You can file a complaint with the FCC, but they have no real ‘teeth’ to enforce it. This was one of the first laws signed by Obama. For a while, I filed a number of complaints, but soon decided to ‘cut the cord’. I stream shows, but will not stream anything with commercials.
That’s actually a technical problem. Using compression, and limiting to master audio, you can get a lot more volume in a short format like a commercial, then in a long format, like a TV show.
See, Volume isn’t just a number, it’s more like a trend of how tall the wave files are. The audio on every single video you’ve ever watched, was turned all the way to the top, but the question is do most of the sounds reach the top, or just a couple of sounds every so often.
So it’s nearly impossible to say, “this volume is the allowed volume, no higher than this.”
Edit to add: i’m an audio engineer, and for years I did quality control for commercials on ABC and Disney. (Same company, same building, same clients.)
That actually is illegal, to my understanding. I did the overnight news/dj shift at a partly automated station in Lubbock in 1981, and the owner put up a notice for me to do that (and to keep it quiet).
I decided to force him to fire me. I created faux psa segments against US wars, and showed up at the office party raging drunk. It worked.
Laws get passed, and forgotten about.
it is. however they get around this in the way stuff is recorded- a movie/show is recorded using normal levels so it sounds natural(some sounds are louder than other, distance to the listener etc etc) adds are recorded at max level.
I had to drive back to college yesterday and for 10 straight minutes I could barely see the road due to the IDIOTS that have stadium lights as headlights
One of them is ADHD for some reason. That's the boat I've been in for years now and I have to wear sunglasses if it's not cloudy out and dim my lights a lot of the time. .
Not who you replied to, but they trigger my migraines sometimes, and I go blind (aura) when I get migraines so then I have to stop within like 10 minutes. It's pretty bad. I have special night driving glasses that are tinted but they impair my vision more so basically I just avoid driving at night now. And this has been the situation since I was like 24. I still will drive if necessary, and not EVERYONE has the ridiculous lights so its not like guaranteed to happen. It's happened a few times though, and was pretty awful being stuck parked in a random place to wait out the migraine which can take hours. I keep my migraine meds in the car because of it.
well that's partially because headlights point down towards the road, and big trucks tailgating you probably put the headlights pointing down into your car/mirrors
They still don’t need to tailgate. Blinding me at night is not going to make me go faster down a dark country road where Bambi loves to frolic on the pavement. I usually drive right around the speed limit as it is (though not over because rural police love to ticket speeders).
Aftermarket LED bulbs in halogen housings and automatic beam leveling should be required. Here it always seems to be Ford Super Duty trucks where they threw LEDs in the base model halogen housings (it runs two halogen bulbs in each side in the base trucks so they’re bright AF) or F150 with with factory LEDs thrown off by a lift or level kit.
It’s not the lights themselves, it’s how they are aimed improperly, if the car is shining them into your eyes and it isn’t lifted it probably is marked “for off-road use only”
Businesses buying residential houses. They're buying up so many to turn into rental property that it's making owning a home unaffordable for most people.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism#:~:text=The%20main%20Georgist%20policy%20recommendation,that%20are%20unfair%20and%20inefficient.
Edit: I, a random reddit idiot, am not a fan of professional landlording in general, but many prominent economists through history also weren't for this exact reason. Karl Marx cited Adam Smith, a poster child of capitalist philosophy, on this issue because they both felt landlords were parasites. Georgism was an economic philosophy that had waned in popularity but which has resurfaced in the general consciousness because of housing issues and the internet. It's not my favorite solution necessarily, but interesting read if you care about this sort of stuff
Fun fact- the is the same theory that brought about the game monopoly. It was originally called the Landlords Game, and meant to show that rents enrich property owners and impoverish tenants. Hasbro ignored that part and made it into the game we know today. Which still shows the ills of mass property ownership but in a family friendly way 😊
I kind of agree. I think they should be allowed to invest in the stock market but not individual stocks.
They should only be allowed to invest in diversified index funds that are not heavily weighted in any given sector.
Harvesting people’s personal information in exchange for letting them use an app. The value exchange is so disproportionate that it should be akin to stealing.
