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Jimmy Fallon Asks People To Share What Laws The World Is Lacking, And Here Are 30 Responses
Law, morality, and common sense aren’t always one and the same. We all have our own personal insights into what society does wrong and there’s no denying that there should (probably) be some new laws to improve everyone’s lives.
Well, Jimmy Fallon, the host of The Tonight Show, invited his followers to participate in the #ThereShouldBeALaw challenge. He asked them to tweet out their opinions about what new laws we should totally have.
We collected some of the very best responses, so scroll down, upvote the suggestions for new laws that you agree with, and remember to share them with your friends. If you have any ideas for laws yourselves, share your thoughts with everyone in the comments below.
When you’re done looking through this list, check out our previous posts about Jimmy’s challenges, including the dumbest family fights, ruining movies with one extra word, and the coldest insults they’ve gotten.
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Or if your church openly supports politicians and donates to them.
Bored Panda reached out to Abby Lampe, one of the people who responded to Jimmy Fallon and said that people who "can't use the correct use of too, to, two, and your, you're" should go to a mandatory workshop.
She believes that "a lot of people misuse homophones and although they may have been through the education system, they still have flawed grammar."
"I see it all the time throughout social media and people texting," Abby added.
"The law would be helpful for those who maybe were dropouts or didn’t take school very seriously. It would emphasize that grammar is important in today’s society and hopefully would allow them to understand the differences and how to use homophones correctly," she explained why such a law would actually be useful.
Abby told Bored Panda that she's a big fan of Jimmy's: "I’ve been in the audience and I’ve had two tweets appear on his show. I’ve been a fan for about 7 years now."
Bored Panda also spoke with Jesser who explained how there should be a law against using the same knife for peanut butter and jelly when making a sandwich.
According to the Twitter user, their family inspired them to come up with this law and they hope that this new law would teach people better manners and etiquette.
Jesser revealed that they're a fan of Jimmy's as well. "I rarely watched The Tonight Show before Jimmy Fallon was the host. He's fantastic!"
A lot of the things that people tweeted about in response to Jimmy’s challenge have to do with common sense. And you’re probably sick and tired of hearing this, but it’s applicable here: common sense is not common.
According to Dr. Jim Taylor on Psychology Today, common sense is one of the most “revered” qualities in the United States. Unfortunately, not a lot of people are as down to earth and practical as we might expect.
Taylor explains that if common sense were common, most people wouldn’t make the silly mistakes that they do every single day of their lives. In his opinion, if people had common sense, they wouldn’t “buy stuff they can’t afford.”
What’s more, they “wouldn’t smoke cigarettes or eat junk food.” In Taylor’s view, common sense is limited by our personal experience which can lead to bad decisions. In other words, for common sense to be common, we all need more education and worldly experience.
I think carpeted bathrooms are so nasty... imagine what grows under there.... barf
People should just mind their own business, seriously. People can speak whatever language they want... they're not hurting anyone! I commend people that frequently travel or after drive to pick up and move to an entirely different country. It's become so intolerable, I just don't get it
But what about morality not always being the same as the law? According to Dr. Eva Tsahuridu, the law “sets minimum standards of behavior while ethics set maximum standards.” That’s why something that’s legal doesn’t necessarily mean that we see it as acceptable or ‘good.’ It also works the other way, too: something that we consider to be ‘good’ doesn’t always become law. There’s an overlap between the two, sure, but they’re not one and the same.
However, that doesn’t mean that laws are useless. In fact, they’re vital for preserving civilization and allowing society to function. But it’s important to keep in mind that laws are very specific while morality is concerned with doing the right thing in life as a whole.
And if they get caught with one, a standard 10 year sentence should be implemented
I actually didn't realize until recently how huge of a problem this is. This is a documentary I bumped into not too long ago, and it angered me beyond belief. This couple blatantly admitted having children so they could be taken care of. It's one thing when nature takes its course, and something happens where a parent needs constant care. It's a whole nother ballgame when parents have children only to have someone to take care of them. So angering. https://youtu.be/wzJDpEzpQug
Apart from the problem of employers not allowing you to be off work through sickness
...and there should be a secondary law that they must reply....bc that's just rude.
A corollary axiom to this law - IF you chose to wear skin coloured leggings, they must have a dark triangular patch on the crotch so it looks like pubic hair. If you're not too embarrassed to wear that, then knock yourself out.
Don't listen to Frankie goes to Hollywood's "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" because you'd think the air raid alarms are going off in your neighborhood and these days it might be more realistic then ever.
