jury duty shenanigans

[Zalius]

so i have jury duty today and i just spent 3 1/2 fucking hours waiting for my name to be called but they didnt call it and now its lunch however, the day has been exciting. there's 4 people i know very well there with me and prolly 6-10 that are old acquaintances and there's this strange guy tagging along but nobody really minds

i found all (or most of) the stoners in the building already and we drew eyebrows and mustaches in at least half of the available (70-75) magazines left.

i got cockblocked by a microwave

on the way into the courtroom, i saw this crazy fucking homeless guy just fucking throwing shit around and yelling. on the way out to lunch, he was climbing a tree yelling that it was time to meditate.

stole my friends phone while he was in the bathroom and started a fight with his girlfriend via text. i deleted all of the texts so that he wont know whats going on and when he goes home he will hopefully be very confused.

learned to make an origami tree. it doesnt look like a tree, trust me.

didnt know a guy was deaf and had a whole conversation with him without him ever signing or giving off any vocal hints of deafness. his name is alan but i call him lyin' pete because i dont think he's really deaf

got a backrub from an old lesbian

totally dominated at connect 4. 11-1. lost the last game to an asian so it doesnt count.

argued with an asian about payrates among asian males vs. other minorities

owned the fuck out of an asian with government wage data that i had already collected from my research paper

tickled a police officer (off-duty)




gonna see if i cant have a better day. it's not even 12:30 and i still have potentially all of 1:30-4 pm to sit there and be mad bored. also im wearing a tie.

[Charismatic]

I can dance all day

[Diamicles]

that sounds infinitely more interesting than my day so far.

[Zalius]

@court now, old lady is knitting a scarf or something. It's like she's playing a a negative model playstation. Still not getting assigned. This is fucking boring now cause everyone left

[Linliel]

Hey don't diss the knitting, dude.

[Zalius]

honestly, i dont understand whats so fascinating about it. it just seems so passive and oldwomanly.

[Linliel]

It's great for keeping your fingers occupied while you're watching tv/waiting for something/reading a book/sitting on the bus/train/whatever -- stops you from fidgeting AND you get something awesome at the end!

Also what you knit totally determines whether it's oldwomanly. I doubt she was knitting moogle hats for instance.

[Linliel]

ALSO IF TYVEN POSTED HIS MITT PICS you would see that it can be awesome to have nice hand made things

[Conrad]

I posted my mitt once.

[mootsfox]

I got out of Jury Duty cause of school.

And because there's no way in hell I'm going to go "fulfill my public duty" for fucking $15 a day... which comes out to like $1.50 an hour after parking costs and before lunch costs, the coffee I would need, and before taxes. Fucking 10 year olds in china make more than that.







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[Kiro]

Glad I'm not registered. Can't summon me for that nonsense.

[Conrad]

Actually a lot of states are doing jury duty based on your driver's license now.

[Gergall]

And because there's no way in hell I'm going to go "fulfill my public duty" for fucking $15 a day... which comes out to like $1.50 an hour after parking costs and before lunch costs, the coffee I would need, and before taxes. Fucking 10 year olds in china make more than that.

I think you missed the point.

[Kiro]

Actually a lot of states are doing jury duty based on your driver's license now.

Still safe.

[Kiro]

I think if you don't do that Selective Services shit they make you do when you're 18 they can't make you go to jury duty, or something like that.

[Conrad]

They can also arrest you for committing a federal felony.

[Kiro]

Selective. :>

[Conrad]

Nah

[Conrad]

They select, not you

In 1980, men who knew they were required to register and did not do so could face up to five years in jail or a fine up to $50,000 if convicted. The potential fine was later increased to $250,000. Despite these possible penalties, government records indicate that from 1980 through 1986 there were only 20 indictments, of which 19 were instigated in part by self-publicized and self-reported non-registration.[22] As one of the elements of the offense, the government must prove that a violation of the Military Selective Service Act was knowing and willful. This is almost impossible unless the prospective defendant has publicly stated that he knew he was required to register or report for induction, or unless he has been visited by the FBI, personally served with notice to register or report for induction, and given another chance to comply. The last prosecution for non-registration was in January 1986, after which many believed the government declined to continue enforcing that law when it became apparent that the trials were themselves causing a decline in registration. Unlike the situation at the time when the draft was in effect, routine checks for identification virtually never include a request for draft card.

As an alternative method of encouraging registration, federal legislators passed laws requiring that to receive financial aid, federal grants and loans, certain government benefits, eligibility for most federal employment, and (if the person is an immigrant) eligibility for citizenship, a young man had to be registered (or had to have been registered, if they are over 26 but were required to register between 18 and 26) with Selective Service. Those who were required to register, but failed to do so before they turn 26, are no longer allowed to register, and thus may be permanently barred from federal jobs and other benefits, unless they can show to the Selective Service that their failure was not knowing and willful.[4]

Most states, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands, have passed laws requiring registration in order for men 18-25 to be eligible for programs that vary on a per-jurisdiction basis but typically include driver's licenses, state-funded higher education benefits, and state government jobs.[23] Alaska also requires registration in order to receive an Alaska Permanent Fund dividend.[23] Eight states (Connecticut, Indiana, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington, and Wyoming) have no such requirements, though Indiana does give men 18-25 the option of registering with Selective Service when obtaining a drivers license or an identification card.[23]

There are some third-party organized efforts to compensate financial aid for those students losing benefits, including the Fund for Education and Training (FEAT) and Student Aid Fund for Non-registrants.[24][25]

So they don't really enforce it, but it fucks you up for college and jobs later on and is still technically against the law.

[Kiro]

Oh well, they shoulda' tried harder.