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Just because something is technically legal doesn’t automatically make it good, moral, or fair for consumers and regular folks alike. It might mean that the law simply hasn’t caught up to reality, that there are glaring flaws and oversights in the legal system, (or that sneaky lobbyists conduct clandestine operations to sway the system in the favor of their multi-billion dollar clients).

There are tons of small things that annoy us in our day-to-day lives. Like receiving unsolicited email subscriptions. Being unable to unsubscribe from spam without jumping through more hoops than a show dog. Being forced to pay a ‘convenience’ fee for, well, pretty much anything. As well as realizing that the person you helped vote into political office isn't fulfilling the promises they made. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of some truly unpleasant practices that are still prevalent in 2022.

User u/cucutz fired up a very interesting discussion on r/AskReddit after they asked the digital crowd to share their thoughts about completely legal things that should become illegal. We’ve collected the most interesting insights to share with you Pandas. Scroll down to read them all, and don’t forget to upvote the posts you agree with. Have the redditors missed something that you think is atrocious and needs to be banned? Be sure to share your opinions in the comments, Pandas.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Forcing women to give birth.

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I agree with you on this but I’m not totally on the left I’d like to be in the center of the political spectrum so I understand that sometimes an abortion seems a little bit ummmm. that’s why I could describe it if you had consensual sex with your partner but nine months later you decided you can’t take it then do you really deserve an abortion if you’re not at risk for anything I know that the right wing way of thinking but again I’m trying to look at both ends of the street without being sucked into the extremes portrayed by the media

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of religions and tribes treat women as breeding stocks and some even disguise it as honorable. Its not honorable or desired if it is forced. Bodily autonomy should be respected.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

US government: Ban abortions! It kills people.🧐 Also US government: You can't ban weapons! You take away our freedom!🤪

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s truly sad when some people in the United States value their constitutional right to bare arms over a woman’s right to her own bodily autonomy. Truly disturbing.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My choice was either get a termination (my iud failed) or end my own life because I will NOT be pregnant. It’s one of my worst phobias. So a place that makes the first option illegal is basically telling me to go jump off a cliff. (And if anyone wants to try the ‘why don’t you get sterilised?’ thing? I’ve been told for decades that I’m just ‘too immature’ to make the decision to never have kids. I’m in my late 40s)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah the anti-choice crowd never factors the fact that women are living, breathing, established human beings worthy of making our own decisions. They tend to take the whole woman out of the equation, essentially telling us we’re chattel and the life of a fetus is more important and worthy than our own.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Forced birthers like to tout the use of family planning for contraception, but they ignore the fact that men often force themselves onto women and girls, and the only way to "plan" for that is to be on birth control, and if that fails, to have access to safe and legal abortion. Forced birthers should be legislating harder against violent men who assault us, not locking us and our doctors up.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or to nearly die before giving them life-saving abortion care. And sometimes they do die.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would be awesome if the GOP actually cared about kids *after* they're born. You know, by making sure those unwanted kids are actually fed, and not abused, and receive a decent education even if their parents don't have 2 sticks to rub together. What we see instead are kids whose Only hot meals come from the free lunch programs the alt-right seeks to Erase. We see a nation of yahoos who won't give up their "right" to the war toys that are killing thousands of kids each & every year. It's no coincidence that these same people gleefully support an unrepentent rapist. Yeah, I said it. If he were innocent of raping & battering a 13 yr old child, he'd Not be hiding the DNA that would prove his innocence. Logic tells me that, not TV brainwashing. The GOP's main motivations are nothing more than Power, Control & Greed. Trump's stooges are merely cowards supporting a bully in the hope that they'll benefit, too, from the misery of others. Hard to think of a less "Christian" mindset!

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why should the government tell us what to do with our bodies, anyways? Half of them don't know what it's like because their freaking MEN with nothing better to do than relive the glory days when men were all-that and we women were just the cleaners and cookers who stayed obedient. When will they realize it's the 21st century? We're educated too, you know, so we're not stupid and we know how to speak up.🙄 Also, I only think the government should get mad if the abortion is unnecessary, not when it's to save a woman's life. Or does the US government WANT all their women to die?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, that's the thing...a woman only has an abortion *because* she feels it's necessary. No government should be able to tell a woman whether or not an abortion is right/necessary - that decision should lie with the woman, period.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah yes where men decided that women should be forced to give birth I'm in one of the states where it was banned/restricted

