I'm bored so....heres a "Survey"...What if you were a dictator, what would you outlaw???

I would make sure all autos had their blinker indicator fluid full and the drivers used the blinkers to indicate lane changes and upcoming turns.

Angie said:

I would make sure all autos had their blinker indicator fluid full and the drivers used the blinkers to indicate lane changes and upcoming turns.

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That's probably the number #1 infraction I see on the road.

TimothyG said:

And people over 50 wouldn’t be allowed to drive without passing a reaction, and general driving exam ever other year.

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Not saying this is a BAD idea, just wondering if there is some evidence based data that made you pick age 50? Why not 40? Or 20?

Stupidity.

BABAR said:

Not saying this is a BAD idea, just wondering if there is some evidence based data that made you pick age 50? Why not 40? Or 20?

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Just based off of who I see either nearly running me over or actually running me over when I'm on my motorcycle. Not saying all do this but it's absolutely amazing how many people that pull out in front of me and freeze solid are older. I was in a head on collision just a few months back and it was an older couple that said both that they didn't see me and that they thought they had right of way. Neither of which explains why they stopped dead in the middle of the road in front of me instead of completing their turn. Also the state of Utah's drivers exam is an OPEN BOOK exam, meaning everyone passes.

Thinking it over more, I'd replace state to state requirements with a federal minimum standard for operating a motor vehicle that would be more akin to the process CDL drivers go through to maintain their license. This is for everyone not just the older. Annual physical by your doctor, including eyesight requirements, mental acuity requirements(those with sleep apnea couldn't drive without proving they use their machine etc) as well as a much more in depth course for operating a motor vehicle with a proctored exam. This would apply for any motor vehicle of any power/size operated on public roadways.

Fattys.

They drive up the cost of insurance and block the aisles at the grocery store. Round them all up and put them in a cell with a twinkie just out of reach, I say.

Call centers that do cold-call marketing and political surveys.

Oh, and selfie-sticks.

No. Actually I take back the selfie-sticks. If I see them I can form judgements on the person holding them without asking any questions.

Steven said:

That's probably the number #1 infraction I see on the road.

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yet is one of the top things that cops pass over.

Like, I mean, you have 'awareness campaigns' for speeding, seat belts, drunk (or high) driving, baby seats installed right.. and they'll even go after cyclists who don't have reflectors or a municipal licence or tag. But never about indicator use. Cities could easily increase their budgets if they started ticketing bad indicator use

or this:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/tickets-parked-hill-1.4561893

I would ban:
FB
Slander in political campaigns
lobbying
low test passing grades. or passing because of effort. you'll need at least a 60 or a 75 (or better) to pass any academic or aptitude type test given..
pants worn below the bum
reality TV
the "real housewives of [insert city here]"
imperial measurements (and get the last 3 countries who don't use it to join the rest of the planet..)

Maybe I missed the original intent of the thread. I assumed it was suppose to be light hearted. The responses I see are dipping into the dark negative space often occupied by people who where ostracized and beat up during high school.

grouch said:

Maybe I missed the original intent of the thread. I assumed it was suppose to be light hearted. The responses I see are dipping into the dark negative space often occupied by people who where ostracized and beat up during high school.

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Or....perhaps the ones who were doing the ostracizing and bullying in high school.

TV program breaks which constantly interrupt the ads

I would make it a felony to text someone at 2AM after you just told them to stop because you are sleeping and need to get up at 5AM to go to fly rockets...

georgegassaway said:

Or....perhaps the ones who were doing the ostracizing and bullying in high school.

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Oh I doubt that.

Things I would ban if I was a dictator:

• Dogs that are carried in a purse
• Brussel sprouts
• The inability to have fun

1: Base ten. Including but not limited to the metric measurment system, any currency system in which one unit of large denomination is worth a hundred units of lesser denomination, and counting up to ten on your hands. Anyone who can't count up to at least a dozen on one hand needs to go back to primary school. Anyone who can't count up to 1F on one hand should not be put in any position of authority over computers, or for that matter anything else more complex than a spoon.

2: Politicians who get caught lying. Not the actual lying, that's their job. If they're caught, it means they're no good at it, and are therefore unfit for office.

3: Football. Both the American version and everyone else's version. Football is a waste of a perfectly good field which can be better used for launching rockets.

I hope I'd have the strength to NOT slay all enemies and "right" all wrongs. Be the first dictator in history to pull that off.

I'd proclaim every taxpayer supported park in the world open to all flying hobbies.

And I'd like to extend my thanks to the OP for starting this thread. Makes it easy to identify potential IGNORE list candidates in one convenient place.

When I get bored I sometimes start "Musical Interlude" threads with something like this little cartoon theme song earworm:




And sometimes I just get back to work.

beeblebrox said:

I would make it a felony to text someone at 2AM after you just told them to stop because you are sleeping and need to get up at 5AM to go to fly rockets...

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Being deaf without my technological assistance (hearing aid and cochlear implant), this is not at all an issue for me. On the other hand, in a genuine emergency, you aren't going to reach me until I wake up in the morning and check my messages.

what I find amusing is all the folks who blame Americans for using the term soccer...when it was coined by the Brits .
Rex

Were I King for a day, I'd outlaw:
1. Pennies.
2. Nickels.
3. And echoing rcktnut, Prescription Drug commercials.

As far as the coins, the penny has been our smallest unit of currency since the half-cent was killed in 1857. At that time, It was worth anywhere from 30 to 5000 times it's current value depending on how you measure value (https://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/uscompare/), and commerce worked just fine. Make the dime (our physically smallest coin) our smallest unit of currency, kill the quarter and replace it with a half-dollar a bit larger in size, kill off the $1 and $5 bills and replace them with coins increasing in size (and make sure they DON'T LOOK LIKE QUARTERS).

