Illegal In the US, Legal In the World
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Published 2022-07-27
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All Comments (21)
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Some years ago a woman was hit by a car and killed outside my workplace. There was a public outcry to "do something", so the city assigned a beat cop to patrol that block and ticket people for jaywalking. I did think it was interesting that the focus was 100% on pedestrian behavior and not on how fast people were driving on that street.
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Surprised you didn't mention Loitering. Back when I worked at a school for international kids, I had to explain some of these US-specific laws and they always found loitering hilarious. "So ... It's illegal to... Stand around??? Hahaha wtf america?"
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I was in London and I remember a guy that started talking to me because I was American. He looked at me and said " you know what is cool about the UK? You can walk across the street and people HAVE to stop for us." He then stood in the middle of the street, giving drivers the bird who honked at him. I was just sitting there lost for words. I don't think I will ever forget that lmao
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The irony of banning kinder eggs while there are literal guns at school did not elude me.
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So there is a country where you can legally own a tank, an assault rifle, a grenade launcher, and with some paperwork a M109 Howitzer self-propelled artillery cannon. But not a chocolate egg, a dart, or a menthol cigarette because those are "too dangerous". Sure makes sense!
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When I was younger I genuinely thought America made up jaywalking as a harmless stock crime to show a cop was being over-zealous, especially because cops in comedies would treat jaywalking as an especially heinous offence
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In the UK, jaywalking is just how crossing the road works. If the road is clear, then you just cross the road. I remember once reading a comic from America and I thought that it saying that crossing the road in that way being illegal was just a joke.
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Freedom to Roam is another weirdly missing rule in "The Land of the Free". As a Norwegian, it confuses the hell out of me how people don't have that right in other countries.
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You cant be seen drinking in public. Unless you carry it in a brown bag which has the same effect as shouting "Im drinking alcohol!" at the top of your lungs...
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It amazes me how so many things become illegal just because people are incompetent.
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Here in America, the moment we find out that something puts kids in danger, legislators pull out all the stops to ensure we try to keep our kids safe, unless the danger is from gun violence.
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I always wondered if the kinder egg being banned was a urban legend, thanks for confirming it's real... But this raises a question to my foreigner eyes: doesn't this "musn't contain something not edible" make some fruits like peaches illegal?
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Fun fact, Kinder Joy wasn't even made with the US ban in mind, it was introduced in the Summer of 2001 in Italy (under the name " Kinder Merendero") in order to fill the gap, as Ferrero doesn't sell many of its products during the season to avoid them being ruined by the heat.
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It's crazy that blame is fully on pedestrians in America and not reckless drivers. Here in Europe it's very much your responsibility to slow down near pedestrians and to give right of way if necessary.
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fun fact, jaywalking is only illegal in nz if you are within walking distance of a cross walk or if the crossing light is red. the fine is also only $35
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Jaywalking and Kinder Eggs being illegal is genuinely WILD
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I got to say about the Jaywalking. As a brit, when I went to new york I was very confused by the fact the green man and the cross walk didnt mean cars couldn't still turn and drive there... that feels very dangerous
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In high school we had a German exchange student who was getting a care package from her parents I asked her if they could send a kinder egg bc theyโre banned she was surprised they were banned and sent one I split the whole egg with the class and we all joked and enjoyed that we were eating a banned food item thanks Anna
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Funny how they banned anything with a non-edible object inside the food. All I can do when reading that is picturing an american eating an entire Kinder Egg at once, and choking on the yellow container, instead of a kid choking on the toys inside.