Or start singing off key and in your loudest voice: 99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer. Take one down and pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall. 98 bottles of beer on the wall, 98 bottles of beer. Take one down and pass it around, 97 bottles of beer on the wall. 97 bottles of beer on the wall, 97 bottles of beer. Take one down and pass it around, 96 bottles of beer on the wall. 96 bottles of beer on the wall, 96 bottles of beer. Take one down and pass it around, 95 bottles of beer on the wall. 95 bottles of beer on the wall, 95 bottles of beer. Take one down and pass it around, 94 bottles of beer on the wall. 94 bottles of beer on the wall, 94 bottles of beer. Take one down and pass it around, 93 bottles of beer on the wall.
The power of manners is incredibly underestimated these days. they are so incredibly important and should be instilled in our children from day one.
Can't wait for equal coverage of Pastafarianism! Woot! I mean, Arrrgh matey!
I can see your point but I have a problem with people tampering with my personal choices. If you don't want to go to a religious school then don't. But don't make my choices for me.
Same. I don't want people to make my own life choices for me.
Load More Replies... I think the world would be a lot more tolerable if we were actually educated about all religions at an early age. We have these assumptions about religions that are different from our own, when the majority of them are actually quite beautiful. We associate types of people based on their religion, but we are not fully educated on their religion to begin with.
Religion should be on the curriculum as a part of history lessons. If you want to have your kids educated in some superstition outside of normal school hours, you pay for it yourself.
Religion lessons should be optional, off school hours, and not counting in gpa. Religion lessons should be either on a specific religion -to educate those interested in a specific religion.
Honestly though? We SHOULD cover the basics about every major religion, learn about the major holidays, and learn about other cultures. Demystify things, and build more understanding. There would probably be a lot less racism. People tend to fear what they don't understand.
Isn't no bias what we're all working towards anyway. Learning about other religions is similar to learning about other cultures, which we do in schools. Learning about a religion does not mean you must adopt that religion anymore than learning about a culture means you must support that culture. The basis of any good debate is knowledge of both sides.
Yes. Knowledge is power. Hearing a different opinion from my own (personally, Southern Baptist), is an opportunity for growth. Learning about a distant faith does not equate adopting the faith as my own.
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Totally disagree, and I'm an atheist / Pastafarian. If you want religious teachings, go to a church, or read a book on your own time. We want schools and teachers TEACHING our children, not indoctrinating them.
I agree with Katie. Our kids cannot grow up to be religious Jews without learning all about it.
In Catholic schools in Australia they have to teach ALL religions without bias, the only limit is time. Catholic teachers are not even allowed to assume all their students are Catholic or say they should be, because not even all the teachers are Catholic or religious at all.
Religious schools don’t receive public funding in the US. Banning them though would be a violation of freedom of religion and unconstitutional.
At last count, there are 4200 religions worldwide. If you spent 20 minutes talking about each, it would take 1,400 hours of instruction to cover them all.
Disagree, religion has to be banned from schools, like it is in France since 1905
I think OP means that schools should teach kids about all the existing religions, ideally with emphasis on when and why they got so wide-spread. So, less 'religious indoctrination' and more 'history of the world'.
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I find airports even worse. It's the walking texters who create the biggest bottlenecks. Next would be those individuals who have no idea where they are - and feel they must disrupt the flow of traffic while wearing their clueless face as they stand and stare in multiple directions. And almost as bad as the walking texters are the groups of travelers/families who create a slow-moving wall while mindlessly babbling with each other. In every case, some of us actually DO have somewhere we need to be.
There should be a law that makes it illegal to treat people badly because of their perfectly harmless outfit choices...
I have a thick mat that can be cleaned so that when I drop crockery it doesn't shatter. I drop things quite often. Fitted carpet would be yeuch
You don't know they have wasted your time until they have already done it.
There's nothing wrong with searching your medical symptoms as long as you don't think that your 15 minute internet search outweighs the 10 years education of your doctor.
Forget pineapple pizza. Recently I have seen Kiwi pizza. That's an abomination the world doesn't need. kiwi-pizza...1e-png.jpg 
There should be a law, that the prosecutor have to put twice as much time on asking about the suspected rapist underwear, clothes and sexual background, as have been spent on asking the victims the same thing.
It's sad how in America the victim has to prove their innocence in rape cases and how the lawyer for defense has the right to literraly drag the victim through the mud. I really don't agree with women saying that it doesn't matter if men go to jail on false accusions of rape, but I also can't understand why a lawyer has the right to harras a victim.
