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The solution is to stop requiring strong ID for every dumb transaction in the universe. I got carded for a chest x-ray two days ago. There’s no universe in wh

by sneak 2y ago

The solution is to stop requiring strong ID for every dumb transaction in the universe. I got carded for a chest x-ray two days ago. There’s no universe in which this makes sense. The nail salon asks for your phone number even if you’re a walk-in. Americans are so used to this that they even have a hand gesture for “papers please”. For centuries we could transact without ID; why now?

singleshot_ 2y ago
What is the hand gesture for "papers, please?"
- MeImCounting 2y ago
  Perhaps they mean the finger thumb box thing bartenders do when asking for your ID?
- sneak 2y ago
  It’s a C shape with the index finger and thumb, held up around face height.
bgribble 2y ago
For medical procedures, I think it makes sense to check ID - just for the potential testimonial "audit trail" in case of actual or purported malpractice. "Are you CERTAIN that the X-ray we are looking it is of the plaintiff? How would you know if someone else showed up and claimed to be them? Is your memory completely infallible?" etc... It might not be of any real significance but poor process can make one side look like they don't have their sh*t together.
- sneak 2y ago
  Every other industrialized country that I’ve ever been to has taken me at my word when I provided my name for medical procedures. It works fine and always has.
houseplant 2y ago
the generation of kids trained in schools to be used to omnipresent surveillance and data harvesting are now in the workforce, they see no issue with this because they've grown up with it. I see kids on the internet now under 20 who believe that not volunteering your name, age, location, private health information, is "secretive", "deceptive", and cause for suspicion. If you don't stamp these things in your bio, you've obviously got something to hide. I remember when we were all laughing about that "elf on the shelf" toy and how it was pushed so hard to get kids used to "santa" always watching their every single move even if nobody is in the room, and that there's nothing they can ever do to avoid his judgement at his own discretion and to just accept it because everyone is fine with it and you're crazy and silly and paranoid and clearly hiding something "naughty" if you resist it. Obviously I can't attest to this, but it's funny how that worked out

by sneak 2y ago

singleshot_ 2y ago

What is the hand gesture for "papers, please?"

MeImCounting 2y ago
Perhaps they mean the finger thumb box thing bartenders do when asking for your ID?
sneak 2y ago
It’s a C shape with the index finger and thumb, held up around face height.

bgribble 2y ago

For medical procedures, I think it makes sense to check ID - just for the potential testimonial "audit trail" in case of actual or purported malpractice. "Are you CERTAIN that the X-ray we are looking it is of the plaintiff? How would you know if someone else showed up and claimed to be them? Is your memory completely infallible?" etc... It might not be of any real significance but poor process can make one side look like they don't have their sh*t together.

sneak 2y ago
Every other industrialized country that I’ve ever been to has taken me at my word when I provided my name for medical procedures. It works fine and always has.

houseplant 2y ago

the generation of kids trained in schools to be used to omnipresent surveillance and data harvesting are now in the workforce, they see no issue with this because they've grown up with it. I see kids on the internet now under 20 who believe that not volunteering your name, age, location, private health information, is "secretive", "deceptive", and cause for suspicion. If you don't stamp these things in your bio, you've obviously got something to hide. I remember when we were all laughing about that "elf on the shelf" toy and how it was pushed so hard to get kids used to "santa" always watching their every single move even if nobody is in the room, and that there's nothing they can ever do to avoid his judgement at his own discretion and to just accept it because everyone is fine with it and you're crazy and silly and paranoid and clearly hiding something "naughty" if you resist it. Obviously I can't attest to this, but it's funny how that worked out