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, American government, what the hell? (I’m American, don’t come for me pls)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some basics on American government: Abortion is not banned in the US. It was left to each state to decide. I live in a state that is completely legal. If the state you live in has banned it, then the public must vote in the people that will change that.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What do you want them to do? Keep their legs crossed and hold the baby in for the rest of their lives? I think that you might actually mean allowing women to have free access to abortions, and I totally agree, but that is not how this statement reads.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nobody comes from a perfect family. Imagine what is going to be like for those unwanted children growing up. Even loving parents have flaws. I believe in the sanctity of human life, but think about what what we are doing. Ultimately, it's a matter of faith. God has got the unborn. And I think He has better plans for them than growing up in a horrible relationship.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Allowing men to legislate over birth control and abortion laws.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

5% of pregnancies are due to rape. 95% are due to consensual sex. Nobody is forcing women or men to have sex. If a woman doesnt want to give birth, then don’t have sex. Simple as that.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the dumbest thing to trend at #1. Less than 5% of pregnancies are due to rape. 95% of that is consensual sex. If a woman doesnt want to give birth, don’t have sex. Pregnancy is a natural result of sex, what else do they think gonna happen? On demand abortion getting 5-10+ abortions like you’re getting loyalty stamps for PP because you can’t control your sexual impulses.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I take this to mean deliver vaginally. Completely absurd. Many doctors should be run out of business over this. If a woman can't deliver in a reasonable timeframe, say 2 or 3 hours, then C section should be done. Carrying it out longer is not healthy for her or the baby. Women should also be allowed to opt for C section as their chosen method.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Right? While I am all for preventative action, nothing is 100% safe. How f*cking DARE you to assume you have the right (MOSTLY RICH, FAT, OLD, WHITE MEN who are opposed to abortion only UNTIL their 30 years younger mistress gets pregnant) to tell me whether or not I SHOULD BE ALLOWED to end a pregnancy I don't want? You gonna give me child support?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Weird how people prioritize the life of a living, breathing woman (or a victim of rape) over an unborn child that probably doesn't have a soul or mind yet.

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Oh, if only there were maybe 10 ways to not get pregnant!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, if only birth control didn't fail! Oh, if only condoms didn't break! Oh, if only men didn't rape! Oh, if only men didn't lie about putting the condom on! Oh, if only grown adult men didn't prey on little girls! Oh, if only women didn't get questioned about wanting our tubes tied!

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If you don't want to be forced then keep your pants on

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everything you said here is complete and total b******t. It IS about control. It’s about punishing women for having sex. You’re a sick piece of garbage if you think it’s okay to force a child who was raped to carry their rapist’s baby. You’re sick and twisted for believing any women should carry a baby for nine months to make YOU feel better. Anti-choice is anti-women.

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Wow. Just wow. That we live in a society where killing babies because you're too lazy to take birth control is okay, but wearing a hoodie in school isn't.

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Forcing men to pay Child support... 🙃 double standards.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

BUZZ! False equivalence. Paying child support does not affect your right to bodily autonomy. Try not to be a cretin in future, there's a champ.

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So let's just kill the babies right? Well then let's just kill anybody that we think will be a hinderance to our pleasure.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jesus Christ. It’s always so f*****g black and white to men like you, isn’t it? Of course, you’re not in danger of losing your bodily autonomy and never will be. So it’s easy to sit on to your thrown of judgment and tell women how horrible they are for not living exactly as YOU want them to.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Increasing the volume on commercials by 20 goddam decibels.

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One of the things mentioned in the r/AskReddit thread concerns receiving unsolicited emails. And it's a great example showing us how the lines between privacy and vulnerability to marketing have become blurred in recent years.

Look, we’ve probably all been there: you start getting emails from random people, clogging up your inbox with paragraphs about weird products, news that you never wanted to get, and offers that simply don’t interest you. The fact of the matter is that your email can end up on some ad or PR agency’s list without you having come into contact with them at all in the past. It happens far more often if you’re even a semi-public person and your contact info is visible somewhere on a company website or on social media.

#4

Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Child beauty pageants.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Politicians making medical decisions. They really do make cr*ppy doctors.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Remember when it was first suggested (by a politician ofc) that instead of terminating, an ectopic pregnancy should be re-implanted into the womb? Which is medically 100% impossible, but they insisted that it's possible, and this is still an existing myth in some circles? Yeah.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Declawing cats. I’d rather have my cats scratch my face off then ever putting them through that much pain.

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We’d all probably love it if we were expressly asked if we’d like to subscribe to email lists from a company before they start sending us their newsletters like a bolt from the blue. And sometimes, the ‘unsubscribe’ function (which might take up to several steps) isn’t enough to get them off your back. They keep contacting you. Over. And over. And over again. In short, unsolicited mass marketing is annoying, and unsolicited bulk emails are the devil.