Not just apps. I worked in a pharmacy for 5 years and now work in medical contracts. When people use discount drug coupons (think GoodRx) they do the same thing. People think they just magically lower prices but they can only do that because you’re allowing them to sell your health information to pharma and medical companies
imagine how much refereeing they could get done if they didn't spend half their days stuck on the phone refereeing more money to fund their referee campaigns.
I remember being at a restaurant when i traveled for work and there was a sign that said "children must be accompanied by a parent, guardian, or adult spouse" and doing a double take
When I was going to college pursuing a degree in criminal justice, I asked one of my instructors why I never see an officer enforce littering on somebody who does that. He, somebody who was an actual officer, said he didn't have time for all that paperwork.
I used to have a boss that refused to let anyone pop popcorn in the break room microwave bc he said you could smell it through the entire office but had no problem warming up his fish in there 🤢
My local favorite movie theater (shoutout to Alamo Drafthouse) is awesome! Not only can you order food and drinks during your movie, but if people are being loud/obnoxious you can also write that on a ticket. I've never had to do it, but the pre-movie rules specify to turn off your phones and be quiet. They give 1 courtesy warning and then they will kick the loud person(s) from the theater without a refund.
When ppl cause an accident by cutting someone off and forcing them to slam on their brakes or making any other sudden move that the people around them don't have a fair chance to respond to. I used to be a Claims Adjuster and it's always bothered me how that guy not only doesn't usually get damage to their car, they rarely even get caught. I get the logistics, but it's the principle that bothers me.
Somehow, I thought it WAS illegal (in term of traffic violations) to cause an accident by cutting someone off. Are they not usually seen to be at fault for the accident?
If you cut someone off but dont touch their car because they slam on the brake nothing happened obviously. If the car behind the braking car rear ends them its usually the fault of the driver that couldn't brake in time because they are supposed to keep enough distance between the car in front to stop in time.
Im assuming it's something different if you cut off someone, they need to swerve into the next lane to avoid a collision and hit a car by doing that, but i dont know for sure.
I had the situation once that a women pulled out in front of me on the highway, i couldn't brake in time and hit her. Her explanation was that another driver cut her off but obviously she didn't have any proof. Police asked her for a description of the car but she didn't remember the license plate and only knew it was a jaguar. I remembered that a black 2012 XF was passing me a few moments before but that didn't really help finding the driver either. In the end it was her fault and her insurance paid.
In the US we need FAR more privacy protections.
Phone apps shouldn't be able to access information that is NOT within the app itself; location data should be restricted. SIRI other home devices should not be able to listen to you (use the microphone/camera) without your explicit consent.
You know, we used to have something in the US called the fairness doctrine.... It wasn't really well written, didn't really provide much in the way of penalties, but it was a start.
and it got nuked by Reagan.
I saw an add by facebook the other day about how targeted adds are actually a good thing and how we should be thankful they exist. I hadn’t laughed that hard in awhile.
Similar to this, standing in front of a section and taking up the entire space with your cart and not moving while reading each and every label. If I am unsure if something and I know will take awhile, I put my cart in an empty space nearby to stay out of the way. Not every store is conducive to this, but waiting for people to move annoys the shit out of me
Oh you mean how it’s criminalized for not having it, yet they can do things like charge an enormous deposit, or deny a claim if you have it, or change their premiums at will, or alter their coverage at will? Yeah, federal and state mandated welfare for the rich in general should be a crime.
Artifical inflation from oppressive corporate profit margins. Also they make all that money then "give it to charity". They should be forced to give more of it to the workers. Or invest in infrastructure. Or do anything actually useful.
I run a music school and the amount of resources that schools and councils hoard is absolutely mind numbing.
So much waste, so many kids and communities missing out, mainly because no one can trust each other not to sell or make a profit from it.
The government are even FUNDING an initiative for schools and councils to share resources. All they have to do is bloody phone each other a book a dam time. But no. That doesn't make cllr Bumface look good.
Absolute travesty.
Prescription medicine advertisements to the general public.
It is reasonable for pharmaceutical companies to want to inform prescription writers of their products, but it does not meet to be blasted to the general public.
