\n​\n\nBut yeah.. voxels are cool. ;>", ">A whole entire concert stadium with 3 dollar glasses included in the ticket price? Nope, holograms win. Not that technology is there, but that it wouldn't be unnecessary.\n\n​\nBut it is SciFi and we are talking about a company that claims to achieve something similar. Even for 4 people in one room that would be amazing but it is just not possible yet.", "> As for the iteration of publicity and silence, isn't that how product development works?\n\nIt would be reasonable for a company that is focused on developing one tech. Meanwhile Euclideon claims to be a leader in holograms, 3D scanning, unlimited geometry and AR hardware. They never released any product that would meet their claims.", "> Not unnecessary as it scales a lot better. A whole entire concert stadium with 3 dollar glasses included in the ticket price?\n\n\"it\" in your sentence is a hypothetical technology that doesn't even exist. It's as if someone bragged about their horse speed, I said cars can go faster, and you responded, \"not necessarily, as robot jet horses can go even faster than cars\".\n\nI'm talking about *what is shown in the video*. CAVE VR systems are not new, and they scale horribly. They are an entire room build, with multiple ultra expensive high resolution 3D projectors. The biggest one Visbox makes (one of the bigger manufacturers) is $100K+ and that's only 3 walls, **13 feet** on the widest dimension.\n\nThe Quest can do 3 times that volume, **10 meters^2** out of the box. They've unlocked 15 m^2 in the past, and they've [demoed 19 m^2 at Oculus Connect](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VnQjrZk3rU). That's 63 ft^2 of total 6DOF immersion, not just part of a room, using a $299 off the shelf product. CAVE VR systems are absolute dinosaurs that predate modern HDMs. I wouldn't be surprised if these are cast-off systems from businesses that ditched their CAVE gear in favor of AR/VR glasses.\n\nThis fund-raising video refers to it as a \"hologram\" because they are translucent, which is a *failing* not a feature. And they are demoing it using bullshit renders of things CAVE systems can't even do, like make stuff float in between people with no occlusion (ironically this is something an HMD system *can* do).", ">Point cloud data engines are not unique. The demo was out about 5 years, letting you explore a church interior in a web browser. If you didn't play it then you were obviously not that interested in the tech at the time as it was available via their website and might still be available.\n\nPoint cloud data and unlimited geometry are two different things. There is a huge difference between looking at visualizations and generating data used to make these visualizations. You could easily use photogrammetry on your PC around 2005 or since they started to experiment with 3D in the 80s.\n\nIf their tech was so amazing why this one interview with their CEO would be the only thing you could find about it? There is no documentation beside that? It is almost as it never existed...\n\n[https://youtu.be/JVB1ayT6Fdc?t=1516](https://youtu.be/JVB1ayT6Fdc?t=1516) So... Polygons and not voxels.\n\n​\n\n>It's annoying you're giving so much prestige to something fairly simple and then somehow being suspicious and resorting to conspiracy theories.\n\nWhat conspiracy theories?\n\n​\n\n>It worked just like the nanite system, rendering points for each pixel rather than all the polygons.\n\nIt sounds nice but it excludes any type of shaders, dynamic lightning or even simple oldschool bumpmaps. It is just a view at precalculated data and not generating it. Just look at how most demos of demoscene era worked or even play the most renown [.kkrieger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.kkrieger)\n\n​\n\n>So of course you could run it on most devices.\n\nNot now, not in 2012. \n\n​\n\n>It existed, and it was was limited.\n\nAnd they claimed it was accessible. They never delivered.\n\n​\n\n>But now it exists in UE5, and it's great.\n\nIt is something entirely different. Ray Tracing is not new but it works in totally different way than point cloud visualizations.", "> All this \"holographic\" bullshit is totally unnecessary, **even if it did exist.**\n\nYou postulated the hypothetical and I pointed out a niche it would and already does have. It's just an advanced laser light show, but people like laser light shows.", ">They made an unlimited detail concept, that had no lighting or animation. So it was useless at the time. But it existed- most people understood this- that was never the issue people had with it.\n\n​[You could scan anything](https://youtu.be/3oaNDS4dMTM) with \"infinite\" resolution with LIDAR even in the 90s if you had enough time to do it but it does not mean you could generate that \"infinitely detailed\" image without having the amount of point cloud data needed to do that. And they claimed to be able to do it in real time.\n\n[https://youtu.be/UKUuUvDSXk4?t=45](https://youtu.be/UKUuUvDSXk4?t=45)\n\n*\"We made the claim that we could run unlimited 3D atoms in real time.\"*\n\n[https://youtu.be/UKUuUvDSXk4?t=89](https://youtu.be/UKUuUvDSXk4?t=89)\n\n*\"If what we said is true, it was the largest breakthrough since 3D graphics began\"*\n\n>There's few videos on it because that was their choice.\n\n​Really? They had the most advanced 3D tech on this planet and they chose not to show it?.. And there is no documentation of it anywhere. Really?! And I am the one leaning to unsupported theories?", "I understand what they did. They added a pinch of marketing to \"their product\".\n\nThe problem is with how they tried to sell it. It is the same for all their projects in the last decade. They try to sell simple already existing technologies as their breath-taking solutions but they never actually deliver. If their technologies would be so cutting edge, someone would be fighting to implement it somewhere with Euclideon logo slapped on it. Meanwhile Euclideon was trying to slap that logo on tech that was already out there. They ended up with searching for someone to invest 300k AUS$ so they could open a hangar filled with projectors and knockoff kinect.", "I meant if *the technology shown in the video* even existed, i.e. room scale holograms floating between people. It doesn't. CAVE systems work by using polarized light to project left and right views onto the surfaces of a room. You only see \"holograms\" where you can see a wall, so they can't exist between two people, because each person occludes the wall behind the other.\n\nIt's certainly not a \"whole entire concert stadium\". That exists even less.\n\nYes, I can come up with a lot of imaginary, science fiction technologies that would be better than HMDs, but that's not relevant to the OP at all so it's not relevant to my point.", "I mean that I've never heard of equitise.", "\"This boy has made friends with a hHoOlLoOgGrRaApPhHiIcC fFiIsShH!\"", "The dinner idea is a cool novelty. That's something you can do with these glasses over VR helmets.", "You can't do it with their tech, either. CAVE systems can't do that.", "Unreal Engine 5 has realized what they promise for years... just look up the matrix demo", "Yeah I've seen it. Hiperrealism is really not that [new](https://youtu.be/MGyaR2sSBkA). It is totally different technology, quality of renders and purpose than what Euclideon is proposing for a decade." ]
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Euclideon is continuing its lies..
https://youtu.be/d-wZ2PMqDBI
/r/videos/comments/rh0gfh/small_kid_helping_his_father_in_finishing_his_work/
[ "Please, for God’s sake, this is too cute, but he needs eyepro!", "that's gonna be such a good memory, for both of them", "He's wearing eye protection while drilling. Don't really need eye protection otherwise.", "This is clearly fake. The dad wasn't yelling at him for holding the flashlight incorrectly or telling him to grab 100 different tools.", "I wish my dad would have done this with me. He is the handiest guy I know he is a mechanic and do body work. He can build anything from decks to roofing. We had rentals so he did all the work on those. He could even do minor HVAC work as well. He didn’t teach me shit so any issues that pop up I nave no idea even where to begin. I have always been frustrated with it. I love the guy but he didn’t teach me shit.", "He might keep you away from any kind of danger that work includes or just want you to focus on your studies or career.", "I am sure, it will remain in there memories of that man forever. Kod is too young to keep it remembered." ]
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Small Kid helping his father in finishing his work.
https://youtu.be/0yf_c0LYNOw
/r/videos/comments/rh0l1v/87_year_old_in_1929_thinks_kids_his_days_have_it/
[ "Glimpse your future, young people.", "Dang whippersnappers!", "\"work is something you have to do, when you're doing something you want to do that's play... I don't call this work this is play\". I like that.", "Telegram was their internet.", "A young whippersnapper born in 1929 would be 92 today.\n\nAt around 4:30 he talks about speed of travel and how things that used to be fast are slow now. He saw airplanes flying around and wondered how long until those would be considered slow. Given that it was 1929 he was seeing biplanes which would be considered slow in just a few years. Then those planes became slow when planes with jet engines were produced.", "People do garden for fun nowadays....kinda wish my job was to garden leasurely all day", "Wish he had lived long enough to learn about fax machines.", "\"These things which have come up to bother us and help us.\" What a timeless characterization.", "yea a lot of old people are mad they are going to die soon and are jealous of younger people, its a huge problem even now", "That man was born before the American Civil War, talks about riding a horse and cart to school and lived long enough to see the invention of the telephone and airplanes. What a life.", "Transatlantic cables became a thing in his lifetime, prior to that getting a message from the USA to Europe took several weeks and sometimes months. The man witnessed a massive shift in communications technology.", "[ **Jump to 04:30 @** 87 Year Old Farmer 1929 talks kids telegraph and typewriter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yf_c0LYNOw&t=0h4m30s)\n \n ^(Channel Name: Upscaled Studio, Video Length: [09:58])^, [^Jump ^5 ^secs ^earlier ^for ^context ^@04:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yf_c0LYNOw&t=0h4m25s) \n \n----------------------------------------------------------------------------- \n \n ^^Downvote ^^me ^^to ^^delete ^^malformed ^^comments. [^^Source ^^Code](https://github.com/ankitgyawali/reddit-timestamp-bot) ^^| [^^Suggestions](https://www.reddit.com/r/timestamp_bot)", "I got to explore an untouched Canadian railway station that had a telegram in a tiny town when I was younger. The telegram operators had a little glass case that they would put short gossip messages that were sent between towns. Ones that were written locally were also displayed and typed out. Basically the rule was they had to be displayed publicly to go along the telegram for free; then people would come to the station to see what the little gossip messages said. \n\nI was literally looking at something that was an early version of twitter in the early 20th century.", "Goddamn, that fella is more articulate than I am. Hope I'm that sharp when I'm 87.", "\"Hit me up on Tele\"", "Pretty sure they had electricity in cities by 1929...", "Well, ticker tapes existed. So did the teletype and teleprinter although maybe not widespread.", "56k dialup used to be fast, then they came out with 1megabit DSL. THAT WAS FAST.\n\n1m DSL used to be fast, then they came out with DOCSIS. 10 MEGABITS WOW. THAT WAS FAST.\n\nDOCSIS used to be fast, then they came out with 10G FTTH. 10 GIGABIT PON, WOW THAT WAS FAST.\n\nWhat's next?", "What a crazy, conceited old man. How dare he speak to the future generations in this patronizing way. Lucky he lived a hundred years ago so I couldn't kick his ass. Definitely racist and probably illiterate. Sit the fuck down old man, it's the young people's time to shine and clean up your God damn mess.", "Remember when a PC's RAM being 256 mb was considered it could fly", "Getting existing stuff to places that don't have it.", "/s ?", "My Grandfather was born before the first flight of the Wright bothers, in a part of Prussia where the people were refusing to be called Prussians because they still saw themselves as citizens of the kingdom of Hannover. Those villagers didn't like to be disturbed in their old ways.\n\nHe died after the first moon landing, and after being drafted three times in two world wars. Between him and that old geezer here, those were some pretty intense 130 years.", "Something about this guy's voice is very calming to me. I could listen to him talk all day.", "I think about that a lot.\n\nI've met people who were born before the Wright brothers and saw a man land on the moon. What a crazy change!\n\nThing is, I don't fly every day and I've never been in outer space. \n\nTrying to explain to kids these days what it was like to get lost (despite the weird hand drawn map and a Thomas guide) and then trying to find a payphone (shit, can I remember their phone number?) to get directions is incomprehensible to most people born after 2000.", "People will be saying that about your old ass one day too. That's life.", "I used to work for a grocery store chain, a lot of our stores were the only store besides the gas station for 30 minutes in any direction. Laying enough fiber out to an area to get internet connection was really expensive. It was something like $15,000 per mile if you could run it on the same poles as telephone wires, way more if you had to go underground.\n\nWe'd usually try to split the cost with the local government or whatever internet provider would benefit from the run.", "My first computer came with 2MB of RAM and a 80MB hard drive...yes, MB. I spent $250 on 2 more MB of RAM and $350 on a 420MB hard drive and my computer rocked!", "Doubt they had Karen's though", "Dude who colorized the video missed the area between his left arm and torso", "Kept expecting for Bugs or Daffy to pop-up on the background.", "The first fax machines were made in the 1840s.", "nahhhhh", "Even today the transatlantic cable seems like a god-like feat of human engineering", "Not me. I'll always be happy for the next shit that happens for young people.", "Oh jesus, asking for directions and then checking how they match reality was always a trip.\n\n\"Well fuck, now I'm MORE lost\"", "But they couldn't light cities up bright as day, which is what the person you're responding to said.", "Spraying the world down with LEDs, cheap batteries and solar panels sounds bad until you learn how many people still use kerosene for indoor light", "He used to be with it. Then they changed what it was, and what he’s with isn’t it, and what’s it is weird and scary to him. And it’ll happen to *you*.", "Phew, I'm glad he supposes that electricity is alright. We almost had to shut that down.", "Most of us realize we aren't supposed to judge others according to their race or gender, then we pick a characteristic just as idiotic: the *time* or *place* someone was born.", "I am more impressed that he is 87 years old and seems to be in very reasonable physical condition - he is still working - and of sound mind.\n\nI hope I am like that when I am his age.", "They started it...\n\nIt's inevitable that the new generation begins to be critiqued as a whole despite the fact that most of them are still children...\n\nBabyboomers and the media they consume has consistently attacked gen x/millenials/gen z with wild characterizations.", "\"The future is here, it's just not very evenly distributed.\" - William Gibson", "Damn I want to ride in a stagecoach", "This was back when 14.4k modems were the standard.", "Karens have 100% always existed", "part of that has to do with old school audio recording. Something soothing about listening to age-old tapes that have distorted over time and collected dust.", "The best way I have heard it described is this: The baby boomers will be the first generation whose children will be worse off than they are.", "These always make me think about Plato hating on literacy because he thought it eroded the memory.", "Well, Sheldon while you're technically right what I meant was the ones that sent text and picture via satellite. Those were commercially available in the 1960's by a very little known Xerox corporation. :)", "Yah yeah. I can Wiki too. What I meant is the modern Xerox machine. They sent shit via satellite and were available since the 1960's.", "\"They\". The fact alone that you think in such terms sucks.", "\"Though history I bet every old man probably said the same thing, but old men die, and the world keep spinning\"", "We're currently at a point where more speed doesn't do much for us. The jump from dialup to DSL was huge. We went from a mostly text based web with slow loading graphics to streaming video. As speeds increased we were able to get higher quality video but we're currently at a point where there aren't many applications for faster internet speeds. If my internet connection was 100x faster I doubt that I would notice a difference.", "You guys are making me think I'll have lived through even better events when I'm 87. \n\n\"Granpappy, were you really born before the internet?\"\n\n\"You bet I was, kiddo.\"", "Bullshit I make my money unlike this old fuck playing in the dirt. My legacy will be through my offspring not a lame YouTube video someone finds of me jerking off in my backyard.", "Good catch", "Boy, you're an angry elf.", "\"Back in the good ole days\" - in 1929 \n\n\nI'm starting to think the \"good ole days\" are just whenever you were young.", "The little, \"Look at that\" right after he says that gets me.", "I remember my family gathering around to watch my brother soldier an additional 128KB of RAM into his computer, doubling the amount it had. Beastly!", "Am I the only one or is the audio & visual experience in this clip beyond apprehension?\n\nIt brings to mind the Norm McDonald joke:\n\n\"Years ago every guy had **one** picture of himself....50 years from now, 'Hey, you wanna see a 100,000 pictures of my great grandfather?\"\n\nThis short video gave me 100,000 pictures of manyone's grandfather. Respect.", "I can't remember which philosopher it was but one back in the bce complained about chalk and slate because, kids these days don't remember like the rest of us...", "Im pretty sure the first example of writing in history is a Karen complaining about an order called the Complaint Tablet.", "The video itself was recorded 92 years ago.\n\nThe man in the video was born in 1842 or 179 years ago\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1842", "\"The only radio in the air came from volcanoes and amos & andy\"", "[There's a book about that.](https://www.amazon.com/Victorian-Internet-Remarkable-Nineteenth-line/dp/162040592X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=victorian+internet&qid=1639608741&sr=8-1) If you were a telegram operator back then it was like having an instant messenger program with the other operators.", "And yet I can hear him clearer than the employee taking my order over the phone. Either the recording equipment + restoration are magic, or 21st century telecoms are cheating us out of decent audio quality. Hmmm", "And somehow managed to completely screw up the aspect ratio, too", "Karens were so powerful back then they got alcohol completely banned. They called the women they didn’t like witches and got them burned at the stake. There have always been Karens.", "This film was made a couple of months before the stock market crashed", "I live near hudson NY. A small town 2 hour drive north of nyc. There's whale signs all over the place. It used to be a big port town with whaling ships.\n\nNow the man is right every few months I see a big ship sailing the hudson. Usually transporting oil up near albany.", "\"We live in a world of change, but the trees are just the same as when I was a boy, only larger.\"\n\nWhat wonderful words.", "> That man was born before the American Civil War, talks about riding a horse and cart to school and lived long enough to see the invention of the telephone and airplanes. What a life.\n\nI mean, I'm not denying it's incredible to think about. But post-industrial revolution, basically every generation has gotten to see amazing advances in technology.\n\nLet's say this guy had a son at 40 years old. If he lived to 87 as well, he'd have seen the moon landing. \n\nEven if his son didn't, his grandchildren probably did. \n\nI'm only 34. There's been insane advances in technology between when I was born and today. Does it impress me? Of course. Does it \"blow my mind\", not at all. It's a natural progression in my mind.\n\n\nCurrently, my grandparents are actually older than this man, they're both 90 and still alive. \n\nThey've only really become \"blown away\" in the past 5 or so years. And to be fair, even by generational standards, tech kind of has made a exponential jump in that time period. At the very least in terms of affordability. \n\n \n\nThe further you go ahead in time, the more people will be \"amazed\" by the progression seen in a single generation. \n\n\nI bet 180 years from now, some teenager is going to be absolutely blown away by the fact that when I was born hardly anyone had a cell phone, they came in a briefcase, and it wasn't until I was like 18ish that a true \"smartphone\" came out. \n\nIf I live to 87 it will be a few weeks before 2075.\n\nIf someone watches a video of me at 87 years old, the equivalent of this video will be someone watching in 2255.", "The fuck man...I sure hope /s", "In America (just one country), within about 150 years. Heck I would think the generation before baby boomers that lived through the Great Depression and two world wars had it worse than their parents, but I can’t know for sure. Human history is filled with ups and downs.", "That man was just the right age to have fought in the civil war. Imagine having experienced that and then 50 years later hearing about World War I. \n\nAlso crazy fun fact: Orville Wright died in 1948, having lived through the advancement of planes through two world wars, seeing the first jets, and even seeing the sound barrier broken.", ">Trying to explain to kids these days what it was like to get lost (despite the weird hand drawn map and a Thomas guide) and then trying to find a payphone (shit, can I remember their phone number?) to get directions is incomprehensible to most people born after 2000.\n\nNot really. I have a younger cousin, he tends to understand that the technology we have today wasn't always around. It's not hard for them to understand that if they didn't have a map in their pocket they wouldn't be able to find their way around.\n\nThey can be surprised by the implications of certain things though, for example he seemed somewhat surprised by the idea of an answering machine as a distinct unit or machine. Not because he didn't understand it, it just never occurred to him that that would be a need people had before mobile phones.", "IIRC, our first computer was a 486 12mhz computer, had a 20mb hard drive, and either 256 or 512k of RAM. Had to play wolfenstein shrunk down a fair bit, and doom would only play the size of a postage stamp. \n\nAlso it cost $3000.\n\nNow I have a smart watch that puts that to absolute shame.", "hands are green lol.", "The audio was recorded directly off the sound itself instead of digitized audio. It literally records the vibrations in the air by puting groves onto a physical medium which when played re-creates the sound by vibrating the same way it was recorded. Phones and intercoms mute less audible tones in order to limit bandwidth usage. Recording software often saves the audio in a lossy format to save space. Same reason on hold music sounds like garbage and mp3s or lossy CD format never sound as good as a live performance.", "Reminds me of this quote:\n\n>Never underestimate the bandwidth of a truck full of hard-drives driving down the highway", "You mentioning the ticket tape reminds me he was about to see the great depression.", "ungrateful whippersnapper", "inactivity is what kills people.", "That is what it means, friendo. Halcyon days. The breeze of youth. The grand fandangling when you are able to jizz yards but unable to decide when. You know, them good ole days.", "Just realise that you've lived through the creation of the internet and mobile phones and are basically one of the last generations to even know first hand what it was like before we had the internet / mobile phones.\n\nThis is something I'm very aware of being mid 50's, no-one born for the last few of decades will be able to fully understand how different it was to not have a mobile phone on you and to not simply google to get an instant answer / info to anything or to listen to any music, watch any film, read any book without even getting out of bed if you want... \n\nNot having to walk to your mate's house, knock on the door, hope anyone was in and ask their parents if your mate is in and can they / do they want to come out to play", "around 45 baud.", "\"You drive a car much?\"\n\n\"Ohhhh no, no, I'm too old to get a license.\"\n\n​\n\nIf only modern 87 year olds felt this way", "Agreed.", "Description says it was an AI", "My grandpa was born that year. It’s interesting to notice similarities between the cadence of this guys voice and my grandparents. The way they talk almost has a musical quality compared to how modern people talk.", "Smallpox, tuberculosis, \"Spanish\" Flu, great depression, world wars, rationing, polio, lack of penicillin, to name a few. And then just imagine the extra social problems if you were Black, Jewish, Japanese, etc.\n\nEDIT: I forgot the boll weevil.", "Is that Bane's great-great-grandfather?", "I like the cut of your jib", "Why are old people always like this? Do you not want the world to advance in technology? Am I going to be like this when im 87?\n\n​\n\nAm I going to say kids have it too easy with their smart phone brain implants where everyone can solve any math problem without any education?... Back in my day we had to google it!!!", "To be honest I don’t think the majority of my high school students have a clue how to use maps on their phones.", "1 Terabit speeds have been achieved in laboratory settings. It's only a matter of time before consumer grade tech catches up.", "Kids these days have always had it too good. Even in ancient Greece.\n\n“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.”\n- Socrates (469–399 B.C.)", "Excuse you? Nanni was not a karen, he was a perfectly fine man. Ea-Nasir was a fucking charlatan and the Complaint Tablet is only one of several that he kept in his own fucking house to laugh at on the regular. To say nothing of how he treated Gimil-Sin!\n\nPlus, it wasn't just copper. Ea-Nasir was a renowned crook in real estate too, or even resale items, and basic utilities and tools like kitchenware. The man was in every business being shoddy and shady as hell. Don't drag Nanni through the mud like this when Ea-Nasir was the 45 of Babylon.", "I think the difference between living in 1840 vs 1929 is much greater than 1929 to now.\n\nObviously there are big differences, but in 1929 for many people your alarm would wake you up in the morning, you would turn on the lights and have a hot shower, you would get dressed, turn on the radio, get some food out of the fridge/ice box, eat breakfast and then drive or take a bus/train to work. You would make phone calls and get news updates throughout the day, and you could listen to your favourite music whenever you wanted on your grammaphone. If you got sick you went to a doctor who had been to college and prescribed actual medicine and washed his hands...Your kids probably went to school until grade 12 and studied a standard curriculum. Obviously things moved much slower but compared to 1840...\n\n...when you would wake up with the sunrise (or a rooster, or a guy you hired to wake you up), light a candle or oil lamp, boil water for a shave/sponge bath, eat what was in season or whatever you grew and then walk or ride a horse to work. You probably didn't read a newspaper regularly unless you were a well-off city dweller, and your news was gossip and word of mouth. And the only music you heard was whatever you or your family could play or sing, and at social events when there were live bands...And if you got sick it was a tossup whether your local doctor had been to medical school or barber college....", "Man, I always ask myself “am I challenged when it comes to directions or am I just lazy because gps apps are so convenient?” Like, I consider myself pretty damn smart but I can’t know left from right if I had a damn compass in my hand. \n\nIt is nice being a 90s baby being able to brag about knowing what life was like before “the internet was in your hand.” Looking back I remember printing Mapquest directions (but was never old enough to drive). That must’ve been awful lol", "I feel bad about this topic cuz you’re totally right but at the same time it must feel pretty emasculating (or powerless? A reality check? I know that’s not the right word but I can’t think of one that evokes the same feeling) when being told you can’t drive anymore. \n\nMy grandfather is like 84 years old and almost killed himself falling asleep on the road. Family took his license away. Dude is losing it but every time we talk he tells me how much he misses driving. I know damn well if my family didn’t have control of his life (for his own good at this point) that he would probably still be on the road.", "The future is unevenly distributed. When I was a kid in the 80’s my parents had a party-line…. We didn’t get a private line until the early 90’s.\n \nAnd my mom’s family had a fence-phone(?) when she was growing up on the prairies in the 50’s/60’s. I think it was a phone line that was run along the fence instead of on poles.", "This was something I was always amazed with about my grandparents. My grandma grew up with a horse and cart like that. They didn't have a car. The Wright Brothers had only just had their first flight. She lived to see smart phones. 2 world wars, the moon landing, the internet... that's more change in just her lifetime than we've had in most of human existence.", "My group of friends main hang out spot was purposely near a pay phone and we all had the pay phone number memorized as well as everyone else’s phone numbers. Crazy to think of. I mean even the sheer number of pay phones around and we used to check the coin slot every time we passed one in case someone forgot a quarter.", "Yeah, I think we will be like that. I think on average, people prefer what they are familiar with. Imagining the next generation's lifestyle being unrecognizable is not pleasant for a lot of people.", "Yep and I used to call my friends and family all the time on the weekend. I had like 20+ numbers memorized when I was a teenager. Now I can't even recall my own sometimes.", "If this was filmed in 2016, why would it be filmed originally in that black in white camera? There was much better camera technology only 5 years ago, you'd figure they would want to produce a higher quality memoriam for this man.", "Family member leaves to go somewhere? You just gotta hope they come back", "Human evolution\n\nNot taking directions well and getting in arguments with your partner/passenger is a constant value in the universe\n\nSo we must adapt", "Thank you. It always bothers me that some people can be very against judging people for one immutable trait they were born on principle but another one is fine.", "He also lived through WWI, the Spanish Flu, and depending on how many years he lived after this video was made, he would have also lived into the Great Depression.", "Ahhh... Each generation feels the same way, that \"kids nowadays have it too easy\". It's all perspective. It's like years ago, me teaching my grandmother how to program her VCR... My grandaughter recently helped me set up my new phone. Technology changes faster than we do. :)", "Bullshit, clickbait title.\n\nHe did not think people had it too good with typewriters and telegrams. He just mentioned that he never had those things.\n\nIt tells you a lot about Reddit when people react to the title of the post and not the content.", "yeah it sucks, I wonder if this sends of isolation/powerlessness is less pronounced in places without such dominant car culture and car-dependent infrastructure. Cars represent independence in places where they are the only real mode of transportation.", "486 was 16mhz when it came out (though the turbo button would lower it to 12mhz). My 286 had a 20mb drive and 1mb of ram so crazy to think a 486 would have that. \n\nI bought a 130mb drive right before Doom came out - which was a lot for a HS kid to buy but wasn't a crazy capacity.\n\nMaybe your parents overpaid for that PC so they kept it around a long time. Those specs and price seem awful!", "I remember Plato.", "My grandpa, long deceased, was born ten or so years before, and also spoke with so much more tonal and pitch variation. As a very young child I often thought he seemed to be performing, as tho making a speech, but he had no air of self-consciousness, and I eventually realized he was simply different from other people I knew. He never watched TV (it was against his religious views), which probably helped him maintain his older habits of speech.", "\\*woik", "Lol. How many of us are going to be this healthy and present at 87? He is the way he is because of \"woik\", having to do things and then doing them. We have a lot less things we have to do, and we get/have to stop doing them much sooner.", "Lol. Easy to say until they all start getting plastic surgery to look like Justin Beiber and gluing cats to their necks. Mark my words sonny boy....", "If we ever need more motivation to make our cities walkable, bikeable, and to strengthen our public transit, let's think about that moment when we cannot car anymore in a world made for cars. \n\n\nDisempowering is a good word for what you're talking about. Maybe even infantilizing, given how much we tie our maturity to getting a driver's license, as teens.", "Dit dit da dit da da da dit, MFer.", "I quite like the way you can't remember. I wanna tell you but it's better this way.", "Nobody cared who I was until I put in the woik.", "Great point!", "Finally someone got it!", "Better than this decrepit old man who poisoned our land", "This is 11 year old mes memories, so I'm not 100% on the price", "You'll always prefer the music you listened to as a teenager. The TV. The artwork. The books. The celebrities. The style of movies etc. Same way your great-grandparents would have far preferred a dull, possibly soundless black and white \"comedy\" movie that involves some minor slapstick and nothing more outrageous than a woman tied to some train tracks. Probably even the WAY to play that media (vinyl, VHS, DVD, etc.)\n\nYour ability to learn will decline and the new stuff will seem overly complicated to you for no real advantage (you won't be looking to checkout in a shop in the quickest time possible any more) when you are already familiar with the old stuff that worked perfectly well for you. It's no more complicated, in reality, but when you have to remove the old way of doing things and learn the new, it's a barrier in old age.\n\nYou will see kids doing things and you'll know there are risks involved (e.g. relying on electronic money, using the Internet, having a self-driving car, etc.) but you won't realise that they have spent their lives dealing only with those risks and not more serious ones, so you decry kids doing those things which you can't understand and which you personally consider risky.\n\nYou won't be able to consciously take advantage of the advances, even if you're alive because of them, but you will see the ever-present risks from a lifetime of experience.\n\nIf you haven't noticed all generations suffer this, probably for thousands upon thousands of years. Others have quoted but it's documented in ancient Roman and Greek cultures just the same.\n\nAfter the fourth, fifth, sixth such technology, people lose the ability to learn it effectively and quickly, and they already understand and compensate for the flaws in their existing technology, and they realise that they've been through so many technology changes just to play The White Album again and they tire of it.\n\nCouple with witnessing the stupidity of politics, history repeating itself, less and less and effect on other people's lives (e.g. your grandkids don't listen to you and only spend a small amount of their lives around you), less and less interaction with like-minded people (as the population ages, the family moves away, etc. etc.), and it becomes an inevitable slide to the stalwart thinking - and that's not meant in a bad way, that's the way that humans cope with that kind of event happening to them, the decline of high-level cognitive abilities, etc. They cling to what's familiar and \"easy\" and already-learned and sufficient in order to survive.\n\nImagine your great-grandma having to pay all her bills online in the later years of her life and having no other way to do it. She wouldn't have coped. That's how you'll be in 50 years time when all the kids are all paying via quantum interplanetary hologram blockchain and you don't understand how it works and just want to pay in \"ordinary\" Bitcoin because that was the last such technology that you understood.", "Well if yer not that articulated already I've got bad news for ye", "They didn't ask him about the Civil War? He was 19 when it began...", "Old men yelled at cloud even back in 1929", "most of us will also go on at length about how heartless and stupid the \"others\" are and then loudly state all of the horrific things we wish on them.", "> 100x faster I doubt that I would notice a difference\n\nI would only when downloading something big, like a game.\n\nHaving lower ping to places farther away would be a noticeable improvement. \n\nDownload and Upload would allow me to do something things I do some times to be instantaneous instead of making me wait... but I just do something else while waiting.", "Also diet type and quality. \n\nThis guy ate what we'd consider the most hipster, ritzy, expensive kind of food possible. Organic, free range, heirloom, biodiverse, grass fed, hormone free, antibiotic free, small batch, locally sourced, farm to table, lol whatever buzz word you can think of...", "Who do you think pushed Prohibition around this guy's time?", "> Had to play wolfenstein shrunk down a fair bit\n\nSomething was wrong there, [there was no 486 at 12 MHz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I486#Models).\n\n[Here it is playing on a 10 MHz 286](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gvz6PMtEuU), which is how I first played it.", "**I486** \n \n [Models](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I486#Models) \n \n >There are several suffixes and variants. (see the table). Other variants include: Intel RapidCAD: a specially packaged Intel 486DX and a dummy floating-point unit (FPU) designed as pin-compatible replacements for an i386 processor and 80387 FPU. i486SL-NM: i486SL based on i486SX.\n \n^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/videos/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)", "> With the introduction of CPUs which ran faster than the original **4.77 MHz** Intel 8088 used in the IBM Personal Computer, programs which relied on the CPU's frequency for timing were executing faster than intended. Games in particular were often rendered unplayable. To provide some compatibility, the \"turbo\" button was added. Disengaging turbo mode slows the system down to a state compatible with original 8086/8088 chips.\n\nI think OP misremembered the 12 MHz stat.", "Totally disagree.\n\nOne simple point: if you're talking average person a good bit less that 20% in 1840 were rural vs about 50% in 1920. Half the people in 1920 were living in rural communities nothing like what you're describing, they were living MUCH more like the 1840 person.\n\nNow it's over 80%.\n\n[Rural population over time.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Urban_and_rural_populations_in_the_United_States_%28US_Census_Bureau_%281790_to_2010%29%29%2C_OWID.svg/1200px-Urban_and_rural_populations_in_the_United_States_%28US_Census_Bureau_%281790_to_2010%29%29%2C_OWID.svg.png)\n\nThe access to information/communication the average person has now compared to 1929 is fucking insane!\n\nAlso consider the outlook of women and minorities, their rights and freedoms in 1840 vs 1929 vs 2020.", "Its no excuse to not eat healthy nowadays.\n\nYou can buy frozen vegetables and meat which can be cooked to taste almost as good as fresh and equally as nutritious. People just suck at cooking and cook their shit for too long with no seasoning until its mush. Then they think that frozen produce is some inferior second grade stuff when really its a no-prep time, easy and cheap way to eat healthily.\n\nThats just one example, you also have beans, lentils, eggs, canned stuff all of which requires little effort and little investment to make healthy meals out of.\n\nThat dude also probably had many winters where there was little food to eat and the diet was preserves and dry bread. That free range meat he may have had once per month at most.\n\nThere really is no excuse to be a slob and eat processed shit nowadays.", "I circle jerk agree with everything you said, lol.", "More bandwidth won't actually affect your ping that much. The signal travels at the speed of light plus a short delay for every hop it takes along the way. Even a direct fiber connection between the US and Australia would have a 60ms latency.", "Some sort of technological advancement that did reduce ping would be a noticeable improvement though, that's all I'm saying.", "And quite possibly, worse.\n\nDepending on how old you are and how much global warming does to us in the next 50.", "Oh man. \n\nBack then, kids coming home an hour late with no communication was annoying, but common enough.\n\nToday, people track their kids in real time, and it's become normalized to the point that I'm the asshole because I won't install it on my kids' phones.", ">I'm the asshole because I won't install it on my kids' phones. \n\nWhose in your circle. Sounds helicoptery \n\nI personally cant see much of a reason to gps track kids. Other than finding their lost phone\n\nIf they're lost, then can use their phone themselves\n\nA kidnapper would toss their phone\n\nIf they're young kids, then they're not going anywhere anyway\n\nIf they're teens, you're just teaching them that you don't trust them and to leave their phones behind", "I think it's a lot simpler than that.\n\nMy dad complained about my generation being lazy and disrespectful and uncivilized.\n\nMy grandfather complained about my father and his friends as not wanting to work hard and having it so good and having so much free time.\n\nI would presume my great-grandfather would have similar words.\n\nWe progress as a civilization and intentionally make things easier for not only ourselves, but for our kids and those that come after. And then we become older and aren't part of the population that is driving the new ideas anymore, and get frustrated at the things younger people are doing because we don't understand and we don't *get* it. We did the same rebellion against our parents' music and shows and clothes when we were young because we wanted our own stuff. But too many of us forget that. And then we bitch about it all.\n\nNot everyone, of course! But as I've gotten older and have caught myself feeling this way, I constantly have to tell myself this and try to put it into perspective. \n\nI know for a fact that I am far more \"entitled\" than my father. But it's his own damn fault - he gave me more than he ever received and I never knew any different. And I am doing the same for my kids. \n\nThe internet is a driver of this and is possibly speeding it up, but it's analogous to the role TV played before that, and radio before that. \n\nWhile this might seem self-evident to many people, it wasn't to me until not too many years ago. And since then, I've become a lot less concerned with what \"the zoomers\" are doing, and have noticed my political views have also shifted leftwards by much more than I ever would have expected a decade ago.", "You're confusing moral blame with personal responsibility. \n\nMorally they aren't to blame. They're victims of the society before them and their time. \n\nFactually they had a responsibility to DO BETTER than they did and still do. They had and still do have the political power/resources to DO BETTER and either choose willful ignorance or even worse knowingly choose not to. \n\nFact is they've fucked a shit ton of stuff up from global warming to shitty economy largely due to the misuse of their votes and resources and hand waving that responsibility away is down right irresponsible. \n\nThe point of acknowledging the faults of the previous generation is to recognize that we as our generation can do better. Those who ignore the past are doomed to repeat it.", "It would be nice, but we're currently limited by the laws of physics. We are almost at the limit of what we can do to reduce latency already. We will see some incremental improvements but nothing really dramatic.", "Maybe, like DLSS, we could use AI to \"predict\" input well enough to lower perceived ping, even if actual ping isn't affected.", "lol you're right", "You're right, I remember now it was a 286.", "I remember now it was a 286", "Nope, I forgot it was a 286, not a 486.", "Sweet! Those were tanks and seemed to hang around a long time.", "It certainly hung around too long for my preference as a kid, lol. I wanted one of those sweet 486s.", "Hmm i wonder what the older generation said about the youth of their day during like the great depression. Or world war 2. Were they still like \"kids got it too good\" or did they move on to the \"kids these days have no respect\" or did the cliche of bitching about the younger generation go out of fashion in thise years.", "I'm even more interested now how that happened" ]
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87 year old in 1929 thinks kids his days have it too good with their typewriters and telegrams
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[ "It's clear to see that whoever is in charge of development, hasn't played the previous games to see what made them so popular.\n\nIn Battlefield V, they just needed to do what they did with BF1 and adapt it to WWII. Design a few maps, vehicles, weapons and single career mode and they would be set. But nope, they had to screw it up by trying to copy other games.\n\nSame thing on this BF. They just needed to use the last successful BF (BF1) and add content from all previous versions. Some remastering of all previous versions if you will. Add a bit of science fiction weapons, maps and vehicles and they would have a successful game. But nope, they had to be fancy again.\n\nIt's clear for everyone to see that players love previous versions. Heck, BF3, BF4 and BF1 still have thousands of players online after all these years. Just do a remaster of all these into one and you'll have an instant success.", "refreshing to see someone who see's through all this bullshit we call new video games..... they're all getting worse and these companies are trying to just take take take.... the gaming experience is getting shittier and shittier", "why in the world do I want to watch a 60 min video of someone whining" ]
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20-Year Battlefield Veteran Reviews Battlefield 2042 for 1 hour
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[ "i love these old commercial collections; memories from my youth are mostly gone and these always bring something back.", "Hey, it’s the Kazoo kid on the Welch’s commercial!", "I absolutely love the coke commercial at 7:45 with the polar bears. The lack of dialogue, the sound of the snow crunching…it’s so tranquil." ]
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https://youtu.be/ua_uBUoaHvI?t=307
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[ "5:12. He bombed, in more ways than one.", "God he’s just effortlessly funny that James.", "r/conan", "Thanks /u/nbcmarketingteam !", "[ **Jump to 05:12 @** James Acaster Soiled Himself After Performing Stand-Up for Conan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua_uBUoaHvI&t=0h5m12s)\n \n ^(Channel Name: Late Night with Seth Meyers, Video Length: [07:57])^, [^Jump ^5 ^secs ^earlier ^for ^context ^@05:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua_uBUoaHvI&t=0h5m7s) \n \n----------------------------------------------------------------------------- \n \n ^^Downvote ^^me ^^to ^^delete ^^malformed ^^comments. [^^Source ^^Code](https://github.com/ankitgyawali/reddit-timestamp-bot) ^^| [^^Suggestions](https://www.reddit.com/r/timestamp_bot)", "Our network is better for firing Conan!", "James always struck me as one of those comedians that is actually incredibly depressed and uses comedy as a facade. I know there are a lot of comedians like that, but with James I always found his humor hitting a bit differently.\n\nHe's brilliant on TV though. One of my top favorite contestants on Taskmaster.", "Listen to him on Off Menu, he seems fine there. He might have some mental health issues but he has some good friends to tease him about them.", "Watching James Acaster is always a bit strange. On one hand, his delivery and mannerisms are good, but what he has to say is not funny at all. This one misses the mark even more than usual, since he shouldn't really have anything against Conan. Conan didn't make him shit himself. Conan did nothing wrong.", "That's the joke, that he acts like Conan isn't that well known or well loved. If he did it about someone less likeable you would be able to go along with it and it just becomes shittalking. But everyone knows Conan is a decent guy. Acaster has this other bit where he is a sworn enemy of a very innocent looking child: https://youtu.be/ct40CLTCC7A?t=218", "His special Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 covers this a bit. In short: you are right, but he is actively getting help. Outstanding special and worth checking out.", "Oh right, this one. Not my kind of humor I suppose then.", "I think James Acaster's popularity in the UK comes down to the fact that he's a bit of an everyman, but only because every man in the UK is a bit autistic or knows someone who is a bit autistic.\n\nSeriously. Everyman in the UK knows someone like James Acaster or are themselves James Acaster. He's like Porridge. He's in all our kitchens but most of us wish he wasn't.", "this guy is a struggle to get through", "Seth absolutely did not watch his comedy special", "listen to his [Vulture podcast with Jesse David Fox](https://www.stitcher.com/show/good-one-a-podcast-about-jokes/episode/james-acasters-great-british-bake-off-83370199) something - he had a really good outlook on working through things before taking them on tour which seems healthier than that of the guy he replaced in Cinderella", "I don't like that even fooling!", "His Conan set is pretty good tbf. But after watching this I kept noticing his hand hovering around his stomach.", "Seth meyer?", "James Acaster. Idk if he’s funny elsewhere but here it just doesn’t come across funny. You hate Conan because you pooped your pants after his show from eating at a bad food truck before going to his show? That’s your bit? Idk, just feels lazy and boring to me", "Who did he replace?", "If you replace the word \"autistic\" with \"evangelical Christian\" and \"James Acaster\" with \"Jim Gaffigan\" you'd have the American version of this statement.", "Listening to James Acaster to me is like someone rubbing my hand against a cheese grater. It’s just very unpleasant", "Video from Conan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGp4qGNvb24", "Alex: \"Hi James!\"\n\nJames:\n\n^^^Me: ^^^derp", "He is right.... you can tell. Those are poop sweats for sure", "John Mulaney", "Sounds like you just might not like sarcastic and dry British humor. \n\nJames is good at it, but it's a very common style with all the major hitting points: mundane story, self deprecation, sarcasm, repetition.", "The comment was just about James Acaster?", "Yeah I’d agree that this is not the best way to be introduced to him, tbh. If I wasn’t already familiar with him I don’t think this interview would encourage me to find out more of him.", "Sorry i misread it.\n\nI honestly don't know how i did.", "He's been in America 20 mins and he's already saying 'butt'. Lame.", "r/hailcorporate", "I did think that when he said \"It's about the last few years of your life\", which is about the most generic description you could give to Cold Lasagna Hate Myself 1999. Obviously you don't want to bum audiences out or anything like that, but it's a lot more about the fragility of mental health and that sort of thing than simply about what James has been up to.", "I haven't watched NBC since Conan left.", "I mean I'm an Acaster fan, but I thought it was a good performance been before I knew the back story.", "He's like someone trying to tell me 15 stories all at once yet somehow it comes out as one, I love him.", "There's a Perfect Sound's episode where he opens up about it. He had a really dark patch a few years ago in which he said he started to consider killing himself. He said it scared him and that's when he seeked professional help. It seems to be an on-going process with him as it is with all of us.", "I can't believe you had a chance to use 'sought' in a sentence and just blew right by it! It's one of my top 10 conjugations", "I think he’s just a bit nervous In both scenarios here, he is undoubtedly hilarious", "This guy, Michael McIntyre and James Corden are a blight upon comedy.", "You don't like British actors and comedians?", "Look you're going to have to list them now!", "No, I really do like it. Ive happily watched British humour since I was a kid. He’s just not good. It’s surface level observations of things", "All those comedians are pretty surface level with their material. They’re bland in how inoffensive they are. I’ll take Jimmy Carr, Sean Lock, Frankie Boyle, or Reeves and Mortimer over them any day", "Its funny because he shit his trousers. Comedy gold!", "God damn it, I knew 'seeked' sounded wrong but 'sought' must have briefly fallen from my vocabulary.", "Alex not Greg", "But james gaffigan isn’t an evangelical Christian?", "I like Stuart Lee, Jonathan Pie, Sean Lock (may he rest in Peace). You know, people whose comedy is actually based on actual life problems, not stupid gags and preschool level jokes.", "In no particular order:\n\n* Hanged vs hung - when you're swinging from a noose it's always \"hanged\" but in almost every other case it's \"hung\". Which gives us [the line from blazing saddles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdExsAQuCQA)\n\n* Seeked vs sought - it just sounds nice and fancy\n\n* Courts-Martial vs Court-Martials. When you have a compound noun with an adjective is the second part, you pluralise the noun. Lieutenants-General. Paedofinders-General. Procurators-Fiscal\n\n* Snuck - We, the People, realised 'sneaked' sounds shit so we just made up a whole new irregular verb to fuck with foreigners.\n\n* In Scottish English you usually use a 't' instead of 'ed' - skint/skinned, burnt/burned\n\n\nI lied about there being a top 10, but I gave it a red hot go", "I guess it’s better to be transparent but holy shit lol", "Exactly! “I pooped my pants!”, “It’s a bin, not a waste paper basket!”... comedy, riiight.", "I like these. These could have featured on a [M&W Grammar Nazi skit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmVnr7rsWrE)", "No wider net than \"it has lots of jokes\"", "d'oh", "This seems like a great idea tbh", "Well they are both shite so there is that. The shite bucket, if you will.", "I’ll have to watch this later.", "Correct, thats also a major staple of British humor. Taking boring things and making jokes. \n\nThey've got a whole panel show about unscrambling words, the most boring airplane puzzle book game ever.", "“He’s just not good” he says about the legitimately world famous comedian.", "It's amy schumer level with the \"get it I poooed\" over and over again.", "In English English too. Don't forget about smelt/smelled!", "Seth and James will be here, waiting for you.", "Oh man I sure hope Jonathan Pie shouts at the camera for 5 minutes after the next tory scandel, never gets old 🤞🤞🤞", "Which side of the grater? Stupid question, obviously BIG HOLES!", ">In Scottish English you usually use a 't' instead of 'ed' - skint/skinned, burnt/burned\n\nThe second example (and many others) is just British English. I've never heard of \"skint\" for \"skinned\" though, \"skint\" has an entirely different meaning. Where in Scotland do they say that?", "I feel like a PR firm is pushing this guy really hard, but to me his humour is really bland.", "Everywhere! As in- I'm totally skint, I've skint my knee, that disturbed kid at school skint a cat behind the bike sheds", "> I'm totally skint\n\nThat's a different word though right, \"skint\" is used all over Britain and isn't a form of \"skinned\".", "It is, it's just an irregular form of it!", "Meaning \"I'm skinned of cash\"? Huh TIL.", "Yeah if you think like a skinned person is down to their bones, then there's certainly nowt in their pockets.", "We say smelt and burnt here in the US, although smelt is probably MOSTLY used in the adage \"whoever smelt it dealt it\". Burnt is generally an adjective, instead of being used as a past tense verb, as in: I burned the bread. Now it's burnt toast.", "\nI think we all get what he means" ]
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James Acaster tells Seth Meyers why he is happy Conan O'Brien isn't on NBC anymore
https://youtu.be/G87lRPbBeAo
/r/videos/comments/rh3nms/i_built_an_autonomous_sonar_boat_to_scan_lake/
[ "What was there yo?", "That was pretty cool. Really like how it stepped through the mistakes and discovery process, made the final deliverable all the more valuable.", "I just wanted to comment on the audio.\nI felt the balance was off soo much that I actually wanted to comment here.\nThe speaking is too quiet compared to the music. I gave up on watching anymore after about halfway through and constantly turning it way up to hear the speaking only to get blasted by bassy beats - turning it back down, to miss the next first few words spoken.", "That's a super cool project and the end result was better than I expected. I could see this being a fun hobby until you find your local serial killer's favorite dumping lake.", "what is your lake monster policy?", "I'm not sure where you are located, but you may want to reach out to Adventures With Purpose, search them on YT.", "Why didn't he start out with a RC boat? Also would it be possible to make a 3D model of the bottom of the lake with the sonar data?", "What RC boat would have been better than a purpose built one? Yes you can make 3d models of the bottom.", "Thanks hadn't heard of them before. Very interesting channel." ]
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I built an autonomous sonar boat to scan lake bottoms for sunken treasure!
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rh4f5m/deleted_by_user/
/r/videos/comments/rh4f5m/deleted_by_user/
[ "I’m pretty sure the base commander was the imprisoned millionaire in a different skit.", "I love Autistic News Reporter Skits. The onion is hilarious.", "This is the best onion gag I've seen in a really long time", "have you seen the prison one ?", "no, can you link it?", "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D04wb7P_v-4", "haha, great. thanks", ">042240comments\n\n\"Make sure the cashier is dead..\" I'm dying!", "That's my fav too. He gets so excited.", "Honestly, I think I would love the brutal honesty and relentless nitpicking at loose threads that we would get from this IRL.", "I love the summary at the end. I nearly choked laughing at that!", "The acting on the Onion News Network is purely phenomenal.", "\n\"can you stack your family?!\"", "I need to find more sketches with this guy!", "His train bit has always been my favorite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tInDH2FeXaM", "I’d like to demand autistic reporters in real life. They’d be the most non-partisan.", "Pure genius! Love this!", "Not to get too cerebral but this reporter is like the version of the press is like in Robert Heinlein’s Stranger In A Strange Land. Total objectivity and no personal spin (although killing Ryan at work might stretch the point!) LOL", "It's a really old one actually. It never hurts to go down the onion rabbit hole every few years and catch up on things you missed. I still like to revisit the interview with the writer of Fast and Furious.", "Too much politics, I guess -- I literally misread this and expected an OAN report. \nFunny, ONN seems more unbiased - especially this guy!", "We'll let you know if he made it back alright", "I do not like it here. I am Michael Faulk.", "Wtf is this mad tv ?", "The Onion. They used to make videos.", "I really like the missing hikers one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5ROoNT7-ZI", "Is this old? I can't imagine imitating people with autism as comedy being considered ok these days.\n\nEdit: I'm not offended by it. It was pretty funny. I was just surprised when I thought the autism was also an act.", "Thank you Michael\n\nY E S\n\nI t s n o w t i m e f o r b u s i n e s s n e w s\n\n…alright. Ok.", "I love the missing hikers one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5ROoNT7-ZI&list=RDtInDH2FeXaM&start\\_radio=1", "No this is Patrick", "If Barack Obama dies, it will make them sad. \n\nIf Ryan dies, it won't make them sad.\n\nIf teacher dies, it won't make them sad or not sad.\n\nIt doesn't make sense.", "This guy is John Cariani, who's a Broadway actor but also the writer of *Almost, Maine*, which is produced constantly in high schools and colleges.", "\"I saw 4 red cars today\"", "it was posted today and it went okay", "The autistic reporter character is really the hero of the piece, though. He's the one skewering the absurdity of war, and it's from the point of view of his neurodivergence. He's not the butt of the joke.", "\"Attend training camp\"\n\nSounds fun, I'll bring the s'mores!", "Look at it with some objectivity. The Onion is satire, so if you're offended, you're not the target audience.", "I can assure you, there are *many* autistic reporters in real life. They're just not so easy to spot cause they're not exaggerated caricatures, and they aren't necessarily non-partisan either. :)\n\nThose sketches are amazing though.", "The dude is not portrayed as stupid. In the skit he's failing to understand the absurdity which neurotypical people consider \"obvious\".", "It's fine. Believe it or not, we can laugh at ourselves and don't need anyone else to be offended on our behalf.", "How the Onion manages to make a whole sketch about autistic people all while never punching down at them or even making fun of them is beyond me.", "Trying to imagine how the people known for the most rigid thinking wouldn't be partisan", "And another classic Onion routine: Jim Haggerty 'Porkin Across America'\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwQns6vGfj4&list=PL4NL9i-Fu15jdlr2KQf\\_lyhXl5f0PFnzF", "I don't know if I would call him a reporter, but we already have Ben Shapiro and its not working out as well as you think it would...", "I've seen those sketches posted on autism subreddits before and people absolutely loved them... You're really calling them idiots cause they found this funny? What the fuck is wrong with you?\n\nI'm not gonna pretend like it's not a controversial subject to turn into comedy, but it ***is*** comedy. We're allowed to laugh.\n\nOf course not all real autistic people act like this or have the same traits, autism is a spectrum. Why are you calling this character stupid btw, how is he stupid? Everyone else around him is stupid.", "I'm autistic, too. The man in this video isn't being portrayed as stupid, he's being (fairly accurately) portrayed as being a socially inept and emotionally stunted, and it's in no way offensive. I've found myself in trouble for pointing out similar hypocrisies (\"How can you take a moral issue with veal and lamb, but not other meats?\"). He's the \"hero\" of the bit, the joke isn't on his inability to understand moral relativism, it's on the soldiers inability to understand the irony of the situation. \n\nAlso; It's a spectrum, not a singular condition. You can't expect every depiction, real or acted, to perfectly line up with your limited experiences.", "Oh that is different. I got the impression the autism was an act.", "Haha. True true", "I always think of that object permanence one.", "Truly this skit is the pinnacle of acting, I can’t think of anything better.", "I can’t believe I had to scroll down this far to find this opinion. This skit is mocking autism. The entire conceit of the joke only works if you’re laughing at the guy’s lack of understanding.", "Yes, but the video wants people to laugh at him. The Onion is a comedy site", "Your personal experience with a single autistic person does not make you an expert on autism.", "Masking: not just for covid!", "I thought it was Ben Shapiro", "He's the Jesus of this sketch.", "\"We'll let you know in a few days if he made it back alright.\"", "I auditioned for Almost, Maine once!", "Jesus this is the best skit ever - I died laughing", "I mean, it’s making fun of autism quite a bit", ".....aaaaaaand I just realized my son is autistic...", "That's because it's still just a small minority of people with bullhorns who care about acting offended, even in present day.", "The actor playing him is not autistic, if that’s what you’re wondering", "Hahahah these are so good!", "seems to be a fair amount of people with autism in the comments who appreciate the joke and enjoy the humour", "Jesus christ you need to take a breath and actually view the media for what it is.", "This is like a reddit conversation", "I know it’s not a video but I die laughing every time I reread the onion article “why do all these homosexuals keep sucking my cock?”\n\n[article link](https://www.theonion.com/why-do-all-these-homosexuals-keep-sucking-my-cock-1819583529)", "\"We'll let you know in a couple of days whether he made it back alright.\"\n\n🤣🤣🤣", "Remember when it was a newspaper? Or even a nice website that didn't just have slideshows and \"news in brief\" articles?", "I worked with a Robert Faulk - I can only assume the brother he mentions.", "so wrong, and yet so right", "Actshually it is making fun of so called normal people.", "The autistic reporter skits are some of the best.", "People have listed the other ones. Here is jail interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D04wb7P_v-4", "> Trying to imagine how the people known for the most rigid thinking wouldn't be partisan\n\nFacts not emotions.\n\nThey would be likely to be left leaning, since as a great man once said, reality has a left leaning bias.", "My favorite part is with the US Commander and the chart of people they're sad vs. not sad about dying and seeing Barack Obama and his coworker Ryan on the same list lmao", "One of those girls was the lead in Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2 U.", "Was he from Lansing, MI?", "\"They put a bag on my head to take me to the safe house which made me stop thinking.\"\n\nThis guy's delivery is fantastic! :)", "[Little Boy Heroically Shoots, Mutilates Burglar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDWo6m5hbG4)\n\n[VIRAL VIDEO: High School Sophomore Sinks Incredible, Unnecessary Half-Court Shot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvb8Skhd0nQ)\n\nTheir child actors are great.", "I have a newspaper saved in my garage. From around the time of \"Evil Genius Gates to drop Windows '98 in NYC Water Supply.\"", "That whole skit is one of the funniest things I've seen on youtube. And let's not even start on the newsfeed of that skit:\n\n''Bailiff rims judge in chambers.''\n\n''Netflix to begin streaming porn downloads when CEO's wife is out of town.''\n\n''Rescue St. Bernards eats avalanche victim''", "That was so incredibly inappropriate on so many levels and yet hilarious. Wow. Pushing the envelope with that.", "I have the two huge Onion table books with their original articles, such as \"HOLY SHIT, MAN LANDS ON FUCKING MOON!\". An example of one of their greatest website articles was from 1998, \"[Why Do All These Homosexuals Keep Sucking My Cock?](https://www.theonion.com/why-do-all-these-homosexuals-keep-sucking-my-cock-1819583529)\".\n\nThey have a history of great articles and writing, but they had to change to videos because the current generation has the attention span of a hey wanna ride bikes?", "WAS HE GOOD AT JENGA?", "cloooose yaaa, Wiiiscooonsin", "If only he understood humor", "What the hell was this?", "Most people don't like non-partisans. I can attest to that. They say they do, but they don't. When push comes to shove the thinking that if you're not helping or supporting their favorite party then you're hurting it takes over. When you find enough flaws in every political party to be aligned with none, the majority who are aligned with one tend to find you flawed, and the shots come from every angle. People won't watch TV of people they despise unless they're being ridiculed in some way, and good luck getting a job at a major company without any allies. \"Non-partisan reporter\" may as well be an oxymoron.", "That's a classic. My favourite is probably \"Why Can't Anyone Tell I'm Wearing This Business Suit Ironically?\"\n\n[link](https://www.theonion.com/why-cant-anyone-tell-im-wearing-this-business-suit-iron-1819584239)", "Maybe, but my ASD train-obsessed son absolutely loves [this Michael Falk news report.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjuVVlSgYLc)", "My teenage son is autistic and I can't tell you how hilaifously accurate this is.", "diantres", "Same! I have \"Our Dumb Century,\" \"Ad Nauseum,\" and \"Dispatches From the Tenth Circle\" as well as a nice box full of old newspapers and actual article clippings. Makes me miss their finest reporting. Not that I don't enjoy the videos sometimes, but it isn't the same and I miss what it used to be.", "This is how debating on reddit feels like.", "Lol I know this is the Onion, but it's funny to me that they introduced the soldier as a Sergeant First Class, while he's wearing a Staff Sergeant rank on his hat, and the display that shows on the screen lists him as a Corporal.\n\nSame w the Colonel in the next scene. Wearing a Colonel rank, but is introduced, and has the display on screen saying he's a Major.", "The left turn with his Taliban interview had me fucking rolling.", "dude even the children actors are incredible. \"fat kid who avoids ridicule by swimming with his shirt\" is old but i'll never forget it.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH7kKnHpgus", "[Brain-Dead Teen, Only Capable Of Rolling Eyes And Texting, To Be Euthanized](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGXSPf9b-xI)", "Man, I identify with that guy. It does, indeed, not make sense!", "That was fucking brilliant. Every once in a while the onion is as good as it used to be.\nThey had their article about the deployment of “extra special” forces to Iraq on a special c130 short plane…", "Rigid isn't the right word. Logical vs emotionally charged. \n\nNeurotypical people bring emotional bias into their evaluation of raw data into \"fact\" and \"hearsay\" categories. Spectrum types do less of it. \n\nsource: am neurotypical dev manager who has worked with autistic spectrum devs in the past.", "Just because a lot of people who work in the sciences are on the spectrum, doesn't mean Autism predisposes you with the desire to base your opinions on facts.", "How is it making fun of so called normal people?", "Man… I wonder if they COULD make these currently?! That was 10 years ago, old Onion used to be amazingly good.", "I am autistic, and i know this is parody. Even though some people might get offended, I think Michael’s videos are very funny.", "Unfortunately, not everyone feels the same as it's not common for autistic people to get front-facing jobs in media, and those who do likely are using social masking to the point you wouldn't notice.", "But his sister is a milk truck.", "It's simple. They don't. I'll take the Xbox 360 kids and 4chin rejects hurling around autism as an insult over this bullshit. At least they didn't pretend to be playing nice.", "That's because autistic people aren't a singular organism and we all have different opinions, perspectives and viewpoints. Besides, rigid thinking is a stereotype, it's more about thinking in extremes or \"splitting.\"", "No it's not. Not once does it. It's making fun of war, making fun of religion all though a very logical and objective view point.", "Also, many autistic people are LGBTQA+, or are allies/advocates and that kinda stuff doesn't fly so well in right-wing circles.", "Autistic people don’t lack emotion, they’re just not good at expressing it.", "The news we needed.", "Clearly you are not The Onion’s target audience.", "So you’re saying his mannerisms aren’t being faked? That that’s how he actually presents himself? The autistic reporter", "*\"They put a bag on my head... which made me stop thinking.\"* is fucking gold.", "No, he was from MI, Lansing", "A simple explanation for this is that instead of it being men likes woman and woman likes men, it's simply human likes other human.\n\nThere is simply no consideration about gender when determining the level of friendship.", "And your son knows the actor isn’t actually autistic? That it’s just a bit?", "Well that certainly answered my question", "It's more of a laughing with us thing, it seems pretty well researched ngl, there's stuff like echolalia which made me laugh because I tend to do that. I'm autistic myself, and while I was ready to go into these videos with a sour view, I enjoyed them for what they were.\n\nPersonally, I wish there were more pieces of media out there where there was an autistic person's job performance wasn't a source of comedy, and also where autistic actors are playing autistic roles, but I think these videos do a decent job of bringing spectrum related characteristics and their related struggles to an audience that may not otherwise be aware of them.", "Here's the original, not stolen video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb5rHthCXoA", "This. I like that it’s something I can laugh at too, being autistic myself.", "Making fun of the weird shit NT people expect from each other is a common source of connection in the autistic community.\n\nLike...what do you mean I have to look at you the whole time I'm talking...wait not just at you, at your *eyes?* The whole *time?* and you get *uncomfortable if I don't?*", "Yes. He just enjoyed how exactly he nailed the train obsession.", "They used to hand it out every Thursday or Tuesday on my university campus.", "So all acting a moking? So when the new Spiderman puts on an American accent, hes actually mocking americans? Or when Jamie fox played a blind man, he was mocking the blind community and won awards for it? What kind of logic is this? Dustin Hoffman in rainman was actually being a total asshole because he didn't have autism? Acting isn't mocking, it's making an accurate representation of someone or something. You must hate a lot of movies and actors, my friend.", "Yeah but they get mad about even the concept of pronouns so at some point you gotta cut your losses for the sake of your self-care.", "He is speaking Pashto when he talks to the Taliban commander, and pronouncing it very well, I'm told.", "“Scrolled this far” is obviously just a figurative way of saying that “I acknowledge that my opinion is in the minority in this thread.” You shouldn’t be trying this hard to find the worst in people.\n\nI now see that there is another way to interpret the humor in this video. My first interpretation was that autistic people were being mocked; while I concede that there is another way to look at it, my interpretation is not far fetched.\n\nThere’s nothing wrong with being offended on other people’s behalf. Are you saying that you never stand up for anyone but your own group and that you’re proud of it?", "\"I do not like it here\"", "Yes, I see that now and I hope that’s what they’re going for.", "Autistic people are not intrinsically non-partisan.", "I don’t hate this video, it’s pretty funny, I just had a problem with the comment saying there was not even a little bit of making fun. I mean, it’s an actor portraying a character, he isn’t autistic.", "I liked the one for the start of WWI\n\nWAR DECLARED BY ALL\n\n\"Austria declares war on Serbia declares war on Germany declares war on France declares war on Turkey declares war on Russia declares war on Bulgaria declares war on Britain.\n\nOttoman Empire nearly declares war on itself.\"\n\nNations struggle to remember allies. Area drunkard declares war on Ireland.", "Guy talks like Ben Shapiro. Now I understand the facts and logic...", "None of the examples you provided are actors portraying someone else for comic effect. There’s a fine line. Also, I think this video is funny, I just think it’s a bit disingenuous to say it isn’t making fun of autism “at all” because it’s literally called “Autistic Reporter”.", "Is he a yogurt stealing sonofabitch?", "I never said it was a bad impression, lol", "The most intelligent redditor", "I'm going to hell for laughing at this as hard as I did im sorry lmao", "Yeah, he isn't, and I think he does certain things that aren't quite right, for example he's very \"twitchy\" which I interpreted as an NT person's perspective on stimming. Sadly, stimming is one of the least acceptable things in NT society that is common for autistic people along with non-verbal/assisted communication and shut/meltdowns so it sucks to see it misunderstood or have it be seen as something that wasn't worth it to get right.", "I never thought you did, I was just saying my son didn't find it insulting.", "<Switching to our common language, sorry>\n\nTässä pitää ymmärtää, että Onion on parodiaa ja satiiria tyylilajinaan käyttävä uutisorganisaatio. Tässä videossa muka-autististinen toimittaja esittää kysymyksiä, joita ei tavallisesti toimittajilta kuule, tyyliin ”24/27 kuolleista oli talebaneja, miksei niiden kuolema sureta?” Normaali ihminen ei tällaisia mieti, paitsi nyt. Ja jos ei mieti, on joko propagandan uhri tai sosiopaatti. Eli jos siis tämä video ei naurata tai herätä ajatuksia, kannattaa miettiä elämänvalintojaan.", "The best part is when he autistic counts the ceiling tiles.", "The best part is when he autistic counts the ceiling tiles.", "“Is it the sweater? I don’t normally wear these”\n\nThe delivery was so perfect on that", "I feel like I’m listening to Caboose from RvB", "At the risk of being accused of being the guy in the video, why this video poking fun at autistic people okay, but something like this:\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/r91t2r/spiderman/\n\nis not allowed?", "This would've been cancelled in 2021.", "I have a copy of the final print edition, and it's entirely stories about how important and unstoppable print journalism is.", "The only better acting is maybe found on Fox News— A ZINNG", "\"This means that if we all join the Taliban then no-one will be sad when anyone dies\"\n\nThat's what got me hard. Can't really argue with the logic! Was nearly crying from laughter.", "I would argue that the video is not making fun of autistic people, and instead it is poking fun at how inconsistent others' actions and feelings are.", "I never got the vibe that this video was mocking autism at all? \n\nIf anything it was mocking \"normal\" people I thought?", "Yeah because if you cant blindly accept everything without acknowledging any shortcomings that makes you stupid", "It makes perfect sense.", "Production value.\n\nI jest. That clip has been taken down, but it sounded like it was directly making fun of a kid that was there as opposed to just being generally insensitive?", "Nii The Onion on kyllä tuttu, mutta jos mielestäsi toimittaja joka tulee johtopäätökseen että meidän kaikkien pitäisi olla talebaneja ei ole se jolle nauretaan niin en oikein tiedä mitä tuohon sanoa. Se, miksi ei vihollisen kuolemista olla surullisia ei ole mikään kauhean vaikea yhtälö noin normaalille ihmiselle. Tässä nyt vielä puhutaan talebaneista...", "Most autistic people wouldn't act like this IRL.", "Holy shit. The headline at the end was great! \"World's oldest attractive woman turns 48 today.\"", "You're conflating 'non-partisan' with 'centrist'.\n\nNon-partisan in the context of reporting means the reporter simply doesn't display an outward political slant. Centrism is what you're describing where the shots come from all angles.\n\nThere's a reason nobody likes centrists. It's because the sweeping, overwhelming majority of them are too chickenshit to admit their right-wing beliefs. And the remainder? They're too stupid to understand that centrism has no merit in a dichotomous political climate. It's a painfully trite position to hold, and the only people it really fools are those unequipped to decipher the nuances of political ideology in the first place.\n\nNobody gives a shit about non-partisanism though. Look at CSPAN. It's regularly heralded as one of the few ways to watch political proceedings in a non-partisan environment and is cherished by millions (even if we just lift clips from it these days).", "The austim isn't what is funny, you really need to understand on how to find a joke. There is no jokes based on autism. You could replace this with a normal/non autistic person and still make the same jokes. No autistic person is being made fun of here. Subject of a joke =/= butt of the joke. The subject is an autistic person analyzing a war situation. The butt of the joke is the \"art\" of war and religion and how ridiculous it is. Simple as that. If you think autistic people are being made fun of here, you are overthinking it far too much. \n\n\nAlso watch rainmain again, it certainly uses autism for comic effect. Watch the underwear kmart scene. Thats certainly for comic relief.", "That's genius.", "> That's what got me hard.\n\nI guess we all have our kinks.", "Autistic people still have biases, they just don't always pick up on every social cue or like every social rule. Trust me, autistic people can have opinions", "Same. When watching this, I thought, \"yeah, that's fair\"", "One of my favorites. The constitutionality of the death penalty.\n\nhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyph_DZa_GQ", "Hey, it's Rem Lezar as the Major", "I wasn’t sure how I felt about the bit at first but when the logic led inevitably to instructions on how to join the taliban I knew they had had me in their pocket all along.", "So why is the video called “Autistic reporter”, do we call other news reports “Neurotypical reporter” ? It doesn’t matter if it’s not the butt of the joke, there’s still an inherent comedic value being attributed to the fact that the reporter is autistic. Otherwise, why would they call attention to it?", "This... was the Onion at its finest. The Onion is an American satirical news company, offering some fantastic looks at the way we live our life. The humour is often dark, so it's not for everyone. \n\nThe Michael Falk interviews are fantastic. The autistic folk I've met have all had fascinating ways of looking at life, and the actor really brings that analytical and inquisitive aspect to the role.", "I hope the person or people responsible for the onion’s youtube channel from ten years ago are successful millionaires because those videos were the funniest shit ever", "No, I was talking about my personal experience, as a person who very far from centrist, with very left leaning beliefs, and who is also very non-partisan. Despite having left leaning beliefs I would not say I agree with the Democrats more than the Republicans. I actually see politics along a top-down divide, not a left-right one. It's amazing how much poor Republicans and poor Democrats agree on most issues, but fail to recognize it based on prior misconceptions. Because of this I get shots from Republicans and Democrats constantly for my constant criticism of both and refusal to support either. It's in fact a lonely experience with virtually no allies. \n\nOf course you think it's stupid, you've bought into the idea that politics is left-right. That isn't my beliefs and you fail to accept that about non-partisans like me. That criticism is based on it not being true. But I see truth differently than you, and its necessary to accept that as actually being the case about me before understanding. Of course politics is a dichotomy, of the rich versus the poor. You supporting the actual false dichotomy of politics keeps the poor poor.", "No they wouldn’t but you would still get the relentless nitpicking.", "Oh cool! This is John Cariani. He is an amazing actor and playwright.", "showing the autistic reporter being very inept at social situations feels a lot like mocking to me.\n\nMy theory is that no one cares about Autistic people, and it's free rein for people to shit on them all they want. Spend any amount of time on any corner of the internet (including this website), where Autism is still used as a slur without consequence, and this fact becomes perfectly clear.\n\n\nEDIT: See you'll actually get downvoted for defending Autistic people on this website. It's the complete opposite of what usually happens with disadvantaged groups being mocked, and reddit coming to their defense. \n\nAnd there are other people making the same arguments as me being buried at the bottom of the thread, because no one wants to hear it. Redditors are too busy focusing their energy on more important groups who deserve empathy.", "It's probably an older video.\n\nThere used to be a time where people could joke about stuff without trying to figure out what is offensive or problematic, and avoid all of those areas.\n\nWhich is why good comedy is harder to come by these days. \n\nI'm not saying offensive comedy is inherently funnier, but if you remove all jokes that are potentially problematic to someone, you're left with far fewer options.", "Don't forget my favorite: [Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U4Ha9HQvMo)", "Ok", "Where did you get that from?", "Thanks for the word salad confirming what I just wrote.", "So, the interviews are fake, right?", "Nothing will make you think more about the fundamental absurdities in our cultures more than treating what people say literally.\n\nEven if it's a joke it exposes how much intent and feeling modify what we think. It's my favorite form of satire and the source of some great comedy. Guardians of the Galaxy is full of this kind of humor, that's why I loved it so much.", "Great one, but that link is bad quality, skippy and out of sync. [Here's a better quality version](https://youtu.be/mjuVVlSgYLc) for those interested.", "Guess I shouldn't have hoped for a good conversation somone who called me stupid before I said anything to them. Like I said, hostility for not being a supporter of a person's favorite party, the worst sin, even if you're an activist and try to do good in the world and make changes in ways that aren't universally dead ends, like voting for the rich. If you think I don't vote, I do, but only for people with the poor's interests in mind. I'd be more than willing to vote for Bernie Sanders or Al Gore, but not to vote for Bush, Obama, Clinton, Trump, or Biden. I do not wish to see the 50 years of the poor's decline continue, as it does when the rich's interests win the presidency and Congress.\n\nYou should watch Breaking Points with Krystal and Saager. It's got all of the flavor of a partisan show but with a noticeable pro-working class slant, like my top-down beliefs. It's the only show I know of that sometimes changes people's minds.", "No, you probably wouldn't.", "I think polite society is a bit more sensitive to this stuff than an anonymous forum like Reddit. I don't think a tv show could make a clip like this now.", "\"...the two of you and Janelle are in our thoughts.\"\n\n\"eww gross\"\n\nthe writing, the delivery, their expressions...comedy perfection", "Sorry, that's you just projecting at this point. We have established the joke. The method this joke is made is through the view point of an autistic reporter, something that is not common/normal. The un-commonality in this causes the title to show that a unique view point is to be presented as apposed to the common, scripted, news reported view point. This is why they draw attention to it in the title.\n\nAnd yes, you could say there is a comedic value in the objective view point, but showing a different view point is not making fun of someone - if anything I could be seen as empathetic.\n\nIf they showed the view point and the soldiers were like \"bro, you fucken retard autist, this is war, get with it or get out\" then this would be making fun of his view point, but they aren't do this.", "completely anonymous actors but they are always incredible. i guess there are a ton of really talented actors that can't land a big gig or whatever mainstream fame.\n\njust scrolled down and saw this dude is a broadway actor, that makes tons of sense that they would use stage actors since they aren't household names usually", "This video wasn't poking fun at autistic people. It was poking fun at us doing things that we can't say out loud. It takes an autistic person to rip off this facade.", "With inconsistency that consistent, decent chance that that's intentional", "Not really, reddit is actually more sensitive than regular society, depending on the groups being mocked.", "This one always cracks me up: https://youtu.be/31JNEVHZxO8", "Being fixated on a piece of information doesn't mean you then nitpick about it. Sure, it depends on the person, but what I'm saying is most of us wouldn't hit you with a barrage of questions like this. Fixation just means you're focusing on one topic. It doesn't necessarily include \"can't tell he's asking too many questions/overthinking things.\"\n\nThis is a caricature, and using it to build your mental image of what an autistic person is like won't leas to the creation of an accurate image. Even with the understanding that it's exaggerated for comic effect.", ">No one with autism actually would behave like the actor, and the audience understands that.\n\nRight, so you're allowed to punch down at a group of people, you just have to make sure the caricature has the right amount of silliness and exaggeration. Got it.", "Military propaganda disguised as entertainment.", ">I am close with several autistic people including my boss.\n\nI am autistic.\n\n>they are large synonymous and interchangeable.\n\nNo, fixation is \"an obsessive interest in or feeling about someone or something.\" Nitpicking is an action, \"looking for small or unimportant errors or faults, especially in order to criticize unnecessarily.\"\n\nOne does not have to nitpick to be fixated on something. Make sense?", "eh found this kind of tasteless on many different levels", "So good", "Well, to highlight the fact that he thinks it’s a good impression would be to say I have the opposite viewpoint", "The Onion video is from 2011 pre-dating the current standards of good/bad and people still remembers it being funny. If the same video was released today people would focus more on claiming it was offensive.\n\nAs for the video linked, it got taken down so I can't comment on the exact content of it.", "Nah, people would be fine if it were released today, because it mocks Autistic people. Not an important enough group to stand up for.", "My friend has an autistic son like this. When he was under 5 and was watching Sesame Street, the host said \"do you want lots of friends?\" He replied to her with his hand up: \"No! I don't want any friends!\"\n\nThat's when I knew he was autistic. He's 16 now, extremely smart, and still doesn't want any friends.", "I know this is just a funny sketch. Is the behavior of this reporter realistic for some type of autism?", "Just use whatever they want you to use for them.\n\nAnd when in doubt, they/them/their as well as person when referring to them is always a safe choice, since as a person once said in a 1848 edition of Vanity Fair: \"A person can’t help their birth.\"\n\nThey should not be offended by that.", "Haha oh jesus >!\"I am just some fucking guy\"!< caught me off guard!", "I've seen both of those and they're both still so good", "SNL would put out consistent bangers like the Onion if they didn't have to make so many sketches in short time periods.", "Sure ok for the purposes of this discussion. But you can also see how the two go hand in hand. Or at least, one could be the result of the other. You can also fixate on an issue that could be causing nitpicking.", "Content improves after theft.", "I...I definitely used my words wrong there. Forever immortalized online -\\_-", "That's a terrible argument. The video is obviously poking fun at autistic people, it's just doing it in a pretty respectful manner. The guy isn't doing a terrible job, he didn't get someone hurt or killed or something, and his logic makes sense in a \"different\" sort of way. \n\nWe're laughing with the skit's conclusion, not \"laughing at the retarded guy\".", "Yes. This one ends with a Taliban advertisement as the reporter decides they are more logically consistent in their happiness than the conditional happiness of the Armed Forces. \n\nPretty sure we wouldn't see anything like this on TV. Well, maybe on Fox News.", "Upvote for watching entire video", "In Germany I know some news shows for children. There is also news in \"simple language\". E.g. [\"simple\" Wikipedia article on the Taliban](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban)\n\nEven though I'm a neurotypical adult I think it's beneficial to check those once in a while.\n\nWhat I *wouldn't* like is an interview where the interviewer always asks \"Why? Why? Why?\" like a child or wants a definition for every single word.", "There are people out there who literally get frazzled over the *concept* of using they/them pronouns for a singular person, it's wild. They think it's grammatically incorrect even though that's demonstrably not the case.", "Of course. I'm not saying one can't lead to the other. Just that most autistic people wouldn't nitpick like this. Especially not \"relentlessly\" like you claimed.", "“We” haven’t established the joke, you’re creating your own meanings and making your own arguments and arguing against them. I have firsthand experience with autistic people and this portrayal is neither empathetic nor is it outright mean. It’s taking comedic value out of a neurodivergence that the actor does not have, and is therefore a representation. Many autistic people do not present their mannerism as this actor does. Your own mean example is irrelevant", "why are you everywhere", "This entire conversation is incredibly ironic.", "Correct. They are fake, and their purpose is to highlight or make fun of certain things happening in society. That is what is meant by satire. Often times, satire can go where more direct humor cannot. Another example of satire is South Park.", "Weird, video is unavailable for me", "I'm still cracking up over that one, such a small sidenote, such an important one :D", "Probably having sex with a woman", "\"Look, only soldiers can kill without getting in trouble\" is such an underrated line, delivered by the straight man too.", "Nobody cares about your little ideologies.\n\nI was just pointing out how you were misunderstanding the situation by conflating 'non-partisan' with 'centrist'. Your ramblings justifying your inane positions notwithstanding, the conversation has been concluded for some time now. Please stop embarrassing yourself.", "Is he autistic, a robot or just a scam artist?", "You're saying being autistic doesn't mean having pointy ears and telling people to \"live long and prosper\"? Do you even routinely call things illogical while cocking one eyebrow? *shaking my head*", "yes thats actually how satire works. like a skit about a white guy finding salt too spicy.", "The video about the us general not wanting gays to be hurt by the horrors of war is my all time fave. Just amazing.", "Lmao and there it is. All I said was \"they probably wouldn't act like this.\" Not my fault dude wants to argue that a couple of words are interchangable when they're not, nor does my correcting him mean \"well that's an autistic person for you.\" ¯\\\\\\_(ツ)_\\/¯", "I don't mind partisan views on morning shows, editorials and panels, but even as a kid I thought it was very off-putting when news readers would make editorial comments or even crack jokes when reading the news.", "I'm not autistic, but I'd be pretty annoyed if people thought they had to walk on eggshells around me and weren't allowed to make jokes. \n\nAutistic people are often a pain in the ass. \n\nIts fine, but if I have to deal with my autistic housemate talking to me for hours on end about how his co-workers don't perform their jobs efficiently while ignoring the social cues that I'm tired and bored and want to leave, then the autism community can eat a couple light swings from The Onion, which if anything is diffuses the awkwardness through humour.", "I'm not a psychologist, but it seems to me that the speciality of this reporter is that he thinks more like a child in some areas.\n\nI don't know how old your son is, but if he's an actual child, I wouldn't worry too much.", "You never contested what I said, so its fair to say you agree. If you disagree you generally retort, so don't get upset when I assume you have no objections when you never presented any. That's on you. Own your position.\n\nI also have first hand exp with autistic people, I looked after one for a whole year. My sister is autistic. It does show a different view point. If you fail to see it, that's again on you. \n\nAnd this is near identical to how Dustin Hoffman presents autism, a role he won an Oscar for. And when he learn't the mannerisms of the roll by hanging out with Kim, one of the most interesting autistic people around, I think i'd take his and my own experiences over yours. And please don't bring up \"many autistic people have different mannerisms\". What does this even mean? Just because no everyone acts like this, it means its mocking autism for comedic value? The reporter nor I ever said every autistic person acts like this (you should know the spectrum exists). This is a clear small percentage act like Kim due to the high level of autism he has. So don't use this as some point of \"gotcha\" when it means nothing. No ones saying they all act like this. \n\n\nand my example stands strong. Just saying its irrelevant, and asserting proves nothing. If you disagree with some logic, you need to actually present it. Saying im wrong only makes you look stupid. Use your words to say why my point is wrong. This isn't twitter, you have no word limit.", "Should be fixed now.", "The official version lacks the set up of \"Now, let's go to our autistic reporter...\", which kind of ruins the bit.", "Exactly, now watch my 240p video I took of my monitor playing this video.", "TIL I'm good at art.", "It's crazy that Jon Watts was an unknown director on ONN and would later go on to direct the MCU Spider-Man trilogy.", "Shhhh, we're discussing the funny aliens. Hee hee.", "one is real life, the other is a fictional satire \n\nget outta here with your strawman bullshit", "Thanks!", "Yo, Whatthe Faulk", "I contest most things you say you just say so much it’s hard to get to everything lol", "> They think it's grammatically incorrect even though that's demonstrably not the case.\n\nAs demonstrated in the posts above.", "> Then there followed approximately one minute of the justices individually claiming that they were the law.", "That's a lot of anger. All I did was point out how I don't see it that way.", "I thought you meant \nOhio Replaces Lethal Injection With Humane New Head-Ripping-Off Machine\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfsMMVgIToA", "There is no time constraint, there is no character limit so take your time. Mostly when you give a half ass answer is worse than no answer at all - as I have just shown.", "Yeah with my autistic daughter, if anything it comes across as that she is extremely emotional. But it's really the same emotions as everyone else, she just can't deal with them, identify them, separate them and it leads to outbursts. When I say 'can't', of course she can to some degree but she does struggle quite a bit compared to neurotypical people.", "That’s what I was thinking too.", "Jessica Rothe (from the Missing girl friends interview) is great. She's since starred in the (quite good) Happy Death Day movies.", "I think it depicts well some of the behavior of autistic people, like being unable to follow social cues and focus only in the subject of the conversation, not realizing the death of soldiers have emotional meaning. He also says random things without any connection to the conversation, which some autistic people do as well.", "We'll let you know in a couple of days if Michael makes it back all right.", "This old onion shit was gold. I guess they all left.", "One of the regular In the Know correspondents, Brian Huskey, just popped up on the season premiere of It's Always Sunny!", "Showed this to my Afghani friend, says the dude spoke near perfect pashto lol", "Yeah basically this. I'm autistic and went into this expecting the worst but I thought it was really good.\n\nIt's not taking the piss out of an autistic person it's using them as a lens to view the utter bollocks of the world in the way that autistic people see it. \n\nIf anyone is laughing purely at the the reporter being autistic (or playing autistic, don't know the actor) then that's just on them for being an asshole and I don't think the onion is pushing that angle.", "^I ^hate ^her", "> never punching down at them\n\nwhat do you mean by this?", "It's the one where they interview the friends of a girl that is missing.\n\nhttps://youtu.be/XUT8ec24anM", "I work from home so, like a good 60% of my day I have Reddit open.\n\nHappy cake day", "Yikes", "more like ultra-sanity", "Supreme Court: Death Penalty Is 'Totally Badass\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyph_DZa_GQ", "Yes! Autism is a spectrum. On the further end of the spectrum a person with Autism generally has a difficult time grasping things that are not purely logical, or that have a definite answer. \n\nThus, worldy and philosophical concepts that are subjective are difficult to grasp and require explaining that doesn't always get to the point of logic that a person who has autism can understand", "I do not like it here.", "thank you loba main", "I'm just here because I have to.", "It is, in the missing girl skit.", "Now here's our neurodivergent reporter", "He must understand it a little since they brought on Adam Carolla to the Daily Wire team", "Yeah I think I'm with you, I'm not particularly offended by it, but it just seems unnecessary. There are autistic people in the comments who say its not offensive, which is fine, I just think its a bit exploitative and reductive. Like a lot of people probably don't know much about autism and I feel like this just kind of plays into stereotypes. But, I'll probably be downvoted for that opinion.", "Thw internet is often more welcoming for autistic folks than the real world", "That shit is hilarious 😂", "Yeah, that was implied!", "Sucks to hear about your self-loathing, hope you find a better way to exert your energy than this.", "cringe", "This was so convincing. lmfao", "I wanna see the roomba report…", "Are you the cashier?", "> All I did was point out how I don't see it that way.\n\nYou were initially describing 'centrism', not 'non-partisanism'. This is a demonstrable fact. Go look up the definitions for these terms on any authoritative website you choose. They will, painstakingly so, confirm that the themes and ideas you were presenting were in fact centrist from any reasonable, objective perspective.\n\nThe fact that you \"don't see it that way\" belies that you're not interested in differentiating between fact and belief—and that your argument should be discarded due to mental incapacity.\n\nWhich is what I'm doing. Discarding your argument. Since you're uninterested in sticking to facts and would prefer to drift off into \"actually-I-believe\" land, I hope you enjoy yourself, because I sure as fuck won't be sticking my neck in there to humor you.", "No, not *at* him. His \"autism\" is a device being used to highlight the absurdities of war and killing. Military norms vs. civilian norms. The philosophical differences between American and Taliban fighters.\n\nThis isn't a \"haha, look at the autist\" video. He's the lens used so we can laugh at ourselves, and the things we consider normal without giving it a second thought. Because this shit isn't—or shouldn't be—normal. \n\nThe Onion is not a site that stoops to simpleton humor like that.", " How To Play Golf Against The Man Whose Wife You're Banging On The Side\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyV-oTTyIWg", "I’m still shocked by how offensive the onion can get haha", "Haha, I just realised that one of the teen girls from the onion vid is the lead actress from Happy Death Day.", "Man, this is one series that's too dark for me. In my opinion, [Sex House was way more enjoyable.