In the United States, for example, it’s perfectly legal to send out unsolicited commercial emails. There are some restrictions, however. Meanwhile, anti-spam laws appear to be stricter in the United Kingdom, and breaches of regulations can lead to fines of up to 500k pounds (around 568k dollars).

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Breeding dogs that are no longer healthy.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is also getting gradually restricted in the EU. Some of those breeds are even banned from participating in competitions now.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Bribery. Sorry, I mean lobbying.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This ties into the predatory healthcare system above, Health insurance companies are why the US will never have universal healthcare.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Not being able to unsubscribe to something using the same method you used to subscribe.

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It all comes down to the need for stricter privacy and information-sharing laws. It feels like a huge invasion of privacy when someone you don’t know starts offering services you don’t need. We see enough ads on billboards and on the TV, thank you very much.

Don’t get us wrong, the people sending those marketing emails are just doing their jobs and we’re sure most of them are perfectly decent folks. But boundaries have to be drawn. When you get an email, you expect it to be important, informative, or entertaining. What you don’t want is to have your time and energy wasted by a poorly-disguised ad. 

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread I think paparazzi should be illegal to be honest.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stop liking their pictures and they go away… but people want these pictures. Bit like factory farming and cheap clothes… if there wasn’t a demand then it would go away.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread The predatory practices of the U.S. Healthcare system.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are literally holding people's lives to ransom. It is so disgusting and abhorrent from the outside looking in at what is happening to sick Americans.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Catching wild animals and selling them as pets. Hermit crabs, parrots, and many fish still fall in this category and are going extinct because of it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And releasing them to foreign ecosystem once they are out of control/too tedious/expensive to care.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread It should be illegal to blatantly lie to voters while running for political office. We call it fraud and jail people for lying in order to gain financially. Yet we call it normal and allow politicians to lie in order to gain votes for political offices, offices which not only benefit them financially but also give them enormous amounts of power to benefit and detriment others.

Then we wonder why political office seems so often to attract the most fraudulent, sociopathic, and dishonest among us. We basically have a neon sign over our political system saying, “If you enjoy committing fraud and are a pathological liar, please apply here… we will let you deceive as many of us as you possibly can for more money and power than you can dream of.”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I lie in a job interview and get caught out, the company has the right to fire me… should be the same in politics. Don’t do it!

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Overselling a plane and putting people who BOUGHT tickets on stand by.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Tax avoidance by the rich and by corporations.

Amazon avoided £150m in corporation tax in the UK one year simply because their sales are booked in Luxembourg.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread American anti-abortion organisations protesting outside my country’s clinics and hospitals. Go away you f*****g cretins. Your views aren’t welcome.

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#17

Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread People marrying minors.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If children under 18 are too young to venture into contracts, too young to smoke, too young to drink and too young to vote, then they are too young to marry.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Free trials that auto charge when they run out.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is annoying, but I feel like it is our responsibility. If we take something for free, we can't complain.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Fireworks, so many injuries every year and basically selling explosives to morons.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like watching fireworks but is it really necessary for them to sound like a nuclear warhead has detonated inside my ear? I think they should ban the bangers altogether. Think of all the poor terrified animals that don't understand that it's just for fun.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Tipping! Restaurants and other businesses shouldn’t be able to get away with holding their customers “socially hostage”. People shouldn’t be forced to provide the salaries of employees they did not hire, simply to avoid looking like an a-hole. The practice is criminal.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some American corporations - and it’s ALWAYS the greediest ones - are trying to import it into New Zealand. Luckily everyone hates it so it hasn’t taken hold.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Tax exemptions for religious institutions. How is that not a violation of separation of church and state.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread "Convenience fees" for paying taxes and bills online.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or making everything online/apps base. There should always be other options, it is crippling older generations and make it difficult for them to be independent.

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Corporations owning single family homes

Also, sale of my data. I should not have to opt out for a company not to sell my data I should have to opt in

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This needs to go much much higher. Corporations will be a lot of peoples landlords globally soon and much quicker then people think.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Contracts signed by parents on behalf of their child still be enforceable once the child comes of age.

Taylor Swift and Lilly Allen are the big famous examples of this, but it happens to loads more who don't get big enough to get the media attention.

They did not sign the contract. Forcing an adult to live by the rules in the contract they did not agree should be classed as a form of slavery.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, making it so hard to get out of conservatorships. I saw a Netflix episode on this (before the Spears one happened) and it was heart breaking and so frustrating. These people were so obviously of sound mind.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Family vloggers, and any other kind of of making kids famous on social media. They have no privacy, no protections in place, nothing.

