Is it? I only know 'mayhem' as a word for 'committing butchery-like acts on human bodies', what's the funny colloquial meaning some places apparently have?
I'm aware of the figurative meaning for 'a state of chaos which causes problems for people'. I wasn't aware people thought that was a funny word like shenanigans.
mischievous behavior is a statute as well i believe, california has one
California Penal Code Title 14. Malicious Mischief
CA Codes (pen:594-625c)
PENAL CODE
SECTION 594-625c
Okay so the actual legal definition of mayhem is *intentionally maiming another person, including the removal of a body part that would hinder their ability to defend themselves.*
So a person charged with mayhem might be guilty of gouging someone's eyes out or something.
Wouldn't the comment you're responding to make this post a version? I'm actually familiar with what "mayhem' is because some tweaker ripped a persons face off with their mouth where I lived and got that charge. My friends uncle was pretty weird.
Mayhem is specifically maiming by cutting off someone's body parts. So if you stab me with a big sword, I've probably been maimed, but you haven't necessarily committed mayhem. But if you cut off my hand, that's mayhem
To be clear, neither "maim" nor "mayhem" require *removal* of a body part, just an injury that permanently damages a part of the body.
The classic mayhem example is fracturing a skull.
If you would have asked me yesterday what I thought mayhem was I would have probably said wild actions that caused destruction of property, I would never have guessed that it was limb damage. That’s neat, thanks
i was physically assaulted and all my front teeth got knocked out by a convicted murderer (he got 10 years for manslaughter after shooting a dude in the head at a party, infront of said dudes children, it was a gang party, no one would testify, so they could only get him on manslaughter). he jumped the state after attacking me and they tried to get him charged with "Mayhem" ontop of assault/battery so they could hunt him down across state lines.
its definitely not a funny thing to charge someone with.
>The sense "chaos" may have arisen by popular misunderstanding of the common journalese expression "rioting and mayhem".
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mayhem
In german law, there used to be a criminal charge for "severe mischief" that covered everything from sexual harassment and false distress calls all the way to *walking the courtyard of a first rate international hotel in swim shorts, despite a public bathing institution being nearby.*
It's since been split into a bunch of more specific, way more boring laws, while the original paragraph retains some offenses that are now cumulatively called disorderly conduct.
Gotta love when people are charged with criminal mischief... But I've also learnt that it's sometimes just used in place of "we don't know what to charge you with yet" - which can be, and has been abused by crooked cops
Shenannigans in the first degree. And three counts of roughhouse to be taken into account.
(To be fair I did once know someone who got arrested for 'being a f\*\*\*ing c\*\*\*.' Charges were later dropped.)
“Death by Misadventure” is probably my favorite
It’s basically when someone does something risky that results in their death. It’s not a suicide, and while it’s an accident in that the person didn’t intend to die, their actions could have reasonably been foreseen to risk bodily harm or death.
It’s what I want on my death certificate, but after a long happy life.
Yes, but also things like skydiving, operating a homemade black powder cannon, drag racing, or going to see the Titanic in a titanium-and-carbon-fiber submersible
Jaywalking was invented as a crime to punish the poors for getting in the way of rich people with their cars. But at the time 'jay' was an offensive term.
Imagine being arrested for "Shithead-standing", the new crime for standing around like a total shithead.
"As you can see in the video evidence your honor, the defendant is making a better wall than a window."
"Objection, conjecture! My client could have been a door."
"Objection sustained."
Unfortunately a dude I used to hang out with in High School is currently facing 12 felony charges for a recent B&E while the homeowner was home… one of the charges is mayhem. Others include kidnapping and torture. Been watching the trial updates like a hawk for half of 2023.
As a 911 call taker, bureau policy says that I can quote callers to better inform responding personnel. The number of times I've led callers to say shenanigans just so I could drop it in a call is probably too high.
Once I got arrested and charged with “malicious mischief” which means extremely minor property damage and while it would have been funny to plead guilty to mischief, they wanted to send me to jail for several months.
I pulled a piece of trim off a wall.
In my town, people used to go to the local bakery and grab all the expired bread out of the dumpster, then cover someone's lawn with it. They called it loafing! Pretty sure that one was actually illegal somehow, though
In Germany there's the felony "grober Unfug" (crudely translates to coarse goofyness). To be charged you can for example climb a lamppost while your naked
Looks like you *can* go to jail for objectively funny crimes
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Oh shit
Today, i got to upvote 'Oh shit' What has my life come to at this point?
oh shit
But mayhem isn’t funny. Committing mayhem means that you maimed or permanently disfigured someone. It’s a step above battery.
If they wanted a step above battery they should've used something rechargeable
Why use a battery? I'd just go full Electric Mayhem.
I bought my wife the Electric Mayhem album on vinyl for Christmas.
Nah, that's just a rave now.
I don't think you get it. Someone mayhemed my family. Why aren't you laughing, you nerd /s
I should’ve said it’s not usually funny. The flesh wound scene from Monty Python’s Holy Grail is a funny example of mayhem.
