• remon@ani.social
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    Few places nowadays is it legal to lay around & do whatever you want outdoors, usually getting cited for loitering or something.

    What kind of shitty place are you living in?

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      I always find it funny to figure out that stuffblike loitering isn’t something the Simpson invented. It’s something americans are not allowed to. But freedom is very important to them

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      The US is a shithole

      I once went to a park sat on a bench and right in front of me was a no loitering sign. It’s a park, what else am I going to do?

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        Most of those “no loitering” signs only exist to give the police a legal crowbar against homeless people. Realistically if you’re just sitting and minding your business nobody will actually come along and eject you.

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        I once went to a park sat on a bench and right in front of me was a no loitering sign. It’s a park, what else am I going to do?

        That is hilarious (well, sad actually, but you get what I mean). Also kind of reminds of that one politician once saying that “breast are not suitable for small children” in the public breastfeeding debate …

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      I immediately thought of homeless people when I read this. I mean I could probably lollygag a lot of places but if you look a certain way, have long hair, dirty clothes, a few bags with you, you start attracting the wrong kind of attention fast. Often in the nicest places of all. Shittier places leave you alone.