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0App7QizQCU&list=PLYO1hZKzisLbJGPX8gXmtGrygKE6WRw95)", "Future News: [News from the Year 2137](https://youtu.be/IKkUzMiWpd0)", "Obama’s High Speed Bus Plan will always be my favorite https://youtu.be/QNixDlRoMvA", "[Hunger Games review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyx1U9QjWVQ)", "Even the messing around with American Service deaths on top of the obvious autism satire… not just a fan", "Can you explain this one? Why would it make him stop thinking?", "When I do it people get mad at me", "No. They are absolutely real. Thats what makes them so hard hitting.", "It’s gay to smoke is one of my favorite things ever", "I don’t know how to tell if this is punching down or not, but lots of autistic folks in this thread have said they enjoyed it and didn’t feel offended. That’s usually my go-to, just see what the community in question thinks.", "I feel very called out by this", "Yeah, it gets pretty sad towards the end....", "The one where they fake a talk show that has a nature guy come in with an endangered animal to raise awareness. Only he picks some bird that screams FUCKYOU as its call hah. \"The bird is being hunted into extinction due to its unique and often irritating call\"", "I am the law.", "I never knew Onion did videos. This is a great thing to learn today.", "“The equivalent of five Americans were killed in Afghanistan today”\n\nHow does the Onion always come up with those one liners that get me at the end of every video?", "Good times. They used to have newspaper boxes for it near me", "Absolutely, but we are often better than neurotypes to differ between logic and feelings. I might not like a colleague just because we simply don't get along, but I can still see the qualities in them and appreciate them for that. Fuck Ryan, though. Anyone who makes fun of others should be killed by soldiers.", "This is a master class in using sensitive subject matter to completely subvert the audiences expectations. I clicked this assuming they were going to poke fun at an reporter with autism, which is a really bad look. Instead they used an guy with autism's point of view to satirize military conflict. And the actor playing the person with autism took great care in portraying that character as to not come off as a caricature.", "[How to wax your floors without slipping, severing your spine](https://youtu.be/93M9ww5G1y8)", "\"I got up ass-crack early\" is now a regular phrase in my lexicon", "Lack of external stimulation", "Christ on a bike this is punching down. What did I just see? Why is this OK? I was cringing all the way through, and kept waiting for the punch line to negate everything that came before it, but it never did. It really was just about making fun of the autistic guy for having autistic traits and not understanding the normies. Fuck this video.", "But pi is an irrational number. Not rational... doesn't make sense.", "Then explain why SNL used to be much funnier in the past with the same constraints.", "His face lights up as soon as he hears daily routine.", "They have the ENTIRE off season, plus tons of staff writers despite the principals writing their own skits…they fail because they many times lack chemistry despite several seasons with the same troupe. The brilliant skits where almost always the timing between at least two of them; the lead and the foil, the duet. Eddie and Mike Meyers stand out as the few that could carry a solo skit.", "> What do I have to do to get the message across to these swishes?\n\nEpically brilliant.", "> social masking\n\nFor this exact reason. For the people high functioning enough, we focus very hard on masking so we don't feel like we're sticking out, and the idea of being seen as the stereotypical pedantic, fixated person causes us (at least me) a lot of anxiety. \n\nI feel like other people on the autism spectrum would do well in acting because regular day-to-day life involves a lot of masking behavior and \"playing a part\".", "Fuckin hilarious", "Often times, people with autism get over stimulated very easily. \n\nPutting the bag over his head making him not think anymore was a play on that. That he had no outside stimuli, and was completely calm.", "Is he, in fact, autistic?", "This was great", "Ooo you’re in for a real treat. I’d be binge watching them for the next few days if I were you.", "Yeah... That's bullshit. Jokes can most definitely be offensive and derogatory towards minorities. \"It's a joke\" does not give a free pass to say whatever the hell you want to say...", ">[Little Boy Heroically Shoots, Mutilates Burglar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDWo6m5hbG4)\n\nWhat a little Kyle, how cute!", "Uh what? Didn't they stop making these videos like 10 years ago...?", "By far the best one, I think it was the first too?", "I do not like it here. I am Michael Faulk.", "My personal favorite is the lost hikers", "Exactly what I'm doing in this thread", "It wasn't, you just found that era of SNL the funniest because you were likely younger when it aired and was more impressionable than you are now. If you ask an 18 year old what the funniest era of SNL is they would likely say \"the Pete Davidson era\" or something seemingly dumb to us older people", "Hyper-sensitivity. The significance, and the attention demanded therefrom, of practically all stimuli is overemphasized, which often leads to a variety of difficulties. Remove the stimuli and it goes away to varying degrees.", "\"Are you for real killing me right now?\"\n\nMan, thats comedy gold.", "I'm a teacher and this guy mimics a lot of autism perfectly. \n\nIt's terrible, but so on point that it's hilarious.", "I don’t know, man. I’ve watched SNL for decades and gave up in the 2010s because I feel like it became hot, unfunny trash.", ">They have the ENTIRE off season\n\nSo they should be writing new skits during the off season? That would defeat the purpose of having an off season lol", "Where do I find them? I'm assuming there's an Onion YouTube channel?", "> not realizing the death of soldiers have emotional meaning.\n\nGoing to be a bit pedantic but technically that is actually much of the point, that the \"reporter\" does realize the emotional impact of the death, just not why that \"sadness\" doesn't extend to all the dead.\n\n>He also says random things without any connection to the conversation, which some autistic people do as well.\n\nUsually it isn't something truly \"without any connection\" rather its often something tangentially related, however without the internal train of thought that shows how the individual got to that point it can often seem \"random\" and unconnected.", "This should've been top of the list, classic", "Just binged all of it. It was something to behold.", "Yeah, you can just search The Onion on YouTube and find a ton of their videos. Their fake news stories are the best.", "Oh I totally agree with you on that, I only watch a skit here and there on YouTube. I think the biggest difference is that SNL seems to have changed their target demo to really focus on the college crowd, when in the past they've focused on 25+\n\nStill, I feel like the funniest SNL era was whatever era someone grew up with", "This is pure genius.", "Can you guys tell that he’s acting, because I cannot", "You’re tiring to respond to lol", "No, you see, you can't criticize any content on reddit. it is beyond reproach. It's ok to mischaracterize autistic people but not ok to call you out on it. That is why it is the cesspool of the internet. And I give zero effs about your idiotic tribal down votes.", "Your daily call of doody habit doesn't make you an expert either.", "expressed in dollars and cents", "[Experts Agree Giant, Bioengineered Crabs Pose No Threat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uq9pp586AE)", "I don't think you have a well developed opinion on what does and does not work in comedy and a poor comprehension of the video itself. And I imagine on top of that you're being offended on behalf of other people.\n\nWhat you have to do now is address my claim not complain about the internet.", "Also coincidentally when cellphones and social media consumed the frontal lobes of a vast amount of the poulace.", "It's onion news, they are a bit unique", "That's one of my favorites.\n\nAre you for real killing me right now?", "Autistic people often can get overstimulated from external stimuli. That’s what the joke was about.", "This motherfucker doesn't know it's the Engineer who drives the train, not the conductor? What asshole let's an asd kid get that wrong for their entire life?", "But it really should. Everyone would be a lot more chill.", "No, it really shouldn't. Jokes are not an excuse to punch down on minorities f", "How did they only make 4 or 5 of these? I hoped they'd make dozens of them.", "I never said it was offensive, but the five or six autistic people commenting here don’t speak for the whole autistic community. It’s funny and it’s not mean spirited, but there is a certain amount of comedic value taken at the expense of autistic people. Not a big deal, but it’s ignorant to claim it isn’t doing that.", "Someone's smoking weed in the library", "Host: “Now Jack, Was it the screaming you heard, that woke you up, so you could call 911?” \n\nDad: “No, actually it it was Lucas’ laughing that woke me up. Never heard him laugh so hard!”\n\nSon: “The blood was all over me”\n\nDad: “yeah he smeared it all over himself” \n\nSon :“I likes the way the blood made me feel\n\n\n\nFucking solid acting and writing. Love the Onion/Beaverton.", "Making a joke about something =/= making fun of something. Can you point out any \"punching down\" moments or details that are actually implying something negative about autism or autistic people?", "the guy speaks great pashto, mad props for this skit doing it's homework", "I never see this one get any love, but the [fire at the party](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeaSJ3FNJX4) was one of my favorites.\n\nI think some of the context is lost because we have had smart phones awhile now and how pervasive things like Instagram are(which hadn't launched yet) but during that time digital cameras became dirt cheap and smart phones were just becoming the norm and so an explosion of photos being posted on social media was happening.", "Highly recommend [Porkin’ Across America ](https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkRUq7qfaYMHLpPXRzCA6EwPwCgoqfnTP)", "[Big fan of the hero kidney donor.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D_5nLxZVoPo)", "Totally, I don’t disagree. That sample of five or six commenters is the best barometer I have but it’s still a tiny and not representative sample.", "You are the one doing that. You come across as ugly inside.", "Ok Michael", "Or is it liberating! Pig Haggerty 2028", "Is the joke that he thinks that Adam Carolla has been culturally relevant in the last decade?", "[I'm Like a Chocoholic, but for Booze](https://www.theonion.com/im-like-a-chocoholic-but-for-booze-1819583778)", "Lol, I posted that somewhere and someone unironically called it \"Fox News propaganda\".", "Plus, I think the \"rigid\" behavior does get sorted with risk-averse tendencies which play out in less direct ways the older and more experienced we get. Generally encouraging ourselves to constantly experience new concepts and things is very important throughout our lives, and I think there has to be some acceptance of the idea that nothing is ever 100% logical/tangible/in good faith/in a vacuum. \n\nFor me this change really happened with being in cultural anthropology, where I was actively forced to learn how to make good social connections for interviewing, on a second language basis, in an environment where I was generally uncomfortable but not because of my \"autism anxiety.\" In a way, it was like forcing myself to eat broccoli and overcoming my \"texture problem,\" just scaled upward. I think many autistic people have breakthroughs like these every day if they try. \n\nParadigm shifts are super important for autistic people because once we understand our normal surroundings are relative, it makes understanding it a lot easier.", "I admit, there is some of that same feeling here as it does seem like you aren't grasping what I am saying due to the constant repeating of myself, but I am trying to ignore that as to help you not make the same mistake again.", "Huh, she not so pale anymore. And moved on from weather I guess.", "Yes, I am no where near as autistic as he is pretending to be, and it is a pretty good parody of an autistic person, but it is still a parody. As such it is very clearly done for humorous effect.\n\nEssentially he has ramped up some autistic traits to such extreme levels that it is obviously a joke. The patterns are somewhat correct, and the way of thinking is also in line with normal, but it is like the normal mannerisms on cocaine.\n\nAlso, I have never met a high functioning autistic person who did not understand the difference between enemy combatants or other really serious things like that. Most of us just have trouble with social mores or arbitrary distinctions not based in observable reason. (So things like figurative language or idioms.)", "And Roberts, known for his taciturn presence on the bench, only says it once.", "As a combat vet, the New Ultra realistic Call of Duty on is my favorite; quite spot on!", "Yup he is lol.", "I loved the delivery of 'I'm an older man, so you can trust what I say!'. The expert just wanting to be on TV was gold too.", "Obama scales back plans for America after visiting Denny's\n\nhttps://youtu.be/_yiQXPOO1Yo", "Turn on your brain for second, bro.", "I don't think he's the best comedian by any means, but I still think he's pretty funny.", "That's a good one", "Maybe just accept that these types of people exist and their habits and tendencies can be laughed at.", "Favourite one https://youtu.be/aotlEpmAFVQ", "OMG I wish I was you…", "Dude, he definitely is. He's not skewering the absurdity of war, his autism makes it so that he lacks a certain humanity or appreciation of the gravity of war.", "Lanstronaut here. I don't know Robert, but I'm not really into Jenga unless it's oversized and I'm drunk.", "JFC, at a couple points I forgot I was on the onion and thought this was some dudes blog post.", "“Might give a fuck”.\nGenius", ">It really was just about making fun of the autistic guy for having autistic traits and not understanding the normies.\n\nThat's not at all what it was about. It was taking a hit at the absurdity of war. The reporter nor his autism were the subject of any jokes.", "For whatever reason most folk think that they can discern if you're being truthful or genuine if they look in your eyes. Which is a crock of shit because usually the people who stare you down while they're talking either rehearsed it, and thus don't have to look away to recall information, or they're trying to gauge your reaction to see if you're buying their bullshit. But for me, being someone who somewhat understands how atypicals operate, it feels so good to have one make the conscious effort to occasionally glance at me, even though it's not required.", " It's generally a good idea to feel out the room so to speak before you dive into the real absurdities. Some people just have no sense of humor, or their identity is so tied up in their beliefs they'll defend them like they are personally being attacked even to the death which just makes it all the more absurd.", "I didn't view them as punching down or making fun of the autistic character at all. His autism was just used to portray a story in a different and comedic lens. If you think this is making fun of someone then you must have a real rough go of day to day life and the internet may not be for you.", "Ok wow, there was a YouTube video from 3 days ago that WASN'T an onion article, it was from a news station that said\n\n\"14 year-old shoots robber of his father's store in the face\"", "I'd imagine it's on par with white people making relentless jokes about black people liking chicken. Yeah some black people will make jokes about it too, but it can be taunting and demoralizing all the same.", "Thanks for clarifying 🙂", "Filing under bits that would now be censored in the editorial process.", "Satire\\*\n\nthis sketch specifically is pointing out the absurdity of war, not making fun of people with autism. They portray Michael as the only sensible one.", "holy shit, the part where he gets sidetracked by the helicopter is right on the money", "Was*\n\nThey went way down hill in terms of quality", "I think they're genuine haha I'm impressed. It's not an attack and we're not the punchline.", "I AM THE LAW", "Their baseball ones always get me the most. \n\n\"Little League pitcher getting fucking shelled\" \n\nor the true classic \"Tee Ball pitches perfect game at Special Olympics\"", "ewww why don't you stare at my dilated slime-orbs??? quit looking at your surroundings for comfort and awareness you creep", "what is the timestamp for this, I didn't see this and watched it all the way through", "I'm not familiar with anyone who acts specifically like this, with *all* of these behaviors, but this \"reporter\" demonstrates multiple traits which can be associated with autism.", "Or I could not support or perpetuate shitty stereotypes to get attention.", "Hard to get a representative sample from a group not known to speak up for itself. Also awkward social mirroring. Like Native Americans, you gotta speak for those who can't while recognizing the diversity of opinions, it's hard for anyone to do and probably requires more thought than most are capable of which makes stereotypical caricatures like these all the more misleading.", "No, that was Ryan", "NO THIS IS PATRICK", "The masking that is *actually* suffocating and affects my quality of life!", "It was pretty special, wasn't it?", "He's got my vote!", "[Does This Cock Ring Make Me Look Fat?](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theonion.com/does-this-cock-ring-make-me-look-fat-1819583473/amp)", "Wow, I had no idea Ben Shapiro worked at the Onion!", "The old Onion News was amazing.", "Alex Jones exists.", "Zing!", "That is just your opinion. I am not offended. This is what you do on reddit. If someone disagrees with you, you say they have poor comprehension and attacks them personally. Again, cesspool of the internet with no real intellectual ability or objectivity. I really don't give a crap about your opinion or what you think. You are scum if you think making fun of autistic people is cool. and your wasting my time, your are banned, lol", "doctor says it is what she would sayy", "Sony's new stupid piece of shit that doesn't do what the fuck it's supposed to.\n\n*Sigh*\n\nIt never ends, this shit.", "Well probably any part where the person he’s interviewing is looking at him like he’s incredibly stupid, also the fact that this is a neurotypical person portraying an autistic person so the whole character is based upon stereotypes about autistic people, true or not.", "It's not hard to find the worst people, they live on reddit lol I am not offended. You see, this is what reddit does, It calls you offended if you voice your opinion if it does not meet the sheep tribal opinion. That is all reddit is, a cesspool of dirty sheep.", "I love the blooper at the end where the one woman stays in character even though the other two broke hard 😂", "Yeah I’d get annoyed too if I wrote a whole dissertation that no one asked for and no one read it, that’s why I don’t write them", "The one with him interviewing a prisoner is the best. After the interview he really wanted to go to prison. lol", "Oh I see, you are looking at the actor. I think more people are reacting to the skit.", "Well you asked for it - by engaging in the conversation...and I mean, people read it, look at the up votes and down votes. You even read it. It seems you don't write them because you don't want to put in the effort to defend your points. I'm not too sure if its laziness or lack of introspection.", "\"Dolph Lundgren wins lifelong battle with fame\"", "Yeah, it’s not a bad impression of an autistic person", "This is actually a 10yo sketch though.", "Being partisan requires rather fluid thinking. You have to be able to rationalize inconsistencies to believe your side is always right. It's not like any party is based entirely of rational ideas that follow from first principles. \n\nThere also are just a whole more options that aligning completely with the two (or more) mainstream political parties. And people outside of the mainstream in some ways are more likely to embrace being outside of it in others. \n\nI would actually expect someone who is very rigid in their thinking to decide that neither party is completely right, and thus think they need to reject them in their entirety. \n\nFinally, do note that I avoided saying how autistic people think in all this. Autistic people are not a monolith. They don't all have the same levels of rigid thinking nor does it manifest in the same ways. You can, in fact, find many people who are rigid in some areas but not others. \n\nYou can, in fact, find autistic people who are rigid partisans. My point is just to explain why rigid thinking does not necessarily mean partisan thinking.", "Yes it's pretty obvious, but I think most of their acting is. Still funny though.", "“Look at the upvotes and downvotes” I can almost guarantee every one of those people just said “I disagree with this one and agree with the other one” and didn’t bother to read anything beyond the first few sentences.", "For me it's \"They Said I Would Never Walk Again And I Really Have To Commend Them For Their Spot-On Diagnosis\". Every. Single. Time.", "Columns 1, 2, and C.", "You would have to provide some kind of evidence that they didn't. You hold the burden of proof with that claim. I will wait. You can site any study for this, even if its not completely been peer reviewed. Its an absurd claim to back up your argument that as far as I know, has 0 ground for it to be true. UNLESS you are using circumstantial evidence and its what you, yourself, do. Then, hey, I rest my case.", "The onion is such a treasure.", "You mean, the evidence you’re using yourself to say they read it?", "Maybe he has a bag over his head.", "My favorite is the prison [one](https://youtu.be/D04wb7P_v-4)!", "Scansin", "No, I have provided no evidence and do not need to as I stated, the burden of proof falls on you - not myself. It is up to you to prove it. Thats how burden of proof works.", "Uh, the entire skit revolves around the fact that an autistic person can't understand a basic concept like sides in war. He can't understand why people would be sad about 4 of their own being killed, but not that they succeeded in killing 23 of their enemy. \n\nReal autistic people are, of course, not this clueless.", "> I can assure you, there are *many* autistic reporters in real life. They're just not so easy to spot cause they're not exaggerated caricatures\n\nSo what you’re saying is we need to cause a series of train derailments to flush them out…smart.", "Let's say, hypothetically, that Ben Shapiro understands humour. In fact, for the sake of argument let's even say he can recognise it. Objectively speaking, if a person is capable of recognising humour, does it not follow that said person would be capable of reproducing it? Simple causality. And logically, if Ben Shapiro were capable of reproducing humour, you think Ben Shapiro isn't just going to sell his home and become a comedian?", "can't believe I never saw that basketball one, it's amazing. Nobody can tell you what to do, do whatever you want. Fuck basketball.", "It's a lot easier to have a conversation online than irl, you don't have to worry about body language and there's less distractions", "I always have to watch each video twice. Once to listen to the story and once just to read the scrolling text reel at the bottom of the screen", "Quite!", "I find his acting incredibly hilarious mostly because his character behaves almost exactly how my 18 year old autistic son does.\n\nIt's actually pretty uncanny.", "Yeah i just saw that it's on the front page of reddit right now\n\nHe doesn't go for the mom as much as goes for the register, the owners said he choked the mom, but the video shows that they were lying about that\n\nIm in the middle of arguing with a pro-gun in the post who's telling me that all good people need to arm themselves... sigh", "Am I the only autistic person who really doesn't like this?", "I once got in a argument with a coworker who saw that segment and thought it was real.\n\nI mean of all the onion bits that could be real, that one isn't even remotely close.....and yet...", "I recently dug up some MAD TV seasons streaming, that shit was GREAT. I think it's because they are unconcerned with losing fair-weather sponsors and syndicated cable network rules", "That one is so good...absolute classic. 'Legal experts are already talking about how this marks the Roberts court being less strictly constitutional, and more strictly awesome.'", "Are you the Ryan from the video?", "Some of these are so fun. I love the one where he is in prison and the guy is complaining about how much control they have over you and how you do the same activities at set times every day and there is no variance and he was getting super giddy because that sounded amazing to him and he was asking how he can go to prison.", "The entire concept of the skit relies on the idea that the autistic reporter is so stupid that he can't understand the concept of war having two sides. He can't get why people would be sad that the Taliban killed 4 Americans, but be happy that the Americans succeeded in killing 23 Taliban.\n\nThis is not a problem any real autistic person would have. It's a negative stereotype. It is perfectly valid to have a problem with this, even if you personally don't. \n\nJust because you don't notice something doesn't mean it isn't there. In fact, this is an actual trait that is common with autistic people: they don't notice subtext. Another common trait is rigid, black-and-white thinking, where only one point of view can be correct. \n\nI also didn't enjoy this aspect of the video. I didn't like that the reporter was an idiot. I didn't like the complete lack of any attempt to mask. I much prefer the video where he thinks that prison life doesn't sound so bad because of its rigid schedule.\n\nAnd, FYI, while I'm not autistic, I do have some autistic tendencies--enough that they misdiagnosed me as a kid. It wasn't until 10th grade that a psychologist realized I did not have \"pervasive developmental disorder.\"", "Works cause its a legitimate parody since he's actually displaying traits of autistic people rather than rain man esque savant hood.", "No I actually think this. You're being incredibly condescending by saying my opinion isn't my own. You don't care about objectivity either. You're just an asshole.\n\nThis piece isn't making fun of autistic people.", "boi what da hell", "Not the social ones and usually not to that degree. Buuuut grab one who would and it would be hilarious. Minus the stress slicing years off the poor person's life anyway, haha.", "Yeah--it's perfectly normal to make fun of people different from you. So long as it's in good humor, it's not wrong.", "Damn, I didn't know the Onion got darker than Sex House.", "Honestly, the signs of autism tend to create kind of funny work/friend stories IRL. Maybe not work performance, but work behavior, haha. \n\nLike I worked in a diagnostic lab with a dude who had autism. We all loved him and were protective of him because he was exceptionally useful and also a generally good dude. ...But we also kind of laughed about when he was obsessively picky about some absolutely irrelevant detail. Not *at* him, though, and not to him because he might be hurt because of a misunderstanding. It didn't make us think less of him. \n\nUsually we'd do what he wanted because it made him feel better, but we'd kind of chuckle about it before going on with our day.", "But it’s still a parody… which is my whole point. Also this isn’t how all autistic people act. Many can and do fly under the radar.", "For sure. It pointed out the amusing behaviors people with autism have (especially children and young adults), while making the joke at the expense of the absurdity of war.", "I've always wanted to get into the head of somebody with autism to figure out what it really is. \n\nLike I get the overstimulation thing because I can relate. I get misunderstanding a figure of speech or misreading the emotions on somebody's face...but I seem to be missing the core of it somehow. The perception of reality that makes all that other stuff happen.", "Did they notice the blood spray on the people giving the press conference? They probably only half watched but listened in but even then that coworker is the one you should trip if running from a bear.", "Best Onion is the Supreme Court case. \n\nhttps://youtu.be/Hyph_DZa_GQ", "Anyone else remember Herbert K?", "Jim Haggerty, in his pursuit to have a successful food tourism show, loses everything, including his very humanity. It's fucking dark. At least in sex house they recognize something's gone horribly wrong a couple episodes in. By the time Jim Haggerty realizes he's made a huge mistake, it's already too late.", "Look if you are going to say the reporter is stupid, you you also have to say every party in the video is stupid. The US guys are stupid enough to fall for the \"Yay war\" propadanda the US gov shoots out. The other guy, a religious nut who believes a sky god exists. Everyone's stupid. \n\n\nI don't believe it portrays them any more or less \"stupid\" than the others, yet you are not offended by those. I don't believe he is stupid. Naive, sure. Trump is someone who is stupid, not naive. There is a clear difference - to me at least.", "/r/unexpectedapex", "On the website they at used to have \"grotesque baby born with only 2% DNA\" and it was a picture of a baby gorilla", "Some people just wanna get offended on others behalf.", "It was full of unfunny filler skits back in the day too, they just don't stand out in your memory because they're old as hell and you frequently tend to forget them.", "Can't top [this one](https://youtu.be/8AyVh1_vWYQ).", "Kind of reminds me of Ben Shapiro.", "Speaks better than me and I’m afghan lmao. I will say, those captions were way too formal for what the taliban were saying.", "The movie they made is still really funny, not many early 2000s comedies have aged that well.", "ILIKETOSTACK!", "yea they ran out of money at some point and got merged in with what was left of the former gawker empire", "Which military is this propaganda for?", "I am pig?", "It’s because they care abt the craft of comedy", "I'm in the military and I also don't like it there", ">the owners said he choked the mom, but the video shows that they were lying about that\n\nyeah that was the first thing i noticed when watching it after reading the article. Also the kid had it on him but the family said he grabbed it from under the counter.", "I really enjoy the Make a wish foundation filing for bankruptcy because a selfish kid wished for unlimited wishes. Or the anonymous kidney donor.", "Thought for sure he'd ask how to become a soldier hah!", "For real.\n\nOne of the main journos in BC, Justin McElroy (@j_mcelroy on twitter), is autistic. [He spoke about it on CBC.](https://twitter.com/j_mcelroy/status/1377652951355781121)", "I think you *might* be missing the point of The Onion. I recommend reading Scott Dikkers (one of the founders) book on How To Write Funny. Back when this was made, they didn't just throw random stuff out there and see what sticks. They have a process and take into account many different aspects and comedy devices to put this together.\n\nThere are a lot of layers to this kind of humour. \n\nOne layer is the 'character' layer, and that is the idea of an autistic person taking the role of a hard-hitting reporter. \n\nAnother layer is the 'parody' -- that is, American news channels making war into a big epic production (see the opening at 0:13).\n\nFurther, you could also say that they're using the 'misplaced focus' layer where the reporter is focusing on the dead terrorists more than the soldiers. Also 'hyperbole' could be at play here, since it's unlikely that an autistic person would have trouble with this concept. Maybe even a little of the 'irony' filter for obvious reasons.\n\nScott Dikkers literally wrote the book on joke writing and one of his primary rules is to never punch down. The autism is not being made fun of here, in fact, we're supposed to feel like we're 'on his side'.\n\nNot every joke is going to hit with everyone, that's covered in his books as well. All I'm saying, is that back then, they really did put effort and experience into trying to make people laugh. I think, judging by the 92% upvote ratio, this skit hit with the majority of people.\n\nNot sure about The Onion of today though.", "US. Modern propaganda is a lot more meta.", "Also autistic. Yeah it's hilarious.", "When the person ‘defending’ autism is just as demeaning as the content he’s worried about. I’ve never seen someone gatekeeper autism b", ">I am an expert on autism.\n\nClearly not.", "Hi there! That’s me! I am looking into your eyes now! Like a Normal Person!", "Is Ben Shapiro autistic?", "I used to be a pashtu linguist and yeah, it's not too bad. I was really surprised because usually they use Arabic or fake Arabic.", "This is crazy because they are speaking pashtu(the language the Taliban uses) pretty damn well. Usually they go for Arabic or sometimes Farsi", "Yeah it was crazy to hear. Wasn't expecting it at all", "Yeah they got the pashtu right, but not the ranks", "Yeah, you can join into a conversation whenever you feel like and can edit what you say to be more concise most of the time.", "The video makes fun of \"normal\" conventions, nor autist. This isn't yet another case of racism or misogyny that is played of as \"just a joke\" when challenged. Consequently its alt-righters like \"defeater_of_bigotry_\" that have a problem with it", "They didn't make jokes at autism's expense.", "“how many soldiers’ lives is a gay man worth?”\n“Seven.”", "That's the part that bust out laughing", "Yeah, uninformed people would just assume \"terrorist person\"= Arabic, but obviously an Afghan Taliban commander would speak Pashto. \n\n\nIt's funny that a short comedy video from The Onion would do more research than most movies or TV shows.", "I don’t get it, is he truly autistic or is it a sketch ?", "I AM THE LAW", "I stg. Everything eventually devolves into a argument over semantics", "My favorite article that seems more relevant every year, [\"American People Hire High-Powered Lobbyist To Push Interests In Congress\"](https://www.theonion.com/american-people-hire-high-powered-lobbyist-to-push-inte-1819571821)", "Not really. It makes fun of the weird human things counting as \"normal\" \nusing an autist as an \"outside\" observer. This isn't a case of yet another racist, sexist or otherwise bigoted jerk poking fun at people that are different than them and then claim it's \"just a joke\".", "Alito: I AM THE LAW!", "My favorite was the ninja day parade:\n\nhttps://youtu.be/WtR2m20C2YM", "[Another classic onion news](https://youtu.be/8AyVh1_vWYQ) One of my personal favorites.", "Yet they get the military ranks wrong, which is way easier to check", "The thing is, you can find something funny but still be compassionate about it.\nIt's not black and white, it's a spectrum.", "That and the world of world of warcraft are amazing lol", "> I actually see politics along a top-down divide, not a left-right one.\n\nIt's just that the right political positions overwhelmingly favour the top. Even the \"populist right\" that aims at those who are economically struggling have a capitalist mantra of favouring the rich. \n\nThey just seek out individual rich people to villify (like Jeff Bezos) while loving the hell out of others (like Musk right now) and still cutting the taxes and regulations on all of them.", "Upon watching this I realize I'm in this video, and I'm not entirely sure how to feel about that. 🤨", "The stinger on ONN videos is always top notch in both 'wtf did she just say' and also 'jfc that delivery was gold'", "Not to mention being able to take time to research an answer, then deliver it by air-drop.", "Wait until you find out that autism is about 80% genetic, and how many people never get diagnosed until middle-age or later...", "Nah I'm autistic and this is absolutely full of punching down.", "It's always appropriate to be funny.", "Actually this is well over 15 years out of date. It's not a linear spectrum, and if you have trouble understanding those words you really need to never comment on it again.\n\nIt's more akin to a radar graph depending on context.", "I'm an autistic and I can help you a little. (Characteristically long):\n\nThe absolute closest I can put it is that we have a brain that forces us to manually sort sensory input whereas most people do that automatically. \n\nRelatively few pieces of raw information are overwhelming in and of themselves but when the flow is constant it quickly becomes exhaustive. The real-time responses are a pain in the ass because you're constantly being asked to sort, analyze, and prioritize information followed by immediate response. This is why we often seem oblivious, aloof, distant, and self-centered. The upshot is that we are usually pretty good at refinement and iteration. \n\nAside from general intelligence limitations, there's actually no reason why any autistic can't understand any concept intellectually. It just requires a different framing, because otherwise a lot of the information seems weighted equally. That's another big reason why even this very post runs so long-- the information is so interconnected, we're constantly forced to hold it all, so we share it as a giant web instead of filtering it down. We can filter if we make it a conscious choice, it's just not our inclination. \n\nWhatever causes this difference in processing is usually correlated with a lower pain tolerance and lower reflexes. So that's fun.\n\nCouple this with a system that has absolutely no room for that level of variance with poor to non-existent education for this variance and it's easy to see why many of us get stereotyped for retreating into the comfort of whatever routine interests us most and being socially avoidant. Many of us elect not to even bother to try and learn social conventions because we're either told we're incapable or the effort is consistently met with poor feedback. We are also told frequently that whatever we do contribute isn't good enough because post-industrial models of productivity demand a much more narrow range of acceptable output.\n\nIt's a horrible cycle and one that really doesn't need to exist, but to put it bluntly both autistics and the communities around them suck at finding a respectful balance between each other.", "Really \"Everything\" ? SMH", "“Shake” your head? Are you sure you aren’t slightly rotating your occipital bone back and forth to express disdain?", "I'm autistic and I don't think it's punching down, so I guess we are at an impasse", "Speaking of the GOP:\n\n[https://youtu.be/jjonGtrCyVE](https://youtu.be/jjonGtrCyVE)", "Haha this is brilliant", "The guy who directed this directed Spider-Man: No Way Home.", "Not really. You're either lying, ignorant, or I'm sad to say a kind of stupid. \n\n\"They're not laughing with you, they're laughing at you.\"", "I didnt take that away from the video, I saw it as pointing out the hypocrisy of war especially on the U.S. side. I'm curious, what makes you say that?", "Kinda strange how this stands up better than a good portion of reporting on Afghanistan.", "That's a smart crab!", "I kind of agree with the reporter. All lives matter, right?", "Big reason why Airplane! is such a masterpiece. I love that type of comedy as well.", "And I think you are a bitter person that needs to give people the benefit of the doubt", "I saw a poster of Almost, Maine once!", "People should fear American children. They seem to have great accuracy both on the school yard and at home as well", "Modern propaganda doesn't make the US military look awesome, it makes the bad guys look worse. The joke here is that why would they feel bad about killing 23 taliban since they're considered enemies and he's autistic and just doesn't get the morality of it.", "You are being downvoted because you dont understand the joke in the video. The autistic reporter is not the butt of the joke. The hypocrisy of the war is. \"He is sad for only 4 of the people who died\". \nHowever I also hate when people use autism as an insult.", "Nah, that colleague would already be running toward the bear for some dumbass reason. To get a photo with it most likely", "The train one for me, just for the line about “things the train ran over”", "I think this is the first time I've seen someone self-identify as a neurotypical. Props to you for being able to shift perspective!", "Nothing to add, just agreeing with you and I think you put this well. I’m also on the spectrum and think the actor does a great, non-offensive representation. He’s just so likeable and enthusiastic, and I think it’s clear that the traits are exaggerated for gentle humor and not mocking humor. (The one with the train is my favorite of this series. Wish there were more!)", "There's some selection bias going on there though, since they're devs.", "Being on the spectrum is *almost* a job skill in software development. Hyperfocus, etc etc. I worked with a quite self aware neurodivergent, and he taught me some of the jargon. To be clear, in my younger years I was pretty deeply geeky, and had that hyperfocus thing. I thought I might have been in the fuzzy area. As I age, I don't have it as much.", "As I was taught to do as a child! It still makes me uncomfortable, but eye contact and a firm handshake were essentially law. So as an adult, when I inevitably fail at masking over time, it really puts people off because I don’t appear to have autism and do appear to violate social norms for no reason!", "Is the government spying on schizophrenics enough? https://youtu.be/FzoXQKumgCw", "This is beautiful.", "Ben Shapiro is not autistic. He has diagnosed ADHD and claims that organic food causes autism. I had to search for this information incognito so I wouldn’t start getting batshit crazy conservative ads", "I feel like the point of this sketch is to show that, if you look at war differently, the viewer will notice that it doesn't make sense. I think however that war isn't all that illogical.\n\nI know, you just said that autists don't have a disability to understand certain concepts. So, I suppose in that sense the video is technically portraying autism wrong.\n\nYou can disagree with the war in Afghanistan, and many people do, but I think that all the people who actually participate in it, actually have a good reason to.\n\nI mean, the state monopoly of violence is a complicated subject for sure, but it's one that is thoroughly argued about in thick books, not some weird unwritten social rule neurotypical people just follow without thinking about it.", "> [If you’re against witch-hunts, and you promise to found your own little utopian community where witch-hunts will never happen, your new society will end up consisting of approximately three principled civil libertarians and seven zillion witches. It will be a terrible place to live even if witch-hunts are genuinely wrong.](https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/05/01/neutral-vs-conservative-the-eternal-struggle/)", "Do you have proof of that? Considering how widely autism symptoms vary, it seems an odd thing to say.", "Or most news networks, for that matter.", "None of this has anything to do with what I was talking about above. \n\nI'm also aware of the intent of this sketch.\n\nDefensive minds tend to insist that \"oh you just didn't understand the concept, if you did you would like it\" when confronted with rejection of a communal experience.\n\nI did get it. There's not that much to get. It's not something I care for. There's an infinitesimal chance my opinion is going to matter, so you don't need to fight so hard.\n\nI'm not going to comment on the politics.", "This is American military satire, so the details they get right/wrong check out.", "I'm showing you that I am actively involved in the conversation by acknowledging the statements you are making, and even sometimes restating what you say into my own words!", "As an autistic person, I can say this is not the case.\n\nI'm probably one of the more opinionated people out there and if you get me started on politics you'll never get me to stop.", "Oh, America. At least I hope you're talking in an American scope rather than a global one.\n\nYou realise there's more to the world, you know what the overton window is, and you understand that different countries have different political cultures. So why the scorchingly naive take?\n\n>There's a reason nobody likes centrists. It's because the sweeping, overwhelming majority of them are too chickenshit to admit their right-wing beliefs. And the remainder? \nThey're too stupid to understand that centrism has no merit\n\n...you mean they're stupid because they don't blanket subscribe to one arbitrarily defined political wing over the other?\n\nToo stupid to understand that politics is a nuanced topic and that one may blend many particular philosophies together?\n\nTribalists who subscribe fully to either one loosely defined political stance (that happens to vary from country to country) or the other tend to lack independence and a sense of self, and have traded their backbone and conviction for the safety of group that supports them as long as they tow the line.\n\n>dichotomous political climate.\n\nWhile you've got some company, a few more developed countries have prevented a two party system setting in.\n\nProbably because their citizens have more a more diverse awareness of politics and are able to prevent themselves from copping out and taking a binary view.\n\n>only people it really fools are those unequipped to decipher the nuances of political ideology in the first place.\n\nOh lord. Yes, it's clearly those of nuanced thought who are drawn to the uncompromising and extreme views of the tribalists.\n\nI hope you're a Russian troll because the idea that Americans may actually think like this means we've got one of the most powerful countries in the world being sway to the whims of children.", "The whole time but *not literally the whole time, that's weird! You're making me uncomfortable!*", "[This one is a piece of art](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKC21wDarBo)", ">five or six autistic people commenting here don’t speak for the whole autistic community. \n\n>Autistic people don't speak for the autistic community\n\nWe're not a monolith, and you should probably be looking at the reasoning rather than the \"I like this\"/\"I don't like this\" which will always happen.\n\nIt's weird that you seem to actively be holding on to the idea that this should be offensive.\n\nMaking fun at the expense of others need not be done maliciously, and I think you should bear that distinction in mind because it appears that you've found this offensive and I struggle to understand why, or who would benefit from that.", "I was almost in Maine, once!", "The first time I saw him on a TV show (I think 30 Rock) I was like \"that's the guy from The Onion!\". He's done a lot of stuff since In The Know, he's pretty good.", "Underrated", ">Well probably any part where the person he’s interviewing is looking at him like he’s incredibly stupid\n\nBut my takeaway is that they were simply unable to understand the reasoning, so their look is damning of them rather than him.\n\n>also the fact that this is a neurotypical person portraying an autistic person so the whole character is based upon stereotypes about autistic people, true or not.\n\nThis well resembles an average functional autistic person who is not masking. Why would we care if they're not actually autistic?\n\nDo you actually know much about autism? All your comments have made me feel more uncomfortable than this video, which did not make me uncomfortable at all but according to you, should have.", "Exactly. I've never watched a good Onion News video that was released after like 2013.", "Maybe I’m just dense, but isn’t the primary source of humor here just making fun of people who aren’t neurotypical? Like, is this just laughing at disabilities? Maybe I’m not feeling this video because I have family in the military?\n\nEdit: I should not have written “military background” at the end of my post - that has different implications than what I meant", "I have to watch every Onion video twice. Once to watch the actual video, the second time to read the hilarious crawl at the bottom. Some of that shit is more hilarious than the actual video. \n\n\"Mourners unsure how to commemorate victims of memorial collapse\"\n\nOr the first successful hat transplant. Sources say the man is awake and looking dapper.", "But the teachers!?! What about the teachers? Should we feel sad or not sad about one dying? This is causing too much anxiety - I need answers, dammit.", "It can be read in the opposite way though, with the reporter repeatedly highlighting the folly and the soldiers failing to see it.\n\nJust because you can see something, doesn't mean it's there.\n\nAs for the masking, while it would be a funny joke to have a \"autistic reporter\" who has a great mask, it's kind of really nice to see these things represented. Most autistic people aren't like this 90% of the time, but sometimes it's how we're more comfortable being, and wearing a mask is just that - it's not who we are. I think that's fairly universal.\n\nThe **biggest problem** is the uncompromising view that \"my interpretation is the only one\", or the implication that there cannot be multiple interpretations.", "I think it works because the character is moreso there to point out how ridiculous the whole thing is to the soldiers.", "He's amazing, but the anchor has an amazing line at the end also \"we'll let you know in a few days *if* he makes it back ok\"", "Yeah, regardless of country those kinds of weekly shows are the same. They throw a lot of shit at the wall and a good majority does not stick. Nature of the game. And we tend to remember the ones that do stick as a larger percentage than it was. Because they get replayed and retold.", ">Not really. You're either lying, ignorant, or I'm sad to say a kind of stupid. \n>\n>\"They're not laughing with you, they're laughing at you.\"\n\nWhy would I be bothered that someone makes fun at my expense when normal people have no problem with it? I don't want people to tread on eggshells because of my condition as it sets me apart. The most comfortable I've ever felt is around people who could make these kind of jokes that acknowledge and validate my foibles - it can't be said that it was malicious because i gave them the same back and we'd laugh about it.\n\nIt's only punching down if you see yourself as less, or weaker, imo. If they're laughing at me then they're morons who don't get the joke, and it's quite clear here that there are many people who do.\n\nYou need to actually describe your reasoning instead of saying \"I'm autistic and I don't like this so this is bad\".", ">Dude, he definitely is. He's not skewering the absurdity of war, his autism makes it so that he lacks a certain humanity or appreciation of the gravity of war.\n\nHe's the butt of the joke from some perspectives and from others he highlights the absurdity.\n\nSketches like this are a bit of a mirror as to who finds what funny.", "wtf is wrong with you and these ppl? why would you post this?", "I want that on a t-shirt!", ">No, it really shouldn't. Jokes are not an excuse to punch down on minorities f\n\nJokes are a way to not take ourselves so seriously, and that's sorely missing nowadays.\n\nAs a minority, according to you, it makes me feel more uncomfortable to be seen like you're seeing me than the sketch is. The sketch doesn't make me uncomfortable, you do.", "That's one way to read it. It can also very much be read as the reporter highlighting the absurdity of soldierly reactions.\n\n\"Only soldiers are allowed to kill people\". It's absurdity.", ">You are a liar and are not autistic. I can say I am married to Britney Spears too. I can tell by the way you write, and yes, I am an expert on autism. \n\nHow to ruin any credibility you had in ten seconds...\n\nAre you insane? You cannot diagnose someone as not having autism based on the way they type, and the fact you think you can confirms that you have no idea what you're talking about.\n\nBetter to keep quite and risk looking a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt!", "\"newly discovered cluster of dinosaur bones suggests existence of a 200 million year old natural history museum\"\n\nI'm dying with the scrolling text underneath", "Man, I miss the Onion skits. They were so high quality.", "Oh he’s without a doubt fucking that anchor’s wife.", ">Maybe I’m just dense, but isn’t the primary source of humor here just making fun of people who aren’t neurotypical? Like, is this just laughing at disabilities? Maybe I’m not feeling this video because of my military background?\n\nA lot of us are reading it as highlighting the absurdity of war and the relative valuation of life.\n\n\"Only soldiers are allowed to kill people\" for example stands out as a highlight.\n\nIt's like, all this stuff is obvious to an insider who has been trained to think a certain way, and encode information a certain way, but when confronted with a complete outsider it becomes clear there's a dissonance and that is what's funny to some. Others may just see an autistic guy \"not getting it\" but I see a military guy \"not getting it\".", "There we go, NOW you're getting it.", "That's the line from the film?", "Cringe and gay.", "Not autistic, but my son is, and I really don't like this.", "Oh jeez, I should not have said “military background.” I’m not in the military and never have been - I was thinking of the fact that my my uncle and my sister are both in the military. I meant “military connections” or something. I don’t articulate that often, so I tripped up on the wording. I was trying to acknowledge a potential bias. That said, my uncle and sister both trash the military and make jokes about it non-stop at family events. I don’t think of the military as a topic immune from criticisms or humor, I’ve heard plenty of good send-ups of the military’s waste and hypocrisy and warped culture and whatnot. And sometimes I play CCR’s fortunate son when my uncle walks in the room or gets in the car, just to bug him with a classic war protest song.\n\nAnyway, I’ve read your comment a few times and tried to think carefully about what you wrote, but it doesn’t seem to change the fact that this video’s humor relies on laughing at a disability. Or laughing at an actor pretending to have a disability. I get that the butt of the joke is the military, and war. But this feels like one of the less effective ways to critique the military that I’ve ever seen.\n\nTo each their own.", "He does a great job. He could be an older version of my daughter's friend who's quite Autistic (but verbal). Those are the questions that my daughter's friend will ask. Very specific and unable to wrap his head around things that are inconsistent. He has lots of rules.\n\nI like the kid. I think he's fun. You just have to be used to Autism.", "Everything is all right! I didn't mean to attack you.\n\nBasically I just shared that I feel validated by you that the video doesn't portray autism exactly right.", "It's very common in persons with Asperger's/HFA. Just google it; you'll find lots of articles about it.", "I think he just missed his calling as an auctioneer. I find it hilarious that he and the girl from Matilda are cousins and they reportedly hate each other.", "As an autistic person: that's not as specific, so it's not as good. There's lots of ways to be neurodivergent. This actor isn't acting bipolar or ADHD, they're acting autistic—and doing pretty well IMO!\n\nAs a side note, part of the reason I don't find this bit offensive is that it's not actually making fun of autistic people. It's making fun of the absurdities of war *using the perspective* of an autistic person.", "*Time vampire*", "I'm on the mildly on the spectrum and you would be surprised. I have basically interacted with someone exactly like this guy and I love it every time because I'm very literal so we get along.", "Every other character in the skit is the straight man. It isn't like the soldier is some bloodthirsty cartoon character; he feels bad for the comrades he lost, while saying nothing about the enemy. Nothing the soldier says or does is comedic or exaggerated. He isn't silly or crazy for mourning his fellow soldiers.\n\nWhether you're a pacifist or a hawk, I think most people understand the basic idea of forming bonds with fellow soldiers during war. The reporter doesn't, and is speaking inappropriately to others as a result.\n\nI just don't see how the point of all of this is, 'Yep, war sucks!'", "Ah, I kind of canucked it up…", ">It's very common in persons with Asperger's/HFA. Just google it; you'll find lots of articles about it.\n\nSorry, you said \"we\" and that seemed implied to be \"we autistic people\" which covers everyone from non-verbal to high functioning, so it's incorrect because that is not the case. The fact that HFA exists does not mean everyone with autism is high functioning, or that they are more logical than the average person.\n\nIf the trend still stands when including the entire autistic population instead of cherry picking the group of autistic people who don't suffer the worst of the condition, then that's interesting.", ">Every other character in the skit is the straight man. It isn't like the soldier is some bloodthirsty cartoon character; he feels bad for the comrades he lost, while saying nothing about the enemy. Nothing the soldier says or does is comedic or exaggerated. He isn't silly or crazy for mourning his fellow soldiers.\n\nNo he's not, but he doesn't see that human life has value, only his friends lives. Life doesn't have value, his friends do. Which is a risible perspective, if you read it like that. And it can very well be read like that. War isn't bad, but his friends dying to it is bad, kinda thing.\n\n>Whether you're a pacifist or a hawk, I think most people understand the basic idea of forming bonds with fellow soldiers during war. The reporter doesn't, and is speaking inappropriately to others as a result.\n\nThe reporter understands that all life has value, and most people aren't autistic so going off 'most people' seems a flawed precept.\n\nI find it kind of interesting that perspective on this heavily depends on perception of autistic people - the autistic people commenting with approval in this topic clearly see themselves as equals and the reporter as a fully cognizant human, just with a different context/framing, whereas people who see the reporter as the butt of the joke may be doing so because of an innate bias against autistic people and their intelligence.\n\nIt's the implicit assumption that he can't possibly be the one speaking appropriately because he's autistic, or because you don't understand what he means, therefore he's the butt of the joke.\n\n>>I just don't see how the point of all of this is, 'Yep, war sucks!'\n\nIt's not though - it *could be*, and that's the important thing. Without talking to the people who wrote it, their intent can *only* be inferred, and inference is subjective and prone to bias. A lot of comedy serves as a mirror, because it often relies on ambiguity, and in there lies the rub.", ">but it doesn’t seem to change the fact that this video’s humor relies on laughing at a disability. Or laughing at an actor pretending to have a disability.\n\nIs my disability considered inherently funny, to the extent that simply portraying it is deemed to be punching down at those having it?\n\nIt didn't cross my mind to laugh *at* his depiction, I just found it funny how he resembled me with my mask off.\n\nThe videos humour doesn't rely on anything explicitly, it is depicting a scene and then whether or not you find anything funny in that scene is down to you.\n\n>I get that the butt of the joke is the military, and war. But this feels like one of the less effective ways to critique the military that I’ve ever seen.\n\nThis is a bit loaded - if you don't get a joke, does that make the joke bad?\n\nDoes it make any content with people suffering tourettes bad if it's possible some could view it and laugh at them for their tics rather than the jokes they're making for example?\n\nThe skit is a scene from which humour can be derived for multiple reasons. Just because it can be seen as mean-spirited it doesn't mean it is, basically.", "It was 27 deaths, are you not sad about the other deaths?", "Interesting. I’ll have to think a bit about the perspective you shared", ">Or I could not support or perpetuate shitty stereotypes to get attention.\n\nI found it funny that this guy resembled me with my mask off.\n\nHow is a perspective of autistic behaviour \"a shitty stereotype\". Am I \"shitty stereotype\" for being autistic and not masking?\n\nYou're twisted. Don't *make* this hateful.", "I would like to point out that the \"random\" things typically aren't. Being autistic seems (from the autistic side) to mean that things are more connected than typical people think, and it takes a long time to explain why obviously related things are.\n\nI like to use Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy to illustrate the idea. \n\nYou probably think I'm going to say that Drax is like an autistic person, but I'm not. I'd say he's the same *kind* of different as autistic and typical people, but in a new made-up direction.\n\nBeing an autistic talking to normal people feels like being Quill talking to Drax. You make an obvious connection, then they look at you like you're crazy and explain why the obviously-related things aren't. \n\nAnd after a while you just give up. You learn to speak super literally and logically, because then they can follow what you're trying to say and you have stuff to get done.", "> No he's not, but he doesn't see that human life has value, only his friends lives. Life doesn't have value, his friends do. Which is a risible perspective, if you read it like that. And it can very well be read like that. War isn't bad, but his friends dying to it is bad, kinda thing.\n\nAgain, the solider is the straight man. Nobody who understands human emotions would look at a soldier mourning his recently killed friends and think, 'Hm, no tribute to the enemy. He doesn't understand they're humans, too.' \n\n> the autistic people commenting with approval in this topic clearly see themselves as equals and the reporter as a fully cognizant human, just with a different context/framing, whereas people who see the reporter as the butt of the joke may be doing so because of an innate bias against autistic people and their intelligence.\n\nNot a bias, I just am willing to acknowledge that many \"neurotypical\" people have had the experience of interacting with an autistic person who doesn't understand social cues. \n\n> It's the implicit assumption that he can't possibly be the one speaking appropriately because he's autistic, or because you don't understand what he means, therefore he's the butt of the joke.\n\nI understand what he means, but the humor is not in the substance of what he's saying, it's that he doesn't pick up on these social cues and sticks out like a sore thumb as a result. \n\nIn other words, someone looking at war and seeing all the participants as one big group of humans is not funny. But take that person and that attitude and stick them in the scenario of being a war correspondent and you've got something. \n\nLet's not forget, too, that this is one in a series of Onion videos featuring the autistic reporter. In another one, a person is hit and killed by a train, and the reporter is obsessed only with the details of the train, almost completely ignoring the loss of life. Everyone he interviews focuses on the loss of life and is made uncomfortable by his questions.", ">Oh that is different. I got the impression the autism was an act.\n\nHe is, but he's doing a decent enough depiction of a mask-off autistic guy. It's not inherently wrong to portray someone different than you are, that's just an opinion shared by some.", "I learned that depending on region, you'll also get Urdu. I was surprised by that.\n\nSource: Had a ton of Afghan friends in college.", "I'm on the spectrum and I really wish that this could help me. Instead of brings about a wave of panic. Sometimes drugs help.", ">Nobody who understands human emotions would look at a soldier mourning his recently killed friends and think, 'Hm, no tribute to the enemy. He doesn't understand they're humans, too.' \n\nI just did. I'm autistic. I also have a different value system to many people, and mask off and interacting for my own edification rather than to fit in, I'd probably behave similarly.\n\n>Not a bias, I just am willing to acknowledge that many \"neurotypical\" people have had the experience of interacting with an autistic person who doesn't understand social cues. \n\nYou've also interacted with neurotypical people and seen them display misunderstanding of social cues, right?\n\nMany would have interacted with an autistic person and had no idea. It's a wide disorder with many different symptoms expressing differently with different levels of coping strategies.\n\n>I understand what he means, but the humor is not in the substance of what he's saying, it's that he doesn't pick up on these social cues and sticks out like a sore thumb as a result. \n\nIt is to me, and others. So either we're wrong or comedy is subjective (which I'm sure you agree). A Jewish comedian can make a joke about Jewish stereotypes to an audience of Jews and get a laugh. He could make the same joke to a group of neo Nazis and get a laugh. They would be laughing for different reasons though, and extremes aside that seems clearly demonstrated here.\n\n>In other words, someone looking at war and seeing all the participants as one big group of humans is not funny. But take that person and that attitude and stick them in the scenario of being a war correspondent and you've got something. \n\n>Let's not forget, too, that this is one in a series of Onion videos featuring the autistic reporter. In another one, a person is hit and killed by a train, and the reporter is obsessed only with the details of the train, almost completely ignoring the loss of life. Everyone he interviews focuses on the loss of life and is made uncomfortable by his questions.\n\nAre you saying this is funny or not funny? I find that very funny because I can empathise, and will happily explain why next post.", ">Even the messing around with American Service deaths on top of the obvious autism satire… not just a fan\n\nAye, I think you're the target of this piece of satire so that fits.", ">I'm not a psychologist, but it seems to me that the speciality of this reporter is that he thinks more like a child in some areas.\n>\n>I don't know how old your son is, but if he's an actual child, I wouldn't worry too much.\n\nIt's not thinking like a child, more like someone outside of the social constructs that govern general sensibilities. Like an alien.\n\nIt could be construed as childlike reasoning, but i think that would be a misnomer as it's more just devoid of context rather than the implication of 'childlike' being stupid.", ">Interesting. I’ll have to think a bit about the perspective you shared\n\nI hope it helps. Whatever you do, it will piss some people off unfortunately.", "Yes I’m very familiar with autism. Between school peers, cousins and roommates siblings, this does NOT resemble the “average” autistic person. It is a spectrum, there are definitely autistic people who act like this but to claim it’s the average is a little offensive itself. I don’t care if my comments made you feel uncomfortable, it’s probably because I made you think more about the situation beyond the surface level comedy.", "1:49\n\n\nAlso the signs from the protestors are hilarious. \"Shes not brain dead shes just and idiot\"....hahaha", ">How is it making fun of so called normal people?\n\nPresumably because only soldiers are allowed to kill people without getting into trouble, and that the army dude can't understand why he is not sad at the loss of life but is sad at the loss of his friends.\n\nIrl this interaction could maybe be solved by clarifying that \"it is sad\" and \"I am sad\" are different things, because that seems to be the crux here.", "You’re totally allowed to like this, and it is funny. But I just had an issue with the claim that this is not poking fun at autism “at all”. It is a bit, and there’s nothing wrong with that if everyone understands the situation.", "If members of a community are telling jokes about themselves, sure, whatever, that's one thing. Outsiders mocking minorities is something else.", "[Masochist Dog Enjoys Being Walked Around On Leash While Naked](https://www.theonion.com/masochist-dog-enjoys-being-walked-around-on-leash-while-1819575370) - not sure why that article doesn't include a photo of said sick freak, but [here is the photo usually accompanying the article](https://i.imgur.com/dgI8bsd.png)", "I saw the gif off that while scrolling through /r/all yesterday and immediately I thought of that Onion video. Yikes.", ">They didn't make jokes at autism's expense.\n\nThey did though..?", ">If members of a community are telling jokes about themselves, sure, whatever, that's one thing. Outsiders mocking minorities is something else.\n\nIt's not though - just because I'm part of the in group it doesn't mean I can't make a comment with malice, and vice versa just because I'm not it doesn't mean I'm making a joke with malice. That's down to me as an individual, not whichever group I can claim to be a part of. Demographics and minorities are *not* monoliths.\n\nThis philosophy doesn't serve to do anything other than divide people, it's fundamentally arbitrary especially in terms of intersectionality, imo.", "Yeah, I'm familiar with the Onion, and with satire. I've lived in the autism community for about 20 years now, as a neurotypical helper. The anti war message wasn't lost on me. I still hated it.", "\"The internet may not be for you\" - I think I'm OK, thanks, and I'll continue calling this shit out when I see it.", "Yeah... Perpetuating shitty stereotypes to get attention seems pretty malicious, intended or not.", "That was one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time. I LOL several times. The onion is comedy gold!", "Good luck with your battles, friend.", "Are we teaching our children enough about whales will forever be my favorite.", "The timing is impeccable", "Very true! My cousin is **extremely** biased against the color blue and **extremely** biased for eggo waffles", ">Yeah... Perpetuating shitty stereotypes to get attention seems pretty malicious, intended or not.\n\nHow's it a shitty stereotype to be mask-off? And who's the attention for? The vast majority of people taking this line seem to see autism as something to look down on rather than just different.\n\nLike you could produce an tourettes awareness advert and some people would see it as perpetuating a shitty stereotype simply seeing tourettes people with tics existing.", "The girl on the right in that missing girls interview went on to star in Happy Death Day. She's entertaining", "Yeah, the Onion Newsman has multiple language skills.", "I have not even once declared this specific video is an example. I'm merely pointing out that \"it's a joke\" does not excuse being homophobic or racist, or whatever. It's not a few pass card to say anything.", ">Yes I’m very familiar with autism. Between school peers, cousins and roommates siblings, this does NOT resemble the “average” autistic person.\n\nYou know what masking is. How often do you interact with autistic people who are not masking? My partner is the only one I interact with mask-off. Do your siblings take their mask off with you and do you then notice they are behaving differently? Do you watch your autistic friends interact and see that they may interact differently around each other Vs neurotypical?\n\nHave you asked any of them if they find this offensive, or spoken for them based on your assumptions?\n\n>It is a spectrum, there are definitely autistic people who act like this but to claim it’s the average is a little offensive itself.\n\nSigh, yes it's a spectrum and that's why I resorted to 'average', because no two people will be the same on a spectrum. It was one of convenience and reliant on good faith, and anyone who knows it's a spectrum disorder and more importantly *knows the person they are speaking to knows that too*, can read that wording with good faith. Would 'mean' have evaded your ire? I don't want to get bogged down in offensiveness, but perhaps it would be best to avoid telling someone who has told you they are autistic that 'autism is a spectrum disorder'. Trust me mate, I know.\n\n>I don’t care if my comments made you feel uncomfortable, it’s probably because I made you think more about the situation beyond the surface level comedy.\n\nYou're wrong, please don't assume you know what I'm thinking better than I do. Do you do this to your autistic family members and friends? Bloody hope not.\n\nAnd again with the offensiveness, doubly so ffs. You should, because I'm explaining why people with autism may find your views to be offensive, and you are telling me I don't know what I mean and that my lack of understanding is making me feel uncomfortable.\n\nYou know how condescending that is, so don't do it.\n\nI have analysed this sketch in other posts and mentioned many perspectives, and discussed the ambiguity of humour, but that was not pertinent here as your point is that autistic people do not behave like this. Autistic people don't behave like Rain Man, but some do. There's a lot of us and we vary massively, so coagulating some common factors is not offensive.", ">I have not even once declared this specific video is an example. I'm merely pointing out that \"it's a joke\" does not excuse being homophobic or racist, or whatever. It's not a few pass card to say anything.\n\nBut it does, by your own admission - if they are in the 'in group' then it is perceived as fine regardless of the fact it can just as well be bigoted or hateful. Being in the in group *is* a pass according to some, which is ridiculous and inconsistent and really bloody bad.", "Yes, the in group can joke about things about themselves. That does not mean that they can joke about *anything* though, so again, \"it's a joke\" is not a free pass to say anything.", "Or urdu", "It's Rem Lezar!!", "But they do share similarities....that's...that's how disorders work.", "Bet", "The way he rocks his chair while he gets excited cracked me up.", "This was a light bulb moment for me. Ben Shapiro is in the spectrum.", "Don't be a dick.", "I just have no vested energy in this anymore to respond to a small novel", "This is really frustrating because he seems so much like people you talk to. The reasoning as to cause and effect seem so lost. It’s only funny really at the end.", "The Onion still is the best thing online.", "Their “our dumb world” atlas is an absolute classic", ">I just have no vested energy in this anymore to respond to a small novel\n\nI was trying to explain my thought process fully so you understood me and wouldn't keep making comments like telling an autistic person that autism is a spectrum disorder, and I wanted to understand you because you ostensibly have experience being close to autistic people and would hopefully mean this could be a beneficial experience.\n\nI fucking hate that I can't mask off, even online, without people taking the piss.", "Why would he post this?\n\nBecause it's funny.", ">Yes, the in group can joke about things about themselves. That does not mean that they can joke about *anything* though, so again, \"it's a joke\" is not a free pass to say anything.\n\nThey can joke about *anything* within their group then? In which case between all the groups, everything can then be joked about? Is that what you're saying? I'm just trying to understand.", "I used to be extremely biased for eggo, but unfortunately I can't support Kellogs at this time", "The joke isn't on the reporter though. It's on everyone else. It should be bad when people die and soldiers shouldn't be happy about killing people. He's right. When it doesn't make sense to him that's not him being clueless, it's just looking from a different perspective. You disagree on stuff so I'm happy when you die? That makes no sense.", "How is the reaction you describe not inherent to any representation of an autistic character in a situation where their autism makes a meaningful difference in their perspective. What is lacking in \"humanity\" about autistic people in this sense? I kind of empathized with the reporter's perspective here, and the ability to create that moment is one thing that's really valuable about comedy.", "I don't understand what you're not understanding. Trying to be funny doesn't give carte blanche to say anything. This really isn't a hard concept.", "Tell me more about how my life works.", "Oh, I'm just supposed to *know* when to look away?\n\nOh, you find too much eye contact uncomfortable?\n\nOh, you don't like it when I look away for too long?\n\nI wonder who the difficult, whiny, non-communicative people *actually* are...", "Oh, but don't talk too much or else they'll think you aren't listening! Don't forget to give your opinion or they'll think you don't care, or if you give *too much* opinion they'll think your controlling. Make sure you reply to them or else they'll think you aren't paying attention, but don't reply too much or else they'll think you're trying to make it about you!\n\nDealing with neurotypical people is exhausting.", "The worst is when I found out about my autistm, told people close to me and got the classic \"You don't look austistic\" and \"My young nephew is autistic too and doesn't act anything like you who is a full grown man.\"\n\nThen they proceeded to change absolutely nothing about how they perceive me or treat me, so I went right back to masking.", "Honestly, I can't speak for everyone, but I feel a lot of autistics just want people to reciprocate the effort we put in for neurotypicals.\n\nSeriously, all I fucking want is a little acknowledgement and reciprocation of the *massive* amount of effort it takes to even partially appear \"normal.\" Neurotypical parents will go off on all the difficulties involved with raising an autistic child but make no mention of the difficulties the child has making concessions for their parents' neurotypical world while most of their neurodivergent needs go under-cared for.", "Thank you I almost pissed myself", "I would agree, but many people don't know where to draw the line at good humor and 99% of time it can be easily drawn at \"the person you're making fun of isn't laughing\" yet the difficulties still exist.", ">I don't understand what you're not understanding. Trying to be funny doesn't give carte blanche to say anything. This really isn't a hard concept.\n\nI'm just trying to understand what offensive humour is left over once you eliminate groups taking the piss internally, ie humour which you allow under the 'in group' endorsement you give above.", "Same, and I’m so sorry you’ve gone through it too. My parents still don’t believe me (my dad: “I’ve had female students with Asperger syndrome and you don’t have Asperger syndrome”) and even worse my brother (doctor but not a psychiatrist) agreed with them because one of his best friends is a man on the spectrum and I don’t act like him, either. \n\n\nOnce I was diagnosed (again) during a study I took part in, they gave me that look that means “Okay, but I still have my opinion. If it makes you feel better, go on and be autistic.” As my dad also said: “We just thought you were gifted.” Ouch.", "What you're asking doesn't make any sense.", "That's fucked, sorry you have to deal with that. For some reason neurotypicals seem to think they're the experts on being neurodivergent, which leads to all sorts of problems for people like us as we don't have the agency we need to set boundaries and establish healthy trust systems.\n\nHopefully something will change soon as it seems, to me at least, these past few years have really roused the autistic community to reach out and become strong self-advocates.\n\nI can't wait until the world realizes how many autistic sleeper agents there are around, sure NTs love when somebody like Elon Musk comes out as autistic because, to them, it's an excuse for their lack of similar success. \"Oh, he's one of *them* his brain works different so I can't compare myself to him\" yet us average joes don't get the same benefit, instead we're dismissed as \"less capable\" or, at best, \"capable of special things.\" \n\nI have a feeling things will rapidly change once people realize how many of their spouses, mentors, leaders and role models are autistic.", "You are not the judge of my credibility. No reddit user will ever have that power. You most certainly can analyze someone by the way they use language and \"type\" . Unless they have used a software like Grammarly to improve their abilities. You apparently have a lack of knowledge in this field. I have analyzed the written word for years. I have just analyzed yours. You assume you are more intelligent than you are and have a need to judge others and interject yourself in conversations. You follow the reddit crowd where they criticize others as any follower would. You quote others because your own thoughts are limited. Keep typing and I will keep analyzing.", "I hope so. Thanks, I really appreciate the kind thoughts, and right back at you :)", "For what its worth, anxiety wise, a lot of neurotypical people do it too. More often than not people are too busy focusing on their own anxieties to pick you out of the crowd. \n\nImposter syndrome is also really really common.", "Haha no I’m not, I’m just a Ryan. Just one hell of a Ryan", "No I don't think if someone can recognize humor that they themselves can be a successful comedian. Being a good comedian is extremely difficult. Your post might sound deep and insightful, but it's incredibly shallow thinking.", "u/savevideobot", "Can I try and clarify?\n\nI think what you're saying is that people within a demographic can take the piss out of that demographic, but not other demographics. Is that the case?", ">I have analysed the written word for years.\n\nI can read too.\n\nI think your daughter is lucky to have great friends because her father is a fucking idiot.", "There's very little Urdu in Afghanistan as a native/mother tongue, but a lot of urban people speak Urdu/Hindi because of the influence of Pakistan and India. A bit like how English isn't a Russian language, but most younger Russians who have internet access will be able to speak English enough to watch films and play games.", "You replied to the wrong comment, but the content of your comment is still very true. Those girls were great actors.", "Thanking for teaching me more about this!", "You realise it was a parody of Ben Shapiro, right? That's almost word for word how he talks. \n\nBut, this:\n\n> Your post might sound deep and insightful, but it's incredibly shallow thinking.\n\nis a pretty spot on reaction to anything that Ben Shapiro says, so - good job?", "It might be the way he talks, but the substance of what you said made no sense. I think you just don't agree with him politically so you just write him off, which is fine. But to pretend he's an idiot or doesn't understand comedy is ridiculous.", "> But to pretend he's an idiot or doesn't understand comedy is ridiculous.\n\nCan you give me an example of Ben Shapiro 'understanding comedy'?", "I mean, that's kind of how this thread got started. I said that, in my opinion, bringing Adam Carolla onto the Daily Wire team was an example of Ben Shapiro understanding comedy. People disagreed with me which is fine since comedy is subjective and what I find funny, you might not.", "Hiring a popular comedian isn't really the same thing as *understanding* comedy. If I hire a well renowned graphic designer for my product does that mean I *understand* graphic design?", "I feel like we're getting in the weeds here a bit. If you don't think Ben Shapiro understands comedy then fine. I really don't care to change your mind or somehow prove to you that a particular person understands something as subjective as humor. I've watched his podcast and have listened to some of his other videos and, in my opinion, think that he can sometimes be funny.", "Thank you! I wish you the best.", "What a great way to put that, I completely agree.\n\nThe more I talk to other autistic people the more I realize a lot of our \"symptoms\" are just results of a world not designed for us. If we had the level of understanding that most alltistics (non-autistic people) have when it comes to their daily troubles/anxieties etc. we wouldn't be stigmatized so much. It doesn't help that that stigmatization causes a lot of autistic people to *not seek* answers that relate to it, due to that very stigma. That can be incredible damaging to autistic people who need accommodations but are good at masking still. It took me *decades* for anybody, even myself, to consider I was autistic because of that.\n\nI feel a lot of major issues stem from not being given the room to believe that our way of learning, or sometimes even *living*, is acceptable, and many autistic people find that out from a *very* young age.", "Small detail, before the interview starts you can see him staring the ceiling counting tiles lol", "making fun of people with disabilities who can't defend themselves is scummy. Not funny even remotely", "He can have a writer but if he's performing the joke he still has to pull it off.\n\nIt's hyperbolic too. He's just a serious guy who's arguing with people all day or making monologues, so his jokes usually come off as just condescending or the kind your dorky professor would make. Everyone has a sense of humor, i just find his like...unseasoned chicken breast with a side of vanilla wafers.", "Why does ben shapiro always sound like he's trying to fill the minimum word count?", "That is what I was going for, thank you", "> Nobody who understands human emotions would look at a soldier mourning his recently killed friends and think, 'Hm, no tribute to the enemy. He doesn't understand they're humans, too.' \n\n> I just did. I'm autistic.\n\nlol, like I said. \n\n> You've also interacted with neurotypical people and seen them display misunderstanding of social cues, right?\n\nNot in the same way, no. \n\n> Many would have interacted with an autistic person and had no idea. It's a wide disorder with many different symptoms expressing differently with different levels of coping strategies.\n\nOf course. I do not at all mean to imply that every autistic person is like this, or that autism doesn't exist on a spectrum. \n\n> It is to me, and others. So either we're wrong or comedy is subjective (which I'm sure you agree). A Jewish comedian can make a joke about Jewish stereotypes to an audience of Jews and get a laugh. He could make the same joke to a group of neo Nazis and get a laugh. They would be laughing for different reasons though, and extremes aside that seems clearly demonstrated here.\n\nActually, I don't agree with that, that they'd be laughing for different reasons. They'd both be laughing at the same jokes.\n\n> Are you saying this is funny or not funny? I find that very funny because I can empathise, and will happily explain why next post.\n\nI think all of the autistic reporter videos are hilarious.", "I don't mean that autistic people are less than human. I'm saying that, in the instance of the video, the reporter comes across as lacking a certain humanity as he is completely unable to understand the emotions of the people around him.", "Yes. In a comment chain discussing a video played in America, recorded by American actors by an American firm, on the topic of a war America started, on a website created by Americans primarily used by Americans. I'm talking in an 'American scope'. I'm so happy you picked up on the subtly of it all.\n\nThe entirety of the rest of your post assumes that I don't recognize that other government/political systems are different than America's. It takes a special kind of stupid to interject with \"ackshully in the UK things r different!\". Realistically, the only person lacking awareness in this scenario is you, because you seem compelled to shoehorn unrelated, xenophobic rhetoric into a discussion about very American topics.\n\nI can tell by how smarmy your writing is that you seriously thought you were living out a 'bazinga gotcha!' moment here, but in reality, you look a bit daft. Consider paying tribute to context before you go off the rails next time and perhaps this sort of outcome won't be realized.", "I'm sure this was very profound in your mind.", "What you call stupid they'd call principled. It's not that they're bad at winning in the political climate, it's that they don't care to win in it; they try to decide on their position *before* looking at the political climate.", "You actually just said \"bazinga\", fucking hell. This is your brain on US media...\n\nWhy completely avoid addressing the point that \"centrism\" is a concept defined by reference to opposing extremes? Oh. Because you can't address a cogent argument without projecting your own Peak Reddit mindset onto others.\n\nYou're eating up the tribalist soup and blaming others for noticing the smell of shit on your breath.\n\n>I can tell by how smarmy your writing is\n\nOf course you can, you're an absolute master of smarm.", "Excellent try, champ.", ">Excellent try, champ.\n\nFeel free to make a post of substance relating to the topic. I'll wait (forever).", "Bazinga, bitch.", ">Bazinga, bitch.\n\nNo, not a second repetition! You've beaten me. Go now, and enjoy you Christmas.", "Bazinga. Bazinga. Bazinga.\n\nKeep obediently replying to me. ;)", "No :D", "So you just do whatever I ask you to?\n\nReply again. I command it.", "Achoo" ]
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[deleted by user]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04v-SdKeEpE
/r/videos/comments/rh4kw7/george_harrison_my_sweet_lord_official_video/
[ "despite all good efforts, it really comes between the song and the listener, doesn't it?", "fred armisen 🤢🤮", "I didn't love the video, but Fred Armisen is great.", "I love the song but hated the video, it could have been so much more.", "When I hear this song, I picture George on a green, flowery hill. He's sitting in a chair with a big grin on his face strumming away. Two girls are dancing in the sunlight. One of the girls picks a flower and puts it to her nose, and then puts the flower in the other girl's hair. Then the girls start sprinkling flowers on George, laughing the whole time. George and his chair start floating into the sky, and he slowly turns into a ball of light disappearing into the sun. The girls are looking upwards with their hands on their foreheads acting as sun visors. The sun explodes and flowers start raining from the sky while the girls dance wildly in the sunbeams.", "I like to picture George in a Tuxedo T-shirt, 'cause it says, like, 'I wanna be formal, but I'm here to party, too.' I like to party, so I like my George to party.... I like to think of Jesus like, with giant eagles' wings and singin' lead vocals for Lynyrd Skynyrd with like an Angel Band, and I'm in the front row, and I'm hammered drunk...", "Amazing song off an amazing album, but this video is truly awful.", "What the hell is the video's purpose?\n\nIs it really all set-up as a joke on how the song sounds like he's singing \"my load\"? Because they search in places where semen could commonly be found (library and cinema). Because... I just really don't get it.\n\nNot much of the video captured how the song makes me feel... so it really felt disjointed to me. I feel peace, love and spirituality when I listen to this song. I certainly don't feel a weird FBI investigation. I can understand putting music to a short film... but this isn't that. Is there something I missed?\n\nOr is this just a vehicle for cameos?\n\nHelp me... somebody please.\n\nI honestly didn't hate it... but the song and the video just don't match to me. There's no emulsion. It's oil and water.", "This video is stupid af.", "It just doesn't make any sense." ]
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George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (Official Video)
https://youtu.be/XFShD7xGIe0
/r/videos/comments/rh4u3n/1971_the_year_humanity_became_enslaved/
[ "wow , how long before they sensor this .", "Going to be real funny when the second wave boomers try to retire again and realize inflation ate their savings. Everyone who recovered from 2008 losses only to meet hyperinflation in 2022. America is a ripoff can we just setup the debtors prisons already so I don't have to pay rent anymore?", "This played out like a zeitgeist film from the early 2000s until the very end where he was just like... \"and yeah make sure you buy crypto!\" without even explaining why that would be a better financial decision than taking out money to learn a useful and valuable trade? Please yeah lets everyone buy into this planet destroying currency because!", "Good recap, thanks for saving me some time from watching it. Sounds like they’re basically arguing that fiat currency is bad, but crypto is better because….just because.", "Shocked that the Rothschilds didn't get a mention. Usually they are the first to be accused of being fiat money outer space lizards" ]
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1971: The Year Humanity became enslaved
https://youtu.be/t0wB7pV-oq0
/r/videos/comments/rh5cie/morning_routine_in_the_coldest_village_on_earth/
[ "I read up on this and they are being affected by global warming, some of the villages are in danger of being lost due to ice receding leading to soil erosion.", "How many videos can be put up from this same village about the same damn thing. We get it, it's cold.", "How frequently is bathtime?", "You're not one of them. But maybe others.\nhttps://xkcd.com/1053/", "A way to live by, it costs nothing to be kind" ]
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Morning Routine In The Coldest Village On Earth - Yakutia, Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrY04VPDg8I&t=1s
/r/videos/comments/rh5in5/i_work_on_nasas_newest_space_telescope_jwst_and_i/
[ "hey thats pretty good", "I have no involvement with the project but am already nervous for the launch and first 30 days. There's no telling what we could learn from the JWST!", "we live in a snow globe", "aight, consider us pumped.", "I love this and I love you", "Im so nervous for this launch! i cannot wait to see the awesome images we get back. so stoked!", "You need to get this video seen by more people.\nThe excitement and delivery of information is fantastic and you've done a great job outlining the conception and purpose of the JWST mission.\nMaybe throw up a twitter post and tag NASA on it or something.", "Awesome video!", "It is absolutely amazing what humans have done in terms of coming to understand the world and the universe. \n\nEven after billions of years of evolution, we were still speechless apes and yet from that, just by observing the world, asking questions and performing experiments, we were able to piece together so much of how things work. It's incredible that with no outside help, and starting with no knowledge or tools, we've pieced together a complex picture of how the universe operates, and have designed equipment capable of furthering that understanding.\n\nEven more mind blowing to me is the rate at which this knowledge explosion is growing. It is exponential and showing no signs of slowing.\n\nI don't want to live forever, but I do wish that somehow I could get a glimpse of the fate of our our species and planet and universe before I disappear forever. Alas, that will not happen, but I am grateful to be alive now and can't wait to see what we learn from the JWST.\n\nFingers crossed for a smooth launch and deployment. Our future, and past, await us!", "You know when you really want to lick something, but everyone would be angry if you did?", "I have been waiting for YEARS for this telescope to be launched. super excited and also a little nervous. but trust in NASA to do the R&D and testing.", "This is perfect", "Aw op thanks for posting!! \n\nI’m so nervous. I’ve actually had what I would consider a nightmare about this failing lmfao.", "I love the JWST, but this video downright triggered me as if I was back in high school or middle school days where kids are forced to watch these \"enthusiastic\" videos with a forced presentation that overshadows the amazing science or any meaningful information. In other words, this video gave me douche-chills. Tone it down, science is cool by itself, you don't have to sell it like an infomercial and it turns people off IMHO, you're not giving your audience enough credit if you think this is necessary.\n\ngood luck with the launch!", "this is delightful ! \n\neverything from the sound design to the goofy skits, very fun and charming", "really disappointing nasa showing up here...", "It was very creative and engaging. Reminds me of Bill Nye the Science Guy (the show).", "[ **Jump to 04:53 @** This Is A Film About The James Webb Space Telescope](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrY04VPDg8I&t=0h4m53s)\n \n ^(Channel Name: Kevin Hainline, Video Length: [09:10])^, [^Jump ^5 ^secs ^earlier ^for ^context ^@04:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrY04VPDg8I&t=0h4m48s) \n \n----------------------------------------------------------------------------- \n \n ^^Downvote ^^me ^^to ^^delete ^^malformed ^^comments. [^^Source ^^Code](https://github.com/ankitgyawali/reddit-timestamp-bot) ^^| [^^Suggestions](https://www.reddit.com/r/timestamp_bot)", "**GET HYPE!!!**", "I started the video thinking I was pretty excited for the James Webb Telescope launch. Now I want to run through the streets yelling \"James Webb!!!\".", "From what I've learnt watching Kurzgesagt videos this is essentially true.", "Subscribed! Hope you have time to make more videos, your enthusiasm is contagious", "I did not find it stimulating at all, as a matter of fact I think it detracts from the actual amazing things about JWST, even to kids, teenagers or young adults. It's just too goofy for the subject matter at hand." ]
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I work on NASA's newest space telescope: JWST, and I made a (VERY ENTHUSIASTIC) video about what so many scientists are excited about its upcoming launch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-ThusbaRW8
/r/videos/comments/rh5m2l/why_egypt_is_building_a_new_capital_city/
[ "Why can the author say \"thousand\" correctly, but \"this\" and \"these\" comes out as \"dis\" and \"deese\"?", "Dees nutz", "Just his accent. You probably say some things 'differently' than others too.", "Clearly the video creator, and literally everyone else that speaks a language, has an accent. But my point is that difference is more of an idiolect than an accent and I wonder why.", "So they have a project they can use to funnel money off of via corruption?", "In his speech, I don't hear the th in thousand or through as the IPA \"t\", rather \"f\". His ð becomes d. It's a mixture of fairly common substitutions, though t -> f is usually associated with ð -> v. \n\nEither way, I've heard this particular pattern in many central Europeans' accents in english, so to me, it doesn't stand out particularly." ]
6
videos
Why Egypt Is Building a New Capital City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jDHRW6fngg
/r/videos/comments/rh5wub/just_a_reminder_that_there_are_no_visible/
[ "This shit made me cringe so hard that I think I pulled a neck muscle.", "did you smash dislike yet?", "I want her to be ninja too, and disappear the fuck away.", "Can someone ELI5 why anybody cares about viewing dislikes on youtube?", "Just a reminder: There are no visible dislikes for any YouTube video.", "because they wont know what to think of the video before watching it.", "I should have tagged it NSFL", "The Enhancer add-on for YouTube brings back dislikes by the way.", "Dislikes help gauge disingenuous content. It's also social feedback.\n\nThere is only one group of people who don't want it visible, and that's companies who don't want their marketing and brands impacted by social feedback.\n\nHopefully that's caught you up to where everyone's at on this :)", "But you also probably had to dig to find it right? Not showing up in peoples feeds? interesting huh?", "Nope. Found it in 2 seconds. Because the video is pretty infamous and I knew what to search lol", "That's not surprising, as no reasonable person could dislike such a culturally sensitive, musical masterpiece.", "Imagine looking for a place to eat on google, except all the restaurants have 5 stars because they removed the ability to rate any of them below that.", "dat accent. i must say, daring.", "That asian woman in the front.", "She’s either very confused or doesn’t understand English. WTF", "lmfao what is your point? that because the algorithm still helps people avoid it that the dislikes being gone aren't total shit?", "Because they are just as valuable as the likes. So either have both or none. But taking away the viewers ability to see dislikes is censorship. Especially since this is for big companies and politicians to trick the public.", "reddit took away the dislikes and nobody gave af", "Guess that was before my time on Reddit. I assumed the downvotes were essentially dislikes.", "you used to be able to see a count of up/down. then you couldn't. so what? I don't get why people are so invested", "Well with billions of people on the planet I'm sure you're not gonna \"get\" the reasons why people are invested or not invested in certain things.", "It hurts.", "Come for the racism, stay for the total absence of talent!", "Not my proudest fap", "You can see that this video has 7.7k dislikes with the \"Return Youtube Dislikes\" browser extension.", "C'mon lady. Just collect your trust fund and be silent." ]
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videos
Just a reminder that there are no visible dislikes for this video
https://vimeo.com/179363537
/r/videos/comments/rh6p4q/in_honor_of_steph_curry_breaking_the_career/
[ "The moon one was the best!", "I watched them all and so many were my favourites.", "haha, thanks!" ]
3
videos
In honor of Steph Curry breaking the career 3-point record, here's an old ad campaign I did with him back in 2016. We released a 3-second ad every time he hit a 3-pointer during the playoffs. This is a reel of the best ones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh8GbPnoqCI
/r/videos/comments/rh6pig/this_heroic_antimarijuana_psa/
[ "In da couch", "I'll have what she's having.", "https://youtu.be/QOeBiHyz_sA", "She has to be stoned to just sit there with her stoned friend all day." ]
4
videos
This Heroic Anti-Marijuana PSA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwP9H9qTuUY
/r/videos/comments/rh6w5u/how_cocaine_trafficking_actually_works_how_crime/
[ "Good find", "PTSD from 12 years in an Ecuadorian prison, not surprising!\n\nI bet that dude has seen some shit.", "I know; he came across as remarkably well-balanced, all things considered.", "Super interesting. Thanks for sharing", "👍", "What is a tent? Like a sleeping tent?", "A camping tent I think.", "Thanks, English is not my first language so I wasn't sure if it was a slang.", "dude is wearing a north sails shirt. Since you probably don't know them is key. They make fairly pricey sailboat sails. Wearing one means he probably has a pretty easy life on his yacht :)\n\nAlso, sentenced to 12 years doesn't mean spent that time.", "I’m skeptical that even 1% makes it to the farmers.", "If you’re speaking about the US agriculture market, you’re correct", "Yeah, he said they made the rubber with the cocaine into [tent ground mats](https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tent+ground+mat&complete=0&sxsrf=AOaemvIxmPT9jlSvhCdHOr1h5dTZBzTHPQ:1639614261055&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiByOSMh-f0AhUO-aQKHXdRCG0Q_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1920&bih=899&dpr=1).", "He did 9 years and 3 months in prison in Ecuador \n\nTHEN\n\nSpent 2 years in Wandsworth Prison in the UK\n\n([source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd12dFAvb7E))\n\nSo he def did all that time and most of it in some grimey and completely fucked prisons", "I don't understand how you would have more experience and knowledge then this guy?", "He switched from tent mats to sails.", "Pretty Sweet!", "Thanks for fact checking!", "Enough to buy cigarettes for the rest of his life in prison...", "42 tons of the impregnated molasses but how much of that was recoverable cocaine, I wonder.", "Delete this now", "I'm pretty sure US agriculture the farmers make a decent cut. The issue is the debt cycle they get trapped into due to the way buying seeds, equipment, etc works in the US.", "Is cocaine a super stable molecule or something? How do you extract it out of latex rubber? That's crazy", "Watched this yesterday, good solid content!\n\nIf you want more organized crime related stuff.. check out:\n\n[The Underworld Podcast](https://www.podcastone.com/pd/The-Underworld-Podcast)\n\n[The Mob Reporter](https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMobReporter)\n\n[JCS - Criminal Psychology](https://www.youtube.com/c/JCSCriminalPsychology)", "The war on drugs is not meant to be won, it’s meant feed and benefit corrupt politicians who don’t want to tax their rich friends.", "Along with setting up a new legitimate business that happens to export from Ecuador 🤣", "That's including the molasses", "my guess is the same way you extract any alkaloid out of organic matter, an acid-base extraction. considering latex is derived from plants.", "Thanks, I had zero idea what the heck they were talking about.", "oh right, of course...lol", "No probs.", "He said that the farmers were being paid 750-1200 per kilo/acre of crop and it looks like a kilo in the UK goes for 50,000-75,000 which would be 1-2.4%\n\nCoca leaves apparently take 1-2 years to harvest. So 1 acre being worth about $1,000 is extremely low.", "One thing I'll never forget hearing regarding cocaine was something I believe an economist said; 'You see this pencil right here? If you can manufacture this pencil for 7 cents and turn around and sell it for $7,000, you will *never* be able to stop the production of pencils.'" ]
35
videos
How Cocaine Trafficking Actually Works | How Crime Works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shPwW11MEHg&ab_channel=QuantaMagazine
/r/videos/comments/rh6wab/the_james_webb_telescope_is_going_to/
[ "Or set back funding for a decade! \n\nFlip that coin you beautiful scientific bastards!", "Hopefully. Let's make it to our destination and unfurl that big beautiful thing and get it operational first.", "....and it's been delayed again.", "Seems cool, but I don't like that it was named after a straight, cis, white, male. This is 2021 (almost 2022!), we need to be better than this.", "I mean, aside from all that, he was anti-LGBTQ. They should've named it after someone less shitty, not someone less white or less male or less cis.", "*if it ever successfully makes into space.", "Being a cis, white, male automatically makes you shitty, though... come on, be better.", ":)" ]
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videos
The James Webb telescope is going to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos.
