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⌈ Secret Post #4309 ⌋

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What things do you wish were legal/illegal

[philstar22]

Inspired by Canada legalizing cannabis and the fact that I really wish my state would legalize medical marijuana.

What things do you wish were legal or illegal in our country/state/city/whatever?

Re: What things do you wish were legal/illegal

[(Anonymous)]

I wish it were illegal to smoke ANYTHING in public places (streets, bars, anywhere).

As someone who's asthmatic and allergic to so much, having to hold my breath so I can walk past someone on a public street is absurd.

Re: What things do you wish were legal/illegal

[(Anonymous)]

I often joke that when I'm an Evil Overlord and I rule the world, motorcycles will be banned because urgh THE NOISE they make.

Re: What things do you wish were legal/illegal

[(Anonymous)]

Legalize marijuana and a bunch of the softer hallucinogens imo

Re: What things do you wish were legal/illegal

[(Anonymous)]

Hate weed but still think it should be legal in my country.

I think alcohol commercials should have the same restrictions tobacco commercials have. Some years ago, all tobacco advertisements in TV and cinemas were prohobited and the boxes all have "shock pictures" of rotting limbs and organs etc. but the advertising for alcohol is still going strong with not even any obvious warning labels included. I feel it's kind of unfair and also pretty ridiculous.

Re: What things do you wish were legal/illegal

[rosehiptea]

They already legalized cannabis here in California and I'm glad.

I wish discrimination against LGBT+ people were illegal, and it often is, but unfortunately here in the U.S. there seems to be a resurgence of hate.

I wish region coding and restricting downloading e-books and music to certain countries were illegal. I know why they do it, and I know they're not going to stop, but it still annoys me. I will grant that this is relatively trivial.

(Note: I'm not saying "no copyright laws." Just that I people should be able to legally pay for and download stuff from other countries.)

Re: What things do you wish were legal/illegal

[(Anonymous)]

Legalize (and regulate) prostitution. With strongly enforced labor rights and protection against abuse.

Re: What things do you wish were legal/illegal

[(Anonymous)]

I don't want it to be legal because we live in a very less than ideal world and it would immediately lead to horrific abuse, but sometimes when I'm discouraged with humans, I catch myself sort of wishing we could have some sort of mandated sterilization.

Re: What things do you wish were legal/illegal

[(Anonymous)]

I wish those super bright headlights were illegal. They really hurt my eyes at night and, depending on the height of the car, they end up hitting my mirrors and making it hard for me to use them.

Re: What things do you wish were legal/illegal

[(Anonymous)]

I would outlaw fun, which in turn would insure revolution.

Re: What things do you wish were legal/illegal

[(Anonymous)]

Illegal: Discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.

Legal: A way to obtain a DRM-free copy of digital data should be mandatory.

Re: What things do you wish were legal/illegal

[(Anonymous)]

Since most of what I want legal/illegal has already been discussed I’ll go with.

Shorter copyright protections before a work falls into the public domain. I’m all for creators profiting off their work but it’s ridiculous how we increasingly don’t have access to our own cultural figures because some one else “owns” them. Lifetime of the creator + maybe 25 years or something so their family can benefit then it’s public domain.

Broader protections for voting rights, such as automatically registering people to vote once they turn 18, minimum number of polling stations regarding populations and area, having elections on the weekend and declaring them a federal holiday, extending the amount of time polling stations are open, removing as many restrictions as possible from voting...

Broader protections for abortion rights

Re: What things do you wish were legal/illegal

[(Anonymous)]

I wish planned obsolescence was illegal and voting once US citizens hit 18 was mandatory.

Whatcha Reading?

[(Anonymous)]

What are you reading? What have you finished lately? Anything you're looking forward to? Anything you particularly want to recommend? Fic, books, whatever.

Re: Whatcha Reading?

[philstar22]

The Great God Pan. Thanks, tv tropes. This is the book that inspired Lovecraft. I've only just started.

Re: Whatcha Reading?

[rosehiptea]

I'm reading The Witch Elm by Tana French. I'm enjoying it but I'm not very far into it. I also have The Legacy by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir out from the library. Both of those are mysteries. I recently finished The Woman in the Window, which is the kind of thing people compare to Gone Girl. I actually liked it better than Gone Girl but that's because I didn't like Gone Girl all that much.

Re: Whatcha Reading?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm reading Bone Dance by Emma Bull, which is extremely good and clever and well-written so far, and I'm really liking it.

And I'm also reading some very trashy public-domain espionage fic, where the gang of German burglars talks like lower-class East End cockneys, which is very funny to me.

Re: Whatcha Reading?

[(Anonymous)]

I recently finished rereading Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. My feelings toward Cath changed a little and I felt more sympathetic towards her, but it still feels like there's too much going on and the ending's weak. I'm currently reading Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart and it's pretty good so far. It's got a cool gothic romance vibe.

Re: Whatcha Reading?

[bur]

I'm kinda holding off on starting anything new at the moment because FLOODED BASEMENT FUCKERY, but I have a translation of a Russian book, Vita Nostra, that'll arrive in a couple weeks. It's been described to me as Harry Potter by way of Tolstoy.

Re: Whatcha Reading?

[(Anonymous)]

Just finished rereading Terry Pratchett's Unseen Academicals. It had some good moments, but overall the series was going downhill at this point.

Started reading a long Pride and Prejudice fanfic, which seems promising so far.

Re: Whatcha Reading?

[kaijinscendre]

Someone got me a Stephen King book called The Outsider. I really do not like Stephen King but I am going to give it a shot. :(

Re: Whatcha Reading?

[ninety6tears]

I finished Under The Skin last week and I thought it was incredible. Really gruesome and weird, but the best sci-fi book I've read in a while. I gather the movie is very very different.

Re: Whatcha Reading?

[type_wild]

Good Omens was translated to Norwegian and it's better than I expected so far. It's also been long enough since the last time I read it that there's bound to be some details I've forgotten.

What are you watching?

[philstar22]

Are you watching anything new?

I just started watching Channel Zero. I like it so far, even if tvtropes completely spoiled me on the plot.