In a civilized world, everyone will mostly agree that we need rules and laws to government every aspect of our lives because pure chaos is fun for a little bit, but then you understand that having people constantly taking your stuff or knocking over your mailbox without any repercussions becomes at the very least a tad bit annoying.
But these same rules and laws also cause confusion, whether because of loopholes, assumptions or the like and people end up thinking something is illegal, but in reality you won’t be arrested or charged for it.
The folks of Reddit have been sharing situations that most kinda assumed are illegal, or at the very least wrong and believed that they would be somehow reprimanded, but it was not the case.
Scroll down to check out what the internet has taught you today with regards to laws and regulations, and while you’re at it, vote, comment, and share with us some laws that most people don’t know are not really laws but figments of our assumption in the comment section below!
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#21 Recording People In Public Areas
Recording someone on your phone in public. Ask a Karen they will tell ya
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28points
#22 Restrictions On Flamethrowers
Learned a few days ago that only two us states place any legal restrictions on flamethrowers as they technically count as tools and not weapons
27points
#23 Catfishing Online
Catfishing someone online. Even for nsfw content (so long as they’re above the legal age to do so). It’s legal until you actually use this facade to benefit financially. Then it’s deemed fraud.
The catfish TV show is proof of this, nobody ever gets legal repercussions. Just outed on TV and they part ways
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26points
#24 Jaywalking
Jaywalking confuses a lot of people. Here in Georgia it is a very specific definition: crossing a street between two intersections that both have traffic signals. Otherwise you can cross wherever you like; you just have to yield to traffic.
25points
#25 Not Submitting A Two Weeks' Notice To Employers
Not giving two weeks notice when leaving a job
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25points
#27 It's Not Carpooling If Everyone's Related
Met a woman once who believed if you were related to the other people in the car it didn't count as carpooling for the carpool lane and was illegal. It is not, in fact, illegal.
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20points
#28 Not Having Picture ID
Not having a picture ID. I have met a shocking number of people who think it’s illegal to leave one’s home without an ID. It’s bizarre but I assure you A LOT of people believe it.
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19points
#30 Trading And Using Copies Of MS Windows
Trading and using used Windows even OEM I think, maybe other software too. It is against terms and conditions but afaik not illegal in EU. These are not pirated copies.
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12points