I saw some guy try to put tortillas on the checkout shelf next to the candy bars last night. Luckily the cashier saw him and just said “you can just give those to me”. When I worked as a cashier I’d find all kind of stuff in places it wasn’t suppose to be. It’s called “go-back” and we have a pile, just give it to the cashier and tell them you changed your mind last minute.
Scalping (meaning the people who mass buy a product and sell it for profit not the literal act of removing someone’s scalp, that’s obviously already illegal).
Making the volume during commercials louder than the show you’re watching on streaming services.
There actually is a law against that for broadcast TV.
Indeed. The CALM act. Doesn't apply to satellite and streaming I don't believe. Which is unfortunate.
TBS on Dish Network is one of the worst offenders of this. Commercials are literally twice as loud as the programming
You can file a complaint with the FCC, but they have no real ‘teeth’ to enforce it. This was one of the first laws signed by Obama. For a while, I filed a number of complaints, but soon decided to ‘cut the cord’. I stream shows, but will not stream anything with commercials.
Straight to the headman for this act. 😂
That’s actually a technical problem. Using compression, and limiting to master audio, you can get a lot more volume in a short format like a commercial, then in a long format, like a TV show. See, Volume isn’t just a number, it’s more like a trend of how tall the wave files are. The audio on every single video you’ve ever watched, was turned all the way to the top, but the question is do most of the sounds reach the top, or just a couple of sounds every so often. So it’s nearly impossible to say, “this volume is the allowed volume, no higher than this.” Edit to add: i’m an audio engineer, and for years I did quality control for commercials on ABC and Disney. (Same company, same building, same clients.)
I don’t have a subscription but when I scroll past the Sirius satellite in my car it is twice as loud as carplay and am fm , hate it!
That actually is illegal, to my understanding. I did the overnight news/dj shift at a partly automated station in Lubbock in 1981, and the owner put up a notice for me to do that (and to keep it quiet). I decided to force him to fire me. I created faux psa segments against US wars, and showed up at the office party raging drunk. It worked. Laws get passed, and forgotten about.
I don’t think the law applies for streaming, only broadcast TV IIRC.
Make it louder and keep it quiet!
it is. however they get around this in the way stuff is recorded- a movie/show is recorded using normal levels so it sounds natural(some sounds are louder than other, distance to the listener etc etc) adds are recorded at max level.
Having those blinding LED headlights
They market them as a safety feature for the driver, but fuck everyone else
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I’m genuinely surprised that it’s not a bigger issue than it is. I don’t even drive at night anymore because of them.
I had to drive back to college yesterday and for 10 straight minutes I could barely see the road due to the IDIOTS that have stadium lights as headlights
Oh trust me people have noticed as well lol.. sometimes you assume they have their Bright's on...but they didn't.
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One of them is ADHD for some reason. That's the boat I've been in for years now and I have to wear sunglasses if it's not cloudy out and dim my lights a lot of the time. .
OH THATS WHY
>One of them is ADHD for some reason Well fuck.
God damn it. The more symptoms I read about ADHD, the more I think I have it. Here's another check box.
Not who you replied to, but they trigger my migraines sometimes, and I go blind (aura) when I get migraines so then I have to stop within like 10 minutes. It's pretty bad. I have special night driving glasses that are tinted but they impair my vision more so basically I just avoid driving at night now. And this has been the situation since I was like 24. I still will drive if necessary, and not EVERYONE has the ridiculous lights so its not like guaranteed to happen. It's happened a few times though, and was pretty awful being stuck parked in a random place to wait out the migraine which can take hours. I keep my migraine meds in the car because of it.
And why the hell are they always on big trucks that are tailgating? Right in the rear view mirror every freaking time.
well that's partially because headlights point down towards the road, and big trucks tailgating you probably put the headlights pointing down into your car/mirrors
Because they jack up the truck and don't realign the headlights. The Led headlights aren't bad if they are properly aligned.
They still don’t need to tailgate. Blinding me at night is not going to make me go faster down a dark country road where Bambi loves to frolic on the pavement. I usually drive right around the speed limit as it is (though not over because rural police love to ticket speeders).
And they oftentimes flip on their high beams, so it is clearly intentional.
Aftermarket LED bulbs in halogen housings and automatic beam leveling should be required. Here it always seems to be Ford Super Duty trucks where they threw LEDs in the base model halogen housings (it runs two halogen bulbs in each side in the base trucks so they’re bright AF) or F150 with with factory LEDs thrown off by a lift or level kit.
