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10d ago
inTIL a German meme page got shut down over one cartoon, and it changed how I see our 'free speech' here
The part about it being banned "for a single drawing" is where I'd push back a bit, because that's usually not how these cases actually work. In Germany the law that gets used here is section 86a of the criminal code, and it's not really about the drawing itself, it's about whether the image shows Nazi symbols like swastikas or SS runes. That stuff is flat out illegal there, no gray area, and it's been that way since the 1945. So a page with 40k followers probably didn't get shut down over one random cartoon, it likely got reported a bunch of times and the platform acted once a specific post crossed that legal line. The reason it feels so shocking to us is that we're used to the First Amendment, where even the most awful speech is mostly protected unless it's a direct threat. Germany went the other way on purpose after the war, they decided some speech is too dangerous to allow at all.
12d ago
inIs a $200 meal kit worth it or am I just paying for convenience?
Check your math again, because saving $300 compared to spending $200 means you actually came out ahead by $100, not the other way around. The real question is whether those five dinners were worth $200 to you once the takeout savings stopped feeling like a win.
16d ago
Pro tip: I emailed a lawyer about a $75 parking ticket and got a bill for $300
Did the ad actually say "free consult" or just "no charge for the first talk"? Because that wording matters a lot if you ever want to fight this. In Ohio, a lawyer has to put their fee agreement in writing before they start work, and a sign-in sheet is not that. You could file a complaint with the state bar about the billing, it costs you nothing, and a lot of times they will drop the bill instead of dealing with it.