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rh7lgq/deleted_by_user/
/r/videos/comments/rh7lgq/deleted_by_user/
[ "never understood these games. yes the graphic is good but the driving is just to fake to be enjoyable", "Arcade racing. Just drive cars with good graphics and chill. Thats the point.", "respekk but not my cup of thea. i need to feel the heaviness of the vehicle.", "I feel like the Horizon games are not arcadey enough for me but to far from a sim for that this weird middle ground that loses me" ]
4
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[deleted by user]
https://youtu.be/Xprabkl1LD4
/r/videos/comments/rh7qk0/drag_queen_nina_west_singing_about_gay_pride_on/
[ "Seems to be this crazy obsession with drag queens in media these days?", "Well it’s important to make sure 1% of the population gets their share of exposure", "I’m pro-LGBT but stuff like this is why trump won. It does little to help LGBT people and gives tons of Ammo to right wing/Christian groups who think *the gays are brainwashing our kids*", "This is why Youtube got rid of Dislike counts. I'm certain that this one is off the charts. And the comments would be glorious. Why are they pitchin' this nonsense to children? May karma come and bite them where the sun doesn't shine. Ban me for being sick of this shit, I don't care.", "I think it’s because they want entertainers and drag queen are that", "YouTube got rid of it to protect companies from criticisms", "There are probably no more than 500k drag queens in the US.\n\nAnd that's a *very* high estimate.\n\nThe real number is probably closer to less than 100k.\n\nBut even if there are 500k of them. This means they represent roughly 0.15% of America.\n\nAnd for whatever reason drag queens really *really* want to get involved with influencing children.", "Gay here, always felt the stereotypes were shoved down my throat. In no way does being gay affect my behavior, masculinity or desire to wear rainbows/glitter/makeup etc. always wished there was better representation than all the crazy shit I saw in the mainstream. Although, to each their own.", "The company here is Nickelodeon. I understand that.", "Can you be for LGBT rights and against this? Because I'm that.", "Hey, theres a bunch of trolls screeching from their mom's basement in here, and these reasonable comments are ruining it. Cut it out.", "Entertainers tend to end up on entertainment mediums..Huh, imagine that?", "Yall get mad at the weirdest shit.\n\nIs it starvation, tyranny, environmental destruction, failing schools and infrastructure? No. What matters is **a man dressed like a lady and sang a song!**", "This is why we shouldn't play DnD or read Harry Potter, Christian groups will think it's brainwashing our children and we don't want them to think that! \n\nMaybe we should get rid of rock and roll and metal music. Maybe throw out all those KISS and Beatles records, the Christians groups said those have satanic messages when you play them backwards!", "Neither of that has to do with sexualizing children…", "How is this sexualizing children.", "And?\n\nOh no, Cinderella marries a prince! No children should have a Disney subscription lest they see such filth! \n\nOr is it only disgusting sexualization when *the gays* do it?", "Just don't look up Brett Bloome, or the \"Space City Sisters\"", "Keep believing that buddy", "Lol no it's not a fetish. Wilhelm Reich was wrong about most things but he was right about you fascist creeps, everything's about sex and fetish to you fucking weirdos.", "Wow, thankfully 4chan who has always taken a strong stand against pedophilia is on the case." ]
37
videos
Drag queen Nina West singing about gay pride on Nick Jr.
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rh89nn/deleted_by_user/
/r/videos/comments/rh89nn/deleted_by_user/
[ "I like his compass skills.", "Can’t do that one! :D what a good dude", "He still has a camera, though.", "\"I just can't bring myself to litter\"\n\n*yeets cellphone *" ]
4
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[deleted by user]
https://youtu.be/9sI7WveN7vk
/r/videos/comments/rh99o2/keeping_a_grocery_store_lobster_as_a_pet/
[ "If he started a crowd funder for a larger home for Leon, I’d happily donate.", "His name should've been Pinchy", "What a great and fascinating video! I loved watching Leon blossom back into full dexterity, eat, and shuttle things around the tank. Thank you for posting this.", "Looks like Leon died on 2 december\"(", "The creator of the video wrote yesterday that Leon is still alive and doing great.", "Pinchy would have loved this.\n\n*pass the butter Marge*\n\nCRACK", "I did not think you can bring them home in an empty box like that", "The box wasn’t empty, there was a lobster in it…", "MIND. BLOWN.", "Well, he's got a new friend for life....\n\nLobsters can live to up to 100 years old\n\nhttps://umaine.edu/lobsterinstitute/educational-resources/lobsters/", "I had to check that this wasn't r/whatcouldgowrong", "“Cleaning up its new house , maybe it is a female “ 😭", "As long as the lobster's gills remain moist it can get oxygen, so carrying it out of water for a moderately short time is fine as far as survival goes.", "Pinchy McPinchface", "I’d also like to donate to help my man Leon out", "\"Cleaning up its new house, heh, maybe it *is* a female\"\n\nGotta love boomers", "I care about a grocery store lobster now.", " don't take your foibles out on the fish.", "So I’m curious… one of the easiest ways to spot an octopus out in the wild, is by finding a bunch of discarded shells laying about in a small area. Usually meant that there is, or at least at one point was, an octopus that was using that area as a “den” and taking it’s meals back there to eat them. This seems like the complete opposite of that, in that the lobster was actively moving the discarded shells away from the side of the tank it preferred being on. Really fascinating.", "Not dead... video posted on Dec. 10th of the lobster update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", "Aww, look at him cower. Just like the boy", "He could be referring to a nesting instinct the female would have. \n\n\n\nOr, he's just sexist ¯\\\\____(ツ)____/¯", "voice reminds me of marty from wild america", "Fascinating was the word I was going to use. I kinda want to see Leon blossom. Get some pals, plants, new digs. These buggers live for a loooong time so I hope there’s a YT channel I can donate to to support new things for Leon", "Simpson’s did it! Simpson’s did it!", "There are theories that not only do they live a long time they may be biologically immortal.", "Lucky lobster", "My guess is that octopus have no defense, but can travel, so they catch their food, run back home, eat and discard. \n\nLobsters have the opposite issue. They have armor, but are slow. So they may eat and hunt in their home, but know that a boneyard makes prey wary\n\nEdit: this is pure conjecture", "Or until he gets hungry.", "Either way, he's got a friend for someone's life.", "Narrator: \"he's sexist\". The lobster is literally just moving trash to the end of the tank full of algae out of the space if feels comfortable in. This is not a well cared for tank.", "It's way too small and it's full of green algae which means the water has way too much nitrogen in it. He needs a couple hundred gallons for a lobster minimum I would think and he needs to do regular water changes. There's also no live rock and aquarium gravel is not good for crustaceans as they can't dig/filter out detritus in it like they can with sand. That lobster can't even turn around without going vertical or curling it's tail in. This is honestly not good at all.", "Is it better than being dropped in boiling water and then eaten?", "Bad news, fog is getting thicker... \n\n​\n\nAnd Leon's getting l-l-l-l-larger!", "Aren't lobsters biologically immortal?\n\nTheir telomeres don't shorten in cell reproduction, so \"old age\" is never their cause of death, it's always that they grew so large that a predator can eat easily eat them.", "they get to big for their oxygen uptake ability, so sorta immortal", "RIP Pinchy :(", "Booohooohooo - ohhh Pinchy", "Think there may also be a point where it will be big enough that it can't molt properly, it requiring more and more energy to do as it gets bigger.\n\nThey can die while molting if they don't have enough energy stores to complete the process.\n\nEventually they also either stop molting or possibly the molting cycle takes long enough to happen that the existing shell starts falling apart and bacteria leaks in, resulting in death.", "I don’t know, would you rather live in a small box where you have to curl into a ball to turn around for your whole life, or be put out of your misery quickly and painfully?", "Their size isn't a great predictor of age. I have a friend who's published some research recently on a new technique for aging lobsters, which is important to study because you want to make sure you fish them after they spawn to keep the population healthy", "RemindMe! 1 month", "Bro he eats like a king! He seems most concerned with the food anyway", ">live rock\n\nYou didn't watch the video, then. The bottom of the tank is coral, and the lobster cleaned the algae pretty good with two weeks sifting through it.\n\nGoing thru the best of the 1 months of Youtube comments, what it really needs is a cooler, to keep the tank below room temperature. Looks like the tank already had the sump and previous sea life which he doesn't describe.\n\nAlso, it doesn't need friends or decorations, it will destroy or kill most things put in the tank, or at least move them to a garbage pile.", "As a pet, can you help them molt? Or do you meant they can't form the new shell sufficiently?", "It is 4AM. Time for bed", "Rudy gets taller", "You mean until the lobster gets hungry", "According to the video , the lobster is always hungry.", "/r/rarelobsters", "I'd say Leon would rather have the \"crappy\" tank rather than whatever else he was destined to get in the first place.\n\nThis champ went from impending, brutal doom to having a caring alien friend.", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCnLp-PpmKU&ab_channel=THEWEEKEND%27scuts", "The lobster had depression.", "I remember Homer doing this.", "it's like lobster physical therapy", "They can grow so large that the Exoskeloton becomes to heavy to move.", "Possibly. I may be wrong, but from how I understand of it, they sometimes get stuck trying to get out of their old shell if they're too large, which means you should be able to help them out of the shell, like what you would do for a molting snake.\n\nEventually, they do seem to just stop trying to molt and creating a new shell layers, which means the existing shell layer would eventually wear out, kind of like clothes. But in this case, the clothes are keeping life threatening bacteria away from your body.", "Weirdly the best way to tell how old a lobster is, is to cut the shell and count the layers, like you would with trees. This discovery was made when scientists accidentally cut open the worlds oldest lobster", "Not any more:\n\nhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210923191132.htm", "Ah cool! Glad to know scientists are moving away from the “cut it up and count” methodology", "It's weird how they'll throw out seemingly random quips like that. What does that even mean, like men don't like living in clean spaces?", "Back when I was big into saltwater tanks, this would come up on forums from time to time. The main thing people pointed out was that you'd need a chiller since these guys are used to living of the North Eastern coast of the US.", "I can see he cares for Leon, but that tank is borderline /r/shittyaquariums material. It is simply not large enough or cater for the needs of the lobster as there is no where for him to hide.\n\nThis sucks to see..", "are you sure? try spend one hour in a phone cabin. you will be able to do it. now make someone close it shut from outside and try again.", "end of video i think he gets a new one", "I think an underwater bug would be a good test case for your saltwater setup skills.", "Some women's room are the most unkept places Ive seen.", "It used to be expected of women to stay home and clean the house among other things so many boomers think cleaning is a woman’s duty.", "For an animal which was in an overcrowded grocery store holding tank, destined to be boiled alive, I'd say this is a huge step up for Leon. Furthermore the guy says he was gonna potentially get him a larger tank. Setting up an aquarium is not an overnight process, it takes time to figure out what a pet needs, certainly when he seemingly bought Leon on a whim.", "I thought this was stupid then I watched it and my mind was changed. Thank you!", "Obligatory - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VunWdHCjbI8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VunWdHCjbI8) **Homer Simpson get's a pet Lobster**", "I think you are mostly right.\n\nThe octopus is safe in a certain spot and can eat there.\n\nThe lobster could get got pretty much anywhere, even by an octopus! So it doesn't want to be around anything that would attract attention to it's whereabouts.", "Suppose you could argue the opposite too though; octopus are very intelligent and very well camouflaged, leaving signs of themselves is less concern when they're invisible. Lobsters may move the remains to keep the scent away that may draw other predators to the area, much like cats bury their leftovers sometimes. \n\nThat said i've seen a lot of giant octopus in the wild but never noticed any shells. Guess i'll start looking.", "Clearly, we need a lobster Unidan now!", "I don't think Lobsters eat youtubers", "Surely with proper care those problems can be solved though. In nature, surely all of that will happen, but it can be prevented.", "Simpsons did it first", "Yet", "I have always had an obsessive special interest in terrestrial arthropods, but know little about crustaceans. \n\nDon't lobsters seem, like, *unnecessarily* complicated? They have so many parts, limbs, spinny-gubbins, whirligigs, and thingamajigs all over the place.", "Same with a lot of womens cars I have been in, my sisters car is absolutely terrible.", "If not, he certainly looks pretty close age-wise.", "He reminds me of Tim \"Banned\" McMahon from the Hoops Collective Podcast.\n\nI was a bit disappointed when I found out it wasn't him.", "\"Cleaning up it's new house, heh, maybe it is a female\" haha okay dude okay", "I'd do it over being in a phone cabin full of boiling water.", "Frankly, this was better than most movies I watched recently.", "I'm thinking it's just a quarantine tank based on the one he had in the beginning.", "Are you at least going to share, Homer?\n\n​\n\nNo, Pinchy would have wanted it this way.\n\n​\n\nI was watching this downstairs from my wife working in her home office, and she heard me recite that in Marge and Homer's voices, and asked what the hell I was doing.", "Essentially life in prison vs the death penalty.", "I was not prepared for this wild sexist line to be said so cheery.", "Here's the thing...", "No worries. We can 3D print Pinchy a new shell.", "lober", "Casual misogyny", "Mabel Pines would be proud.", "Opposite effect for me, no meat beats lobster. It does piss me off when chefs don’t have the decency to humanely kill it before throwing it into boiling water though.", "It's cleaning/building a nest?\n\nMales don't build nests?", "that's a blue crab he is feeding by hand! WOW! I have never seen one not be aggressive toward fingers! That's one brave guy!", "I don’t know about that. I couldn’t live without hot baths and getting my pussy ate.", "Speak for yourself, I'd happily get boiled.", "Lobsters are super neat. The elastin (the stretchy protein that makes our arteries flexible) of lobsters doesn't degrade with age. In humans we have lost 50% of the stretch in our arteries by 55, and 75% by 85.", "Simpsons did it.", "Drop head first for instant death, or that is what I've been told", "That’s a lie. Dip your head in a vat of boiling water, you aren’t going to die immediately. You’ll experience the worst imaginable death. You’re supposed to plunge a knife in its brain and basically slice its face in two to make sure it’s dead before boiling.", "Based on my roommates that doesn't seem far off.", "Big if true", "What do you recommend? And can I ask your experience?", "Aren't lobsters/crustaceans one of the oldest lifeform? Thats plenty of time to evolve lots of extras which might have been necessary at a time and then just stick around.\n\nOk after vanishing into https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustacean#Fossil_record they seem to look like this since forever. What I would naively class as lobster like enough, was already scurrying around at the end of the cambrian. And wasps and dragonflies etc seem to be crustacean, which is a fun fact I'll annoy everyone with from now on.", "**Crustacean** \n \n [Fossil record](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustacean#Fossil_record) \n \n >Crustaceans have a rich and extensive fossil record, which begins with animals such as Canadaspis and Perspicaris from the Middle Cambrian age Burgess Shale. Most of the major groups of crustaceans appear in the fossil record before the end of the Cambrian, namely the Branchiopoda, Maxillopoda (including barnacles and tongue worms) and Malacostraca; there is some debate as to whether or not Cambrian animals assigned to Ostracoda are truly ostracods, which would otherwise start in the Ordovician.\n \n^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/videos/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)", "It's almost like we should quit eating animals ¯\\\\\\_(ツ)\\_/¯", "At least in the US it is illegal to boil lobsters alive.", "A lot of things are illegal here, they still happen.", "Women be cleaning", "It was a fun joke", "A [follow up video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAmIEQb9QhM) was posted today.", "Yeah? What's the punchline?", "Bingo", "You are a boss for this. Lol. Fuck yes", "Obviously that women clean more than men do.", "Where did you find this six fuckin' day old post?" ]
124
videos
Keeping A Grocery Store Lobster As A Pet
https://youtu.be/ThUc_Xjc0Ss
/r/videos/comments/rh9dia/christmas_with_cliff_jcs_criminal_psychology/
[ "Just started the video and already know I'm in for a good time. Is JCS the best channel on YouTube?", "you can tell this guy is a trumper from the thumbnail. from the way he stands. from the shirt & pants he's wearing (individually). every fibre of this mans existence is about extreme right-wing fascism.", "I think so. A lot of people seem to dislike the channel for reasons relating to what is presented as fact is more speculation or following a flawed line of thinking. I like the presentation style and think they’ve covered high profile cases much more adeptly than big networks have. The Jodi Arias case comes to mind as an example.", "> every fibre of this mans existence is about extreme right-wing fascism.\n\ndamn you really must hate camo pants to come to this conclusion.", "> Is JCS the best channel on YouTube?\n\nright now i prefer Matt Orchard's channel (as a \"JCS imitator\") in this crime channel niche due to how more frequently he uploads, a lot of these newer JCS uploads (including this one) are interrogations he's covered before on his channel that he's reuploading or remaking to some extent, so if you're a longtime JCS subscriber a lot of these newer videos will be familiar to you already.", "Not op but thanks for the recommendation. I'm checking that channel out now.", "you dumb yo.", "Fascinating and terrifying.", "someone send this to Bill Burr. I need to hear him summaries this. \"ohhhh jesus\"", "Lol releasing this video while Hassan is banned. How cruel.", "###**BACKUS**", "Holy shit, new JCS dropped. It’s been half a year since the last video. I got addicted to these over the Summer.", "He should do reaction videos", "I love this YouTube channel, but the ‘psychology’ isn’t the best.\nIt’s more a sign of how bad the criminal system is that would use anything he is saying as evidence, he’s definitely having a mental episode, beyond the standard level of neo-nazi Trump worshipper.", "Christmas comes early!", "An episode or he's drunk/high...", "JCS just hits different.", "But what do want them to do with him? He stabbed someone to death, mental episode or not. Give him some seroquel and some hugs and send him on his way?", "[Irish Pride](https://www.irishpride.ie/images/uploads/products/irish-pride-sandwich-800-large.jpg)", "The George Floyd episode was a great. One of the most unbiased breakdowns of the event. I also like how many of his videos start on one subject, moves to the main subject then ties them together.", "What a wild ride", "He blames everyone but himself. Typical stupid man child who doesn't understand life. I hope he gets killed brutally in prison.", "This non city folk in the north are as fucked as people in the south, Florida gets a bad wrap", "Not necessarily, but when the person also shouts white power and drops the n-word, it definitely holds that connotation.", "Backus Maximus", "It does make me laugh but I guess if you're a racist then you already lack sufficient critical thinking to understand that added complication.", "Like the other poster said, firstly you need to establish if he’s high or genuinely psychotic. In the U.K. they would have a real psychological assessment and a drugs test. They wouldn’t just put guards on him.\n\nAssuming they did that and we didn’t see, I can’t believe he was fit to be interviewed. \n\nNo you wouldn’t send him on his way, he definitely did it. It isn’t a case of one or the other, it’s a case of looking at his rights even as a criminal. Mainly for the sake of the conviction. \n\nAs it happened, the law didn’t care if a psychotic person incriminated himself, which is lucky. In the U.K. if they hadn’t followed the right procedure it would have harmed the conviction.", "Don't be a Barb, folks. You'll make a man murder his wife.", "I'm sitting here in Ireland watching it and thinking \"Ask him to name three towns in Ireland. Just three\".", "As a side note, we don't claim him. He's as Irish as one of those beers with green dye that Americans have on Paddy's Day. This man is *not* Irish. He's some racist American who thinks that being Irish means you can be racist and sexist and call it culture. Fuck him for trying to drag us into it.", "Just like Cliff, he's a bit soft in the loaf.", "Dont worry, we're not Canada.", "Do you understand the the overall goal of the justice system is intended to be rehabilitation and reform, as opposed to punishment? \nThat's how real first world countries do it. If he's having a mental episode and genuinely psychotic then yes he needs treatment and to be removed from society, but he's not automatically an evil and horrible person. People having psychotic episodes may be totally unaware of what they're doing, or do things completely contrary to what they know to be right and normal. He needs an interview with a doctor or a psychiatrist to be diagnosed, not to be sitting telling some cops a bunch of crazy shit that will be used to hurt his case once he has returned to reality.\n\nAnd to make the point anyways, I have no idea if the guy is evil or not, and it's not my place to decide. I'd say it's likely, but I can't tell from this.", "> overall goal of the justice system is intended to be rehabilitation and reform\n\nThat is not what is in question here. Yes, the US justice system is a joke. \n\nThere are plenty of people who have had psychotic episodes who didn't end up driving over and stabbing people to death.\n\nIf he legitimately had a psychotic break and said crazy shit, he has legal recourse from suppressing the interrogation to pleading insanity. He did neither of these things.\n\nEven more telling is the fact that you're only taking his case because he seemed crazy in the video. He received his sentence and got demolished because they found evidence against him that his stabbings were premeditated murder.\n\nSo this guy planned out a murder and then conveniently went crazy?", "1/2 way through was this footage used earlier? maybe on his patreon.. a few things are joggin my memory\n\nespecially \"these size 8 boots\"", "what does JCS have to with hansen. One is a guy who shares knowlege, the other is a freak who goes to people houses and annoys the shit out of them.", "BROTHERS" ]
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Christmas with Cliff | JCS Criminal Psychology
https://youtu.be/ThUc_Xjc0Ss
/r/videos/comments/rh9e4a/christmas_with_cliff_jcs_criminal_psychology/
[ "Ok, thank you.", "Wow.", "I’m exhausted after watching the abbreviated version of this interaction I can’t imagine the full 5 hours. \n\nCliff failed himself. He may have had a little help along the way but he definitely failed himself. \n\nI feel terrible for those girls who lost their mother and two of them losing their father (even if it’s a good thing). A horrible situation for those kids and the rest of that woman’s family.", "What a garbage human being. Nothing is ever his fault. It’s everyone else. Hope this racist POS murderer never sees the outside of a prison again.", "Why is it so hard for somebody to say his full name so we can research it?", "Clifford Burns", "Clifford Melts" ]
7
videos
Christmas with Cliff - JCS criminal Psychology
https://youtu.be/EpUU7s7Tdco
/r/videos/comments/rh9rb1/this_had_me_dying/
[ "\"If American wrestling were honest with itself.\"", "I am laughing way to much for this.\nThat snake strike to the groin had me busting up.", "Give ‘em the ole dick twist!" ]
3
videos
This had me dying
https://youtu.be/5KuFP2JLzzE
/r/videos/comments/rh9sp2/they_will_show_the_haters_netflix_cowboy_bebop/
[ "There are literally dozens of them. Dozens!", "Man, I thoroughly enjoyed the live action. But I love the Room, Rocky Horror, Sharknado and such. And the Deathnote live action.\n\nI feel like I understand where anime fans hate these adaptations and want something more like the Kenshin/FMA live actions that were a bit more faithful to the source material. \n\nIt sucks because I feel like there's a legit niche for cheesy fun adaptations like this, but people with my bad taste are few and far between lol.", "Ive said it repeatedly on Reddit. \n\nIt was a Dominos large pepperoni, garlic bread and coke. Its not great food, but after a long week at work it certainly works." ]
3
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They will show the HATERS! Netflix Cowboy Bebop fans UNITE to try and save season 2!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-1Dwhh7dEc
/r/videos/comments/rh9zw1/weird_tiny_apartments/
[ "Is it a coincidence that the two people living there are young architecture majors?", "\"each room is built around a different function\"\n\nSo they just took a normal house and turned each room into separate apartments...", "If I was in college and really wanted to focus then a tiny apt would be fine. Eating out all the time is expensive though so you'd have cash in the bank for it...\n\nThat ceiling looks like it has zero insulation though.\n\nNot much mystery to that mystery hole, I think it's there to allow air flow for that weirdly positioned aircon unit (how could you sleep right beside it??) but it would probably be covered by a mattress... Maybe also to allow light down to the door or possibly a [murder hole](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyIrfzi0wVI&t=85s)? \n\nThat loft is also only suited to someone very short...", "I guess the rented rooms are not *that* bad if you're a student and the alternative is sharing a small dorm room with someone you might not get along with.", "I've heard eating out in Japan isn't quite as expensive as it is here in the US, so it's not so bad.", "There's cheap options, there's also convenience store food. It adds up compared to cooking if you do it right, but it's not that crazy. Cost of living can be quite cheap in Japan.", "architecture girl was adorable", "600 bucks a month in a city that's like top 5 most expensive cities in the world every year is probably pretty good.", "Idk if their rented rooms are smaller than the empty ones or their stuff makes it look smaller.", "When I was in Argentina I was talking to someone and they said their apartment was something like 300 Sq ft. As an American I was, of course, aghast. She explained it's only for sleeping and that she is out of the house pretty much 18 hours a day. I was kind of jealous, everyone there just hangs out with friends and does stuff all day. Their small places made my house feel empty :(", "Why is this not criminalised? jfc it is miserable.", "My severe claustrophobia does not work with this.", "Is talking in that cadence mandatory for all YouTubers?", "yeah that's extremely rare, its impossible to find a place here in NYC for 600 without a roommate", "Dude really loves his bath.", "She spends the majority of her time blankly staring out the window. I'm sure she's a blast to be around.", "My last apartment was ~300 square feet. The going rate that apartment could fetch was 1600/month in downtown Toronto Ontario. \n\nHaving a positive outlook helps a lot more. People use to say I could never live there and you could either agree and be upset or find things you could be happy about. The space itself did not bother as much as the paper thin walls. \n\nCondos these days are built fast, shit as fuck though. The day I moved in there, we already had broken elevators. Plus people moving in and out, we would have 2 available elevators. Add that on top of COVID where it's 2 per each elevator it's a fucking nightmare. I had to climb 40 flights of stairs one time because all the elevators were out.", "At my school is the Southern US I was quick to note that Architects are eccentric as fuck. Seems like Japanese Architects are mad too.", "For sure, my wife and I down sized because we only really used 3 rooms of our last house. Travel more, get out more, have less stuff. I don't even remember all the stuff that, at the time, was so precious. Been years and I have no idea what I tossed.\n\nI've lived crappy places, though, and had garbage neighbors and high crime and stuff broken all the time and that is the stuff I can't do anymore. I do value convenience and privacy and that stuff bothered me on a daily basis. Hard finding nice places though. You're right, everything is made like shit. Last two places were made in the eighties and were awesome. Before that, 92 and was so shoddy. Hard to catch until you spend some time in it, always feels like a gamble", "Bro did you just rip off a YouTube comment to post here?", "I don't know man, I respect both of those tenants' positive outlook but taking a house and splitting it up into different micro-apartments doesn't seem right to me. Those two empty rooms shown at the beginning look like they would be absolutely abysmal to live in.", "Tokyo is not that expensive, sorry. This is a common talking point I read often online but it's really not. As a student you can probably find a much better place to live in than a literal cell room for 600 bucks a month in Tokyo. I used to live in Dublin and I know people who live in other expensive (rent-wise) cities like London, Zurich, New York, San Francisco, etc. Tokyo is a paradise for rent compared to any of those cities.\n\nSource: Live in Tokyo", "Yeah when I was in college, I would use a slow cooker / crockpot and make a big batch of stew to eat for like 5 days. It would actually get more tasty as the days went by!", "> That ceiling looks like it has zero insulation though.\n\nJapanese housing often doesn't focus on insulation so much as air flow. The climate there is more hot and humid so you'd want fresh air more than anything, probably why it's a feature to have large windows that open. Can be brutal in winter though, I've heard a fair share of stories of people living in places that didn't have heaters.", "I struggle to view any room with a toilet in it as not having its function be the toilet", "my thoughts exactly, pour hot oil through murder hole, for such a small apartment to have a castle style defence", "Meh - I'd rather live in a cardboard box.", "That girl’s room was the best one there. Great living room. Just large enough bathtub with a good demarcation. Then again, the tub seems like a half tub so probably not comfortable. The small kitchen was an excellent bonus.\n\nFirst room was horrid. So dark and dank. \n\nDidn’t like the second room. The ladder was worrying. \n\nThe guy’s room was too cramped. Too many things with too large a bathtub.", "probably what the nearby school is more than the design of the space.", "Also a resident of tokyo, and I agree.\n\nMy apartment is about 2 to 3 times larger than anything in the video, but I'm only paying $700 a month, with about 20 min travel time to Shibuya by train, or 5 minutes to Shinjuku.\n\nIf there's something very specific you want, you might end up paying more or living in an unusual space, but other than that it's surprisingly (for me at least) affordable.\n\nMy sister lives in Sydney with her husband, and they have an apartment only a little bigger than mine, and they pay around $750 a week.", "I actually went to check online where the location for these sardine can apartments is and it's something like 20 minutes away (on foot) from my apartment, hilariously enough, and it's in a very cheap/uncomfortable/not well connected part of Tokyo (in the very far outskirts of it), away from most useful/interesting centers of the city (Shibuya, Shinjuku, Roppongi, Akihabara, Ikebukuro, etc). Like, I can 100% guarantee you can probably get a proper 1LDK at the price those people are paying to live there, it's one of the cheapest parts of the 23区.", "did you have to pay the \"gift fee\" to the landlord when you got your place?", "The whole \"Japan is super expensive\" is imo a relic of the 80's and/or people who don't speak Japanese paying through the nose during their week-long trip to Tokyo and Kyoto. Per-capita income in Japan is still way less than the US. Not only real estate but food can be very affordable if you have even a little bit of knowledge about where to go. When I lived in a small town as a JET ten years ago, I would eat at the restaurant down the street most every night because at 600 yen for the katsu-curry or oyako-don (sometimes I'd splurge and get the best gyoza ever for an extra 200), I could afford to do that and then not worry about dishes, shopping, or trash (believe me not worrying about trash is a big plus). \n\nIt sorta feels like the people who live in these tiny apartments are just being weird, really. Like I could see doing this for a year or so just to say you did, but even westerners are usually pretty picky about having the toilet in a separate room, and Japanese people tend to be even more so.", "Honestly this is what I wish more nightly rentals in the city were. Perhaps a bit more functional but all I need is a bed and a shower. Obviously I'd hope that it was substantially cheaper than a traditional hotel, however.", ">As an American\n\nIn fairness, there are lots of 300 sq ft apartments in major high COL American cities like LA, NYC, and SF. I used to live in a 450 sq ft studio in LA which is a 50% increase but still very small. I’ve also known people who live in ~500 sq ft 1 br apartments in SF but somebody else has the living room as their bedroom, sectioned off by a curtain. So living spaces of only a few hundred feet are definitely not something that many Americans are exempt from.", "Nope. We need people like that in the world though.", "True, I think the average picture is the suburbanite home, though city living in particular is just not going to be like that. I grew up on a farm and our house was 6000 Sq ft. Wasn't some 8 million dollar mansion was just a simple house just big and mainly with a big basement, mostly holding equipment.\n\nSpent way more time outside than in. My neighbor in suburbia was from India and grew up in a hut with no electricity and spent all day in the jungle and like, had to hide from tigers n stuff. She came there to work for Microsoft and had to quit because she was so unhappy and stress made her have digestive issues, couldn't sleep, etc.\n\nI feel like there is something poignant in that story, and me leaving the farm to a lesser degree, about what \"life goals\" end up being when it comes to lifestyle and houses and all that. The mid 90s through early 2000s \"McMansion\" craze was a perfect example of focusing on the wrong thing. The thing that makes small places miserable is sitting in them being miserable all day.", "Agreed. I actually grew up very similarly, house of about the same size on a 100+ acre farm. Had horses, harvested hay every summer, etc. So moving to LA as an adult and now living in apartments well under 1000 sq ft is quite a different experience. But there’s definitely something to be said for the cozy feeling of being part of the hustle and bustle of a city. But later in life I can definitely see myself moving to a sleepier area and having actual property to enjoy again.", "Young architect majors?", "Nah, specifically what I meant was; people who are content with these things.", "Nobody would actually be content with it though. The only reason these two are living in it is because it's an novel idea to them specifically as architect majors.", "What you expect, is what you're content with.", "woah....", "Weeee" ]
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videos
Weird, Tiny Apartments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThUc_Xjc0Ss&ab_channel=JCS-CriminalPsychology
/r/videos/comments/rhbi8n/new_jcs_video_christmas_with_cliff/
[ "Hard to watch a douche like this. Hoping for many assrapes for this cunt. They should play this video for the general population upon arrival.", "I’d like to see Jeff have a crack at this psycho.", "Man, people are so fucked up." ]
3
videos
New JCS Video - Christmas with Cliff
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x-Ykh7HAsOk
/r/videos/comments/rhbmpp/my_first_son_was_born_at_the_height_of_the/
[ "Three things people don't care to experience second hand: videos of the band you just saw, fireworks and baby videos of someone else's kid.", "Beautiful & so well done. Congrats!!!", "Baby videos are much more relevant to close friends than either of the first two. Plus the kid themselves and the parents will appreciate having them a lot. \n\nFireworks and concerts are just fuckin stupid to capture on a phone. No value to anyone. Just illustrating how dumb you are.", "Thank you! 😊", "Except my babyless girlfriend. No one show her this!" ]
5
videos
My first son was born at the height of the pandemic, none of our friends and family could come to the hospital. I’ve spent months editing this video for his first birthday party to share the moments with those who couldn’t be there, all while keeping it a complete secret.
https://youtu.be/vgstOK8ajsc
/r/videos/comments/rhbsnu/bird_singing_tnt_by_acdc/
[ "love it", "This is how I sing when I’m alone in the car", "That outro though", "I feel like the bird is trying to sing some Led Zeppelin Babe I'm Gonna Leave You at certain points.", "Still a better love story than twilight", "This is how I sing all the time, but preferably when I'm driving and my passengers have to decide whether to endure it or to risk abandoning a vehicle in motion. Childproof locks have increased my passenger retention tremendously.", "Bird makes random noises while guy on guitar plays various riffs from TNT by AC/DC.", "let people enjoy things", "If you close your eyes it's very easy to imagine this as a Yoko Ono cover of TNT.", "You seriously don't remember that time Bon Scott went \"BI BI BI BAAAAAAAAAAAA\"?", "that's dynamite", "People can enjoy things without blatant bullshit in clickbait titles", "Don’t disrespect the birb like that. This rendition is way better then any yoko cover.", "I have no idea why but this made me laugh so hard", "Birb is the worb.", "Bird imitates Yoko Ono attempting to do... something over music.", "I say this in pure seriousness, that bird is better at singing than Yoko Ono.", "Everyone's ripping one the bird but ignoring the playing. Just going through the motions without emotion. Maybe the bird couldn't recognize the song and halfassed it as well.", "Bon Scott really let himself go", "I wouldn't say random. I don't know how to put it, but you can sense some musical influence in the bird's noises. They're different from the normal noises it would make.", "I NEED to see one of those \"vocal coach reacts to...\" response videos featuring the work of this birb.", "Nah, I've seen this bird before, that's pretty much what it does to any music.", "At no point is the bird singing TNT.\n\nWhat the fuck man. This is just \"bird makes random noises while guy plays AC/DC on guitar\".", "This guitar sends my ears to heaven.", "What a load of clickbaiting shit 😂 bird makes cute random noises yes, but definitely IS not singing TNT.", "The bird is pretty ok, but that guitar tone is *nice.*", "That’s all these videos and they keep getting posted. \n\nIt’s like those videos where people say their husky is saying full sentences but really they are just making a ton of the usual husky noises and the owner is just slapping text on the screen as if we can’t fucking hear that the dog isn’t talking.", "Holy shit, you werent joking !", "Sounds quite a bit like Robert Plant IMO.", "Literally just commented on the similarity to Robert Plant before reading this, lol", "Depression: the comment", "Bird knows the lyrics better than I do.", "Put that bird in a kilt, toss him on stage, and we'd never know.", "ouch that hurts" ]
37
videos
Bird singing TNT by ACDC
https://youtu.be/fkJ-4CdPIJI
/r/videos/comments/rhbuaa/hasanabi_banned_twitch_streamer_ranking_crackers/
[ "Xqc had the right take on this", "What did he say? \n\nI know Vaush got banned for talking about why Hasan deserves the ban which is even sillier imo and just proves that twitch mods don't look at vods before banning streamers", "Hi", "Hi", "If I wanted to see the current Twitch drama I'd visit LSF." ]
5
videos
HasanAbi (banned twitch streamer) ranking crackers
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rhcnzn/deleted_by_user/
/r/videos/comments/rhcnzn/deleted_by_user/
[ "This isn’t SNL", "🤣😂😂", "Hey cut them some slack, they might too young to have seen this on MadTV", "Not SNL\n\nStill funny" ]
7
videos
[deleted by user]
https://youtu.be/UAmuQBnNty8
/r/videos/comments/rhdk1n/these_people_reconstruct_ancient_greek_music_from/
[ "I thought the first guy had to be joking as it sounded annoying beyond words, but the other dude at 08:56 had some really good sounds. Felt almost transported back in time to that era.", "Thanks. I hate it. r/TIHI", "Yeah, the other guy sounded awesome", "[ **Jump to 08:56 @** Rediscovering Ancient Greek Music: A performance reconstructs the past](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAmuQBnNty8&t=0h8m56s)\n \n ^(Channel Name: Aeon Video, Video Length: [15:31])^, [^Jump ^5 ^secs ^earlier ^for ^context ^@08:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAmuQBnNty8&t=0h8m51s) \n \n----------------------------------------------------------------------------- \n \n ^^Downvote ^^me ^^to ^^delete ^^malformed ^^comments. [^^Source ^^Code](https://github.com/ankitgyawali/reddit-timestamp-bot) ^^| [^^Suggestions](https://www.reddit.com/r/timestamp_bot)", "The piece at 8:40 is ridiculously cool", "Somebody get Kage out there to rock the double recorder.", "Just because you can sing shit from 3000 years ago doesn't mean you should.", "Here's an idea, play the music and shut the fuck up. Put the explanation in a separate video if you need to, or use CC", "Try to part that starts around 8:50. \n\nIt's really incredible.", "Yes, they sound horrible, but it's not the music's fault. They're just bad musicians, bad voices, sloppy timing, they'd butcher anything.", "Fair estimates at best.", "[Full piece](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6JFa8BZt2B0) by Callum the second pipe guy", "Is it me or that choir is kinda sloppy? They're timing is kinda bad lol.", "[Ancient Roman Music - Synaulia](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwuCQZRLWPU4G1F09NmvOio2UDvlWLaa3) \n\n[Ancient Roman Music - Musica Romana - Pugnate I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJKkHgz2wCM)", "The ancient Greeks really loved the mandalorian", "I thought they were Greek scholars rather than singers?", "Ha! If that's the case, that explains it I guess :P" ]
17
videos
These people reconstruct ancient Greek music from 400BC
https://youtu.be/w4MM_u0Pbcw
/r/videos/comments/rhdm4h/mexican_churros_are_so_international_theyre_even/
[ "Yeah but Churros are from spain", "Churros are Spanish, which is closer to the UK than you'd think.", "Churros are Spanish :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churro", "That's racist", "Thanks, didn't know that. My Mexican pride got the better of me.", "No problem :)", ":)", "I love churros and I reside in britain, hope we get people who sell em in my town" ]
8
videos
Mexican Churros are so international, they're even served in Great Britain
https://youtu.be/vTMF6xEiAaY
/r/videos/comments/rhdvvc/did_you_know_that_roblox_earns_billions_by/
[ "It's has a bigger market cap but it's not bigger than Nintendo when you compare it to actual worth and how much revenue each company bring in aka night and day difference.", "This was literally just posted on r/videos like 2 days ago.", "Yeah I don't check reddit as much as most, but even I was like wow, the meta for reposting on this site has really ramped up.", "been saying this for years but was called \"elitist\" and \"let people enjoy things\"", "Edit: My response and others to the video straight up downvoted. Very few people wanting to have an actual discussion! Just a hivemind of \"roblox bad\" from people who don’t have experience with Roblox of today. \n\nI’m as biased towards the platform as some here are against it. I wanted to provide my experience as a token towards the conversation. Outside the essay. \n\nThis was posted here two days ago, but I wanted to post my view about this video while being transparent that I come from the Roblox community and have been part of it for 13 years. \n\n1. The idea that kids are making games and being paid close to nothing (while providing free content) can be argued for other platforms. Yes it exists on Roblox. But Youtube serves Minecraft and Roblox gaming videos to the recommended channels of children. And the #1 dream job for children today is becoming a Youtuber. Above being a Doctor or an Astronaut. There's a host of Youtube content out there made by children that hasn't gone anywhere.\n\n2. The few exploitation cases brought up involve third parties like Discord. I'm not sure what Roblox can do about off-site interactions. They don't have logs or a way to verify them outside of a screenshot. This (to me!) falls more on the parents keeping an eye on what services their kids are signing up for and who they interact with. Safety is everything and there ARE creepy people out there!\n\n3. The \"gambling\"/\"trading\" aspect does exist with items nowadays but the prices often shown are bloated by sellers who just want to brag they have the item while knowing nobody can afford to buy it. Even the richest developers on the platforms don't have the money. I'd have to guess 95% of items are traded for reasonable prices.\n\n4. Black Markets do exist on sites like eBay, but not Rolimons. Rolimons tracks item pricing over time but their service ends there. You'll find the same black market currency exchanges on eBay, Craigslist, and Facebook Marketplace for any game you can think of. It's a massive market.\n\nI'm not saying we shouldn't fix these problems. I do think it's important to consider how extreme something may appear from an essay vs how extreme it is for everyday users. Roblox is massive, more than 200 million monthly players. It's too easy to make a video essay nowadays with any amount of drama attached. \n\nIf anybody here has questions I can try to answer them! Just keep in mind where I come from.", "And Ol Nan is a big investor", "11 years on my account that I made when I was 7, and yeah. I fully agree with you. There are definitely problems that can be solved, but many of the problems brought up in the video are ones that roblox can't really control. Sure they can sue the hosts of gambling sites, but a new one will just pop up (let it be known that you can't devex robux you earn from trading, so there's no monetary incentive to do so). They can go harsher on their filter, but it won't matter they'd just have to turn chat off. I mean top creators on the platform literally make millions. Adopt Me was offering $100k/yr for developers... There is money to be made on the site, it's not like earning on it is impossible. The thing is the site is just littered with a ton of terrible garbage.\n\n​\n\n>The idea that kids are making games and being paid close to nothing\n\nAlso this, I literally see no argument here. No one forces people to make content on the platform which is offered to them for free. Hell, they'll probably add to the pile of trash free model games that roblox already has and it doesn't deserve to make money anyways. But if they do manage to make something that isn't a horrible asset flip, they can't even devex it anyways... You have to be 13 or older to use the developer exchange... This isn't a simple thing, taxes do exist. If someone's argument is that kids aren't making money on roblox, then the only answer is to not allow them to make games, because allowing them to devex it (<13 yo's anyways) would be illegal. But that's a horrible solution. One of the major reasons I got into computer science was because of roblox. And now I'm getting a degree in software development! I didn't complain that no one played my terrible games on the platform when I was 7-15. I was happy because I got to learn something that has significantly impacted my life, and I'm even going to be working with roblox through their spring 2022 accelerator program. I am more than grateful for this opportunity, and it will significantly change my life. It just took time, 11 years of it. However, those 11 years have had and will have a major impact on my life going forward.", "ITS*\n\nits* own\n\nIt's = it is", "It doesn’t have a bigger market cap currently. Nintendo is at 62 billion usd, Roblox is at 56 billion. \n\nBut to go off what you were saying, Nintendo as a company is valued fairly conservatively (low price to earnings ratio) while Roblox is valued speculatively (high price to earnings ratio because of expected growth) \n\nStock value really is only half the picture.", "Anyone who watched the video will know how shallow your responses are. Roblox has many opportunities to do better and more control than you give them credit for. Some thoughts:\n\n1) Do better with transparent communications\n\n2) House and manage a forum that provides an official outlet for communications\n\n3) Whataboutism doesn't defend Roblox from their bad practices", "uuhhh akshually it's its 🤓☝️", "They exploit the kids but the kids exploit me for Robux", "I had this long list written out for why I think each of your points are misguided, but I don't think that'll actually change minds here. The other brief commenter before me said enough.\n\nSo I'll just say this: Please, I get you love the game, I understand, I loved it too, but you and I are (relatively) old now, we are no longer the target audience of this video game. I started playing Roblox 13 years ago too, found it in the beginning of middle school, moved on when I started high school, and man am I glad I did. The main audience of this platform is children, and the main thing driving it's profit is the exploitation of those children's expectations, their naivety, their impulsiveness, and sometimes their labour. I was that kid once, and I'm sure you were too. You may still be. You're still making games there aren't you?\n\nThey've always had this model, since the first \"Hatsplosion\", to when they started allowing you to exchange tix/robux, to when they started allowing you to advertise your game for a price, to when you could sell hats, etc. etc. It was never about just being a platform for game design. It was always about creating a marketplace to keep kids and their parents wallets open. It was about letting their audience (again, CHILDREN) producing their content, and scraping a healthy chunk off the top for themselves.\n\nI get the impulse here to defend them after all you had a great experience, and the experiences described in this video barely happen! But truly all their actions when it comes to their moderation and keeping their platform safe, their handling of these reports of abuse, their continued use of these addictive/enticing design strategies, continues at the cost of many children using this platform.\n\nI don't expect this all to change your mind right now, but I'll just tell you this: It's okay to love this game you grew up with and are still doing dev for, *and* realize they are super exploitative of the children that play it.", "The guy Jordan is literally describing how a side gig/contractor position works in the real world. He did programming work and got paid a cut. Then the people who owned the product and collected the money decided they didn't want to pay him as much and told him they would give him a different salary. At this point, he can either accept or reject it. Why would he get a say in what decisions the owners of the product make in terms of establishing a company or anything like that? \n\nAre those guys shitty for just randomly springing a pay cut on workers? Yes, but that's the way the world works for a lot of these side hustles. I mean take a look at uber and many other similar sorts of side gig apps. Income is nowhere near stable from the alterations to pay that are essentially determined by a proprietary algorithm. \n\nAll of this is said with the fact that there is absolutely nothing Roblox can do aside from just making it not possible to make money off Roblox. It's in everyone's best interest to have high-quality games on the site which wouldn't exist without the monetization. \n\nI bet that the vast majority of the people actually involved in this sort of Roblox development are like 16+ and have some idea of adequate compensation. Legit developers with decades of experience make games on Roblox for a side hustle, it's a legitimate platform.", "This is a problem in almost every indie game development community. The difference here, is that roblox is taking a cut and managing the transactions, whereas almost everywhere else, the engine developers just take a royalty or a one time access fee.\n\nMinor exploitation is a major problem elsewhere in the gamedev world, and we haven't done a good job of creating a mechanism for reining it in. I don't see what roblox can do to actually fix a lot of these problems shy of basically destroying their business model, so they just aren't going to do it. \n\n\nOn its face, the video serves a good purpose: Countering Roblox's deliberately obtuse narrative.", "Ok so only the few people that saw it the other day should be warned about this scummy company?\n\nStfu some people actually spend time away from social media.", "I don't mean to be rude but you missed the point of the video entirely imo. Your examples aren't just dated they are also all referring to a game that was made for and marketed to young adults - not under 13-year olds. That's what makes the difference in my eyes. There's a good reason age restrictions exist and have to be enforced by Steam, YouTube, Facebook and the likes. My understanding is that the issues you listed aren't what shocks so many people about these new reports. It's the lack of accountability by the \"platform\". That statement Roblox sent in reply to the criticisms alone speaks volumes.\n\nI don't think the video is arguing, that Roblox is the only or even the worst offender when it comes to monetization, exploitation or abuse. But as things stand, they are one of the most influential entertainment companies for a huge number of children. They're being trusted by kids and their parents and with seemingly no accountability or regulation by overseeing bodies for the sole reason that they assume a game (or a marketplace) specifically made for kids must be safe. Personally, I would be worried as a parent if this kind of \"standard\" remains acceptable. I see this video as an awareness campaign towards parents and lawmakers.\n\nedit:grammar", "Duh. Who do you think this video was made for? The Roblox Corporation?", "https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rfgazz/roblox_pressured_us_to_delete_our_video_so_we_dug", "I personally think you're getting your information as somebody who isn't close to the community. To answer your questions from my experience:\n\n1. I can't tell if transparent communications implies player to player or Roblox Legal PR to small youtube channel. I'm guessing the it's the latter. I don't find their response all that unusual from a large corporation. I know that's unsatisfactory. PR responses always have this blank legal feel to them regardless of the situation. You'll only see a clear response from a company if things really blow up and make it onto major publications. I don't think it's great to take a company for their word either though. Even if Roblox came out straight up denying. It's good to do your own research and dig deeper into the problem. Much like you can't take what Roblox says at face value, you can't take what a video essay says at face value either. \n\n2. Roblox has the \"Developer Forum\" which has a very easy barrier to entry! As long as you have an interest in making games, they let you in. It's off-site and you can upload or talk about just about anything. It's all moderated by the Roblox staff as well, instead of a robotic-feeling system their site uses for their 200 million players. They also own and run Guilded, a clone of Discord. Communication is not an issue like the video paints.\n\n3. You're right. Whataboutism is a TERRIBLE way to have a discussion. Most of the time whataboutism is a scape goat. But I do think it's important in this situation to bring up Youtube when an essay slamming Roblox is being uploaded on a platform with an identical system. It's a bit... hypocritical. It doesn't excuse bad practices but it shows how difficult of a problem this is to solve. I've yet to see anybody offer solutions to the \"everybody should be paid who tries\" without bankrupting said company. Whether that be Youtube or Roblox.", "You can't compare Roblox to other game engines because Roblox is actively developing the software you use to build the games, and actively running the multiplayer servers that run your game. This is a massive massive cost in the game world and why a majority of indie games are singleplayer worlds.\n\nRoblox takes a big cut, but they run a big operation that is normally done by the developer of games on other platforms.", ">I had this long list written out for why I think each of your points are misguided, but I don't think that'll actually change minds here.\n\nShare them, that's the whole point of this discussion! Instead you deleted your list and then repeated what the video already said without providing any new information or talking points!\n\nIt is nice to hear from somebody who came from the platform and has experience in it, but I think you're misguided as somebody who quit the game long ago before Roblox had a payment system for their players. Roblox then and Roblox now is wildly different in operation and scale. \nFirst off, I (from experience!) don't think Roblox is taking an exorbitant amount of money from the people making games. I speak as somebody who peeked behind the curtain on other platforms. The cost to run servers for multiplayer and an engine to power your game is massive. It's why you don't see indie games offer multiplayer. If they do, it's rare. \n\nNext, child exploitation is a real problem and there are shady actors out there. Too many of them. Where the argument weakens in this video is when they imply Roblox should be responsible for off-platform services like Discord. No service today moderates what happens off-site.\n\nI think it's great to re-evaluate anything you've grown up with or believe. You're right on that.", "Fortnite does the same thing. All of these F2P games are exploitative.", "No bigger bitch out than “let people enjoy things.” Sounds like something a pedophile would say to justify themselves.", "Thanks for clarifying, I'm not too well versed in the sort of subject but even at first glance saying that Roblox is bigger than Nintendo is extremely silly and kind of clickbait.\n\nI believe it's the same with Tesla where their stock value is just through the roof right now but it doesn't actually make them the biggest car brand. not by a long shot.", "I believe your analogy to be very applicable.", "How can you exploit children for money when they don't have their own money? They might be exploiting parents, but they ain't exploiting children. \n\nThis is the parents job to make sure their kids don't steal their credit cards, and if they give their kids money to spend themselves, then they should watch their spending habits and make sure they don't waste their money. But at the end of the day, kids waste their money all the time, and if they earned their money by doing chores or some other child enterprise by like gardening or selling lemonade or whatever, then if they wanna spend it on roblox fucking let em. Is roblox not allowed to make money because its a kids game?", "You didn't watch the video, did you? He explains how.", "I dont care what they do. If kids don't have their own money, they can't be exploited for it. Its a parents job to make sure their kids aren't being idiots with their money or stealing.", "Again, he explains it in the video.", "They said, ignoring the fact they've posted on Reddit every day this week.", "Again, you can't take money from someone who has no money.", "If you watched the video you'd know they do have money.", "I deleted my list because I don't think that having a big list of points is going to change someone's mind, but if you promise you'll keep an open mind let's do it. \n\nLet's start with Youtube vs. Roblox. You equate these two platforms because they're both large platforms with kids creating content on it, both successfully and frequently unsuccessfully. Let's just focus on the content creation experience as opposed to the player experience, because that's a whole other discussion. The content creation experience for Roblox vs. Youtube is completely different:\n\n1. Youtube allows you to post as many videos as you want to your channel, with no paywall. Roblox only allows you host one place at a time, and if you want to host more, you have to pay in.\n2. Youtube videos can become wildly popular on the algorithm alone. There's no advertising system on Youtube for videos, and building a following means making algorithm-friendly videos (no stance on if that's good or bad here), or sharing them on social media, and the vast majority of the time it means slowly building a following over a long period of time. In Roblox, your only option really to get a large player presence is to advertise on their website to other players. To do that, you need to pay robux, which if you don't already have a popular and successful game, you also need to pay in.\n3. Youtube has an algorithm for showing people content that they're more interested in (for good and bad). This means that even very niche videos can get consistent viewership because user's algorithms have adapted to that taste. On Roblox, there is only the most popular games, an extremely small windows of all the games on the platform, and that front page is what everyone is competing over.\n4. Youtube's minimum payout is $100. Roblox's is $1000\n5. Youtube wants people to create on it, and so does Roblox. Both platforms make money from adults or teams of adults publishing high quality content that draws people in. The difference though is that Roblox, because of the aforementioned paywalls to create, \\*also\\* receives a lot of money from kids buying into the developer experience as shown in points 1 & 2, and because their content isn't nearly as popular because of 2 & 3 & because they're being developed by a child as opposed to a team of adults, the vast majority of child devs don't receive at least $1000 worth of Robux to see any sort of paycheck out of it.\n\nI'll say that I'm neutral on the concept of being a child, putting money towards wanting to create something, and either succeeding or failing. I don't think that's an inherent evil, it's like a kid investing money in something like a lemonade stand and not seeing the return on investment. But a more apt comparison would be a child finding a website that tells them \"Let us help you make a lemonade stand! Make BIG BUCKS!!\", that helps them set up a lemonade stand, but only allows them to advertise their stand on their website, forces them to compete with huge lemonade franchises, and only pays them if they make at least $1000 in fake \"Lemon-bucks\".\n\nI bought into the developer experience myself when I was playing, I made a game that was the number one game on the front page for a while (though the standards were much different then). I didn't make any money from it (Devex didn't even exist then) but I was really happy with that! However, I wasn't competing with a team of grown adults who were getting paid for their work publishing games. And though it's okay to try and fail, we should really look critically at this game company that encourages kids to \"Come make your own game!\", knowing that their buying into the dev experience and failing will net them a lot more money than just getting income from their adult creators who make the actually good games.\n\nAnd about the other points you listed (in brief, because this is already very long):\n\n2. Roblox has the power to bring actual consequences for bad/malicious/exploitative behavior outside their platform. We wouldn't give schools a pass for saying \"That kid was horribly bullied by our students a block from the school, so it's outside of school grounds, so we're not going to do anything about it\". Roblox should bring back moderated forums. Roblox should give resources to kids to know if they're being exploited, or groomed, or scammed, and a place to effectively and compassionately report abuse. Roblox should act on the verified and admitted occurrences grooming and abuse found in the video. They don't do any of these things.\n\n3. It's extremely easy to find hats being bought and sold at prices that should be going to a kid's college tuition or retirement. I just went to the market and found hat after hat being sold for between $50-$450. Each of these hats has dozens and dozens of purchases over the past few months. This is the sort of money that, if a parent/regular adult realized how much it was worth, they absolutely wouldn't be so quick to purchase. [Hat 1](https://www.roblox.com/catalog/24114402/Brighteyes-Bloxy-Cola-Hat) [Hat 2](https://www.roblox.com/catalog/1560601706/Counterfeit-Domino-Crown) [Hat 3](https://www.roblox.com/catalog/4765323/Darkseed-the-Fallen) [Hat 4](https://www.roblox.com/catalog/1073690/JJ5x5s-White-Top-Hat) [Hat 5](https://www.roblox.com/catalog/106689944/Blizzaria-The-Frozen) [Hat 6](https://www.roblox.com/catalog/1191152570/WC-Ultimates-Citrine-Celebration)", "this stuff makes me very angry but also very glad that I don't have kids", "It literally means they are more valuable, which is generally how companies are measured.", "My niece and nephew love Roblox.\n\nI tried playing one of the games with them and it was constant spam trying to get me to buy random crap. I’m guessing the people who build the levels can put down premium items and if you walk on them it will ask you to buy them. Levels would have dozens of the same items where it would be hard to avoid them. Usually a flying carpet or something similar.", "Every other week \"Dad can I have $20 for a BATTLE PASS I GET NEW SKINZZZ\"", "This is what I'm talking about when I say opinions voiced here are based on old views when they were kids on the website, or based on no connection to the platform besides what they read or watch online. \n\n>Youtube allows you to post as many videos as you want to your channel, with no paywall. Roblox only allows you host one place at a time\n\nThis hasn't been true for a long time. There is no limit.\n\n> In Roblox, your only option really to get a large player presence is to advertise on their website to other players.\n\nNot true. Roblox has seriously expanded their sorts. There's more than two dozen categories on their front page today and you'll find everything from genres, to new releases, to rising. Popular is halfway down the page!\n\nAlso important, Popular no longer sorts by player count, but instead is tailored to what you may like to play. You'll find games with 5,000 players right next to games with 100,000 players.\n\n>Youtube has an algorithm for showing people content that they're more interested in (for good and bad). This means that even very niche videos can get consistent viewership because user's algorithms have adapted to that taste. On Roblox, there is only the most popular games\n\nAgain, no longer true. Your sign in page props genres of games you may like to the top. You also get a sort of games that your friends are playing. These are amazing discovery tools. Also, all games you visit prompt like-games at the bottom of the page.\n\n>Youtube's minimum payout is $100. Roblox's is $1000\n\nRoblox's minimum payout has been $350. They announced this past summer that in 2022, it'll be an even lower barrier of entry. The current pay limit is in place because moderators need to verify (for child safety...) that the Robux was earned through a game and not through hat trading or black markets. You cannot get cash for your hats you trade or your black market Robux.\n\n>Roblox has the power to bring actual consequences for bad/malicious/exploitative behavior outside their platform.\n\nYou will find no platform, ANYWHERE, that fields moderation inquires for off-site activities and this is purely for legal reasons. There are simply zero tools or logs to verify such a thing. Screenshots are not evidence. You need the physical logs. Off-site is off-site.\n\nYou're speaking as somebody who left long ago. Things have rapidly changed on the platform and aren't as extreme as you or this video essay think it is. I feel bad refuting so much you said because you originally deleted your list expecting me to do just that, but almost everything you listed is simply not accurate.\n\nEdit: By the way, you should seriously consider coming back to Roblox and giving it a go! Sounds like you were talented enough to have a popular game back then.", "I'm on reddit way too much and this slipped through the cracks for me and I haven't seen it. ¯\\\\_(ツ)_/¯", "​\n\n>You can't compare Roblox to other game engines\n\nI disagree to a limited extent. The comparison is important. The exploitation that is happening between developers is rampant in other engines. But I also think you are correct that Roblox's distribution model and EULA is different for exactly the reasons you point out: They maintain total ownership, unlike other engines, who largely attempt to indemnify themselves of anything done in their ecosystem by users, but otherwise claim only a royalty while reserving all other rights to the user. Roblox is different because its tools and its ecosystem are unified. But Roblox has already attempted to obfuscate the consequences of the unification of this ecosystem: Complicity in the actions of users -- through the deletion of their official forums and ensuring users have to communicate with one another off-service in order to effectively develop their projects.\n\n>actively running the multiplayer servers that run your game.\n\nExcept almost all the development, and therefore the exploitation is happening off of these servers. Roblox's EULA is pretty clear that they own the content that developers put on it regardless of how it got there.\n\nI'm not defending Roblox at all. What's happening is wrong. The problem is really, that what Roblox is doing is legally above board. It shouldn't be, but it is. We need some kind of reform for binding EULAs and transfer of copyright for minors in particular. But the particulars of that reform are well beyond my skill level to effectively point out without probably doing severe harm to a wide swath of the indie game development world. Oftentimes, these reforms punish the smallest actors the most, while allowing the big actors to continue to act carte blanche.\n\nAll people can really do, is try to keep their friends educated about what Roblox is, and help parents keep their kids the fuck away from it and move them toward itch, godot, love, etc.", "Now that I have the time to respond to this:\n\n# Roblox Vs. Youtube\n\nI looked into some of the points you made, and you're right! It is only $350 to cash out, there is no limit on the number of games one can publish, and the front page has changed a lot since I player. Good to see there's been some improvement!\n\nHowever, none of that actually addresses the point being made, nor does it detract from it: Roblox and Youtube are not comparable platforms from a content creation angle, because Roblox requires buying in to gain a following or make money back, while Youtube does not. To gain any sort of playerbase on Roblox you're expected to purchase ads/sponsorship time from them, and to actually receive any money for your efforts assuming you manage to build that crowd and make enough robux back, you also have to purchase their premium monthly subscription. \n\nOn it's own, that isn't that big an issue. Paying into a platform to have your work hosted/advertised is not a surprising thing. Steam requires a submission fee to have your game considered for its store, Apple charges a yearly fee to keep your app on their, some tools to actually create content in the first place like Photoshop are also paid for, etc. \n\nThe issue is that content creation is half of the experience being advertised by Roblox to their audience of predominantly kids/teens. Their pitch is \"Come make games to play with your friends! Earn REAL cash!\". But the kids playing these games are not who's making \"real cash\", the >18, adults, who work together and form teams but use the same cute avatars all the kids use are the ones making the games. People like you are the ones who are actually making the games they play (not an attack on you, just highlighting the difference in perspective). \n\nSo these kids/teens, who don't have much or any experience developing games or making items, who don't understand who their competition is, are being encouraged by Roblox to buy into their platform while Roblox surely realizes most of them will fail. As opposed to Youtube, or really any other content creation platform that I can think of, for which content hosting is free, and there's no encouraging every kid that comes across the platform to pay money to try making content of their own (note, finding an example of other platforms with a similar model to Roblox still doesn't mean the model is okay).\n\n# Moderation/Investigations of Abuse\n\nFirst off: Saying that nobody else bothers putting in the work to do off-site moderation/investigations to make sure their users are safe is not an argument against doing it.\n\nSecond, if we're still talking about the incident the video talked about of that girl being groomed by a pedophile Roblox developer, lack of evidence was definitely not the issue in that case. There was an audio confession by the piece of shit in question, admitting to sending those messages.\n\nThird, you're talking as if there's no way an investigation could verify the claims/chat logs that are being cited. Private companies and governments do this all the time to investigate internal abuse. It isn't something that I'll pretend is easy, but in the spirit of keeping child groomers off the platform, I think the effort is warranted.\n\nAre you really okay with the amount of apathy they've shown in this situation? We have a clear case of a Roblox game dev, who makes money for Roblox and gets paid by Roblox, sending inappropriate messages to a child, and Roblox doing nothing to remove them from their spaces or payroll for that incident. Saying it didn't happen on their platform doesn't mean it didn't happen at all. What do you do to prevent this from happening again? What do you do to make sure this guy doesn't do this to someone else? I would expect any other workplace to investigate and fire an employee who's being rightly accused of grooming child customers. Why shouldn't we hold Roblox to the same standard?", "I'll comment on a few arguments in here but I do actually agree with a lot of what you said about Discoverability. \n\n>But the kids playing these games are not who's making \"real cash\", the >18, adults, who work together and form teams but use the same cute avatars all the kids use are the ones making the games.\n\nIt is to be said that 2 of the top 5 biggest earning games last year were made by single-devs who were both under 18. One of them just 14. One even hired a team of 30 people (with benefits!) after their game took off to push out weekly content. It is not solely a crowd of old veterans making it big which is so refreshing.\n\nAlthough I've seen Roblox games blow up without any paid ads, it is rare. Unfortunately I cannot think of a way to solve this. A way to \"unearth\" games being made on a platform of 200,000,000 monthly active users. I'd love to see this be solved. It'd open the platform up even further.\n\nI stand by what I said about off-site. It's not that I don't want the problem solved. My argument is Discord is a completely unfiltered platform compared to Roblox. Roblox won't even let you type \"discord\" in their chat service because they know it's a danger. Meanwhile, you can send images completely unmoderated in Discord. Children should always have parent supervision on anything they sign up for. It's a classic case of \"Don't talk to strangers\". There are plenty of strangers out there. Yes, Roblox could request data to backup any player made claim against another user but now you're entering sensitive data privacy issues and it'd be in Discord's best interests not to share. \nFor what it matters, That lousy player-turned-developer sending explicit messages on Discord was banned since that video went up and I'm hoping it's because of the PMG video. Roblox does have a clause in their ToS that states they're allowed to ban for off-site actions. \n\nAgain, thanks for the well written response. it's so refreshing to see a well researched message in here. I think you're right on a lot of things. My main gripe with this video (and a lot of comments on the video) is everybody likes to judge a company/person and throw them in \"Bad\" or \"Good\" boxes. The reality is it's much closer to the middle with definite room for improvement." ]
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Did you know that Roblox earns Billions by exploiting children? How a videogame that is bigger than the Nintendo corporation is knowingly ignoring it's own harmful business practices
https://youtu.be/kbk7ThCAApk
/r/videos/comments/rhe37a/the_history_of_metal/
[ "Interesting video, but there’s not much point in putting text on screen if it disappears before most people can finish reading it !\n\n:/rant mode OFF", "this would be better if you played actual riffs from the bands you're presenting rather than your own examples of the styles", "I think they just wanted to avoid the copyright bots. YouTube be hating", "i'm sure that's the reason too, but, you know, just saying", "You need to learn to read faster.", "I actually enjoyed the scavenger hunt if “that riff was inspired by ____”", "How dare you not mention Parkway Drive man, for shaaaaaame.", "🤣🤣🤣🤣", "No-one can destroy the Metal\n\nThe Metal will strike you down with a vicious blow", "In what section? Non-metal bands irrelevant to the genre?", "We are the vanquished foes of the metal, we tried to win for why we do not know", "Metalcore. More like iconic to the genre. Essential listening, really.", "Dude did a great job! He’s a very talented multi-instrumentalist. \n\nMy favorite is Dream Theater Prog Metal/rock. I think he successfully gave an impression of their sound while still sounding like himself." ]
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The history of Metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A98aCKDCLFk
/r/videos/comments/rhf4cd/john_cenas_bizarre_relationship_with_china/
[ "My Twitter account was permantly suspended when I commented on this a few months back. \n\nThe ccp is deplorable.", "Lost me with Dwayne \"the wok\"", "Lost me at him being confused as to why Shakira, a colombian, being big in Colombia", "https://youtu.be/-Ub2phcFM0w", "wow this dude is great, cool video, great clips. loved the one with the rock pretending to speak chinese\n\nalso calling out capeshit for chinese pandering will always be funny to me\n\nEdit: typical reddit, clutching their marvel pearls. Yall just love that garbage doncha", "twitter bans for anti-ccp memes????", "The audio quality is so painful.", "Thanks for commenting, it’s getting harder to filter out this racist wave.\n\nI mean the thumbnail should have been a tip off, but on the other hand I do want to read about the CCP buying WWF stars.", "He loves money. Not that bizarre.", "What is the anime at 1:40? It looks hilarious.", "Andre the Giant was big every where he went.", "[ **Jump to 01:40 @** John Cena's Bizarre Relationship With China](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A98aCKDCLFk&t=0h1m40s)\n \n ^(Channel Name: Ghost Gum, Video Length: [09:36])^, [^Jump ^5 ^secs ^earlier ^for ^context ^@01:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A98aCKDCLFk&t=0h1m35s) \n \n----------------------------------------------------------------------------- \n \n ^^Downvote ^^me ^^to ^^delete ^^malformed ^^comments. [^^Source ^^Code](https://github.com/ankitgyawali/reddit-timestamp-bot) ^^| [^^Suggestions](https://www.reddit.com/r/timestamp_bot)", "My comment was \"Cena is a sad ccp apologist.\"\n\nBanned permanently.", "Cena is a sellout traitor.", "I actually like the guy. But watching anyone... grift and sell-out like this is a bit much.\n\nI mean they all do it. Every celebrity is a product. But it becomes much more mechanical and obvious with this chinese courting stuff. Also it's kind of funny because his WWE character was a real patriotic, troop-salutin son of a gun.\n\nI guess he's trying to break into a new thing and probably wants to show that he's a teamplayer. Who even knows. Maybe the president of hollywood ok'd him getting big roles, but he's gotta play ball. You never know.", "It's pretty simple to me. He had the choice to have a backbone and stand for American values, or degrade himself and kowtow to the CCP/Xi Jinping and he chose to sell himself out. And his noodle-spined decision doesn't just affect him, either.", "fascinating to watch the anti chinese propaganda machine works so well that americans are sold on it hard enough to not even question it", "yep.. can't hear what he's saying \\*turns volume up\\* incredibly loud sound bite plays \\*turns volume down again\\*", "It was probably reported by many shill accounts, and the automated system banned it.", "Are you pro China?", "Great fucking job Twitter", "How is any of that racist? \"Harder to filter out\" could be you're seeing things that aren't there.", "60m? Gotta pump those numbers up! Those are rookie numbers.", "@ 0:16\n\nShakira is Colombian ...", "[ **Jump to 00:16 @** John Cena's Bizarre Relationship With China](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A98aCKDCLFk&t=0h0m16s)\n \n ^(Channel Name: Ghost Gum, Video Length: [09:36])^, [^Jump ^5 ^secs ^earlier ^for ^context ^@00:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A98aCKDCLFk&t=0h0m11s) \n \n----------------------------------------------------------------------------- \n \n ^^Downvote ^^me ^^to ^^delete ^^malformed ^^comments. [^^Source ^^Code](https://github.com/ankitgyawali/reddit-timestamp-bot) ^^| [^^Suggestions](https://www.reddit.com/r/timestamp_bot)", "Yeah he should be beaten up some Venezuelans and stolen their oil.", "I believe it's from Great Pretender. That's on Netflix.", "what do you mean by pro china?", "It’s a good point, this random youtuber who makes videos on pop culture topics couldn’t possibly have developed negative opinions about China based on looking at the available information, he clearly is part of a “propaganda machine”. No sane American could be anti China unless they had been brain washed.", "The CCP should probably hire some shills that can come across as English speakers. You're fired.", "American values? Lmao since when is doing it for the money not an American value?", "Plz pay me CCP I only haf potato", "I would switch out Macau with eastern Turkestan as Macau is a mafia state. The CCP launders a lot of money from there.", "It's funny the maker of this video is blaming John Cena but he also mentioned movie heads are twisting his arms. China is awful but blaming Cena for everything that China does is disingenuous. Most of the things that we use every day are made in China. There is a high probability that the electronic device you are currently using to read this is made in China and it's John Cena's fault right because his movies are funding the Chinese economy.", "I got frustrated for the longest time because I wanted dub and I thought I kept accidentally getting subbed", "Stopped watching after one of those. Fuck that editing.", "Nobody said loving money was bizarre. Abandoning your own country and the people who made you rich and famous in the first place is bizarre. Well, less bizarre than it is scummy and disgusting. It might not be official treason, but in the eyes of a lot of people, it's on the scale.", "What a roody poo", "Thanks, I was thinking the same. Some exec over his head is telling him he has no career unless he sells out to China.\n\nWhich given how he MADE his career on being this super-patriotic symbol of America in wrestling is kinda ironic." ]
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John Cena's Bizarre Relationship With China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhfcWTZeP1k
/r/videos/comments/rhf4ru/this_christmas_sketch_will_never_not_be_funny/
[ "[I enjoy this version.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=39&v=k2GaOiavz_8&feature=emb_title) It's a bit more... subtle.", "Eh.. I like the full version. The confessions make it so much funnier.", "I was hoping someone would link this. Thank you.", "you basic", "His eyes moved to the red ribbon she had planted on his right pectoral muscle. He saw something in her eyes when she touched him. A recognition of firmness. After all, he was toned to perfection from weeks of rebuilding a church in Rokoray, along the northern banks of the Great Scarcies River. He had met a woman there who reminded him of his sister. He cared for her, taught her a fledgling example of English, had even found himself feeling love for her. That was not a sisterly love however. Then again... was this?\n\nHe began to open his mouth. Any moment his parents would walk downstairs. The look on her face said they were on the same channel. Everything he had just thought, she heard it. He spoke.\n\n\"Listen, when mom and dad go out to say hi to the Gelsons next door tonight, let's hang back, go upstairs and fuck the shit out of each other.\"\n\n\"What?\" She answered, bewildered.\n\n\"C'mon let's do it. Let's fuck. Haven't we always wanted this?\" He reached out to reassure her, but she pulled away, fear in her eyes. \"Whoa whoa. Uh no I'm just happy you're home from Africa. What the hell are you talking about wanting to fuck me? Are you seriou-\" And like a blade being hammered on the anvil, his father's voice rang out from behind him:\n\"WHAT IN SAM HILL IS GOING ON HERE?\"\n\n\"I can explain...\" he stammered, but was cut off by the visceral scream from his mother as she began sobbing into her bathrobe. His father erupted, white morning spittle shooting from the corners of his mouth.\n\n\n\"NO SON OF MINE IS GONNA DRINK FUCKING FOLGERS COFFEE!\" He belted his son in the face, knocking the boy unconscious. “THIS IS A PEETS COFFEE HOUSE!\"\n\nDrink Peets Coffee.\n\n- Erik", "I agree. The work they put in to finding similar actors, wardrobe, and set is really impressive. It absolutely has the feel of a single commercial and escalates nicely.", "Bounced on boy's coffee tin for hours after reading this", "Hot.", "I remember the first time I saw this. I didn't know it was a parody. I saw the more subtle version and thought, \"Woah! That's messed up.\"\n\nThen I found the original. It's just as messed up as the parody.", "Aaaaaand post!", "\"We sent you to Africa for a reason!!!\"", "This is why porn is the way it is right now.", "I wish from the bottom of my heart that I could disagree" ]
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This Christmas sketch will never not be funny.