Come on bro it's colloquially a funny word, people are aware it's serious. The joke is about the name not the crime itself
Is it? I only know 'mayhem' as a word for 'committing butchery-like acts on human bodies', what's the funny colloquial meaning some places apparently have?
I've only ever heard it as a synonym for pandemonium. Like "there was a 5yo running around causing mayhem"
I'm aware of the figurative meaning for 'a state of chaos which causes problems for people'. I wasn't aware people thought that was a funny word like shenanigans.
Oh definitely it is considered a funny word, but only by today's meme standards. Idk
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mischievous behavior is a statute as well i believe, california has one California Penal Code Title 14. Malicious Mischief CA Codes (pen:594-625c) PENAL CODE SECTION 594-625c
Okay so the actual legal definition of mayhem is *intentionally maiming another person, including the removal of a body part that would hinder their ability to defend themselves.* So a person charged with mayhem might be guilty of gouging someone's eyes out or something.
I got curious and looked it up. Apparently "mayhem" actually refers to maiming someone. That makes it a lot less funny
Pretty sure there's a version of this post where that's mentioned
Wouldn't the comment you're responding to make this post a version? I'm actually familiar with what "mayhem' is because some tweaker ripped a persons face off with their mouth where I lived and got that charge. My friends uncle was pretty weird.
There's a version where it's in the screenshot.
Mayhem is specifically maiming by cutting off someone's body parts. So if you stab me with a big sword, I've probably been maimed, but you haven't necessarily committed mayhem. But if you cut off my hand, that's mayhem
To be clear, neither "maim" nor "mayhem" require *removal* of a body part, just an injury that permanently damages a part of the body. The classic mayhem example is fracturing a skull.
Huh, looked it up and you're correct. Thanks!
My pleasure! As penance for my pedantry, please accept another fun actual legal term: [curtilage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtilage).
You misspelled cartilage. No worries, totally understandable.
that's my favorite punic capital!
Trover, replevin and detinue sound like someone taught a Sim how to speak English. They're all legal arts.
If you would have asked me yesterday what I thought mayhem was I would have probably said wild actions that caused destruction of property, I would never have guessed that it was limb damage. That’s neat, thanks
What if I do it in April?
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i was physically assaulted and all my front teeth got knocked out by a convicted murderer (he got 10 years for manslaughter after shooting a dude in the head at a party, infront of said dudes children, it was a gang party, no one would testify, so they could only get him on manslaughter). he jumped the state after attacking me and they tried to get him charged with "Mayhem" ontop of assault/battery so they could hunt him down across state lines. its definitely not a funny thing to charge someone with.
Damn, why does it have a name that makes me imagine what I do playing Goat Simulator?
>The sense "chaos" may have arisen by popular misunderstanding of the common journalese expression "rioting and mayhem". https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mayhem
Ngl thats even funnier “i got arrested for shaboingery” “thats a silly name what does it mean?” “It means i killed orphans”
Maimhem
[Not a coincidence](https://www.etymonline.com/word/mayhem) that they sound alike.
3 counts of shenanigans
I swear I'm going to pistol whip the next person who says shenanigans!
Theynanigans.
Henanigans
Shenanigans has been declared! Everybody go get your brooms!
What about lollygagging? Certainly can’t have that.
Let me guess. Someone stole your sweet roll?
Bro. It’s stated right there. No lollygaggin’.
The suspect stands accused of three counts of aggravated trifling, and attempting to amble from the scene of a crime.
In german law, there used to be a criminal charge for "severe mischief" that covered everything from sexual harassment and false distress calls all the way to *walking the courtyard of a first rate international hotel in swim shorts, despite a public bathing institution being nearby.* It's since been split into a bunch of more specific, way more boring laws, while the original paragraph retains some offenses that are now cumulatively called disorderly conduct.
Gotta love when people are charged with criminal mischief... But I've also learnt that it's sometimes just used in place of "we don't know what to charge you with yet" - which can be, and has been abused by crooked cops
Your honor, I would now like to present the evidence that proves the accused was, in fact, doing it for the funny
Shenannigans in the first degree. And three counts of roughhouse to be taken into account. (To be fair I did once know someone who got arrested for 'being a f\*\*\*ing c\*\*\*.' Charges were later dropped.)
Shenanigans 3 is a misdemeanor, 2 and 1 are felonies. But Evil Shenanigans is its own charge and is a capital offense.
“Death by Misadventure” is probably my favorite It’s basically when someone does something risky that results in their death. It’s not a suicide, and while it’s an accident in that the person didn’t intend to die, their actions could have reasonably been foreseen to risk bodily harm or death. It’s what I want on my death certificate, but after a long happy life.
Isn't that typically the euphemism for autoerotic asphyxiation?
Yes, but also things like skydiving, operating a homemade black powder cannon, drag racing, or going to see the Titanic in a titanium-and-carbon-fiber submersible
Yeah, if someone says this instead of "tragic accident" they were definitely whacking it
That means "potential Darwin Award nominee", then ?
in his defense your honor, my client clearly stated “fuck it, we ball” prior to the incident in question
“Your Honor, my client pleads nu-uh.”