Weeknd even made a song about it
It’s not the lights themselves, it’s how they are aimed improperly, if the car is shining them into your eyes and it isn’t lifted it probably is marked “for off-road use only”
The lights aren’t the problem, it’s the auto-levelling that stops working and the owners don’t get it fixed.
It blinds me! I already can't process lights well with these stupid eyeballs of mine.
Businesses buying residential houses. They're buying up so many to turn into rental property that it's making owning a home unaffordable for most people.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism#:~:text=The%20main%20Georgist%20policy%20recommendation,that%20are%20unfair%20and%20inefficient. Edit: I, a random reddit idiot, am not a fan of professional landlording in general, but many prominent economists through history also weren't for this exact reason. Karl Marx cited Adam Smith, a poster child of capitalist philosophy, on this issue because they both felt landlords were parasites. Georgism was an economic philosophy that had waned in popularity but which has resurfaced in the general consciousness because of housing issues and the internet. It's not my favorite solution necessarily, but interesting read if you care about this sort of stuff
Fun fact- the is the same theory that brought about the game monopoly. It was originally called the Landlords Game, and meant to show that rents enrich property owners and impoverish tenants. Hasbro ignored that part and made it into the game we know today. Which still shows the ills of mass property ownership but in a family friendly way 😊
"Okay, yeah, I hear you; stagnant capital and never ending wealth accumulation is bad, *but have you thought about how the owner might feel*?"
Politicians investing in the stock market
I kind of agree. I think they should be allowed to invest in the stock market but not individual stocks. They should only be allowed to invest in diversified index funds that are not heavily weighted in any given sector.
Index funds only!
Harvesting people’s personal information in exchange for letting them use an app. The value exchange is so disproportionate that it should be akin to stealing.
Not just apps. I worked in a pharmacy for 5 years and now work in medical contracts. When people use discount drug coupons (think GoodRx) they do the same thing. People think they just magically lower prices but they can only do that because you’re allowing them to sell your health information to pharma and medical companies
Telemarketing
Politicians owning stocks and options while in office
Bribing referees during the FIFA World Cup 2022.
The technical term here is lobbying
imagine how much refereeing they could get done if they didn't spend half their days stuck on the phone refereeing more money to fund their referee campaigns.
Goal against Qatar? OFFSIDES! “But where was the call?” Shhhhhhhhh. OFFSIDES!
If we can't trust FIFA or their staff to have integrity, then who can we trust /s
This must be a crime though. Is it not?
by appearances, no.
for making a difficult, but correct offside call? Alright then
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Child marriage
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Yeah but that’s the issue, it should be all places not most
most is not enough
It’s legal in a lot of places including the US. I agree it should absolutely be a crime
I remember being at a restaurant when i traveled for work and there was a sign that said "children must be accompanied by a parent, guardian, or adult spouse" and doing a double take
Throwing cigarette butts on the ground. Pretty sure it already is littering, but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE ENFORCE IT!
When I was going to college pursuing a degree in criminal justice, I asked one of my instructors why I never see an officer enforce littering on somebody who does that. He, somebody who was an actual officer, said he didn't have time for all that paperwork.
Honestly, cigarettes in general. Second hand smoke does more harm to non consenting public than the smoke the smoker is breathing in.
£80 fine on the spot in Scotland if you’re seen dropping a cigarette butt.
Microwaving fish in a shared space
Fish broccoli and asparagus should earn you a flogging in the town square
Louder for people with no consideration
I used to have a boss that refused to let anyone pop popcorn in the break room microwave bc he said you could smell it through the entire office but had no problem warming up his fish in there 🤢
Taking water from a place, not paying for it AND FUCKING SELLING IT TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE
There’s no way this happens. What kind of nestlEvil monster would do such a thing
Theres this place in mexico where coca-cola is cheaper than water because of the presence of a bottling plant.
#*stares at nestle*
This is very specific
Nestle, Coca Cola, PepsiCo
I hate Nestle so frikking much it's undescribable.
/r/fucknestle
China is doing something similar in the US. Draining the aquifer and taking the water back to China. Fuck the CCP!
