• Jesus@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I had to travel to Austin for work a few weeks ago. Got off the plane, checked into the hotel, took a shower, decided to use mother nature’s melatonin to help with the jet lag… then, boom. Upload your driver’s license.

    So I had visited some sites that were hosted outside US and didn’t give a fuck about Texas’ stupid laws.

    These laws are not only authoritarian, they’re fucking useless.

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      8 months ago

      I assume this is the “small government” party doing this?

      (I’m not an American)

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        8 months ago

        Republicans, which yeah. They like to talk about “small government” when it comes to billionaires and taxes, it really, that’s about it.

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        Yes. They want “small government” when the law affects them, but “law and order” when it punishes someone else who annoys them.

        It’s childishness we’ve come to be accustomed to, thanks to lead-brained 70-year-olds who are falling into legit cognitive decline… but still have the numbers to be a formidable opponent at the polls on election day.

        Also, their dicks don’t work anymore without a blue pill, so they may as well take away the consensual naked fun of Gen X, Millennial, and Gen Z (18+) people right?

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        Government so small it can fit in a uterus or male pee hole!

        (I know the scientific name but pee hole is funniest.)

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      8 months ago

      What’s worse: Reputable sites that comply with U.S. laws (such as participants being 18+ and filming of their own free will) are effectively forced out, while questionable site carry on.

      The likelyhood of seeing abuse victims or underage in Texas goes up, not down.

      If they truly cared about protecting minors, they’d see the flaw in their law and rectify it. Of course, we all know (not through cynicism but cold repeated behavior) that political conservatives do not care about minors and care far more about punishing consenting adults.

      This law is a step toward the latter.