https://youtu.be/Zk99NofbLVQ
/r/videos/comments/rhf560/this_is_how_you_can_be_arrested_for_dui_even_if/
[ "Let us sue the police already. Stop making taxpayers pay for the police’s unlawfulness.\n\nThis is just one example of the same problem. Qualified immunity.\n\nAdverse possession, unreasonable force, unlawful arrest. Police are not accountable. Police self investigation is there to protect the department. \nBan qualified immunity. Sue the police.", "This dude is a piece of shit. He should have lost his ability to ever serve in any capacity of law enforcement and other government job positions.", "I am not a police hater or anything and I think they're generally trying to do a good job. But this is just inexcusable behavior.", "It’s a farce !", "Police are not capable people. We should not be allowing them to make judgement calls.", "Waiiiiit.....but if it is in her blood...that doesn't mean she was impaired at the time she was driving. It can stay in your blood almost 2 days. Jeeeeez.....so they can get you if you smoked the day before??\n\nEdit: or even longer apparently!", "\"I don't need evidence, because it's my opinion that you're under the influence\". Just wow. I hope the wrongfully arrested sue for a lifetimes income, and don't have to worry about working again. THAT'S justice.", "I don't understand how this asscop can pull this shit and sleep at night.", "He should be arrested and charged with crimes like what happened with his victims. The only difference is that he should be convicted.", "they can do whatever they want and they probably laugh about these 'investigations.'", "It can be way longer than 2 days depending on body composition and how frequently you partake", "I feel that if this happened to me I’d screw myself because once I realize that they are cuffing me and taking me in wrongfully for dui, I’d start giving the cop serious lip service. “Who the Fuck trained you with these indicators, they need to be fired for being fucking incompetent. Explain to me what indicators, how is that proof? I am going to sue the fuck out of you and your department you piece of shit. Way to waste the city’s resources. Making a false arrest instead of stopping real crime, fucking awesome.” On and on. I think even if I got the charges dropped I’d still have harassing a police officer on my record lol.", "Ugggh I hate how right you probably are on both points.", "Damn....good point!", "Being arrested is not proof of guilt. That's why we have courts. This is a perfect example of why. It's rare, but it is inevitable.", "Land of the free BABYYY \n\nuntil somebody decides no, fuck you in particular", "no consequences, everyone gives him good grades\n\nwhy would he see a problem with his behavior?", "so essentially shes just fucking stupid?\n\nHey, officer.. I'm driving around dumb af or fucking high/drunk but I know how to beat the system so they dont know.\n\nI have multiple records of driving drunk and smoking mary jane. lol", "Not as rare as you’d think", "I’m an addiction counselor. I work on a detox unit, so I often deal with patients who are under the influence of all sorts of things the first time I meet them. The methods he’s employing are complete bullshit cop voodoo. He has no way of knowing they are under the influence of marijuana, at least not based on he’s fake detection efforts. With all the variables, no knowledge of their baseline behavior, and the outdoor environment, he is just talking out of his ass. \n\nA patient might come to detox and act lethargic, even nodding out during intake. Are they on dope? Are they on benzos? Are they just ending a five day crack binge? Are they drunk and potentially in a blackout state? Is there co-occurring mental health issues? Are they on Rx meds? Are those meds interacting poorly with drugs or alcohol? Is the patient being truthful? All those variables to consider (and many more) to determine how we can help the patient, a patient who is very clearly under the influence of something. And what I’m describing is in a clinical setting, not the side of the road at night, using completely subjective standards. \n\nBooze has very clear and accepted tell tale signs as far as use goes. Glassy eyes, slurred speech, poor balance and coordination, odor of alcohol. But weed? Not a chance that he could confirm use with enough certainty to warrant an arrest, especially with no actual weed present at the scene. Yes, there are indicators of marijuana use, bloodshot eyes for example, but at best that warrants suspicion, not arrest. \n\n“An odor of marijuana” \n\n“consistent with my training and experience” \n\n“you seem nervous”\n\nJust a few catch all phrases they can use to justify their bullshit in the absence of actual evidence.", "Imagine how many people's lives are ruined because they don't have the resources, education or support to fight. That one woman was offered a plea deal by her own lawyer.\n\nThe amount of legal expenses and stress that come with a wrongful arrest are just devastating.\n\nIt happened to me once when I was 16. A guy saw me driving out of a neighborhood and decided I was the one that crashed into a street sign. The police saw a rusted wrinkle on my front fender and charged me.\n\nI just happened to be lucky enough to have two educated, wealthy parents who fought the case.\n\nIt was a nightmare, and it's nothing compared to this shit.", "In a population of 330 million people, how many can you cite? Rare is relative to population size.", "Cops being pieces of shit and wastes of life, gee what else is new.", "Ignoring that I have no idea what the fuck you’re even saying, the reality is, this cop wrongfully accuses drivers of intoxicated driving on the regular. \n\nHonestly, what are you talking about?", "what?", "I’m PA they can give you a DUI if you smoked grass within the last 30 days.", "That’s how you get special treatment from cops.", "It’s revenue for the police district.", "I was pulled over in college for having a tail light out and stupidly admitted to having a few beers with some friends.\n\nI was driving fine, felt like I passed all the sobriety tests with flying colors, and blew less than .08 for the roadside breathalyzer. Ended up getting arrested and charged with a DUI.\n\nWhat pissed me off is that the arresting officer took the plastic breathalyzer mouthpiece out of its wrapper and threw it on the sidewalk without a second thought. I went back the next day, collected it, and brought it to the station to complain.\n\nThe DUI was dismissed in court when they saw the official BAC report which came in at .068%—close to the \"per se\" legal limit, but I was still under, dammit. Had to pay \\~$300 to get my car back from the tow shop, not to mention the most stressful month of my life waiting for the court date.", "The mental gymnastics to always defend cops", "He probably plays the odds. Pull over people under 25 and if 50% smoke weed in last 30 days they test positive and he thinks he’s keeping the streets safe. Of course just because you smoke weed at home 3 weeks earlier doesn’t mean you are a dangerous driver.", "how do you not have drug testing kits for this shit. if you pulled this shut in Aus you would be sued to the fucking moon", "You sound like a teenager that has never driven, much less driven impaired. That's not something anyone with more than 4 brain cells would brag about.", "\"they have nothing to lose, and the citizen has everything to lose\" yup, every time you interact with a police officer. Roll of the dice.", "This is my county, fuck that guy", "Whoooooaaaa.......mind blown....no pun intended.", "Princess Mbamara?!", "….? What?", "This is the reason I refused to live long term in America. I almost lost out on my dream job that I spent the better part of 2 decades chasing (thankfully covid and WFH let me keep my job but from Canada) because I realized that every time I left my home (or not) I was taking my life in my hands. Whether it's civil forfeiture, mistaken identity, the cop \"finds\" drugs on me, or any of the other 5000 ways they can ruin or end a life in minutes. I can deal with the pay-to-play healthcare, I can handle the politics to an extent, but the police who run that country? Just no.", "He's a piece of shit high school bully that grew up to continue fucking over people so he could feel powerful. Sad, pathetic little man.", "It's beardfarce dammit!", "The only person driving around dumb af in this video is the arresting officer", "As the youts like to say, “This ain’t it, fam.”", "Didn't do the the due diligence, fire him. Fuck this guy.", "In AZ, even though there is a “legal limit,” it is also at the discretion of the officer. Same type of situation where you could be .01 or even .00, and still charged (and they dont fuck around here, getting charged for a DUI is a $10,000+ affair in many situations)", "All roadside drug tests are arbitrary. I am strongly against driving under the influence of any drug, for any quantity, but the bar is set so low for drivers in the US.\n\nI know of people that have drivers licenses that when sober: don't have the coordination to walk in a straight line, can't see straight, or couldn't put together a ten-piece jigsaw puzzle. At their best they are miles worse drivers than the average slightly inebriated driver.\n\nRoadside drug tests are part of a façade that is meant to hide the fact that nobody can survive independently in the US without a driver's license. They are also, of course, tools for discrimination.", "I feel like I see something almost monthly that makes me go \"fuck the police\". Hopefully this is the only thing this month.", "One of the example was a Waitress who lost her license to serve alcohol for months leading to not being able to do her job. Regardless of whether the charges were later dismissed that is life altering.", "Without clear evidence, it maybe reasonable to send a test to the lab based on a visual examination. But in the mean time the driver should be released (via an alternative transportation) and a charging decision made once the results are in.", "and thats how violence against cops happens.", "The same way Nazi's did: \"I was just following orders.\"", "prolly is a pig.", "You can be not hired as a cop for being too smart. They dont want people that think. They want idiots that follow orders and uphold the law, regardless of if said law is dumb.", "When it comes to alcohol, just like you say. But these pig bastards know that, it's a financial incentive for them to arrest people, the risk of getting 'caught' if you can even call it that - for them - is minimal. Looks like the new strategy to rise in the ranks is fucking people even harder than before, now they just fuck everyone they meet. And to add to that, so what if you fucking smoked some weed the day before, this is what irks me the most - I bet shitloads of those arrests where the bloodwork came out positive hadn't even smoked that day. It's fucking ridiculous. To the pigs I say go do your fucking jobs instead of arresting decent folk. Fucking cunts.", "Literally all of my highschool bullies grew up to become local police and they're still abusive shits. I moved away asap. Small towns are so crooked.", "That’s some absolute bull shit right there.", "What if you're Stone Cold Steve Austin?", "Correct 85% of the time, and they're *better* than the previous year's 87%?\n\nI think he needs to math more.", "Happened to me in Utah.", "I'm sorry, but this post has several involuntary indicators for marijuana intoxication. I'm going to have to ask you to step away from the keyboard and put your hands behind your back.", "Ignore him, he's been injecting the marijauana's", "Hopefully the lawsuits rape these departments. But this shouldn't be happening in a democracy at all. There's an elected official somewhere behind these departments unacceptable policies who should be unelected and replaced with a leader who supports reasonable, fact-based policies. Uncharacteristically GREAT reporting by this local news team. Kudos!", "the fuck is the lesson here? only thing we've learned, which we already knew, is that cops are fucking dick heads and dont give a shit about any one but them selves.", "This is why we need to abolish the police and start over.", "This video pisses me off so bad. Imagine not having parents to rely on. Just on your way to make your next job, and some asshole decides you are going to jail. What if there were kids in there? How can these things keep happening to law abiding citizens????", "This is why you don't speak to police.", "Gee I wonder why police are so unpopular? Wtf motivates these goddam monsters? Any cops care to comment?", "That's insulting to marijuana's...", "Because cops.", "FUCKING. BULLSHIT.", "Being arrested in tons of situations is held against you even if charges are dropped.", "The problem that I encounter regularly with police is all of the brainwashing society and the media put out there. I keep thinking, even though I fucking know contrary, that cops are good guys. That they are serving the community. Cops are property enforcement for the ruling class. They arnt super heroes, they're not communal glue. I have never had an interaction with leos that I left thinking that it was a good thing. They can't protect you, and quite often they will hurt you. This is coming from a privelidged middle aged white guy.", "Nothing will change until we get rid of qualified immunity.", "Republicans be like “I see nothing wrong here, we need to change nothing”", ">Any and all settlements should be paid from the police unions,\n\nThe individual officer needs to be able to be held responsible more than anything.", "Is like the guy who claimed to be an expert in detecting arson, but it was all pseudo science and he still got people executed.", "So if you were pulled over and arrested for something you didn’t do, and then spent thousands of dollars of your own money just to prove your innocence, you would just be like “well this was inevitable”. Stop making fucking excuses for these pieces of shit", "I’m an ER pharmacist and that was my thought as well. I’ve seen all manner of people with altered mental status that have never smoked marijuana, that’s just their baseline. These women were clearly stone cold sober, and he arrested them based on the science of dipshit pig augury", "I just lost my job and spent 5 weeks in jail over an allegation, I now have a GPS tracker on my ankle and a public defender I can't get ahold of. I still haven't been provided any \"evidence.\"\n\nSo far $20K is the lowest retainer I have been quoted for a private firm to represent me.", "this is a direct cause of tougher and tougher DUI laws.", "In college, I was pulled over at 2am with 4 guys in the car. I literally just picked them up from a party and was driving them home as the DD. Got pulled over, tested field + breathalyzer. Passed both. Cop let me go.\n\nI drive off, 10 seconds later he pulls me over again and writes me a ticket for \"failure to keep in the right lane.\"", "I hate this mother fucking cop. I hope he chokes on a dick. I've seen this before and it boils my blood. My whole life was changed by a piece of shit like him. I was suspended from school in 8th grade because I stayed up late the night before and went in the next morning sleepy. My eyes were bloodshot, and I was falling asleep. My science teacher stopped mid lesson and asked me to step into the hallway. He told me I was in big trouble. I'm like, wtf?! He takes me to the nurse and she checks my pulse. At this point I am freaking out, like why are they doing this and why am I in trouble? The principal comes into the nurses office and the nurse tells him I am high as a kite as evidenced by my out of control heart rate. Yeah. No shit. My heart was jumping out of my chest because I was scared of how they were treating me and not knowing what the fuck was going on. The next thing you know my mom is in the principals office and I am sent home. My dad beat the living shit out of me over it. No one believed me. On the plus side, everyone in school heard about it and thought I was cool. I had all the kids who did smoke coming up to me and offering weed. I definitely was not a smoker before. I was extremely anti smoking and anti drugs. Welp, I got in trouble for it already so I might as well try it now! I remember those thoughts exactly when it was offered to me not too long after that. Fuck that pig piece of shit know it all. May he rot in hell for doing what he does to peoples lives.", "Ahhh yes… the good ol’ Nuremberg defense", "I broke down laughing when the cop said something like \"i don't have some magical test you can take right here\"\n\n1. You are actually doing some magical test right here, its just one that lets you do whatever you want as a cop.\n\n2. Lets go to the local pharmacy and buy a $20 cup to piss in to show i got nothing in my system.", "If someone being a dickhead messes with your retirement funding, it would most likely get taken care of real fast", "And being legally and financially liable for damages wouldn't?", "This happened to me too. This happens a lot. \n\nFUCK. THE. POLICE.", "To add, that whole \"right to a speedy trial\"? HAH, nah. Half a year while the state has zero evidence.\n\nEveryone's worried about what might happen to the first or second amendment if the wrong bogeyman gets elected, but nobody's trying to get back the others that have been killed already.", "Pay it. Credit cards, anything.", "Thin blue line, blue lives matter, I'm afraid of black people so please cops do anything to anybody.\n\nThis is how half of America thinks.", "Certified drug recognition expert. What a joke. This guy knows almost nothing about drugs.", "I wonder... where were all of these people going at the time of their traffic stop and subsequent arrest? What events did the arrest stop from unfolding?\n\nMaybe the dad that was arrested would have gotten into a serious car wreck 25 minutes later, and his children would have died.\n\nNot saying these arrests were justified or that the cops were actually helping these people somehow, but more wondering what would have happened to these people if they were allowed to continue on their merry way?\n\nMaybe one of them would have gotten a sick gig that requires a security clearance, but their arrest record prevents them from getting it now.\n\nAs the people say, there is no such thing as random. These people were targeted for these false arrests, one way or another.", "Lots of power tripping cops, but there is a good lesson here. In every state I know of you can legally **refuse a field sobriety test**. And because the cops are never on your side, you absolutely should. \n\nRefusing to bow to their power might result in an arrest, because most cops are high on their power. Blow into the breathalyzer, sure. Usually not a good idea to say no to that. If the cop is a a real dick they'll take you down to the station where you will refuse to take a blood test unless they have a warrant (see Brichfield vs. ND). Other chemical tests vary by state.\n\nIf you're sober, this deprives the cops of a key reason for your arrest. This makes it less likely you'll be arrested, harder to get a warrant for a blood test, and more likely you will be released without being charged. The people in this video were arrested and charged largely based on this officer's opinion. So don't give him that, because this asshole is clearly just arresting anyone who he suspects and letting the later tests sort it out.\n\nIf you're under the influence of a substance, first of all call an uber or plan better. Second, you don't do yourself any good by giving them more evidence. Blow the breathalyzer, don't admit to being drunk or impaired, and don't talk to the people building a case against you.\n\nWe absolutely need police reform, but in the meantime there are lessons here.\n\nEdit: To everyone in the US who replied that refusing a FST had consequences, just Google 'can I refuse a field sobriety test in (state name)'. Chances are you can, and are confusing breathalyzer rules. The cops know people don't know their rights, and abuse that fact. A field sobriety test and a breathalyzer are different things, which would be obvious if you read my comment. In the US you can refuse the little 'stand on one leg' show. But 'implied consent' laws make refusing a breathalyzer a crime.", "Interesting. I had already watched the first few miutes of this video. Was it posted here recently?", "Meanwhile the public defender gets a kickback for every case he pleas out.", "I would if I could, I am a lower middle class guy who was working paycheck to paycheck. I just got approved for medicaid and food stamps. At this point i'm thankful I didn't spend another week in jail or I would have been evicted and have nowhere to come back to.\n\nNone of my friends or family are in any position to help, not even 1k here or 1k there. I'm no influencer so crowdfunding won't work. I'd do almost anything to get that money.\n\nAnyone got 20K I can have?", "Thing is, he can just ride around accusing people of being on marijuana and claim his training says they are under the influence. He knows the person is now down a couple thousand dollars to hire an attorney, regardless of the outcome of the case.", "So do you think that a cop should be able to arrest anyone at any time? He had no probable cause and that's the issue. \n\nThey're training these cops in quack medicine and then having them perform it incompletely, and then saying that's enough for a cop to arrest someone. It's completely stupid and an obvious abuse of power to anyone who hasn't drank the blue koolaid. Even the department itself knows how it looks, that's why they tried to cover up the additional cases.", "How is your credit score?", "And it will be 9+ months before I even get to the stage i'm offered a plea. Until then my life is on hold. I had no criminal record before this shit either.", "One bad apple rots the whole barrel.", "I was home taking care of a very I’ll grandparent. He wakes me up at 0230 and asks me to go get him some cookies from the grocery store. Sure thing! Immediately pulled over for being suspicious. \n\nExplained (first mistake) and the cop just assumes I am a stoner. Three other cops show up wanting to get in on the arrest/execution. One of them finds my military ID and asks what I am really doing. “Getting some cookies for my fucking dying grandfather”. I got a ticket for failure to yield since they had to give me something.", "Yeah, shit rough been there bud.", "America.", "580. My 7K car loan is at 29.9%. I avoided using credit like the plague.", "Happened to me over pot in Colorado… had half the legal limit of THC in my blood. Prosecutors didn’t care. Wanted to make an “example out of me” by medicating 3 months under 21. I even had my medical card… ugh. 8 years later, the charge still keeps a lot of doors shut for me, even if I try explaining how absurd the situation was. No traffic laws were even broken.", "And we never realize how fucked up some of these laws are until it happens to us.", "Cops don't care. Not like they're paying for it...the taxpayers are.", "I’d this the POS cop everytime ?", "That is unfortunate. Responsible use of credit over time is key to having a good credit. You should start by getting a low limit credit card and paying it off every month. You should sign up for credit karma. It is free and will give you some idea of what your score is and what kind of loans you can apply for.\n\nWow ITT: people who have no idea how credit works and are mad about it.", "> Maybe the dad that was arrested would have gotten into a serious car wreck 25 minutes later, and his children would have died.\n\nMaybe he would have found the cure for cancer, and the traffic stop got in the way... and now we're all paying for it. Who's to say? 🤔", "\"so is he innocent of DUI?\"\n\n\"Well, he is now.\"\n\n​\n\nNO! NO! NO! NO!\n\nTHAT IS NOT HOW THIS WORKS!\n\nInnocent UNTIL PROVEN guilty.\n\nFucking disgusting. They should all be stripped of their badges and pensions.\n\nAnd Public Defenders automatically saying \"You should take a deal\" if your arrested EVEN if youve done nothing wrong!\n\nthe whole fucking system is broken.", "We need a real life Punisher for pigs like him...", "maybe its time we went \"Law Abiding Citizen\"", "In Canada if you refuse, it has the same penalty as a DUI.", "I don't know what state you're from but public defenders are government employees with set salaries. They don't get extra money for plea deals. I've literally never heard of \"public defender's getting kickbacks.\" If lawyers wanted to make money they wouldn't go into public defense, there are easier options.", "For the record, your attorney needs to tell you if there's a plea deal available. It could be a terrible deal and they might even advise against it but to not inform a client of an offer would literally be malpractice.", "I should start by finding a new job first. At this point building up my credit score is so far down my list of things to do it's not funny. If I find a $20/hr job it will be a miracle.\n\nPlus unless i'm extremely lucky the next \\~12 months may be the last taste of freedom for a decade or more.", "Congrats, you’ve contributed nothing to dialogue", "Is “assaulting a law enforcement officer” on your record really worth the moment of catharsis?", "Cops seem to have been trained to be dumber about drugs than the general public. Like them [running around in biohazard suits because there's fentanyl on a scene](https://www.rti.org/news/new-study-shows-law-enforcement-officers-falsely-believe-they-are-high-risk-fentanyl-overdose). It's a ridiculous mass hysteria within the profession.", "This is a case from 2015. (Ex)Officer Tracy Caroll was fired in 2017.\n\nhttps://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/investigations/the-drug-whisperer-damage-control/77-492282581", "Say I have unlimited funds, a team of bloodthirsty lawyers, and unlimited time on my hands. Is there any recourse at all?", "Pretty sure Virginia has this rule as well.", "Good to know, my comment is definitely US focused.", "In most states Refusing to take a field sobriety test is an automatic detainment.\n\nAnd its not the cops call, its the law. They detain you at the station to compel samples needed for a lab test.\n\nIts bullshit, but if you could get out of an arrest while driving drunk off your ass just by refusing to take the test, Id say we would be worse off.\n\n​\n\nAnything you say can and will be used AGAINST YOU in a court of law.\n\nnothing you say can be used in your defense as it is considered \"hearsay\"\n\n[https://youtu.be/d-7o9xYp7eE?t=474](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE)", "You’re right my b", "He likely is doing this at the end of this shift so that he can spend time filling out paperwork and getting paid OT. It's not even about punishing people he things are bad or street justice or whatever, it's WAY worst than that, he is just sacrificing peoples lives and capital for a few hours of overtime. His fellow officers know he does it because they all do it.", "Probably not a great thought from me but I did see that T-mobile just raised their minimum wage company-wide to $20/hr. Doesn't take any special skills or degree to sell phones.", "Bs. No one likes cops on a power trip. Leave your politics out of this. A hole cops are disliked by all citizens. That's universal.", "You'll lose your license almost anywhere for simply refusing a sobriety test.", "State dogs who see the public as sheep and use us for paychecks and promotions and only care to protect each other", "Lots of states they don't have to give you any evidence until trial. Hard to defend against allegation when you are not allowed to know what they are. In VA I had people accuse me of chasing them in my car, I had no idea that was what they where going to say and because I didn't I couldn't provide evidence it was a lie so they believed the 'Minister' over me even though I could have pulled my GPS logs to show it was BS.", "> blew less than .08 for the roadside breathalyzer. Ended up getting arrested and charged with a DUI.\n\nIsn't BAC like... the sole determining factor for DUI? I'm so confused.", "Meta!", "That joker is a certified drug recognition expert? He is their best trained officer ? If I was so bad at my job, I would have been fired, so fire his sorry ass. Gave some loser a badge and let him run loose... Dumpster fire of a police department.", "At least see what you qualify for in terms of a loan. Cant hurt.", "Unions have a lot of power over people keeping employment. If someone is ruining the fund, they can pretty easily get them fired, heck whatever those people are doing wrong what likely are fireable offence that they would only keep that job because of the union to begin with.", "Look at the date of the video... He was fired like 5 years ago", "Nah in new york refusing a breathalyzer is immediate license suspension + DUI penalties.", "I wonder how many positives are from people with marijuana in their systems but are necessarily driving impaired. \n\nLike they smoked weed last week but still test positive. \n\nAlso, in the video it say their own paperwork admits to the testing not being accurate, albeit while being favorable to the cop but still.", "Go look up the Pot Brothers! These two lawyers that speak up against this and tell you exactly what to do!\n\n[Article talking about them and what you can do when you get pulled over. ](https://greencarpetgrowing.com/what-to-do-if-pulled-over-script-pot-brothers-at-law/)", "We need to redefine probable cause, use of force legality and end qualified immunity.", "I pray to my Satan Overlord that he gets ass cancer in 2022.", "I think (in Canada at least) you can demand to have your blood tested for alcohol content.", "You should not refuse a sobriety test. They’ll arrest you for being under the influence anyways.\n\nObviously don’t say more than you need, and lawyer up, but this is bad advice imho.", "Meanwhile real stoners don't get arrested driving high. What is it about Cobb County? I swear I've never even visited the US, never even been on the same continent but somehow I've seen 5+ videos about that specific police force.", "Maybe police unions are different than teachers unions but I spent 10 years working in k12 and higher ed. The amount of people that should have been fired but kept their jobs because of the union was astonishing. The worst of them became union reps and were paid on both ends.\n\nThe union was more afraid of losing support of the teachers by having someone's friend fired than weeding out the bad apples.", "> In most states Refusing to take a field sobriety test is an automatic detainment.\n\nDetainment and being charged are two separate things. But give me a source on that claim, because my understanding is very different. Maybe you're thinking of a breathalyzer rather than a FST.\n\n> And its not the cops call, its the law. They detain you at the station to compel samples needed for a lab test.\n\nNo, the \"verdict\" on a FST is 100% the cop's call. They detain you because they don't really care about due process, and just run every scared person through a system. As I said, blood tests require a warrant, but you need to know that to assert your rights.\n\n> Its bullshit, but if you could get out of an arrest while driving drunk off your ass just by refusing to take the test, Id say we would be worse off.\n\nOh my sweet summer child, they're going to breathalyze you if you show the slightest signs of being drunk anyway. The FST is just additional evidence. Your defense attorney might ask when the breathalyzer was last calibrated and pick away at the prosecution that way. \"Failing\" the FST in the cop's estimation can only hurt you. Passing - well, did you watch the video?", "> end qualified immunity\n\nNobody in authority should be completely immune from legal action.", "They still get paid by the court.\n\nBut they get paid so little, they dont give 2 shits about actually defending you.", "I hear you dude. I suffered similar harassment from a teacher who thought they were helping me with tough love, but I was straight as you were at the time. I was depressed, not sleeping well, and wearing black. Where I grew up that was enough to set off alarms, I guess. It only cast a shadow over me with school staff for a year or so, not as hard as it hit you, but I’m sorry.", "Thanks for the tip! I'm not sure if we even have a T-mobile store but I'll look into it! \n\nMuch appreciated.", "If you were a psychopath you would understand. Well, maybe you still wouldn't, but you wouldn't even think to consider someone else's state of mind either.", "FUCK COBB COUNTY POLICE\n\nfuck GA police in general.\n\nin general, fuck the police.", "What a cop thinks in a given moment= Absolute Unquestionable Truth to the vast majority of legal systems in the West.", "I asked the cop about it driving me off to the station.\n\nThis was 15 years ago so give me some slack but her paraphrased response was basically 1) they can legally arrest at any BAC > 0 as the other commenter below notes and 2) she was banking on it increasing to *over* the \"per se\" legal limit by the time I provided the official admissible-in-court breathalyzer at the station.\n\nShe was wrong about my BAC increasing over .08, hence the DA immediately calling for a motion to dismiss.", "Right, but not charged with a DUI (for lack of evidence), so getting it back after a year is relative cakewalk.", "Lots of states give hefty penalties for refusing tests, as well. Check your state's laws.", "Refusal almost always leads to chemical testing anyway, so no not really. Implied consent.", "Clearly you've missed how every time a cop murders a minority civilian in the US and it makes the news, legions of True Patriot Americans rush to the cop's defense and immediately enact a smear campaign against the victim.", "‘Involuntary bodily indicators that reveal the presence of drugs’ ‘there are techniques we are trained to detect the usage of marijuana’\n\n- then proceeds to show us ‘tests’ of skin tone, eye redness, testing pulse, balance etc. \n\nI have heart failure and I guarantee you I would fail every single ‘test’ that would ‘indicate narcotic use’. \n\nMy face goes red, my eyes look bloodshot, my pulse goes rapid whenever it wants; I have no control how my heartbeats; that’s autonomic, mate. \n\nI was taught when I got my alcohol and gambling licence that you cannot refuse service based on somebodies appearance; for example red eyes, blushing red face or chest and slurred speech. These were recently (twenty years ago) deemed discriminatory and NOT INDICATIVE of a persons intoxication. \n\nBecause sober people have anxiety, they go red for a million reasons. People also have medical conditions which you are not allowed to discriminate against. For example my heart condition causes all sorts of visible ‘symptoms’ which would make me seem like a stoner or drunk. \n\nYou cannot do this! It is blatantly against the law!\n\nAgain, you Americans astound me with your DUI system. Here in Australia; breathalyser then maybe also a drug mouth swab, 5 mins later they come up clean? Good to go! Have a nice day, sir!\n\nWe don’t make you hop on one leg or check your eye and skin colour! Make you recite the constitution without slurring or anything ridiculous. The cop can’t make such a decision! Well… they can actually. But it has to be *obvious* af and must be backed by roadside tests. Then those tests would be repeated at a local booze bus or the station. And like I said, those tests take minutes and if they’re not ‘positive’ then you’re free to go. Edit* by ‘tests’ I mean breath, saliva or blood. Not eye colour and skin pigmentation! Actual fucken science. \n\nThey can’t hold you unless you’re breaking some law; public intoxication, lewd behaviour, disorderly, a public nuisance or actually breaking road laws. Crossing a fucking line is a warning, not an arrestable offence. \n\nYour DUI system is insane. Your health system is insane. Your tipping culture is insane. You’re insane!", "That's why the metabolism argument in this video is total bullshit. If you're driving impaired, that means there will still be weed in your system for 24-72 hours *if you've used it twice or less that week*. \n\nIn Australia, we have a magical road side drug test that can detect if you've smoked weed in the last 12 hours (it's only legal to smoke weed in a couple of states). The US should probably implement the test if it hasn't already, but knowing you guys... Well you can refuse a breathalyser which makes no sense, so it probably won't happen. I think we all see being breathalysed as part of the agreement to be allowed to drive a car and road-side drug testing is no different.\n\nEdit: I assumed you were an American but if not, I'm referring to Americans in general.", "Why don't they just use a breathalyser/roadside drugs wipe from the off? Could be on your way in under five minutes.", "Right. Chemical testing is not an inaccurate breathalyzer, and it is not a roadside gymnastics routine where the judge of the routine can say whatever he wants to say you've failed. Chemical testing is a blood sample for their lab, and a sample for your defense. \n\nYou'd better not be over the legal limit. If you are, you're just as boned as if you'd failed the breathalyzer and roadside tests in the first place. If you're taking those tests, you're going to fail them if the officer wants you to.\n\nA chemical result that displays less than the legal limit, and then no other evidence (breathalyzer said this, roadside tests indicated this, conversation indicated yadda yadda...) to corroborate an officer's opinions, makes it very hard to convict you of DUI.", "Imagine she smoked weed occasionally responsibly, but didn't smoke before she got in the car, she'd still be completely screwed.. Only thing that helped her was being tee total wtf", "You hit the nail on the head lol. Yes, my new experience with local law enforcement is the same. Power-tripping racist abusers so caught up in their own clique they forget they're not invincible.\n\nEDIT: had to come back to give a shout to out one good cop I have met. I don't know him too well but he was genuine. So not all cops are bad and not leading by giving them the benefit of the doubt just insures you'll have a bad time.", "fuck this fuck this fuck this. bunch of scum. thinking they are more accurate than a fucking urine test? wtf. these people are just out there to get their numbers up and dont give a flying fuck about peoples lives. some fucked up ego trip that has existed in the police department since its inception.", "Nope. You can be .01, \"fail\" the roadside tests, and catch the case. Or asleep in your back seat instead of driving home. Or riding a bicycle. Or a horse.", "The vast majority of people who go into public defense are true believers. Not every one is great at their job and some are bad. But they’re also insanely overworked for not great pay. Most of them do it because they fundamentally believe in the cause of fighting police and prosecutors on behalf of the most vulnerable. To really make a career out of it you have to be a true believer or it’s just not worth it.", "I think he meant the story and 85 was from two years ago, and the year prior to current year it is 87.", "Dude, this is terrible advice. You're suggesting someone who lives paycheck-to-paycheck take out loans for something with absolutely no return? \n\nOf course every jurisdiction is different. But the public defenders with whom I work defend their clients more vigorously and more intelligently than private attorneys, especially for crimes like DWI. \n\nPDs have larger case loads, and they're paid for their legal expertise, not customer service. So even if a private defense attorney holds their clients' hands and give them warm and fuzzies, they don't actually advocate more effectively. So this guy should take out a $20k loan so he feels better?", "> That one woman was offered a plea deal by her own lawyer.\n\nDefense lawyers apparently do this a lot. Every time I read something about the criminal justice system and all its flaws, this issue seems to come up. \n\nOne reporter described an interaction he witnessed in court between judge, defendant and council as judge and council vs defendant. It was a very minor offense, but still, those can cause a lot of damage to people’s lives, especially if they’re already poor/low-income.", "I hope this POS isnt still working as an office somewhere they often just get transferred eith no consequences after being \"fired\"", "It is.", "You keep telling yourself that bud.\n\nPeople dont go into public defense, at least not in the vast majority of the US. The court assigns you a lawyer, they dont work for the city/county. They work for a firm/themselves. They may not even be criminal trial lawyers.\n\nMine first one was family law. Fired immediately. 2nd was property law, found out he hadnt tried a criminal case, literally ever. Every single one was plead out. Fired him too.\n\nTook me 3 more to get one that didnt try to talk me into taking a plea.\n\nEveryone i know that has gotten a pd either plead, Fired them until they got one that wasnt a jerkoff, or got the pd to postpone until they could hire someone.", "Please vote for politicians who support more policing of the police!", "If you didn't want the police to be above the law, you shouldn't have put so many conservatives on the US Supreme Court.", "Making up experts like this is magical thinking. I hate this passive aggressive sadistic mother fucker.\n\nAnd. He’s getting rewarded for being an amoral pos.", "Do they do field sobriety tests in Canada?", "Wait I just started to drive and I'm confused what to do at traffic stops, should I just pull over and demand my lawyer?\n\nEdit: this is not sarcasm", "That sucks! Wherever you live is very different than Minnesota then. Here public defenders are state employees and they have offices around the state. In the Twin Cities there are several offices and lots of attorneys. All they do is public defender work. Your system sounds terrible, I’m sorry you had to go through that.", "And then immediately hired by which neighboring police/sheriff's office?", "No because you can be DUI from intoxicatants that aren't alcohol. Breathalyzer is gonna read 0 despite the fact you're on the nod from prescription painkillers.", "I had a case where I was pulled over for failing to stay within the lines when I made a turn.\n\n Luckily, the cop believed the truth - I was tired with a nasty headache, who had to make a run to walmart to pick up some material to complete the presentation due the next day. x", "I'm not being fucking sarcastic, i legit want to know how much I need to comply? Thank you for insulting me for no reason", "cops need to be punished severely for not knowing how to do their job. im talking 5x duration of the jail time of the 'offence' they are attempting to pin on an innocent person.", "Do you get convicted of a DUI though? License suspension and a fine is way better than 10 years of $15k insurance premiums.", "The sooner you start building your credit the better you are off in the long run. As Russian potato said, as long as you can control your spending and pay it off every month in time, credit card is something you should definitely look into getting. \n \nJust make your shopping on it instead and pay it off afterwards, so essentially all you're doing is rerouting the payments you'd normally make through it. Even better is if you can get a cashback or rewards card as you can essentially get even more out of it, or a 0% card through which you make the minimum payments each month while putting the extra money aside in a \"high interest\" savings account (or trading account if you're willing to take the risk), and when your promotional balance runs out then either pay it off with the savings while keeping the gains or transfer it to another 0% card (usually for a small fee). \n \nEven if you take the more conservative approach and only made an extra $100 in a year, that's still $100 more than you have right now and without compound interest will grow over even more over time. $100 over a year might not sound like much, but if your situation really is that bad then I'm sure you wouldn't say no to someone giving you $100 right now. Just let that person be you, because then you'll feel proud of yourself, and this is all while improving your credit score and making your life even easier.", "In PA, refusal is not admittance of guilt…it can follow with a 1 year license suspension if the commonwealth sees fit. \n\nThey can still charge you with a DUI and use the refusal against you in court…but they can only charge you with the lowest BAC. They must obtain a warrant for blood, but some stations do have a breathalyzer that you cannot refuse. \n\nIf they obtain a warrant for blood, they can legally restrain you to get it. \n\nBut anyway, fuck cops.", "\"No, I do not know why you pulled me over, officer\" is always the answer", "Holy shit what a story, I’m sorry dude.", "Let’s not forget how important local investigative journalism is to our democracy. Outstanding and truly important work done by dedicated professionals.", "Just a breathalyzer as far as I’m aware.", "Alright thanks", "That's the big difference, in the US they can just arrest and charge you for being \"under the influence\" with no evidence, just the cops \"observations\".\n\nWhat the other commenter is saying is just refuse anything that allows them to make observations, if they try for hard evidence allow it.", "Whats california like?", "I’m really learning how bad parts of America are. I’ve lived in Nebraska and Minnesota and they’re government employees here whose job is just public defense work. To do it any other way to me just sounds like it would inevitably lead to what you’re describing - indifference or incompetence.", "IANAL, so I'm going to direct you to the ACLU who does have lawyers on staff and is a group who's always trying to fight for your civil liberties:\n\nhttps://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/stopped-by-police/\n\nIf you're driving your car and you're pulled over, the police may require you to furnish your name and ID as determined by the [stop and identify statutes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_and_identify_statutes). If you're in one of those states and failure to do so, they can arrest you. However, they can only ask to identify yourself if \"there is not reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed, is being committed, or is about to be committed, an individual is not required to provide identification, even in these states\", but know that cops sometimes can/will make up any bullshit offense to make you furnish your name. \n\nBeyond identifying yourself, you do not have to answer any of their questions. Should you not want to, I suggest stating \"I choose to not answer any questions without my lawyer present and choose to remain silent\". This doesn't mean that they'll then let you go, or stop asking questions, as they'll likely become suspicious despite you're well within your rights to do so. There are many cases where people were arrested simply for exercising their rights to stay silent. You're also free to refuse searches of yourself, car, or home without a warrant, but that may also not stop a cop; but could help you and your lawyer later.", "\"On average, US officers spend around 21 weeks training before they are qualified to go on patrol.\"\n\nWhat do you guys expect?...", "In Finland it's fast way to get you cuffed and get a ride to ER where they will take your blood test.", "Implied consent, my dude. Best to look that one up before you refuse anything in a DUI stop.", "from the land of the free?", "Overzealous teachers are the worst. I'm sorry you went through that bullshit. How recently was this ? Back in my day highschol students would show up drunk, on ecstacy. They couldn't really enforce against people who were smoking pot.", "85% success rate is atrocious, especially with these kinds of consequences. Even 1% is very bad when you \"test\" enough people. Tthat's why you have two types of breathalyzers, one much more precise, and a blood test to be certain.\n\nIf you have 1% of false positives, test 10 000 people and automatically arrest, you just ruined the lives of 100 innocent people.", "Police should be personally liable for shit like this. Make them take out personal malpractice insurance.", "Can you speak on this ? What the fuck were you accused of ?", "Land of the free", "happend to me at a small beach town in jersey shore. \n\ni used to work in restaurants so i know how the BAC works. only had 2 beers and a shot within a 2 hour span . so i know i was under .04 bac . cop pulls me over . runs the dui test. im not worried cause this will be perfectly fine. he says im arrested . im shocked and ask for a breathalizer. he says i have to go to the police station. they hadncuff me. im in disbelief. in the back of the cop car iask what happens if i blow les than .08. he says \"youre def drunk, youre def drunk\" go to police station , blow .002. hes in shock. gets his superior. they ask me to do a urine drug test in a cell. i comply. \n\nlater he says i have to still go to court wtf!. i think about representing myself and everyone tells me not to. i just got out of college and working a small 40k salary job. i get a lawyer who costs me $2k because he was recommended to me. \n\non the day of court. he meets with prosecutor. they agree to drop everything except for careless driving since i was going over speed limit. i jsut paid this lawyer 2k for about 30 seconds of work that i couldve done since i knew what the laws were. but again i was a scared young 20s kid then. \n\nim still pissed about it. i hate that guy that pullled me over. so dumb", "Don't care what anyone says. If you sign up to be part of a militarized over funded power hunger shit show like the police, no matter what your \"I just want to help my community\" intentions are then you're a pig. I don't care if you're ignorant about it or are fully aware. You're a pig and disgust me.", "Just the way it goes unless you live a jurisdiction with legitimate public defense.\n\nStill, better of hiring a real lawyer, no pds have the resources a good criminal defense team does.\n\nLawyer up, even with traffic tickets.", "Do people really think they have freedom?", "The important thing is not to say anything unnecessary. Only answer their question directly, don't add any details or other information. And if they ask \"do you know how fast you were going\" only give an answer if you know you were going under the speed limit. Otherwise say no. Just remember that they are human, they can get insulted and angry just like anyone else. Be polite, and the vast majority of the time they will also be.\n\nEdit: I'm talking about in the US.", "Well, I guess I should take a 6 week course in random subject so I to can be a certified expert.\n\nMaybe medicin or fluid dynamics?", "Unless you have quantitative tests (breathalyser of blood), don’t give them shit. These “field sobriety tests” are so flawed.", "Sounds like freedom to me!", "Now realise that this this isn't a couple of \"bad\" cops. This is how the system is set up. And you have 0 freedoms and 0 rights unless you have enough money to fight it in court longer than the state does.", "So infuriating", "So you want the nurse, your principal, your science teacher and your dad to die too right?", "The best piece of legal advice you will ever recieve:\n\nSHUT THE FUCK UP", "Not DUIs just really bad drivers.", "just like judges, but still, it happened.", "I thought the prosecution was required by law to share any and all evidence with the defendant.", "Better Call Saul!", "If I were being sarcastic that was a pretty good comeback tho", "Wish I could pat Keefe on the back and shake his hand for exposing this to the public and helping to get the ACLU involved. I think that the ACLU is a shitshow for the most part but this is an area where they can really do good and force change on police procedure. There are a lot of things wrong about how this is implemented.", "Fuck Tracy Carrol and FUCK Cobb County. Put them on blast.", "Fuck me the US is bleak. Fucking won the lottery being born somewhere else.", "(in a singalong voice) LÁÁÁND OOOFFF THE FREEEEEEEE!!!!", "Don't expect to get ahold of your public defender. It's not their job talk to you outside of the courtroom. Unless you're going to trial you're not going to speak to him unless you are at court. They're far too busy and they're all day is made up of being Court but no time The Returned phone calls. Write down anything you need to ask him and be prepared to ask him next time you see him on in court but unless your case it's going to trial you're not going to be able to talk to him except for your Court days.", "🤣 Best comment after waking up and having a hard time going back to bed.", "The cop should stop playing being an “expert” because he obviously not one. He is just a meat head with a badge and a pistol ruining peoples lives. Cops are not your friends! Always remain in silence and never consent to any searches and never let them into your car!", "Truly hope these officers/police stations lose some money noting that they’ve called themselves experts and put 15% of people in jail inaccurately. Like the reporter said, they could care less but to that person they are affecting, having that record in your history just isn’t going to nice with how you people may view you in the future after possibly doing some searches on your name.", "Cops sure learned a lot from priests.", "I had to Crt + F the term \"Australia\" to see if I can find a fellow Aussie in this thread. I was really confused when the cop said he doesn't have a \"magical road side drug test\". \n\nLike you said, the US should probably implement the same test, but I just could not believe how ridiculous that statement was by the cop when there is a road side drug test that is so normal here.", "I don't understand something, how can you arrest someone for marijuana usage without testing for it ?\n\nWhat are thoses bullshit eye exams and balance tests on actives roads ? \n\nIn my country, you blow in the fucking alcohol machine and rub a cotton bud in your mouth to detect drug usage, AND DONE, you're either free to go or under arrest.\n\nCops aren't doctors, WTH with theses BS exams ?", "My favorite was the cop that threatend to arrest me for being drunk and disorderly because i had the AUDACITY to speak up for someone he was bullying. He was surprised when I demanded a breathalizer\n\nhe was donkey punch shocked when it came up 0.00\n\n​\n\nthe fact that there were basically 50 people surrounding us is the only reason he didnt try to just haul me off anyway", "As someone from a country where credit score is not a thing, this sounds like an incredibly stupid system. Are you seriously suggesting that it's an advantage to take on unnecessary debt just to show that you are able to pay it off again?", "Dirty effin pinker smurfs", "Im without a joke so incredibly happy im not american. Ive seen so much footage of your police asaulting and manipulating people its fucking mental. Its a jungle out there and thats not the way of a real first world country. Besides that your big corps are the most insane in the world. Feel free to move to europe, i welcome u with open arms.", "Yeah, that's how it works. And it's just as stupid as it sounds.", "Not again!!! Fuck this dirty cop. Post this on every possible social media blog. Let this Mf know he will be spotlighted until he’s fired. Period. He’s evil. He knows he’s evil. And he thrives on being evil. Let’s purge all these cocksuckers and let the real police shine. Sadly until this shit stops (and it won’t) the police will never regain respect in this country.", "Fuck that guy!", "What happened to innocent until proven guilty ? How can there be consequences without any proof of guilt?", "This bullshit happened to me in 2017. When that cunt slapped cuffs on me a block from my home I thought I was dreaming. I seriously questioned my sanity. Car towed, blood forcibly taken from my body. Tried to make me pay for a lawyer but I told them to eat shit. Got a court appointed lawyer, but case got dismissed MONTHS later when my test came up NEGATIVE. I still get pissed off thinking about it.", "\"Drug recognition expert training\" that takes one WHOLE MONTH to complete. Fuck right off lol", "If anyone wants to know, as far as I can tell the ACLU sued and lost and appealed and lost, it was determined no one's constitutional rights were violated. \n\nhttps://images.law.com/contrib/content/uploads/documents/399/43168/ebner.pdf \n\nhttps://acluga.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Ebner_v_Cobb_CobbCounty_Appellee_Brief_8-7-2020.pdf", "This video is fucking infuriating. I had to bow out after four mins because I would’ve just gotten too stressed. 40,000+ people are incarcerated for marijuana offenses in federal prison today.", "This? When did this change? I was lead to the same assumptions. I didn't think you could be held unless charges were filed (ok so they filed charges here), but I definitely didn't think the prosecution could withhold evidence from the defendant...", "Yep...because there's no reliable way with a drug test to show if you smoked within the last 30 minutes or the last 30 days.", "I like how there's awards for how many arrests the officers got. Like, imagine driving home from work and being arrested because a cop wants to make their numbers higher to get the award.", "It's almost like the system sets it up so that anyone using a public defender is playing at a disadvantage. We should get legislation for mandatory pre-trial sessions with public defenders. But that would cost money or something weird like that", "I'm having difficulty finding a link saying he's been fired.", "POS cops.", "Definitely not a good vacation destination. In other corrupt countries they'll at least take a bribe on the spot...", "Virginia can and does. I'm almost 15 years of trauma dealing with a misdemeanor false charge in VA.", "I could see how, in memory, if the only call you get from your defender before court is a courtesy call to inform you of an offered plea deal (since they're obligated to do so). \n\nBut, if the only thing you hear from them before court is that there's a plea, that sounds an awful lot like a heavy-handed suggestion to the defendant. Yes, wording is important, but it also seems blatantly obvious that most people would reach the conclusion that they're suggesting to take it, given lack of any other substantial legal advise given.", "\"Is this driver innocent of DUI?\" \n\"Well, he is now.\" No, he was always innocent. That's how it works you moron.", "> Do you get convicted of a DUI though?\n\nRefusing a breathalyzer during a stop =/= being able to refuse one at the station. If there's the slightest possibility that you'll test positive when you get to the station, then refusing it during the stop will only hurt you. \n\nWhat cops can force you to do once you've been detained is significantly wider in scope. \n\nIf you refuse a breathalyzer during the stop, then get to the station and still blow over the limit, depending on the state you can actually get hit with a worse fine/sentence than if you'd just blown over it in the first place.\n\nedit: didn't specifically say so, so: Once you've arrived at the station, they can absolutely still force you to take the test to refused. You lose a significant portion of your protected rights once you get booked.", "Fuuuuck this cop.", "Guilty until proven innocent. There's a good reason why this isn't a thing.\n\nThat police officer probably did that just to put a couple more ticks under his name as the officer that made 90 DUI arrests and that's it. \n\nAlso incidentally, a rusted wrinkle on your car is an indicator of an older incident if anything. If that was the only evidence of the crime they were pushing, it should have been obvious that you were innocent.", "That is so fucked up.", "Correct me if I am wrong but it does require pretty damn good salesman skills. You aren't selling phones, you're selling plans. And if you don't meet that quota you can kiss your job goodbye. So unless you got sales experience and got the charisma to get people to sign up for those garbage plans, it's gonna be a stressful job.", "How are people not suing the government for lack of oversight? What happened to innocent until proven guilty?", "> That one woman was offered a plea deal by her own lawyer.\n\nI can bet she had a public defender. The first thing public defenders do before even looking at your case is ask the prosecutor for a plea deal so they can get you to sign it and be done with your case. They have to go through cases so fast and pay so little attention to what they are doing that it is barely any better than just representing yourself, at least you are deeply interested in your case", "The problem is that, from what I can tell, American police are judged by number of arrests/convictions: more arrests = better cop (and more money, I'm sure). It becomes a game where they try to arrest everyone they can, and simply escalate every interaction until they get to the point an arrest can be made.", "Fuck off dude, have some empathy", "Stating that you know your rights as a citizen is a less antagonistic way to indicate you are declining. \n\nAlways be cooperative to direct instructions. You can be in violation of the law if you dont. Pay close attention for mumbo jumbo (ex. \"I need you to allow me to...\" is a red flag. They need consent, and are fishing for it. You can decline simply by *not* saying \"yes\" or \"okay\". \"I need you to...\" is another story, where you have to comply with the officer's orders.). \n\nYou are free to ask questions, but make sure they're pertinent and not insulting. For example, once I was given a sobriety test where they asked me to take off my glasses and leave them in the vehicle. For some portions that makes sense. For walking in a line in the dark? \"Do I have permission to put my glasses back on?\" Even if you get no answer it's on record. \n\nAlways keep it neutral, and give as much respect as you can. Respect does not mean telling them your life story. Sometimes they'll ask about your destination (and where you're coming from). Generally you're not required to tell them, but sometimes it can be beneficial. Completely clamming up puts\"they must be hiding something\" flags up in their minds (they're just people too). So be reasonable, but never offer overmuch and again, knowing your rights and falling back on that (politely, mind you) seems to go over well. \n\n[Disclaimer: Not a lawyer. Do not take this as legal advise]", "only in shithole countries", "When monkeys train other monkeys.", "I am so happy to be living in a developed country. Geez living in the US must suck.", "The video *is* from 6 years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if the US had implemented the road-side drug testing by now. However, in the US they can actually refuse stuff like a breathalyser. That doesn't mean they can just drive off, but I suspect a road-side drug test is also the kind of thing that would be considered \"infringing\" on their rights.\n\nI said it in my own comment, but if you have a license and drive a car, you should be legally obligated to submit to breathalyser or drug testing. Like you said, it takes 5 minutes and you're on your way.\n\nThe 'manual' tests they use in the US are demeaning, but for some reason, they think it's *more* respectful of their rights than just blowing into a machine.\n\nI applaud first amendment auditors and their efforts to keep the police honest, since it's clearly needed in the US. But the reality is that refusing a breathalyser shouldn't even be an option. And that all extends to road-side drug tests as well.\n\nI'm not an expert, but watching first amendment audit videos, and just seeing the constant flow of news coming out of the country makes me think that policing is far too unregulated in the US. The police should be on a tighter leash with a more rigid and robust system.", "“Look it’s totally fine that cop lit that school bus of children on fire and held the door shut, one of the kids on the bus got caught stealing a crunch bar 2 years ago”", "They don't have to present it until trial right before trial. So 10 minutes before trial is fine. Discovery in VA sucks.", "Not as effectively as you might think.\n\nHaving the union responsible puts the onus for change on all cops, as all cops will be getting collectively financially penalized for the misbehavior of the others. Given the current \"protect our own\" mentality of the police, they would be far more likely to just cut out the few cases they really can't win and continue on with their corrupt ways of protecting all the guys doing shit like in the OP because the people who would be suing them just don't have the resources. Basically, the union gets to continue acting as it has, they just have to be slightly more selective with who they actually protect.\n\nIf settlements come from the union itself, and they can't just divest themselves of the \"bad apples\" after-the-fact, they are forced to actually take preventative measures by weeding out bad officers and improving the actual quality of the police force before these lawsuits can occur. So when they start noticing red flags in an officer, rather than protect that officer from their personal malpractice insurance by covering up whatever's going on, they're trying their damnedest to make sure that officer never gets to the point of actually doing the bad act in the first place.\n\nIf unions exist to protect those without power from those who have it, then the proper role of a police officer's union is to restrict the police in favor of protecting the wider population.", "I was just going off the top comment, I can't access the link in the EU, so can't verify the story. If the commenter had it wrong let me know so I can delete my comment lol :)\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rhf560/this_is_how_you_can_be_arrested_for_dui_even_if/hor05c2/", "Honestly I’d class your situation as upper lower class. \n\nMiddle class has buffer. Upper class has financial independence. \n\nNot a dig on you at all. Just a thought that comparing yourself to those other groups might a a prolonged negative effect.", "Given that most conservative justices were appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote, I think the finger needs to be pointed a few centuries further back.", "> Cops seem to have been trained to be dumber\n\nNo need to be specific. As far as I understand most things that take years to study have one or two week long crash courses a cop can take to be recognized as expert. Worse, many things they can be experts in have been exposed as pseudo sciences, best case the cop screaming nonsense at you isn't even aware that all the signs he has been trained to recognize are garbage.", "21 is such a fucking stupid number when the rest of the world uses 18. Once you're 18 where I live, that's it, you're good to go. Old enough to finish high school? Old enough to make a porno? Old enough to make decisions about what you do with your body.", "As far as I'm aware you can decline a field sobriety test kit (i.e. breathalyzer) **but** they are 100% allowed to take you in for official testing (as in... Immediately, under custody). \n\nSo as long as you have time to burn, it's better to let them make that call. If they're pulling out a breathalyzer they're already targeting you. Your day might get worse, but as long as your compliant and sober they're the one who's gonna look like an idiot.\n\n(Edit: unless of course it's these \"task force\" people. I meant to refer to regular policemen/women in the comment.)", "This is exactly the kind of thing a religious person would say. Basically, \"the cops unfairly arrested them because it was gods will.\"\n\nIt happened the way it did. No point pondering what if. Deal with the situation that actually happened.", "Are there no breathalysers in the US? I thought they invented them there.", "I am shocked they arrested an actual princess!\nAs someone who isn't American I'm really scared of your police.", "Pretty sure you can just go to the best firm in your city and just say \"pro bono\" and they're forced to take your case to balance any wrongdoings they've done in the past. I've seen it on TV", "Honestly depends. It's generally best to provide very minimal even vague answers. \"Where are you coming from\" \"I'm just on my way home\" answer with \"yes sir\" or \"no sir\" when possible. Never admit to violations. \"Do you know how fast you were going?\" \"I was just keeping with the pace of traffic\" if you admit to \"only\" going 5 above the limit, you just broke the law and gave the officer the evidence he needs. If the officer is pushing to search the car, stand your ground and politely say no. Saying no is NOT probable cause. If he asks why not just say I do not consent to the search. Cops will also fish for reason by talking like it's a conversation but are really digging for evidence. It's generally a bad idea to have an attitude and claim things like \"I know my rights!\". I've had good luck by stoking the cops ego and being polite. I've never gotten a ticket only written warnings.\n\nCops also like when you turn the engine off, roll the window down, and keep your hands on the wheel. If it's night throw your cars inside lights on.", "Imagine half the dumb bastards of a country implicitly trusting and continuously defending the police, regardless of the tsunami of corrupt police interactions generated since everyone started carrying a camera at all times.", "This is such absolute nonsense.", "I'm perpetually reminded of how I'd never in my life want to live in the U.S. If someone lunatic doesn't kill or ruin my life, the police will pick up the slack.", "What was your defense? Affluenza?", "I don't know which is worse; to be arrested in the USA for something that you didn't do or getting arrested in the (insert third world country) for something you didn't do.", "If this happened to me, I don't think I could keep myself from asking the cop \"are you fucking high?!\" One time I spun out on the highway just after a [blizzard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efiW2K8gASM)). I managed to fishtail for about a quarter mile before ultimately doing a 270 spin into the ditch and slamming sideways into a drainage pipe. I was ok, but also shivering my ass off in 2-3 feet of snow at in one in the morning, and this cop is standing ~15 feet away from me saying shit like \"your pupils are dilated\" (no shit: 1. my adrenaline is still spiked from *my car crash*, and 2. *it's dark.* Can you even see my pupils from that far away?) to \"your eyes are red\" (yeah I've had contacts in for about 20 hours),\\* to finally \"are you \\*sure\\* you're not high,\" to which I replied with \"do people ever actually change their answer?\" and gave his partner the \"come get your boy\" side-eye. And thank god his partner did just that, because I was about to seriously fail the attitude test. \n\n\n\\*My eyes were also extra dry because I'd just spent the last 4-5 hours playing RE5 split-screen with a friend,, but I figured attributing my exhausted stoner vibes to video games would not help my case.", "Mmm, as far as I've seen most places they have to breathalyze you at a station for it to \"count\" in court. Aaand it's in their power to take you into custody and go there and make you take it. But street tests are generally preliminary testing, to be confirmed at the station for use in court. \n\nIdk, maybe that's changed. I mean either way they can make you take it, but eh. They can still claim it's faulty and bring you in anyway since it's a prelim.", "Why are none of these charged with reckless driving? I see no reason for them to be pulled over in the first place unless they're driving is clearly dangerous or erratic, showing signs of being intoxicated you know? If they weren't, WTF made him pull them over in the first place? Got some quota he needed to make?", "Alternating between drought and crazy fires every year, if the papers I read are right. But apparently people still love it out there. \n\nOh, you meant law-wise. I dunno.", "haha for sure, also having difficulty finding something saying he's still there so who knows!", "Be real though... you did it, right?", "I feel eternally grateful to my old English teacher. One time I missed my bus and one of my classmates spotted me and gave me a ride. The dude straight up started smoking a bowl in his car. He stops in a parking lot cause he got too high to drive, so we were 20ish minutes late. Here I come into class, reeking of weed. My friend next to me said it out loud. My English teacher didn't say anything at all. She just gave me the test and whispered the instructions to me. Probably one of the most embarrassing experiences in my life and I never got to explain to her or thank her for letting it slip. \n\n\n\nI'm a teacher now and that experience really imprinted on me. You never know what type of home life a kid can have or the day they are having.", "Public defenders are called Public Pretenders for a reason. They only help to get you to plead faster and will not ever help you get off innocent even if you are. Public Defenders are a symptom of a much bigger issue.", "Did this happen in the land of the free by any chance?", "Only if you're typecast for it, silly.", "Fucking teachers. Since we're talking about cunt teachers, I have one.\n\nWhen I was in 6th grade, my school went to some 'camp'. There were two other schools there at the time and the students from each were fully separated into our own rooms. We also didn't really interact with the other schools since we rotated between different activities. \n\nAnyway, there was a period of time at the end of the day where everyone had free rein to do whatever they wanted. I was just running around aimlessly and I heard a rumor that one of the school's student accommodation's had been trashed... or was getting trashed. Something like that.\n\nIn my idiot 6th grader head, I thought, \"Tyson and his mates must've done it!\" He was a known trouble maker, probably had ADHD or something and for some reason, that was where my mind jumped to. \n\nSo what did I do? I decided to go check things out, see if I could catch the culprit. So I'm walking around their accommodation surreptitiously looking around to see whether I could spot anything. Suddenly, a few kids come around the corner and point and shout. I freaked out and ran away because I had no idea who these kids were and they chased after me.\n\nEnded up escaping back to our accommodation. At dinner, each of the schools were seated at a long table each. The tables were separated by a gap of about 10 meters so it was pretty big, but there were FUCK TONS of kids there. I'm keeping my head down but the kids come with their teacher and pick me out of the lineup. My school principal fucking hauled me up in front of everyone and the teachers from the other school, plus the ones from my school are all standing around me shouting questions.\n\nI told them the straight truth. I heard about the rooms being trashed, I thought it might be Tyson (for what reason, I have no idea 15 years on). I told them I was just looking around and I hadn't done anything. They would not believe me at all. None of those cunts would believe me.\n\nGot sent home days early and my dad belted me. Got grounded for weeks. Reputation ruined among the teachers.\n\nIt never left me, our school principal had it out for me for the rest of my 6 years at that school. She was determined to think the worst of me at all times. One time, I was quoting [this simpsons scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X9ktfzJOa4) in the playground and some adult must've heard it. The principal pulled me into her office and I explained, \"it's a scene from the simpsons.\" No mercy, she had me sent to a psychiatric evaluation with some psychiatrist.\n\nMy parents didn't know what to believe... \n\nOnly solace I have is that after I graduated, every time I spotted her around town, I'd yell out the car and give her the finger. She already thought the worst of me, so fuck her.", "Welp just another reason to stay in MD.", "\"Intensive month long training\" makes sens now, you cannot become an expert at anything in such short time, what a joke .", "* Turn off your radio, and the car.\n* set the parking break. \n* lock the doors.\n* Do not unbuckle or attempt to get out.\n* Prep your license, proof of insurance, and vehicle registration _before_ the cop gets to your window. They should be in an easy to grab location specifically for this purpose. (I use the strap on the sun visor)\n* After retrieving them, keep both hands in an easily visible location such as the steering wheel.\n* if you have time, roll up all windows, leaving one open a couple inches on the side the officer is approaching from so you can speak and hand documents but not grab at each other easily. Be sure to stop adjusting windows before they get close enough to feel like you're trying to shut them out completely.\n* Take a deep breath, let it out, and try to release any tension you're holding in your posture. remember: you're not nervous, you're just excited for the new experience. \n\nHand over the documents either as soon as the officer arrives or as soon as he asks. \n\n>Have you been drinking\n\nNo sir.\n\n>Have you been smoking marijuana\n\nNo sir.\n\n>Where are you headed tonight?\n\nSorry officer I know you're just trying to do your job, but I won't be discussing my day. \n\n>may I search you?\n\nNo sir. Sorry officer I know you're just trying to do your job, but I don't consent to any searches. \n\n>may I search your car?\n\nNo sir. Sorry officer I know you're just trying to do your job, but I don't consent to any searches. \n\n>get out of the car\n\nok sir\n\n*lock the door and close it as you get out--and don't forget your key*\n\n>I'm going to search your car anyway because [bullshit reasoning]\n\nI still don't consent, is that an order, sir?\n\n(check local laws about whether you need to unlock the door to help, but be aware that they'll break a window if they feel like it and you can't really stop them even if they're in the wrong.)\n\n>yes\n\nAs I comply with your orders, I want to just repeat that I do not consent to any search. \n\n>you're under arrest, you have the right to remain silent.... do you understand?\n\nYes sir, but in that case...\n\nI'm exercising my right to remain silent. (repeat for all further questions)\n\n----\n\nif you're feeling cheeky, you can throw in a \"am I free to go now officer?\" after any pause in conversation---just make sure to get your paper work back if they agree.", "> the official BAC report which came in at .068%\n\nCrazy that the limit (.08%) is still so high in the US. The limit in Norway is now .02% and has never been higher than .05%.", "You don’t have to do anything. Most people naturally build their credit from car loans or credit cards", "I was arrested and charged for DUI and eventually plead guilty at the advice of my lawyer. I did have alcohol in my system but it was below the legal limit and I was not driving recklessly although the officer claims I was speeding 70+mph through a very sharp 25mph turn in my…top heavy, roll-over-prone old Jeep Cherokee. No evidence for this “reckless speeding” other than the officer’s “trained eye” which would apparently hold up on court without any actual radar verification.\n\nI have all the dashcam footage. I do not appear drunk, no slurring my words, and I passed all the supposed “sobriety tests”.\n\nLet that be a lesson to anyone that thinks they can have even one beer after work (my crime) and go home. You’ll get a record, lose your license for a year, have your car impounded, lose your job, and have to attend AA meetings where you “admit” your an alcoholic and have to legally pray to god even if you aren’t religious and listen to sobbing mothers who try and make a case that you may as well have killed their daughter because you drove drunk despite the fact that the guy who actually killed her kid blew a 0.4 BAC and was going 100mph on the wrong side of the freeway. \n\nI basically don’t drink at all now for the fear of a second offense since the bar for getting arrested for DUI appears to be so low, so low that even in the OP you have cases of no substance use at all and they’ll still try and put you away.", "Probably got a bonus for making a high number of arrests.\nJust like they have a quota to meet with speeding tickets, if they can get money out of you it doesn't matter if it was right or wrong because they are protected by the legal system even if you somehow prove it was illegal for the cop to do this.", "Don’t forget the paid leave and increased pay at the new gig", "American cops are fucking stupid!", "Funny how it took months to get blood tests back when my hospital's lab can have a full blood drugs of abuse panel resulted in less than an hour and a rapid urine done in minutes. \n\n>They argued the metabolites have already left the system when the sample was taken. \n\nIf they left the system then that means the driver wasn't high. Nothing but bad faith bogus arrests.", "So basically, make sure the cop let's you take an \"objective\" test, but try to refuse opiniated tests (like walking a line or saying the alphabet backwards)?", "Ugh. Fresh damage will never be rusty. Even if the point of impact is rust covered. Great impact damage almost always exposes new shiny metal. Ridiculous.", "Cop pseudoscience", "You know he is, police have just as little accountability as prosecutors.", "Home of the free.......lol", "Someone decided that more DUI arrests was a good thing do they rewarded cops by getting more arrests on record.\n\nCops made it their goal to arrest more people.\n\nStupid KPIs are the cause of all of the worlds problems.", "There's actually a stat out there that basically says that a notable portion of serial killers actually had interest in police work or similar (e.g. security guard) before they started killing. \n\nThere are also studies, although I'm not knowledgeable enough to interpret them fully, that show that psychopaths are often employed as police. The same can be said of narcissistic personality disorder which is also extremely problematic. \n\nThe police do pre-employment tests to try and screen out narcissistic and psychopathic candidates, but the smarter ones can obviously circumvent those tests. People with these mental conditions are exactly the kind of people that will seek authority over others and policing is the ultimate form.\n\nThe reality is, there are going to be a lot of them that slip through the cracks and get entrusted with authority.", "Do note that telling them basically anything, including where you're going, can lead to additional fines/charges. I was pulled over for making a left turn into a parking lot where that left turn normally isn't allowed. The officer asked me where I was going and I admitted I was going to the building another block down. I got _an additional ticket_ because my city has an ordinance against using a parking lot, regardless of size, as a shortcut to get past a slow intersection. It's good to soften what you have to say with phrases like \"Sorry I know you're just trying to do your job, but ___\" but you really shouldn't tell them anything beyond how to pronounce your name, the fact that you don't consent to any searches, and that you haven't been drinking or smoking anything.", "White girl in abusive relationship or ethnic minority in college wrongfully accused of \"x\"?", "Does the US not have roadside drug swipe kits? They just need a tiny bit of saliva and take about 10/15 minutes to give you a result. Any traces of cocaine or cannabis and you're arrested. In the UK, you can be arrested if there is no test available, however a blood test is taken which proves innocence or guilty. Whilst waiting for the results, you can drive about as normal", ">They detain you because they don't really care about due process, and just run every scared person through a system.\n\nHave you gone through or seen the process of a detainment and processing from an officer perspective? It looks so painstakingly boring that I can't imagine any officer would do that just for fun.", "Yes! Also review your own discovery very thoroughly and help your public defender out. they have an enormous case load.", "Yep, it's up to your discretion. I don't have right answers.", "Glad that Greg Abbott guy isn't there either. He seems just as bad.", "if you've been drinking, the alcohol in your stomach might make your BAC continue to rise for a long time after you stop putting more into your mouth. Cops often hope the number will change in their favor.", "Tracy Caroll is a major dick head; has been for a long time. Fuck all of Cobb County.", "“When was the last time you smoked marijuana”. Guilty until proven innocent, then when the tests come back as negative they state they were wrong. What a bunch of crooks", "Something of note for me. They ask an officer at one point about a driver that got a DUI charge for having had a tylenol PM the night before he was stopped if he was innocent of the charge. The officer responds \"well, he is now....\"... No sir, he was innocent before too. Just because you charged him does not mean he is guilty. He is presumed innocent until charges are upheld in court and a judge/jury convicts, or he pleads guilty. None of that happened meaning he was and is innocent.", "Nope you do what they tell you to. Walk the line. They had me do it in the dark without my glasses on; I asked for my glasses (no response) so I walked the line (\"you seemed a bit slow/unsteady..\" \"Can I put my glasses back on officer?\") Admit you know you cant say the alphabet backwards but try anyway. \n\n Taking samples is different, since they (generally) need verification for them to be admissable in court. At least here. \n\nAnd they can always bring you to the station to do that. It's their call at that point. But you can still refuse them [ex, breathalyzer, but by extension fingerprints, blood, hair, etc. etc.] on the spot, caveat being they can decide to take you to the station to do them if they deem it necessary.", "Think the better option is just refuse to answer questions.", "ELI5 how is this not a brazen 6th amendment violation", "Is it ineffective to walk into the court room and ask for your date to be pushed back, as neither you nor your lawyer have received sufficient time to review the material?", "Do what you're told. Beyond that as little as possible. If you just slightly fucked up and have some social skills then you could always try to be nice though, that might get you out of a ticket.", "That won't solve their problem of an upcoming court date, nor that they lack the money. It's ridiculous to say \"just get a credit card\" as if it'll solve the situation at this stage.", "Teach a police officer how to use a hammer and everything becomes a nail.\n\nBut how the hell can the arrest alone impact someones job opportunities? That is insane.", "Georgia is not a nice place to drive through, especially with out of state plates. 12 years ago I passed through on a road trip and was tailed sooooo many times by their cops right on my ass, and even pulled over once just for them to ask what I’m doing there. 0/10 do not recommend", "Roadside tests aren't random tasks made up by the cop and they aren't pass/fail, that's a misconception. They are standardized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to give the cop clues of impairment. There are certain clues police officers look for during each test that can lead them to the conclusion that you're impaired. Some people will exhibit more clues than others.\n\nEdit: This isn't my opinion. It's fact there are 3 standardized tests cops use and the tests aren't pass/fail. I've even included the link to the government website.\n\n[You can learn more here](https://www.nhtsa.gov/dwi-detection-and-standardized-field-sobriety-test-sfst-resources)", "Read the short book \"You have the right to remain innocent\" by the same attorney who did this excellent viral video [don't talk to police](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE)\n\nHis book \"updates\" the video and (based on recent fuckery by the supreme court) changes the advice \"plead the fifth\" to these four words \"I want a lawyer\".\n\nHe does say if approached by police you can provide ID and answer questions about what you are doing right _now_ (e.g., going home after work) but not about past or future.", "i feel this cop is getting rewards and awards etc. based on how many arrests he makes - so he goes out in the public and makes arrests, guilty or not he is going to get his numbers up", "We would never implement something like that in the states. Because its evidence of your innocence if they are wrong.\n\nBut their statements, are by no means judged for their truth, always taken as fact by judges, and therefore, the two parties get to rub each others backs at the yearly golf outings.\n\nThe system is broken. The people responsible (thats decades and decades of people, not just the ones in front of you today) have benefitted from the system that churns people for money.\n\n\"Don't do the crime\" is bullshit, because every day, they work on finding new ways to make you a criminal.", "Haha that last bit is amazing and must be so cathartic to do. Do you stick around long enough to see her reaction? Does she react or just act like she didn't hear or something?", "I spent 6 months working in the US. I was offered a huge relocation fee to move there as part of a permanent job offer.\n\nNo chance.", "Imagine giving so much power to an uneducated man who likely has a history of anger or violence..", "There are states with implied consent laws. You can refuse a road side test but if you refuse a chemical breath test, which is different than a hand held breathalyzer, you will have your license suspended.", "Had a buddy in the military get arrested for suspicion of drug DUI while in uniform in another country (where he was stationed), while on his way home from base. Because of this he:\n\n1. Was discharged, other than honorable (was a month or two away from his honorable discharge).\n2. Lost his clearance (the job he already had lined up required this, so he lost his future source of income).\n3. Went through a divorce during the following months, and while this wasn't the only cause, put stress on an already rocky relationship with his now ex-husband.\n\nWhen the results finally came in saying it was completely negative, he still had to appear in court in the other country, months after he had moved back to the US, to receive his innocent verdict, ONLY because he was fighting to get his discharged moved to honorable, and to get his clearance returned. \n\nI want to say it took around 2 years to get his honorable discharge, his job opportunities were very limited because of this other than honorable discharge status. He never got his clearance back, because by the time his honorable discharge was approved, his original clearance had gone well passed it's original expiration date, so his chance at a cleared job was basically out the window. \n\nMy close friend, who I consider one of the smartest people I've ever met when it comes to coding (taught me everything I know about it, and I know maybe 1/20th of what he does), and had every opportunity in the world, had his professional and personal life ruined for years because of a similar situation. He flipped burgers for years (not that that's anything to be ashamed of, but with his skillset he should have been an IT God somewhere) WITH A a master's degree in comp sci, because nobody would hire him. Luckily, now that his honorable was reinstated, he was able to get a job at a tech company making a good chunk of change, but cleared jobs pay quite a large bonus for maintaining that clearance, so he not only missed out on years of solid pay, he missed out on huge future earnings because he wanted to get home quickly for his anniversary.", "Ah police... enemies of freedom everywhere", "Pigs being pigs", "Same is true for any drug test you’ve ever taken for a job. Imagine losing or not getting a job because you smoked weed once two weeks ago. It happens all the time. Literally just happened to a longtime friend who worked (past tense) with the nearby college. To make it even more idiotic, the drugs that actually harm you and make you bad at your job are out of your system and undetectable much sooner.", "Saying the alphabet backwards is a TV trope. The test cops perform to look for clues of impairment are standardized by the federal government through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. \n\n[You can learn more on their website](https://www.nhtsa.gov/dwi-detection-and-standardized-field-sobriety-test-sfst-resources)", "I’ve HEARD you can refuse a breathalyzer in lieu of a blood test at the station which COULD buy you more time for alcohol to leave your system if you’re actually tipsy. I’m not a lawyer though so please do your own research. But also, if you’re actually driving drunk, i think you SHOULD get a DUI…", "“Because fuck this guy in particular.”", "I've seen this video before and it still makes me angry. The whole police system here is so obviously fucked up yet half the country will fight tooth and nail to keep it that way. They'll scream \"tyranny\" and \"government overreach\" at mask mandates yet praise cops as a matter of fact; \"they're heroes\".\n\nFuck me.", "Sounds horrible man.. I still have PTSD from getting arrested for felony domestic violence... \n\nThis girl I was dating got in a fight with another girl (jealousy shit) and afterward we left. We were staying at a hotel and she was yelling at me. Security came and called the cops they told the police it was just us 2 in the room yelling the cops saw she had marks and arrested me. Even tho we both said it was from another girl that wasn’t there at the scene. \n\nI spent $5000 to bail myself out which I’ll never get back becuase the bail was actually $50,000. Went to a hearing officer and told her the story in which she basically told me “once a woman beater always a woman beater”\n\n Luckily it was dropped but like what in the actual fuck… the cops kept telling me they have to arrest me because I said she was my girlfriend and our stories didn’t match what the security guard said and she had marks. Bunch of bullshit.", "I read that first one. \n\nScary shit.\n\nYour car hits the yellow line, once, gives cop probably cause to pull you over, and if he claims he thinks you are impaired and arrests your for DUI based on your eyes seemed watery to him, and months later your blood result is clean, you have zero recourse.", "You can have your license suspended for a refusing to take the test.\n\nhttps://dui.drivinglaws.org/resources/dui-refusal-blood-breath-urine-test/california.htm", "He contributed more than you", "The bastards loved him 'til he got caught. They just swept it under the rug by firing him to continue to train other officers to do the same damn thing. It's a state-sponsored gang.", "Sounds pretty subjective though.", "I know that it isn't like this most of the time, but considering it's supposed be a land of free and democratic by all accounts, but there are still things that could have never happen in any other developed country in the world. \n\nI had a chance to move to the US couple decades ago, but I decided to stay in my home country and I have never regretted that decision.", "You should learn more about the ACLU - they do a lot of good in general.", "In the US too, but the point is exactly that the worst case scenario is a blood test and go home rather than take the field sobriety test and get jailed.", "Why not just have the people who screwed you over charged for something?\n\nNot like they can defend themselves either apparently.", "refuse the field sobriety test under your 5th amendment right against self incrimination.", "Life's weird. When I was a young rascal, I was a drug dealer for a few months. Just small stuff: speed, acid, weed, hash and the like, and just to friends. Me and two friends, driving around one of them's car at, like, 3 am. I was off my face. The other two less so, but we were definitely over the limit all 3. Blue flashing lights behind, mass panic in the car. I've got enough drugs on me to basically put me inside and ruin my life. I'm on acid, and shit goes downhill fast for me. Cops come up to the window and lean down. \"Names please.\" So we tell them our names. When I say mine, one of the cops leans further down, trying to get a good look at me. \"Plankmeister? Ha! That is you! Wow, I haven't seen you since you were a little lad!\" Turns out he's an old friend of the family. I vaguely remember him as being one of my (much) older siblings' friends. I pull my shit together and we have a short conversation about how things have been going, how I was getting on an Uni, I never knew he was a cop, how's the family, that kind of thing. Then he says to the other cop, \"I've known him since he was a little baby, I'm friends with his family! He's totally harmless! Ok, off you go, lads! Have a good night!\"\n\nWe retained calm for a mile or two, until we were sure they weren't following, and then we all just had the most raucous celebration of just getting away with a potential prison sentence, and fucking the rest of our lives up. It was insane. \n\nI very, very often look back on that incident, and wonder how my life would have unfolded if it had been another cop on duty that evening. I almost certainly would not be where I am in life right now (which is a very comfortable place, I've been #blessed) and it freaks me out a little to think about it too deeply.\n\nEdit: Spelling, grammar", ">\tMonth-long intensive training\n\nI can guarantee you it was not intensive", "It does not say Carroll was fired. A higher-up named Abbott was allowed to \"retire.... in lieu of termination\" but the article doesn't say why.", "He was allowed to retire in lieu of termination\n\n(Lt. Abbott was idk about Tracy Carroll)", "Sounds like you have a small imagination.", "If a officer resigns chances are they're working somewhere else, if they're fired I believe thats a bigger thing that goes on their record", "As I get more away from social media and out of my bubble or echo chamber I see that they do, but still do see where they have a bad take on some issues. Like anything these days, they aren't perfect but they aren't the demons some would make them out to be.", "The USA was kind of the shining beacon of light when I - a European - was growing up in the 80s and 90s. I, and most of my friends, saw it as the land of opportunity and freedom, where all the good culture like tv, games and music came from. Anyone who had been to the USA was kind of a local hero. The USA was just.... really cool.\n\nToday, as a grown up, I can't help but think that it's (literally) one of the last countries I'd ever visit. I'd be afraid of the cops, afraid of the lacking food safety regulations, afraid of the guns, afraid of the crime, afraid of the border officials. And I've happily visited countries that most Americans would describe as 3rd world shitholes.\n\nThe downward spiral makes me sad, really.", "Kinda ridiculous that they need months for the blood test results and have no on location quick tests. In Germany, if they suspect you of drugs, you piss in a cup and wait a few minutes for the test. If the test results are positive or you refuse to piss into a cup, you'll get a blood test at the police station. It takes about 24h to process the blood test, and only if the blood test comes back positive, you'll get charged.\n\nEdit: The blood tests are also required to be done by a doctor of the public health office.", "They should just make the cop that fucked you over pay the 300. Maybe then they wouldnt just go doing whatever they want", "This is why I'm against the legalization of pot. There 8s not \"breathalyzer\" to get you out of a situation like this it's all he said she said until a blood test comes back. It will mess your life up.", "Now that is truly a ass and that cop himself should be prosecuted for abuse of authority . It’s clear to see this .", "In some states (at least in Ohio) you're absolutely allowed to refuse a field sobriety test. They'll take you to the station, ask you again and again but they can't actually make you. Then you get released.\n\nIf I remember right the worst case is 90 day license suspension for failure to comply but.. I'd take that any day over dealing with a DUI. I went with my buddy to see a lawyer because he got a DUI for .082. Lawyer asked if he blew, my friend said yes, and he just shook his head and said, \"never, ever blow or submit to a field sobriety test if you've been drinking. \"", "Imagine being in that situation as a black man", "Create power structures that are only accountable to themselves?", "Edit: Ugh, I'm starting to get sick of reddit\n\nEdit 2: People are fucking idiods. Yeah, you.", "monthly? lucky", "The police in Denmark have drug testing kits with them. They just take a mouth swab at the spot and if it's positive for anything, they then take you in for a blood sample.", "Never admit to drinking, they can still arrest you like your situation if you're under.\n\nGives them reason to run those tests as well if you were \"fine\". Otherwise they need to justify their actions (never hard for them to do, just an extra step)", "To fix this - every wrongful arrest should result: a) 3 months loss of pay for officers, with demotion followed by dismissal if issues persist; and b) 1 million payout to the victims.\n\nThis would be fixed pretty darn fast,", "If you get arrested (assuming you’re in the US), it doesn’t matter what you did or didn’t do, what they’re accusing you of, whether you’re innocent or guilty, or anything else. The only thing you should say directly to the police is a calm but firm “I am not answering any questions without a lawyer”.", "are you white?", "I have said WHAT? so many times while watching this I officially never want to visit or drive through Georgia ever again!!!", "it wont be, friend. it wont be.", "This is so dumb. Why aren't cops using drug tests?. I can't believe this shit.\n\nThe world: let me swab this in your mouth. Thanks. Continue.\nUS: You look high. Arrested.\n\nSomething, something needing prison population to run the system.", "No", "Prepping your paperwork is bad advice, if you're moving around in your car and opening your glovebox and things before the cop approaches your car, you're going to make them nervous. Wait until instructed to do that.", "Guilty until proven innocent.", "The US criminal justice system is a joke. \n\nImagine you are given the task of choosing a group of people consisting of about 1/500 of the population, who you give wide authority to use violence and even deadly force against other citizens to enforce laws and to ensure that law breakers are penalized. You realize this group wields a lot of power over each citizen they come across, and they can absolutely fuck up someone's entire life out of malice or even negligence.\n\nTherefore, it would be a good idea to choose these people very carefully, to make sure they are intelligent and level headed. Not to mention carefully monitoring their performance as they carry out their duties, and holding them accountable for their actions, to a high standard of behavior.\n\nIs that what we do in the US? Nope, we do just about the opposite. No college education required (in a country where 35% of adults have a bachelor's degree), minimal and unscientific training, and little to no accountability. As a citizen, your best hope is just to avoid interactions with police like you would a street gang.", ".02% is astonishingly low, how do you drive home from a restaurant after a wine or two with dinner?", "I've said it a thousand times and I'll say it again. Over 99% of police officers do NOT have the mental capacity or understanding of the law to arrest anyone without a judge approving it.\n\nAny arrest for any non violent crime without a warrant should be an instant arrest of the officer - and should obviously be a HUGE concern for any police department.\n\nPolice officer is by far the job where most people would fail a test to check if they can actually do their job.", "The amazing thing is that whenever you arrest people on the regular for a substance that can stay in your body for an exorbitant amount of time after consumption, you can probably get away with arresting random people on the street and telling them they're high. Probably have a decent track record", "More anti fact based science from the right.", "Or they smoked weed a few weeks before.", "I prefer the term \"working poor\" it's slightly better than wage slave or modern serf.", "Yeah I got to the \"drug recognition\" portion of this and immediately saw the bullshit. They designed some shit tier certification to give them a blank check to do as they please. A fucking doctor couldn't tell you exactly what kind of drug you are on in a well lit ER, but these monkey men can do so at a glance, in the dark? Sue the fuck out of them.", "Cops. I just can't handle them anymore.", "No drug test ma'am, I am the drug test... this is some straight up bullshit. I bet that officer smells his own farts and likes it.", "Lets be clear, those pigs are too stupid, too cocksure about their abilities (and frankly too Georgia peckerwood) to ever apply a multi-step drug test (if such a thing could ever detect marijuana usage). \n\n\nBut this is America and this is the nation's lot to carry. And I'm thinking all the civil rights marches, all the womens and LGBTQ rights, and marches to protect the weaker and the minorities were for naught... as long as mediocre men and their systems remain in power.", "Don't they do breath and blood test in USA?", "[97% of the accused](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/prisons-are-packed-because-prosecutors-are-coercing-plea-deals-yes-ncna1034201) accept a plea deal in federal courts. Only 2 percent of the cases go to trial.", "I can honestly say, this may be true. I once did physical security In the Navy and we stopped a girl coming in the base gate. To all of us, she appeared drunk or on something, though she didn't blow anything, and claimed not to have done anything. But she was semi incoherent and loopy as hell. I don't know if she was just naturally this way, which is not good, or maybe on some over the counter medication, but yes, you can be stopped if you can't string words together or seem very loopy to the officer.", "The system in the US is completely totally fucked up, which is why this kind of cop stays in the job rather than ending up doing something more appropriate for their level of abiliy such as street swiping or garbage disposal.\n\nA minimally fair system would see these victims get monetary compensation from the State without needing to spend tens of thousand of dollars in lawyers, which in turn would lead to massive internal pressure to kick out those police officers constantly causing massive losses because of going on power trips or merely massive incompetence.