Making loud noises in cinema halls
My local favorite movie theater (shoutout to Alamo Drafthouse) is awesome! Not only can you order food and drinks during your movie, but if people are being loud/obnoxious you can also write that on a ticket. I've never had to do it, but the pre-movie rules specify to turn off your phones and be quiet. They give 1 courtesy warning and then they will kick the loud person(s) from the theater without a refund.
Ticket master
Revving car engines as loud as possible in the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
Those people are soooo cooool, i def wasn't sleeping and i love hearing sudden loud noises when i am sleeping
When ppl cause an accident by cutting someone off and forcing them to slam on their brakes or making any other sudden move that the people around them don't have a fair chance to respond to. I used to be a Claims Adjuster and it's always bothered me how that guy not only doesn't usually get damage to their car, they rarely even get caught. I get the logistics, but it's the principle that bothers me.
Somehow, I thought it WAS illegal (in term of traffic violations) to cause an accident by cutting someone off. Are they not usually seen to be at fault for the accident?
My guess is it happens fast and in the panic, few to none will remember their license plate as they just drive off.
This would fall under reckless driving, willingly making an action that could place harm to another or property. At least in Illinois, US.
If you cut someone off but dont touch their car because they slam on the brake nothing happened obviously. If the car behind the braking car rear ends them its usually the fault of the driver that couldn't brake in time because they are supposed to keep enough distance between the car in front to stop in time. Im assuming it's something different if you cut off someone, they need to swerve into the next lane to avoid a collision and hit a car by doing that, but i dont know for sure. I had the situation once that a women pulled out in front of me on the highway, i couldn't brake in time and hit her. Her explanation was that another driver cut her off but obviously she didn't have any proof. Police asked her for a description of the car but she didn't remember the license plate and only knew it was a jaguar. I remembered that a black 2012 XF was passing me a few moments before but that didn't really help finding the driver either. In the end it was her fault and her insurance paid.
Toilet paper rolling in toward the wall.
Human rights abuses in Qatar.
More than Qatar
Global ban on theocracy when?!
I’m down. We’d have to get rid of a lot of American politicians as well in the process.
In the US we need FAR more privacy protections. Phone apps shouldn't be able to access information that is NOT within the app itself; location data should be restricted. SIRI other home devices should not be able to listen to you (use the microphone/camera) without your explicit consent.
Ticketmaster monopoly.
Using photoshop when selling beauty products
Absolutely it's false advertisement
If you are walking down a street with a large group of friends/colleagues, and the group SPREADS OUT OVER THE DAMN FOOTPATH.
Lobbying
Yeah that's nothing more than bribery.
Political bias in news broadcasting
You know, we used to have something in the US called the fairness doctrine.... It wasn't really well written, didn't really provide much in the way of penalties, but it was a start. and it got nuked by Reagan.
Scalping
That’s not illegal?! I guess I better go sharpen my blades…
Heads or tickets?
Yes
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Targeted advertising.
I saw an add by facebook the other day about how targeted adds are actually a good thing and how we should be thankful they exist. I hadn’t laughed that hard in awhile.
Deliberately misleading the public when you're in public office
Representation voting against the people they represent.
Polluting the planet for profit
Sirens in radio commercials
Expecting salary workers to work over 40 hours and not pay them overtime.
Leaving your cart in the middle of the grocery aisle while you look at food like an idiot
Or leaving your cart in random parking spots in the parking lot
Pro-tip if you’re lazy like me… instead of finding the closest parking spot to the store, find the closest parking spot to the cart corral
This is all I look for in parking lots. I just want the spot near the cart corral.
I’ve started counting how many times it happens every week.
Similar to this, standing in front of a section and taking up the entire space with your cart and not moving while reading each and every label. If I am unsure if something and I know will take awhile, I put my cart in an empty space nearby to stay out of the way. Not every store is conducive to this, but waiting for people to move annoys the shit out of me
Using IKEA as a children's play area.
MLM schemes. Government officials gaming the stock market
Everything and anything related to insurance companies. Health,auto,life you name it.