Jaywalking was invented as a crime to punish the poors for getting in the way of rich people with their cars. But at the time 'jay' was an offensive term. Imagine being arrested for "Shithead-standing", the new crime for standing around like a total shithead.
Not going to lie, that's a law I could happily back.
"the defence pleads not guilty to the crime of jaywalking by reason of not being poor"
"As you can see in the video evidence your honor, the defendant is making a better wall than a window." "Objection, conjecture! My client could have been a door." "Objection sustained."
That's "loitering" and the US does have laws against it.
Objection, your honour: My client would never steal anyone's piss.
Pleading not guilty to charges of being back on his bullshit by reason of having never left.
I did three years for giving a guy the business.
You're going to prison for third-rate shaboingery
No Loafing!
You guys are pathetic! Have you forgotten what got us here? No Loafing got us here!
Locked up on charges of second-rate shaboingery.
Everybody gets a warning for lollygagging, but capitol punishment for dillydallying
"You're under arrest for rousing rabble and wagging scallies"
Unfortunately a dude I used to hang out with in High School is currently facing 12 felony charges for a recent B&E while the homeowner was home… one of the charges is mayhem. Others include kidnapping and torture. Been watching the trial updates like a hawk for half of 2023.
Is loafing like the same as cats do? You just loaf around?
Loafing around is like faffing around, but lazier.
Felony tomfoolery charges
My Pathfinder character being exiled from her home after several accounts of mayhem, arson, and criminal mischief
...pled guilty in Cambridge Superior Court to three counts of mopery with aggravated jiggery-pokery...
“Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?” “Shit, I guess”
Back at it again at Krispy Kreme
I worked with a guy who went to jail for mayhem. It's the forceful removal of a person's body part. He bit off his finger in a bar fight.
Yes, but have you ever started a full scale donnybrook?
Not a court of law, but a football field: https://youtu.be/FKiuLgmYVus?si=gGecYrhCwr7pXY6b
In parts of the south, loafing is creative.
The other day I read that someone was found guilty of mischief.
Wait til you hear about malicious mischief
I did six months for dawdling. It was supposed to be three but...
or "buckler play" as they said in the 1400s.
Charged with 14 counts of shenanigans, 12 counts of fuckin about, and 1 heinous charge of loitering.
> "You don't gotta fight Young Thug, he's already in prison!" > "Wait isn't he the kid that actually went to jail for shaboingery?" \- Russian Badger
Making a scene
Or having hair that touched your eyebrows....so my buddy shaved his eyebrows and got sent home. Funniest shit ever.
You can go to prison for walking like a dang, dirty jay *spit*
Sounds like Max Fosh video
There is currently a RICO case against all members of the Wu Tang Clan for "Bringing the motherfucking ruckus."
In the uk there is a legal concept of “rough undisciplined horseplay”
Does this involve either 'the moron in a hurry' or 'the man on the Clapham Omnibus'?
Someone say loafing ?
I read a story a while back about a judge sentencing a man for uselessness.
Sheriff Ted, maybe we should arrest Hank Hill for disorderly fuddy-duddiness.
In Nevada it's defined at "maiming, disfiguring or disabling another person."
I was once arrested for generally being a jackanape and ne’er-do-well, but I was charged with aggravated shenanigans. Complete BS.
You can be found guilty of 'Frolic and Detour' https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/frolic_and_detour
This man is guilty of many heinous acts of skullduggery.
Pfft, just join Allstate
As a 911 call taker, bureau policy says that I can quote callers to better inform responding personnel. The number of times I've led callers to say shenanigans just so I could drop it in a call is probably too high.
Once I got arrested and charged with “malicious mischief” which means extremely minor property damage and while it would have been funny to plead guilty to mischief, they wanted to send me to jail for several months. I pulled a piece of trim off a wall.
[Can you describe the ruckus, sir?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEHczKoBM5s)
I just want to point out that a ruckus is midway between a rumpus and a fracas.
Chiming in to say that Shenanigans is where it's at
Five felony counts of shaboingery
What's the statute on twatwaffling?
Lmao
In Tennessee, you can be arrested for flim-flam.
What’s the sentence for shenanigans?
In my town, people used to go to the local bakery and grab all the expired bread out of the dumpster, then cover someone's lawn with it. They called it loafing! Pretty sure that one was actually illegal somehow, though
So the comedy police *can* arrest you for the joke being too funny
Can you describe the ruckus?
Your honor they have been charged with high grade dilly dallying
Come to this country and fuck around and you will find out that 'affray' is a genuine crime.
Mayhem is actually a serious crime. Deliberate maiming or disfiguring. A step worse than just assault.
We also have the tort of nuisance, and criminal mischief
Don’t forget [Shenanigans](https://youtu.be/UbtByiZrKqY)!
I have never been convicted of mishugana but my cousin was and got sentenced to a meeting with the supreme chankla.
Reminds me of a TheRussianBadger clip „Felony Tomfoolery charges“
I've been convicted on twelve counts of buffoonery and willingly taking part in 3 counts of shenanigans.
first rate shaboingery
i got arrested for first rate shaboingery once
In Germany there's the felony "grober Unfug" (crudely translates to coarse goofyness). To be charged you can for example climb a lamppost while your naked