\n\nThe news here is not \"the police has assholes\", the news here is that \"the system protects the assholes in the police\" (well, it's not even \"news\" but it's none the less a story)", "now that's what I call a smooth brain", "This! A lot of people are confusing a FST (field sobriety test) with an actual, objective test such as a breathalyzer or blood test. There is no legal requirement to submit to a FST. \n\nHere are the facts. The FST is designed to make you fail. And \"failing\" is usually totally subjective and dependent on the opinions of the officer. The test isn't designed to detect if someone is actually impaired, it's just designed to give the officer probable cause for an arrest and a legitimate test. This is the reason FST compliance is not legally required. Everyone in the system knows its a bullshit test. \n\nIf you refuse are you getting arrested? Possibly, even probably. But, fact is, you were likely heading down that path as soon as you were asked. If you take the FST, the cop just has to document that your eyes moved funny or you stumbled a bit and bam, he has probable cause for searching you, your car, he justified the stop, and even if you pass the other tests he can enter it as evidence against you. There may be a video of you taking the test, but you can't see every FST indicator in any video so it becomes the cops word vs yours and you're likely to lose that fight. \n\nIf you are stone cold sober and asked to do an FST and you refuse, you may be asked to take a breathalyzer. Pass that, and there is literally no evidence to charge you. But, if you take the FST and the cop says you fail, but you pass the breathalyzer, well know there is evidence against you to obtain a warrant for blood test. Now, there is evidence against you to detain you. To search you. Whatever. They get the warrant to draw blood and you smoked pot 4 days ago and it shows, well, enjoy your DUI. \n\nDon't submit to an FST. It's a trap. It's not a legitimate test. It's not a test that can help you avoid being detained.", "Usa needs some democracy and civilization.", "*Public defenders* do this a lot. They have too many clients and not enough time to defend all of them in court. The state has no evidence at all and this trial will take 5 minutes to win? That's 4 clients they won't have time for, better plead out and get the client minimal time in prison.", "Don't drink those wines lol", "Bad cops belong behind bars", "I would guess that even some of the positive test are from people who smoke the day before as well. All those dui charges should be expunged.", "I love these daily 'thankful not to be american' posts", "This happened to me at a check point. Didn't do more then spend until 4am doing the tests and then Ultimately a blood test. Before I was released.\n\n I went out with some friends who were celebrating an engagement. We went to 2 places, I have 1 drink at each and a glass of water before I drove home. It was my turn at the stop, I was asked to pull over and they did a feels sobriety test. They so I blew under but they wanted to take me to the office for additional testing. Went and waited so long before it was my turn. \n\nIt was well before my current state of \"5th amendment, fuck you.\" So I answered his questions, asking me why I asked for something to drink, \"because I'm thirsty.\" Why are your eyes red? \"because it's 3 am and I was expecting to be in bed by now to be to work up for work at 6.\"\n\nIn they end, put that stupid card up and was going down the list, \"you ever do marijuana? Cocain? This drug that drug?\"\n\n\"No!\"\n\n\"Well I'm saying you did!\"\n\n\"And I'm saying you're full of shit! And I want you to drug test me right now so I can rub it in your face!\"\n\nThen went to the hospital to get blood work taken. They record you while it's happening and then asked if we had a final thought for the camera so and I pretty much used that as a spot to talk about how much of a PoS the detective was. A buddy came and picked me up and I never heard from them again.", "Fuck these assholes", "Be courteous and polite, obviously give them your license and any paperwork… but don’t give them any information they don’t need. Don’t tell them where you are going what you are doing, just don’t answer any questions. Politely decline to answer and deny everything. \n\nIf they ask to search your car or something like that, refuse and make your refusal known but obviously don’t get belligerent and try to fight them. Your fight is in court not on the street. If they want to search your car illegally they are going to. \n\nAs far as dui or roadside dui tests just read up on your state laws. In most states they can basically make you take a test. Still, deny any sort of dui accusations and simply take the test. If they decide to arrest you it’ll be a fight in court.", "Low blood sugar appear similar to the signs of drinking alcohol that is has the same signs of impairment", "VA discovery laws are pretty clear you should have had access to everything… Even your arraignment should at least cover the charges…\nMaybe your lawyer was just terrible.\n\n https://casetext.com/rule/virginia-court-rules/virginia-rules-of-supreme-court/part-four-pretrial-procedures-dispositions-and-production-at-trial/rule-41-general-provisions-governing-discovery", "standard breath tests cannot detect marijuana or any other drugs except alcohol and blood tests could take months depending on how busy the lab is", "That's what I was thinking.. is there a number of arrests they need to make per shift/month or something? Or bonus/benefits based on number?\n\nEdit: Oh yeah just got to 05:05... they get a fucking trophy.", "The way courts work, in my very limited experience, is they have made things so stupidly complex and confusing, unless you are a lawyer yourself, and probably also unless you know people who work at the courthouse by name, its very difficult to get things gone. \n\nYou're right, you should be able to do these kind of things. But without the knowledge of how to go about that in a manner that the judge and court would like, means its impossible to do so without lawyer. Which costs money.", "Too many everyday citizens have no clue how deeply eroded our world renown \"Freedoms\" have become. The legal system, the health system, the educational system, and the judicial, legislative and executive bodies at all local, state, and federal levels have been bent some amount or completely compromised by monetary influence. Unless you are wealthy and or have influence, you are a victim waiting to happen in America. Innocence is irrelevant. Guilt is presumed. And the erosion of \"Freedom\" isn't over. We're only a few months away from federal power being cemented into the hands of people with overtly fascist perspectives on how America should exist. Strap in people.", "In my state there is no penalty for refusing field sobriety tests. I think most states are like this. This is different from refusing the breathalyzer, that gets you a failure to submit which is equivalent in penalties to a dui.", "Pigs like this absolutely cannot be allowed to feel as though they have any sort of power in their lives. Because the first thing they do is abuse it.", "As someone with pretty bad anxiety, ESPECIALLY with authority figures, they can go fuck themselves six ways from sunday for treating being \"nervous\" as evidence of wrongdoing.", "Something doesn't sound right about that. Was it his idea to take the discharge and go home? Because what I'd expect to happen would be they'd keep him in administratively until his trial THEN after he got out of prison they'd court martial him.", "It's called \"being a sociopath\".\n\nSociopaths sleep like babies at night when they harm others.\n\nAs long as the system is not designed to root out and kick out (or even better, punish) the sociopaths that enter the police force (and roughtly 3% of humans are sociopaths or psychopaths), there will always be police offices who do whatever is best for themselves with no consideration for others.", "America you be crazy", "You can argue with someone who is wrong. You can't argue with someone who is not only wrong, but has been told that their wrong information makes them an expert.", "As a black person, this might end up getting me killed. I can't say no to the police.", "Wow, that's really interesting. I legitimately had no clue there was such a drug test. The only tests I thought existed were the ones that can't tell how long ago it was in your system. Is yours a more newer developed test?\n\nThe reason why I don't imagine we'd every switch to yours is because society is fucking awful. Doing heroin 3 days before a job interview is totally fine but doing weed 3 days before a job interview or driving isn't for some reason.", "That is not correct.\n\nhttps://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-when-the-prosecution-must-disclose.html\n\nedit - but I want to add this edit to make clear I'm not pro-prosecution or saying they always do the right thing or even mostly do the right thing. Without private and public criminal defense lawyers holding them accountable and catching them do bad things, they'd do bad things *all the time*. They're only human, on pedestals 0mm tall.", "\"A corrupt prosecutor did it to me\" means it does happen, but it's not supposed to. Virginia is not withholding evidence as policy.", "Most people simply don't. If you want to drink, go by public transport, ride a bicycle or walk. Driving is more of a hassle than either of those alternatives in most European cities. \n\nIf you absolutely need to drive, most people simply abstain from drinking. One glass over the course of a long dinner is probably fine, but we have pretty strong cultural norms against drinking and driving.", "Exactly. It makes no sense. It’s just another way the government nannies fully grown adults to make extra revenue. Obviously, no one I’ve ever met has ever waited til 21 to experiment with cannabis and alcohol. At 21, we all celebrate our first “legal” drink/toke. And at 18 in Colorado, you’re able to get your medical cannabis recommendation but it didn’t help me in the case of the law. The crazy thing was, my license was sitting in the mailbox that day when it happened so the officer didn’t believe me. If I had it on me at the time, I wonder if it would’ve helped my case.", "This is so much better advice than that other person’s crazy checklist.\n\nAs this video shows, a cop is basically judge and jury as to whether or not you end up in jail for the evening or the weekend. Don’t be an asshole to them and make them want to arrest you on bullshit charges.\n\nAt the same time, if they’re going to arrest you then don’t give them any evidence for when your court date comes.\n\nJust know the vibe of the cops in the town you’re in (are they known for working their asses off to meet their quota? Are you driving through a speed trap town?) and make sure not to say/do anything stupid. And don’t give them any reason to pull you over in the first place.", "It's fun to see people get stripped of their propaganda. When you realize it's _never_ been innocent until guilty and how little care is given to it.\n\nIt's a criminal justice system because the system is criminal.", "The reality of any police interaction is that at any moment the officer can decide to arrest you and there is really legally no way to prevent that. \n\nWhether or not the charges are bullshit is really up to a court to decide. The officer can say they found 2 pounds of heroin in plain view and you can tell them they are hallucinating and it won't matter. The police report will even say they saw it, though no such evidence will be entered into the system. \n\nThe system entirely relies on the assumption that officers will do a good job and that mistakes, or rather, bad arrests, are infrequent.", "Can you imagine growing up to be that big of a piece of shit? Can you imagine saying you protect the law, and then protecting this guy *from* the law? \n\nAnyone who enforces and ruins lives over victimless crimes deserves to rot in jail or worse. \n\nBut this guy who invents both the crimes and the victims is a special kind of evil.", "I legit lol'd when I heard the reporter say \"intensive month-long training\" unironically", "It looks like oral arguments for the appeal happened on Monday 12/13, I can’t find a judgment posted yet, do you have a source for the appeal case being lost?", "Exactly so. This piece focuses on people who were arrested because a cop accused them of driving while impaired by cannabis and who tested negative for any drugs.\n\nImagine the number of people arrested under similar circumstances who had consumed cannabis weeks prior. Their drug test would simply show positive, no indication of recency or impairment. They're found guilty and have to pay a lot of fines to the government, which is the point of the exercise.", "Not arrested? Not rotting in prison? Free to fuck up lives behind the scenes? \n\nSounds like a second failure by the justice system. Sounds like a gang protecting their enforcers.\n\nLaws for thee, not for me.", ">The US should probably implement the test if it hasn't already, but knowing you guys... Well you can refuse a breathalyser which makes no sense, so it probably won't happen. I think we all see being breathalysed as part of the agreement to be allowed to drive a car and road-side drug testing is no different.\n\nIt provides a somewhat more accurate picture and therefore would prevent many cases from relying on the officer's \"expert\" testimony. So it will probably take at least a decade to be partially implemented.", "Intensive training in how to lie through your teeth and up your quota through false arrests. Fuck the police.", "Here's how I know its all bullshit. I smoke a lot of weed. I honestly don't think other people notice. Maybe sometimes. Maybe some people (the people who know I smoke a lot). I remember once, a bunch of my co-workers got caught smoking weed on the clock. BIG TROUBLE. Guys who caught them were like \"its really good you are here so we have a sober person.\" The thing is... I wasn't sober. I was very much stoned. I was just intelligent enough to not get caught. \n\nThe reality is that with some people... its just really hard to tell. Because they smoke a lot of weed. And weed has different effects on different people, and how you consume it (edible, vape, dab, flower) all do different things to people. And changing up strains regularly will vary that effect even more.", "Believe different counties have different rules. The whole “Commonwealth” bullshit thing", "Correct, refusing a chemical test in NY is equivalent to failing one. However as I understand it you can refuse a field sobriety test. That's where you have to do all the stupid little activities that even sober people have trouble with.", "Yeah but at least the new ones won't have high school grudges against him", "Sorry, friend, it was nice knowing you.", "Interesting how different countries can be, that's still 0.018% over the limit here in Australia.", "no u", "We should make officers go through the Drug Olympics Ala BMS if they really want to be certified experts\n\nhttps://youtu.be/SQP6E2lbncQ", "Now I may be fuzzy on the details but from how I understand it, with his contract being all but up, he was basically given the option of indefinite administrative tasking, as you mentioned, or finish his contract and leave with a less than honorable. I think he was lead to believe that his clearance wouldn't be affected until after verdict, and that if found innocent, it would be a swift turnaround on getting his less than honorable reversed. \n\nI'll also say that he and command section didn't see eye to eye on pretty much everything. Dude was not an Airman in good standing enough as it was. CC was probably pretty eager to get him out the door, he was super intelligent, but was the personification of E4 Mafia. Wouldn't be surprised if the thought process was to get him out of squadron asap, finish the dirty details later. He was also arrested and let out within hours, and I don't believe the courts handed him over to the base for their punishment, it stayed in the foreign country courts. So I don't know if a court marshall could be applied until after the trial, and when he was found innocent with negative results, what's there to court marshall? \n\nAgain, fuzzy on the details. For all I know, he might've been getting an other than honorable anyways, he had LOCs/LORs, failed PT tests, and again, not in good standing with the big wigs. Usually that's not enough to get an other than honorable, but the arrest may have been enough.\n\nHe may have just taken his chances with the less than honorable with the thought process of \"they have my blood test, I didn't do anything wrong, as soon as the trial is order everything will revert back to normal.\"\n\nI also know exactly what you mean about administrative leave, had a couple people in tech school get caught abusing ADHD pills to get through classes and study for their A+ cert, they all had infinite duties for months until their paperwork was finished, they kept them around the whole time. Although that was fresh into their contract, so it may have been some leeway with how close he was to getting out.", "You don't drink and drive, period", "My country you can chug beers behind the wheel as long as you stay below legal limit. (no one actually does this but its not illegal)\n\nSome years ago lawyers took our government to court and the procedure is completely worked out. No field sob test because it proves nothing beyond having bad balance. Just take a breath test and let the science tell us whats going on, cops have no say on the matter.", "Maybe they can get away with giving it to the defendant's attorney and saying \"you already got it bro\" except that he can't get in touch with that attorney...", "I would bet the indications of being \"under the influence of marijuana\" are remarkably similar to what someone who just worked a long shift at work would look like.\n\nWhat a crock of shit.", "Indeed. Like any other criminal - if they broke the law.", "Spoiler: he will", "I know a guy this happened to. When they tried to get an accurate breathalyzer test at the station the machine failed three times and they locked him up anyway.", "I wonder how many more people got DUIs they couldn’t fight because they had had weed recently enough for a drug test to fail. Drug tests don’t prove when you were high, only that you were high.", "This is why I don’t trust the police, people act like they have your best interest at mind but a vast majority are complete retard boomers or country bumpkins who have very specific values and prejudices. Those values don’t serve or protect the community. They hate people who do drugs in any way, but can’t distinguish that marijuana is nothing like actual hard drugs, and it’s laughable to arrest anyone for smoking weed and driving. The type of person who wants to be a cop is mostly egotistical, pathetic douchebags who want to have power over others.", "I was arrested for “public intox” outside my own apartment when I was 22. I was fighting with my then girlfriend and her friend. The two of them killed a bottle of tequila and wanted to drive to the store to get more. I said no, you aren’t driving, also why are you at my place when I’m at work? I took the keys, gf was belligerent, her friend called the police from the drivers seat.\n\nAnyway, I lived 2 seconds away from the police station so cop was there quick. Female cop, saw us yelling at each other and immediately put me in cuffs. So I started yelling at the cop, telling her I was sober and these idiots are wasted and she didn’t know how to do her job, to just look at the situation. So the drunk girls start crying, she takes their car keys from me and gives them back. I go to jail.\n\nAt the jail, I get booked with fingerprints and everything. I asked what I’m being arrested for, cop says public intox. I request a breathalyzer and of course blow 0.00. Cop tells me it doesn’t matter, I was acting drunk. The dumbest part of this whole situation was that I stayed with that girlfriend for another year after this.\n\nI appear before the judge in the morning. He asked if there was anything he should take into account before sentencing. I said how about pubic intox at my residence and 00s on a breathalyzer? He paused and read the report then gave me the minimum $50 fine and let me go. That was better, but it still gave me a criminal record.", "Other country (germany), other circumstances, same result:\n\nOn my old job some a couple of collegues switched jobs to a competitor. Not even malicious, they did their best to make the new hires able to complete their work instead of going \"fuck you we are out\".\n\nOn the monday after they left boss decided \"Hey they stole data\" with zero evidence. He put on a legal complaint. The collegues were told, but never heard something from the police, so they naturally thought \"Hey it was dropped bc zero evidence and fuck you we did nothing\"\n\n1 1/2 years later they got their flats and new office raided by police teams who didn't adhere to the rule of \"hey how about you try to contact them to see if they can open the door\".\n\nDoors were smashed in and every. single. piece. of (private) technical item was confiscated. PC's, USB Sticks, Mobile Phones, Laptops, Periphals and so on. Worth thousands of € and deeply important to the private life of those people (i.e.: One of them was a heavy gamer).\n\nThey got their stuff back 2 years later. For two years those people either had to buy a new pc (and all other stuff) or live without one (good luck with that working in IT and having gaming as a hobby)\n\nThey have a couple thousand € of lawyer cost now.\n\n3 Years later, the process is still running, just nothing is happening.\n\nReputation is ruined bc. boss told several of their old customers they stole their data (some customers told em but none wanted to testify in court)\n\nLife = Fucked. Because one asshole company decided to do so with zero evidence just to get back on them for quitting their shitty job.", "Police don't prevent crime they write tickets and fill jails. They're not your friends.", ">**Is there a particular period of time prior to trial when the defense is supposed to engage in discovery?**\n\n>Not really. Prosecutors can't disclose all discovery on the eve of trial, but on the other hand, they don't have to divulge it all way ahead of time. Discovery can unfold gradually. For example, a defendant's attorney might receive a copy of the police report at the first court appearance, but might not receive a prosecution expert's written analysis of blood evidence until shortly before trial.\n\nIsn't your link confirming that what OP said is correct? \nThe prosecution can hold evidence until shortly before trial starts.", "Land of the free, eh?", "They can, but it's uncommon and unlikely to hold up in court.", "Police are the worst criminals in the United States. Without fail.", "Or the Reddit comment is incorrect.", "Because it doesn't matter until someone has the time and money to challenge it. One of the reasons shit never changes.", "Someone clearly doesn't know about Shut the fuck up Fridays.", "NO. DONT GET OUT OF THE CAR. THAT IS A CONSENT TO SEARCH IN MORE THAN HALF THE U.S.!!! IF HE SAYS GET OUT, YOU ASK \"AM I BEING DETAINED?\"", "This shit happened to me as well, I was lucky enough my grandma could send 3 grand to pay for my lawyer. After like 6 months they called and offered a deal, I turned it down and literally not even 5 min later they dropped the case.", "My lawyer was able to do that for 6 months for me on a charge when we both knew I was guilty as hell but they just wanted me to curl up in a ball and take it which I said hell no to. .\n\nTo be fair, I hired the best lawyer in the area for my case no questions asked. It was a blank check situation and was worth every single penny.", "Fuck the war on drugs.", "Honestly. Yeah, of course I'm nervous I just got pulled over!", "Every day is [Shut The Fuck Up Friday!](https://youtu.be/sgWHrkDX35o?t=33)", "Because cops are very rarely held accountable for their bullshit.", "We only kill black people, right?\n\n-- Fucking cop \"humor\"", "You don't", "America is fucked", "\"Responsible use of credit\" is just another way to just say \"don't be poor.\"", "If you refuse a field sobriety test where I am, you lose your license", "Fucking cops", "Honest question... If you fight and are actually innocent and win to prove your innocence do you get all costs paid back to you?", "This sounds like the cop is trying to boost his stats rather than enforce the law.", "Take a look at the profession of most of your legislators. Private lawyers don’t want the free service to be worth much. And then guess who usually sets the budget for public defenders and paying jurors, and baby, you got yourself a stew goin.", "My sister took a deal related to selling (because that can get anywhere from 3 to 50 years (!!!!)) and the only thing it did was remove the jury. She got two years despite being a single mom to 3 kids all on suspected charges. She was too afraid of the 50 year consequence to feel like she could plead innocent and fight, so she took the plea deal and was ripped away from her kids directly after the trial. It's been fucking hell for the family.", "I would sue the shit out of MADD. One wrong arrest because of a promotion or raise because MADD has influence over this is BS. So let’s start taking peoples guns away because some use it for bad. Let’s see these patriots lose their shit because their constitutional rights were taken away.", "This video is just going to make me mad isn't it...", "this is the right answer. When they approach, and you are asked, respond with \"my documents are in the glovebox, may I reach for them now?\"\n\nI hate acting like I'm paying fealty but playing the game beats things potentially going south", "Sick, but you are probably right.", "Wait! The police are our friends, protect and serve, blue lives matter yadi yadi yada", "NEVER answer them when they ask \"Do you know how fast you were going?\" Or \"Do you know why I pulled you over?\" Literally always say no. There's a reason they ask you that shit, and it isn't just to make small talk", "Way to plant, Ann.", "I got arrested when I was 17 for this. The cop bragged about being able to get people to test positive up to 30 days from the last time they smoked. He thought he was saving me from a life of destitution or whatever.", "This is America", "It's currently the same with police unions. What they are saying is if every time an officer did something illegal it hit the union and its members in the pocket they would have a serious incentive to weed out the bad apples.", ".. . Sprinkle some crack on him, Johnson", "It's not just law abiding citizens either. In crime ridden areas the police refuse to do anything.", "The number of “DWI/DUI” for drugs will increase now that many states are decriminalizing Marijuana! This is a win, win for the courts! Each arrest makes $$ for the system! Has nothing to do with safety or justice!", "How do you get \"transferred\" to a completely different police department?\n\nSo you're saying they somehow don't get fired, terminated or quit their current department, go through the hiring process again for another department?", "Can you show me where you've read that?", "That sack of shit should be hounded everywhere he works. This video shown to his employers and let them pass judgement on him like he did on these innocent kids.", "But you can't fight it after the fact? They won't have any evidence after all.", "Yeah, that's my thinking on this.\n\nFrankly, this is a horrible example of abuse of power in this kind of situation. Sure, he was technically under...just...but god damned if he doesn't know just as well as we all do and the cop did that he damned well was drinking and driving extremely close to the limit.\n\n'Few beers with friends'? _Then Don't Fucking Drive_.\n\nSeriously this really pissed me off actually.", "Some states have a similar rule, you can \"refuse\" but then the state motor vehicle office will flag or suspend your driver's license. \n\nMore a long the lines of \"Sure, you don't have to self-incriminate, but we will find another way to punish you until the courts tell us otherwise.\"", "\"Certified drug recognition EXPERT!\"", "Look up *implied consent*, basically if you refuse a sobriety test then you are automatically arrested and sometimes charged with a DUI (depending on jurisdiction)\n\nIn order to get a drivers license in the fine print of the written test somewhere you implicitly agreed that you *must* take a sobriety test or they will assume you’re DUI and arrest you", "The problem is all of the other corrupt cops will just defend him and would refuse to arrest him", "I could pull you the police report from when I was arrested for \"drug trafficking\" (I had 3gs of weed and a scale). It happened to me. It was opening my car door that showed \"consent to search\". I told them no, its on the bodycam video, they asked me to step out, I did, and they immediately searched my car. My lawyer said because I opened the door I allowed them access to my vehicle. (I'm in KY) He also told me to not get out unless I'm being detained.", "4 minutes in and I'm gobsmacked. Pissed me right off.", "Damn that's just straight up corruption. They need to get rid of all sources of metric based funding for the police.", "In college I was DDing my friends and got pulled over for “erratic driving”. Cop said they smelled booze in the car, which the probably did because my friends were drunk (which I explained at length). Cop made me to a field sobriety test which I apparently failed. Cop arrested me to bring me to the jailhouse to conduct a breathalyzer. Blew 0.00 because I was obviously sober. Friends had to walk home in -20 temps. I had to take a $30 taxi to get back to my car, which was towed when I got there. Then another $20 taxi to get home.", "You have to file a request for production of documents for them to share evidence with you. They have to share it legally once you request it, not before. \n\nIf you didn’t have a lawyer then it is unlikely you knew this.", "Gotta love the good ol boys club.", "What you just quoted says they can NOT wait until the eve of the trial, which would be the night before, much less 10 minutes before like they said.", "Found it. [https://dpa.ky.gov/clientandcommunityresources/knowyourrights/Pages/Stop-and-Arrest.aspx](https://dpa.ky.gov/clientandcommunityresources/knowyourrights/Pages/Stop-and-Arrest.aspx)\n\n\"You do not have to give the police permission to search your car. If the police ask to search your car and you do not wish for them to do so, stay calm and polite, and tell them \"no.\" There are certain limited circumstances where the police can search your car without permission. These limited circumstances include: when they have a warrant or when there is \"probable cause\" to believe that criminal activity is taking place, the car was involved in a crime, or the police believe there is evidence of a crime in your car.\"\n\nAround here they can make up whatever BS they want and don't need consent or a warrant as long as they \"think they'll find something\" during the search. WTF even is that?", "Usa moment", ">They don't have to present it until trial right before trial. So 10 minutes before trial is fine. Discovery in VA sucks.\n\n\n\nSo in Virginia discovery and Brady materials don't have to be provided timely and can be given 10 minutes before trials without at least giving the defense cause to have be the trial postponed so they can review them?\n\nEdit: It's a sincere question, I don't know how they handle discovery there and that's very different from states I'm familiar with", "That’s not withholding, that’s a product of them receiving evidence at a later date. Some will delay discovery by claiming the documents are too costly to produce, or they will supply them entirely in printed format when digital would be easier to do and take less time for defense to search through, etc. \n\nNone of those are really withholding evidence. \n\nI’m pretty sure OP did not have a lawyer and did not know that the defense needs to file a request for production of documents and other forms in order to start receiving evidence from the prosecutor. They will not give you evidence unless you file the proper paperwork. \n\nHe might not have had access to the state or county e-filing system if he didn’t have a lawyer, which is where exhibit lists can be posted ahead of trial. This depends on the state and county law.", "Consider that you have a lot of time ahead of trial, and you know what court you're going into, you can personally address at least the low brow issues.\n\nYou might know the judge that's going to hear your case. Look them up. Try and get access to some court history, especially those relevant to the charge you're being hit with. Get a vibe for their demeanor, when it is and isn't appropriate to speak up, etc.\n\nWhat you're looking for is an extension or continuance to review the material/evidence, as you haven't received it yet. So especially anyone who successfully argues for that is your go to target.\n\nIs this a lot of work already? Well, the alternative sounds like prison, so why not try to reduce those odds, especially if being in jail has already strongly impacted your life and you've suddenly got free time on your hands because of it.\n\nOf course, we're going off the assumption that we trust people posting on reddit that they haven't received evidence. Maybe they're lying. Or they refuse to recognize the evidence they've received. Etc. We don't know. But regardless, if you can't afford your own lawyer you're going to have to do your dang best. You literally can't afford to go in unprepared.", "Asks the new police chief \"if these blood tests can't be used to exonerate someone, should It still be used to convict someone?\" \n\n\"That's fair, but I think the experts should debate that.\" \n\nFuck off", "OK so lets recap Americas \"Protect & Serve\" policy.\n\n1. He is not a Doctor and has never taken training in any medical field other than basic first aid.\n2. He is the \"test\" because he took a course that has no scientific or medical relevance and should not be admissible in court.\n3. The Police Department supported and defended his opinion on multiple occasions.\n4. He falsified official documents.\n5. He faced no criminal prosecution.\n6. He retired/fired/transferred on full pay/pension.\n7. No judge questioned the validity of his opinion.\n8. Only brought up because a few people had the means and will to take it further and make enough noise.\n\nWhat did I miss?", "r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut", "No what it states is that the prosecutors can play a game of giving you a police report that has jack shit on it and zero context and then not give any other info till the eve of the trial because technically they did divulge information to you earlier so it can't be said they withheld *everything* till the eve of the trial.", "dang", "I love the part \"the highest trained officers in the state got it right 85% of the time\". Putting that into a completely different, much less impactful situation . If you pick up morning coffee and 1 day a week they gave you an empty cup, would you keep going to the same coffee shop? These are people we are trusting with other people's lives and livelihood. What makes them think they can determine impairment on the side of the road in a short test with a few days (even months) training when it takes a lab in a sterile, controlled environment, run by technicians with years of training days to make the same determination?", "> Doesn't take any special skills or degree to sell phones.\n\nYou start out selling cell phones and next thing you know you're telling drug dealers to hire you as their lawyer with half price for first time felonies, then the cartel is calling you up to be their money mule, and that is *not* a road you want to go down.\n\nName like yours, I know you know what I'm talking about.", "The only people who will suffer is the taxpayer. Do you really think the police officer or the department will have to pay any of that?", "What state do you live in", "Georgia seems like a really terrible place", "This isn’t isolated to one case, as the full video amply shows. This is happening all over, and most officers are fully backed up by their chiefs over it.", "Ruined? Really?\nPretty sure the drug run-in has happened to a lot of kids.", "It sounds stupid but it's really not. Well it is, but not in the way that's being described here.\n\nIf you want to *take on* debt, it's not unreasonable for lenders to want to know if you have a history of *paying off* your debt. In order to pay off your debt, you have to *have* debt, but no serious lender is going to lend you serious money with unproven credit history, so you need to start off small.\n\nIt's like anything else, you can't play in the big leagues until you've proven yourself at a smaller scale.\n\nThere are a lot of problems with lending and credit scores, and a lot of it is functionally *unfair*, but IMO this one particular aspect is fairly reasonable from the perspective of the lenders.\n\nFrankly the *real* issue at the heart of this conversation is no one should need to find a way to take on $20k of debt just for a fair defense.", "There is only one man I would trust with an ocular patdown like that", "Because the system is designed to make them happen, especially the darker your skin is.", "Agreed. For the moments the cop has me stopped I'm a quiet, obedient angel.", "Training to be a DRE (drug recognition expert) officer involves classes for an entire month! These tools are less trained than tarot card readers.", "This is sad we have a 40, step rule for how to not die or have your life ruined consistently by cops.\n\nIt's genuine terrorism", "\"So you have determined with no physical evidence that I committed a crime you did not witness, despite the medical information to the contrary, because you have a routine that tells you i was impaired... that you never bothered to finish or follow up on, ending in an unlawful arrest and violation of my rights, and there is no way to sue or hold you accountable for your actions... but you are all about people taking 'personal responsibility' for their mistakes?\"", "Also a piece of shit tho", "There should be a website that keeps a database / tracks those corrupt fucks that simply get transferred elsewhere", "I’m GA where this video took place. Best I can tell from my research - the FST(finger follow and pace tests ARE admissible in court - but the driver has the power to decline them without a license suspension). If you decline the blow test (which is not admissible in court) you will get a license suspension, unless you can successfully appeal that within 10 days at the DMV. One piece of research I saw said there’s like an 80% chance your appeal will be successful at the DMV. I ANAL or Police - so this is just what I’ve gleamed from YouTube videos from GA Attorneys.", "Thank god for these investigators. The 4th estate is as important at the local level as it is the national level.", "Pretty sure if you’re under that limit but still driving dangerously you can get a DUI", "In Georgia, Cobb stands for “count on being busted”. Cobb County officers are all a bunch of dickheads.", "Damn how did loans work before credit scores in America (1989)? Guess nobody loaned out money.", "And you wonder why people generally don't trust cops...at least in north america.", "One night I was the DD, I had had a couple of beers at like 8, we went home around midnight or 1am, I don't quite remember. But I was perfectly sober at that point.\n\nIt was in Burlington, VT, and the streets were dead at that time, but fully lit. I make a u-turn and start driving back to our place. I get *literally* about a half a block up, look down at my dashboard and realize I don't have have my headlights on, so I turn them on. When I look up, there are the whirly-birds behind me.\n\nSo I pull over, the cop asks me why and I was like, stupidly, \"was that an illegal u-turn?\" and he was like \"no, you were driving without your head lights.\"\n\nI say, \"Yeah, I noticed literally within 10 seconds of driving, and turned them on.\" \"No, you only turned them on when you saw my lights go on\" as if I would be that savvy that I would be able to figure out in under a second why I am being pulled over and remedy it. :-/\n\nHe asked me if I had been drinking, stupidly, I said \"I had a couple of beers many hours earlier, but I stopped because I am the DD.\"\n\n\"Well, you admitted to drinking and I smell alcohol, so I'm giving you a field sobriety test.\"\n\nI got out of the car, he did the flash lights in the eyes, and then put me through the most grueling additional tests. It was just the typical stuff, but he made me stand on one foot, touching my nose, and count. I was counting very slowly because I didn't want to rush through it, but he made me count to 60 on both feet, so at least 2 minutes in total for that. He then made me walk toe-to-heal about 20 yards up and and down the street. Both of these I did perfectly.\n\nAt the end, he pulls out the breathalyzer, I don't remember exactly what I blew, but it was like a 0.004 or something in that range. He was like \"Oh, you 'failed' the eye test, so I figured we were really drunk. OK, you can go on your way. Is anyone else in the car more sober than you?\"\n\n\"No! I told you I'm the DD.\"\n\nI can only imagine what would have happened had he been able to just decided that I was drunk based on his \"observations.\"\n\nBut anyway, I get back in the car and my drunk friend, laughing, is like \"Can you go ask him if I can take a breathalyzer?\"\n\n\"Fuck no. We're going home.\"\n\nBut what I learned is that if you are pulled over, no matter the truth, tell the cop that you haven't been drinking. Deny everything.", "And imagine further that there are classes being taught to lots of other officers about these same “techniques “ all the time.", "If you are dumb enough to agree to any field sobriety tests then you are already making a huge mistake. Do not give police evidence against you. Even if you are inoccent, the police are not your friends and are actively trying to harm you.", "I find new hatred for these pieces of shit every day", "[They used similar methods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_score_in_the_United_States) which the smallest bit of googling can verify.\n\nIf you somehow read my post and took away from it that credit scores are perfect and the best thing to ever happen to America and are the *only* way anyone can ever lend anyone money\n\nthen... well, no you didn't, because I pretty explicitly said the opposite several times.\n\nIf you had read and responded to my post *honestly and accurately*, you'd acknowledge that I commented on *this one very specific aspect* of credit, not the modern implementation of credit scores as a whole.\n\nWhich, again, I mentioned several times is very flawed.", "**[Credit score in the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_score_in_the_United_States)** \n \n >A credit score is a number that provides a comparative estimate of an individual's creditworthiness based on an analysis of their credit report. It is an inexpensive alternative to other forms of consumer loan underwriting. Lenders, such as banks and credit card companies, use credit scores to evaluate the risk of lending money to consumers. Lenders contend that widespread use of credit scores has made credit more widely available and less expensive for many consumers.\n \n^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/videos/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)", "DONT EVER TALK TO THE POLICE", "Gotta retain those benefits.", "You're either being willfully naive or you're just stupid", "Here here", "/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut", "Saw a video of some officer training session a while back and the quote \"A civilian is a criminal who hasn't been caught yet.\" stuck with me.", "I'm not saying they didn't tell you that, but how does sobriety tests work, then?\n\nIf they want you to do a sobriety test, you have to get out. That certainly doesn't mean you are allowing a search.", "Lololol if intensive training to become an expert was a month long class then I am a fucking mega genius for the 48 months I did in college 🤦‍♂️", "God bless", "These tests are ridiculous. Breathalyzers exist and are reasonably accurate and not subjective. \n\nI’m Australia there’s a legal limit- usually 0.05% blood alcohol by volume- and if you exceed it at the roadside you get a more accurate test and get fined/ license suspended according to how far over you are. Simple and fair.", "That’s fucked up", "I dont drive when im high, but what if that happened to me? My blood test would come up positive and id be fucked even tho i was completely sober. Fuck everything about this.", "The problem is police work and forensics pretend they are scientific but they are really mostly pseudoscience. The goal is to pretend it’s science so that they can borrow the credibility of science and be “100%” confident in their judgements and fool the legal system into trusting their confidence. Or course that’s kind of the opposite of how science works. But outside of the scientific community people don’t realize this so it fools us into trusting officers.\n\nThis in turn is just a downstream effect of the poor education and public understanding of science. We just teach kids the “facts” of science and then gloss over the fundamental philosophy of science. We really should be doing the opposite of this. We should teach pseudo science along with science so that we can have a populous that is well trained to tell the difference between evidence we can trust and evidence we can’t.", "Why even pull her over in the first place. She barely crossed the line and the road is quiet.\n\nHe absolutely was looking for any reason to arrest someone.", "And people wonder why the trust for police is almost nonexistent", "Around here it does. If they think you’re drunk then they are automatically looking for open containers.", "Well this went from pitying your friend to thinking \"damn karma's a bitch. Don't be an asshole\".", "I love such rational, level-headed responses, even when I include sources and didn't offer an opinion. Reddit doesn't fail.", "Do *not* prep your license/insurance before the officer gets to your door. Terrible advice.", "Same here, age 20-something. I was sober as can be, headed to the car wash. Got a weed dui and had to have a breathalyzer in my car for a year. Fuck the police with the business end of a rusty spatula.", "A lot of lawyers offer plea deals. Not only can is it less work, but in the end, it's more money. It's sad", "Jesus Christ!! \"We only kill black people, remember?\". fuck that guy, take away his pension.", "Lmao and how many public defenders have you talked to or researched to be justify making such a bullshit statement?", "Exact same thing happened to me in university. Driving my buddies back from a party where I had 2 beers. It was during a snowstorm with 1ft of snow on the roads and the lines weren’t at all visible so I was doing my best to guess where the lane was. When they breathalyzed me, I blew 0.00%. They still gave me a ticket for “unclear view to front” (because with a full-car in cold weather the windshield started to fog up after driving a few min) which I argued down in court to $90. \n \nSome cops are just bullies looking for a fight.", "Look at every celebrity with accusations against them, innocent until proven guilty no longer exists. And to make things worse, even after evidence comes out proving innocence it’s too late for anyone to care and the damage is never undone.", "Saying fuck to a cop is assault of an officer. \n\nAnd they call everyone else snowflakes.", "Almost exactly what happened to me in 2018. Still cost me $2500 in legal fees (I wasn't taking any chances) and $300 to get my towed car back 4 days later.", "Good lord it's just weed.", "USA USA USA!\n\nsrsly, yall could do shit against this i think.", "I don't know why everyone thinks cops have it so bad, seems like they all get to retire early!", "I fucking hate cops.", "Fuck. The. Police.", "Your answer is in the last 30 seconds of the video: raises and bonuses are awarded based on number of arrests made—not convictions, only arrests.", "What I would like to see happen is a class action lawsuit of aggrieved taxpayers brought against a police union for the undue burden that their settlements have as a result of the police's incompetence/maliciousness and the union's failure to address it.", "It does say why. A video emerged of him during a traffic stop, saying the following:\n\nPassenger: I’ve just seen too many videos of cops…\n\nLt. Abbot: But you’re not black. You remember we only kill black people. Yeah, we only kill black people, right? All the videos you’ve seen, have you seen any white people get killed?\n\n“After the events depicted in the controversial video…Abbot retired in lieu of termination.”", "Ah cheers. Didn't watch to the end as it seemed to be multiple different outlets reports of the same thing so kept repeating.", "Did the teacher's union have to open up their pocket book every time one of them fucked up? That's the difference.", "They did this with a sting for my friend. He's turbo gay, all about that schlong, and he was looking for a dude on Grindr. Found one, went to get his bang bang on, and then it was the Police. Arrested him for Child Trafficking. Ruined his whole life. A year later, and tons of money, they just drop the charges. No proof. No evidence. Nothing. When my friend asked for them to get the Cell Phone Records and everything, they immediately nope'd out. Part of me believes it was targeting him because he was gay. Its pretty damn sad. He had his face plastered in public, lost his job, lost friends and family over it. A lot of these Justice 'Systems' are broken as fuck. And its frightening.", "This reminds me of CRISP FUCKING COUNTY GA ! FUCK THAT ENTIRE PLACE! I was stopped they cop said terr was an \"issue\" with m and license arrested me and had to have my gf bail me out. Got back home there was nothing wrong. I still had to pay for a lawyer to fight the made up charge and then they just came back with \"well here's a speeding ticket\". I've never driven in GA since \n\nFuck POS officers lik and that guy in the video and the SOB who locked me up for literally nothing!", "It was a series from one news channel, and there was a lot of overlap in the segments, so it was a bit repetitive. I only watched the whole thing because I live in Atlanta, and Cobb County is right next door.", "And disability paid by the state to the officer cause he now suffers PTSD from the incident.\n\n[Just like Ofc Philip Brailsford did after he murdered Daniel Shaver.](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190721/13375942627/cop-claims-his-shooting-unarmed-man-gave-him-ptsd-walks-off-with-medical-pension.shtml)", "There are saliva tests actually that can indicate if it's been within the last 9-12 hours. Still useless for field tests but it's better than 30 days.", "Oh it's Cobb County, no wonder.", "I hope you mean Country Mac… because Mac is terrible at it.", "I get the feeling that anyone with the Abbott last name might just get away with anything 🤦‍♂️", "I think the sheriff from the Disney version of Robin Hood might be the most accurate depiction of a cop yet.", "I think they are suggesting that hitting the pension will encourage self policing. The same way that group discipline in a military platoon makes the group keep each other in line.", "The laws aren't exactly wrong here.\n\nDUI related deaths hover around the 100,000 mark each year in the US alone. Its not wrong to want to limit the deaths caused by that.\n\nAlcohol at least can be tested for on the spot and you have a 'legal limit' which is entirely dependent on the person and whilst it isn't perfect, it's better than nothing.\n\nThe issue happening in the video is about drug driving and the complete lack of ability to determine what impairment means and how officers are incapable of determining it. There is no legal limit, I suspect due to it being a scheduled drug still, that law is definitely fucked though.\n\nThe laws aren't fucked up for DUIs, Inept policing is.", "Most underrated comment", "Na she's still there, still doing the same shit. Go check out the Cobb County PD's Google reviews. Plenty of people still complaining about being set up or falsely accused by her and other Cobb County deputies.\n\nFunnily enough, I had some woman try to run me over with her car in a parking lot and then keyed my car bad enough to charge her with felony vandalism. I got her plate # and called Cobb County PD, they called her and she admitted to it, they have her address and all of the proof they need. It's been since early September when they issued her felony warrant, but keep telling me they aren't going to go get her.\n\nNa, let's not go get someone we KNOW committed a felony, no. Let's just put this SAME bag of weed in the 12th car today and put another innocent person in jail....", "https://youtu.be/BA5za4VsskM", "And yet we keep voting for the politicians that enact these laws because they're \"tough on crime.\"", "that's what i was thinking about too when watching the video\n\nthe examples are clear cut showing that the system is bad...but there are probably a SHITTON of people that had the same situation and their drugtests didn't come back negative because the traces/byproducts can stay in your system for a month if you are unlucky", "You can get a DUI on a skateboard in the US.", "What? The first sentence you quoted:\n\n>Prosecutors can't disclose all discovery on the eve of trial, but on the other hand, they don't have to divulge it all way ahead of time\n\nDirectly contradicts his statement that they can produce discovery 10 minutes before trial.", "You find me a Cobb county officer that someone likes and I will give you 50 bucks. They are all fuckwits.", "I was arrested for DUI in Arizona. I asked for the breathalyzer, because i was the designated driver. Nope, they fail me on a field sobriety test that i later found out i had reached a 29 out of 30 second count with eyes closed on one foot. The police wanted to draw blood to try and find something...i spent 6 months waiting for official charges.\n\nI'm a blue eyed, brown skin complexion. It cost me 1500 to have a lawyer write a letter to the police department about why the incident was inappropriate.", "Wanna bet either him or his precinct and a local judge have a nice backroom deal to fill the local for profit prison.", "The Garden City cop said \"I don't need to be perfect\" but we, the citizens driving on the road, obviously need to be perfect. Not only our driving, or walking during the sobriety test, but also our pupils and taste buds have to be perfect. \n\nIt's like how a cop can justify killing us because they fear for their lives, but our movements have to be perfect when dealing with the cops so that we're not murdered. The bar is set so low for these 'professionals'.", "Best advice..\n\n[cops are not your friend](https://youtu.be/JcZoCY7fUXg)\n\n[shut the fuck up](https://youtu.be/RkN4duV4ia0)", "I know this is a joke, but at least in my state, there is a pro-bono line for the state bar. Law offices do take on a certain number of pro-bono cases. Usually, you will be working with junior staff, but it's gotta be better than working with a public defender that has 1000 other cases.", "And while that all may be true, if the evidence they withhold is exculpatory, it's considered a Brady violation, and the case is likely to be tossed or re-tried, depending on the evidence, ASSUMING the defendant has a decent lawyer.", "Jesus christ", "Only in red states.", "This is the \"good cops\" they're talking about", "Because many lawyers push it, and not just in criminal law. Insurance cases I was pushed to accept a very small settlement by a very expensive lawyer. I regret it still.", "End qualified immunity. Allow people to sue officers individually when those officers violate people’s rights.", "Thank fuck I don’t live in a country where the cops can do that.", "Until someone invents a roadside test for marijuana no cop should have any authority to arrest anyone for DUI on this suspicion. WTF does \"looking like you've smoked marijuana\" even mean? Were their eyes bloodshot?", "And they wonder why people don't like cops 🙄", "Retire from that force likely means he can get a job somewhere else while still collecting benefits from his first job. I worked in an industry where people regularly retried after 20 years, collected pension, AND were hired back in as contractors, so they would get paid twice. Not a bad gig.", "Arrest him for false imprisonment and assault", "“Extensive ONE MONTH training”…. I was in school for 6 years to get a masters in graphic design, and all the jobs I last applied to wouldn’t accept anything under a masters with 6 years of in-house experience, and all I’m doing in making things look pretty on the internet. Here these guys are expected and assumed to have the expertise and knowledge to size up any person they so choose and determine everything about them… like Abott thinking he’s a living drug test. I’m always traveling, with lack of sleep or a cold I’m sure I would have had any of those symptoms and that cunt would have tossed me away too. Problem is I do smoke weed, so then what? I would have been fucked either way? Even when I hadn’t been driving under the influence. Fuck that, like the news reporters said, they’re more closely just flipping a coin.\n\nI’ll say it every time; want to solve America’s issues? Start with police reform. Police reform, police reform, police reform. It might not be simple, but it’s that obvious.\n\nPs. I’ve also preached for years that the American media is one of the greatest influences to America’s downfall; “negativity sells”, and they’ve known it for decades, so now internationally, “America bad.” So, seriously big shout out to this news team that listened to these victims and tackled the case, that was genuinely the only way any of these individuals would ever find justice from the system. This news team was directly responsible for that department revamping because they were trying to hide their bad PR. That’s the only way to create reform here and we need more media tackling issues that matter like this.", "Or imagine having an officer plant drugs on as many as 120 incidents. https://www.clickorlando.com/news/florida/2021/05/18/former-florida-deputy-guilty-of-planting-drugs-in-stopped-cars/", "When I was a park ranger and worked with cops closely I once saw them use \"smelling marijuana\" as probable cause to search someone's car. Is this a real possibility?", "The current administration can make marijuana federally legal with the stroke of a pen, which would make these cases become much more infrequent. They choose not to, as have the administrations before them. Utterly exploitative.", "Feel free to point out any of the so called \"good cops\" in the video", "Because if you go to trial against the feds it’s almost Cardassian in nature. They don’t charge you unless they know it’s a win.", "Police need to be fired way more often. This level of protection and immunity they have exists no where else in the work force. They aren't special. Most of them aren't even decent people.", "It’s always been .05 in Aus, I think it might have been .02 for provisional drivers and once but it’s zero for them now. \n\nWhen I was a P-plater I got a false positive and blew like .016 or something. I told them I’d been at work the last 8 hours and asked to blow again, they allowed me to and it was zeroes. \n\nIt was all over in about ten minutes and they didn’t even give me a defect notice for my busted tail light. Seems like in America that’s grounds for the chair.", "Cops can just do whatever the fuck they want huh.", "Field sobriety tests aren't required in Canada either. Just chemical tests like the USA.", "Not for the last part from personal experience. Title IX lawyers don't typically do contingency or pro bono because the laws and regulations are so broken and messed up. There is little actual case law and the rules shift every administration. \n\nI was sexually assaulted by a female student working for the university, and after reporting it I was severly harassed (including racial slurs because I'm NA, death threats, ect.). It became too much and I medically withdrew and the university expelled me after the fact expressly for reporting and speaking out about what happened. I have been fighting this for years with no end in sight. Attorneys start at 50k for this, usually you end up at 100k plus.\n\nThere was no magical crusading lawyer that has come to save me. I have made inroads that some of the legal experts haven't made in getting OCR involved and acting, but it's still a complete nightmare and university officials openly taunted me with stuff like \"with what attorney could you afford to do anything about it.\" Plus the students involved all had wealthy and connected parents who personally knew some of the administration.\n\nIf you don't win the parents lottery, you don't have rights.", "I agree with everything but your last sentence. Near me, the cops will pull you over regardless and then make up a reason afterwards. I've had cops straight up tell me they're just looking for dui's and that I didn't really do anything wrong.", "Suggestion of use isn’t proof. Suggestions don’t meet the probability cause bar. These are all bullshit.", "I keep saying that to cops and it never goes well. How loud are you supposed to scream it?", "He gets a binder from feeling like he has power and control over something because he probably had a shit childhood where nobody kissed his ass and can’t think his way through any sort of thought experiment.", "Lots of places (including where I live) you can get a DUI for sleeping your drinks off in the back of your car. The law says because you haven't, I don't know, handed your keys to a stranger or chucked them in a lake, you're \"in control of the vehicle\" while stone cold asleep and still over the legal limit.\n\nThat **for sure** is fucked up.\n\nP.S. this doesn't let the cops off the hook, fuck 'em, as always.", "At that point what do you have to lose by calmly telling the person they’re an oxygen thief? I’d have a hard time not doing that. I mean what are they gonna do, put you in double jail?", "That's weird. I thought #45 told us that the media was the enemy of the state...\n\nEdit: just to clarify, because apparently that's necessary: I'm being sarcastic.\n\nEdit x 2: Lol at all the people who apparently really believe that the media is an enemy of the state. You realize, don't you, that this is a step right out of the fascist's playbook, right? Hitler [called them](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lying_press) the \"Lügenpresse.\" This is a common tactic of dictators and despots - turn the public against the media so that they can't censure the government.", "Did that police captain seriously just say, \"he's innocent now because the court found him to be\"? So even the officers leading the department don't understand the fundamentals of our justice system!", "\"I believe you did but I've got no proof but I'm arresting you anyway...\" \n\n\"certified drug recognition expert\" he most certainly is not, he's a fucking criminal in a police uniform", "Why were you driving without your glasses though?", "lol certified drug recognition expert aka I can arrest you if I feel like it and then testify as an expert aka judge and jury", "Or the [$14 million Minneapolis paid in 2020](https://www.mprnews.org/amp/story/2021/10/06/mpls-police-ptsd-claims-push-overall-workers-comp-claims-to-highest-in-a-decade) to cops who spent the year attacking protestors", "Yeah...that's not going to be happening so don't hold your breath.", "some states its no longer acceptable (MA i know for sure) but not everywhere", "Yeah, I'm having a real hard time imagining command staff fucking a joe over this hard just for a \"suspicion\" of DUI, even OCONUS. Usually when I hear stories like this, and something doesn't add up, it's because the story teller is leaving out the embarrassingly relevant parts.", "Oh yeah. USA.", "I'm sorry as it's not clear... But was your sister actually selling? Or was she completely innocent of the charge? If it's the latter, why did the police think she was selling?", "I believe NSW created the first one in the world. I know it's expanded to other states and I believe New Zealand picked it up as well. I don't know much more than what I've read though.", "You confuse field sobriety test with a breathalyzer. I’ll blow all day, but I really don’t want to jump around like a monkey for the cops amusement.", "I’m a bit lost…did you see the video of the cop overdosing when he came across fetanyl? I guess a mask is all that’s needed", "Reread the comment. He says to blow, but not do the field sobriety test.", "Worthless peckerwood oxygen thieves.", "It's been a good 5 years since I lived there but yes, she was always surprised by it.", "How is simply employing an over utilized idiom going to address police misconduct or get anything changed? \n\nLike it or not, “piggy cops” and their unions are extremely powerful, and simply saying cops are bad or any variation thereof is like pointing at a house on fire and saying “look, the house is on fire!” I’m sure that will put out the fire!\n\nDownvote all you want, that will surely help the victims of police misconduct.", "Imagine you're snorting cocaine with peace of mind, and moments later arresting someone for not smoking pot!\n\nWhat a wonderful place is USA!", "Also, wasn't there a guy who was rejected as a cop because he was too smart ? I don't remember the specifics but he basically applied for the course and when the IQ test came back they gave him a B.S. excuse and removed him from the whole thing.", "Sorry, is NA Native American?", "You confuse the field sobriety test with a breathalyzer. Always blow if asked, but you don’t have to jump around like a monkey for the cops amusement.", "Country bumpkin cops with nothing better to do. They sign up to be “hero’s” but end up patrolling a few wooded backstreets while becoming bitter towards the world.", "Jesus Christ this was awful. What could they have possibly done in this instance? You would have no choice but to comply and go to jail and fight it for months??", "He’ll probably get hired back just saw a huge sign at a police substation wanting to hire police.", "(Not that I excuse drunk driving, but) if I was near-certain that extra half an hour will get me below the limit, those are odds to consider taking.", "PDs are sometimes the best lawyer to get. Courtroom law in the US is really all about the relationships between the two lawyers and the judge. If you get yourself a fancy lawyer who isn't in that specific circle, most times you will walk out with a worse outcome for yourself and a smaller bank account. YMMV.", "Well the article posted above says the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was going to double the standard threshold for concluding a driver is impaired by THC and that only 6% cases originally reported would meet that threshold. So hopefully they’re training people to only go after people that are clearly skeezed out of their mind..", "[https://acluga.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Ebner\\_v\\_Cobb\\_CobbCounty\\_Appellee\\_Brief\\_8-7-2020.pdf](https://acluga.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Ebner_v_Cobb_CobbCounty_Appellee_Brief_8-7-2020.pdf) This is still going on", "This guy should be removed from the police force. This is detaining and charging innocent people based on absolutely nothing but his discretion, no evidence whatsoever. I have a sore spot against cops like this because at 25 years old I got railroaded along with my girlfriend by a crooked cop. I am 64 years old now and still have a felony on my record that I have had to deal with all my life. Fortunately it has not affected my work status much because I have had a long career in the same field and have done well. For anybody interested we had this cop knock on our door one night to question us about an incident that happened with a neighbor that had nothing to do with us. After he was done he asked if he could use our phone and wanting to be helpful I said sure. In a bookcase beside our phone was a tray that had a small metal straw. I knew nothing of it and later found out that girlfriend had a friend stop by months earlier and the friend did a line on the tray. The friend left her straw at our place and my girlfriend had put it aside to return it to her when she saw her again. Neither myself or girlfriend have ever used cocaine. The cop hung up our phone and called for a unit who then scraped residue out of the straw and charged us both with possession. The cop who came and tested it even asked the guy, \"are you really going to do this\"? right in front of us. He then hung this over our head for the next 4 months trying to get us to set someone up. We kept refusing and eventually he took my girlfriend to jail and then came to my employer and took me out in handcuffs.", "You are nervous, what are you hiding?\n\nYou aren't nervous? Must be on something\n\n​\n\neverything goes", "cop bad give upvote", "Damn this dude was on Reddit front page twice, I remember that video.", ">Refuses a field sobriety test\n\n>Refuses a breathalyzer \n\n>Gets taken to the station\n\n>Takes a breathalyzer at the station\n\n>Blows a perfect 0.00\n\nWhat a chad move", "It's an outright lie actually. Discovery in VA requires a deadline of 30 days before the trial date to both parties. Not ten minutes.", "Are you kidding me???", "now police know more than actual science results, what a crock. I hope they sue the crap out of the corrupt police.", "A little boredom is a small price to pay to possibly ruin someone's day, or possibly even life, when you're a bully.", "PDs are paid to take shitty plea deals and clear the docket. This guy isn't facing a DUI; from what he has revealed it is much more serious and complicated.", "Came here to post this.", "Lol, the land of the free", "[It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio)\n\nAnyone who thinks differently than this lacks empathy. I don't care how many criminals they catch, it's no one's responsibility to be an unwilling sacrifice.", "Yes, I'm Muscogee (Creek)", "You mean [this one](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/07/us/san-diego-police-overdose-fentanyl.html)?\n\nIt was [determined to be](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/us/san-diego-fentanyl-overdose-video.html):\n\n> “possible internal injury,” “other major injury” and “unconsciousness” as the deputy’s injuries.\n\n... overdose was not listed. Even though they initially pushed it viral as fentanyl exposure. Mass hysteria. If fent can fuck you up just from being within 10 feet of it, why are people bothering with injecting it or snorting it?", "For anyone who's reading this without watching it, its at least worth knowing it was said in a heavily sarcastic/mocking tone as the driver pretended to be in fear of his life for simply being pulled over. \n\nThere's a reason he took the time to quote the clip rather than just linking it...", "Wait, if .08 is legal how did he charge you? So they do a breathalyzer on the spot and then a blood test after arrest? Is that normal?", "The whole system is archaic decorum and process. It's very obvious how the state has filled the role of the church.", "This is horrific advice. I know, police are out to get you and they sign up for the job because they want to get you in trouble. They were all bullied in high school and this is their chance to get back at the world. They’re incels, they’re plotting your murder from the moment they see you, a random individual driving a car, like the other 10,000 they see that day. Something something pigs, bacon is delicious, etc. \n\nDo not start reaching around in your car. Especially at night. Roll down your window, tell them, like a normal human being, where your info is, and get it calmly. If you have a firearm on you, tell them that before you do anything—the caveat being you may or may not be legally required to tell them depending on your state. If you aren’t, that’s up to your discretion.", "Yes a huge advantage.", "Randomly sending people to jail, college students and minorities huh.... in Georgia huh??..... Trying to change that voting population.", "Uh, Europe has it's own problems with that.", "All this for marijuana. What a waste of resources", "In what possible way is what he said ‘assault’? Are you ok?", "Plenty of people (on juries) assume guilt because if they weren't guilty why would they be arrested?", "A couple thousand for an attorney or more, at least a few days worth of wages to fight it, and possibly out of a job if their overnight stay actually affected their ability to get to work on time the next day.", "Unless you’re on trial for murder I don’t see how 20k is the lowest retainer you’re being quoted. If you spent 5 weeks in jail I’m inclined to believe you’re accused of a very serious crime\n\nFor reference, most DUI lawyers are only charging 5-6k for the whole case", "Call the bar association for your local area. Theyre required to do so many hours of pro bono work a year. They’ll get you sorted", "> his original clearance had gone well passed it's original expiration date\n\nThat would not happen in only 2 years. Depending on the clearance, they're good for 10 years while they are active before you need to renew. Once you stop using it, it goes to (I think) \"current\" status, meaning you're not actively using the clearance but it's still valid and your investigation is still good so it's basically a phone call to get it back to active status. \n\nI used to have a DoD Secret clearance and left a job in 2012 that required the clearance. I worked for over 2 years not needing the clearance then got another job that required it and they reactivated the clearance with no issues.", "I am spitballing an idea for this guy who is about to go on trial for his freedom. He has time, justice moves slow here in America.\n\n 20k in unsecured debt would be a small price to pay. Do you have anything to contribute? Just negative shit?", "Yep. Happens frequently where i’m from in the south and has happened to me personally.", "\"as a European\" as if we don't have racism here", "Cops suck", "Sounds like an American problem... but here in Brasil it's probably worse.", "Not to mention I'm willing to bet there's more than a fair amount of gender, race and economic level bias in this \"drug recognition training\". Not to mention neurotypical bias. \n\nIs it a tremor from drugs, neurological or just restless leg?", "This is why it’s important to watch the entire video", "You can be poor as shit and have great credit. Trust me, it helps a lot. Just pay your credit cards on time.", "I keep hammering on this. The payouts need to come from the cops retirement fund, and the only way to tax and increase its funding is for inflation adjustments.\n\nWe need the bad cops to be the good cops problem.\n\nFrank 3 desks over who keeps pulling shady shit needs to cost Ben's kids thier college education.\n\nIt sucks but it's the only way to fix this that I can think of (that will actually work)", "You're not spitballing an idea there. They can't reasonably build credit that fast.\n\nMaybe you should look at my comment history before whining about my contributions to the thread though. Cuz, you know, I already did.", "She wasn’t offered a plea deal, the lawyer suggested that they ask about one. Two completely different things", "Go call your local cop a piece of shit and let me know what happens", "That's a bit misrepresented.\n\nThere's a VAST difference between fed and local courts.", ">That one woman was offered a plea deal by her own lawyer.\n\nThey were likely a public defender. Not one she hired. There have been many cases where the local justice system works together just to move things along.", "I mean, you're gonna say that be not link it yourself? Smh", "I’m glad I watched the whole 23 minutes of the video. The cops supervisors and written documents even said “well the lab work was negative but that can be wrong” \n\nThe reporter asked him- if the lab is wrong in a negative, how can you rely on it for a positive or any conviction? His answer was basically 🤷🏻‍♀️", "Love how he’s a drug expert after a one month course. Law enforcement in this country is a joke, if a doctor was able to specialize in particular field after just one month of training people would freak out.", "Gotta hit those numbers boys amirite!? instead of actually doing something meaningful, you just waste time, money, and attempt to ruin lives so you can go back to headquarters and get your dick sucked by all your \"brothers\" for \"protecting and serving\".", "This happened to me. And the cop told me he was only arresting me for the overtime.", "Yeah, this guy obviously has a dark sense of humor and it's probably the way he talks with his buddies, but he didn't actually mean literally. He was making fun of the fact that people seem to think the only thing cops do is kill black people.", "The only way this happened is if he was a shitbag and this was the last straw. \n\nI know a guy who popped hot for pot post-deployment and stayed in service. Plenty of senior NCOs with a prior DUI. The difference is, they were good at their jobs and people liked to be around them. \n\nThen another guy got an 'other than honorable discharge' for lying. He was a pathological liar no one wanted to be around and sucked at his job. His lie? He was in an HMMWV with three people that died from an IED. He wasn't even on that patrol.", "In general, yes. Especially when asked directly about drinking or doing drugs.\n\n\"Have you been drinking?\"\n\n\"Sorry, I don't answer questions.\"\n\nYou really don't have to say anything more than that. You are not obligated to offer any reason for refusing to answer. That particular question is accusatory in nature, so it's best not to answer at all.", "But that does happen and then the defendant with a public defender is still out a job, possibly homeless now, and still had everything taken from them. It's only a \"lucky\" few at actually get compensation paid to them", "Recently had an attempted break in at my folk’s house, and let me tell you, the police were definitely not on our side. \n\nWe had multiple alarms trip. I rushed over and the police beat me to the house. I got out of the car, the police look at me puzzled, and immediately ask who I was. I told them I was the son who received an alarm notice and was coming by to check on the house. \n\nAnd wouldn’t you know it, one of them takes a step towards me and says, “You have the key?” I said yes. They step aside and let me unlock the door, and the *moment* I do, they ask if I’d like them to step inside and do a walkthrough. I say yes, and that I’ll turn off the alarm. \n\nAnd that was my second mistake. They walk inside, start looking around, and there it was, sitting right on the table in the kitchen. I knew they’d seen in, I knew it wasn’t supposed to be there. Fuck. \n\nOne of the pigs glares over and says, “Are you supposed to be on the table?” It was Cody, the family cat. The pig immediately reached and began petting the cat. He was impressed that Cody was not more startled because of the alarm siren and the strangers in the house. \n\nThey did a walkthrough, found nothing, inspected one of the tripped sensors, and advised we check with the alarm company as they’ve seen previous incidents where older systems trip in cold weather for seemingly no reason. They wished us well, said *Merry Christmas*, shook my hand, and left. \n\nTerrible. Imagine if I were a Jew.", "You're not wrong.", "They address this in the video. The department gave merit bonuses based on number of arrests. So there was incentive to grab as many people as possible and just let the court sort it out later.", "How the fuck is that evidence enough to charge you, these fuckheads are out of control", "I believe PA does as well. If you refuse the blood test you are automatically charged with a DUI.", "Yeah, those videos are fake. \n\nIf fent was so potent that just touching or ingesting it was enough to kill a full-grown man, don't you think that users would use that method instead of shooting up? This is just the same drug war d.a.r.e propaganda of the '80s and '90s with a modern coat of paint.", "A quick caveat, the US legal limit, 0.08% BAC, does not preclude impairment if you blow under 0.08. If you blow above the legal limit, that’s the cutoff, after you blow above 0.08 the police MUST arrest you and charge you with impairment, but you can still be charged with DWI even if you blow as low as 0.04% BAC. Truthfully, as long as there is any alcohol in your system you may be charged with a DWI.", "Worse, a man who *thinks* he's educated", "\"just sign here and you'll have a special power....go gettem. Next....just sign here....\"", "I just need to borrow your arm for a second", "It's funny being in MD and hearing the exact opposite.", "It's called \"discovery\" and if they didn't disclose evidence to you then you might be able to get charges dropped if you can prove it. I dont know if it's a federal law but even when I got arrested in Utah they did it.", "In Colorado if you refuse the field sobriety then you are automatically charged with DWI.", "Then anytime you're applying for a job application or visa that asks \"Have you ever been arrested?\" (or they simply do a $20 online records search), even 30 years later, now you have to prove you were exonerated.\n\nArrest records are easy to access via online search. Court records are a PITA and often require somebody to go to the courthouse in-person, make a request, then wait a week or so for results. So it's easy for somebody to find the arrest record and just assume you were guilty.", ">There's a reason he took the time to quote the clip rather than just linking it...\n\nIt's from the article that's probably why..... Also see you didn't *take the time* to read the article.", "If someone is possessing a decently large amount of a drug, even if it's for personal consumption, cops can misconstrue this as selling, especially if they find cash on your person or other \"paraphernalia\" such as baggies, scales, etc.", "Found guilty of not having enough money, very common offense in the US it would seem.", "what does this mean, exactly? what's this cardassian I don't get the reference", "Should include *never unbuckle* unless told to do so or are requested to get out. If you unbuckle, you have given a cop a great reason to cite you. Whether or not you had it on.\n\nI remember a video posted years ago a woman unbuckled to reach for her documents from the glove box before the cop came up. As she conversed with him, he mentioned she was unbuckled and ended up writing her a ticket for it even though she was buckled prior. Her interior facing dash cam helped her case significantly.\n\nEdit: I found the thread. But the video is gone now. https://www.reddit.com/r/amifreetogo/comments/7wamti/_/\n\nLuckily, this channel has a copy https://youtu.be/wAqaGewmC70", "He should have been fired and fined.", "0.08 is the ceiling for impairment, not the floor. Once you blow 0.08, that’s when the officer loses all wiggle room and it’s automatically deemed impaired and you MUST be charged. Some states have laws distinguishing the difference between DUI and DWI at 0.08 and 0.04 BAC, but as long as there’s any alcohol in your system you’re at risk of being deemed impaired", "Here's the thing. The state doesn't have the time or resources to try everyone in court. The great majority of people charged with crimes are in fact guilty and plea deals are often the best option all around. \n\nFor instance let's say you are charged with petty theft and are accused of stealing groceries. There's a video of you clearly taking steaks out of your cart and putting them in the bag without ringing them up. There's a video of you walking out the front door and being confronted by an officer and a store manager and pulling $50 worth of steaks out of your bags. You might says, \"oops I forgot to pay\" or whatever but any jury that sees the video will convict you.\n\nYou were arrested and spent the night in jail before you posted $100 to bail out. You have no criminal history. It takes several weeks to a month for the state to process all of your paperwork and get the video from the store into evidence and to your attorney for them to review. Maybe the state sees all this and knows they can get a conviction but to save time for bigger fish they offer a conviction, restitution (paying the grocery store back), and court cost deal.\n\nYour PD reviews it and makes an appointment to discuss your options. They show you the video and suggest you take the plea deal. You should. It will save you time and money and potentially shield you from jail time. What's the point of going to trial?\n\nThe plea gets you a better outcome and it saves the state money and time. It's a win win all around. This is what 90+% of plea deals look like.\n\nPublic defenders DO NOT want you to lose in a trial. They DO NOT want you to accept guilty pleas when you aren't guilty. If you are wronged most of them want to fight in court for you. They live for that shit.", "My friend's father in law got arrested for a DUI. Blew under the limit at the station and when he asked why he was still getting a DUI, he was told it's up to the officer's discretion to determine if they are intoxicated enough to not be driving. I think he got it removed later in court, but they still slapped him with a DUI the day of the incident", "Late to the party but this happened to me. The police report said the justification for my arrest was a green film on my tongue that indicated I had been smoking weed. Had to pay a lawyer $5000 to tell the judge to drop the charges because even though my blood test came back negative for every testable drug including caffeine, I was still prosecuted under \"suspicion of drug use that couldn't be tested for\". Case was dismissed with prejudice after a whole year, but the cop was never questioned or punished.", ">no serious lender is going to lend you serious money with unproven credit history, so you need to start off small.\n\nHere it's mostly exclusively based on your income and maybe your insurance (e.g. they can demand that you have a high enough life insurance). If you loan for a house or a car they will also normally take collateral in those. Even first time home buyers are able to take a multi million dollar loan if their income is high enough.\n\nIt's only if you don't pay back your loan that you can be put in a national registry that will practically ban you from getting loans (and we are not talking about missing a single payment here - this will only happen if you completely ignore your creditor).\n\nIt's not that I necessarily think that credit score is an inherently bad system, but I don't understand that taking a loan you don't use or need for anything and just repaying it proves that you will pay back a larger loan that you actually need.", "\"All other cops will defend him\" you don't need to say corrupt. The 1000+ videos over the last 2 years from all 50 states show that just about every single cop will always defend their own first", "Just two weeks ago I got a speeding ticket from a state trooper who was camping where the speed limit changed from 55 to 40. They have no interest in protecting law abiding citizens. They’re parasites.", "I was a cop for a brief time. My training officer had field sobriety and drug recognition expert training. \n\nOne night, we get dispatched to near the county line. A deputy from one county over stopped someone suspected of DUI. We take over the stop, and do a field sobriety test and PBT (basically a portable breathalyzer.) Negative reading on alcohol, passed the field sobriety test. Trainer said there was no evidence of drug impairment, either. We turned the guy loose. Of course the prick who pulled him over had a \"DUI Arrest Award\" pin. Way to keep the streets safe, chief.\n\nSome departments do things right. Most don't. Kinda left me jaded towards law enforcement.", "This is a glimpse of fascism in a police state.", "I'm a total amateur on this. Not a lawyer, nor have I ever been defendant. But this seems like great advice if you're actually guilty and are looking for the best possible outcome. Then, sure, the PD's relationships and their collective desire to wrap up cases smoothly will get you some concessions. \n\nBut if I'm accused of something I didn't do? I'd want my lawyer beating the piss out of the state without worrying about upsetting a friend.", "People get stuck under stacking charges. Something simple you think would be a single charge ends up being a dozen separate charges. This is done intentionally to dissuade people from going to trial. They show you a devastating potential outcome then throw you what appears to be a lifeline by letting you plead to a single charge and avoid the trial. Even for innocent people it becomes incredibly hard to turn down. You could go to trial and end up in jail losing years of your life or accept a plea that results in probation. Honestly, who wants to roll the dice?", "Classic overreach by law enforcement. This guy fells the need to be relevant imo.", "Whoa, delaying formal charges until blood comes back? I'm never ever ever driving through cobb county Georgia.", "I’m trying to imagine a world in which I go to work, say terrible racist shit, and then I’m like “okay okay, I’ll just retire. Don’t fire me”. And I get to keep my pension and likely medical and all that other shit on the taxpayer’s dime. \n\nFuck this whole system.", "It’s all relative and it’s clear Europe doesn’t have the same problems with the police as ‘Murica does.", "Question is though, is the cop the issue, or is it how he's trained? If he's trained to recognize BS as drug impairment, perhaps it's the training at fault not the cop himself?", "Implied consent usually applies to the breathalyzer test, not the field sobriety test. As stated above, they are two different things.", "I'm wondering if his divorce had anything to do with the embarrassingly relevant parts.", "Asshole is still getting pension", "I was afraid something like this was going to happen to me. I was driving home after a work trip through New Jersey but I had a horrible migraine. I had thrown up earlier in the day and just wanted to get home. I was definitely driving poorly with my cars lane drifting warnings going off. I eventually got to a rest stop so I could rest and try to nap but I thought i was definitely going to get pulled over. I don’t drink and I’ve never smoked weed.", "Don't worry. He'll get his full pension.", "More arrests for cannabis each year then every violent crime. We've had the controlled substance act for longer than we've had the voting rights act. If you haven't lived this experience or don't care to act on behalf of everyone who does then fuck you.", "The public defender is a relatively new concept, 50’s or 60’s I think when the US started it. Before that, you were screwed royally, now, slightly less.", "If we want to blame something, blame the system for not doing a better job teaching protocol and ethics to cops. Some of them are just doing what they’re told. It’s like teachers not straying from the curriculum and literally teaching by the books. Blame the ones in charge.", "Cops are literal monsters meant to make civilians lives hard and generate cash flow for the city at the expense of the poorest citizens.\n\nI hate cops with every fiber of my being. I pray there’s some big revolution against them so it can be open season on murdering cops. They literally all deserve cruel death for the generational suffering they have been executing on the people of America. There are no good cops they all deserve torturous death.", "When you get pulled over all you got to do is asked why am I being pulled over. I don’t want to discus my day am I being detained or am I free to go if your being detained plea the 5th and shut the fuck up.", "So basically every cop in the country.", "I thought it was obviously sarcasm from the text. I kinda doubt OP was trying to mislead. 🤷‍♀️", "Had a friend who got popped for a DUI after leaving a bar she'd been at for about an hour and had 1 beer while there. Passed all of the sobriety tests they gave her and blew under the limit. Cop said she swerved, reason enough to pull her over and take a blood test. Guess what? She tested positive for weed because she smoked the night previously at her apartment. Cost her almost 10k by the time it was all said and done. She fought it in court and caught the cop saying how he was going to arrest her regardless. Only reason why she got out of it.", "I couldn’t believe what the hearing officer was saying to me. You could just tell she hated men with a passion. \n\nI honestly felt like that dude who got arrested for wearing a helmet in Walmart. Was unable to defend myself and was just being abused. \n\nI didn’t even look at a woman let alone date one for about 2 years was just too afraid that some stupid shit could happen like that again.", "Star Trek kangaroo court", "Uhhhh this video is 30 minutes long and I have other places to scroll to", "Where were you scrolling from and where are you headed to so quickly?", "As someone capable of understanding sarcasm, the cop was clearly referring to the trope that the police enjoy killing black people in a facetious way. As in, \"Are you scared of me because of what you see on social media? Well no need to worry then, because only black people get murdered since we're racist. /s\" Doesn't make what he said any less unprofessional or deserving of being fired, but it's still not the overt \"racism\" that you're acting like it is. Just a cop being self-righteous because all these Conservative types have a persecution complex.", "Ruining peoples lives, then getting the rest of his life financially secured.\n\nThere will be no justice found within the Judicial system. Look for extra-judicial means, because he does not deserve peace of mind.", "Blackstone ratio, it has a cool name too. Thank you for that.\n\nIt baffles me how someone thought incentives for more more arrests are a good idea. That's like hiring Quality Control and telling them they will get a bonus for each piece of product they throw out.", "Ehh, I doubt everyone has the same level of bodily control at various levels of BAC. There's probably folks who pose an extreme danger even at 0.01%.", "That's not at all what \"E4 Mafia\" means.", "It is a reference to a Star Trek race of beings (Cardassians) that are fascist in nature and if you are charged with a crime, you are guilty and there is no real way to prove your innocence. There is no real legal counsel because even your \"lawyer\" is against you and is there to get a confession out of you. It is a brutal and unfair system that is well known in the Star Trek universe for being the most unforgiving system of \"justice\" in the Alpha Quadrant.", "Because it is and the poster is incorrect. All evidence must be submitted before trial upon request.", "If you're getting pulled over, the cop already has the evidence needed to give you a citation. Honestly, your best bet is to be honest and friendly. \n\nLying or being a dick literally won't get you anywhere.", "Happened to a friend of mine, who got a DUI on her record as a designated driver in Texas. She had never even had a drink of alcohol at that point in her life. She was just helping some friends get home from a party, being the responsible one.", "Chad has more time and money than all of us", "lol \"Our racism is okay because it's quiet and easy to ignore when you aren't brown\"", "One of my best friends from high school was arrested for 1st degree murder and a slew of other charges in a midnight raid by a fully-kitted up SWAT team, breaking down his parents’ doors & jumping through their windows, dragging him out of bed in his boxer shorts. It was all over the news because of the heinous nature of the crime & the associated death, the victim being a beloved & well-known member of the community.\n\nThe evidence that precipitated this arrest was a post on a rave BBS. Beyond that, my friend was acquainted with the victim. This acquaintance, and the fact that they were both male, may have influenced the opinions of police. That, however, was the sum total of the evidence. An anonymous post.\n\nHe was held for quite a while. Eventually, the actual killer was arrested, driving a stolen car full of stolen goods. His face - which bears no resemblance to my friend’s - is visible in the ATM video from when he used the victim’s cards.\n\nHe tortured the victim by sticking a hypodermic needle filled with various cleaning chemicals in his neck, that was apparently how he got his PIN.\n\nHe also admitted to making the post accusing my friend. It threw the cops off his trail & enabled him to continue his crime spree. He robbed my dad - yeah, the killer was a mutual friend, we all played VtM & DnD together. Some of the stuff he stole from my dad was in the car when he was arrested.\n\nWhen my friend was finally released, the rest of us had graduated from high school - he had been on the Honors track, taking AP courses. He was addicted to opiates & meth when he got out. He moved into a housing project. Took some part time jobs, lost them pretty quickly. Most people in the area still knew him as that guy who tortured & murdered a person.\n\nHe died about 5 years ago.\n\nOfficially the cause of death was overdose.\n\nIf you ask me, what killed him was a dysfunctional legal system.\n\nI’d be lying if I claimed I don’t at least partially blame myself. I am the tie that binds them all together: The killer, my friend, the victim. I don’t know what I could have done differently though.\n\nThings like this and encounters I’ve had with police myself, including one where I was left on the side of the road in the middle of the night with the seats removed from my vehicle after an hours-long search for drugs, and another where I spent two nights in jail, plead guilty to a cooked-up charge, paid the fine, only to find out later that no record of these events can be found - not even during the course of an investigation for a TS clearance - along with the unending stream of videos of police acting with impunity to rob, imprison, beat, & kill people…\n\nThese are some of the reasons I hardly ever leave my house anymore unless I have to, and when I do I either use ridesharing, I walk, or if I have to drive I do so with white knuckles the entire time.\n\nI don’t like to think about how bad it would be for me if I weren’t a middle-class white male veteran. I know that this status has kept me from jail more than once. I mean, my dead friend was a middle-class white male honors student, and an internet post basically killed him.\n\nIf you haven’t had a bad experience with the cops yet, thank your lucky stars and know that it could happen at any time. I hope you survive it, and that it doesn’t damage your life too much. But you should know you’re not safe. Very, very few people are, and they’re only safe-ish because they’re very wealthy & famous.\n\nSo how about getting on board with police reform. Yes, it’s true that you may make it through your entire life without a bad experience with the police. You may even make it through life with nothing but *good* encounters with them. You won’t know until you die, though. Every day between now and then is another day when you might find yourself on the radar of a cop who’s having a bad day, and you can tell from the evidence before you what the possible ramifications of that can be.\n\nYou don’t want to find yourself regretting your opposition to reforms while you’re bleeding out on the pavement or sitting in a cell because an officer decided to put you in there & made up a reason to justify doing so. If you don’t think it can happen to you, you’re being willfully naïve - and I get it: Confronting the reality of policing in this country is difficult & terrifying. But there are hundreds, thousands of videos & articles which lay out the evidence of the rot at the core of the system, and the truth of this matter.\n\nPolice don’t make us safer if they deter crime and *also* assault, jail, & kill innocent people. I’m not saying we need anarchy, or to end law enforcement altogether. I’m saying that until police can no longer operate with impunity, any one of us could be the next victim - you are *not* safe from police abuse. Nobody is.\n\nThe system has been broken for a long time. Maybe it was *always* broken, I’ve seen evidence that makes this case rather convincingly. But there is no doubt at this point that things are utterly out of hand.\n\nFor everyone’s sake, at the very least vote for people who run on a platform of policing & justice reform. If you feel safe & empowered to do more, please do.", "Just be White lol", "Ok can we now say that they abuse their powers. Oh need to make quota on arrests, this person looks like they smoked weed. Who cares if it ruins their reputation. These police should have to pay back everything that these falsely accused have spent to clear their name. Not the city but the individuals officers.", "Yeah that's not how public defenders work at all.", "Actually no. DRE school is 2 months long. 40-60 hour weeks. Multiple tests and normally is instructed by a doctor. Nurses, doctors, paramedics, cops and some other professions attend these classes. Only about 20-30% of people can pass the final test. Need to evaluate 20 people and get all 20 evaluations correct.\n\nAlso you'd be an idiot not to take precautions for feytnal. If it gets in the air and you breath it in you can OD.", "That's only because if one does, they know they'll be harassed until they're almost forcibly removed.", "I suspect that if he's fired for some kind of misconduct, his cases can be re-opened and a lot of people can sue", "> and just repaying it proves that you will pay back a larger loan that you actually need.\n\nIt doesn't *prove* it, it's *an indicator*. Income and assets are a major factor here too.\n\nBut it sounds like that guy *doesn't have* a high income or high assets, so the next best thing would be to start building his credit with a history of responsibly paying off debt.\n\nTo be honest, basing it exclusively off income sounds like it would be *way* more restrictive. Here, if I don't make what the lender would consider typical income for a given loan size, I might still be able to get the loan by showing a solid history of responsible credit usage.\n\nAgain, this is not to say the system isn't without its flaws. There are *many*. I just don't think this is one of them.", "The US has the highest prison population on the planet, including in a total and on a per capita basis. So it's really not surprising the US justice system is absolute trash. Even if China imprisoned every other uyghur, the US would still surpass China in prison population. \n\nHonestly, when you look at the numbers and compare it to other countries it's shocking how many of their own citizens America locks up. \n\nP. S. Your current president supported legislation that filled up those prisons to the brim. So politicians are rewarded even when they promote the most hideous of policies. This won't change until the US voter is able to identify the many awful, awful politicians that are in government and remove them accordingly.", "That's some dystopian shit if I've ever heard it.", "I think he was trying to be sarcastic in that the officer did that in the videos.\n\n\"You are exhibiting signs that you have been smoking marijuana and based on my training you're going to jail.\"", "If you're ever in this situation, continuously request dismissal of the public defender if they aren't willing to act in your best interest or at a competent level. \n\nThe DA might drop the case if they have to argue against a skilled lawyer. DA's don't like to have losses on their stats.", "You're absolutely right, and I'm definitely in favor of the bail reforms we've seen, although certain states still have certain crimes that I feel shouldn't be granted release, like any crimes against children.", "My wife was involved in a car accident when she was in college. She was rear ended at a stop light. The cop wrote her a ticket for driving a black car at night.... The judge tossed the ticket but fuck the police.", "Yup that part was a glaring \"you've got to be fucking me\" moment.\n\nLike, we're the experts, not the experts at the lab, those experts get it wrong sometimes so trust us we're the experts. Oh did I just say you \"can't trust the experts, ***they*** can be wrong,\" and now you don't want to trust me as an expert? Let's let other experts see if that makes sense.\n\nFair question, next?\n\nProbably high fived some asshole in the hallway about how brilliant he thought he maneuvered in the interview too.", "TL:DW", "I could be wrong, but I feel like the loophole there is that rhe evidence would be provided to the defendents counsel. If it's a public defender, it just get filed away and there's no easy way for the defendant themselves to access it without first getting a hold of the public defender, which is unlikely to happen until trial, especially now.", "I'm a prosecutor - been prosecuting for around 10 years. I've worked on hundreds of DUI cases. I can confidently say that this officer is a piece of shit and I would dismiss every case with his name on it until he gets fired from the force. That being said, I am fortunate to have never worked with an officer like this during my career. \n\nWith regards to the MJ detecting field tests (Drug Recognition Examination) - its fairly clear from what I saw here that what this officer was doing falls extremely short of the standard for conducting a true field drug recognition examination. Regardless, DREs are not perfect at detecting the exact drug a person is affected by. I've had cases where the conclusion of the DRE is that the person is under the influence of a CNS depressant - then the toxicology comes back positive for Meth. In those cases, we generally hire a toxicologist / pharmacologist to testify regarding the levels of meth in the person's system and how the symptoms showing CNS depressant in the field show that the person was coming down from a meth high.\n\nI routinely seek advice from a toxicologist on DUI drug cases. I'm fortunate to work in a jurisdiction that pays for such services because justice is more important than cheap work. The toxicologist often tells me that certain fact patterns simply do not support the charge of DUI. I'm also fortunate to work with law enforcement agencies who are willing to listen to our prosecutors office and NOT make arrests on close call cases - but to gather evidence and wait for toxicology results BEFORE we (the prosecutor's office) make a charging decision. \n\nFinally, some folks in this comment section have commented on getting arrested for BAC results where their BAC was lower than the legal limit. My state has a specific statute which prohibits such arrests UNLESS there is suspicion of drug use in conjunction with the alcohol use. At that point, the officer would get a blood sample, get the person a safe ride home, and route the case to my office for screening BEFORE making a charging decision.", "My training tells me that your impatience is clearly a sign that you are hepped up on goofballs.", "Could the false charge be in.... Falls Church VA :D? I'll see myself out.", "This is bullshit and this guy should be kicked off the force.", "Even if they sue, it would just come out of the taxpayers' pockets.\n\nI have been a firm believer that if we stop paying these fees from tax coffers and instead charge the police unions, this shit will clean itself up.\n\nMilitary bootcamp style. No one person fucked up, you all did. That one person continually making the rest pay for it, will get a blanket party.\n\nUnions don't like paying fees, union members typically don't like paying union fees. You make those fees go up, the union fees will go up.. everyone get pissed. The good guys will stop defending the bad apples.", "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.", "Yeah honestly I’ve never really appreciated a piece of journalism like that one", "What a piece of shit.", "This is evidence that cops are just power hungry and trying to meet some quota. Ridiculous!", "there are so many situations i see go bad with cops because people can't just pretend to respect them for like 5 mins to get the fuck out of there.", "If you're still having to imagine that, you've been living under a rock for more than a decade.