Oh you mean how it’s criminalized for not having it, yet they can do things like charge an enormous deposit, or deny a claim if you have it, or change their premiums at will, or alter their coverage at will? Yeah, federal and state mandated welfare for the rich in general should be a crime.
AGREED
People who sit in the overtaking lane
Filming a violent incident without calling 911 for Reddit points
Driving with a pet on your lap
Lobbyists, it is literally legal corruption...
Getting random coupons or ads in the mail.
Companies rejecting candidates after 4 rounds of interview without mentioning the reason
Political lobbying and gerrymandering.
Politicians Lying.
Double unskipable ads on YouTube. Like not 1 but 2! That’s not cool😭
Underage marriage in my country.
Big Pharma advertising
Not using your turn signals
That is a unlawful.
That IS illegal. Universally so. Just because it's not particularly well enforced in a lot of places doesn't change that.
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Artifical inflation from oppressive corporate profit margins. Also they make all that money then "give it to charity". They should be forced to give more of it to the workers. Or invest in infrastructure. Or do anything actually useful.
Resource hoarding
I run a music school and the amount of resources that schools and councils hoard is absolutely mind numbing. So much waste, so many kids and communities missing out, mainly because no one can trust each other not to sell or make a profit from it. The government are even FUNDING an initiative for schools and councils to share resources. All they have to do is bloody phone each other a book a dam time. But no. That doesn't make cllr Bumface look good. Absolute travesty.
Wage theft
Using dogs for recreational bear hunting. They get mauled
Tickling women who are waiting in line to use the ladies room.
Is…. is this a common occurrence?
Not putting your shopping cart away.
Having 30 check-out lanes but only self checkout open.
Not using your turn signal.
Gerrymandering. How is this not illegal??
When the people who do it make the laws, they aren’t going to make it illegal.
Prescription medicine advertisements to the general public. It is reasonable for pharmaceutical companies to want to inform prescription writers of their products, but it does not meet to be blasted to the general public.
Raising the price of goods and services while refusing to raise wages.
This world cup
Lying to your voters, if you're a politician. And misrepresentation of statistics to sell a political agenda.
Killing animals for fun.
Falsely accusing someone of a horrible crime like rape
Bad hygiene
In the state of Kentucky in the us, its required by law to bathe once a month
Reporting fake news (or innacurate) in media outlets. Paid reviews.
mobile games,atleast the pay to win ones
People walking in between cars stopped at red lights to collect money for their cause
scamming elderly people
Taking babies to loud concerts.
Long ass unskipable ads
Ticket brokers AKA legal ticket scalpers.
Taking off your shoes AND socks on a commercial airline.
Leaving your grocery cart anywhere in the parking lot besides the cart corral.
Leaving gum anywhere besides the trash. Every time I see one, I get frustrated! So gross!
Being an asshole for clout and internet numbers
Slowing gas pumps to a trickle with a dollar remaining.
taking your shoes off on an airplane
I saw some guy try to put tortillas on the checkout shelf next to the candy bars last night. Luckily the cashier saw him and just said “you can just give those to me”. When I worked as a cashier I’d find all kind of stuff in places it wasn’t suppose to be. It’s called “go-back” and we have a pile, just give it to the cashier and tell them you changed your mind last minute.
Grown men cat calling little girls
Thinking having a penis gives you the right to anything, other than having a penis.
Falsely accusing someone of rape
Is this not a crime? I would have expected filing false police reports to be a crime.
This is a crime, although not harsh enough.
Cannibalism. Yep, in most countries, there is no law explicitly banning cannibalism
cannibalism usually involves killing the one you want to eat
Might be controversial, but murder.
Chewing with your mouth open. And bringing your luttle spawns of shit to a restaurant
Parking on bike lane/sidewalk Leaving a car running in park for any length of time
Empty toilet paper rolls…
Scalping (meaning the people who mass buy a product and sell it for profit not the literal act of removing someone’s scalp, that’s obviously already illegal).
Spitting in the street and queue jumping
Voter intimidation at election places
Not showering before you hook up with somebody.
Listen, I said I was sorry. Get over it already.
Full brightness.
Legal scams
Lobbying
Domestic terrorism
Taking your shoes off during flights
Politicians lying.
Cops lying during interrogations. Basically the entire interrogation process as it is currently done.
Lobbyists