KilroySmith said:

Were I King for a day, I'd outlaw:
1. Pennies.
2. Nickels.
3. And echoing rcktnut, Prescription Drug commercials.

As far as the coins, the penny has been our smallest unit of currency since the half-cent was killed in 1857. At that time, It was worth anywhere from 30 to 5000 times it's current value depending on how you measure value (https://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/uscompare/), and commerce worked just fine. Make the dime (our physically smallest coin) our smallest unit of currency, kill the quarter and replace it with a half-dollar a bit larger in size, kill off the $1 and $5 bills and replace them with coins increasing in size (and make sure they DON'T LOOK LIKE QUARTERS).

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Canada discontinued the penny a few years ago. Its still there, but when you pay in cash, you will either round up or down. The nickel is now our small tangible money denomination. (If I use my credit card, I'll pay $22.97, not $23.00 even) When I get a few pennies in my change when I visit the US, I kinda chuckle, and toss them into the 'take a penny' jar. Our penny went thru a few changes over the years; thinner & cut corners, because it was costing more than a penny to make a penny..

We also got rid of the paper $1 bill, in favour of a coin about 35 years ago. Love it. Save them, they add up fast. I hate going to the US and coming back with a roll of 27 $1 bills. You have $1 coins, but you all seem to want to hold onto these for whatever reason. Coins last sooooo much longer than paper!

We also have a $2 coin, which helps reduce the bulk in you pocket. (the US apparently does have a $2 bill, but is extremely rare.)

While we don't have a 50 cent piece, you do. But again, very rare.. (I have one on my desk!)

Much of the coins seem to be from Vegas, as they fit nicely into slot machines!

Lastly, our paper money has gone polymer. Its no longer a rag type paper but a plastic film. Again, it lasts longer: doesn't rip, can't draw on it (well, you can with a sharpie..), harder to counterfeit, doesn't crumble or become delicate due to being folded in the middle. And, they sport a few raised bumps so the blind can distinguish the different denominations. Not to mention 'holograph'!

TRF's Shreadvector is a BIG supporter of coins!

Paper money only last till you spend it.

#1 - Lawyers.
#2 - Echoing above, dogs carried in purses. Generally, dogs SMALL enough to carry in a purse. If it’s smaller than a football, it’s not a real dog.
#3 - Lawyers and accountants
#4 - Anyone more Liberal than I am
#5 - Anyone more Conservative than I am
#6 - Lawyers
#7 - Food ingredients that require a degree in Chemistry to understand and/or pronounce.
#8 - The use of and/or.
#9 - “Finger quotes.”
#10 - Etc.
#11 - Overuse of etcetera.
#12 - Lawyers

Justin Beiber

BBowmaster said:

#2 - Echoing above, dogs carried in purses. Generally, dogs SMALL enough to carry in a purse. If it’s smaller than a football, it’s not a real dog.

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I have a poodle. It is a dogette. It'll never be big enough to be a dog.

cerving said:

Stupidity.

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“You can’t fix stupid” Ron White

My wife, a nurse, wants a t-shirt she saw the other day. It said "I can't fix Stupid, but I can sedate it."

I'm hairsplitting here, so hopefully it doesn't run me afoul of BBowmaster's #1, #6, and "#12".

As dictator, does my edict make it illegal to do X and therefore people can be arrested on the spot for doing it? Or am I more of a fairy godmother, where I can change people's minds at a wave of a wand? It might make a big difference.

I do have two things I'm for, though:
At all political debates or courtroom proceedings, anyone who repeats a line that is manifestly not true* will have his/her mike cut, will forfeit the remainder of his/her time on that question, and will be subjected to sad trombones at high volume. News networks are encouraged to extend this rule to press conferences and political rallies.

Vigilante use of road spikes on vehicles speeding on residential streets will be legalized and encouraged. Spikes will be developed that do not immediately flatten tires (so drivers don't lose control and hit stuff) but rather do irreparable damage while flattening the tires within a block or so.

* I'm looking especially at things like people saying "I have never said..." when there is clear video evidence of them saying it, or where there is clear factual information that they are simply wrong. I recognize that there is a large gray area on this, but I'm thinking that widespread application of the sad trombones hammer will get people to back off of the wild exaggerations as well as outright falsehoods.

Political correctness and all that other BS. Thank God I'll retire soon....
stupid people. The shallow end of the gene pool needs some serious bleaching
Welfare. Go work somewhere. Sorry if it wrecks your bliss. My job may be inconvenient, but it pays my bills and probably yours.

Guess that makes me a grumpy old man....

On the lighter side, I'd ban tiny, poorly performing engines with drilled mufflers and glass packs. Your 80 HP POS won't hang with my souped up Trans Am, even if I don't
hit the NOS button.

• Incorrect use of 'their', 'there' and 'they're'.
• Likewise 'to' and 'too'. (Most people seemed to have figured out 'two')
• Ditto 'your' and 'you're'.
• Incorrect use of the apostrophe. I can be forgiving when it comes to plural possessives and the like, but an apostrophe is never, never, never used to indicate plurality. I know someone will come up with 'TV's', but would you write 'two television's'? No? Well, there's your answer.
• Saying 'literally' when they mean 'figuratively'.

I know this isn't going to resonate with most of you, but my mom was a Journalism/English major; what can I do? If I said 'oh' when I should have said 'zero', she let me know in no uncertain terms that "we don't say that". So when I encounter any of the above, it's like nails on a chalkboard.

Punishment for offenders should include being tied to a chair and being forced to listen to an endless loop of Shatner's "Mr. Tambourine Man"