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That was then. In 2023, in the USA, try standing in front of your local police department and explaining the simple, statistically likely, fact that they have a

That was then. In 2023, in the USA, try standing in front of your local police department and explaining the simple, statistically likely, fact that they have at least one sexual predator working there. They will physically abuse you until you leave. If you refuse to leave, they will send you for a mental evaluation. If you still resist, they will kill you.

jfoutz 3y ago
Even more reason to look them up. Soviet standing in red square handing out blank pieces of paper. Police come, and tell him to stop distributing protest flyers. Protestors: Protest? they're blank paper! Police: Comrade, everyone knows what's wrong. I might have messed it up a little, but, you get the gist.
- aslfjiasf 3y ago
  Humor imitates life: Russia arrested anti-war protesters holding blank signs: https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-war-invasion-protests-police-arrest-activists-holding-blank-signs-paper-1687603 https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-war-invasion-protest... But apparently this a thing in many countries, and there's even a Wikipedia article about this form of protest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank_piece_of_paper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank_piece_of_paper Ah, to be in America: >In 1970, Anna Halprin organised a "Blank Placard Dance" by members of her San Francisco Dancers' Workshop. They paraded, dressed in white, while holding blank placards. She explained, "...there were so many protests going on and this way each person watching us could just imagine whatever protest slogan they wanted on the placards." It's nice to be able to protest with blank signs because you want to make a joke, and not because of fear of arrest.
snowwrestler 3y ago
They should arrest you for misuse of statistics. Since this is a joke thread, I'll share one related to this concept: The police catch a man trying to sneak a bomb onto a plane, and question him. Man: I was doing it to increase the flight's safety! Police: How can a bomb make a flight safer? Man: Obviously I'm not going to set mine off, and what are the chances that there are two bombs on the same flight??

jfoutz 3y ago

Even more reason to look them up. Soviet standing in red square handing out blank pieces of paper. Police come, and tell him to stop distributing protest flyers. Protestors: Protest? they're blank paper! Police: Comrade, everyone knows what's wrong. I might have messed it up a little, but, you get the gist.

aslfjiasf 3y ago
Humor imitates life: Russia arrested anti-war protesters holding blank signs: https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-war-invasion-protests-police-arrest-activists-holding-blank-signs-paper-1687603 https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-war-invasion-protest... But apparently this a thing in many countries, and there's even a Wikipedia article about this form of protest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank_piece_of_paper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank_piece_of_paper Ah, to be in America: >In 1970, Anna Halprin organised a "Blank Placard Dance" by members of her San Francisco Dancers' Workshop. They paraded, dressed in white, while holding blank placards. She explained, "...there were so many protests going on and this way each person watching us could just imagine whatever protest slogan they wanted on the placards." It's nice to be able to protest with blank signs because you want to make a joke, and not because of fear of arrest.

snowwrestler 3y ago

They should arrest you for misuse of statistics. Since this is a joke thread, I'll share one related to this concept: The police catch a man trying to sneak a bomb onto a plane, and question him. Man: I was doing it to increase the flight's safety! Police: How can a bomb make a flight safer? Man: Obviously I'm not going to set mine off, and what are the chances that there are two bombs on the same flight??