\n\nBlue pill or Red pill? Choose wisely.", "If they didn’t have me already, the “Unclear and upside down” crystal ball scene got me to be.", ">So 10 minutes before trial is fine\n\nI have absolutely no idea why you would say this. That is 100% fucking wrong. Edit your comment", "Fuck the police", "Fake news", "> If you have a firearm on you, tell them that before you do anything—the caveat being you may or may not be legally required to tell them depending on your state.\n\nhanding them your ccw license with your drivers is a good idea.", "“Legendary DUI task force” is an oxymoron", "It's amazing how much negative impact one police officer can have on people's lives when that officer is corrupt with power. Fuck Officer T.T. Carroll. \"Best trained\" my fucking ass. Makes me question the training itself.", "I don't doubt there are officers out there who make arrest decisions for the prestige of having the most DUI arrests or whatever. That's tragic and the system incentivizing that type of behavior should be challenged. As a prosecutor, I work in a jurisdiction where those types of incentive systems are rarely utilized. I can only loosely speak for the law enforcement agencies because I work closely with them - that they don't award officers for number of arrests. As for my office, I work with approximately 80 other prosecutors. We track our cases and trial wins and losses. However, we do this to ensure quality in the prosecutors trying cases and to make sure that the right kinds of cases are going to trial. One of the most successful prosecutors in my office has had plenty of wins in her career - but she has also had many losses. Fortunately, my boss doesn't care about the win/loss ratio except as a gauge of how we as an officer are doing justice.", "Just to make sure you're avoiding the correct area, Cobb County is an Atlanta suburb and isn't in southern Georgia.", "Firstly, Georgia needs to legalize recreational marijuana. It doesn't even need mentioning that it is already pervasive and the state can get valuable tax dollars out of the regulated sale of marijuana.\n\nSecondly, a person should not be considered under arrest and a record should not be made of their arrest or even detention u til the drug test comes back positive. This is utter nonsense what the Cobb county officer was doing.", "And what about the ones who know full well what they're doing? I strongly suspect that the mass majority of cops like this know they're in the wrong, but do it anyway. If you want to see an example get pulled over on i90 by Idaho state cops...", "I’ve got a banana record to break", "He edited his comment.", "I believe VA is lose your license for a year for refusal. I think once you get to the station then they take blood or breathalyzer. I’ve seen dui videos from lawyers that say to refuse cause this could give you time to get it out of your system. But yea even if I was innocent and couldn’t perform a sobriety test for let’s say a disability I’d still lose my job if I lost my license for a year. Shitty way to con people into a test they can’t pass if they have a disability/ or just lose your job in the process.", "Have a dash camera in your car that also records the interior of the car. This is good for insurance purposes and documentation of interactions on the road wether that be with law enforcement or other motorists.", "Ohhh wait...yeah Crisp County is what I hate! That video played out almost identically to my interaction I just went into a blind rage...time to edit that slightly.", "I don't believe in bullying but I think we can make an exception with this dumbass....", "I smile and act like I’m happy to see them and then when they start asking questions I say, “I’m happy to volunteer some information - my name, what I’m upto, etc - but as a matter of principle I know you’ve got a job to do and so I politely choose not to answer any questions, please. Thank you for understanding.”\n\nAnd then they usually say something like, “Why don’t you wanna answer any questions?”\n\nAnd here you could say “well, the internet tells me that it’s safer for both of us if I dont,” but my favorite answer is to smile really big and say “because God bless America, that’s why.” \n\nFull disclosure: I have veterans tags, so YMMV. Good luck out there.", "I've never wanted to punch someone as much as I do right now. What a cunt.", "I have, usually from passing cars tho. I find other little ways to hurt them when i know I wont get caught. 3 mountain bike tires popped in 5 years!", "In every country across the world, it is almost always the local investigative journalist who uncovers hidden but impactful stories like this. Truly they are the ones keeping the democratic spirit alive.", "Ok. I'm not American and not familiar with the abbreviation. That is horrible you went through all that, I'm very sorry. What happened with the girl? Diddly squat?", "She was shielded from all responsibility, as were all of my hassasers.", "The punchline, they get more money doing it this way. Plus, they have to type it all up on the 1955 typewriter. Then they hand deliver it by pony express....then.", "And this is why cops get such a bad rep around Reddit...when something negative occurs with police officers....1000's of upvotes and to the front page!", "This shit was too infuriating to watch the whole way through. Does anyone have a TLDR of what happened to the three innocent drivers in the end?", "over here you get out of the car and meet the officer half way,\n\nive been told that would get me killed in the US of A", "IF this is one of Cobb counties best officers YOU need to stay out of that county! This is totally ridiculous. It sounds like he just likes to jail people.", "An inherent feature of the government.\n\nThis always happens where the government is most overreaching.\n\nAlways protected by the police unions and the politicians like you can expect.", "Every now and again they'll ask the tough questions. A lot of times though they are essentially allowed to report on what the local administration okays.", "Just another day in shithole America.", "I know a guy who’s pretty versed in bird law", "Which is not a fireable offense if he's talking with his buddies at a ballgame. But there's no place for that in the midst of a traffic stop and demonstrates he doesn't understand the seriousness of the profession.", "Cop says no magical drug test as he administers a magical drug test. Fuck you. Buy and carry a ‘Point of Care’ drug screen. Keep it in your car and when this shitbag pulls you over say, I got a drug screen right here.", "The actual lesson is don't drink and drive. Not that difficult.", "This kind of pseudoscience bullshit that gives incompetent morons the power to make wild assumptions that greatly affect the lives of others is shameful. That program needs to be dissolved, no questions asked.", "a free tip from a European for the Americans: Use breathalyzers and drug tests. Those wont lie about the result. We've been using them since the 90's.", "Give away nothing but don't lie.", "I am a sales manager and ”free drinks” are granted and a norm. So I Bought a good breathalyzer so I can be really sure that I don’t DYI morning after. 200€ well spent.", "Agreed. Look, I'm not saying anyone should take legal advice from Wikipedia, but... this summary of the *Brady* rule isn't awful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_disclosure", "Not even going to visit anymore. I love the Northeast. Fuck that cop.", "**[Brady disclosure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_disclosure)** \n \n >Brady disclosure consists of exculpatory or impeaching information and evidence that is material to the guilt or innocence or to the punishment of a defendant. The term comes from the 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland, in which the Supreme Court ruled that suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to a defendant who has requested it violates due process. Following Brady, the prosecutor must disclose evidence or information that would prove the innocence of the defendant or would enable the defense to more effectively impeach the credibility of government witnesses.\n \n^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/videos/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)", "One thing I think about is sometimes I sleep wrong and get a kink or pinched nerve idk, where I don’t walk right or I’d say don’t walk normal,from the pain. Imagine taking a dui test and trying to explain that to a cop. They’d be like yea you’re on drugs cause you failed you have to prove that in court.", "We do, you prick. The cop knew that if he used one, it would blow clean.", "I was in a situation like that one night after leaving my then girlfriend's place that was close to a bar. Below freezing temps, made a turn past the bar and my rear end slid a bit, I was driving a truck and hit some ice. Minor maybe 1 foot of lateral swingout. Cop saw this and pulled me over \"saying I lost control of my vehicle while leaving a bar.\"\n\nSame old bullshit, cop says he can smell alcohol in my vehicle and my breath and to please step out (I wasn't drinking nor have I ever drank in my truck). I was in jeans, a t-shirt, and sandals. Cop asks if there is any reason medically why I can't perform the field sobriety test and I say, \"yeah it's 12 degrees outside, I'm pretty much barefoot and in a t-shirt, so I'm shaking a lot and it's hard to spin on one foot while wearing them.\" I wanted every detail to at least be on record.\n\nAnyway, I pass the whole test regardless, and they let me go. But gave me a warning for \"departing the lane of travel,\" (or whatever it's called). I've never stared at someone with so much malcontent in my gaze, emotions, and thoughts, than I have right then and there.\n\nI'm not a violent person, but man did I want to harm that individual.....\n\nI asked what made him think I was drunk. Get this, he said, \"when you keep your head straight but tried to focus on my pen during the vision test, at the edge of your vision your eyes were shaking.\" Apparently while impaired your eye muscles twitch at the extreme limit of turning them in your head. I said, \"wow, so you knew that when you said you smelled alcohol on me and before the test was even administered? Sounds to me like you fabricated probable cause for DUI.\" His reply was I did that myself when I \"crossed the lane.\" \n\n\"Bro, there isn't even a line painted on the fucking road and I hit ice at 5 MPH making a turn. Feel free to follow me the rest of the way home and try to find anything else to pad your bruised ego with.\"\n\nBased on the looks his partner was giving me I thought he agreed with me and he thought this guy was an asshole. \n\nI get so annoyed when a cop gives a warning when you did nothing wrong and they feel like they did you a favor. Yes officer, I am so thankful for this complete waste of my time and my personal belittlement. I have been honored with your presence during this interaction.", "Everyone shitting on the arresting officer and the chief and the pd, but nobody wagging a finger at their masters? This is MADD. MADD has been chipping away the rights of citizens for decades.", "Yeah, I was on the shitter and didn't want to be that weird guy watching YouTube videos with audio in a public bathroom with someone next to me trying to pinch a loaf in peace. \n\nI'm sure someone else will link it.", "Something kind of similar happened to my partner. He was driving home at night. We didn't live in the safest neighborhood at the time, and a cop tried to pull him over. I don't remember the exact reason. But my partner had never been pulled over before, it was late, he was scared. So he drove, carefully, until he found a well-lit area before pulling over. The cops like berated him. They made him get out of his car and searched it up and down for drugs because they said he was acting suspicious. They asked him why he wouldn't pull over immediately. He was pretty shook up about it at the time, because they were pretty aggressive with him.\n\nLuckily, he didn't get charged with anything. He just got a lecture about how he wasn't allowed to drive to a safe place, and that that rule was for women, not men. Which, of course, is silly, but what're you gonna do when you've got like 3 cops coming at you in the middle of the night?", "Wrong.", "It says 85% success rate but does that mean anyone who had any trace in their system from the last 30 days? I'd wager actual impairment is MUCH lower at maybe 25% but people test hot from the fact it's in your system so long and there's not much recourse after to fight it", "Best advice I can ever give anyone for dealing with cops is don't talk to them. If they want to arrest you they'll arrest you, no amount of talk can change that. If you're being held in custody you have the right to remain silent and don't have to say anything. If you believe you're not \"in custody\" aka not being allowed to leave by the cops, you have to vocally state you are invoking your 5th amendment right to remain silent when they ask you questions.", "We really need to start doing something with the names of these officers or they'll just keep doing it.", "Sure didn't. Already familiar with the details of the incident being discussed. This is old news.\n\nThat's how I knew what really happened.", "\"I didn't realize that you could get arrested for something that you didn't do, until it happened to me.\"\n\nPeople of color: *surprised pikachu face*", "Whether or not that was his intention, he _did_ mislead people. Read the message I replied to from the European guy being surprised racism is still so alive and well in the US.\n\n> Holy. Fucking. Shit. As a European, seeing racism still \"alive and well\" amongst government sanctioned (and protected) law-enforcement in 2021 is just mind-boggling.", "you lose your license if you refuse a field test in many many states", "We have his name. Be the change you want to see in the world.", "Some family friends of mine, both black teenage males, were driving to babysit their nephew for the evening. Suddenly, they were pulled over by an army of cops and arrested for murder. Turns out a drug deal had gone bad several towns over and they were, apparently, the first black men the police came across. They got thrown in jail for months, interrogated, etc.\n\nWell, plot twist, their older brother is a well-known international pop star. He hired some of the most feared defense lawyers in the country. The idiot small-town cops didn’t know what hit them. First thing they did was dig up phone location data to show that the brothers were no where near the scene of the crime. They also pointed out that they drove a completely different make, model, color, and style of car then the one the cops were looking for. \n\nShortly after, they were released and charges dropped. I believe they’re also suing, as they should.\n\nWhile this story has a happy ending, you really shouldn’t need to have a rich and famous family member hire fancy lawyers to defend you from bogus murder charges from racist cops. The whole thing is infuriating.", "Mothers Against Drunk Driving?", "Yup, considering you can take an ingestible and it stays in your system for what, days, weeks? Well, look at the Tylenol PM guy, same situation.", "You all seem to demand inhuman levels of perfection from peace officers, yet likely don't hold yourselves to the same level of perfection. \n\nIt's easy to judge yourself by your intentions and someone else by their actions.", "The democrats would except Joe Manchin and maybe Kirsten Sinema.", "Yeah, but in a good let's be cynical about everyone and everything kind of way.", "can't you demand a breathalyzer test when you are pulled over like this?", "THis is why they will all burn in hell. If only I believed in it. That's why we need vigilantes.", "Police cannot prevent or solve real crimes so the war on drugs is just busywork and a way to justify police budgets.", "Cobb County PD are truly a bunch of dickheads. My 15 year old cousin was arrested in her bikini for riding passenger seat with a friend they *suspected* of DUI. No one was found to be under the influence and my uncle was ready to fucking FIGHT those cops when he picked her up", "Right? If only the shit argument \"dont do anything wrong and you have nothing to fear\" were actually true. \n\nBaffles me that people think \"oh a cop says it it must be true\".", "big difference between the local newspaper and CNN/Fox/NYT/WaPo", "> and opening your glovebox and things before the cop approaches your car, you're going to make them nervous\n\nThis is why I recommend having all your paperwork in the sun visor not the glove box. you should have everything pre-assembled, including your license, so it's all of 2 seconds to grab and doesn't look like you're doing a bunch of fishing around. And you want to be able to reach your license without having to put your hands where the cop can't see them (as people do when their wallet is still in their pocket)", "\"Assault\" \n\nOkay pal.", "Dude should be in jail. Wait a minute....did he swerve a bit...he needs to have his life ruined because I feel like he must be impaired...and it is definitely pot because I can sense the chemicals in the blood.", "The fucking traffic fines in AZ are ridiculous. \n\n350$ fine and an 8 hour driving class (to keep the points off my license) for not coming to a complete stop while taking a right at a stop sign. \n\nI was new to the state, and that wouldn't have even been enough cause to pull someone over where I grew up.\n\nAnd yet, all these fucking insane fines and penalties dont appear to do anything to stop all the accidents I see down here.", "What did they charge you with?", "Do you mean are culture is tipping, thats insane or is tipping people money insane? Either way you're rite. The lunatics are running the asylum.", "And that doesn't include normal discovery.", "The media in its current state suffers from a dearth of investigative journalism and a surplus of narrative-pushing propaganda. See: Kyle Rittenhouse/Nick Sandmann & CNN, MSNBC, just about any major media outlet. It's actually convenient you mention #45 because \"Russia collusion\" was shown to be entirely bunk and actual investigations are revealing what was widely-reported by sub-mainstream media from the start - Hillary & Co. funded the completely-phony dossier that prompted the investigation. Lying to the FISA court, falsifying/changing emails... Where was, hell, where *is* the investigative journalism there?\n\nSo Trump knowing it to be a lie grills the media outlets that are reporting it as gospel truth. Can't say I blame him.\n\n\\* propaganda goes both ways too, but the most egregious I can think of are the cases above and other hits such as \"Fiery but mostly peaceful protests\" and \"Summer of Love CHAZ/CHOP.\" And many more! I hope it's a limited-time offer, because the shit's getting really old.\n\nAh fuck I've gone and posted the truth on a main sub. Race ya to the bottom!\n\n\\*2 for his 2 - lmao \"Trump is literally Hitler!\" meme in full play. You know who else breathed air?? HiTlEr! Just because Trump was pissed at the press for outright lying about him and accusing him of committing crimes he didn't doesn't make him LiTEraLlY HiTlEr!", "Wow surprise surprise u try making a drug test for natural substances and the tests come back fucked up🤯", "Yeah, because if I make a mistake at my job, it means someone might not get the right email at the right time. \n\nWhen officers make mistakes, it can derail someone's life, sometimes permanently, and the officer just lives on as normal without a care in the world. \n\nDo you even realize the post this thread is on?", "It feels like this has been completely turned on it's head by fear mongering politics. At this point I feel like half of Americans would be okay with 100 innocent people suffering, if it means they get to **punish** the 1 \"bad person\" they are targeting.", "This shit pissed me off. Kinda wish there was some batman out there teaching these trash low life cops a lesson", "Snapple Fact: All good old boys clubs are typically an excuse for them all to bang the shit out of eachothers butt holes at least once a week.", "You’ll notice I specifically used “investigative” journalists. The vast majority of what is placed on local news - TV in particular - is fluff, corporate PR or policymaker regurgitation, sadly. But there are lots of reasons for that that are outside the scope of this conversation. We need to support and promote the investigative stuff and demand it from our media outlets.", ">Where I'm from the majority of people hate racism\n\nLol, SURE they do. What an infantile thing to say.", "And then you motion to compel answers to discovery because \"Judge, they are playing games.\"\n\nNo, seriously, they can't do that. They can try, sure, but there are remedies.\n\nAnd guess what one of them is:\n\n\"Your honor, we request a continuance because the prosecution still has no answered discovery requests.\"", "In PA, they can’t make you do anything in the field. Pre arrest breath test. \n\nThe station breathalyzer is what I was talking about.", "Where I am, if you blow between .05 and .08 you would actually lose your license for 3 days. If you do it again within 5 years it jumps to 7 then to 30", "I fucking hate the Police in the United States. It's one in a million when you come across a good one. It's a legal mafia at this point.", "Ohhh, okay.\n\nHe just needs to language more, then XD.", ">Just pay your credit cards on time.\n\nWhy didn't I think of that!?!? \n\nWhen you are living paycheck to paycheck due to a substantial reduction in wages, a single unexpected expense can be enough to fuck everything up.\n\nIn a perfect world, when I was laid off I would have had 6 months worth of savings to cover me and I'd bounce back to my previous income level before my savings ran out.\n\nIn the real world, I lost my job and the best I could find at the time was $13.50 an hour, I had to lean on public aid to make ends meet. I took night classes while working during the day, got a degree and slowly clawed my way back up. 13 years later I am just now back to what my income was before I got laid off. And that's not accounting for inflation or 40k in student loans. Luckily I'm only a couple years away from having those wiped out by the PSLF program.\n\nMy credit is fucked but at least my family has kept roof over their head and food to eat.\n\nLiving the American dream...", "yep, fuck the police", "I think you misheard. All cops are bad, not cops have it all bad.", "This is why it is a mistake for any police agency to have a DUI task force. This guy has to arrest people for DUI every day. That's why he is considered highly rated. That's why he's promoted. \n\nHe arrests people. Conviction doesn't matter. Innocence doesn't matter. Evidence doesn't matter. Civil rights do not matter. \n\nIf you are a hammer everything in the world is a nail.", "[This site](https://www.theiacp.org/how-to-become-a-drug-recognition-expert) claims two weeks (16h + 56h) and seems to be quite a bit less restrictive on its success criteria.", "Because there is no accountability or consequences.", "But remember, it's demoncrats who want to start an authoritarian police state by... Taking authoritative power away from police? Hold on a second...", "Do not speak to the police, their only job is to fine & arrest you.", "They all black surprise surprise lol FUCK THE COPS, fuck white America", "To be fair it sounds like he's got a lot more problem people in his life than the cop.", "I'm reminded of that 4 letter acronym about all cops.", "You have the right to refuse a field sobriety test. Do not comply with the police, film everything!", "Indeed \n\nhttps://youtu.be/jabLqexylbA", "You smell like Nationalism.", "MADD is an evil, for profit, racist, corporation. \n\nNever forget that.", "They aren't supposed to conspire with the prosecutor or lie to you, the court etc but it happened on camera and I'm sure it has happened before and will continue to happen.\n \n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ySfSsxJJ4Y", "One of the initial 3 was a black man. It seemed to go same way as the white woman and the black woman. All 3 of them disagreed but complied with commands.\n\nLet's not make this about race, when it's clearly, always and again, about the same old thing, money.", "> throw in a \"am I free to go now officer?\n\nYeah, those always make me laugh in the compilations.", "America 😕", "Reason #7842 why I renounced my ID citizenship over 20 years ago and have never once regretted the decision.", "dude. germany has a huge problem with racist officials. The difference is that germany has been known to publicly fire them.", "My brother is disabled.\n\nHe doesn't speak well (very slurred), his eyes have had multiple surgeries and don't open or close all the way (so he looks stoned if you aren't willing to pay attention to all the scars), and he has extremely poor muscle control in his chest - meaning he cannot take or blow deep breaths.\n\nHe got pulled over years ago for a tail light being out, I think - the cop immediately assumed he was drunk or stoned, and when he couldn't actually do the breathalyzer, they said he refused. In our state, if you refuse the blow test, you get an AUTOMATIC NO DISCUSSIONS 6 month license suspension.\n\nIt has been almost two decades and I still get uncontrollable rage thinking about the absolute cruelty of the situation. The embarrassment he felt when he already struggles heavily with his self image, and the frustration at not being believed. \n\nNot to mention - despite the fact his blood test showed NO INTOXICATION, doctors getting involved, and his lawyers best efforts - he STILL couldn't get his license back for the full 6 months, which greatly impacted his independence and employment.\n\nI still want to cause bodily harm to anyone that makes me brother feel like shit due to health circumstances that he most certainly didn't fucking ask for.\n\nNow I am in hulk mode all over again.", "Police are terrorists.", "I love living in Europe, shit man.", ">the driver pretended to be in fear of his life for simply being pulled over. \n\nI'm pretty terrified every time I have to interact with police and I have nothing to hide. Who wouldn't be? Some guy who was a straight C high school student has the power to end or ruin your life. And as we see in this video, many choose to.", "Ah yes, Georgia. Such a charming state.", "Why would being an champion of the Irish singer from U2 help get free legal help ?", "two kinds of guys become cops, highschool bullies who want to continue ruining other people's lives, or people who were bullied in highschool who want to take revenge on innocent people", "I agree with you, I do, wholeheartedly. However, this is then cause for them to take you away to perform blood tests. Most people when presented with this and know they have nothing to hide, go along with the field test so they don't lose a whole evening of their lives at a police station and/or hospital...", "Can we maybe get some MODs to take this comment down. It is patently false. \n\nIn every state in the USA, prosecution is required to turn over all evidence during discovery. They are required to provide witness and exhibit lists well in advance of trial. There are no surprises at trials in real life, unless someone committed perjury, or I guess maybe malpractice by counsel. \n\n​\n\nThis guy is confused, lost, and just plain wrong.", "They are. Every state, every court, every case.", "Ruined? What are you even talking about?", "They didn't mention at all what it was, she could have been selling anything, drugs, guns, imported fruits.\n\nRemember to read more so the weed doesn't rot your mind as fast.", "Most Americans would say that they hate racism too. The issue for many is the struggle to identify what racism actually looks like, and unwillingness to see it in ourselves/our community. The mentality that if it's not overt, it doesn't exist. Most Americans wouldn't go around saying something like \"black people are bad\" because they would be shamed to oblivion just like in your country. Remember that the police officer that caused your initial comment was forced to retire to avoid termination due to his overtly racist comments.\n\n​\n\nThat said, many of these same people do make more subtle racist comments and decisions while harboring fear or anger towards specific groups. Mentalities like, \"Black people just need to ditch the drugs and gangs, and actually work hard at an honest job if they're so upset. I'm tired of people trying to act like we're racist when that's not it at all. I'm not racist and neither is anyone I know. We just value hard work.\" And to be clear, my hands aren't clean either. Lord knows I've said and thought things in the past that I'm not proud of, and while I can't change that, I can do my best to listen to others and recognize when I need to improve. Chances are everyone commenting on hear is far from perfect, even if they wouldn't admit it, and yes that includes non Americans. We can't expect other people to recognize their faults and improve their mindset if we're not willing to do the same ourselves.", "I took my belt off once when I got pulled over so I'd have my license and insurance ready. The cop REALLY wanted to give me a seat belt ticket. Such trash.", "What the fuck are you talking about? Reading comprehension is your friend.", ">Are you seriously suggesting that it's an advantage to take on unnecessary debt\n\nThey didn't suggest this at all. They said to use their card and pay it off at the end of every month. You don't lose a penny doing this, in fact you mostly gain money through cash back or rewards. And most importantly, it improves your credit score, which makes any future loans you may take out a lower interest rate. The key here of course is always paying the card off in full at the end of the month.", "Has to be loud and dramatic, actually. \n\nPRO-BONO!\n\nMaybe do some crazy Cosmo Kramer body movements or something.", "To be fair, you seem like a judgemental prick. Best of luck out there.", "Especially for Marijuana, which is notorious for how long it remains in the body compared to how long the effects last.\n\nLike, it's more likely to have them and not be impaired than being high without them.", "So those cops see things that are not real? I believe that's a drug abuse.", "US voters can identify the awful politicians, it's easy, just throw a dart in congress and it will hit one. The problem is that we are ultimately given a choice to vote for awful politician A or *really* awful politician B. I can't recall the last time I actually voted *for* someone in a general election, it's always a vote against someone worse.", ">Get caught breaking the law \n>admits wrongdoing \n>has to face the consequences \n\nshockedpikachu.jpg", "Sounds about right from what I saw of the statistics. While the Title IX change made under Obama were made with good intent, as are lots of laws. The most common abuse is against minorities by the enforcers of said laws because the non-minorities are the most likely to have connections, trusted, and money for legal assistance.\n\nAfrican Americans routinely did not get the benefit of doubt and lacked the money to hire attorneys regardless of what was on the regulation on paper.\n\nIt also didn't help you basically the universities setting up their own tribunals and not involving their law school professors to do so. A lot of schools got smashed in the courts for creating star chambers in effect. And nearly all of those lawsuits were by white males because they had money for attorneys and the minorities generally did not.", "It's nonsensical to be that we need bullet points to avoid bullets or stay out of trouble, simply because we are just *being*. Land of the great, land of the free, but where is that now?", "Haha, I pulled over once when a cop was tailing too close behind me in the right lane. Signaled, pulled over onto the shoulder, turned on my 4-ways.\n\nCop pulls over, walks up, asks why I pulled over. I laughed and said, some asshole was following too close so I decided to pull over and let them safely pass...guess they didn't....\n\nIt was a whole thing, they asked my wife if she was okay and wanted to be there, if we had been drinking, where we're going, etc. All the standard questioning they use to try to build probable cause for something. In the end nothing happened, because why would it.\n\nAs they were finally done and about to walk back to their cruiser, I said, you fellas be safe out here, there's a lot of aggressive drivers on this road....", "FART ON COPS!", "Someone gave these public servants too many much power and money. The bubble is finally popping. I can’t wait to see them fucking fall. Makes me so mad man. Cops are more dangerous than most criminals now", "\"Intensive Month Long Training\"? Go fuck yourselves, ya bunch of class traitors.", "1993 lol", "Now I understand why people in USA when they see police they run away because police there are against there people hahahah", "Damn, 5 weeks?! What was the allegation (if you don't mind me asking)?", "Yeah, I'm aware of that. But while it certainly wasn't professional to speak that way, I also don't think it's the crime of the century that some people act like it is.\n\nThere's a big difference between doing something unprofessional and causing someone to get hurt or killed, or doing something absolutely immoral, versus making a joke in the wrong situation.", "cops think they are getting ahead of legalization", "And the home of the dysfunctional.", "A perfect example of how “good cops” will literally fabricate “reasons” why the bad cop isn’t bad. They should be embarrassed by this but instead they double down and victim blame- it’s insane. The public trust in law enforcement is eroding for good reason.", "Just being accused of DUI will have you losing your job at a minimum.", "I thought it was weird that they then tried to \"re-test\" the blood. Like how long later did they attempt this, an hour, day, week? Is the fake drug going to fake reform and test fake stronger now or something?", "Wow, this guy's a moron. We need independent review board for law enforcement.", "This makes me sick. It’s so fucked up bc weed could easily show up on a blood test despite you not being impaired by it. So imagine them charging you for dui for smoking a joint last week. That’s like if you drank one night, posted video on your Instagram being drunk then got pulled over 3 days later stone sober and getting charged for dwi bc you drank several days ago. Lmao fuck the police. They wonder why people hate them.", "Implied consent laws are actually a good bit weaker than people commonly believe. For example, in my state, you are only required to submit to breath and/or blood tests after you have been lawfully arrested for DUI. Thus there is no requirement in my state to submit to any type of test when you have merely been pulled over by police. \n\nThis is the most common formulation of implied consent law but of course they do vary state to state.", "It’s in the video linked above about 2/3rds the way through. Sure it’s sarcastic, but that doesn’t really make it ok to say. This person says they are scared of the police, and rather than try to help soothe their fears, the cop makes a racist joke and uses that as a reason to not be scared. Thinking about it more, how is it better that it’s sarcastic? This person should be nowhere near any decision involving someone else’s life.", "Fucking PIN this at the top 👆", "Did not watch the whole thing (27mins geez) but I bet they did not handcuff anyone driving a car worth 80K or more. This is a socio economic issue disguised as racism. Poorer ppl are easy pray.", "Considering I can buy weed legally from a business 1 mile from my office, this world just feels like a trap.", "I believe this video shows the office is unfit for public duty. its amazing how calm these girls are. tell me im lying when im not and i get pissed as hell. i would be cussing.", "I don’t know how to fix this but to remove every cop one by one from the job and re-school them. Requalification including a fitness test every year. If this yearly test is failed you can work in the office and are not allowed to work on the streets till you pass. If you fail three times you got removed permanently. \n\nDont defund the police but invest in the persons - not in guns.", "peace. officer.\n\n\nthe taste of leather... *chef's kiss*", "But she was black and by all accounts, still alive.", "See this but now imagine the person not being a white female but black, just black and it happening everyday.", ">\tleaving one open a couple inches on the side the officer is approaching from so you can speak and hand documents but not grab at each other easily\n\nThis is terrible advice, and a great way to immediately seem hostile to an officer", "I fully understand they didn't. I was just assuming as this post is related to weed. My point still stands outside this comment though. The criminalization of weed it just ridiculous. I don't even smoke but can realize it's not as horrible as people make it out to be.", "You should contact your local news.", "> crime of the century\n\nThe reason you are are failing to see others' perspective here is because you are strawmanning the circumstances with hyperbole.", ">You all seem to demand inhuman levels of perfection from peace officers, \n\nWild response", "Agreed. I value the general existence and presence of police, and definitely not one of those abolish the police people, but in my lifetime, police have never helped me, only hurt me. And so many are assholes who are literally only out to fuck people just to put up numbers and satisfy their power highs.", "imagine the intelligent commander watching his stupid officer", "Imagine being so delusional that you think you’re more effective than actual tests. Actually that’s probably why he’s a cop.", "Or it was only a two-lane road to begin with.", "Being a foreigner who travel often to the States, this scares me the most. I mean, I'm not even that fluid to follow the pace of this kind of officers and their explanations.", "Because the laws only serve the oppressors. Always been that way. \n\nIts delusional to think following the law will keep you safe.", "[Here’s a video in case any of you ever forget](https://youtu.be/d-7o9xYp7eE)", "Yes, Europe is a nation. Idiot.", "So... What was the outcome of these lawsuits?", "Being trained to detect lying and body language, correlates highly with being less effective at actually detecting lying/body signals. \n\nIt basically comes down to overconfidence. And when you are overconfident you miss those signals.", "Rummaging around in the car before they approach is terrible advice, and so is rolling up all the windows before they get there. Way to be adversarial from the start. I roll *down* all my windows before they approach so they can see in the car easily and feel at ease that there's nothing hidden (and also so they don't notice my illegally tinted windows...)", "This 100%\n\nIf you've ever had a public defender, a plea deal was almost certainly offered. You don't get much else unless you already know the right questions to ask or come with irrefutable proof of your innocence. Really sucks when your \"deal\" comes with a mandatory jail sentence and then you see your public defender talking and laughing with the prosecutor as though they are best buds who love working together and have been for +20 years.\n\nThe justice system is so obviously broken to anyone who has ever been forced to deal with it. Seems like once you do, you'll be back no matter what. Its designed that way.", "OK, maybe I just don't understand what \"pay it off at the end of every month\" means. On my credit card I pay interest whenever my balance is below zero. There is nothing special about the end of the month, it's always just interest based on the time multiplied by the deficit amount. Do your credit cards work differently?", "Progressives want police authority limited. Democrats have a DA in the white house. Huge difference between the two", "That was my first thought. Why would a rusty dent be from a recent crash?", ">peace of·fi·cer\n\n> /pēs ˈôfəsər,ˈäfəsər/\n\n> Learn to pronounce\nnoun NORTH AMERICAN\n\n> a civil officer appointed to preserve law and order, such as a sheriff or police officer.\n\nThat's what they're called genius.", "How so?", "Fucking incompetent douchebag. Isn't he technically a serial kidnapper at this point?", "Okay, but that crystal ball thing was top notch screenwriting.", "For what it's worth, I don't blame you. When you're surrounded by these lies they seem true. It's hard to break out of.\n\nBut let me ask you a common sense question. Why don't fent users (and their friends/family who don't even use) have to wear hazmat suits around it?\n\nWhy don't the users simply touch it? Why do they bother injecting or snorting quantities?", "Quick to respond to me and not the other commentor, wonder why.", "Not stoked on specifying the details as it was a recent event, but the police essentially intercepted a package (not to her, but to a friend's shop) and her friends involved her in the story. They searched her home & found nothing, but her friends were being held in jail and telling the police anything they thought the police wanted to hear. So, her attorney suggested she take the plea deal because the charges were so extreme, despite them having no evidence other than claims from these friends, so she got 2 years instead of potentially over 50 (again, for weed, which was just decriminalized). Her kids are impacted, we're impacted, and shit sucks. Her oldest is now coping with other drugs and the criminal justice system is failing us in a huge way, all because it fell under the jurisdiction of a really conservative county/judge/state attorney.", "There was nothing racist about his joke/sarcasm. When you spend your day trying to help/save people and enforce the law, and you're looked at like a racist mass murderer by the people you've sworn to protect... I could see it being a bit grating.\n\nHow is what the driver said acceptable? Do you really feel like he was in fear for his life because he got caught speeding? And if he was, do you really think that's a reasonable perspective to have? This is an example of hysteria at best.", "\"intensive month-long training\" What a load of shit.\n\nFucking cops in this country are the least educated professionals we have. Nothing that is a month long is intensive. That training took less time to complete than most people's new years' resolutions to go to the gym.", "> Clearly you've missed how every time a cop murders a minority civilian in the US and it makes the news, legions of True Patriot Americans rush to the cop's defense and immediately enact a smear campaign against the victim.\n\nAnd when a piece of shit rapist like Jacob Blake refuses to comply to cops and walks towards a car with kids carrying a knife and all Liberal media conveniently forgets to mention the knife and the kids?\n\nWhen Liberals want Kyle Rittenhouse's life ruined for killing people lawfully in self defence, but immediately jump to the defence of a black person that's done way worse?\n\nBoo-hoo.", "Not every time, no need to exaggerate. Having cops accountable and not abusing citizens is something every citizen wants regardless of what team you're on, even those who wrongfully try to defend cops that kill someone. \n\nThe people that espouse blue lives matter aren't pro killing but, and I don't know and don't speak for them, they are saying we still need cops. We are seeing now in many cities, that is the case. What we need is cops that aren't revenue officers and get back to basic police work.", "\"he's a certified drug recognition expert\"\n\nyea that needs to be revoked immediately.", "Great analogy lol. /S", "I got pulled over for a DUI stone sober on a St Patrick’s day night, I was the DD. \n\nTurns out they’d flipped the direction of a one-way due to construction and I followed the route the parking lot had laid out. Whoops.\n\nThank goodness I had the 5k to shell out for an Atty or I’d have ruined my life by being unlucky and a cop being an ass.", "It was devastating when I saw the news of Kyle Rittenhouse getting off while she's missing out on two full years of her life. For weed.", "> I'm pretty terrified every time I have to interact with police and I have nothing to hide.\n\nWhy are you terrified?\n\n> Who wouldn't be?\n\nI've literally never been scared of a police officer. People are scared of the consequences of their actions.\n\n> Some guy who was a straight C high school student has the power to end or ruin your life.\n\nMany many people have the power to ruin your life. What alternative is there to having police officers? What would you change if you had your way?", "Is it an inhuman level of perfection to not joke about killing someone who’s already nervous during a traffic stop?", "[Really?! Fascinating...](https://imgur.com/YOPscwH)", "Which other commentor? Pretty sure I've replied to everyone so far. Just going down the list of messages.", "The local paper *The Miami Herald* was the big one to open the Jeffrey Epstein case wide open. Solid journalism, and was one of the reasons I decided to start paying for subscriptions to *my* local paper.\n\nHasan Minhaj had an episode of Patriot Act on Netflix that touches a lot on the importance of local news and newspapers: **[The News Industry Is Being Destroyed | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icNirsV1rLA)**", "I get it now. thanks for explaining", "Where I live, if you win your case, the opposite side have to pay your bills.", "I used hyperbole to show the ridiculousness of some people's reactions here.\n\n> I'm pretty terrified every time I have to interact with police and I have nothing to hide. Who wouldn't be? Some guy who was a straight C high school student has the power to end or ruin your life. And as we see in this video, many choose to.\n\nLike this user. This reaction to being pulled over is insane, given the sheer statistics we're talking about when it comes to law enforcement's interactions with the public. \n\nThis person is allowing his judgment to be guided by fear.", "abolish the police.", "I don't believe you. I'd love to see that clip.", "this is insanely disturbing and i honestly don‘t understand how this is real… \nhow can one person without the slightest proof except his made up hunch instantly ARREST another person?? this is completely wrong", "It's an expectation of inhuman levels of perfection to expect a person to not show any emotion, frustration, annoyance, aggravation, humor, etc.... Day after day, 8-12 hours a day, 5 days a week, while experiencing the worst that humanity has to offer.\n\nMost people couldn't make it through a week in retail without expressing aggravation/humor to help. And you expect these people to do it while being spit and shit on.", "They're holding peace officers to the same standards that those same peace officers would hold the people they have stopped at a traffic stop.\n\nYou know. Before they decide to shoot them.", "At least these victims had their charges dropped. St. Tammany parish (Louisiana) convicted me of DUI with zero evidence, despite a clean breathalyzer and blood test. The body cam also showed me passing the field sobriety tests on the first run-through. During the second run-through of the field tests, I was aggravated and visibly didn’t care anymore. The state police officer insisted I was “on something” because I “was acting lethargic”, so the judge determined I was at least guilty of driving under the influence of fatigue. He then added an extra year of probation when I said “You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me” out loud. I lost over $5K because of that horse shit. I’ll never stop for gas in that parish again, but if I do, I’ll act less lethargic I guess.", "Poor O'Brien", "Ahh I didn't realize.", "There's a lot of misinformation out there about implied consent laws. I suspect that many people like it that way. The common person's impression seems to be that you have to blow whenever asked but the actual laws are generally much harder to trigger and usually require you to actually have been arrested for DUI first. [Here is Georgia's law](https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2010/title-40/chapter-5/article-3/40-5-55/). The key part is this:\n\n>Therefore, any person who operates a motor vehicle upon the highways or elsewhere throughout this state shall be deemed to have given consent, subject to Code Section 40-6-392, to a chemical test or tests of his or her blood, breath, urine, or other bodily substances for the purpose of determining the presence of alcohol or any other drug, ***if arrested for any offense arising out of acts alleged to have been committed in violation of Code Section 40-6-391 or if such person is involved in any traffic accident resulting in serious injuries or fatalities***.\n\nI've emphasized part. You will see that it only applies if you are arrested for DUI or have been involved in a traffic accident resulting in serious injuries. At a normal traffic stop you are not required to submit to any type of test.", "> Do you even realize the post this thread is on?\n\nDo you even realize the comment I replied to? Not going to play your motte and bailey game.", "And the ACLU sued him : https://www.ajc.com/news/local/aclu-sues-cobb-police-claiming-wrongful-dui-marijuana-arrests/UbNbdUk5QGnH1wi2MsSfZI/\n\nDonate to the ACLU Foundation to help them continue this type of work : https://action.aclu.org/give/make-tax-deductible-gift-aclu-foundation-3", "This comment made absolutely no sense.", "MADD is a surge among humans almost as big as the police are. MADD is responsible for pushing DUI check points which don't do anything but violate your rights. My opinion MADD needs to be defunded.", "27 mins ffs", "Sorry, it was not guns or fruits! Hah, definitely weed per the thread", "100% crooked cop. I imagine the month long training he received is a sham and all the cops go to it so that they can make bogus arrests without being at fault, because of \"training\".", "A month?? I can teach it to you in one sentence:\n\nEvery time you stop a vehicle, tell the driver they are under arrest for showing indicators they have been smoking marijuana.", "No it just shows that a cop can do something absolutely ridiculous and people will still attack the victim’s character to justify them being murdered. Got arrested for drugs 3 years ago? Public execution with no trial is now okay to them", "🦀🦀🦀😘", "until it happens to a white woman who goes to the news.\n\nall the unofficial advice from lawers on social media is \"if the cop decides to arrest you, you're getting arrested. hire us and we'll unfuck your record but not the financial ruin\"", "The woman who said “I didn’t realize that you could be arrested for something you didn’t do” pisses me off because there’s a lot of people out there who think that way and don’t believe and or are dismissive of poc who this happens to more often.", "Your credit card will have a billing period, which is one month long. Once that period ends, you owe the amount you charged during the period, due after some period of time (for example, mine gives 24 days), and this is nearly always at the end of the month and what everyone is referring to. If you pay that period's bill, you owe nothing. If you don't before it's due, then you're charged interest.\n\nIt works nearly the same in Denmark, you just don't seem to understand the system.", "Not necessarily. If your driving is clearly impaired, but you're at 0.79%, you could still be cited and fined accordingly. 0.8% is a guideline.", "I thought it was only five minutes because I didn't check the time stamp. Was thoroughly impressed by the length they went through.", "Speaking as someone who was pulled over twice in high school and detained for over an hour each time without having done anything wrong except have reservation plates on my car (neither stop ended in a ticket), I can assure you that your statistical analysis is meaningless when we're talking about lives being ruined or ended. \n\nDo you even realize the post you're on? Three innocent lives were derailed by one cop ... and those are just the ones we know about.", "I only hire blind ninja lawyers and their plucky partners with a name like a weather pattern.", "The scary thing about this is even if you're sober, if you've smoked in the last week or so you're gonna fail that drug test, and get a dui charge.", "He’s just mad because his parents named him Tracy.", "Jesus. US is more fucker than I thought.", "I had a scary thing happen to me. I was driving and people stopped fast in front of me. I slowed down but the large SUV behind me was barreling forward. I began inching my car forward as much as possible to give the SUV room to swerve or stop and the idiot in front of me wouldn't budge even though they actually had plenty of room, and the SUV stopped just before hitting me. Traffic picks up and I take the exit to the frontage road to avoid the idiots.\n\nCop show up and ask if I was involved in an accident, I say well no, why? He seems skeptical acting almost like I am lying, and I kind of pick up on that and explain how I was just involved in a massive traffic crunch and maybe someone was hit there, but nothing with my car. Well, turns out I bumped the person in front of me when I was inching forward (allegedly). I didn't feel it at all and was preoccupied with the SUV of death charging at me full speed in my mirror. That person I bumped was now accusing me of intentionally fleeing the scene, because I took the next exit and went a different direction than them. There was a scuff on my car too (which I would later realize was not actual damage and a mark from something in my garage and NOT from bumping anyone) that was pointed out by the police officer.\n\nI was super cooperative and the police officer ended up basically saying \"well i have no reason not to believe your story\", but I realized afterwards how close I was to being completely fucked had the police officer thought, for whatever reason, such as the scuff on my car being bigger, that I wasn't being genuine and charged me with a hit and run.", "She did not get caught with anything, her friends involved her in the story and she was charged and her lawyer was the worst. Pretty fucking frightening that that's all it takes and, if you're coerced into taking a plea deal by a bad lawyer due to mandatory minimum sentences, you have absolutely no recourse. Enjoy being innocent & understand the police don't always see it that way (as evidenced by the thread). I know you're thinking this is a bogus made up story, but it is real life over here for my family, please have a modicum of compassion.", "It's not inhuman to expect an officer to refrain from using sarcastic, racist rhetoric. That's not demanding perfection. It's expecting decency. \n\nThe reason you're failing to understand others' perspective on this is because you're relying on hyperbole to strawman for yours.", "not to mention that it is very hard to distinguish how intoxicated someone is with weed. You can be a daily smoker in a legal state, and have a super high level in your blood, but be completely sober if you havent smoked, but that wont look good in court. You could also be stoned, and be completely OK to drive based on your tolerance. Australia did a good study where they didn't even notice lower levels of reaction time while under the influence of marijuana. its just simply not the same as other drugs and not at all easy to tell if someone is \"too stoned\" to drive. I used to be a daily smoker and I could function absolutely fine off a few bong rips. I honestly believe weed makes me a better driver by lowering my aggression on the road but that is a topic lots of people don't want to discuss. \n\n​\n\nhad a boss who went through this exact thing. got pulled over sober, he does smoke but wasn't high at the time. the officer noticed a frisbee in his car and my boss admitted to playing disc golf. the officer said most people who play disc golf smoke weed lol so he got a fucking dui! he got it dropped but its just such bullshit", "Wtf is this chick thinking her name is princess", "You didn’t answer the question. When you’re in a profession known for killing innocent people without reason, maybe don’t make jokes about murdering people to someone who’s already nervous around you.", "I wonder if there is some 4 letter acronym which would be relevant to this situation. Maybe you can help me brainstorm it.\n\nSo there's a cop..and hes just doing his job. As law enforcement, he has a quota he needs to meet so his department stays funded. What would you do if you needed to drum up business? You might watch every nighttime driver like a hawk and arrest them for DUI, which works pretty well. It really doesn't matter if the driver was breaking the law or not - as law enforcement, your job isn't to enforce the law but to earn more revenue for your department. If you do manage to send someone to jail, you earn money for the prison industrial complex. As long as you spout conservative values, your other law enforcement cohorts probably won't kill you in friendly fire or get you terminated.\n\nSo, what I've got so far, just sort of a work-in-progress, is that this police officer is part of a larger force of police officers who never had fathers growing up to tell them the difference between right and wrong and how to avoid being a chud or chode. Maybe we could shorten it to something like \"every cop is a bastard\" or something.", "all the dumbest women I knew in college were getting their 4 year nursing degrees, all the dumbest guys were getting 2 year criminal justice degrees so they could be cops.", "Fuck the police.", "I’m more concerned about the accuracy of a breathalyzer test.", "The police are a gang, these tickets are their extortion.", "You yourself just admitted that you didn't get a ticket for either stop. There is no lasting damage and you were fine. Can you explain how this ruined your life? \n\nStatistics obviously matter, otherwise you're stereotyping an entire force of over 700,000 people due to the admittedly terrible actions of a small number of them. And when I say small, I'm talking less than 1%, at least according to the FBI.\n\nI have zero issue with people reporting the bad things that do happen, but I do have issue with them then acting like it is the status quo, when nothing could be further from the truth. \n\nThere are tens of millions of police interactions daily, and if there were really some sort of epidemic of police brutality, it would see far more news stories than we do now.", "People love to blame for profit prisons for America's encarceration problem, but the truth is only [8% of American inmates](https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/private-prisons-united-states/) are held in for profit prisons. \n\nThese kind of predatory cops and protectors prosecutors are a major issue driving encarceration. There are plenty of reasons why politicians would want more people behind bars so it's not just a private thing.", "Is this one of these shithole countries everyone is talking about recently?", "What cognitive biases are the police exhibiting in this video?", "TBF, Euros don't seem to do sarcasm very well.", "Not to mention they were pulled over for bullshit in the first place. They crossed the yellow line once. Anyone can accidentally oversteer. I could understand if they were repeatedly going over the line.", "I remember watching that Hasan Minhaj episode. And also discovered how deep the Miami Herald investigation went. Crazy how good the folks were. It inspired me to do more for the local reporters in my community. At the very least I subscribe to local newspapers.", "Pure scum just trying to puff his numbers to look like he’s not sleeping on the job.", "I visited Norway with my grandmother when I was a kid, and I learned that they take DUI very seriously. We went to a big family party, and I remember that there were some adults there only drinking soft drinks: they drove the others. Now, this is not unheard of in the US, but, in 1977, it wasn't usual.", "if you're a heftier person you can pop on a urine screen nearly 3 months after your last toke.", "THAT WAS HIM?!\n\nJesus fuck, that guy!", "God I freaking hate cops. Victimless crimes shouldn’t be enforceable.", "expert cop my asssssssssssssssss", "Implied consent applies to breathalyzer. It does not apply to field sobriety test (FST) in any state that I know of. FST is not a \"scientific\" test. The breathalyzer at the station is a scientific test.. This is the difference. \n\n\n[Look it up in your state](https://www.findlaw.com/dui/arrests/can-i-refuse-to-take-field-sobriety-tests.html)\n\nEdit: I mistook PAS (a field breathalyzer) for the more analytical one they have at the station. A field breathalyzer is often usually not required for implied consent.", "Freedom", "All the same officer he’s using this as a way to profile and pick at people he doesnt like. Would hate to be his teenage child", "As someone that smokes a lot of marijuana, but never before driving, this is concerning.", "\"Intensive month long training\" lol, a whole month?", "> People are scared of the consequences of their actions.\n\nAre you honestly going to sit there and pretend like cops don't occasionally ruin or end people's lives completely unjustifiably and without consequence? Who wouldn't be scared of someone with that power, who belongs to a group of people known to use that power? \n\n> Many many people have the power to ruin your life. \n\nNo, \"many many people\" do not, at least not under color of law. I suppose anyone could murder me, but not many people could do it in broad daylight, announce that they've killed me, and get away with it. Anyone could kidnap me, but only a cop can do it without consequence. Cops can, and do. \n\n> What alternative is there to having police officers? What would you change if you had your way?\n\nThere isn't an alternative to having police, but there is an alternative to the way police are allowed to operate. It should be undeniably evident that the broad culture of police is massively fucked. Bad cops who do criminal things and victimize private citizens are backed up by their fellow officers all the way. Then, even when irrefutable video and audio evidence exists to prove that criminality, they get a 2-week vacation, maybe some \"training\", and - worst case scenario - have to move to another department. \n\nThese abuses continue because they are not punished. Cops do a lot more than asphyxiating someone for 8 minutes on video in broad daylight, and yet that's what it takes to see real consequences. \"but Chauvin was fired and charged\", I'm sure you'd say, while ignoring that that was *only* the result of massive protests. He also plead guilty recently to a 2017 civil rights abuse:\n\nhttps://apnews.com/article/death-of-george-floyd-george-floyd-minneapolis-race-and-ethnicity-st-paul-a8b12b1e3e0fedc1270c659e3428134e\n\n> Chauvin also pleaded guilty to violating the rights of a 14-year-old boy during a 2017 arrest in which he held the boy by the throat, hit him in the head with a flashlight and held his knee on the boy’s neck and upper back while he was prone, handcuffed and not resisting.\n\nWhy was someone like that even walking free, let alone wearing a badge and carrying a gun, in May of 2020? Our culture of permitting police abuses allows them to, that's why.", "I knew a guy that had been in the military and had bad knees because of it. When he couldn't balance himself on one leg, he got charged with a DUI and it cost him 17k and 3 years to get his name cleared.", "they've been happening since forever.", "The public needs to come together and put pressure on this. This is destroying peoples lives. We are more powerful than we think. We just gotta get this trending", "Fuck that cop. I hope he spends the next 20 years behind bars for how many people he’s wrongfully arrested and convicted", "All these people were arrested. Why were they not immediately given a drug test that evening? Even if you wanted to double/triple check by doing a blood test a urine test should at least be quick \"hey let's check real quick before we ruin this person's life.\" If the blood test comes back positive after a few weeks or however long it takes, *then* you officially give them the DUI", "Yeah Title IX is a complete mess. I found out through my struggle that there are other people out there where Title IX was used to punish the victim for speaking out and reporting the situation too. On paper, I don't see how this \"system\" can exist legally because I was shoved through a situation where I wasn't allowed to submit evidence in my own defense, the people who set it up all personally knew my attacker and harassers, and the outcome was predetermined (they didn't hide it, the date on all of the documents are before they began the process)! Oh and I was only given an advocate less than 24 hours before the hearing and he refused to basically say or do anything, he just announced he existed technically on paper.\n\nIt was the definition of a kangaroo court. I recorded the whole mess though, which includes my attacker describing most of what she did and admitting to stalking me during the hearing, causing everyone to kinda freak out for a bit. Total and complete shitshow.", "You don't need \"honorable discharge\" or \"clearance\" to get good jobs as a programmer. Why is he just not working a normal dev job instead? If he's got the skills, (hell even if he doesn't) he can get a job. Sure, he can't get a gov job, but they don't pay nearly as well in any of the private infosec firms and for sure don't pay as well as the dev jobs in the financial sector.", "I was arrested for DUI in 2018 after I crashed my car and I don't drink, they accused me of being on meth as well. I only smoke weed in occasions and not when going to drive. 3k in lawyer fees later I get charged with reckless driving", "I once had a master card that worked like that, but my VisaDankort definitely doesn't.\n\nBut true, I didn't understand it and your explanation cleared it up a bit what they were talking about.", "Every state I've lived in, that's an automatic ride to jail and mandatory license suspension.\n\nSure, you can pay for a lawyer and fight it in court... after you get out of jail and familiarize yourself with public transportation for several months.\n\nIt sucks, but it's reality. Now, if you're actually intoxicated, perhaps it's worth it.", "I forget which sub, it may have even been this one, but somebody said exactly that the other day. That they don't care how many innocent people end up locked up so long as all the \"bad guys\" are caught in the process.\n\nIt was chilling.", "That's just the criminal justice system. The social media justice system would have hunted you down and beat you to death with rocks before evidence was needed.\n\nI mean you could have medical testimony that a man with a bad heart was on drugs and headed to a cardiac arrest one way or another and still get sentenced for murder because you were the cop paid to arrest the guy.\n\nOf course sentenced to murder by the criminal justice system with reasonable doubt as to your intent is minor compared to the sentence the social media justice system wants to issue.", "Innocent until proven guilty. Pft.", "This is what happens at the end of the month when you have drug quotas to fill", "> When you’re in a profession known for killing innocent people without reason\n\nIt's impossible to talk to people who frame their comments like you do. You're asking me to answer a question, which I do not believe the pretense of. For 2 people to have a conversation and come to any semblance of an agreement/understanding, there has to be _some_ common ground.\n\nI'm absolutely willing to concede that there are _some_ bad police officers out there. But I do not believe this is the majority, or even enough to be representative of the profession. The statistics simply do not support it. In an age where everyone has a phone in their pocket, and every cop has a badge cam... We hear about a few events like this per year. At worst, we hear about _several_ per year.\n\nBut there are millions of police interactions every single day in this country that we don't hear about. Because they're not news. Because nothing bad happened.\n\nMaybe when you get pulled over for breaking the law, you shouldn't accuse the person who has the power to fine you of being a racist murderer.", "The only answer you give is \"I'm not discussing my day with you sir/ma'am.\"", "Make weed legal, now they need proof", "Are you sure cognition was involved? It seems like an imitation of cognition to me.", "This is why it should be legal to kill cops once a year or so. Like a purge but just for police officers. Like oh that cop? The one that arrested and harrased 36 women and just went to another precinct with no repercussions? Murked. Oh that cop? Who was super respectful and did there job and upheld the law and justice, you good. We'll reevaluate you again next July. \nLet the people decide.", "The police aren’t your friend, they have a quota, “Protect and serve” is bullshit. Always remember, they’re trying to put you away.", "This video is 6 yrs old", "thanks for the link!", "where’s the lie? fuck every last one one of them", "Ha. See how you just filled in gaps again with your own narrative? I actually ended up losing my high school job after the first time I was pulled over because I was an hour late home for my curfew and my bootlicking stepdad said \"a cop wouldn't pull you over for nothing and keep you there for an hour\" and he took away my keys to the car I paid for so I couldn't go to work anymore. \n\nYou don't understand the asymmetric power dynamic here and you are a prisoner of your own ignorance in the face of overwhelming evidence of consequences of police misconduct. \n\nPhilando Castille thought he could trust the police just like you do ... and about 1000 feet from my house, they killed him and faced no real consequences.", "Also imagine if you had smoked marijuana a day or two before hand, your blood test may come back positive. That’s like getting arrested for drunk driving cause you drank 2 days ago", "I'm going to say it loud for the people in the back. Fuck. The. State.", "Tone doesn't really matter, that's not shit that should be coming out of a police officer's mouth. Especially a fucking uniformed one. Like how would you feel if your surgeon walked up to you, rolled his eyes and sarcastically said \"Oh yeaaah, don't worry. Only my black patients die on the table\". \n\nRead the fucking room and find a different job if you can't bother to act professionally.", "DARE?", "You’re right, it *is* very easy for me to judge these useless, piece of shit “peace officers”, because their actions allow it to be so", "Public defenders regularly represent indigent people, that’s the entire point of their office", "It seems every time a video is showing cops doing something illegal or legal but shady, there are non-Americans who crawl through the woodwork to bash America. “How could anyone live there” or “what a hell hole!” While complete ignoring their own countries sins.\n\nCivil asset forfeiture is legal in Canada. [Here](https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5180022) is an article about it happening to a Canadian. \n\nCops have been accused of planting drugs. [Here](https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/gta/2021/04/06/hearing-for-four-toronto-police-officers-accused-by-a-judge-of-planting-drugs-to-justify-a-search-delayed.html) is an article about that.", "Any thoughts on the official DRE training program graduation exam consisting entirely of impaired subjects - not required to evaluate a single sober person? For that alone all DRE arrests should be overturned, since their training has never been legitimately evaluated.", "What good are 'freedoms' if you have to pay more than you have for them?", "Both progressive and moderate Democrats want police authority limited. As a progressive, I believe the right way to do it is to dismantle the system and rebuild it. Moderates believe that incremental reform is enough to make policing just and accountable. Never understood the \"Kamala Harris is a cop\" people. I guess some people think they have something to gain by pretending moderate Democrats are basically Republicans. \n\nWhether you like it or not, there is no Progressive party. It is the progressive wing of the Democratic party, and until we wipe out the neo-Nazis, we're all in this big tent together.", "This is the same cop who told someone they didn't have to worry about getting shot because they were not black.", "Exactly why I appreciate [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE) video so much....", "What you might be able to deal with on appeal and what some court has accepted as local practice are appallingly separate issues.\n\nSee that whole discussion about how much the impact of this shit diverges based purely on what counsel you can afford.", "A defense attorney has an ethical obligation to inform the client of all offers made by the state.", "Honestly I hope he is split open hip to hip, mercilessly gutted, and hanged by his entrails. Like actually.", "Dude this happened to me in August. Fuck Dallas pd and fuck Texas. Just secede already you bunch of pussies, nobody would care", "I sometimes deal with sensitive data at my work. Making jokes about leaking it in front of clients could wind up with me fired or potentially in a law suit. \n\nWhy the fuck should we treat cops joking about human being's lives any differently? I love dark humor, but read the god damn room and keep that shit to yourself while you're on the clock.", "Look, I've literally had hundreds of interactions with cops in the last decade, and the only time I had a bad interaction was when I had to report one for drinking on the job. He was promptly fired. \n\nI don't work as law enforcement anymore because I wanted to do more to help a specific subset of people than I already was, and I couldn't do so in my position due to the realities of the job.\n\nFor every Philando Castille there's probably 10,000 normal Joe blows that get stopped, have a normal interaction, and move on.", ">As a European, seeing racism still \"alive and well\"\n\nGive me a break. \n\n\nSo you never considered that some of those thousands of European soccer fans chanting racists chants could be employed by a local government?", "Both. Definitely both. A fundamentally flawed and morally bankrupt system supporting a unwell individual with an overinflated ego. He made these choices, informed by his training; his training did not make these choices itself, nor did his training make these choices for him. We all have discretion. Clearly this cop didn't use his, or his sense of discretion is warped and compromised. Given how police forces seem to attract bullies with compromised discretion and morals, there's no way he's alone in this. Cops ought to be required to have advanced degrees and the most stringent of psychological evaluation and therapy before being given a badge, let alone being handed a firearm.", "I got pulled over for no reason like 3 years ago and the guy was like stick out your tongue if its green ai think youve smoked weed. At the time I thought he was just a complete idiot and it would have gone nowhere. Crazy to see how far he could have taken it over how green my tongue did look to him or whatever.", "One problem seems to be that we reward police for the number of arrests they make. This would only make sense if there was some significant disincentive attached to the arrest of innocent people. From the officer's perspective he is in complete control over whether the suspect spends the night in jail, has to fork over thousands of dollars in legal fees and has a seriously difficult situation with work and family as a result. It's entirely his call... no actual evidence is necessary.\n\nWe're all familiar with the concept of \"driving while black\" but in this situation your livelihood can be jeopardized simply by driving past the wrong cop. Because he's trying to get his silver medal so you're going to jail regardless of the facts and evidence.", "As I'm aware, discovery only requires evidence be shared between legal representation. The prosecution will share evidence with the defending attorney, but I'm not aware of the defendant having to be made aware of the evidence.", "I hate cops", "It's not so much that we don't have freedom, it's that the people don't flex the freedoms we have.\n\nDon't answer questions\nDon't consent to searches\n\nYou're under no obligation to assist the officer in investigating yourself", ">Most cops are bullies.\n\nHow many cops do you know well enough to make that statement?", "[Clarence Thomas has regularly come out against qualified immunity](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2021/07/16/clarence-thomas-slams-qualified-immunity-for-college-officials-in-first-amendment-case/) while all the liberal justices uphold it.", "Is this all the same officer or are they just such generic people that you can't tell?", "Congrats, you somehow contributed less", "Dude... you better better be quiet because you are showing some serious involuntary signs of being on weed AND I'm pretty sure you drove a car in the past... that's all they need.", "I was convicted of a felony when I was 15. Totally innocent, came back from therapy to a bomb squad and swat. Shit was terrifying, cops lied on their report and I had to do 300 community service hours. Never did a thing wrong.", "That's illegal arrest, they all have a case to sue that department.", "This journalist deserves an Ace award or a pulitzer. \n\nThat was amazing reporting and I am just sick to my stomach.", "These people are being intentionally fucking obtuse and I have zero patience for it. It'd be like a flight crew or pilot joking about crashing the plane to a nervous flier, or a surgeon joking to his patient about patients dying on the table. \n\nYou just don't fucking do it, but that jabroni responding to everyone is going to pretend like it's no big deal.", "This video was part of the OP. If y'all are commenting here, you should have just seen it.", "> Are you honestly going to sit there and pretend like cops don't occasionally ruin or end people's lives completely unjustifiably and without consequence?\n\nNope. There are nearly a million police officers in the United States. Odds and statistics tell me that it is an improbability at best that 100% of those officers are not bad people. Real life has nuance, and you're speaking in absolutes.\n\n> Who wouldn't be scared of someone with that power, who belongs to a group of people known to use that power?\n\nI've never been scared of an officer while being pulled over. I don't know anyone who's been scared of an officer while being pulled over. Everyone I've spoken to about the topic is scared of the consequences of their own actions.\n\n> There isn't an alternative to having police, but there is an alternative to the way police are allowed to operate.\n\nThat sounds nice, but how?\n\n> It should be undeniably evident that the broad culture of police is massively fucked.\n\nIt is not undeniably evident to me, or half of our country. It would seem this is only undeniably evident to a very select portion of our population.\n\n> Then, even when irrefutable video and audio evidence exists to prove that criminality, they get a 2-week vacation, maybe some \"training\", and - worst case scenario - have to move to another department.\n\nThis line gets repeated ad-nauseum, and gets proven false time and time again. Certainly you can point to an example, or even some examples. But the majority of these cases don't reach the news, because the incident is handled appropriately. You're only being exposed to the worst examples, and those number in the single digits per year. Even with nearly a million officers, and millions of police interactions daily.\n\n> \"but Chauvin was fired and charged\", I'm sure you'd say, while ignoring that that was only the result of massive protests\n\nWhat evidence do you have that he was only charged due to the protests? He was in custody the very next day as I recall (It's been a while, so I may be mistaken on this. Google's algorithm is only feeding me articles about him being charged recently.)\n\n> Why was someone like that even walking free, let alone wearing a badge and carrying a gun, in May of 2020? Our culture of permitting police abuses allows them to, that's why.\n\nI can't speak to a case I know nothing about. Did the boy file a complaint at the time of the incident, or was there anyone else there to witness it? Was this only discovered during an investigation into his prior convictions during the George Floyd investigation? Criminals commit crime every day and don't get caught. \n\nOnce again, you're asking for inhuman levels of perfection in asking, \"Why wasn't he caught earlier?!\". This isn't minority report. Our legal system requires evidence of a crime before charges can be brought before someone. This applies to cops and civilians.", "\"So your officers are better than a laboratory at detecting drugs?\"\n\nWith a straight face: \"Yes\"", "Incongruent levels of happiness indicated. I believe you took a marijuana.\n\n\\unsheathes nightstick", "FUCK ALL COPS", "Hate to break it to you, but public defenders and prosecutors are generally on good terms. Just because it’s an adversarial system doesn’t mean defense and prosecution are always going to have beef with each other.\n\nThe rest of your comment is BS, you do not need irrefutable proof of innocence as a defendant. The prosecution *has* to prove guilt *beyond a reasonable doubt* in order to get a conviction.\n\nPeople who commit crimes are found Not Guilty all the time because it’s often hard to prove it was committed *beyond a reasonable doubt*.", "I have seen it. I commented with clarification as it would appear many people are ignoring the article, and instead getting their information from [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rhf560/this_is_how_you_can_be_arrested_for_dui_even_if/hos2fuh/) comment", "The only thing you missed is the ACLU us suing Cobb County and he is one of several officers named in the lawsuit. I believe it's in the appeals process right now.", "Can you citizens arrest a police officer? Is that possible?", "Well considering we had a local deputy die from breathing in the particles and wasn't found for 2 hours. ME rules it as an OD. Video showed he wasn't doing anything funny.", "I've been told to never apologize. Instead of the \"Sorry officer\" say \"No sir/ma'am, I do not consent to any searches.\", \n\nSaying sorry opens up a \"What are you sorry for\" and \"sorry\" is already an admission of guilt.", "This is a big part of why they’re fly over states.", "And there is funding for a dui task force, which he is a member of... arrests he makes reaffirms the need for the trash force...I mean task force.", "> he missed out on huge future earnings because he wanted to get home quickly for his anniversary.\n\nI dont understand this last sentence", "Oh wow, what a hateful comment with absolutely no substance or semblance of thought.\n\nExactly what I would expect.", "85% \"success\" rate could include a hell of a lot of people who smoked pot a week prior, since it stays in your system for weeks or months.", "This is not the school any local PD uses. Ours is 2 months long and 40+ hours a week.", "Cool anecdote ... but .. Just in the twin cities your numbers are off since 4 people have been killed under awful circumstances during traffic stops. There are more deaths than that, but less suspect, not to mention the countless non-lethal issues (like how they randomly shot at people last year and lied about it in their reports). That adds up to way way way more than 1 in 10,000 just in the Twin Cities.", "Yep. People don’t talk about the cost of being innocent, even if your case is dismissed. Anyone facing even a slim chance of punishment is going to spend thousands for a lawyer if they can. The costs of defending yourself is a hidden way to keep people down.", "Pigs", "Cobb county is shit. They train their police force to immediately say they smell drugs and scare people into searching their car.", "Maybe I'm misreading this, but I dont see why you would need a defense lawyer. What were you accused of? It sounds like you did the accusing. Did you file a police report, or did you just report it to the school? If you reported it to the police, your assaulters should be the ones who need a defense lawyer. Did you attempt to file a lawsuit? If it's a solid case, you should be able to find a lawyer who works on contingency, so you wouldn't pay anything unless you win.", "Did you watch the video? You really are guilty until proven innocent regardless of what they say.", "Probably got bonuses based on how many people he pulled over. That new boat ain't gonna buy itself.", "> Like how would you feel if your surgeon walked up to you, rolled his eyes and sarcastically said \"Oh yeaaah, don't worry. Only my black patients die on the table\".\n\nHow would the surgeon feel if the patient looked at him and said, \"Look, I've seen too many videos of surgeons killing people for fun\" after years of pop-culture calling surgeons racist murderers. Hearing \"All Surgeons Are Bastards\" every day while going to work, etc.\n\nThen yeah, I could understand the response.", "Guilty until proven innocent. Pretty much summarizes how police treat the public.", "I agree with you, for the record. That type of humor should not be done on a job. He deserved to be fired for that, or at the very least given a long unpaid suspension.", "That’s a lie. You are innocent in the eyes of the law until you plead guilty or are found guilty by a Court.", "The American justice system is a farce.", "Yep. Your test would come back positive and you’d just be screwed with no way out. \n\nI’ve been checked by a “drug recognition expert” before. And yes she hit a false positive on me too but felt it wasn’t enough to impair my driving. I don’t know what the standards are for DREs. I don’t know if there are any standards. I think we should definitely question the validity of what they do because it sure seems like they’re using something highly unreliable to create probable cause out of thin air.", "This happened to me. I was trying to drop friends off - I was the DD - who were incapacitated from a party that I had picked them up at and they couldn't find the house they were wanting to go to.\n\nThey told me to stop at one place on the left side of the road, so I pulled over and it turned out that it wasn't the right house. I continued on without fully getting back into the right lane, but the road ended right there and I took a left turn without being back in the proper right lane.\n\nI didn't know a cop was behind me with his lights off.\n\nHe pulled us over and said he smelled alcohol and I told him I was the DD, the friends in my car said I was the DD, etc etc. He did all the roadside tests, said he smelled alcohol on me and I got a DUI.\n\nThousands and thousands of dollars were spent, because there was no real way to fight it. It was the cop's word over mine at the end of the day.\n\nSigh.", "Damn America is crazy", "Tldr? Not watching 30 minute video.", "Exactly. A lot of people seem to be confused, the breathalyzer and sobriety tests are either/or. You can pass one but still fail the other, and get charged.\n\nWhat if you're impaired by something other than ethanol? You'd pass the breathalyzer but presumably fail the sobriety test.\n\nWhat if you have a low tolerance and are dangerously impaired even below 0.08?\n\nWhat if you pass the sobriety test, but still blow over 0.08?\n\nThey're all DUI.", "I was pulled out of my apartment and charged with DUI when I had not driven that day at all. This happens all the time!", "I'd pay for protection against cops these days.", "You have a lot of faith in a broken system.", "You don’t even know how the system works.", "Wait you expect people to look up your comment history before replying to you in a reddit thread? I asked him what his credit score was and he didn't seem to know so it cant hurt to check it. Then some tips if it is not good or non-existent. There are ways to build up great credit in a year or less and with courts clogged and if he legally delays his trial it could be 2 years before he goes in.", "These people that defend \"good cops\" can GTFO because they all cover for the bad ones.", "Cops. True disgrace to society", "Imagine you're the cop in question. Why bother with thinking when you can slap cuffs on someone and call it a job well done?", "Get this monster off of the road.", "Did you watch the video? None of the people in the video were convicted in court.\n\nThe problem is that an arrest/charge itself can ruin your life.", "South is gonna south", "Blood tests and breathalyzers are very different than the hopping on one leg or walking a line bs", "Find me a retail employee who has not used sarcasm, and then we can talk.\n\n> racist rhetoric\n\nThis is bogus. He's clearly making fun of the racist rhetoric that has the kid in the car scared of nothing.\n\n> The reason you're failing to understand others' perspective on this is because you're relying on hyperbole to strawman for yours.\n\nPlease, point to my hyperbole and strawmen. I'm not convinced you even know what these words mean.", "Here they are county employees and the lowest paid lawyers working in a public position with the state or counties. But it is different everywhere.", "I've been through it. I'm aware how it doesn't work.", ">Every state I've lived in, that's an automatic ride to jail and mandatory license suspension.\n\nas far as I am aware, that is only for the breathalyzer. You can refuse the tests like walking a line, alphabet backwards and such.", "I must be a superhuman, I guess. I've been in a house with fent before and somehow lived.\n\nSorry, it's way too hard to believe no diverting was going on to anyone who's been exposed to fent users (carrying supply) regularly.\n\nEspecially when medical experts also roundly say that incidental OD is impossible.", "The USA is the country of the 1% free and the 99% slaves. You would think the slaves would rise up.", "Yep. Like polygraphs and dog searches.", "Sorry to hear you’ve been through it, but it does work.", "Where did I imply that wasn't the case?", "I live here. Cobb is \"count on being busted\". I don't know why it's like this. It's been this way forever. How I manged to not get arrested during my 20s is a mystery to me", "A plea deal will typically be offered to any defense attorney whether retained or appointed. We are obligated to pass on the terms of the deal. \n\nYes, it would suck to see a plea deal that includes jail time. However, certain offenses - depending on the laws of state in which the case is being heard - may have mandatory minimum jail /prison terms. Aside from that without additional evidence to lessen the probability of conviction or mitigation of sentencing, why would any prosecutor just offer less than what either state minimums (or guidance minimums) require/suggest? \n\nAs for attorneys (defense or prosecution) being friendly, what are we supposed to hate each other? Should we be squaring up and ready to swing on site. We each have a job to do, and we’ll do them with a zealous nature. Doesn’t mean that we don’t go out for drinks later or at a minimum have a laugh while in the court room. I mean good lord the number of times that I have talked to a prosecutor who was bagging on an LEO who said / did some stupid shit and it made both of us laugh …. Anyway, public defenders are overworked and underpaid. But taking the time to ask them questions, and hopefully the right ones, dramatically increases your chances of a good (relative term) outcome.", "This video is showing me numerous indicators that this idiot cop needs to be fired.", "Clearly...", "you missed the court ruling that states police have no official obligation to protect us.", "Can you just refuse a test like this and ask to speak to a lawyer?", "If you give me a hammer that doesn't mean I should be hitting people with it. It's made for nails.", "If there’s one thing I’be learned it’s to always even if you’ve only had one drink. As soon as you admit to even having single one no matter how long ago it allows them to breathalyze you.", "The police in the USA rule the country. If they feel like going on paid leave for a while they will just murder somebody to get it. There are no consequences and the white and black slaves they bully all let it happen.", "I can't judge your possibly great local training, but that course getting offered by an official looking organization makes \"I passed DRE school\" a non statement. Hope you got a certification out if it that makes it clear that you passed an actual training course instead of the crap endorsed by various police chiefs.", "Right, but there’s a difference between informing the client and pushing them towards that decision, especially when it’s because the defense lawyer is bogged down with too many cases and just wants to get this one over with, and the defendant isn’t well informed enough about how things *actually* work to understand the pros and cons of either decision.", "Hold up.\n\nFirst 30s of the video the officers asks if she used marijuana and she volunteers to take a drug test.\n\nDon't do that. Don't volunteer yourself to do anything.\n\nAlso it is called driving under the influence. The influence is left intentionally vague for a reason. If you consent to a drug test even if they don't find marijuana but some sort of medication like allergy medication, sleep medication, cough medication, etc you can still be found guilty of DUI due to the drowsy functions of those medications.", "[gestures into Poland's general direction]", "These things keep happening because our legislatures don't have the guts to legislatively remove all immunity and indemnification from governmental employees. He never would do this stuff if his own bank account and livelihood were at risk.", "Not so clearly for you given you’ve demonstrated a lack of understanding about how the system actually works. Despite having apparently been through it.", "11Alive here in Atlanta is AMAZING. We’re very lucky to have them and other news organizations to keep the folks on top in check.", "I can’t believe the amount of comments that simply ignore facts. I wish more people understood how the discovery process actually works. Very rarely is something “sprung” on you at trial. Even then, you object to it in a heartbeat and make the other side explain why they never properly disclosed the evidence. Trials aren’t meant to surprise people. I know it makes for good tv, but it’s an inaccurate depiction of what happens.", "I watched most of the video, this cop is so highly trained that he can tell if someone has used Marijuana even if they test negative, and he gets awards, so weird", "I don't need to give you my life story. I know how it works.", "Only the 1% is free the rest are slaves.", "Source? How in the fuck do a hundred people upvote this without asking if it’s true. Shit only happens when it feeds your biases.", "Are you familiar with the top of your lungs", "Yeah, they are a criminal organization that will always protect their own no matter what crimes they commit.", "[Here's a link to check out with some statistics.](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtectAndServe/comments/2euchz/we_are_the_99/)\n\nI haven't located more recent statistics, but I can't imagine there would be any reason that they would be worse today than they were when the study was done.", "Y'all I can't even bring myself to watch this I know pissed off I'm gonna get", "r/fuckthepolice", "Your country does not do shit about guys like that.\n\nWhy is that?", "Indeed. And the \"media bad\" narrative is a slippery slope. Journalism is VERY important. 24/7 news channels ARE NOT", "Ya that’s insane. 15 out of 100 people are innocent and getting absolutely fucked by the system. Of that 15 maybe 80% live pay check to pay check and actually could have their entire life fucked to the point of homelessness if they don’t have a family structure to lean on. \n\nAny policy that systemically has the potential to ruin the lives of as much as 12 people in 100 is morally reprehensible across the board.", "I did this exact thing and got a seatbelt ticket. Fuck that cop.", "I have to wonder considering they have access to an array of wireless weapons, if he targeted her with one to get her to swerve to pull her over.", ">You really are guilty until proven innocent\n\nI mean, you don’t.", "They should just put the responsibility on both the individual and the union. Whatever the individual is charged for the union should have to pay out an equal amount either to the innocent party or some sort of charity that works against police brutality/abuse of power. Having to fund an organization that's literally there to keep you in check would probably be even greater incentive to not dick around.", "I’d say it’s both. It’s how he’s trained and told this is what you’ll see and you are the expert. Even the training stating labs test might say you are wrong but you aren’t. So a lot of that is the training/department policy etc. I understand the gravity is higher but for any job if your training tells you this is your special skill and already has answers for things they could question it, it’s easy to see why this is happening. Especially when 85% of the time you are right and rewarded for it.\n\nIt becomes the officers issue when the cover up stuff starts. \n\nAlso should an officer start to second guess when he sees how wrong he might have been even just a few times? Yes, but this is also outsiders looking in, never have taken that training or other. For my job I receive ALOT of specialized training, some that has been critical for doing my job but some in retrospect was flawed. At the time though, you just trust the training because other training has been effective and critical to my job. It’s not until I actually left that position until I was like wait that probably was flawed.", "No I think it should be like alcohol but currently there is no way to do a accurate field test (breathalyzer). \n\nI don't want someone who is tripping balls driving just like I don't want someone drunk as a skunk driving.\n\n if you go to a party and are around smoke but don't partake in it and you get pulled over driving home, your gonna smell lime pot and have no ability to keep your self out of jail. \n\nThis officer was well beyond acceptable but if you get caught in the situation described above then an officer would have every right to keep you off the road as there would be no way to judge your impairmen besides his discretion. \n\nEdit: I just don't see a safe way of determining impairment during a traffic stop. And sorry if I want to err on the side of caution. \n\nAnd no I'm not stupid. Sorry if I put more thought into this than you. Sorry if I just reasoned my way through this problem and come to a different conclusion than you. Again sorry I didn't mean to offend someone who can't see another point of view.", "By responding to a comment only talking about how things work in court and convictions by saying that \"you really are guilty until proven innocent\".", "Idiot", "This is different from state to state unfortunately. For example, I have personally been a part of the SFST and DRE certification process in my state. For the alcohol tests, the academy uses subjects at a variety of different levels of intoxication from stone cold sober to very intoxicated during the field examination portion of the testing. SFSTs are pretty effective at determining impairment. Of course they are not full proof. Its not completely uncommon to see a person with a very high BAC pass the walk and turn or one-legged stand without issue. The horizontal gaze nystagmus test can't really be tricked. So a person with a high BAC generally will meet decision points on that test, even if they pass the other two.\n\nThe DRE examination procedure is a bit more complicated because they can't use subjects high on illicit drugs to do the testing so they have to use field analysis from actual investigations as instructive and rely on pharmaceutical drugs lawfully taken for other \"controlled\" portions. \n\nRegardless, these tests aren't full-proof. I am not aware of any law in any state that says that if a person meets decision points on SFSTs that they are guilty of DUI. The SFSTs and the DRE are in the end just evidence used to establish a person's guilt. Depending on the circumstances, the weight given by the finder of fact varies. As a prosecutor, I would pretty much never go to trial on a case where the only evidence I have of impairment is the SFSTs or the DRE. There is usually more evidence like confirmatory drug tests, a refusal by the suspect to give breath or blood, driving pattern, among other pieces of evidence.", "Every aspect of the American legal system is rotten to the core.\n\nHow about we talk about the fact that a fucking dog can testify against you in court?\n\nArticulable evidence, or you can shut the fuck up Officer Spot.\n\nThe Legislature does either seemingly nothing, or passes unnecessary laws. Which, it's really hard to debate which one is worse at this point.\n\nThe Executive selectively enforces law, with the apparent goal of making this country as unlivable as possible for anyone in the bottom three income brackets, and anyone who can't blend in with mayonaise.\n\nAnd the Judiciary is such an incompetent clownshow, that to process the 2% of court cases that actually see trial (imagine being able to fail at 98% of your job) they essentially need to waive your human rights whenever it is convenient for their docket. Wouldn't want to get in the way of golfing.\n\nPeople lose more respect for the legal system by the day, and that's leading us down some very bad roads as a society. If only the people administering law in this country weren't largely parasites, we might actually resemble a developed country.\n\n/rant", "It’s ok, the scary Reddit man can’t hurt you.", "Small world, can’t believe this was the “we only kill black people” guy. What a piece of shit.", "You had me until you started talking about your computer programming friend everyone knows that you can't get black balled in programming he could have easily made a instrgram clone or some other app or startup or freelance or a number of different ways to make money coding no computer programmer is flipping Burger's unless they are testing out the code that they just wrote", "Important distinction, thank you! I will use this in future conversations. (And pretend like I’m super smart and thought it up myself)", "Wow, that officer got awards for this. \n\nMr Drug Expert sure seems to be \"... showing me involuntary signs you're under the influence of dipshittery\"", "Put police in their fucking place. Let them know that the public is on egg shells with them so they don’t try some dumb power trip shit like this without being scared of national outrage and having to move a state down to find the next law enforcement job. \n\nNo matter how much I fuck up in my life. No matter if college doesn’t work out I can always become a cop.\n\nThat’s the position they’re in. So to see them lower trip and get away with it is ridiculous and a good solution is to make all cops walk on egg shells and think before they pull another power trip", "Being a CNN producer is how you get away with sexual crimes against children for years.", "If your door has a cubby inside it, your paperwork can fit perfectly there and is easy to reach.", "Did they not go to jail? Did they not lose employment? Were they not traumatized? Innocent people don't suffer those consequences, right?", "In the majority of the cases these are cops with a high school education. In their mind a 1 month course is the equivalent of a specialists degree and they are WAY too confident in their abilities.", "that's only if they have cause to arrest you already. do not confuse this with implied consent laws for brethalyzers. there is no implied consent for field sobriety tests. then again the cop might confuse (or claim to) that point to so they may arrest you then, but it'll be illegal and you'll have cause to sue for civil rights violation.\n\n[https://www.findlaw.com/dui/arrests/can-i-refuse-to-take-field-sobriety-tests.html](https://www.findlaw.com/dui/arrests/can-i-refuse-to-take-field-sobriety-tests.html)", ">Let's not make this about race, when it's clearly, always and again, about the same old thing, money.\n\nDumbest shit I've ever heard", "Georgia is DEEEEP south too, much deeper than florida.", "If you elect me President I will make every single police procedural show into some variation of Police Academy/Naked Gun. These shows are poisoning juries.", "Sheesh I thought you were referring to Rob Kardashian representing O.J. Simpson lol you had me real confused for a moment\n\nNow that I know what you mean, yeah it makes sense", "> go by public transport\n\nThat would be illegal where I am.\n\n> ride a bicycle\n\nThat would also be illegal. This would actually be operating a vehicle while intoxicated.\n\n> or walk\n\nAlso illegal, same reason as the bus, actually. All a cop has to do is say you're making a disturbance, and off you go.", "your life is at risk every single second youre breathing, you could literally die from a brain anyurism at any given moment and youre gonna be afraid of things that you can go against?\n\ndont let these little things ruin your life and let you live in fear.", "The land of the FREE everybody 👏👏", "> The plea gets you a better outcome and it saves the state money and time. It's a win win all around. This is what 90+% of plea deals look like.\n\nNot so sure about that. For instance, there was a period in NYC where they were arresting tens of thousands of people for ridiculous things like jaywalking or blocking pedestrian traffic. Cops would see someone smoking a cigarette outside of their building, tell them they need to move because they’re blocking pedestrian traffic, and if they give the cop even the slightest attitude (like pointing out that no one is walking down that sidewalk), they throw cuffs on them, put them in the back of the van with the others, and charge them with (IIRC) disorderly conduct. \n\nDuring this period, cops were pushed by their superiors to rack up citations. They knew these charges wouldn’t stick *if* they went to trial. But they also knew many would just plead out because the trial process can take too long and be too stressful. \n\nIn cases like this, pleas are meant to subvert the criminal justice process at the expense of the accused, not to be a mutually beneficial way to expedite the process.\n\nI’m sure pleas are certainly a win-win in a lot of cases, but 90+% seems quite high, especially considering criminal justice reform advocates focus a good bit of attention of pleas.", "11 Alive in Atlanta coming in with a few haymakers. Great stuff.", "You can ask for a supervisor to come to the location.", "Innocent people suffer those consequences all the time. Hence me saying \"The problem is that an arrest/charge itself can ruin your life.\".\n\nJail is for pre-conviction. Prison is for post-conviction.