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#ThereSHouldBeALaw that you have to wait for people on the elevator to get off before you go pushing your way to get on.
There should be a law that if a child needs to go to the bathroom, the teacher lets them go.
and if the teacher says no we pee or s**t on the floor
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There should be a law that we (The United States) are not allowed to go to war with another country unless 75% of our citizens can find that country on a map.
Or unless they can prove it is not to secure investments rich Americans made or because some xenophobia.
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they should be law to make education and healthcare free of charge for everyone. it's just basic damnit
Also, that everybody is paid at least a living wage. Preferably a thriving wage.
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There should be a law against turning EVERYTHING into a YouTube video. No, it is not the best format for tutorials that do not require moving pictures to explain. Telling me how to create a foreach loop in ssis with variables requires TEXT and PICTURES not videos.
Yes! It takes forever to find simple written tutorials by now, if you find one at all.
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I know this is just for fun, but just to play Devil's advocate: just remember every law you make with good intentions can be used for bad intentions. Think about how each of these laws could be corrupted.
UK - make the Green Cross Code (stop, look, listen) into an actual law so that idiots on their phones stop just ambling out into the road. Fun fact - the guy who bodied Darth Vader was the Green Cross Code man.
There should be a law where females have equal rights and protection under the law and physical autonomy
There should be a law that when you close a pop-up ad, no more ads appear in its place less than a second later.
Or at the top of an escalator because they don' tknow where to go next.
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There should be a law against fecal-themed toys; we deal with enough s**t, already.
There should be a law against marketing calls. Really, how do all those people know my number so.
In my country there's a law, but getting any action is so frustrating that its easier to just block unwanted numbers.
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Half of those are legit, the other half (and sorry to break it to you) are actual laws outside the US of A
There should be a law to stop people to comment "First" on youtube videos, specially when they are NOT first.
there should be a law that says, that you cant own a gun with out a valid reason
In Scotland the police come round every year to check on it and if you haven't used it or don't have a valid reason to use it they take it away (handguns are also prohibited) in Scotland guns are really only used for hunting fowl.
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I fully agreed to so many that yes, there should be a law against this injustice, then I realized I do not live in the USA and we already have all these laws in place.
The only one I didn't like was the Christmas one. I'm kind of irritated with the Christmas haters lol - I don't tell people how to decorate their home. I wouldn't even think of telling them what kind of music to listen to. Yet....Christmas music/decorating enrages people.
I'm pretty sure they were talking about public spaces. Like stores. They start putting out x-mas stuff way too early.
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Can't agree with the one about paying attention to every dog and cat one sees. I HATE, DESPISE, ABHOR, DETEST cats with a vengeance! I do stop and communicate with dogs if I know they're a safe one, but never with unknown ones---I'm not about to be the next victim of some animal that's gone berserk! Stupid suggestion from some stupid person who's far too much into their own fantasies about animals.
There should be a law that if someone opens or holds a door open for you, you must acknowledge them and say "Thank you."
There should be a law that if a drug is advertised on TV, you can get it for free from the company. And be compensated when you get all the nasty side effects.
There should be a law that whenever the cashier asks if you want to donate to a charity you should be able to donate a portion of your bill that charity, if in fact they are really being charitable. Or at least have your sales tax applied to that charity.
There should be a law against drunk people on trains. Going home from London is never nice when the person sitting in front of you is puking into a carrier bag....
There should be a law that people have to pass a test, a psyche exam and get a license for having pets, and should be jailed if they abuse or abandon the animal. And there should be a law that acts of blatant stupidity in public are punishable with a fine or jail time..
Driving holding your phone in front of you as it's on speaker and you think it's not breaking the law. Especially if the car has Bluetooth and the person is too lazy to spend 10 seconds setting it up.
We do because people are too stupid to help themselves.
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Agreed. Including a lot of the intolerant people who tweeted these #thereshouldbealaw posts.
Load More Replies... Members of a Parole Board who allow someone to go free should do time if the parolee commits another crime. They should have exactly the same punishment. I've got friends who were murdered by parolees.
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Load More Replies... People that emphasize conduct or behaviour that is a common nuisance to a lot of people should be honoured. If you feel offended by them, chances are likely they are opposing to your behaviour in public and you know that you are acting like a total POS in public.
Load More Replies... There should be a law, that the prosecutor have to put twice as much time on asking about the suspected rapist underwear, clothes and sexual background, as have been spent on asking the victims the same thing.
It's sad how in America the victim has to prove their innocence in rape cases and how the lawyer for defense has the right to literraly drag the victim through the mud. I really don't agree with women saying that it doesn't matter if men go to jail on false accusions of rape, but I also can't understand why a lawyer has the right to harras a victim.
