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If wasting time is a crime, we should also make long checkout lines and traffic jams illegal while we’re at it.
by celeritascelery 5y ago
If wasting time is a crime, we should also make long checkout lines and traffic jams illegal while we’re at it.
- SpicyLemonZest 5y agoBut imagine if someone built purpose-built software for causing traffic jams, and a large community of regular users make traffic jams 5 times more common than they used to be. I don't say this out of any personal animus, I don't drive very often myself, but I think it would be reasonable to start talking about criminal penalties. At some point you have to be able to defend the commons, no?
- gruez 5y ago>But imagine if someone built purpose-built software for causing traffic jams, and a large community of regular users make traffic jams 5 times more common than they used to be. What's the difference between that and someone who simply drives bad/slow? Do they get a pass because it doesn't have "purpose-built software"? Or is it because they're not acting as a group? If cheaters are not acting in a coordinated way, do they get a free pass as well?
- krapht 5y agoThe difference is intent, and this is a core consideration of our justice system.
- gruez 5y agoSo people using excessive amounts of coupons and/or change at checkouts should be sanctioned as well?
- sokoloff 5y agoCan you not tell the difference between someone intending to save money (or pay their bill) and intending to slow others down?
- gruez 5y agoYou could make the argument that cheaters are trying to "have fun"/"win" as well, albeit in a way that negatively affects others.
- 1123581321 5y agoI haven't seen excessive coupon use banned, but I actually have seen a store make that person wait until the rest of the shoppers cleared the line. Very satisfying.