SARGE

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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago

They're "going fishing" trying to find probable cause to get you out of the vehicle and allowed to search you and it.

If you say you're going to / from the bar? Well obviously you've been drinking, please step out of the vehicle.

I don't always say "officer you don't need that information" I just say something like "home/library" since it provokes the least amount of questions.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't give them my license, I only need to show it to them. They can copy down the relevant information needed to verify it's legitimacy the same way they do when they take it.

I don't need to roll down my window, I only need to communicate with them. They can speak up and I am more than capable of yelling so they don't misunderstand anything. An open window is not needed unless someone plans on reaching through it, which neither of us need to do.

I don't need to give them my insurance card, they only need to know it's current and for this vehicle. Again they can copy down relevant information and call the insurance company later, which they weren't going to do anyway.

I don't need to tell them where I was, or where I was going, as it's none of their business and not relevant to the stop, which was likely for failing to signal properly, or speeding due to a missed sign.

There's plenty you dont HAVE to tell them, give them, or show them, but if you're going to do any of the above, know your state and local laws regarding these, and don't be intentionally rude, since they're already going to be pissy.

Also note: it's much easier to get through this sort of interaction if you're white. We all know cops are racist shitbags just looking for an excuse.

I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice, just someone who is tired of being targeted in the areas around Columbus Ohio that are known for pulling people over for the slightest of infractions in order to go fishing for a reason to arrest someone.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

She tries to go around or leap over them, or runs across them like they’re a platform in a video game that will fall if you stand on them too long.

Likely she is ripping out paw pad hairs as the slats shift around and pinch together, and there is the possibility of getting claws stuck as well.

That's why my largest dog doesn't like them.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago

Nah, continue to belt out incorrect lyrics, possibly even singing "I don't know the words" in the process.

It's more likely to get a chuckle "with" you, rather than a giggle "at" you, IMO because everyone can relate.

Even people who do professional performances and sing all the time can swap verses, or even straight up word substitute with songs they don't practice all the time.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 44 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well yeah, their entire lives have been spent sucking oil dick, their entire foundation of their wealth is tied up in oil, and even though they're rich enough to pivot entirely and never feel a difference in their lives, they're stuck in the sunk cost mentality.

It's too risky to invest in a brand new industry that's on shaky legs. Never mind that it stopped being a "new" industry decades ago and has proven it will do quite well, and is thriving. They stopped paying attention to real life many many decades ago. As far as they are concerned, they didn't have to do any sort of personal growth, so they are woefully out of touch with reality.

Oil is what was there when they (or their parents they inherited wealth from) were kids, so obviously they have to dig their heels in to keep oil from flopping. Anything else is secondary.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 68 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

Mkultra is STILL treated like some nut job conspiracy theory.

I bring it up as example of how the government will do whatever to whoever and lie for decades, fuck the consequences.

People look at me like I'm crazy, and plenty have even straight up told me mk ulta isn't real, is just a conspiracy, just an excuse for hippies who did too many drugs, any number of "that didn't happen" excuses. Including "if it actually happened, we would know". To which I responded "THEY FUCKING ADMITTED IT" and that was the end of the conversation because I cursed and therefore lost an "argument" I didn't know I was in...

Ohio is crazy...

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honestly I wouldn't even bother saying it's an annotated Bible, as long as it's pulling from a translation of the Bible that a church would use, it's the same Bible.

I love when someone tries calling me out on not using "the right" translation, because depending on how the conversation has gone up to then, I will either pull out a king James edition, or start listing any of the dozens upon dozens of English translations available, asking if this one or that one was valid enough, until I've made my point.

My Bible when I first read all the way through was a new living translation children's adventure Bible. It had a few illustrations in the family-friendly well-covered areas, mostly new testament. I thought it was pretty fucked up in some parts already, and they did kind of change the phrasing and language to be less obvious to children what is being said.

The one I usually use for reference now is a new international version with no annotations or additional context that was gifted to me when I graduated highschool.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

So a court has told another court to stop looking into court cases (and the people not following court orders) and let people not follow court orders.

So court orders are meaningless.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The Bible I read definitely had something to say about nobody except god knowing when jesus was supposed to come back.

Certainly never said you could summon God with a blood sacrifice.

Then again, most Christians have never read the Bible. If they had, they would probably be like me and no longer believe.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 23 points 2 months ago

Military personnel taking time out of their taxpayer-funded training exercise to get some social media material.

As former enlisted, an argument could be made they were AWOL. They were not in their designated place at their designated time, and did not have permission to do the thing they did.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 11 points 2 months ago

a few minutes earlier

"hmm, I'm bored. Oh look here's some people enjoying a small laugh. Imma shit on the fun. How DARE they enjoy a joke I personally don't like. The FOOLS! THE ABSOLUTE MORONS! I simply MUST tell people their frivolity is absurd."

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 17 points 2 months ago (4 children)

You can just buy keys.

I actually have a few that I keep in my protest bag.

I also have a couple pairs of cuffs.

 

They aren't around anymore as of this morning, but they liked the hoodie and hat and I thought someone might like to see two doggos.

They were both good girls and I miss them.

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