Load More Replies... #ThereSHouldBeALaw that you have to wait for people on the elevator to get off before you go pushing your way to get on.
There should be a law that if a child needs to go to the bathroom, the teacher lets them go.
and if the teacher says no we pee or s**t on the floor
Load More Replies... There should be a law that we (The United States) are not allowed to go to war with another country unless 75% of our citizens can find that country on a map.
Or unless they can prove it is not to secure investments rich Americans made or because some xenophobia.
Load More Replies... they should be law to make education and healthcare free of charge for everyone. it's just basic damnit
Also, that everybody is paid at least a living wage. Preferably a thriving wage.
Load More Replies... There should be a law against turning EVERYTHING into a YouTube video. No, it is not the best format for tutorials that do not require moving pictures to explain. Telling me how to create a foreach loop in ssis with variables requires TEXT and PICTURES not videos.
Yes! It takes forever to find simple written tutorials by now, if you find one at all.
Load More Replies... I know this is just for fun, but just to play Devil's advocate: just remember every law you make with good intentions can be used for bad intentions. Think about how each of these laws could be corrupted.
UK - make the Green Cross Code (stop, look, listen) into an actual law so that idiots on their phones stop just ambling out into the road. Fun fact - the guy who bodied Darth Vader was the Green Cross Code man.
There should be a law where females have equal rights and protection under the law and physical autonomy
There should be a law that when you close a pop-up ad, no more ads appear in its place less than a second later.
Or at the top of an escalator because they don' tknow where to go next.
Load More Replies... There should be a law against fecal-themed toys; we deal with enough s**t, already.
There should be a law against marketing calls. Really, how do all those people know my number so.
In my country there's a law, but getting any action is so frustrating that its easier to just block unwanted numbers.
Load More Replies... Half of those are legit, the other half (and sorry to break it to you) are actual laws outside the US of A
There should be a law to stop people to comment "First" on youtube videos, specially when they are NOT first.
there should be a law that says, that you cant own a gun with out a valid reason
In Scotland the police come round every year to check on it and if you haven't used it or don't have a valid reason to use it they take it away (handguns are also prohibited) in Scotland guns are really only used for hunting fowl.
Load More Replies... I fully agreed to so many that yes, there should be a law against this injustice, then I realized I do not live in the USA and we already have all these laws in place.
The only one I didn't like was the Christmas one. I'm kind of irritated with the Christmas haters lol - I don't tell people how to decorate their home. I wouldn't even think of telling them what kind of music to listen to. Yet....Christmas music/decorating enrages people.
I'm pretty sure they were talking about public spaces. Like stores. They start putting out x-mas stuff way too early.
Load More Replies... Can't agree with the one about paying attention to every dog and cat one sees. I HATE, DESPISE, ABHOR, DETEST cats with a vengeance! I do stop and communicate with dogs if I know they're a safe one, but never with unknown ones---I'm not about to be the next victim of some animal that's gone berserk! Stupid suggestion from some stupid person who's far too much into their own fantasies about animals.
There should be a law that if someone opens or holds a door open for you, you must acknowledge them and say "Thank you."
There should be a law that if a drug is advertised on TV, you can get it for free from the company. And be compensated when you get all the nasty side effects.
There should be a law that whenever the cashier asks if you want to donate to a charity you should be able to donate a portion of your bill that charity, if in fact they are really being charitable. Or at least have your sales tax applied to that charity.
There should be a law against drunk people on trains. Going home from London is never nice when the person sitting in front of you is puking into a carrier bag....
There should be a law that people have to pass a test, a psyche exam and get a license for having pets, and should be jailed if they abuse or abandon the animal. And there should be a law that acts of blatant stupidity in public are punishable with a fine or jail time..
Driving holding your phone in front of you as it's on speaker and you think it's not breaking the law. Especially if the car has Bluetooth and the person is too lazy to spend 10 seconds setting it up.
We do because people are too stupid to help themselves.
Load More Replies... Agreed. Including a lot of the intolerant people who tweeted these #thereshouldbealaw posts.
Load More Replies... Members of a Parole Board who allow someone to go free should do time if the parolee commits another crime. They should have exactly the same punishment. I've got friends who were murdered by parolees.
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Load More Replies... People that emphasize conduct or behaviour that is a common nuisance to a lot of people should be honoured. If you feel offended by them, chances are likely they are opposing to your behaviour in public and you know that you are acting like a total POS in public.
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