\n\nThis country loves to attach consequences to charges. Those consequences don't go away when found innocent in a court of law. Sometimes people think that's good, sometimes people think that's bad. It all depends on if they think the person should have been found guilty. (e.g., see people's thoughts on Kyle Rittenhouse)\n\nI'm not saying any of this is good. But I am saying that they were treated appropriately by the court in these cases from the video.", "“Is this driver innocent of dui?” “Well he is now”. So yes, he was innocent and always was. Any answer other than that shows a fundamental misunderstanding of what’s supposed to be one of the basic tenets of American criminal justice. He was never treated as innocent until proven guilty. This system is so fucked.", ">[It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio)\n>\n>Anyone who thinks differently than this lacks empathy. I don't care how many criminals they catch, it's no one's responsibility to be an unwilling sacrifice.\n\nThis is ultimately why i am ok with what happened during the Rittenhouse case. The deference to him and his rights was Wasn't exceptional, its how it's supposed to work. The injustice comes in because unless you are wealthy or part of a high profile case, this sort of deference to your rights and innocence which you are entitled to by law is often infringed on to your detriment.", "Any cops that want to chime in here?", "Well, Biden is not even remotely \"left\", so yeah.", "No, I’m not. In most states it’s the same. They can’t test for drugs with a breathalyzer. You’ll get charged for refusing and brought to the station. Lose your car. Lose your license.", "That's half the reason cannabis is illegal in my opinion. It's pungent and gives cops a pass to do whatever they want, even if the smell isn't actually there.", "It's probably less than 85%. [THC testing is a terrible measure of impairment](https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/apr-6-2019-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died-soviet-race-to-the-moon-tasmanian-devils-fight-off-cancer-and-more-1.5084522/roadside-thc-tests-do-not-test-for-impairment-how-can-science-help-1.5084527), it's almost guaranteed that less than 85% of those who tested positive were impaired at the time of testing. \n\nStrangely enough, what happened to the person in the linked article is the opposite of what happened in the video. They tested positive for THC on a saliva test, but passed an impairment test to clear herself. Still lost her licence for 7 days though.", "The land of the free ……..to do whatever they want under the disguise of protect and serve \nPigs are pigs", "Why would they? No upside in here. I don't believe cops are all bad, I believe most of them are actually trying to do a good job. This guy though...", "It was obviously sarcasm…", ".", "No, prison is for long-time stays and federal offenses. Jail is everything else. An arrest on your record is an arrest on your record.\n\nIn the eyes of everyone but the people closest to you, the people who actually know you and give a shit about you, you are both seen and treated as guilty. Anyone who believes that \"innocent until proven guilty\" bs is a fool, plain and simple.", "DONT SPEAK TO POLICE! Tell them you will not speak to them without a lawyer present, yes this also include stops. You want a breathalyzer done, fine serve me a warrant. If they get pissy ask for their supervisor to come out.", "I spent more training to be a tech at AT&T and the training was in-house lol", "Fucking cops are thugs. Ignorant stupid lying fucks. No cops should be allowed this level of authority. Police are stupid as fuck.", "\"You are fired.\"\n\n\"Actually, prefer retirement with benefits.\"\n\n\"Ok\"", "No one here is claiming that \"innocent until proven guilty\" is about anything other than the court system.\n\nI'm pretty sure everyone in this discussion agrees about the state of it being fucked up.", "I didn’t know local news networks were capable of having this type of long form discussion.", "Sounds like he’s so overconfident in his abilities. It’s probably worked out for him in the past.", "They don't need a warrant to do that.", "And take the award from office pensions", "The ACLU gets called evil *because* of the good things they do. But I'm glad they keep doing it anyway.", "What we *need* to do is make ALL legal representation publicly funded for criminal trials and require everyone to only use one of the defenders from the public pool. We have publicly paid prosecutors, why not publicly paid defenders?\n\nEnsure rich people have to use whatever lawyers are available from the public pool, and I guarantee the funds for and quality of public defenders would skyrocket.\n\nWith the added bonus they since *everyone* gets to pick from that pool, poor people aren't getting shitty lawyers while rich people get to have amazing ones.", "This isn't really deep south, this is Atlanta. Cobb County PD just built different", "Ah, yes. If you're not afraid of police then of course no one is! I mean, your personal experience must be universal, right? This take is too illogical to be taken seriously in 2021.", "And his twelve apostles!", "and make sure you explicitly say that you are invoking your 5th amendment right to silence it is legally not enough to just remain silent.", "Only way to not get messed with by cops, is to join the police gang.", "Lol, i'm not talking masks and gloves. Sure whatever, do that. But I'm sure you're aware that departments are sending in people with full hazmat suits with oxygen tanks over small amounts. It's ridiculously over the top.\n\nIt's indicative of cops being fed sensationalist \"information,\" as if it's true.", "office? You must live in a magic christmas land jurisdiction.", "Honestly why I will never travel to the US, shit like this can happen to you there just because someone has an ego, and even worse if you got the right skin color. No thank you.", "Because cops are fucking terrorists.", "How about the answer to “Do you know how fast you were going?”", "Looks like some left the freezer door open again", "Ah, yes, the old “it was only a joke” dog whistle. Yes, it was sarcasm with intent behind the message. \n\nRacists often pose their opinions in joke-form so they can easily get out of it when opposition arises. Familiarize yourself with different racist dog whistles and you’ll see them more often.", "They change the rules of the game everyone we start winning", "That is exactly why Nixon started the war on drugs. It gave him the opportunity to arrest a lot of anti war protestors and other dissidents", "If you enjoyed that one wait until you find out how the US police was founded and what is their actual responsibility to this day. Hint: It is not to help or protect you in any way.", "There’s a term for this and it’s called confirmation bias", "I think you have to file some kind of form or paperwork to obtain it though, and unless your a lawyer who knows to do that?", "Oh y’all like journalism? Look into project veritas. They expose CNN Newscasters Pfizer employees all types of stuff.", "Try calling your local bar association and see if there are better attorneys", "I truly wish harm on these officers\n\nLike bamboo shoots in fingernails while locked in a Vietnamese jail for years …", "Most of this list will just make the encounter terrible for both parties.", "BuzzFeed News has had a fair few excellent investigative stories. No joke.", "You asked a question of, \"Who wouldn't be terrified\" and I answered. Quit trying to frame an answer which you asked for as some hyperbolic, \"No one is scared\" response.\n\nI could have done the same with your argument for what it's worth.\n\n> Ah, yes. Because if you're afraid of police, then of course everyone is! I mean, your personal experience must be universal, right? This take is too illogical to be taken seriously in 2021.\n\nNow, if you'd actually like to discuss the topic, then I'm obviously open and willing to do so. If you just want to regurgitate talking points and make repeated motte and bailey arguments, then I'm not particularly interested.\n\nYour call.", "Pretty naive to assume this sort of thing doesn’t happen in Canada too. This is the result anywhere there are victimless crimes enforced.", "That's not true. I had a case that went to trial in federal court. The evidence was flimsy but no attorney would take the case without a $100k retainer. At one point we were considering a 1 year jail sentence.", "I don't speak teenager. What does this mean exactly?", "Literally no department by me are sending people in full hazmat with oxygen tanks...", "Holy shit if someone's FIRST words are \"i dont do that you can test me right now\" they are fucking innocent. How many brain cells was that guy missing?", "Ftp!", "The american dream I guess.", ">> That one woman was offered a plea deal by her own lawyer.\n\n\n\nYou mean that her lawyer conveyed the government’s plea offer to his client, as he is required to do.", "If they ask you where you're coming from or something like that, you could potentially be pinning yourself as a suspect of a crime that happened near there. It's truly best to not answer.", "How could you not be a police hater?", "Refuse THE BREATHALYZER, *not* field sobriety tests. At least in the US.", "No, that's the breathalyzer, not the field sobriety tests. Unless you have evidence showing otherwise.", "The police was a mistake.", "This is why I do not go to the USA. Not far behind China in how they lock up thier innocent.", "Do cops not have weed tests in America?", "Yeah, I guess it can lead to an arrest too, so maybe it's just bad advice. I don't know the stats. I did mean accepting breathalyzer, but I'm not sure if there's a huge difference there either.", "Check your state laws but you are often not required to take a field sobriety test. In this video they were arrested based on those test. If you refuse they will probably still take you to jail but you have a better chance of getting it thrown out.", "What’s crazy is that he probably charges mostly young people that are likely to have recently smoked marijuana. Even though they aren’t high at the time it shows up in there blood and he looks like he’s doing a great job. What a Fucking asshole that guy is.", "Apparently, in Georgia, they [can](https://access.gpstc.org/student/classes/details?gpstcCode=MC1499) use subjects allegedly high on illicit drugs to do the testing.\n\n> During the Field certification workshops, the student will perform the 12 step evaluation on actual suspected drug impaired persons to improve their proficiency in the evaluation process and will learn to accurately predict which drug category or categories are causing impairment.", "Cop: you’re giving me indicators that you possibly smoked marijuana \n\nMe: you’re giving me indicators that in high school, the teacher often placed your tests face down when handing out the grades", "How are you so confused about the general existence of the public defender's office?", "They want no such thing. They want to rename things to George Floyd Park or whatever.", "Where I live any DUI suspect is immediately taken to the nearest hospital and has blood taken to test. I wish it was like that everywhere. \n \nI understand this isn't perfect, whether it is alcohol or THC, but it is still better than this nonsense.", "Ironically, the lieutenant of the officer in the first part of the video had to resign in disgrace because he told a motorist that he pulled over, [\"don't worry, you're white! We only shoot black people.\"](https://youtu.be/eFnFnixi8hc)\n\nIt felt like a crossover episode when the reporter brought that up lol", "Lol your whole life is a cop out", "The fact that you blatantly did not do this and could probably get someone to testify that the mark on your bumper had been there at any time before that day tells me you shouldn't have to be wealthy or educated to get that bullshit thrown out.", "Police interactions in this country are literally RNG.", "Guess they don’t teach Benjamin Franklin at the police academy.", "Many big law firms do a lot of pro bono work, because, among other reasons, it helps junior attorneys get experience that they have a hard time getting on paid cases (because the corporations that can afford to hire those firms always want the most senior partner on the team to personally handle every status conference and minor discovery motion). They don’t take on pro bono clients directly, though. Instead, they partner with legal aid public service organizations. So if you are indigent and need pro bono representation, you should try to find a legal aid organization that serves people in your situation.", "Yeah, Legal Eagle (an actual lawyer and YouTuber) has talked about it before, most lawyers do some pro bono work per year, as a way of giving back to the community. It's not necessarily required, per se. But if something like a bar hearing came up, you'd be looked at a lot less favourably if you've done little to no pro bono work. And vice versa, if you do a lot of pro bono work, it'll look good for you in the case of any legal breach of conduct happening.\n \nAnd especially law firms will do pro bono work every year, because of PR, if nothing else. They're businesses first and foremost, and it looks good to potential clients if you do that stuff a lot.", "When you see this stuff, remember to take a few minutes to google the police department. If you have time, call them and ask to talk to the officer involved and the chief (separately). If you don't have time for that, email them. If you don't have time for that, make a simple facebook comment. Be polite, but let them know that they're horrible people and should be in jail.\n\nI cannot stress enough the importance of this. These people live in a bubble where they're constantly told that they're good people doing the right thing, and the point is invade their bubble with truth. One or two times won't matter, 100 might. They start to get the idea.\n\nOne other thing - when you post a video like this if you have time please make sure to name all the officers and other officials in the video if you have time. You want this to come up if someone searches for them on the internet. Again, remember that these guys usually don't tell the truth about what they're doing outside of work. No officer goes home and tells his wife \"I illegally arrested someone for DUI who was actually sober\". The information needs to be as widely available as possible.\n\nWe can talk about laws all day long - and the laws do need to change. Immunity and indemnification need to go away. But getting dishonest and criminal officers out of law enforcement will nullify bad laws because only bad cops enforce and stand behind bad laws.\n\nWe have a lot of work to do on this front.", "It's [happening](https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article256262957.html) though. And it's what I'm talking about when i say hysteria.", "The \"you seem nervous\" line is always the worst one too.\n\nYou just pulled me out of my car and are now accusing me of things I didn't do that could ruin my life? Of course I'd be nervous, dip shit.", "Retirement? He doesn’t deserve sht.", "I thought i was in [r/theonion](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOnion/) for a second", "That's quite extreme, vague, and easily abusable. If I were a cop, I'd wrongfully arrest someone I secretly know, have them sue, and then split the reward. Wouldn't even matter if I were to get fired. That's a lot of money.", "Police did the same thing to my black ass and I got people I know calling me a fuck up because if it. The police will literally lie to you to get you to go to jail, it’s a numbers game for them. They literally lied to me and made me do tests all night( none of which I failed ) just to get me in jail. “If you take this blood test you’re going home” me- takes blood test, passes it, still stays the night in jail just like the 40 other people that were in there with me because of the police checkpoint", "Im not surprised by this at all because there are definitely officers who love the power that comes from arresting people. How is being under the influence more probable than someone just lacking coordination? I would bet that there are more people with bad driving skills than those who drive intoxicated.", "The south is hell", "> Hate to break it to you, but public defenders and prosecutors are generally on good terms. Just because it’s an adversarial system doesn’t mean defense and prosecution are always going to have beef with each other.\n\nAs someone who has worked in several public defender offices I have to say, based on my experiences, this is completely and utterly wrong. There may be small talk and cordial behavior in public because (A) you don't want to look like a jerk in front of the judge and court staff and (B) you literally need to maintain a working relationship with the prosecutor given the power they have over the proceedings, but once it gets back to the office and true feelings can be vented, there is usually have no shortage of anger directed at many of the prosecutors.", "Shouldn’t be reaching for shit during a traffic stop unless told to in the first place. \n\nRule number 1.", "This is just one of many reasons the general publics doesn’t trust cops…", "We don't want you with your inability to assess risk, we have enough crazies as is", "no u", "They are. It doesn't say *when* they have to share it with you, so they usually just give it to your lawyer either the day before or the day of the trial.", "Live in a state where the public defenders office doesnt exist, your public defender is assigned by the magistrates office, and is often times not competent to defend a criminal trial, isnt paid enough to care. Good thing is you totally have a right to fire them and demand a different attorney. But most people dont know that, and the lawyer just talks them into taking the first plea deal they are offered.", ">They also pointed out that they drove a completely different make, model, color, and style of car then the one the cops were looking for.\n\nThe fact that that didn't eliminate them from contention to begin with is mind-bottling.", "Not really, DUI stops are all about building a case. You need to check off a few things so that a reasonable person could determine this person is driving under the influence. \n\nThe videos appear edited but at no point in the conversations is anything other than the officers belief used as evidence to make the arrest. And no mention of failing any other test much less taking them. \n\nIf all you got is crossing the center line you got a shit case, you don't even have grounds to assume what drug they are on. A reasonable person would determine changing the radio station, momentary laziness/day dreaming. We have all crossed the center line in our lives for one reason or another. But that doesn't mean your drunk or on drugs. \n\nDon't get me wrong crossing the center line is a legit stopping offense and a cop can pull you over for it, everything after that is an investigatory stop from the moment you roll down the window and if you have been smoking in your car that smell will be the 2nd indicator of a DUI under drugs. You need 3, 4, 5 indicators that a reasonable person would determine you are on drugs/alcohol. Pupil dilation, slurred speech, confused, failed sobriety test, drug paraphernalia in plain site, strong odor of weed, the list goes on and on.\n\nThis video pisses me off because it appears all he has is crossing the center line and his belief they used weed. I would love to see the police report amd what other indicators did he write down? I would also like to see the whole video. \n\nBut based on what we know he had Jack shit, and the DA and his supervisors should have been down his ass for even arresting these people. Also not sure if it's the same officer or random other people. Kinds seemed like the same person over and over and the same script. It was nothing more than a fishing expedition. And I am pretty damn sure if someone did come back positive for drugs any half way decent lawyer would have it tossed as fruit of the poisonous tree. There is no indication of any kind of drugs, why was my client even tested? That is a violation of her rights. Judge nods and case dismissed. \n\nI am not a lawyer so who the hell knows, I know if I wrote up a report and all I got was crossing the center line and took someone to jail, someone would have been so far up my ass for wasting everyone's time it would not even be funny.", "So true. Unless of course the federal government illegally raids and destroys the intellectual property of said investigative journalists.\n\nLet's go Brandon!", "This is happening to me right now. I was pulled over because a minor fender bender. And had methadone on my passenger seat. I take methadone but no where near enough to make me intoxicated. They breathalyzer me and came up nothing. I failed the one legged test on my 2nd go at it. Pretty hard to do for some one like me. Now I have to pay for lawyers to fight my case", "I wonder where the \"don't tread on me\" crowd is on issues like this. They should be **all over** these gross violations of citizens' rights by the government, but they are nowhere to be found.\n\n \n\n\nBLM should be a huge issue for *honest* right-wing conservatives, but the vast majority don't truly hold conservative values (only when it suits them and the status quo).", "almost like the war on drugs is just an excuse to ruin people's lives for no reason and take all their property. Super curious as to why the cops are personally incentivized to arrest people but when they fuck up it's the tax payers who pay for it? \n\n\nMaybe we shouldn't let cops face no repercussions?", "In my experience, our prosecutors have absolutely no issue with our public defenders and they have no issue with our prosecutors. It’s *some* private attorneys that piss off the prosecution, but even then, the relationships are cordial in the majority of circumstances.\n\nHowever, my experience is in a jurisdiction that has a reputation for having a friendly and professional BAR.", "*paid leave coming in hot*", "\"Innocent until proven guilty\" in \"the land of the 'free' and home of the 'brave'\".\n\nIt's getting more and more common that I think \"fuck America\".", "TIL that \"a cop not joking about killing black people\" is \"inhuman levels of perfection\"", "So as far as I can tell Maine is the only state without a public defender system, which means 98% of the country is not \"magic Christmas land\" but rather \"the overwhelming majority\"", "All cops are bad. They work in a deliberately corrupt system to deny people freedom as a performance metric without accountability and they protect their own even when they are caught violating the law and their policies.", "Just to be clear, even though this officer should be in prison for his false arrests he was definitely being facetious with that statement. It was incredibly inappropriate and deserves the firing but he was being sarcastic.", "No idea if your being sarcastic, funny or an ass 🤔 as its reddit guess which one is the default?", "I had a TBI in the past. I had an interaction with a cop and he said I was impaired because my pupils are two different sizes and my eyes don’t track well with motion. I explained this and even showed a doctor’s note (from my neurosurgeon) explaining this. The cop didn’t buy it and said, “That happened in 2017. You need to move past it and stop using that as an excuse.”", "Straight up pissed me off watching that lol luckily live in the UK and don't get random stops like that. So fucking arrogant and wants his silver star award he will go out of his way to jail innocent people. More than likely that first woman was probably looking at the old mobile phone while driving and drifted a bit.", "It's my county, not country (although I guess it is my country too lol). And it's because Cobb County PD is notoriously ran by a bunch of wannabe hardass ex military guys who love finally being in charge. They have a tank too it's pretty ridiculous", "Sounds like a very rational conclusion made by an emotionally sound and stable adult.", "It would be a shame if it was a school large enough for you to tell reddit the name of without identifying yourself or anyone specifically involved.", "The charges are often very flimsy. But what they do is they charge you with a few things and offer a plea deal, then if you turn down the deal and insist on your constitutional right to a trial, they come back and charge you with a *ton* of other things.\n\nSo the pitch is, \"Hey you can plead to something you know you're innocent of and be out in a year or two, or you can go to trial where we'll stack up charges until you're facing decades in prison if you're found guilty.\" It's terrible, but the rational choice for defendants is to take a 100% chance of 1 year in prison instead of a 10% chance of 30 years in prison.\n\nUnpopular defendant, but a well-known one: that's what they did to Lori Laughlin. Unlike her fellow defendants in the scandal who plead guilty and got out in months, Laughlin insisted on going to court (which again, is a constitutional right) to defend herself. In response, prosecutors [added new charges](https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/09/lori-loughlin-faces-two-years-in-prison-more-if-she-doesnt-reach-a-quick-plea-deal/) that could have sent her to prison for 20 years.\n\nAnd obviously, the vast majority of defendants who are subjected to these coerced confessions have nowhere near the resources that Laughlin had.\n\nI try to see the best in people, and prosecutors' principles are high-minded on paper, but when you look at what federal prosecutors go to work each morning and actually do, it's really difficult to have any respect for it.", "Cops are shit every single one of them", "But he wasn't joking about killing black people. He was making fun of people who joke about cops killing black people....\n\nInhuman levels of perfection in this context, means expecting an officer to never be sarcastic or show aggravation.", "authoritarian to the last, eh.", "To pass the drug recognition officer training you need to get a 75% accuracy rating. Otherwise known as a 25% inaccuracy rating. If a blood test or other method of testing blood was only 75% accurate it would be inadmissible. The drug recognition program is a fraud and is only there to extort money in court fees.", "Your example isn't an indictment of plea bargains rather its an indictment of shitty police policy. Arresting more people just jams up the system.\n\nFor most people it's just a hassle of waiting for the system to get around to dropping the BS charges. I've never seen a public defender try to convince someone to take a plea deal just to clear the case. I'm sure it happens occasionally but I'm quite confident its the exception. People (especially guilty criminals) don't want to admit they screwed up so they like to blame everyone involved when 95% of the time it's all their fault.\n\nWhat really sucks is when people are too poor to bail out of jail and end up waiting for weeks or months in jail before the charges are finally dropped. In that case people do take plea deals just to get out of jail and that really sucks. \n\nI have seen a few times where plea deals are actually abused. For instance they may move a weak domestic abuse charge (lack of evidence /witness won't testify) up to a felony so they are now risking 3 years in prison instead of fines or a few weeks in jail. They would almost certainly win a trial but taking a plea to a misdemeanor with time served and fines looks like the better choice. That pisses me off at prosecutors but in the hundreds of cases I've talked to my wife about that's only happened a few times.\n\nMaybe its different in different states or districts but I've been pleasantly surprised how much of the system actually works pretty well. The exceptions really suck and needs lots of reform but plea deals aren't the big bad people think they are. I think they are just an easy scapegoat.", "For real, lmao. If you blow a 0.68, you’re getting arrested and rightfully so. “We’ve only had a few beers” is what every idiot who drinks and drives says.", "Based Norway. One of the few things Utah gets right is extremely harsh drunk driving laws. The limit is 0.05 there as well", "He is a crooked piece of crap that needs to be fired. I hope that they win the lawsuit and attach themselves to his pension", "So… you’re saying that people are responding more right now to evidence that police training is poor and unfairly applied to the citizenry. Yup. Sounds about right.", "There is nothing in this world you can do for ONLY a month and studently become an expert on. These guys are so full of shit, you want to be drug certified, go get your doctorate degree and then talk to me fucking 6 years later.", "Would love to have same cop pulled over and arrested 1 County over and lose everything on false claims of dui driving!", "It takes that long because they want you to plead out before the tests come back to prove you innocent. If you have a clean blood test in hand their case falls apart.", "Always appreciate a Star Trek reference in the wild.", "That's too much info. You never need to tell them where you are coming from or where you are going. \n\nIn pretty much every state/situation the only things you're legally obligated to tell an officer are identifying information and providing your license and registration to prove you're allowed to drive.\n\nUnless there's some kind of curfew you are potentially violating if you aren't traveling for the right reason you have no obligation to give them any part of your itinerary and you should not.", "You can partially blame for-profit prisons for this. Their campaign donations help form policing policies.", "In ATL, we have a saying, \"Cobb County - Count On Being Busted.\"", "The answer is simple, boozehound. If you’ve had anything to drink, don’t drive. What’s so fucking hard about that?", "Oh how fun, the buzzword game.", "I saw a video from Some More News that covered how local stations are dying out.", "It works if you have the money to pay, you can also get out if things you actually did, if you have enough money", "This happens almost daily to those in Black society", "This is a horrible. Expert designation should be removed from their certification. They should be educated that they are wrong 15% of the time. The police should be required to list what indicators are positive and have them checked by another certified officer before arrest.\nI listened to the NYT podcast about how officers are trained regarding traffic stops. It also is flawed. They are trained it is one of the most dangerous encounters they have with people despite it being the most common way they interact with the public. We are talking millions of encounters. We need police training reform now. Data driven decisions by police must be instituted.", "Yes, this is the excuse police use when they have no probable cause, but want to search your vehicle anyway.", "Our DD got arrested for a DUI without even a breath analyzer, just a field sobriety test. Spent a night in jail. After thousands of dollars on lawyers and what not and year long trauma( guy was in the process of getting a green card), the blood report finally came and he was proven innocent. The fact that all you can do is just wait and suffer the consequences even if you are innocent is just infuriating.", "So I understand what your saying, I was even arrested for a DUI and I blew a 0. So it was basically for my consistent MJ use. I wasn't smoking at the time and hadn't smoked for a couple hours. \n\nWhile I agree that 0 people should be arrested if their innocent, I also disagree about letting 10 drunk drivers go. It's a weird issue. I have family killed by drunk drivers. I despise drunk drivers. I also despise innocent people being arrested. \n\nI think it comes down to the fucking pigs themselves. They need to be held accountable. Period. If you fuck up, that's your job. No more immunity and high repercussions.", "“It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, 'whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,' and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever.” - John Adams", "I've been in a similar situation for the past almost three years. A misdemeanor theft charge after a neighbor reported something missing and accused me of doing it. Literally a day later he found the stuff and informed the cops of this fact which was documented in the official report. The prosecution obviously has never even looked at the files as it's obvious there is no valid charges. But the machine has been started and I refuse to accept any plea agreement and demand a trial. But COVID and continuances keep pushing back the trial date. I paid $5k to a lawyer even and they're part of the system in that they're just asking for more money. \n\n\nSorry you're going through this but you're definitely not in this alone. Keep your head up and save your money and call their bluff by demanding a trial.", "And the rest of you are all collectively okay with being bullied that way?", "????? What kind of dog whistle is “I only kill black people”? That is literally the opposite of a dog whistle. I am obviously saying he is sarcastically saying that they only do harm against black people, no where did I say he is “just making a joke”\n\nIf you agree it is sarcasm how can he possibly be being racist by saying that to a white person? It would literally be racist if it wasn’t sarcasm \n\nHe is obviously trying to say that this person has nothing to worry about because the things he is scared of only happen to black people in the worried persons view. What is the point of calling this “terribly racist shit”", "Meh, I'm more inclined to think they're just a troll pretending to be an obtuse European.", "It was in the video of this post if people bothered to watch it all before commenting here.", "Is it the same 🐖 arresting these people??", "STOP! HALT! Keyboard police!", "Your problem is you’re trying to help someone. Try hurting them, the burden of effort is much lower.", "i never drove in the states. but fuck i cross lines so many times", "🦀🦀🦀", "What shit hole country do you live in?", "Smoking 30 minutes earlier doesn't even make you dangerous if you have a high tolerance/depending on the amount", "Not to mention it’s not his job to decide who gets prosecuted", "Holy shit, the law through your ass overboard in the Nixon area.", "This scares the hell out of me. A single DUI would ruin my career full stop. I don’t do any drugs and the fact that someone could do this to me is terrifying", "Those are those things that hang below your penis, right?", "People who choose to be cops are maladjusted sociopaths who want a legal pass to impose their will on others. But by all means, spin me a yarn about how they’re “good people who just want to make a difference”", "Land of the Free!", "Piggies ruin lives. No serving no protecting.", "Look man, if you've got crabs, here's what you do...\n\nShave one half, then light the other half on fire. Stab them with an ice pick when they come running out.", "Cops, lawyers, judges, legislators... biggest grifters in society, and they're all in on the game together.", "Oh boy a whole MONTH to be an expert.", "Yeah, I guess the trials I have been through and watched just are not actually what happens. Silly me using what actually happens in court as a reference for what actually happens in court.", "Yeah imagine if any of these people smoked weed a day before or after their arrest/release. Immediately guilty and you have a DUI on your record even though you weren't impaired while driving.\n\nSuch a crock of SHIT.", "That is called a Brady Violation, but the prosecutor only does that at discovery which is before trial. If evidence is still being collected than they will send it prior to final pre trial hearing. That said, it is provided to the attorney for the defendant. So if he can’t get ahold of his attorney, there is no telling if he has the evidence or not.", "Please support your local investigative journalist... Especially if they're somehow still independent. There's a great John Oliver piece about how not independent the local outlets have become.", "Upvote for brilliant use of augury. First time I've ever heard it outside of studying ancient cultures.", "This needs to be a federal crime", "My attorney told me to take the plea because i would likely lose if we went to trial.\n\n3 attorneys since then said there was no evidence to even arrest me, much less convict me.\n\nBut I plead guilty because I thought the lawyer i paid lots of money was on my side. F", "Obviously not but what can we do besides vote? It's not like we can just overthrow them or something", "Riding a bicycle while impaired is also illegal in Norway, but they're fairly lenient as long as you're not like falling down drunk. Taking public transport while impaired is fine; it would be crazy not to allow this. \n\nAs far as walking while impaired, you would have to be unable to take care of yourself (extremely drunk) for the police to care. I know some college towns in the US are extremely unfair about \"public intoxication\", punishing people for being responsible and not driving while drunk, presumably to fill quotas or simply to fund the police department with the fines. \n\nPolice in Norway are a partially municipal and partially national organisation, so they cooperate with the local municipality, but are funded and organised at the national level, so they don't have quotas and don't need to fine people to fund themselves (also, the police academy in Norway, the Norwegian Police University College, is a three-year bachelor degree, so Norwegian police are educated at an entirely different level than in the US). Most importantly, civil forfeiture isn't the scourge it is in the US. The state has the burden of proof if it wants to seek civil forfeiture, not the insane opposite situation in the US.", "I would point out that reddit is extremely anti-dui to the point that they feel anyone drinking and driving should be prison. The common opinion seems to be that the enforcement and punishment for dui is far too lenient. That's the public mindset that gives police the authority to trample your rights and arrest innocent people.\n\nIf you feel OP's examples are clear violations of rights, you should be just as against dui checkpoints and conviction on dui for test refusal. But most won't take that stand because they like that dui offenders are being treated unfairly.", "That’s a bit of a weighted roll depending on who you are", "You should stop listening to those Russian redditors.", "Well I am officially not going to Atlanta anymore lmao", "You missed the part where these field tests are 85% accurate at identifing someone is under the influence and all you need to arrest someone for any crime is probable cause.\n\nFurther just because they may or may not have scientific/medical merit doesn't mean that they can't contribute evidence. Take lie detectors. As everyone likes to point out the test itself can't be evidence. What nobody points out is how the answers to the test still can. Which is why you shouldn't agree to one.\n\nI would posit that if you have issue with the tests not being medically/scientifically accurate then shouldn't have a problem with the Police using the tests, but rather the State for asking the Police to enforce laws for which they have not been given the correct tools to enforce.\n\nAlso 3 of the 4 people they interviewed in this clip volunteered to take tests after they were told they were being placed under arrest, which even if the officer was 100% in the wrong, agreeing to a test gives them a reason to arrest you so they can do the tests you just agreed to do.\n\nSo the real take aways from this should be to shut your mouth around officers, never offer more than you are asked, and never talk around state owned property because everything is recorded these days.", "Goddanm Yokels", "Shit makes me sick", "How many successes are people without the resources taking a deal? Most people don't have thousands of dollars and time to take off work or school to fight it. His actual success rate is probably much lower. Additionally even people who failed marijuana test probably weren't driving high. This officer and those who ran the DUI task force should be in jail.", "I’m afraid the actual courts are no better - there’s tons of writing on bullshit cop voodoo but also bullshit prosecutor and judicial voodoo as well. \n\nLike - courts allow “expert testimony” on stuff like bite marks and blood spatter analysis even though the science on those things has been *thoroughly debunked* - it’s all woo. But there’s a pattern of someone setting up a shingle as an “expert” on it, selling their service to testify as an expert and train law enforcement officers on it, and even TV shows and other media train the public (jurors!) to believe those are real things. \n\nBut they are not real things, even as people get arrested, tried, and convicted based on such “evidence”", "It’s not the Russian redditers trying to coheres people into false incriminating themselves. Or shooting unarmed civilians. Sorry but the establishment of police as we know it. Is purely corrupt.", "Pull over where it is safe. If you need to drive on until you reach a lighted or populated area, that should be fine, just move to the rightmost lane, slow to a reasonable speed and turn on your hazard lights. If you are unsure if the person pulling you over is a police officer, you can call 911 and verify with the operator. \n\nProvide the documentation that you are required by law to provide, typically your license, registration and sometimes proof of insurance, but that can vary by location. \n\nYou are not required to answer any questions the officer poses. That's your right under the Fourth & Fifth Amendments. If you do not wish to answer, you must make your desire to remain silent and not answer any questions clearly known, just remaining silent is not legally sufficient to convey that.\n\nIf the officer requets to search your vehicle, politely decline, but be aware that they may search your vehicle anyway. The police typically need to have articulable reasonable suspicion that a crime was committed, is being committed or is about to be committed to search your vehicle, but this can vary by state, check your local laws. If they order you to step out of the car for a search, ask them to articulate the reason. This may not stop the search from happening, but if the interaction is being recorded, which in this day and age it should be, either by the officer or yourself, you will have evidence of your rights being violated. \n\nIf you are placed under arrest, do not say a word to anyone but your lawyer. Remember, your words can incrimate you, but so can the way you say them. The officer can't hear your speech slurring if you don't say more than a sentence to them.\n\nBy and large, besides speaking up for yourself, there's not a lot you can do to stop your rights from being violated on the side of the road, it's mostly about doing your part to advocate for your rights, making any internal investigation or civil suit more straightforward.", "These cops are fucking clowns. Imagine convincing/deluding yourself to believe your OPINION about someone's behavior is enough to charge someone with a DUI?!? It's shows that an entire police force has no concept of how laws and courts work. Your opinion isn't evidence. Total fuckin clowns...", "I'm not going to waste my time arguing about reasonable expectations for police with a Trumper. The truth is you *want* the police to have too much power, because you believe that it won't be used against you or people like you. There is a problem with the way police are allowed to operate in the United States. You might not believe that, but millions do.\n\nWhat it comes down to, simply, is that a group of armed and government-sanctioned enforcers are believed by a large portion of society to be abusing their authority. Some people see this as a problem, some people apparently don't. Right-wingers such as yourself make a big noise about \"don't tread on me\", \"come and take them\", etc, but when people get critical of the people who would actually be doing the treading and the taking (ie, the police) you all kneel down to lick the boot. Then you combine that with statements like \"I've never felt afraid of the police, and I don't know anyone who has\". Think about what your ideology really means. Consider that other people's life experiences are different from yours, and try to think critically about why that might be.\n\nNow like I said, I'm not going to waste my time arguing, so feel free to make whatever rebuttal you'd like, enjoy the last word, because this isn't worth any more of my time.", "Pigs!", "We need the ability to sue police organizations for damages. I’ll never forget when a cop tried arresting me for dui for Prozac…", "Yeah the videos do not show enough. He says “you’re showing me indicators” over and over but never spells them out. Maybe he does later. Maybe they’re in the report, but if I’m pulled over and that’s all he’s saying to me, and then he cuffs me, it sounds like a bullshit charge. Granted, I don’t believe he has to explain anything to me, but if I know 100% I’m sober then he is suspect.", "In the U.K. the police carry drug swipes. Why not in the U.S?", "If this ever happens to you for any reason do not talk to the police. Tell them they can talk to your lawyer. Even If you are arrested. Staying silent does not presume guilt. Cops are crooked and they want and need arrests. Fuck them!", "Came here to say this glad I didn’t have to go far", "And it isn't even just that the big stations buy up the little ones..... It's easier, cheaper, and faster to just keep refreshing the big news channels and then immediately parrot any breaking news than it is to go out and find a new story of your own.", "They're more like guidelines than actual rules, welcome aboard the corrupt US justice system Mr /u/SasquatchOnTheMoon.", "Just goes to show you that some cops aren’t there to help you they are there to get your for something. Even willing to lie to make themselves look better", "Ahh, the Boomer \"Hail Hydra.\"", "I'm a criminal defense attorney. What may have happened is the State made an offer. Once that happens a lawyer has an ethical duty to provide the client with the offer. Nothing pisses a person off more than when they are maintaining their innocence and I have to pass along some crappy offer. They being said, I always make clear that I'm giving them an offer that I don't believe they should take.\n\nI will say that while this thankfully isn't that common, it also isn't exactly rare. I've seen my fair share of egregious arrests and awful police work.", "Fuck the police", "Put your money where your mouth is and subscribe to your local newspaper or provide financial backing through other means to other sources of journalism working in your community.", "Friendly reminder that all pigs are bastards and the only good cops got fired or got killed by the bad pigs", "1 which in result is 2.", "\"No\"", "He admitted to drinking and driving and people are defending that....", "The union will have no incentive to clean the ranks. When one fucks up, punish em all til it stops. Army basic training logic.", "Why don't they just use a roadside drug tests?", "Yeah, and they aren’t supposed to be able to jail you for doing nothing wrong but here we are, listening to a woman tell us her *defense* lawyer wanted to take a *plea* deal for something she didn’t do.", "she kinda looks like the person from the overbearing gf meme", "It's more to avoid some headache for his employer. They want him gone. If he agrees to leave then he can't complain in court or to the union that he was wrongfully fired. They don't have to go looking through.the rules to determine if they are allowed to fire him for that event alone.", "Way ahead of you. Multiple sources of print journalism and Reveal and other non profit journalism sources every month.\n\nEdit: plus NPR, PBS, etc.", "thanks for proving my point dipshit, sheesh", ">\tall discovery \n\nIt seems like they’re saying they can hold back as much as they like ‘til the day becore, as long as they give up a little bit earlier.", "Carl Hiasson is a fucking Boss!", ">\tASSUMING the defendant has a decent lawyer.\n\nThe thread is about public defenders.", "Wtf", ".08 is the limit where an arrest has to be made, but you can still be impaired and be under the limit. People react differently to alcohol, some can be at .02 and feel completely wasted while others will feel fine at .10. Blowing under .08 isn't a get out of jail free card especially when you show signs of impairment.", "There's a large section of the US population that regularly fantasizes about rounding up all the people they consider deplorables and taking them out and shooting them...", "That's good. I know most people can't afford it but this needs to be viewed as a necessary cost in one's life.", "Looking at law school, and it sounds like I can expect to paid about the same as a high school teacher coming out of school, because so many people are graduating. We have a lot of lawyers and a lot of people who need help. This isn’t an intractable problem, Watson.", "Same thing happened to me in san Francisco Ive also been arrested for cat litter", "Because the suffering is the point to these people. They simply want others to suffer and fear consequences that could never be applied to those who make the rules.\n\nThose without money, take the \"deal\" the DA gives them, because they don't know what else to do. Public defenders often just need to get cases off their plate.\n\nThe system is designed for this. 85% is atrocious but this would still be a travesty at 2%. Yet that is their goal. To get the number small enough where the public does not care.", ">\tI can’t believe the amount of comments that simply ignore facts\n\nYou can’t believe the amount of people who aren’t trial lawyers or have experience with it? You think the average person would do anything other than what their shitty public defender tells them?", "Hey, someone who knows what they're talking about. Got about 30 replies of the same comment, all of them confusing breathalyzers for field sobriety tests.\n\nBut everyone should definitely check on their own state or country.", "The problem with this sarcasm is the level of truth underlying the joke. These policing issues do disproportionately impact black people, specifically, so his sarcasm is brushing that legitimate issue off while doing nothing to actually quell the fear of the person he’s dealing with. It was self-serving and in terrible taste.", "First of all the police have to prove there case. They have not provided any legal evidence. Case closed move on. If the judge can not see that then you got a judge problem. Get the right lawyer. Your getting bamboozled by these small town rackets which are illegal.", "> I'm not going to waste my time arguing about reasonable expectations for police with a Trumper.\n\nlol\n\n> The truth is you want the police to have too much power, because you believe that it won't be used against you or people like you.\n\nThis is a textbook example of a strawman.\n\n> What it comes down to, simply, is that a group of armed and government-sanctioned enforcers are believed by a large portion of society to be abusing their authority.\n\nI fully understand your position. I'm explaining to you why this is hysterical and not at all accurate. There are certainly some officers who abuse their authority, but I believe the stance you're taking will only exacerbate issues that exist, or create issues that wouldn't have existed in the first place. By demonizing officers, and convincing the masses to be scared of them/hate them, every interaction becomes a potentially hostile one.\n\nJust as you want to be respected by police, the police want to be respected by you. Only mutual respect and understanding will allow policing to be seen in a positive light. We're punishing officers who abuse their authority and do not show respect to civilians, yet we encourage the very same behavior out of civilians. This is a self fulfilling prophecy.\n\n> Right-wingers such as yourself\n\nI've mostly ignored the rest of your comment, because you're so tribalistic that you can't even hear a perspective from me. Instead you're creating your own boogey man and applying those motivations to anyone you disagree with. It's childish and entirely counter-productive. The opinions you're voicing is proving to be detrimental to us all.", "stfu...... friday", "Brother 10", "Especially over something so small as pot", "How many people, especially the ones featured in this video, know how to speak to a judge to get results they want? \n\n>\tNo, seriously, they can’t do that. They can try, sure, but there are remedies.\n\nThe defense lawyer for the second person was trying to get her to tak a plea deal for something she didn’t do, do you think they would care enough to explain the remedies for the state trying to fuck her?", "Absolutely disgusting display of fascism & authoritarianism.", "Gotta make the quota.", "I consider it part of the cost of education.", "When I was a kid, I thought the local news was boring af. Now that I'm over 20, I honestly respect the field so much. Tune into the national news, and you get the big political dramas of the day on repeat for hours on end. Tune into your local and they might touch on that, but also the weather, REAL investigated stories, and local stuff that is actually relevant to you.", "These cops need to be shot or locked away for ever honestly. Trying to ruin people's lives over nothing.", "Protect and serve is not a policy. It's the motto of the NYPD but popular culture had made us believe it's the operational doctrine of every police department in the country.", ">\tHe might not have had access to the state or county e-filing system if he didn’t have a lawyer, which is where exhibit lists can be posted ahead of trial. This depends on the state and county law.\n\nHow is this even ok though? It seems like this system was designed in such a way as to discourage people from defending their rights as free citizens b", "So many comments saying the same thing as you, guess people really don't know what a field sobriety test is.\n\nI said to refuse a field sobriety test, which is in the video, and not a breathalyzer. I literally said\n\n> Blow into the breathalyzer, sure. Usually not a good idea to say no to that.\n\nStanding on one leg, walking the line, etc. is the field sobriety test.", "> Anyone who thinks differently than this lacks empathy.\n\nFlorida Republicans: But, what if we start drug testing welfare recipients (with the governor's drug testing company) and kick people off if they test positive (and let their kids go hungry)? That's empathy for the taxpayers and their money!", "Yeah, that sounds right. But I imagine refusing those tests is an instant breathalyze. They've got you one way or another. I imagine it's by design.", "Everything I posted was a fact. Thanks for proving my point that your side is worse and only cares about emotion.\n\nKeep defending armed rapists I guess.", "I’m pretty sure it is required. You can’t just surprise people. This guy is an idiot any way. He knew he was charged with hitting a stop sign. He says so. So what did he think was going to happen in court? Why didn’t he bring his gps?", "I edited for grammar the first time, but that was in there all along.", "50+ years of “I smell weed. Mind if I search your car?”", "None of that makes what he said “terribly racist” or anything you said in your previous comment true", "That's exactly how I understood it.\n\nIt's still an absolutely insane thing to say even when it isn't true", "I'm definitely not saying there aren't huge problems, and most people without money are well and truly fucked if they get jammed up, especially if they are innocent. Not 'even if', especially if.\n\nI'm just saying \"the prosecution doesn't have to disclose their evidence until ten minutes before they use it in trial\" (hyperbolic presentation of what was claimed) is not accurate.", "No.", "Rust indicates previous damage.... guess that's why they are cops not detectives.", "> They don’t charge you unless they know it’s a win.\n\nThat's not extent of it. Its also that the prosecutor will add as many additional charges as they can get away with, so that you end up facing the potential of an extremely long jail sentence _if_ you're found guilty on all charges at trial; and even if you're only found guilty on _some_ of them, you'd still get a significantly higher penalty then they are offering in the plea deal.\n\nIf you read the news, you can frequently see situations where someone has been indicted on 7 or 8 charges, some of them serious felonies, with a potential for a long jail time. And then they accept a plea deal where they plead guilty to a single misdemeanor and get off on time served or a short term in jail. You can also find examples where people have refused a plea deal... only to have the prosecutor drop the charges, because there really _wasn't_ enough evidence to bother going to trial, which calls into question the ethics of trying to get someone to agree to a plea deal in the first place. \n\nThere are reason it plays out like this for both the state and the accused.\n\nFor the accused, on the one hand, you have the \"known quantity\" of the plea deal: here's exactly what will be on my record, exactly how much I have to pay in fines, and exactly how much time I have to spend in jail, if any. On the other hand, if you go to trial you _will_ be spending a lot of money on a lawyer no matter what, and the result of the trial can be anything from \"get off scot free\" to massive fines, a long jail sentence, and a record that could bar you from finding anything but a menial job ever again. When you compare those two options, its easy to see why so many people go for the plea deal rather than take the risk of going to trial.\n\nFor the state, plea deals are great because it _significantly_ reduces the cost of administering justice. Instead of having to pay the prosecutor for all the time he's going to have spend to gather evidence, build a case, the time for officers to show up to testify, the cost of expert witnesses, the cost of paying a judge to preside over the trial, and so on, they just have to cover the 10 minutes it takes to bring the prosecutor, defendant and judge into the same room to approve the deal. There's also the \"benefit\" that more cases can be processed because there are fewer actual trials. \n\nNow all that being said, many people have pointed out that the result of this situation is that _most people never get their day in court_, which seems like a fundamental pervasion of how our justice system is _supposed_ to work, and that it has also shifted a great deal of the power and authority for administering justice from the judicial branch, to the executive branch. Too, it is _extremely likely_ that a significant number of innocent people accept plea deals that brand them as criminals because doing so is cheaper and safer than risking a trial, which is _also_ a perversion and miscarriage of justice.", ">In most states it’s the same\n\nThis is just false, please Google it. Specifically, Google 'can I refuse a field sobriety test' in my state. You probably can.\n\n>You’ll get charged for refusing\n\nThis is true of a breathalyzer, **not** a field sobriety test, in every state I'm aware of.\n\nJust Google it.", "That's the officers boss, not the officer. Abbot is the boss, Carroll is the officer.", "Cops are a gang.", "We created an award and have given it to ourselves. Are you not entertained?", "In the US this is true of breathalyzers, but generally not field sobriety tests. But I agree, check your state laws first.", "Why are you telling me to google it? Burden of proof is not on me. I know what I’m talking about.", "Fuck that. If I get pulled over, anything I need from the glove box or my wallet is getting pulled out before the officer approaches the car. Motherfuck reaching for ANYTHING even if told to with the cop right there.\n\nI’ll put the belt back on if I have to take it off (you shouldn’t have to, to reach the glove box unless you’re really yanking the belt and engaging the catch).", "That cop really wanted to reward you for keeping drunk drivers off the street. They've got to earn revenue one way or another, it seems.", "I think it's important to specify you are using your right to remain silent as you said. In those words. There was an episode of the confession tapes on Netflix I believe where the suspect kept telling the cops \"I'm not talking\" and such but since he didn't say \"I am exercising the right to remain silent\" the cops continued to grill him for 12+ hours until they could piece together a confession and the court ruled that this was an admissible confession because he didn't specifically say he was exercising his right to remain silent.", "Or even the night before, or even simply a few hours before driving.", "tO pRoTeCt AnD SeRvE", "Never drink and drive. But also. You don’t have to do the test no matter what.", "Implied consent is for breathalyzers. It does not apply to field sobriety tests in every state I'm aware of.", "This is why we hate the police. Bunch of fuckin dirty ass pigs. Fuck off and die. It’s super cool to ruin people’s lives over something they didn’t do in the first place. These pigs should be punished with the same loss of time and money as these innocent people have", "f̸̨̘̮͙̊́̂è̴̢̞͐̌̂ḁ̷̈́̚t̴̺̓̐́ũ̸̝̗ṛ̴̢̰̎͒̋̏e̸̲͌̆̄͝͠l̶̤̿̉̓̒͘ẻ̶͖̂͐̄́s̷̨̫̻͕̐ͅs̸̢͕̰̓ ̷̮͙̪͐̈́͆̏b̵̻͋́l̷̳̫̬͌͛͜͝͠à̶̛̻̞̱͉̼ć̴̤̻̼̎̋̽k̴͍̕s̸̥̬̭̐t̵̰̖͂͑̍͐͠o̶̡̹̹̐͌̊̐͠ñ̵̢̡̃e̶̫͚̋̃̂", "\"That's what my training suggests.\"", "The crazy thing is that I've seen so many videos of cops killing white people at this point.", ">you can decline a field sobriety test kit (i.e. breathalyzer\n\nNo, no, people. A field sobriety test is when they make you stand on one leg and walk the line like a monkey as seem in this video. It's not the breathalyzer. In most states refusing the breathalyzer is a crime under implied consent laws.", "The fact that cannabis impairment is considered DUI is ridiculous, imo.", "Yes, actuallyI have seen video of cops killing innocent people of all colors including white, you sociopathic piece of shit", "Where are all the “jUsT oBeY tHe OfFiCeR aNd u WoNt gEt in TrOuBlE” people at?", "I agree and disagree.\n\nIt depends on what color these people are.", ">Yeah, that sounds right. But I imagine refusing those tests is an instant breathalyze. \n\nI mean good, that's the point. The Breathalyzer's reading is not subject to the Police officers opinions or judgment.", "Its truly insane how much this happens. Every fucking day too", "The one stipulation that you should mention is that in the fine print of almost every US credit card, is that it says you must have paid your most recent TWO statements in full for there to be 0 interest due until the end of your next statement. \n\nEx. If you open a brand new credit card, charge $5 to it and then at the end of the month on your statement you pay the $5 in full. Then the next month you can charge another $5 on the first day and not have to pay the next $5 back until the next statement interest free.\n\nOR if you open a new card, charge $5, and at the first statement only pay $4. From that statement due date going forward you will get charged interest on the daily balance for that whole next statement. Which if you charge nothing else, you will owe $1.02 where the .02 is your interest. Now if you pay that $1.02 that statement in full. And then charge another $5, your next bill will be $5.10 Because you yet again owe interest on that $5. Now if you pay that SECOND statement off in full. The 3rd statement if you charge something else will be interest free again.\n\nLong story short. NEVER carry a balance between statements. Not even $1 because then you're stuck paying interest for the next two full statements even if paid in full.", "This journalist deserves that presidential freedom medal instead of Rush Limbaugh. Think of how many lives he saved that would have been ruined by these terrible policemen.", "Sounds like speeding was why he was pulled over initially.", ">That's like hiring Quality Control and telling them they will get a bonus for each piece of product they throw out.\n\nThat's a brilliant metaphor. Def stealing it.", "A month of training to become an expert… yeeaahhh okay", "Part 432,879\n\nWhy cops are horrible humans and why everyone hates them.", "I wanna go back to horses", "We have a nickname for the police in Cobb: \"Count on being busted\"", "Even if you never think of driving even with so much a glass of wine, it’s good to know what to do with these encounters. I know a lawyer friend one told me you never admit to having ANYTHING to drink even if you had one beer with food 4 hours earlier and are sober. He said you also should refuse to do any field sobriety tests because they typically are just used as evidence against you and even sober people can “fail” them. Not giving legal advice of course, and state laws on what you can/can’t refuse can vary. \n\n Point being though the cops are not your friends. They are just looking for evidence against you to make an arrest.", "Greatest country in the world right there ladies and gents.", "I forget the exact numbers, but there are more than a handful of people that have been executed on death row and after their death, we’re finally cleared of charges. Their lives consisted of decades on death row, in a small isolated cell until executed… it’s insane how easily it is to falsely accuse with literally zero repercussions.", "If you don't mind me asking, what were the circumstances of the assault? It's morbidly interesting how utterly devoid of any sense of equality or empathy a lot of women lack in these situations. I've talked to a few who still don't believe that a man \"doesn't want it\".", "Investigative journalism was directly responsible for the arrest of Jeffery Epstein.", "I bet I can tell you the majority race and socioeconomic status of the ones that say that.", "No, because the federal conviction rate is so high. It was 99.6% in 2021. The Feds generally don’t charge you unless the case is a slam dunk. That’s why you see so many plea deals with regard to Federal charges.\n\nThis local shit that’s being discussed is a different thing entirely and is where the miscarriage of justice is. It’s sad that people think the Federal government is bad when almost everything it does *nationally* is good. They handle prisons and prosecutions the best. They handle so so many consumer protection things. Federal laws keep us safe from the shitstain states with their shit for brain legislators.", "You could all collectively stop working for 6 months.", "The attorney, and stress, is something that is missed in all frivolous lawsuits and accusations regardless of the outcome. Signed, small business owner.", "Yeah Yeah I get it American are dumb..", "The system is supposed to be rigged in favor of guilty people so that innocent people aren't convicted of crimes.\n\nIt is instead rigged against poor people. If any of these people had the representation of the ruling class, these would have been a funny story at a party. Instead, they were a life changing event.", "Because joking that cops only kill black people when they are, in fact, disproportionately killing black people, is racist. \n\nHis sarcasm is dismissive of the actual issue and by extension condoning that behavior.", "Oh I'm completely open about it. It was Oglethorpe University. Oglethorpe has since gained a reputation for being utterly corrupt, so much so that there is an Instagram page called The Other Petrels that highlights some of the insane shit that has happened on that campus, including a student who put on an entire play for her honor's thesis project that mocked sexual assault victims on the campus, and she passed with the blessing of the theater department head.", "Also crazy that Reddit will side with drinking and driving as long as it means they can be anti cop. Like why does this guy have so many upvotes? And if anyone says you can drink that much without being impaired, this guy can't because \"admitted to having a few beers\" clearly means you aren't functioning at a normal level, although that could have been true before the beers.", "If they were tough on existing crimes instead of creating new ones, and fixing fucked up ones, we would probably have flying cars and world peace (ok maybe not but a politician that is \"not tough on crime\" leads to, apparently, >500 murders and counting - not to mention an uptick in most other crimes.... Philadelphia represent", "Democrats also believe that we don’t need guns because the police will protect us.", "They are worthless. I got a neg test right after I smoked.", "Don't drink wine if you need to drive? Or just don't put yourself in a situation where they'd be testing your BAC.", "This is random, but how cute is the way she talks, she annunciates differently. I feel like she would be bullied for that in school but there are probably a lot of guys that find it endearing and attractive. Maybe it's just me.", "Right. We are talking about Abbot, not Carrol. Far from disciplining Carrol, the Cobb PD has adamantly defended Carrol’s abilities as an intoxication expert.\n\nThey also defended Abbot after Abbot called the reporter dishonest and encouraged other officers not to speak with the reporter, saying Abbot was an honorable person and a good officer. This is why the video of Abbot was included in the article, as a counter to the PD’s line regarding Abbot.", "Seriously fuck this pig", "Correct, and to elaborate the reasoning is because weed smells even without being smoked. It would be legal to drive weed home from the dispensary to your house. Because this is legal it cannot be used as pretext to bypass 4th amendment protections.\n\nWill be a lot easier to protect people from this with federal legalization as it’s currently left to the states and is not federally unconstitutional due to illegality at that level.", "The guy you replied to was talking about Carrol. Scroll up.", "Oh, I thought that was his interview with the reporter.", "Off topic, but that reminds me so much of that news story about Facebook allowing groups to appoint \"experts\" that would theoretically cut down on fake news.\n\nhttps://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-groups-experts-tools-content-moderation-misinformation-responsibility-2021-7\n\nExcept there is literally no expertise required to become an expert, it's just someone who the group owner appoints. You can only imagine the power trip that someone who joins a misinformation group, repeats their misinformation, then gets called an expert for that misinformation, will have.", "So there is no way to invoke your right to maintain silence without first breaking your silence? Is that really true?", "The guy I replied to said this:\n\nIt does not say Carroll was fired. A higher-up named Abbott was allowed to \"retire.... in lieu of termination\" but the article doesn't say why.", "I'm in disbelief that it's so upvoted and people aren't mad at him.", "I like Hasan a lot but haven't really watched his show. That sounds like a fabulous episode, so thanks for the rec.", "Lmao cry more.. at least America let’s you speak .. Canada is fining and arresting people for saying “men can’t be women”.", "I've tried literally showing people like this the statistics, and they don't care.\n\nNothing will change their minds that all police officers aren't high school dropouts that did nothing but bully people and spend every shift and every waking moment hunting black people, or at the very least, all police officers know another officer that is like this and did nothing to prevent them from doing whatever fucked up thing it is they think they do all day.", "Buzzfeed's bullshit is what pays for their investigative stories.", "You’re right it’s the Chinese", "Scroll up one more comment and the confusion will be cleared up. The guy he was replying to said Carroll was fired.", "I find some of his comedic deliveries in the show a bit cringe from time to time, but the content is definitely great!", "Yes. Absolutely.", "Is the 🦀 supposed to be some sort of new pig emoji or something?", "So many people don’t believe that cops literally just make shit up to arrest you for", "> coheres\n\nwhat are you trying to say here lol? Could it be something to do with cohering? or the more likely coercing? Must be Russian.", "I dont think its so much something to gain, as they just genuinely view them as right of their ideology. If you view moderate dems as to the right of your ideology, everyone else must be as well. \n\nIf you are an atheist who vehemently disagrees with Christian rhetoric, do you really care if they're Baptist, Lutheran, non-denominational, or Apostolic? \n\nTo be clear, I dont necessarily agree with the rhetoric. I can simply see why some could argue the case, and why others would counter. \n\nI dont know my own neighbors true motives behind why he does what he does, let alone a person ive never actually met or talked to. Everything else is perception and conjecture imho.", "\"Driver reacted suspiciously and defensively when we asked about searching his car. We took that as probable cause to thoroughly search (and tear apart) his car. We didn't find anything, so we requested a permit to do the same to his house.\"", "FTP", "Yeah nah, fuck that. I'm never driving in the US again.", "9. The \"test\" is administered by someone with obvious bias and conflict of interest because they wouldn't have pulled you over unless there was already suspicion of a crime being committed. In scientific circles, this wouldn't even qualify as weak evidence.", "Happened to me. Passed sobriety tests and the cop said \"It's at my discretion, I think you are impaired so I'm taking you to jail.\" I got to jail and they told me they needed blood to prove I wasnt lying but I was already in jail so I told them to get a warrant. They didn't, because they knew it was bullshit. \nAbsolute bullshit. 5000 dollars, 15 court dates that I had to take off work for and 6 months later all but thrown out when the DA eventually saw the tapes. (I took a plea that basically had me paying a 50 dollar fine for a misdemeanor just to be done with it) \nIf I had to rely on the court appointed lawyer you can bet I'd have some sort of DUI offense on my record that would stick with me forever.", "‘We only kill black people, right’ sheeeeeeeesh", "Don’t forget Watergate.", "He did not joke that cops only kill black people. He was dismissive of the idea. The difference is what makes normal people assume he is being unprofessional and stupid rather than a broad statement of his views on minorities\n\nIt’s like calling a person racist for supporting trump, even if they likely are", "As of the recent US supreme Court decision of Salinas v. Texas\n\n>The United States Supreme Court has now made it clear while the Constitution gives us certain critically important rights we need to know how to use them. One of those rights, the right to remain silent, requires the citizen to clearly assert during an investigation but before an arrest, something like “I take the fifth” or “I refuse to answer all questions.”\n\n>In the absence of a pre-arrest clear and unambiguous assertion of the right to remain silent, the Supreme Court has ruled that a person’s passive refusal to answer questions CAN be used against that person at trial.\n\nhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hmichaelsteinberg.com/amp/why-you-need-to-actually-use-the-words-i-take-the-fifth-salinas.html", "Cant help but think these officers were the kids who never got passed a joint at a party and this is their fucked up retribution.", "The drug war is a war on Americans' freedom, not a war on drugs.\n\n\n\nThis happens ALL THE TIME. And it's way, way worse than this TV report reveals. Cops have many times forced people to have a colonoscopy after accusing them of having drugs up their ass. The citizen is forced to have an unwanted medical procedure and of the cases I've seen, cops NEVER found any drugs. Then, the citizen is sent a bill for the colonoscopy.\n\n\n\nIf you think you know how the cops abuse Americans, you haven't seen anything yet.\n\n\n\nCops in this video are lying, lying, lying, lying.", "The New Yorker did a (sadly too late) story about a man executed for burning his own house, killing his three kids. [Texas killed the man based on basically *intuition*](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/07/trial-by-fire). \n\n> Many arson investigators, it turned out, had only a high-school education. In most states, in order to be certified, investigators had to take a forty-hour course on fire investigation, and pass a written exam. Often, the bulk of an investigator’s training came on the job, learning from “old-timers” in the field, who passed down a body of wisdom about the telltale signs of arson, even though a study in 1977 warned that there was nothing in “the scientific literature to substantiate their validity.”", "Pretty much #2. Totally get your point, though. I pulled you over because you're guilty, so you're guilty.", "Even if it showed up in blood or urine, that is not definitive proof that they were high while driving. Marijuana can stay in your system for over a month. This is ridiculous.", "Interesting, makes sense I guess when you think. You gotta be able to differentiate that type of silence from any other potential reason. Cops aren't mind readers. TIL, thank you!", "Having been a police officer I refused to participate in DUI checkpoints as unconstitutional and refused to arrest people for prostitution and personal drug usage. Any impairment I saw in my duties I would arrest for but I used the strict criteria from the actual law and did not color outside the lines such as this officer. Officers like him are part of the reason why I stopped policing. These officers would say stuff like I am the law when in private. Yeah there is a good reason not to trust modern law enforcement. This guy is ruining lives and does not care. As long as he gets his atta boys he'll keep victimizing folks.", "Fuck Cobb County right outside of Altanta. If you come visit DO NOT LEAVE THE PERIMETER....THEY ARE THE WORST KIND", "I've watched a shit ton of porn and beat my meat countless times in various ways doesn't mean I'm \"trained\" to be a pornstar. Taking a month long course to be able to fuck up people's lives is a joke.", "Holy shit this is a pathetic, unhinged screed. Log off and seek professional help, immediately.", "Okay what happened? I clicked play and saw 27:22. No way I'm watching the vid for that long", "And what happend to this? Has it stopped, has the guy been fired.\n\nSure people know about it, but that's not going to fix the problem.", "Yeah, you have some wires crossed. It would be a civil lawsuit, and the above just explained why lawyers don't take Title IX cases on contingency. Lawyers take cases on contingency that are on well trodden ground, things with tons of case law and precedent. Title IX has none of that and the rules keep changing like a shifting hall of mirrors every other president. It is poorly written, poorly regulated, unevenly applied, hardly ever truly enforced. Any actual lawsuit that hits a courtroom is a huge undertaking with unknown results. I have tons of evidence and there are a lot of strong arguments to me made against the university that did this, but some of those arguments can also be made that the entire way Title IX is structured (or lack there of) is part of the problem as well. \n\nAny attorney stepping into the ring is taking on a massive complex caseload with an unknown set of variables. As for the crimes committed by other students, I did file police reports and even my own warrant application at one point, but judges do no like to get involved in disputes between university students, even sometimes when there are clear crimes, due to a legal tradition that goes back to the middle ages that universities are supposed to clean up their own mess. The judge that handled the warrant application evoked this tradition and despite any and all evidence kicked the can back to the university to do less than nothing. \n\nOn top of this, being a sexual assault victim in my state isn't covered neatly under the law. Rape is defined as female/penetrative only, and despite what my attacker did being rape in all of its contexts, she would only be charged with sexual battery, a crime that is only a misdemeanor, might not carry jail time, and wouldn't necessarily put her on a sex offender's registry. And even then, courts don't like to hear cases unless universities cooperate with criminal charges, and if they don't they don't like to be involved at all. The Cleary Act is supposed to fix that problem, which is another thing the university is in trouble for violating, but again enforcement and punishment is a mess.\n\nFormally I was expelled for reporting and speaking out about my sexual assault. The claim the university is making is that my report was false on its face because I am male and it harassed my attacker by making the claim, asserting that the event never happened. That is despite the order of the processes meant that the university never investigated my claim to begin with, Title IX expressly forbids universities for punishing students who make Title IX claims (and speaks out about their experiences), and my attacker basically admitting to almost all of it before and even during the hearing process. Like I said, the outcome was predetermined, and even there the university claims that the outcome doesn't have to be fair, all the law says is that they have to have a process. Recent lawsuits against universities have outcomes that say otherwise, but they are all in lower courts in other states.\n\nBasically, it's a huge legal mess that no matter how you slice it is expensive and traumatizing.", "I understand what you're saying and I think you're right that that line of thinking is quite common, but I also think that sort of intellectual purity test is really counter-productive. I think the atheism analogy is a really good one, actually. When I was an angry atheist in high school, I really didn't think it mattered what denomination someone was. As an adult, and as someone who is about to marry a Lutheran, I found out that it does. Seeing the world as black and white is really convenient, because you never have to swallow your pride or compromise, but you have to grow out of it when you realize it doesn't work. \n\nSimilarly, I think there is a vast difference between Nancy Pelosi, a politician who is just too set in her ways to imagine the radical change I believe we need, and stubbornly defends a status quo that she refuses to see as as harmful as it is - and Mitch McConnell, a man who has shown time after time that he cares only about power.", "I don't think this officer would care. He would just assume your not saying anything because ur drunk. And if your intelligent and fight for your rights and say you don't have the right to detian me for this he essentially would think, well you can't stop me.", "Fuck’em! The same bastards will be exporting you to gas chambers if the feds order it.", "I like John Adams' explanation of why: \"It is of more importance to the community that innocence should be protected, than it is, that guilt should be punished.\"\n\nWe've come a long way since then, and I don't think for the better in this regard.", "\"If I sarcastically say they're right, that means they couldn't possibly be.\"\n\nFind a more convincing argument.", "Did you watch the video in the OP? They explicitly said the officers will get promotions based on arrests (not convictions), and their precints will get funding based on that as well.\n\nThe paperwork being boring is not as big a deterrent as you may think if money's on the other side of that coin.", "A) yes, he was fired because of this report (someone else in one of the comments linked to an article about his firing).\n\nB) soooo…. Don’t show this important information through investigative journalism? Is that your point? Clearly more needs to be done, perhaps that’s where you should be pointing rather than insinuating this is a waste of time?? Very confused.", "You are required to provide your license and registration, not answer questions. Replying with 'I don't have to answer your questions' is generally something that will piss them off, and should be avoided. Being polite and well spoken always goes a long way. Learn how to say 'sir' without sounding like a sarcastic punk, always say 'please' and 'thank you', and if you usually swear or use slang then stop. Basically, do your best to sound like a well educated white person. Here is a list of standard traffic stop questions and answers.\n\nWhere are you coming from? Work\nWhere are you going? Home\nDo you still live at this address? Yes, sir.\nWhat are you doing? Driving home from work.\nDo you know why i pulled you over? No, sir.\nDo you know how fast you were going? [the speed limit -5]\nHave you had anything to drink? No, sir.\nAre you under the influence of drugs? No, sir.\nAre you in possession of drugs? No, sir.\nWhy are your eyes bloodshot? I have no idea.\nWhy does it smell like [illegal drugs]? I'm not sure because I have no idea what [illegal drugs] smell like.\nMay I search your car? I do not consent to a search.\nI am going to search your car... I do not consent to a search.\n\nBasically say the absolute minimum. Any actual accusation should be responded to with no or I don't know. Never, under any circumstance, consent to a search. When you're asked, be explicit and speak clearly so that it gets picked up by whatever recording device may or may not be on. 'I do not consent to a search.' The only time I would explicitly decline to answer is if they start asking personal questions like 'where do you work?' or otherwise attempt to disguise their interrogation as small talk. Open with 'Something like why do you ask?' or 'Is that why you pulled me over?' If they persist, accuse you of being evasive, or claim that you not answering their question directly is suspicious thats when you just blankly tell them you're not requires to answer their questions. At some point if the police are going to be hostile and decide to fuck with you they will.", "This guy is a terrorist 100%.", "> Sounds like a gang protecting their enforcers.\n\n**Cops. Are. A. Gang.**\n-\n_________________\nAnyone who doesn't agree with this FACT is 1 of 3 things :\n\n1. **A person lucky enough to just have never encountered the police in any sort of hostile situation.**\n\n \"Hostile situation\" by the way doesn't necessarily mean \"you robbed a store\" or \"beat your girlfriend.\" It could mean you've been pulled over in a \"bad part of town\" or at a \"bad time of day\" - and profiled as a result in some way.\n\n For example, I'm a white dude who was pulled over in my shitty old beater car one night years ago while I happened to be driving home to my shitty apartment through a nice neighborhood late at night after leaving my grad-school class group working on a project until 3 am.\n\n The cop who pulled me over said he did so \"because I turned across 2 lanes,\" (bullshit - he saw I had a shitty car in a nice area and thought I was scoping places to rob), but once he found out why I was out - working late on a video game project with classmates - he suddenly became nice and talked about how he loved Call of Duty and let me go without any other hassling.\n\n2. [**A bootlicking far-right-wing fascist idiot**](https://miro.medium.com/max/1207/1*jJGtypeQ8WRxd95QQSvXhg.jpeg) who fantasizes about being a \"hero\" (except, of course, when the cops are actually against them - i.e. a [Jan. 6th type scenario](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/blue-lives-matter-capitol-riot-b1942063.html))\n\n3. **A cop / relative to a cop** who has also never dealt with a #1 type scenario (likely because when it's happened, they mention being related to or being a cop, and suddenly gang rules apply and they are \"cool.\")\n\n_____________\n\n**And even this shit is just scratching the surface...**\n\nCops DO NOT help people. They don't even have a duty to do help you if you're saaaaaay, [BEING STABBED BY SOMEONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF 2 COPS WHILE ON A SUBWAY TRAIN](https://youtu.be/jAfUI_hETy0), according to a [Supreme Court case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia#:~:text=DISTRICT%20OF%20COLUMBIA%20METROPOLITAN%20POLICE%20DEPARTMENT%2C%20et%20al.%2C%20Appellees.&text=1981\\)%20is%20a%20District%20of,on%20the%20public%20duty%20doctrine.) a few years back.\n\n[This is why \"defund the police\" is **not** a wild radical idea](https://youtu.be/ay3tsUjTkyw). [D.A.'s openly admit that they won't prosecute dirty cops](https://nypost.com/2020/07/24/staten-island-da-wont-prosecute-cops-who-kneel-on-suspects/). There are [plenty of judges who are just as bad as the cops](https://abcnews.go.com/US/north-carolina-judge-accused-hitting-black-lives-matter/story?id=77753811).\n\nThis idea of redistributing even just SOME of their resources is the ONLY non-violent legal way at this point we can even begin to hope stopping jack-booted thugs from getting to act like an actual honest-to-God \"legalized\" gang against random citizens who just happen to randomly encounter one of these shit-heads.", "And then you go to jail anyway and hopefully you have the means to not deal with a court appointed lawyer who is just going to try to plea you out and still end up with a charge regardless of your innocence.", "Yeah I'll just become homeless thanks for the suggestion", ">**When the police insist that they can detect drugs in drivers that a crime lab cannot...** *\"Can these drug tests be trusted to convict a driver, if the same tests can't be trusted to exonerate a driver?\"*\n\n1. \"Our test came back POSITIVE which tells us that you're guilty, so you are under arrest and you will be charged and prosecuted\"\n\n2. \"Our test came back NEGATIVE, but we don't believe those results, so you are under arrest and will be charged and prosecuted\"", "When you get an inventive to find something...you will definitely find that thing.", "I have heard similar things", "To add some extra info, when he said they don't charge you unless they know it's a win he wasn't kidding.\n\nIt's not that the federal court system is literally like the Cardassian one in that your defense is against you and there's no actual way to win. It's that if they took the time to bring charges against you they have every shred of evidence they need to put you away already. Everyone takes a plea deal because as soon as they're shown the evidence against them they go \"Well fuck, they absolutely nailed me. Let's plea this out to save lawyer's fees and some jail time\".\n\nNormal cops will arrest you on suspicion and work out the rest after. Federal investigators will get suspicious then track your every move and communication until they know without a shadow of a doubt if you're guilty or not.", "If he did that to my child he wouldn't be anything anymore let alone a police officer.", "They're required to share any evidence they have with your defense attorney before the trial. It's called \"discovery\".", "Yup. I was told that \"You have a film on your tongue, so you must have smoked marijuana.\" at 9:30am on a Monday morning.. actually.. this time of year. a few years ago now. I had a cup of coffee n drove to work at the tax office. I lost that job over it.", "Ha! That's a great analogy\n\nGood job", "That you don't know the disparity that is between the responsibility of professionalism in LEO versus a cashier tells me you don't even being in this conversation -- not to mention you can't even identify your own incredibly obvious hyperbole or strawmanning.", "I agree, and think that is one of our largest issues as a country. I think our culture right now applies too much weighted expectations and perceptions to titles. It has bled to almost every facet of our culture, far beyond politics. \n\nIt seems everything from music, to sports, to video games, ect is polarized to an extreme. As such, we have camps and tribes. \n\nLike religion, I dont claim a political identity because I dont fully agree with anyone 100%. I also don't discount someone else for their identity. Somehow, I am able to get on reasonably well with everyone. My secret : respect and common decency. Thats a family secret though. Keep it on the low.", "\nHello! You have made the mistake of writing \"ect\" instead of \"etc.\"\n\n\"Ect\" is a common misspelling of \"etc,\" an abbreviated form of the Latin phrase \"et cetera.\" Other abbreviated forms are **etc.**, **&c.**, **&c**, and **et cet.** The Latin translates as \"et\" to \"and\" + \"cetera\" to \"the rest;\" a literal translation to \"and the rest\" is the easiest way to remember how to use the phrase. \n\n[Check out the wikipedia entry if you want to learn more.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et_cetera)\n\n^(I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Comments with a score less than zero will be automatically removed. If I commented on your post and you don't like it, reply with \"!delete\" and I will remove the post, regardless of score. Message me for bug reports.)", "Why do you stay in jail for the night, if you aren't a danger to you or others? Also why in the world is there a database, where people can see your misdemeanors? How is it legal for other people to see that? Can anybody just look that up and deny to rent a flat to you? Even worse, can insurance companies use this and charge you higher rates? WTH. The US has a lot of good things going for it, but whenever i see these videos, i am glad i am not living over there.", "Who would kick you out of your house if the people usually doing that stop working?", "\"No, you can't search the car\"\n\n\"No, I won't answer questions\"\n\n\"No, I don't know why you pulled me over\"\n\nMinimize your contact with the police, and if they tell you that you have the right to remain silent...take it.", "I have no doubt he’s teaching his marijuana divination skills to law enforcement trainees somewhere in the country and bitching about cancel culture ruining a valuable law enforcement tool.", "I have always loved visiting Georgia, but maybe wouldn't want to live there. It's no wonder them \"Duke Boys\" were always runnin' from the law. It's so corrupt!", "Not a Policy, it IS the policy. Here is the oath USA Police officers take, it varies from state to state, some put constitution then state above all else, the majority dont. \n\n\n\\[As a law enforcement officer, my fundamental duty is to serve mankind; to safeguard lives and property; to protect the innocent against deception; the weak against oppression or intimidation; and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to protect teh constitutional rights of all men to liberty, equallity and justice.\\] \n\n\nIt continues about how they will conduct their personal life, honesty, examplary behaviour. Not alowing feelings, friendship, family to alter their decisions in enforcing the rule of law and will do this without unnecassary force or violence etc.", "You end up with cops like this when you don't hug your kids.", "watching this as a 40 year old black man.... first time? lol", "If you are too smart they make you go undercover to infiltrate Jack Nicholson’s gang.", "Nope pure American I’m saying that the cops are corrupt. Now you understand d-bag?", "Police are some trash ass dudes", "I hope they get millions from that corrupt cop.", "You can vote in Georgia from jail unless it is a felony…so I doubt that was his motive. He is just a dick.", "Dude got the shit beat out of him every season like clockwork.", "Its not too far fetched. https://thegrio.com/2021/04/29/georgia-deputy-charge-black-people-fake-felonies-stop-voting/", "Problem is they can see that you just reached over to the glove box.\n\nKnow where a lot of people stash their guns? In their glove box.\n\nIt’s best to wait for the request, inform the officer that you are going to the glove box, and then be slow about it.", "I can understand a motivation like that for sure.\n\nThe person I responded to alluded to a different motivation. A sadistic one. Which I can't understand when it comes to arresting someone, processing them and conduct/oversee sobriety tests at the station or hospital. That's a slow procedural process, with lots of paperwork and oversight.\n\nI believe if a police officer has sadistic tendencies they will fulfill those urges physically, not by paperwork. If you're a sadistic person who enjoys paperwork or likes to punish people through legal processes then I believe you would become a prosecutor or something like that, as opposed to a physical occupation such as a police officer.", "\\^ This", "Many court systems are funded primarily by DUIs.", "That’s fair. It isn’t much of a stretch from reality though.", "Our culture of policing is irrevocably broken. Time to tear it down entirely, starting with corrupt police unions protecting shithead officers.", "Nah.\n\nRather have my hands in view and not moving with all my shit on my lap than:\n\n“License and registration”\n\n“Sure it’s in the glove box can I grab it”\n\n“Go ahead”\n\nThen the cop sees a ghost and starts screaming about showing him your hands and mag dumps you point blank before you know he’s even shooting at you.", "username checks out", "It’s crazy how much of our legal system makes criminal convictions based largely or wholly on junk science. We’re only now realizing how much of “evidence” is bullshit. Eye witness testimony: wildly unreliable at best, biased and crooked at worst. Lie detectors: utter garbage. Handwriting experts: junk. Bite marks: junk. The list goes on and on…. Even finger prints are being challenged. Guess I’ll add arson investigation to the list of highly unreliable. \n\nDNA, with proper chain of custody and a reputable lab… about the only truly reliable evidence around.", "this is just disgusting. arresting innocents just so you can get an award? this is police corruption at its finest.", "Judges hate you representing yourself. I showed up at court prepared to plead guilty. Got sent away and told to get a lawyer. \n\nYou probably would have gotten a different sentence if you were even allowed to represent yourself.", "i heard INFINITELY more racism in New York and New Jersey. Everyone on reddit just loves to meme the south because this website skews left heavily, but o well", "I got pulled out at gunpoint and arrested immediately upon walking backwards to them with my hands in the air. No breathalyzer, no field sobriety. 13 cop cars swarmed in. I offered to take the breathalyzer in the station after asking TWO questions about it. He said \"too late, ima mark that as a refusal\" i paid $2000 for a lawyer, he did no work on the case which lead to a \"plea deal\". \n\nThey agreed to drop the evading and eluding charges if i plead guilty to the dui, otherwise i get convicted of all 3. I didn't run, they falsified the police report totally. I got convicted, had to pay over 5000 dollars all in all, had a restricted license and breathalyzer in my truck for 11 months. 200/month insurance for FIVE years. \n\nWasn't drunk.\n\nEdit:spelling", "It is very sad to me that nothing really changed until the reporter started doing interviews. Even if you lawyer up and spend a fortune, on your own you're still doomed.", "Cops and thinking do not mix", "I agree wholeheartedly, but there has to be a limit right? We wouldn’t say the same about punishing a billion criminals at the cost of one innocent person. I wonder where we draw the line.", "A stadium of 50,000 people , pick 500 from there. I like this analogy because it puts it into perspective for people. Anywhere you were to look in a stadium setting one of those people would be in this 500 count somewhere in your vision.", "Those fucking dickheads over in Cobb completely ruined my life. Sent me to prison for 15 months for simple possession first offense. FUCK those people.", "It sucks to talk about, but I have had to do it so often in front of investigators, therapists, what have you that I'm almost used to it.\n\nMy attacker sought a relationship early on that I broke off because it interfered with classes and her erratic behavior. After I broke things off, she broke into the apartment complex adjacent to campus (on campus grounds though) and sat outside my door for hours and stalked me around campus, and leveraged her position as the tutor of a class I was taking to withhold class materials. After trying to handle that, she came to a social gathering where a group of fellow students tried to mediate between us, she got super super drunk, came into my room at my place (I was living with some other fellow students at the time and she knew them too), and after initiating sex I said no (because I had terminated the relationship and because she was so erratically drunk), so she literally crawled on top of me and tried to force sex to happen. I had to fight her off. \n\nIf the genders were reversed this would be every single college rape you imagine when you hear about them, but because I'm male and older, and my attacker is female and younger, the world lost its shit. I immediately reported it and the first thing I was told was that if I said anything to anyone else, I would be the one in trouble. Shortly afterwards, she began defaming me in retaliation, but I began recording everything on campus. I kept reporting the escalating harassment but the university moved from doing nothing to active hostility once feds got involved when I filed complaints with the Department of Education. It would take hours to go through everything that happened in between and after that until I was expelled.", "They are designed to fail. Say the alphabet backwards starting with M. Fuck off I can’t do that sober.", "Yesterday I was able to say that it's been one month since I last smoked. I know I get good weed, but one month later and I'm still high... damn, I'm calling my guy when I get the chance.\n\nAlso, if they tried claiming alcohol, tomorrow will be 200 days since my last drink.", "The rules vary depending on the jurisdiction. But, in a lot of places, it is common for prosecutors to dump massive files of evidence on defandants the day of trial. Sometimes, that means it's a state continuance, but even that can vary, and the delays it causes certainly cause their own harm.\n\nSo, they can't hide it (but, good luck figuring out if something is hidden), but they can drag their feet in producing it.", "You only get about seven minutes. Good luck. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USkEzLuzmZ4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USkEzLuzmZ4)", "Never talk to the police. Plead the 5th to everything. Let a lawyer deal with it.", "A) was was forced to retire with pension.\n\nB) the second thing.", "It's amazing what continuous budget cuts and the narrative is the government is incompetent will do to the government.\n\nPrivate companies don't always do it better. Private companies mean that only the people that can pay can benefit.", "Those are rules of civil procedure. They do not apply to criminal cases.", "I'm guessing you're not quite into your adulting years? \"just stop paying mortgage, who's going to make you?\" isn't a viable life strategy", "Clark Howard on WSB TV is a local pastime when it comes to consumer journalism. After the Equifax breach, he call them out on live TV and gave advice on what consumers can do to protect themselves.", "Lügepresse is what Hitler and the Nazis used to call it or \"lying press\" we really got a lot of work to do when it comes to restoring trust", "God these American shows treat you like you’re an idiot. How many times did they repeat the 3 or 4 facts of this story?\n\nVictim: ‘I didn’t smoke marijuana’\n\nClip of her speaking: ‘I haven’t smoked marijuana’\n\nNarrator: ‘She didn’t smoke marijuana’\n\nVictim: ‘I was so confused because I didn’t smoke marijuana’\n\nNarrator: ‘She didn’t smoke marijuana’\n\n🤦‍♂️", "It’s almost the same. You are not allowed to put somebody on trial without them even knowing the charges like described lmao. I mean, you have to be arraigned, there’s at least a document there with the charges - what do you think the baliff just snatches it from you? This isn’t a bad kafka ripoff. \n\nExpert testimony is one thing that can come pretty late but not 10 minutes before, because of the public cost of expert testimony. Still they are obligated to let the defense know about it. There’s other people in thread pointing out how ridiculous these claims are, these people either just weren’t paying attention or had absolutely terrible lawyers.", "This wasn't even about racism. It was about policing generally. Where I'm from, we don't have county sheriffs, and certainly not elected ones. That's a southern thing. And it leads to a lot of wild abuse, imo.\n\nPut it this way, in my state you can just buy weed at the store. [Down there you lock up 1,000% more people in prison than up here.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/US_Incarceration_Rate_per_100%2C000_Inhabitants_by_State.png/2560px-US_Incarceration_Rate_per_100%2C000_Inhabitants_by_State.png) Things are different down south.", "Then you'll love to know this woman is currently out on bond awaiting ANOTHER felony trial. I called them to let them know that she was out on bond and THEY DIDNT EVEN KNOW. Yet, they still won't send someone to go get her, and because the trial hasn't happened yet I can't call her PO to go arrest her.\n\nMeanwhile I'm holding the bill on a $1500 repair bill for the scratch. Should have told them she smelled like weed that day I suppose....", "That number has to be higher I am only one person and have at least 5 stories. It’s gotta be in the millions in the US alone.", ">Keep defending armed rapists I guess.\n\nbro I encourage you to go through my entire comment history and show me where I have ever defended armed rapists", "Instead he might then react to seeing you go for the glove box and he’s going to draw on you and stand at your 7 until you can produce empty hands out the window.", "This is bullshit for people who do consume but not before driving. We need to make a change because at this point he’s probably 50% accurate just by targeting a younger demographic who at some point in the last 30 days consumed cannabis.", "BURN THE INNOCENT WITH THE GUILTY!!", "Uh oh looks like we’ve got a creative writer here.