LackingUtility t1_j18k32l wrote on December 22, 2022 at 1:39 PM

Reply to Not a good sign if we’re getting texts for the storm on Friday by b3_yourself

It's a lot cheaper to send out a mass text than to keep a couple of extra crews on overtime to be standby.

LackingUtility t1_iyb2b7i wrote on November 30, 2022 at 1:53 AM

Reply to According to the ACLU, the only laws requiring you to identify yourself to MA cops are related to vehicles (or suspected crimes) by magnabonzo

This is true. Don’t give a fake name - even as a joke - but you do not need to identify yourself if you get stopped while walking. Also, obstruction in Mass. requires force or intimidation. Refusing to answer questions from a police officer is not obstruction.

LackingUtility t1_iyaxudh wrote on November 30, 2022 at 1:19 AM

Reply to comment by unresolved_m in Google’s AI Could Check For Breast Cancer by rchaudhary

I could be your doctor, I could be your long lost pal… If I can see your titties, baby, when you call me, you can call me AI.

LackingUtility t1_ixkyth9 wrote on November 24, 2022 at 5:39 AM

Reply to comment by TzarKazm in Cop Who Resigned After Groping UMass College Student Landed New Job Investigating Sexual Assaults in MA by Thayer1111

“Stop resisting!”

LackingUtility t1_iwetlei wrote on November 15, 2022 at 2:40 AM

Reply to comment by EthicalBribes in Curious about drivers merging onto the highway by EthicalBribes

One potential reason you encounter it more here than than in the Midwest is that our on-ramps may be shorter due to lack of room, so stupid drivers may not have enough time to figure out where to slide into in traffic and lack the courage to just flour it.

LackingUtility t1_iujgcdg wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:03 PM

Reply to comment by ToysNoiz in Students dress up for Halloween in the 70's by Ssj2luffy

And they’d always have a picture of what you were supposed to be on the chest, like an implicit admission of how much the costumes sucked.

LackingUtility t1_itoif2u wrote on October 25, 2022 at 3:39 AM

Reply to comment by BF1shY in Jury Duty…has anyone really experienced consequences for not showing up? by [deleted]

>Am I missing any negatives?

Your employer must pay your regular wages for the first 3 days of your service, but after that, you get $50 per day. If you get on a major trial, you could be there for weeks... and may not be able to afford it.

If you could stipulate going in that you're available for x days, that would probably relieve a lot of people and increase compliance.