Some Place Under Neith podcast just did a fantastic series about this and I really recommend giving it a listen.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know of a few families that have done this and the kids grew up being unable to tell the difference between online reality and offline reality. They also have absolutely no respect for other people's privacy or boundaries.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread This used to be illegal but advertising for prescription only drugs.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe it's banned in the UK. We don't see adverts for prescription medicine, only over the counter stuff.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Insider trading by elected officials. Absolutely blatant abuse of power and funneling of wealth.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Unskippable ads on Youtube.

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#30

Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Cops can lie to you, but you cannot lie to them.

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Government bailing out banks and airlines with taxpayer money

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Depends on the airline. Spent a bunch of money doing stock buybacks? Yeah.....no thanks. Had decent financial practises and got screwed over? Doesn't sound that bad. Banks almost always fall into the first category.

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Gerrymandering. How the hell is it just for a politician to pick their constituents? It results in more extreme candidates and disenfranchised voters who got packed or cracked.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yay yet another thing on this list i dont understand, what it means.

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Congress owning stocks in any industry or company they regulate, take money from, etc. Corporations donating to political campaigns. Advertising prescription drugs to customers (the US is one of the only places this is still legal).

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Illegal in Germany (and probably the EU/ Europe, but I can‘t say that for sure)

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Paternity fraud and baby trapping. They're sex crimes and should be treated like any other sex crime.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolutely and yet another reason men should be responsible for their own birth control.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread When I go to a doctor and they suggest a test or procedure (an X ray for example), I should know how much I will be obligated to pay. I declined a procedure today the doctor suggested because I had no clue what it would cost ( I have insurance). It’s like going to a restaurant where the menu has no prices, except the “food” helps keep me “not sick or dead.”

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People serving more than 3 terms in the Senate or 5 terms in the House.

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Political campaign donations. All Political campaigns should be free to run. No one gets to advertise. Network TV Aires debates in prime time paid for by the taxpayer.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And just think how much nicer campaign season would be for the public if politicians could only afford a few campaign ads for a month or two rather than bombarding us with billboards, tv and youtube ads, website pop-ups, radio ads, etc., etc., etc., ad nauseum for the entire year before an election. Not to mention that politicians might actually focus on doing their jobs once elected, rather than getting into office and immediately turning around to campaign for re-election.

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Unnecessarily bright dipped headlights.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

driving in the daytime in a massive 4x4/SUV coloured white, that has never seen any dirt, mud, rain or snow in it's life and they are taking the kids to tennis practice with full beam on. we can see you but now we can't see eff all

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#41

Predatory Lending. This includes aggressive service charges/fees/etc.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looking at mortgage companies that tried to get me into an adjustable rate-mortgage in 2010, right after the 2008 financial collapse, in which adjustable-rate mortgages played a big part in. I walked out of a few offices when they even mentioned it. Didn't even say anything, I just got up and walked out.

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piercing newborns ears because it looks pretty to you

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know the world is going to hell in a handcart when we have to remind people not to mutilate their babies.

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#43

Payday loan companies.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this one definitely they are all predatory there have been tougher regulations brought in that capped the amount of interest and charges they could charge and a lot of companies went under because of it which shows that's how they made their profit if its a few days before payday and you need the help they can be not so bad bud they make it easy to get loans i had trouble before it was my own fault for taking them out in the first place but they made it so easy and at one point i had 5 loans with one company they should be illegal they are basically legal loan sharks.

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Sending catalogs to my house without my permission. The quantity of paper that is wasted is unreal. We call to have them cancelled but they keep coming. I have to pay to have my trash collected where I live, so basically those companies are forcing me to pay to throw away their garbage that they created unnecessarily and there is nothing i can do.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I cancelled my National Geographic magazine subscription and received tons of forms to re-subscribe TEN F*****G YEARS after that.

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Those stupid f*****g mini game ads for mobile games.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah either just let me play 3 levels and decide if I want to buy it, or make it chargeable upfront. I do not want to ever see adverts. Even worse: I pay for an app and it STILL shows me ads???

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Factory farms

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Disgusting, awful, and greedy. It makes me so sad and angry. Humankind are the worst predators on the planet. What can I do to refuse to support factory farming? Are there certain things I shouldn't buy so that I am not promoting this sick practice?

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#47

Big Pharma advertisements for medications.

Medicine should be something you research yourself or consult your doctor about.

It shouldn't be pushed by a goddamn commercial with puppies and butterflies while a family is laughing and playing in the sunlight, only for someone to rattle off 30 side-effects in a low voice, followed by someone saying "Ask your doctor about this."

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Infant circumcision.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Siren sounds on the radio.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only time I hear those hereabouts is during emergency broadcast testing.

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Here Are The 50 Worst Legal Things That Should Be Illegal, As Shared In This Online Thread Subscription to an emailing list without a previous email confirmation.

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