\n\nThe scenario I’ve described is quite literally famous and we’ve all seen the videos over and over at this point. Who do you think you’re fooling?", "If the blood test detects THC, you're impaired and should be be driving. If you smoke so heavily and consistently that THC is always detectable even days after: You should not be driving because your default is buzzed. Yes you can feel like you can function. So do alcoholics when they've only had a couple. \n\nThere are separate tests that can detect long lived metabolites days, or even weeks afterwards. This is not the same as a blood test showing THC still in your body. Historical, tests have been for those long lived metabolites, because the people requiring the tests care if you use at all, not if you're currently impaired. This is not unusual nor is it unique to THC: If you drink with any consistency, a lab can detect that too even if you haven't touched alcohol for a month. \n\nInfact the biggest issue with blood tests for THC is the exact opposite: Levels in the blood drop extremely rapidly and unlike with alcohol where BAC drops very linearly over time, THC concentration is non linear. People can be stoned as fuck, get in a crash, but the blood concentration has dropped through the floor by time they get tested. \n\nΔ9-THC has a halflife of something like 30 minutes. If you pop for that on a blood test, you've used very recently (last couple of hours) and are impaired", "Once again, fuck all cops.", "I wonder if they were Menstruating….And that’s what he was confusing with drugs", "Lol, just my personal count. And I started later than many.", "There were many issues with Trump. Him calling the big media the lying liars they are was not one of them", "Didn't police unions in NYC oppose legalization because they wouldn't be able to search cars as easily during traffic stops?", "Lol that's a stretch.", "I'm in the next county over smoking weed and feeling nervous as shit lol", "Cops like this piss off. In 2017 my 19 year old brother was arrested for DUI without a sobriety test or even ID check because it was near the police station/jail and was convenient for the cop. My brother had a big dark beard and looked way older than 19 so he didn't always get carded at bars apparently. Because of the DUI he took his life 2 days later. He left audio recordings including one detailing the arrest with many small details a drunk person wouldn't recall. He had a high alcohol tolerance and was prescribed adderall which basically cancels the effects of alcohol at moderate doses. The cop gave him a breath test at the station and then lied about the legal blood/alcohol limit so that he could justify the arrest. All this without looking at his ID, which never factored in the arrest even though 21 is the minimum age here. What the cop didn't know is that my brother was finally sober the 2 weeks leading up to that night his coworkers talked him into drinking after work. He had OD'd at least 6 times on various substances because of different trama and extreme depression. The cop had \"camped\" across the street waiting to catch anyone once the downtown shops closed and there was no traffic or witnesses. My brother left the bar at 10:30pm which is when the bars close on weekdays in our town. The bar was a couple blocks from the apartment my brother lived in and wasn't driving recklessly but he turned at left at a green light and it's a 3 lane on main steet so there's a middle turn lane and he crossed from the straight only lane because he didn't see any cars behind him and thought it was safe.", "funny you should say that... Generally the advice to STFU is so people avoid incriminating themselves even with statements that aren't necessarily incriminating. Here, the people are denying any wrongdoing - no drugs, no intoxication, no impairment. Whether they said anything at all really would not have hurt or helped them. In the end, the only way they are exonerated is because they gave up evidence for the investigation (their blood for lab testing). Had they taken the advice of some \"reddit lawyers\" - or at least taken the advice of STFU to the extreme and refused to give blood - they may have said nothing to the police, refused any evidentiary testing, and by so doing kept the very evidence from police which exonerated them in the end. \n\nUnfortunately, police officers like this exist. They do poor investigations, jump to improper conclusions, and ultimately result in harm to the very community they're sworn to protect. Folks commenting that the criminal justice system is broken are to some degree missing that in the end, blood results were negative, prosecutors dismissed the case, and the officer lost his job. There were unfortunate casualties along the way which could have been avoided. But at least the process worked to exonerate these people. In some societies, they would have been fucked in the beginning and in the end. The process isn't perfect but at least here justice was done (i.e. the people were exonerated, the cop fired - hopefully they won or will win their lawsuit against the department).", "Public defenders often do\nthat? They settle like 98% of their cases with a plea. They simply don’t have the time to\ndo otherwise. It’s not that you have no legal right to refuse that though, just public defenders are not going to give you the best defense.", "I never said there wasn't a PD system in most states. \n\n\nI said it is a fucking joke, and the Attorneys you get don't even work for the state, and you are an active burden on them and they are only interested in trying to get rid of you with as little work as possible. Usually trying strong arm you into taking the first plea deal the DA offers them/you even when they have no fucking case.", "That’s not the case at all. The only things that can be late are related to cost. Expert witnesses are one that comes\nup a lot: It costs the state a lot to bring in an expert witness so they can’t be paying\nthem just for discovery, but still they have to share info before the trial…", "That is not what they do, anyone claiming this is bullshitting you or making excuses for mishandling their own defense. The only stuff that can be late is related to\ncost of relating it, like expert witnesses. Obviously any\nmaterial evidence they have on paper they have to provide basically immediately.", "[ **Jump to 09:30 @** This is how you can be arrested for DUI -- even if you're stone cold sober](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk99NofbLVQ&t=0h9m30s)\n \n ^(Channel Name: 11Alive, Video Length: [27:22])^, [^Jump ^5 ^secs ^earlier ^for ^context ^@09:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk99NofbLVQ&t=0h9m25s) \n \n----------------------------------------------------------------------------- \n \n ^^Downvote ^^me ^^to ^^delete ^^malformed ^^comments. [^^Source ^^Code](https://github.com/ankitgyawali/reddit-timestamp-bot) ^^| [^^Suggestions](https://www.reddit.com/r/timestamp_bot)", "And he is still on DUI task force even though several of his arrests have ended in lawsuits. Cobb County in ATL doing Cobb things.", "You can absolutely just say silent. Say nothing. And that silence if you actually say nothing cannot be used against you. However, if you say something or respond to some questions but say nothing in response to other questions, that is not considered an invocation of your right to silence but you are implicitly waiving it by speaking. So either say NOTHING at all - or if you're going to say something and want to invoke your right to silence - say you are invoking your right to silence or say I want to talk to a lawyer AND NOTHING ELSE.", "If he had just arrested 12,000 more people his plan could have worked.", "🤣", "It’s presumed you’re going to contract a lawyer… law is very complicated, necessarily. Your\naverage citizen is not going to\nbe prepared or capable of defending themselves. Public defenders were supposed to\nbe the option for those that can’t afford a lawyer but in practice they are massively overworked, with a caseload that requires them to spend a max of like a few minutes per case. Given that constraint, they still do what they can to try to defend their client, which in legal speedrunning terms almost always means a plea deal.", ">Salinas v. Texas\n\nthis summary is slightly misleading. In *Salinas,* the defendant answered some questions and stayed silent during others **without invoking the right to silence**. That is distinguishable from where a person says nothing and responds to nothing even without invoking the right to silence. If you want to invoke, say nothing or say you invoking your right to silence. Don't try and answer some questions to help your cause while staying silent to others that don't help your cause.", "your #6 is BS", "Did you file a request for discovery? If not they have no obligation to provide it. Like, your failure to know how the system works is not an indictment of the system dude. If this was for real you literally could petition a judge to appeal - the prosecution not abiding by discovery is completely a legitimate reason you can find thousands of postponements across the country…", "Well you don't have to answer any of their questions. If they seem to be \"investigating\" anything other than a traffic stop with their questions its honestly up to you how much they can get away with. \n\nDepending on what state you're in you need to show ID. Some states say you don't unless the cop is charging you with something or writing a ticket, but it's generally a good thing to do. If you won't budge on ID they likely will look for anything they can to get the cuffs on you or make your life miserable. That's a genralization, but if you don't show them some respect they have many many ways of making your life harder. \n\nSo generally just stay quiet, give them your ID. If you do talk be respectful if only to make things easier on yourself. Don't cave to every demand though, you have rights. Being respectful doesn't mean you're a doormat. You know what your morals are if you can't abide an officer lying then don't give any leeway. Don't shirk your morals b/c you're afraid of a night in jail. \n\nMost of all record as soon as you pull over. Sure it might not matter 99% of the time, but your stop could be that 1% where he oversteps or thinks your impaired when you know you're not. \n\nJust protect yourself. Cops that want to help the neighborhood are few and far between and you can't tell if they are there for a quota or just keeping your area safe. It's better to assume the cop is looking for anything he can than to think he has your best interests at heart.", "That’s your problem. You still have faith that a bunch of gang members are going to do good.", "So is the scenario I described.\n\nYou thinking it’s best to put the cop on edge first before he even approaches is not wise. Rethink your plan.", "Except the Rittenhouse verdict all but guarantees more innocent people will be killed.", "What are the details of your case? Did you defend yourself? Or, Did you hire a lawyer or depend on a public defender? How many times were you in court? At the arraignment did they not mention the charges?\n\nI mean, I’d contact a real lawyer if anything you are saying is vaguely true. If they purposefully ignored filed pre-trial requests, have nothing filed\nexplaining why they didn’t provide the information, that’s extremely easy to prove. \n\nWhat specifically did you request that you didn’t get and was presented at trial? An expert witness or something?", "Maybe don’t drive inebriated, idiot", "Chronic or semi-casual use of cannabis/THC can stay in the system for quite a while. This is almost certainly him thinking they will pop positive even if they haven't smoked since the weekend/couple days back and still get the 'win' even if they were fully sober that night.", "I was just thinking the same thing. It's because of this (sadly) that people are held accountable for their shithousery", "Rittenhouse is on video saying he wanted to shoot looters, a week later he brings his firearm to a protest and shoots people then claimed self defense. \n \nHe put himself in the situation, it wasn't self defense. That's definitely not how it's supposed to work.", "When I was 22, so about 10years ago. I sadly drove drunk often, I was pulled over 3 times. I always got off with a warning, one of those times I blacked out 10minutes later. My lawyer friends all said, it's because you're a 100lb blonde woman. \n\nI got lucky, don't drive drunk!", "Lol dude don't pull into Cobb with other plates smelling like bud. But everyone around here knows that", "And since women can have dicks now everyone is covered", "I loved Patriot Act. John Oliver has multiple segments on news and local news that are really good too. It's upsetting my immediate local paper no longer has journalists since 2010 and only buys news from the AP. At least the sister city to mine has a genuinely good newspaper that does investigative journalism. Just not much for my city.", "Massive kudos to the reporting on this important topic.\n\nAnd the solution seems pretty damn obvious. Stop arresting people for drug use when you can't test them on the spot.\n\nThe DUI charge should be an \"add-on\" charge for reckless driving (or some reasonable equivalent).\n\nThey're out there arresting people for TOUCHING A YELLOW LINE?\n\n*That* is some bullshit.\n\nIf they can't arrest you for dangerous driving, they have NO business testing you for narcotics!", "Yeah it’s funny how the public defenders in my state see a bonus based on how many plea deals they make with the prosecution. I’ve been actively convinced not to go to trial on something I was innocent of. Glad I said nah fuck that I’ll let my peers decide.", "And this is why you simply shut the fuck up. Cops are not your friends and when people say \"just comply\" they are totally ignorant to what cops have and can do to you.", ">how to not die or have your life ruined\n\nOh, and he forgot to mention, this isn't a guarantee", "Now runs the police union, probably.", "Not familiar enough to notice it's a copied and paste quote from the article linked, mate. OP didn't *\"take the time\"* to quote the clip he took what was in the article, thinking they're misrepresenting it on purpose is a stretch.", "Corruption in the Police Departments is everywhere it seems. \n You have little men with a badge and it’s all about the power", "All I am saying is that if you could get half the USA to go on strike things would actually change.\n\nOr people can just like do nothing and wait till it gets so hard they will be forced to just flee to Canada and ask for refuge.", "Cobb County sucks in so many ways", "Brendan Keefe is an absolute G. Give him a follow on the twits if you have it, he does good work and he's spicy. \n\nI'm thankful to have him here in Atlanta because, like goddamn, the entire public sector here is *absolutely* corrupt to the core.", "But they weren’t inebriated, idiot!", "Until it's them, then it's unfair. That's how these types of people are. \"He's not hurting the people he needs to be hurting\" or some trite shite that was said.", "People keep telling that lie of a saying. It's a load of shit.", "What this cop is doing is infuriating. Great video but damn did it piss me off.", "You know that saying \"When all you have is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail?\" \n\nWell, when you have a DUI Task Force, everything starts looking like a DUI when you have a quota.", "Omg, I am so sorry.", "horrible training - - he's showing me indicators he's dumb as shit", "In most cases, but in the case of violent repetitive offenders like serial killers allowing them to escape inflicts suffering on more people, just worth noting", "Huh?", "Very interesting, and thank you for the reply. I'll dig into this a bit.", "oO(A random thread? I know I will make this about how transgender people threaten my existence.)\n\n-You", "What that this instance is about cops and money or that your race-baiting tactic fell flat? \n\nGo away please. You can have the last word, I'm done replying to you after this.", "Again, you’re wrong. Public defenders are employed by the state.\n\nYou’re talking about appointed attorneys, which is NOT the same thing as a public defender", "But I clearly recognized that it was a quote taken from the video. Why would I need to read another article about an incident which I watched the source video of? I don't need someone to spoon feed my opinions for me. I'm able to form them on my own.\n\nWhat point are you even trying to make here?", "Can't because your response to my fact-based reply was a personal insult. So I can only assume you think Jacob Blake didn't deserve to get shot despite having a warrant for sexual assault and having a knife in hand. But that's entirely your fault for losing your marbles and insulting me unprovoked.", "Wow, this is a new level of fragility and projection even for Reddit. I guess we gotta close out the year strong.", "INTENSIVE MONTH LONG TRAINING. ONE MONTH??? College is 4 years buddy this shit needs to be a college course or nothing at all. You can’t just say I’m high because you “think” I’m high. This is BS.", "THERE ARE INSTANT URINE TESTS THAT THEY CAN TAKE AT THE POLICE STATION WHAT THE FUCK", "It's okay to admit that you misinterpreted the officer's comment.\n\nEveryone here admits it was a shitty thing to say but it's not nearly as damning as you think it is.", "As a a fellow Dumbassery Expert ™️, I agree with my colleague.", "Why do you think the republicans are trying to demonize the press so hard?", "Still waiting for you to address the fact-based responses. Not impressed with the 12 year old insults so far.\n\nTell me why it's okay for people to defend criminals just because they're black but when people defend cops suddenly it's a problem.", "Anyone who thinks differently than this should be subjected to being the one innocent conviction.", "Is this the POS cop everytime ?\n\nEdit : is*", "I mean not one of them were eating Taco Bell-", "America fucking LOVES cruelty right now.", "fuck the police", "You can request this. I had to go through DUI counseling, which was a joke lol. Anyway, the counselor says that anytime you're pulled over request a blood test. But its also important to know the laws in your area. ARound here you dont have be .08 to be given a DUI.", "You can get a DUI with horses as well. I've read more than one article about drunk amish people getting in trouble.", "Shout out Andrew Callahan from channel 5 news", "It needs to be illegal for police to mislead you and entrap you. (Entrapment is supposed to be illegal) \n\nThe fact that if I lie to the police worsens my situation, but they can lie in order to get me to incriminate myself is wrong. \nWe need an army of lawyers to comb through unjust policies and reform unjust Standard operating procedures. \nEngineering an industry built on breaking the backs of your citizens is just wrong.", "What? In what way is it pathetic other than your response??? Lol, yes, yes. Please seek help. You need it. Friendly stranger my ass. You are garbage lol.", "Operating a motor vehicle on government owned roads is not a right", "Abuse of power with next to almost zero accountability. If it doesn't affect them then it doesn't bother them.", "Yes let’s keep making people lose faith in the system. Great job. Fucking idiot cops. Don’t arrest without real evidence. If you don’t believe them follow them for awhile again Jesus Christ.", "Previous comments implied only men can tell a cop off because penis..i was being inclusive to everyone based on feewings. \n\nThey also dont threaten shit. Whats ur point kunt", "This, I’ve seen that officer hang around KSU a lot. Clearly targeting college kids.", "This was tried on me and I said no. And then they let me go", "They didn’t have an argument, shithead. “Fuck cops” isn’t an argument.", "You sound very ignorant of both the law and English. \n\nStop posting. forever.", "That’s right", "That’s one hell of a steep hill to die on. Speaking of maladjusted, do you own a mirror?", "DUI blood tests have to be sent away to a forensic lab for testing as evidence. That’s a flaw of the system, not anything suspicious on the officers part. It’s very common for it to take that long.", "I have an idea that will never happen. All financial penalties can only be used to pay for public defenders.\n\nCompletely erase any incentive for LEO's to enforce laws for financial gain and level the playing field slightly.", "I honestly feel like police unions allow the narrative of racist cops to be perpetuated because it makes it look like it’s the personal choices of individual cops. In reality, racist cops are allowed to exist because shitty cops are allowed to exist.", "It's funny because some of these people are so close-minded they can't even imagine that someone like me, a left-winger, could possibly agree with you, but here I am lol", "States can be different but no blood test? Most judges here would throw that case out in a heart beat.", "It's because people aren't monoliths to their political party. If we sat down and talked for a while, we would probably find that we agree on lots of things (I have plenty of traditionally left leaning ideals as well).\n\nGlad to see there's still people out there who understand.", ">What evidence do you have that he was only charged due to the protests? He was in custody the very next day as I recall (It's been a while, so I may be mistaken on this. Google's algorithm is only feeding me articles about him being charged recently.)\n\nThe very next day... 😂\n\n\"Chauvin had knelt on Floyd's neck for about nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down on the street calling out \"I can't breathe\" during an arrest made with three other officers on May 25, 2020. He was fired by the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) on May 26 and was **arrested on May 29. **\"\n\nThere is your fucking evidence, that he wasn't charged when he was fired. Took the whole fucking country saying \"hey that cop just murdered someone on camera, that's bad\" for them to arrested him.", "Oh, right.... Arrested in 4 days. Like I said, I didn't remember exactly, but knew it was a speedy arrest. He was fired the very next day, and arrested 3 days after that.\n\nThat's light speed in the justice system.", "I was wrongfully convicted of a marijuana DUI. 10 years later they set aside my conviction because my threshold of metabolites was not indicative of recent consumption. Obviously, I wasn't refunded the $10,000+ dollars or 100+ hours I spent on it. But, at least I can go to Canada now", "You guys don’t have those roadside tests where they swab your tongue and give a result in 10 mins? Every traffic cop carries them here.\n\nAnd if the drug has metabolized out of your body… then you are no longer affected soooo?", "This absolutely shouldn't be happening, but I will say that the first few of these were young people not staying in their lane, so they were most likely texting and driving, which I would say is more dangerous than smoking and driving, and should be met with disciplinary action. Not saying they deserved to be lied to and arrested for drug use like they were. But they were still endangering people's lives and should be removed from the road. But, no real way to prove someone was doing so without a search warrant to look at their phone.", "Happened to me a few years ago in Canada before the legalization. Cops ripped apart my truck, went through all my stuff, work bag, everything. Only to find literally nothing. I assume this is no longer possible in Canada.", "Happened to me in AZ. There wasn't any but it held up in court", "I never said they had an argument, shithead. You made an attempt to argue that their conclusion was invalid, and you failed. Try again, lmao", "Do Not Plead Guilty", "I have many friends on both sides of the aisle, and I agree with you. People's beliefs are generally shades of gray, not black and white. What we see online and in the media is not how people actually talk in real life.\n\nI was a cop for years and so I have a pretty unique perspective on certain things, but I've also been very pro certain progressive policies.\n\nI know I certainly surprised a lot of my cop buddies with the things that I agreed with on the left, just like I surprise a lot of my left leaning friends with some of my more conservative ideas.\n\nGood luck on trying to convince a large portion of reddit's user base that there's any nuance to police though.", "Ratio", "Which Uni?", "I paid for my local paper for a bit too because of this very sentiment. I've never been more harassed in every single medium to upgrade or change my subscription than with my local rag.", "It’s not even a Friday.", "Oh I'm sure, but drunk driving a horse isn't as deadly as a car. So you wouldn't need to invest so many resources on \"protecting\" people by harassing everyone that goes outside a line", "in many places here in the states, such as Texas where I live, you can only sort of refuse a breathalyzer. Just like you say, we consider it \"implied consent\" that a person driving on public roads might be subject to one. If you are taken into custody on suspicion of DWI and then refuse to provide a breathalyzer, your refusal can be used in court as evidence of your guilt, and your driving license is immediately confiscated. The cops will very quickly obtain a search warrant for your blood and have that tested instead. You have to go to a hearing to possibly have it reinstated. You have 15 days to do this or it is considered that you had waived your right and your license is suspended for the maximum period of 180 days or more. Even if you do go to the hearing, you will almost certainly lose as the standard there is much lower than for a criminal conviction. They only have to convince the judge that the officer had probable cause to arrest you for DWI. If you have previously refused a breathalyzer, or had a DWI conviction, refusing again carries a longer suspension period.", "Yes but refusal is cause to lose your license automatically.", "Well you certainly sound like one of those racist murderer's the others here have been talking about ;)\n\n> Good luck on trying to convince a large portion of reddit's user base that there's any nuance to police though.\n\nHey man, right now I feel like speaking up in counter of ideas like this, is the most impactful thing many of us can do. The idea is to call us names, and shout us down, so their opinions are the only ones left being heard. I've got a voice, and I intend to have it heard.", "As a Cobb County Resident, lemme just say: Fuck the Cobb County Police Dept. There is a pervasive corruption and sense of untouchability that is unlawful and extends beyond the scope of even the investigation shown here. We need more pressure from advocacy groups like the ACLU to continue helping change these kinds of predatory policies. We’re sick of the modern American storm troopers bullying and killing our citizens.", "That's incorrect. I'm merely mocking the idiocy of their comment and you took offence to it. That's why you left that reply to my comment and not the person I responded to. \n\nI'd mock you as well, but I don't believe it's nice to make fun of retards.", "a very similar thing happened to someone i know… can i ask what country/area?", "Because we don’t hold police accountable.", ">I know what I’m talking about.\n\nLol well you don't, because you're wrong. Here, I'll Google \"can I refuse a field sobriety test\" for you.\n\n> If an officer asks you to take a field sobriety test, you do have the right to refuse. **You cannot be prosecuted for refusing a field sobriety test unlike the chemical test**.\n\nGo ahead and check your state. Or you can just continue to be confident in your ignorance, I don't really care.", "I’m hearing sober people and high people dive exactly the same. Should have just charged them for being sober.", "Fair enough, I get that.\n\nUnfortunately, barring just a few times, every time I've tried this I've been downvoted to oblivion.\n\nThankfully, I don't particularly care about downvotes (if karma was money I could buy a house lol), but even so, it feels shitty to argue against such hardheadedness. I've dealt with strung out meth heads that were easier to convince haha", "Arizona, I think. USA.", "That would make no difference in this scenario.", "Weird, I thought the systemic corruption claims were coming out of the left...", "I've lived in both countries. I think I'm perfectly entitled to comment on which one I feel safer in. I don't live in BC nor would I want to. It is news to me that they have civil forfeiture over there, but from what I'm reading the inflow of cash from seized items goes through a dedicated agency who does not get to keep the property or cash. There's a big difference between telling a cop \"If you seize that cash, you'll get some of that cash in your bonus this year!\" and telling the cop \"If you seize that cash, a third party will redistribute it to eligible victims\". \n\nYou sound like someone who has never dealt directly with government officials like border patrol and police on both sides of the border. The difference is absolutely startling.", "Eh, it's less about trying to convince the people I'm arguing with, and more about being the voice of reason to the silent majority reading along. \n\nIn my opinion, people not speaking up for themselves is exactly how we've found ourselves in the position we're in now. It's only going to get worse if we stay quiet.", "Yet we'd still have both political parties represented relatively evenly...", "They are trained in techniques that cause a “suspect” to react suspiciously out of reflex. They are also trained in multiple probable cause excuses that they can use that are hard to challenge after the fact, if they want to \nmake a stop.", "Lmao \"anyone who thinks I'm stupid is stupid, any criticism is just them being offended.\"\n\nNice. Can't imagine why you've had to learn to rely on that one throughout your life. I'd say you should try to learn from this and work on yourself, but honestly it's way funnier to me that you won't.\n\nNever change. You deserve it.", "How does one perform that sex position?", "Oglethorpe University", "There's a reason he took the time to **quote the clip** rather than just linking it...\n\n>What point are you even trying to make here?\n\nThat you're creating enemies out of nothing.\n\nEdit:\n\n>I don't need someone to spoon feed my opinions for me. I'm able to form them on my own.\n\nSo why didn't you link the clip and let others come to their own conclusion?", "I don’t really have a huge issue with people being arrested on *suspicion* of being under the influence. It’s still weird that you guys don’t have roadside drug wipes but that’s another issue. \n\nWhat I don’t get is how you can get *convicted*. I may be wrong, but I don’t think that CPS would allow you to be convicted if there was no physical evidence.", "Im not saying it was gods will, or that the police even knowingly stopped anything.\n\nI am wondering about the timeline ramifications of these arrests. What did it prevent from happening? Surely all of these people were not just driving to drive. They had plans. Plans that didn't go through when they were supposed to. What happened because those plans were delayed?\n\nThe basic thing I'm trying to determine is who profited off these peoples plans being delayed.", "Yeah to him it's about a bigger paycheck.", ">That's light speed in the justice system.\n\nYeah, thank you protests!", "You don't think things didn't happen because of these arrests? These people had plans for their day, they were not just driving to drive. Those plans were delayed. And because of that, certain events that should have happened didn't.", "The cops don't fill their own coffers by letting people go. The system is designed to funnel money into the system. They are rewarded for all the arrests because it all ends up bringing money into the jurisdiction. \n\nWithout the money they steal from the public, they might not be able to cover all the overtime they pay officers.", " thats when you get late stage covid and you're lungs are nearly full of fluid. Then you gotta inhale jizz from a paper bag to make your body respond with counter-jizz to enhance your virility and be more likely to reproduce", "See, you recognize the issue, but are hung up on specific wording. Philosophically, it only makes sense to punish the guilty. Guilt must be proved. Revoking a license simply for an accusation with no proof and tenuous evidence at best is a punishment without proving guilt. It feels like a violation of everything we consider justice. Accusations against guilty parties, until all evidence is presented and thoroughly cross-examined, are indistinguishable from the kind of punishment of the innocent for personal aggrandizement that we see in this reporting. To punish everyone accused of something is to punish the innocent, and many people like to think we only punish the guilty. And socially, when making assumptions about a case, most people assume the subject of a punishment must have done something wrong, when in reality it's just the utter capriciousness of the system we call justice, destroying the lives of the innocent in its hunt for blood for the greater strength of its component parts--whether that be a higher arrest record meaning an officer gets a raise, or a prosecutor using the people he puts away to start a career in politics. The system as it behaves now is antithetical to our supposed liberal values.", "True, I still wish that silent majority would be a little less silent though haha", "Justice may have eventually been served here, but that does not mean that our system works. Many, many innocent people here are fucked in the beginning, the end, and at every stop in between.", "Defense attorney here - happens all the time. SFST’s are divided attention tests and designed to fail. The Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus is used to look at the involuntary jerking of the eye which theoretically can show impairment but it also 1) can occur naturally, 2) occur from car accidents/head injuries/CTR, 3) can be caused by flashing lights such as police lights. The HGN test must be administered properly to be valid and it almost never is administered properly under the conditions NHTSA requires yet the test and results are routinely admitted into evidence in my state, NC. It is truly sickening. I take all my DWI cases with drugged driving to trial.", "That's what we're doing right now. \n\nhttps://c.tenor.com/k1nYf5fhxZwAAAAC/wilson-dan-appreciate-about-you.gif", "I was thinking he maybe wanted to travel out of the country and be back home for his anniversary rather than stay and let things blow over. I assumed the husband wasnt overseas with him? I dont know how military works.", "I mean... Sure, you can believe that if you want to. I think it probably wouldn't happened the same without the protests. Only difference being several million dollars in damages, and countless ruined lives.", "I'm going to assume everyone here knows how to use YouTube. You're welcome to link it if you like.\n\nWho am I trying to make enemies with?", "Sarcasm is a form of joking, so he did. In my opinion, being dismissive of the idea when you’re part of the group that is showing a systemic bias is racist. Maybe we just have a different threshold for what is and isn’t racist, I’m not sure. At the end of the day it was unquestionably inappropriate and I’m pretty sure if I made that comment at my place of employment there’d be repercussions.", "I didn’t misinterpret it at all. I just happen to think making that joke, in that context, is racist and others do not. The interpretation is not in question.", ">10 years before active\n\nSo bro works for nine years, and it expires one year into his discharge.", "So, it's all down to how much your superior ~~likes getting his ass kissed by your soft little lips~~ wants to retain your skills.", "Too bad so many local stations are being bought up by corporate monopolies with a political agenda.", ">One of 200 officers who have gone through the **INTENSIVE** *month long* training.\n\nSince when can one month of training be defined as intensive? I'm willing to bet that shit was probably 2 classes per week for like an hour each.", "Literally. Some precincts won't hire people if they do too well on the test. They want people who can follow orders, not people who might question them.", "Eh, the first founding of the police was the neighborhood patrol style of British policing. The second founding, in the south, is the one you're referring to, and you do have a point, they spread much of their ideology and methodology across the country, and here we are.", "This raises an interesting follow-up. Is there a ratio that is acceptable to you?", "Also the Democrats: \"If you defend yourself outside of your home state, you're a terrorist\"", "Allegedly!!\n\n(Love Letterkenny!)", "Daniel Shaver, for one. I didn't even have to think about that. Yeah sure, white people are *less* likely to be murdered by a cop, but they aren't safe either.", ">So, it's all down to how much your superior wants to retain your skills.\n\nThis is literally every job to ever exist. If you're valuable, people go out of their way to retain you. If you're a mouthy, lying piece of shit, they'll take the first excuse to can you.", "The fact that he's being \"sarcastic\" about saying that proves that there is indeed a huge problem with exactly what he's talking about happening, and he's just using sarcasm as a shitty defense.", "Land of the free…", "I basically agree with everything you said. I think we're just hung up on a minor disagreement about what a phrase means.", "Yeah, as far as I can tell, it had nothing to do with anything they said.", "You had me until the last paragraph. We can demand more, and better.", "Wild stuff. Clown of a cop. Something is seriously wrong with America’s police training.", "What the hell are you being accused of that you're being quoted $20,000 for a crime?\n\nThat's incredibly high, maybe you don't go to a super expensive law firm and just find an individual defense attorney there's no way 20K is the cheapest quote.", "Right. You don't have to. But... Cops hate when people pull the \"I know my rights! I don't have to tell you anything!!\" If I have to stoke a cops ego to avoid a ticket/arrest, I'm gonna do it.", "Sure, but unless you are out on bail you are going back to jail.", "Good call with the unbuckling", "That's an extreme example. Aside from dying there aren't a lot of things worse than being accused of serious felonies. People lose access to their children dude, maybe some would rather die than have everyone they know think they're the type to do drugs and drive a car with their kids in the backseat.", "I don't know every state's law but in the 3 I have lived in, and one I lived near. Refusing a breathalyzer results in immediate surrender of your license and suspension for a year. It also doesn't prevent them from arresting you and administering a blood test.", "Absolutely. It's the perfect excuse to justify a search. I've seen officers on Reddit mention they are against legalization because \"smelling\" marijuana is such a convenient cause and justify it because it can lead to arrests for other things.\n\nAs mentioned elsewhere some states have thankfully made the smell of burnt or unburned marijuana insufficienct probable cause.", "Except that this is more than a firing.", "Yeah, that was my inclination.", "If they were going to ticket you or arrest you, they were going to do it anyway. \nIf they're corrupt enough to get butthurt by that they're corrupt enough to find a reason and by talking to them you just gave them the tools to make it easier to twist something you said into suspicion. \n\nNobody's saying to be an asshole about it though. You can still be polite and assert your right not to speak.", "republicans in a nutshell are the complete opposite of this.\n\noh there's a wellfare queen? better tighten up how easy it is to get help and *PUNISH* hundreds of innocent people, just so one wellfare queen can't game the system.", "11Alive is an amazing news source. One of the best in the nation. If you do hit follow them on YouTube you should.\n\nThis type of story on systemic police corruption is all too common. I do not believe all cops are bad, but I do believe all Capitalist civic governments are bad, and police departments are part of that.", "I don't know many bishops, but I'm sure most believe in God. It's self-selection, really.", "To be clear, I am against drugs being illegal, I'm just saying that there are several kinds of repeat criminals where letting them go inflicts more suffering than imprisoning an innocent man. Repeat armed robbers, gangbangers, serial killers, any of these are capable of causing far more suffering to more people than false imprisonment would. Also there's a set of financial crimes that fall into this area too, but they don't get prosecuted like they should", "i got arrested for dui too only difference was i was just the stone part without the cold sober part", "No, I didn't say that either. I'm asking why you would choose to point out my mocking comment and construe it as an argument, yet you've avoided the comment I initially replied to. You're half as bright as you think you are, and the lights were out from the start. \n\n\nTake a few moments to read the following simple sentence:\n\nYou're retarded. \n\nI've again made a baseless statement just as the person I initially replied to. Have you caught on yet? Or is this not quite your speed?", "Ya wanna know what's even sadder? I personally know people that don't care about the times cops get it wrong, as long as they get it right most of the time. Smh, fuckin crazy obedient people out there that don't care as long as it's not them. That is truly depressing.", "In don't think that mindset is exclusive to the U.S. Seems to be a prevalent state of mind all around the world. Human beings can be pretty awful.", ">Who am I trying to make enemies with?\n\nDon't know ask yourself why you accused OP of quoting a clip to paint it worse (your words), when all they did was take a quote from an article that was linked.", "> Get the right lawyer. \n\nAnd there you have the basic problem. To stand a chance, you need above average money. And even if you are fortunate enough to pull together the resources and successfully defend yourself, you're out all that cash, which in itself can be a huge negative impact on your life for years. Then you have the possibility of losing your job, even your career, and the damage to your personal relationships. \n\nAll literally on the whim of what a cop thinks you did with zero concrete proof.", "Yeah. It’s hard to tell now what is legit reporting and what is corporate propaganda. Something like this is easy cause it clearly doesn’t help any corporate interests, but lots isn’t so easy and they are taking the money out of investigative journalism departments. Because real journalism is expensive. News being a revenue generator is very corrupting.", "If pointing out that someone is seemingly purposefully misrepresenting something/misleading someone, means I'm making enemies... then I'm not particularly interested in being allied with that person. \n\nStrive for the truth, not the narrative.", "if they did a urine test even longer. took me almost 3 months to stop popping for thc", "I live in Canada and we have a criminal justice system that focuses largely on rehabilitation. It isn't perfect and I see ways we should be doing things differently, but the amount of people I see saying \"they should rot in prison/should be shot\" whenever an article talks about sentencing just makes my stomach churn.\n\nThey don't want to be mad about an ineffective justice system like they claim, they just want their pound of flesh. If it were up to them they'd like to see the insane incarnation rates and things like the death penalty up here as in the states with no qualms on how it affects our tax dollars or our communities. It's really depressing how many people thrive on being vindictive, even when it means absolutely nothing to their own lives.", "i refuse to drive through that shithole unless absolutely necessary. gps should have a “avoid cobb county” feature", "The cop has two girl’s names. Tracy Caroll.", ">I think it probably wouldn't happened the same without the protests.\n\nThink you meant \"would've.\" \n\nAnd I'm sure the murderers of Ahmaud Arbery on February 23, 2021 would have also been arrested on May 7 two days after the video of the murder went viral and there was public outcry. Yup definitely had nothing to do with protest and outcry at all. The civil rights movement was also a waste because I'm positive if they just didn't do anything the world would just suddenly change.... /S\n\n See how stupid your logic sounds.\n\n>Only difference being several million dollars in damages, and countless ruined lives.\n\nYeah, if only people listen before when we said \"hey cops need to be held accountable for shit they do.\" These are the results when people are tired of not being heard.", "Because there’s only 2 choices?…. Neither very good", "Consider this, you live in suburban US. If there is any public transportation locally it’s in the form of a bus that picks people up and drops them off fairly far away from your point of origin/destination. In many cases your destination is only accessible from where you live across a highway including the bus. Walking across the highway is in general dangerous or in some cases illegal. Biking there has the same issues. Uber in many suburbs is from far away and expensive because of that. So in general a person will be forced to drive to their destination. You go out on a date, are you both going to abstain? maybe, but a single glass of wine would not impair one’s ability to drive whatsoever. Now consider how everyone else in the restaurant is getting there. Most are also having a glass or a beer. One/two glass(es) with dinner isn’t even buzzed unless you’re a midget. You can say don’t drink and drive period but it’s completely impractical from a consumer perspective", "Boozehound? Yeah K because one drink is the same as a shitfaced drunk coming home from the bar. One drink will not impair anyone not on drugs, it’s not even buzzed driving", "I'm confused, why do they have the officer do some sort of sobriety test to figure out of you are on drugs? In Australia as part of the breathalyser test, the cop can give you a tongue scrape test to indicate if there are drugs in the system. its almost instant and pretty accurate. If you are positive, you are taken back to the station for further/blood tests that get immediate results. \n\n\nWhy any force would have \"I believe you have taken drugs\" as part of their process escapes me", "Rewarding officers based on their number of DUI arrests is evil. Incentives can do a lot of harm.", "Yeah I had a pretty heavy tolerance (I’m six years clean from opioids) and this was always my biggest fear. Heroin comes in stamp bags in my area so if I was arrested with 40 of them, there’s no chance I wasn’t catching a sales charge, even if it was just my daily supply.", "USA USA USA", "It’s amazing that you’re here reading this thread for some reason yet you seem to think our justice system works perfectly. Did you come here just to troll? Or is it more like if it’s you or your friend you can see the injustice, but if it’s a stranger, they definitely “did the crime” (even though that was never stated in the comment) and now must “do the time”?", "Indeed. The difference between compassion and condemnation. Fear and love. The two sides of human nature. Horror and beauty. Generosity and selfishness. It's a battle that will never end.", "Is it true that you can get serious problems if charged for DUI in USA, like jail time and getting fired? I'm not talking about driving blackout drunk.", "> Think you meant \"would've.\" \n\nI did. Auto correct did me dirty. \n\n> And I'm sure the murderers of Ahmaud Arbery on February 23, 2021 would have also been arrested on May 7 two days after the video of the murder went viral and there was public outcry. Yup definitely had nothing to do with protest and outcry at all.\n\nYou didn't follow that case very closely, did you? The killers released the video themselves after they had been arrested, with the hopes that it would exonerate them in the court of public opinion. \n\nAs it turns out. Everyone disliked that. \n\n> The civil rights movement was also a waste because I'm positive if they just didn't do anything the world would just suddenly change.... /S\n\nThe /s is confusing me here. It would seem you know neither of us feel that way about the civil rights movement, but you're using it as a strawman for the lulz?\n\n> Yeah, if only people listen before when we said \"hey cops need to be held accountable for shit they do.\" These are the results when people are tired of not being heard.\n\nBut the examples you used _were_ held accountable, yet people still went out to destroy. This is why we don't take your modern movement seriously, like we do the civil rights movement.", "let's not forget that fact that it is needed for the upkeep of your barely democracy :/", "I'm pretty sure that definitely would have worked here. After going through Court, I saw them throw several out for insufficient evidence. \n\nThe defendant had to bring up the question of whether there was enough and if there was no breathalyzer or blood test then it would be thrown out.\n\nWould have been nice if my lawyer felt like asking that question.", "Cops definitely seem way less educated on drugs than the general public. But they also actually have ODed from fentanyl (really carfentanil) on the scene. A VT state trooper was the one I happened to read about. Carfentanil is 40 times more potent than fentanyl I believe.\n\nI just want ppl to understand that “heroin” can be very dangerous these days.", "“I've lived in both countries. I think I'm perfectly entitled to comment on which one I feel safer in.”\n- I never said you didn’t. \n\n“I don't live in BC nor would I want to. It is news to me that they have civil forfeiture over there, but from what I'm reading the inflow of cash from seized items goes through a dedicated agency who does not get to keep the property or cash. There's a big difference between telling a cop \"If you seize that cash, you'll get some of that cash in your bonus this year!\" and telling the cop \"If you seize that cash, a third party will redistribute it to eligible victims\".”\n- I’m sure the people who’s cash is being seized (stolen) will be glad to hear this. I mean their cash was still taken without due process but it’ll just go somewhere else. Plus, it happens in other Canadian provinces. Not just [BC](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/news/national/civil-forfeiture-often-a-provincial-cash-grab-new-report-finds/article29072771/). \n\n“You sound like someone who has never dealt directly with government officials like border patrol and police on both sides of the border. The difference is absolutely startling.”\n- That’s your anecdotal opinion. It carries about as much weight as a bucket with holes in it.", "Yes and yes.", "GPS should switch that feature on automatically after dark tbh lol. It's not so bad in the day, I think the cops are busy sleeping off their hangovers from doing all the substances they steal from the citizens", "I have no problem with transphobes, I just hate how you make it your entire personality. Even the least intelligent dogs can learn two tricks.", "This shit is unacceptable.", "This practice needs to be banned should be highly illegal. Fuck cops - Don’t Comply", "my least favorite gang strikes again", "Your comment gave me an idea: is there a legal avenue to attack the pension funds of police officers? Police officers would actually be held accountable if aggrieved citizens could sue and damages would be allocated from the officers' pensions.", "The article you linked is about 5 years out of date, but the point still stands that [there is due process and the process is handled by the attorney general](https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/01r28), not a kangaroo court of cops who have a direct conflict of interest in determining whether assets were part of criminal activity. \n\nI don't know what you're trying to prove. My plain and simple point is that America is a scary place to live. I don't care what you say about my own country or any other. I lived in America, and my anecdotal experiences of my time there are entirely valid to justify that personal opinion. If you get your knickers in a twist just because someone doesn't like American laws, you're really on the wrong website.", "They do at least in Texas. If you refuse a breathalyzer they get a quick warrant for a blood test. At least that would show you weren't high or anything.", ">I don't know many bishops, but I'm sure most believe in God. It's self-selection, really.\n\nSo in your mind bullying is a pre-requisite for the position. \n\n\nWonderful new logic you've discovered! Just assume the proposition and then you are always right! \n\n\nI vow in front of your unassailable riposte.", "Hurr durr\n\nAny evidence CNN had any knowledge of that whatsoever?\n\nIt's not like they're Fox News, which as an organization actually shields sexual predators and rapists:\n\nhttps://www.reuters.com/world/us/fox-news-former-anchor-henry-must-face-ex-producers-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit-2021-09-09/\n\nhttps://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/29/fox-news-agrees-to-1m-fine-in-new-york-city-sexual-harassment-probe.html", "“Magic drug test.” How about a regular roadside drug test? They have them in Australia.", "If you take a plea deal you have to give them something in exchange for the deal, most often admissions to some of the charges, without any concessions to help your prosecution you're not going to get what you want from the deal. \n\n>Or is it more like if it’s you or your friend you can see the injustice, but if it’s a stranger, they definitely “did the crime”\n\nIt's more like a when you admit to the crimes you're charged with, aka \"did the crime\", you're going to be sentenced accordingly 'and now must “do the time”'.", "As long as you understand that people JUST LIKE YOU are in prison, and you have empathy, you’re better than most people in my book. \n\nI have also been lucky at times, from being a white female, or from cops knowing my family or friends. I’m aware not everyone has that privilege.", "Essentially Karen Karenssen.", "\"If we gave you a test, I'm sure it'd come back positive.\"\n\n\"Please, do a test then. I need these results.\"\n\n\"Na. Get in your cell.\"\n\n\\- **Justice**", "The test they do with the pen tests for nystagmus. Causes of nystagmus include:\n\n* genetic disorders \n\n* Lack of development of normal eye movement control early in life.\n\n* Albinism.\n\n* Very high refractive error, for example, nearsightedness (myopia) or astigmatism.\n\n* Congenital cataracts.\n\n* Inflammation of the inner ear.\n\n* Medications such as anti-epilepsy drugs.\n\n* Central nervous system diseases.\n\nAnd finally, use of a central nervous system depressant such as alcohol. It’s really not a thing that cops should be basing an arrest off of just because there’s so many potential causes. I found this out because I take gabapentin and it causes nystagmus.", "Corrupt as fuck cop!!!", "Because American cops act with impunity. They’ve been given absolute power and they absolutely abuse it.", "They just don’t realize it COULD be them. Even if they do everything right, cops in America can and will fuck their lives over for no reason other than they want to.", "Sure buddy, someone taking a quote from an article is \"purposefully misrepresenting something.\"", "Right except as far as I can tell she never got caught breaking the law…", "“The article you linked is about 5 years out of date, but the point still stands…”\n-The video you commented on is 5 years old. I guess this means it doesn’t [matter](https://images.law.com/contrib/content/uploads/documents/399/43168/ebner.pdf) and it can’t be used to make America look bad. \n\n“…that there is due process and the process is handled by the attorney general, not a kangaroo court of cops who have a direct conflict of interest in determining whether assets were part of criminal activity.”\n- I’ve already provided proof that Canada will take property without people being charged of a crime. That is not due process. \n\n“I don't know what you're trying to prove. My plain and simple point is that America is a scary place to live. I don't care what you say about my own country or any other. I lived in America, and my anecdotal experiences of my time there are entirely valid to justify that personal opinion. If you get your knickers in a twist just because someone doesn't like American laws, you're really on the wrong website.”\n- Because you made superfluous claims about a country around 10 times the size of Canada. Of course there are bad apples but to say the whole country is dangerous is absolutely absurd.", "The source article also left out the video for a reason...", "Bit of hyperbole. Requirement? No. But people who want the backing of the state in their use of force and coercion, or the pleasure of highway robbery, or who otherwise have bully-like mentality flock to police work, because it's one of the few places in our society that offers a safe place to express that behavior, as long as they're smart enough to keep a polite front on the operation.", "Props to Tampa Bay Times, Pulizter Prize winners", "I have no issues with trans people. Do as you wish, i would never tell someone what they can or cant do. How can my statement not possibly be a fact? You think some women dont get dicks or want to have a dick but remain a women?", "My claim isn't \"this video proves America bad, too unsafe to live in\". I said that *I* feel unsafe living there based on *my * personal experience, and based on the laws that in *my* opinion are far more capable of running my life unfairly. \n\nThe summary so far:\n\nMe: After living in the US, the cops and the laws the enforce scare me\n\nYou: your opinion means nothing and you can't hate American laws because Canada has some mildly similar laws.\n\nThis has become utterly nonsensical and I will simply bow out now. If you don't see a difference between \"a third party judge with no stake in the outcome judges an outcome\" and \"a cop who decides if you lose your belongings gets to keep them if they say no\", and believe my own experiences in the US are not valid to base my opinions of the US on, then there is simply nothing I can say that won't make you change directions yet again to try and prove the US police and laws aren't scary (without making a single comment about said police or laws).", "https://youtu.be/Zk99NofbLVQ?t=832\n\nNo one going to talk about this?\n\nSeems like it deserves it's own video.", "> If they were going to ticket you or arrest you, they were going to do it anyway.\n\nI mean not really. I got pulled over for a expired inspection sticker but instead of being a ass I politely told them that my car needs work done and I don't have the cash on hand to get it fixed right now, but I plan on it. I got no ticket or even a written warning. If I put up a wall with \"I'm not talking to you, I know my rights!\" That cop is not going to do me any favors. If I can use basic social engineering to get out of a ticket/arrest I'm going to do it 100% of the time. \n\n> If they're corrupt enough to get butthurt by that they're corrupt enough to find a reason\n\nHaving someone be an asshole to you and you not helping them doesn't mean you are corrupt.", "Reading comprehension... try it.\n\n​\n\n>Nobody's saying to be an asshole about it though. You can still be polite and assert your right not to speak.\n\nConsidering you lacked the basic social skills to realize this I doubt you can conduct the \"social engineering\" required to artfully remove yourself from a situation like that without making it worse.\n\nIf you *politely* assert your right not to speak you are not \"being an asshole.\" if they are actually good enough at their job to know that, they are professional enough not to over-react and punish you for it. If they're corrupt enough to let you off because you licked their boots they're corrupt enough to throw your dumb ass in the slammer because where you told them you were going happened to be 0.9 miles from a crime they're annoyed they don't have someone for.\n\nYou're just repeating the propaganda cops tell idiots dumb enough to follow it to make their job easier, just like \"slowing down once you see a cop is too late and just gives them an extra reason to ticket you\" and other assorted bullshit.\n\n​\n\nEdit: Oh also as a side note, even if you were right, it's tragically stupid to gamble saving a few bucks on a ticket you'd be likely to get knocked off at magistrate to risk giving a cop a reason to be \"suspicious\" of you.", ">You didn't follow that case very closely, did you? The killers released the video themselves after they had been arrested, with the hopes that it would exonerate them in the court of public opinion.\n\nMaybe you didn't follow the case. \n\nAnd court of public opinion=/= actual court...\n\n>**EARLY APRIL 2020**\n\n>A second prosecutor finds no reason to charge, then recuses himself.\nThe case was taken over by George E. Barnhill, the Waycross district attorney, who advised the police that there was insufficient cause to arrest Mr. Arbery’s pursuers. **He argued that they had acted legally under Georgia’s citizen arrest and self-defense laws, according to documents obtained by The New York Times.**\n\n>**MAY 7, 2020**\n\n>**The McMichaels are arrested.**\nGregory and Travis McMichael were arrested at home on May 7 and were booked into a jail in Glynn County, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Both men were charged with murder and aggravated assault. It was not clear whether the men had retained legal counsel.\n\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-timeline.html\n\n>But the examples you used were held accountable, yet people still went out to destroy. This is why we don't take your modern movement seriously, like we do the civil rights movement.\n\nYes, it only took two more lives and video footage. One of which had civilians telling the cops how to actually do their jobs, guess the cops knew better which resulted in George Floyd's death.\n\nAnd also what of Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Philando Castile, Stephon Clark, Breonna Taylor, etc. \n\n>The /s is confusing me here. It would seem you know neither of us feel that way about the civil rights movement, but you're using it as a strawman for the lulz?\n\nMate, I know you wouldn't have taken the civil rights movement seriously if it was happening in this day and age because you don't take these movement seriously now. 40 years from now you will hopefully look back and be like damn I was wrong.", "Please tell me you got your dad and teacher back for that.", "You must be talking about our lord and saviour, Rob Wolchek", "“My claim isn't \"this video proves America bad, too unsafe to live in\". I said that I feel unsafe living there based on *my * personal experience, and based on the laws that in my opinion are far more capable of running my life unfairly.”\n- Uh, no. [Your](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rhf560/this_is_how_you_can_be_arrested_for_dui_even_if/hoqn0ia/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) very first sentence from your first comment literally stated the video was the reason. \n\n\n“Me: After living in the US, the cops and the laws the enforce scare me”\n- You stated your life was in danger every time you left your home. Please, stop lying. \n\n“You: your opinion means nothing and you can't hate American laws because Canada has some mildly similar laws.”\n- I said your opinion is anecdotal. One day you’ll realize that judging a whole entire country based off the fraction of time you’ve spent in the US is ridiculous. Would it be fair for me to say Canada is a very scary country that no one should go to since the do civil asset forfeiture and have cops that plant drugs? \n\n“This has become utterly nonsensical and I will simply bow out now. If you don't see a difference between \"a third party judge with no stake in the outcome judges an outcome\" and \"a cop who decides if you lose your belongings gets to keep them if they say no\", and believe my own experiences in the US are not valid to base my opinions of the US on, then there is simply nothing I can say that won't make you change directions yet again to try and prove the US police and laws aren't scary (without making a single comment about said police or laws).”\n- I’m completely against civil assets forfeiture but cops in the US still have to go before a judge to determine whether whatever was seized was legal. I see you are okay with that abhorrent practice. Disgusting.", "> I did not know you could get arrested for something you didn't do\n\nThat has got to be the whitest thing ever said.", "The shitty part of all that too is even if they can prove that they were innocent, they still have to pay jail fees. Justice system is all part of the billionaire wheel.", "Sorry for that traumatic event. I’m glad it didn’t escalate further, and that you made it out physically unharmed. To my knowledge, even some states that have decriminalized mj have had courts rule that the smell can constitute probable cause to search, because it indicates impaired driving or transport of large amounts.", "Super weird because in order for DUI charges in PA there needs to be a blood test within 3 hours or a refusal of the test. States are different but seems odd.", "None of what you quoted refuted what I said. \n\nGo off and build your strawman somewhere else. Yes, it takes evidence to convict someone. Big revelation. The alternative would give cops the power you're so fearful of. \n\nHave a good night man.", "[Enemies out of nowhere...](https://i.imgur.com/XvVGXfP.png)", "I agree, but this video seemed to only mention that the attorney brought her an offer from the state, not that he pushed her to take an offer.", "Ah. You're right. My bad. \n\nWas just the OP misleading people.", "I've said much the same. His bloviating aggravated (still aggravates) me the most. And of course some sketchy policy ideas (e.g. red flag laws, forgoing due process). But it's crazy to me how much bullshit people make up to demonize him when there's already so much else on the table.", "If it was rusted, then it couldn’t have been a fresh wrinkle. Rust take time.", "I was searched because a k-9 unit walked around my car(they don't need permission to do that) and got a \"positive\", I don't do drugs and there was nothing to find. But the point being if they really want to search you they can essentially manufacture a reason and you can't do shit about it, and that's by design.", "\"And since women can have dicks *now* everyone is covered\"\n\nThe \"now\" implied intersex and trans people are only recently a thing. Trans and Intersex people are hidden throughout human history so FYI women could always have had a dick.", "don't even have to do that. in Aus thry swab the mouth a few times and drop the swabs into different tests for separate drugs. if the test changes colour it means you have x drug in your system.\n\nif she has recently done drugs as he says she did then it will give a positive reading. if you fail then they take you back to the station for a pee test", "In Canada, you can not only be arrested, but *convicted* if you drive home and get drunk two hours later.", "More than 6, less than a dozen. That's on a personal level. Just on a professional level it's worse cause I include the times they power trip on me and I don't get to know them cause why tf would I?", "Sure they just happened to get arrested after the video was made public and this is just a total coincidence. Yup totally coincidence: May 5 video released then May 7 arrests....\n\n>The man, Roddie Bryan, lives in the neighborhood. **He had shared the video with the police before sharing it with Mr. Tucker and was cooperating with the authorities,** his lawyer, Kevin Gough, said in an interview Friday evening.\n\n[I this the evidence that was needed to convict someone? Something they already had? You really didn't know anything about the case.](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/us/ahmaud-arbery-video-lawyer.html)", "You're a sad person.", "Yea, along with a cop saying they smelled it, drug dogs make for 100% chance of being searched. I've worked with dogs(not drug dogs, just normal pets) and dogs absolutely pick up on things that make their owners happy or things that result in treats. Even very subtle changes in the owner they pick up on, maybe the cop uses a slightly deeper or agitated tone of voice when he's frustrated and the dog senses that and alerts to make his owner happy. And how can you prove that? You can't.\n\nNot to mention, even if the dog 100% only alerts when it smells drugs there is no way tell if someone(not the suspect) smoked weed and touched the car in a parking lot. Or the driver stepped in a roach the day before. \n\nIt's unfortunate that that is the reality. It would be nice if a drug dog has to maintain a certain percentage of correct hits in the field.", "Americans will stop at nothing to justify their incredibly unhealthy relationships with alcohol. Have fun wrapping your car around a tree and explaining to the police how it couldn’t possibly have been due to the alcohol you mainlined at dinner.", "No, I disagree, I think they don't think it could be them, ive had discussions where Ive given multiple scenarios to try and coax some crumb of empathy out and still I would always get \"well that wouldn't happen bc I wouldn't be in that position\", etc, something along the lines of somehow the person being at fault no matter what. \n\nThis is not directly on topic of this video but one talk I had was with a very close friend (not anymore) over the Daniel Shaver video getting murder by cops. They said it was justified bc he wasn't obeying police orders. So I just asked, well how many mistakes can you make when given orders by police? Their answer was zero.. according to them you cannot make one mistake when a gun is in your face and someone is saying they will shoot you, if you do make a mistake then it's bc you are trying to make a move that could put the officer in danger and thus they get to kill you.. fuckin nuts right? I agree that a person shouldn't make mistakes especially with a gun on them but the panic alone can make something not think straight and do a normal movement that usually wouldn't be threatening but in front of a cop is threatening, like pulling your shirt down. And I know a lot of people that think this way. How does thinking like this developer? Somehow in their life they became obedient enough to believe law enforcement is damn near divine, that humans can be shot if not perfectly obedient to orders. \n\nAfter we had that talk and I tried my hardest to try and coax a response of any rationality and it never happened. We stopped talking.", "Nothing racist about that joke? Lol ok. It’s literally making light of the fact that black people are more likely to be shot by police. \n\nAs for what the driver said? They are stating a fact - they have seen these videos and it makes them uncomfortable. Part of the responsibility of the person with the gun and badge is being able to respond to very easily predictable questions like this. Obviously others in important positions agree with me because this guy lost his job.. \n\nWe’re clearly not going to agree on this, hopefully you take this as an opportunity to reflect on any potential unconscious bias you might be walking around with.", "Living well is the best revenge. That was over 20 years ago.", "Jesus fucking Christ. I HATE cops", "How did you get coheres from corrupt?", "Not being arrested on false pretences is apparently also not a right.", "It's documented with significative numbers that your time in jail and in a courtroom is influenced by race and not wealth\n\nYou're the one who talked to me in the first place w/ dumb shit", "You're completely right to be angry and it sucks that these situations are not taken as seriously. I appreciate you sharing that.", "Of course you would a write an entire paragraph about the US, when this was about an entirely different country. LMAO, reads like a copy pasta\n\nRules are different here, you simply don't drink and drive, period, to comply. That's what I was saying", "What the cop is trying to do is called coercion. Trying to get someone to admit to something they didn’t do.", "Yeah, well, maybe. But then they, as a nation, elected Trump. So actually that's not the way the rest of the world sees it.", "And that's why I stopped driving in Canada after legalisation. They started to use those unreliable tests on roadside stops (they didnt before because they were so unreliable) just because thats the only tool they have and politicians pressured the police to particularly enforce the canabis DUI laws. Yeah, no, not worth it to lose my license and have to fight in court for months after ...", "Yes, we have recently found that out with my wife's mother. She would get all loopy and incoherent if her blood sugar got low.", "crazy, I had no idea", "Celebrities are guilty in the court of public opinion.\n\nTHAT WAS A FUCKING COP ADMITTING THEY DONT CARE ABOUT INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY!!!!\n\nI couldnt give a rats ass about celebrities and their nonsense. they have the money to fight whatever they want, and your talking about accusations. This is people being arrested even though they have done nothing wrong. The 2 dont even compare", "this problem could so easily be solved by having them do a drug test when they get back to the station. if it's negative, let them go. that's it. why did they have to spend a night in jail and go through 4 months of trial?", "i dont understand how it makes sense that cops can just get rehired. they technically did something illegal, otherwise they couldnt get fired. they just didnt go to jail because they're cops. if people can get background checks and denied employment because of it, cops need to be too.", "That’s what gets me. There were so many legitimate things to report and hammer Trump on. Why on earth did they resort to making shit up and lying about things, then double down on them when called out on it? It just baffles me. They really proved his point", "Oh bull shit. This was a kid who's drank the koolaid and is trying to win some SJW points. He got a cop fired too, so he's probably the coolest kid in the soy milk line.\n\nWe've bred a nation of cowards, cry babies, and drama queens.\n\nWe’re clearly not going to agree on this, hopefully you take this as an opportunity to reflect on any potential unconscious bias you might be walking around with.", "You're pathetic and overly sensitive.\n\nJust like the little boy in the video.", "….k, I was agreeing. I was using celebrities as an example to say “Yeah, I agree. Look, even celebrity assholes can’t avoid it anymore and are being taken out one accusation after another no matter what it is and each are accepted by the dumb public as fact and they’re guilty before being proven innocent. So to compare, yeah, us nobodies don’t stand a chance and won’t get a second of consideration and revaluation, if we’re accused of something by a cop, good fucking luck fighting it because you’re starting out the process guilty in their eyes and we won’t have a team of lawyers to fight for us and what’s right.”\n\nSorry you’re just looking to argue with people on here, even someone that attempted to agree with you, guess I replied to the wrong asshole.", "Now implies they would be murdered/beaten years ago. Dont imply what i mean.", "What is? Are you talking about the story we both read where the guy said he was fuzzy on all the important details?", "Still not what actual history says, just the history written by white cis centric assimilationists. Cultures outside of Victorian conquesting England, allowed for more than 2 genders. Trans gender directed violence has only gone drastically up since gay marriage was allowed because the homophobe religions choose a new target and crank out propaganda in any news source they can purchase.\n\nWhat was telling was how angry my first post made you to the point you called me a derogatory name typically associated with woman. People don't get so angry at someone for being completely wrong.\n\nYou are a stuffed dragons foot who sails the sea of stars but only on Thursdays.\n\nIrrationably angry at something so farther from the truth? People who get mad at being a transphobes are generally transphobes.", "This person didn’t get that cop fired, that cop got them self fired. It was the cop who decided to say what they said, and it was the cops dash cam footage who recorded it. \n\nI hope you have a productive day today licking all those boots. It’s a tough job defending disgraced former cops, but nobody’s gotta do it.", "> I hope you have a productive day today licking all those boots\n\n$5 says you squeal in excitement over the Jan 6th cops, don't ya boot licker? Lol", "This makes no sense.", "oh LOL", "Seriously? How hard is it to not drink fucking alcohol if you drive? Get a coke, a non-alcoholic beer, or whatever. There is no excuse, really.", "I'm certain it ties into the media industry and they use the E coms on a grid array spread to prefab quota and ratings on a stocks basis that also drives our taxes through the roof while they beat the shit out of us for crooked pocket money that is washed and mock legitimated through \"government\" funding. What it is is an attempt to discredit the people due to political and regulatory unrest. Marshall is and has always been a foreign policy that is and will not be accepted here.", "He is showing me indicators that he is a douche who is full of himself and high on a bull shit \"drug use identification\" course.", "250 Georgia officers \"training\" on make-believe. This system is predatory against young people. Evil AF.\n\nThanks, Mother's Against Drunk Driving. This is driven by that. Ruining lives for no reason.\n\nThis officer ruined 90 lives, compelling many of them to make a deal? So unbelievably evil.", "Oh so you finally learned how to spell it. That was the whole point of this entire exchange.", "You're an idiot.", "Actually I believe the point of this exchange was for you to let everyone know. How firmly your lips are secured around law enforcement cocks.", "Yes, I'm the one that still makes\"soy milk jokes\" and uses \"sjw\" unironically, did you not grow up yet? It isn't 2016 anymore mate.", "> It isn't 2016 anymore mate.\n\nYet you're still acting the same.", "You would think just one of these officers who smoked weed as a teeneager and knew these things would think \"hey wait a second, that doesn't make any sense\"", "Sure buddy. Don't be afraid of soy products, they aren't bad for you.", "Theyre bad for my estrogen levels.", "In europe the police literally have a test kit for drugs in the car.... \nI'm baffles that they rely on their own intuition in the states.....", "Some of the things like pupil size can indicate impairment but that info is borderline useless without baseline data on that person. Are their eyes red because they're high, have allergies, or pulled an all nighter? According to these cops it's because drugs. Their training is as useless as a lie detector but that didn't stop them from ruining people's lives.", "But as this video shows, cops will be more than happy to just make shit. Shit that you won't be able to extricate yourself from unless you have enough time and money to fight it in court until prosecutors give up. That isn't what's called \"freedom\" by any definition of the term.", "It's the same thing with drug dogs. They don't track false positives, there purposefully is no national standards the dog and handler have to adhere to. \n\nThese are just tools to manufacture probable cause and ruin innocent lives. And the disgusting thing about it all, is how MADD doles our awards to the most pernicious of these officers. \n\nMADD is essentially a nonprofit scam that preys on parents fears.", "> So politicians are rewarded even when they promote the most hideous of policies.\n\nI mean, it really mainly comes down to whoever is giving them money. Usually it's either the incredibly rich, or businesses. We can vote for whichever candidate we want, doesn't mean they have to, or will follow through on their promises. They could (and some do) just take their bribe money (lobbying) and follow through for whoever is paying them while disregarding what the voters might want. \n\nI don't know, there's no real good solution. We can keep voting people in, but we can't force them to actually do the right thing. Especially when most of us individuals can't come close to exceeding or even matching what they usually are \"lobbied\" by the rich or companies. Just feels like a losing battle, either we can afford to control what politicians decide and fix things, or we can't afford it and things stay the way they are (or get worse, let's not be picky).\n\nAll in all, shit just sucks, and the best thing we can do is keep trying and hope somehow multiple honest and genuinely decent politicians are elected in a row, slowly fixing/modifying the laws/policies to improve life for people.", "Ya, drug dogs are one of tge biggest crocks of shit. \n\n\"This animal with an IQ equivalent to a severely mentally retarded child barked so we can violate your rights now.\"\n\n\nJust like lie detectors, police K9s are a tool to scare people.", "Angry? Thats your emotions you are projecting, i am far from angry lol just because i call you names in text does not mean that is my emotion. ffs like i said, i dont give two shits what people do to themselves or call themselves. They can do whatever they please, just like women with dicks.\n\nThe only thing remotely offensive was me saying chicks, now get over your bullshit and move along. Stop thinking the world is out to harm you or 'groups', its not aways the case", "Holy shit you're dumb. That's exactly my point. Who pays for your internet? They need to stop", "They think they are visual speedometers, lawyers, engineers, and psychologists all in one.", "I'm just saying you don't need to *imagine* it.\n\n> Imagine...\n\nYou shouldn't have to, but way to be a dick about it.", "No.", "\"I'm not x. You are X!\" That's stage 3 trolling. Beyond conventional dialogue methods.\n\nFind friends at /cospenis yo.", "I live in ATL, 11Alive does great work", "One thing I'll never forget is the vide of the guy who hounds police while live streaming, and once he was recording a sheriff, I think, who was really friendly and showed him all around his police car, but while doing so he showed a bag of unmarked pills in his glove compartment, and the streamer put on screen text showing having unmarked pills was against state law. Like if they want to get you they can get you, even the officer was unknowingly breaking the law.", "I think it is important to say..... Fuck 12!", "I guess it would all depend on how the fund is set up. \nChances are, no... but its worth looking into", "I had a cop pull me over for a headlight out and asked me if I was smoking pot in the car all while looking at my daughter in the car seat in the back. His epic line was, I can tell and know you've been smoking in the car because I'm allergic to pot. I was like you don't honestly think I'd be smoking pot in the car with my infant child in the backseat? I know there's probably some low life's that do that kinda shit but seriously? Then he said just tell me the truth or I'll have to call in the K9 unit and search your car for drugs. I said ok, go ahead I like dogs at least they know how to do their job. He did not like that comment and asked me to step out of the car. I did and he kept pressing it. I said nothing more and said guess we'll see when the dog gets here. Needless to say he didn't call for the dog and gave me a ticket for my headlight. Fucking douchebag. I can't stand some cops. They don't respect the law even if they are supposed to uphold it.", "Oh man that sucks. Sorry it happened to your sister. The justice system is definitely NOT FAIR.", "Well, the prosecutors have a clear(er) hierarchy, goals, and the ability to shift around resources to some extent. I won't say better funded, since I have not looked into any data on that. As far as I know PDs are basically just handed cases and have to juggle tons of them, leading to less ability to focus on many cases.\n\nBut I have never worked in the environment, so I hesitate to speculate too far", "The key word was \"kit\", as in the breathalyzer apparatus. Its a field test *kit*. As Ive said in other comments, you are completely obligated to comply with all direct instructions given when pulled over during a traffic stop. Again the difference between \"I need you to\", and \"I need you to allow me to\", or \"will you [blow into this test kit]\"", "I wasn't. The officer instructed me to take them off and put them in my car door after he asked me to step out of the vehicle. I did as the officer instructed.", "That's really interesting. I guess it's really just for the first amendment auditor crowd then.", "Come on guys.... gay jokes arent funny", "John Oliver did a show on public defenders. Most public defenders have 7 minutes to review your case which is why they push towards plea bargains. 94% of state charges and 97% of federal charges are plea bargains.\n\n[https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/prisons-are-packed-because-prosecutors-are-coercing-plea-deals-yes-ncna1034201](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/prisons-are-packed-because-prosecutors-are-coercing-plea-deals-yes-ncna1034201)\n\nIf our court system \"works\" because 94+% of all cases are handled via plea bargain than it's safe to say that our court system is drastically underfunded.", "No matter how much “intensive training” one has a moron is a moron. And intensive training that takes “over a month”. LOL is this a joke? The law should change so that in order to become a police offer one has to have a four year degree specifically for becoming a police officer.\n\nSo yeah, fuck these guys!", "The War on Drugs improving lives yet again.", "Just to be clear, fuck that piece of shit pig and all the others that operate similarly. They need to go to jail for ruining innocent people's lives. Cocky fucks.", "Do you? Do you really?", "I love them as I love all life, doesnt mean I like em.", "Speaking of dying on hills, pig boot licker.", "It's okay little guy, you'll grow out of it. I know, I know, \"it isn't just a phase!!\"", "Wtf", "LMK?", "video is garbage. Doesn't show how she was driving. It just shows the cops interrogating her.\n\n​\n\nIt's a thing called bias, why did the cop pull her over?", "You like to believe you are making hilariously relevant points don't you? Projecting your inadequacies and shortcomings on internet buffoons. You may need the mirror you wisely informed the other person about.", ">\tYou like to believe you are making hilariously relevant points don’t you?\n\nNope. Just here to laugh at your expense and hopefully frustrate a few people.", "What was their actual responsibility?", "I guess 9th graders are always gonna be angsty. Get it out.", "I would so donate consistently to a fund for hiring top notch defense for victims of police malfeasance.", "They were founded to catch run-away slaves back in the day and their responsibility is to enforce government and business interests, but they are not required by the law to help any civilians in danger. There was a huge case some years ago when there was a knife attacker and 2 officers just watched instead of help the person being attacked. They were sued for it after but the judge decided it was not their responsibility to protect and risk their own lives.", "Wow. Thank you for explaining.", "I have a theory that that's why speed limits are so low everywhere. Where I'm from in Houston, It seems like traffic goes about 10 to 15 miles an hour over the speed limit at any given time. Pretty sure that's so cops can pull over anyone at any time. Marijuana \"smells\" allow anyone to be arrested at anytime, it allows them to fabricate probable cause.", "Well, they can also pull you over for driving too slow. \"obstructing the flow of traffic\"", "It’s a system designed to prey on the less fortunate. Either have some quantitative roadside tests or fuck right off.\n\nPolice - same as any profession, healthcare included - has some amazing people in it, but the culture and tools need to change. In my country, you’re given a roadside breathalyser and a drug screen if you’re suspected of intoxication, or during checks. None of this field sobriety garbage.\n\nAmerica needs to stop giving their police so many weapons, and start giving them proper law enforcement tools that are actually about enforcing the law equally and not just in the less fortunate.", "Wtf. Imagine being stone cold but smoking weed 2 days before, then being in this situation. Bye bye life", "Lmao knew it- there it is!", "Yeah, because everyone who isn't sucking Democrat dick is a republican, you sure got me 🙄", "bruh you got a gun in your pfp lmao you the softest of soft boys", "What's a \"pfp\"?" ]
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This is how you can be arrested for DUI -- even if you're stone cold sober
https://youtu.be/vsJbSi9-CE8
/r/videos/comments/rhfiye/some_intense_weather_came_through_nebraska_today/
[ "Wowsers!!!", "Was that a playground that just flew past?", "\"It ain't *that* the wind's blowin', it's *what* the wind's blowin'.\"", "Well the playground rolled past... The neighbors trampoline though... That flew past", "Drove in it, and then flew over it out of Denver. That storm was no joke. Cracked my windshield just from the wind, nothing hit direct", "I am glad they called school off. My son would have been boarding his school bus or sitting on it right as that storm hit.", "there was a trampoline in the trees at my dads house this evening when i went to check on his dog (dad is outta town). Wonder if this is any relation. lol", "Not our neighbors. No trees in our neighborhood (or trampoline for that matter)", "It sure did!\n\nWas this somewhere near Columbus? I heard there was a tornado there.", "This was near Lincoln", "I still wonder why they communicate the dangers of climate change in global temp increases and not specific heat, and that energy being added to the weather systems." ]
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Some intense weather came through Nebraska today
https://youtu.be/QuhMHtLOC6M
/r/videos/comments/rhgair/18_aces_around_mini_golf_king/
[ "Am I supposed to believe these all happened on the first shot? I’d really like to know how many times he played each hole before making the ace.", "What an athlete", "Big flex on hole 10, no way he did these consecutively, still nice work, *Dad*.", "With no discredit to Allen with two L’s, a lot of those were straight shots with pipes. Still, remember, drive for show, puttin’ for go.", "Did you miss the score card? It clearly shows these were shot in one game. You may have missed it, they only choose to flask it for a second. They didn't want to come off braggy." ]
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18 aces around Mini Golf King
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rhgav3/deleted_by_user/
/r/videos/comments/rhgav3/deleted_by_user/
[ "Wonderful", "The irony of a video of this song with its message having some of the most hateful people in America in it. People who have openly wished everything just short of death on their fellow humans.", "ok I'll bite, who are you talking about?", "Who are you referring to? I thought it was cool that Dhani produced this and was one of the creators. Curious what the motivation was considering this is a tribute to his father.", ">how is thi not #1 on redit\n\nActual answer?\n\nIt's a Christian rock song from half a century ago from a dead musician featuring a cast of celebrities most of whom aren't well known to those under 25, who in turn make a huge portion of Reddit's user base.\n\nThat's not to say anything negative about the video, just why it's not clicking with everyone as well as one might presume.", "Well, Rosanna Arquette for starters. Just search her twitter feed over the last few years.", "If you want to post a link to Rosanna Arquette wishing death upon your fellow humans, please do. But no I won't be searching through years of her Twitter feed.", "I honestly had a hard time sitting through it.", "I never said that she wished death on people. You need to go back and read. And because you are the (at least) one person who, as I predicted, would pull this I’m done with you. You’re not interested in truth. So just move on to something that supports your ‘view’.", "\"You're not interested in truth!\", he said as he refused to converse with the one person who mildly challenged his opinion.", "Because you literally lied about what I said.", ">Santa Ynez\n\nAlso, too slow start for the reddit crowd.\n\nPlus, you spelled reddit wrong OP. Reddit hates that." ]
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[deleted by user]
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rhgohw/deleted_by_user/
/r/videos/comments/rhgohw/deleted_by_user/
[ "I wonder how thoroughly he actually researched this tbh.", "Did....did you just copy/paste the top comment on the video here as if it was your own?\n\n\n\n##PHONY!!!!!", "This hack totally did. Looks like a bot", "He actually called the ACLU to see if he could say it. They told him that they are not allowed to give legal advice, but that they would defend free speech.\n\nHe said it on a Twitch stream earlier this year. Wkukplus.com allows you to do a text search through the video transcripts for their streams and content." ]
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[deleted by user]
https://youtu.be/5pizVd877yo
/r/videos/comments/rhgpcz/criminal_minds_opening_credits_freinds_style/
[ "this is amazing", "Excellent 😆", "I love Paget Brewster.", "Funny since she played Kathy on Friends.", "She looked good with short hair.", "I'd love to see this treatment applied to all TV shows and movies as a sort of battle for the funniest / most inappropriate." ]
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Criminal minds opening credits F.R.E.I.N.D.S style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L10qp4hs_ak
/r/videos/comments/rhgqr2/rico_the_porcupine_enjoys_eating_peanut_butter/
[ "Need more videos of Rico doing Rico things", "“Keep the peanut butter coming and I won’t kill you”", "Forbidden boop?", "I'm not sure about Rico, but how about Teddy eating pumpkins? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cILZ_cB3_so", "Sounds like one of those 'Chinese eating' videos", "Maybe just a little one", "Forget sexy girls whispering into microphones, my new ASMR porn is porcupines eating peanut butter.", "Def need more of him as well!!", "The Cincinnati Zoo posts videos of Rico all the time on FB (and all their other animals)!" ]
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Rico the Porcupine enjoys eating peanut butter.
https://youtu.be/UtD8C8ZaOt4
/r/videos/comments/rhgskt/some_crazy_close_footage_of_a_tornado/
[ "These guys are nuts!", "Why would you do this?", "Not an f4\n\nOk nvm maybe at the end there.", "Crazy seeing the bottom spin so violently. Reminded me of a Beyblade.", "Best closeup footage i have ever seen.", "truly awe inspiring", "When the adrenaline hit of following a tornado from miles away isn't strong enough anymore.", "Great footage...eerie stuff", "you had the exact same thought process as me lol. At first, I was like this is click bait, no way that's a real tornado, then I was like nope, not an F4, and finally ohhh maybe at the end.", "me too. I've never seen anyone get that close and that clear of a shot!", "Gotta love the guy opening his car door a super close by the tornado. Anyone else hoping it would hit that stack of wood to see the damage it would do?", "those flying blades of grass are no joke. after hurricane andrew, we went out to look at the flattened fence in the back yard (what was left of it that is) and there were blades of grass sticking out of the wooden fence that pierced it like darts in a dart board.", "A bit late to the thread but....\n\nI'm a spotter (not chaser) for the National Weather Service. If I'm ever *that* close to a tornado... I done made a big mistake. \n\nIt has been my experience that there are 2 types of \"storm chasers\". Not gonna pass judgement on the person who took the above video because I don't know them or anything about them. But the 2 types are as follows: folks who collect useful data that can only be obtained by getting close OR those who want the \"glory\" of having taken a cool video or picture. \n\nI do what I do because I've seen the damage tornadoes can cause up close and personal. When I was about 18, my town was hit by a rather nasty one. I saw a house that I had literally been at 5 minutes before... completely leveled. Radar is an amazing thing, and advances are being made all the time. But there are still things a human eye can see that a radar station 50 miles away can't. And when the sky starts spinning, every second counts", "What's with the first clip turning the camera away as it's setting down and then *cutting*??", "I think this guy is in it for the \"glory\" after looking through some of his other videos. He sells prints of the pictures he captures, and licenses the video for broadcast.", "*If* that is the case, he isn't the first and wont be the last." ]
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Some crazy close footage of a Tornado
https://youtu.be/PVCKOHrlpJY
/r/videos/comments/rhhtdx/i_was_on_a_tow_boat_on_the_mississippi_river_when/
[ "Glad you’re alright. Not gonna lie this shit looks like a scene outta the Twister sequel.", "Only a psychopath repeatedly laughs like that in the face of death. 😂", "Your just so nonchalant about the whole thing. Glad you guys are ok.", "Thanks!", "Veteran … psychopath… same thing. Ha!", "I took his laugh at being how crazy Mother Nature is and he’s almost in awe of how massive this thing is. Glad he’s safe!", "Even without the tornado being the tallest thing on a piece of metal in the middle of water with lightning every half second is terrifying. But that twister is nuts.", "I assume you are heading north between wabasha and reeds landing on the east bank of the river?", "I’m not a pilot house guy, so all I know is that we were northbound, shoved in on the Tennessee side in that first bend by Caruthersville. The way the thing traveled it went across two bends on its path towards Kentucky, so it basically crossed the river twice kinda. I think we were around mile marker 860 if I remember", "So much for \"the river will protect us\" that we always hear down in Memphis.", "I mean, if i could choose what to be in when a twister hits, it would probably be a solid steel structure that weighs hundreds of tonnes.", "Do you mean like the warehouses that were leveled?", "Warehouses wouldn’t allowed themselves to be shoved downriver 1,000 feet in 15 seconds either though", "That's true", "No, I mean like solid steel (I used the specific wording on purpose). I understand there's steel framed buildings that collapsed. Boats are built like tanks, to stop water ingress.", "I hear ya. My only experience with boats are skiffs that I fish on or bigger fishing boats usually driven by a drunk guy. \n\nAlso a naval carrier or two while deployed in my Marine Corps days, but those things would laugh at a tornado.", "When I was in the navy we would drive the cruiser I was stationed on directly into hurricanes on purpose because it was safer than being tied off to the pier", "Yeah good luck with that", "So what I'm taking away from this is that if you're going to be in a tornado, taking cover in a tow boat is the way to go!", "That actually sounds badass", "10/10 would recommend", "The only thing that sucks is that if you’re getting some time at home finally, then the hurricane warning comes and you gotta grab your bags and tell the family “alright, good luck, hope ya’ll don’t die” on your way to sail into the eye of the damn thing", "That's crazy - glad you're ok! \n\nDo you work on the river a lot? You should do an AMA, sounds like a cool job. I bet you have seen some interesting things.", "Damn. That's the stuff of nightmares.", "Five years in the ocean, then transitioned to the inland waterways in the civilian sector", "Not surprising. Tornadoes tend to jump river valleys.", "The flash with multiple tendrils coming down looks like some War of the Worlds type shit. Glad you're all safe after that!\n\nEasy to see how people back in the day would think this is the work of the gods or something supernatural.", "I always think that about sharks. How you see old maps where the ocean just has a big ass water dragon sticking out of it. \n\nI imagine not knowing what a shark was, then seeing a great white jump up and snack on something you’d just be like “yup. Dragons in these here waters”", "How long did that tornado last? Most only last a few minutes but it seems like this one went on long enough to have commercial breaks.", "I believe it tracked over 200 miles across multiple states. If you're curious for more details, there's a bunch of information regarding the storm [here.](https://www.weather.gov/pah/December-10th-11th-2021-Tornado)", "Yeah it crossed 4 state lines", "Start at 1:45. Pause the video and use comma and period on your keyboard to step through the video frame by frame and you'll see how close that monster is while seemingly pretty quiet. I'm sure it was a thousand times spookier in person.", "I’ve gone through it frame by frame and pulled still images of it. Damn thing was right there haha. It was wild", "Oh man, this was your video! Good shit. That fog coming off the river was eerie as fuck - almost certainly caused by the tornado; likely from the pressure and temperature dropping in front of the supercell. How did it sound? Did you hear the classic \"freight train\" sounds during the approach? \n\nGlad you're safe, hope your family and friends were as well. Great video and thanks for sharing.", "It didn’t make a whole lot of discernible sound until it hit the water, then it sounded like massive white noise. When it was right on top of us that like muffled out the lightening. It actually roared more once it had passed. When I’m showing the bank like two minutes after it passed you can hear it in the background" ]
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I was on a Tow Boat on the Mississippi River when that big tornado ran right over us on the night of 12/10/21
https://youtu.be/Lc8t0qsp4Y8
/r/videos/comments/rhjlqj/cracker_discourse_in_a_nutshell/
[ "Anything you use to describe a group of people in a derogatory way is a slur you Influ*ncer.", "its short for 'whipcracker'", "TIL. Always found it odd to be offended by being called a cracker. Also doesn't bother me with this new knowledge because I am not a whipcracker either.", "How is it that some people just have a dumb voice? Everybody spare your remaining brain cells and skip this video.", "Sure but that's where the derogatory aspect of it comes from as its basically implying you're someone cowardly enough of character to enslave and whip another person, in most instances, referring specifically to the Atlantic slave trade and all those involved. \n\n\nEveryone takes offense for various things for various reasons on a massive scale. I'm not sure if the discussion overall about \"slurs\" is what level of derogatory it is compared to others, but purely that it is and can be. The person saying it at you doesn't mean you necessarily agree with it either, but more so, that its being used aggressively as demeaning term towards you by the other person in a similar way to any other form of violence. \n\n\nLike any slur or derogatory term used by anyone, really, towards anyone else, but with context being the key deciding factor as to how effected by it a person might be" ]
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CRACKER Discourse In A Nutshell
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/rhk9c4/deleted_by_user/
/r/videos/comments/rhk9c4/deleted_by_user/
[ "Damn this is a neat concept - star shanties?", "Very nice", "Song is not by me, it's by Rowan the Bard." ]
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[deleted by user]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mg2TANphtU
/r/videos/comments/rhkazf/amazing_full_court_buzzer_beater/
[ "What happened in overtime???", "Perfect timing with the NBA full court buzzer beater we had today", "“Alright, got this game in the bag”\n\n*God has entered the chat*" ]
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AMAZING Full Court BUZZER BEATER!
https://youtu.be/YwF8Fr9EemY
/r/videos/comments/rhkktm/white_christmas_by_richard_norman/
[ "Just subscribed to this guys channel a few days ago and it's been a real gift.", "https://i.imgur.com/Ytw5nDD.jpg", "Noice" ]
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White Christmas by Richard Norman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtD8C8ZaOt4
/r/videos/comments/rhksr1/the_best_tornado_footage_ive_ever_seen_shot_from/
[ "Getting out of the car to get a closer look?! \n\nDid you not see the cob of corn through the tracker's windscreen post?", "that corn cob picture was staged. Someone put it there. Poked it through the hole from the inside cab", "two things.\n\nI greatly appreciate the lack of commentary of endless streams of expletives while this is happening.\n\nthis is no way and EF4. it is way too small and not that damaging\n\nEF4's are mind numbingly destructive. This is likely an EF1 or 2", "Yet another reason why women live longer than men. But gotta admit, it’s some pretty cool footage.", "> EF4's are mind numbingly destructive. This is likely an EF1 or 2\n\nThis makes sense. Footage like this wouldn't even be possible on a really big one.", "With a good sound system, this video will literally give you an adrenaline rush.", "The guy filming is the most outta control son of a bitch in the game.", "Wow! This is doing nothing to help my over-the-top fear of tornadoes.", "Definitely not an EF4. That’s an EF0 or maybe an EF1. This is an EF4:\n\nhttps://youtu.be/4sIwJwufJfQ\n\nStarts at 1:45", "Imagine being able to harness that power.", "EF ratings are based on wind speed, not size.", "The size means nothing, wind speed determines EF rating. This tornado might have EF4 wind speeds for a brief period, which explains why its size blossoms... And also excuses their clickbait title.", "Better yet control it so we don't have destructive storms.", "Wind speed AND related damage. That small one doesn't have huge wind speeds\n\nhttps://www.weather.gov/oun/efscale\n \nThe Enhanced Fujita Scale or EF Scale, which became operational on February 1, 2007, is used to assign a tornado a 'rating' based on estimated wind speeds and related damage.", "Even when it sets down, at 0:22 you can see structures being torn apart from a distance. So yes, I think this might be an EF4 based on the damage and (what I assume to be) radar indicated wind speeds.", "See my edit below the XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:\n\nWhat I see in the first few seconds are the roofs being pulled off of the barns, but the silos and their tops are still intact.\n\nHere is the definition of EF1\n\nModerate damage. Roof surfaces peeled off; mobile homes pushed foundations or overturned; moving autos pushed off road.\n\nWhat I don't see in this video is:\n\nDevastating damage. Well- constructed houses leveled; structures with weak foundation blown some distance; cars thrown; large missiles generated.\n\nwhich is the definition of an EF4\n\nXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\n\nEdit: we may both be right.\n\nFor completeness, and because I'm always willing to recognize being wrong, I found this.\n\nhttps://www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/journal/severe-thunderstorms-and-deadly-tornado-july-8-2020.html\n\nIn it, there is the statement: \nA LONG LIVED AND DEADLY TORNADO THAT ORIGINALLY TOUCHED DOWN IN \nFAR NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY MN, AS A WEAK TORNADO /EF0-EF1/, BUT \nTHEN QUICKLY INTENSIFIED INTO A STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADO AS IT \nCROSSED INTO SOUTHERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY, NEAR MP70 ON \nINTERSTATE-94. THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED AS A STRONG TORNADO \n/EF2-EF3/ AS IT MOVED NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN ST. OLAF \nTOWNSHIP AND CROSSED BEEBE LAKE. IT LIKELY REACHED MAXIMUM EF3 \nINTENSITY AFTER IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 82 AND AS IT DESTROYED A \nMACHINE SHOP AND YARD ON THE DOWNWIND SIDE. IT THEN CONTINUED IN A \nNORTHEAST DIRECTION AND REACHED BOTH MAXIMUM WIDTH AND INTENSITY \n/EF4/ \n\n\nSo it is possible and even likely that this turned into an EF4, but since we see the very beginning of it, when it is weaker, it is only an EF1. But, I will most certainly concede that this could be the spawning of an EF4" ]
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The best tornado footage I've ever seen. Shot from very, very, close and shows tip of tornado dancing at ground level. An EF4 with truly SCARY power. Absolutely amazing!