this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
1223 points (98.4% liked)

Science Memes

10905 readers
1498 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Fun facts: the UK has crazy laws protecting trees and hedgerows. There's a national tree registry for old boys.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 87 points 6 months ago (2 children)

and everyone just went with it.

Technically, how all law really works at its core.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Someone thought me the concept of a legal fiction and I still think about it.

Land ownership, companies, nation states, citizenship: all exist because we agree that it does.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This crooked little vein of logic is what gave us sovereign citizens though, so be careful. Time may be an illusion and all, but schedules still exist.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I mean they aren't technically wrong some of the time, we shouldn't have to pay to exist it's fucking crazy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I honestly agree with them about how dumb a lot of our legal system is. Their response is to try and make it dumber, though

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Technically, how all law really works at its core.

Well, that and the threat of overwhelming unilateral violence

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Which usually does cause one to just go with it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

People could fight back if they cared enough.