I was with you on this until that last part.
What are you talking about pissed in public?
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PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoIt’s also beyond ‘good Samaritan’ due to the whole ‘pulled her towards his car’ aspect. It also reads as someone trying to discipline someone outside of their care. Imagine you’re a teen trying to jaywalk and this random guy turns his vehicle around, grabs you, and tries to drag you towards it.
It definitely gives of ‘I’m only on the sex offender list because I pissed in public’ vibes.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 day ago
PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Maybe it’s a California thing, but growing up there was a lot of back and forth about how you could get put on the sex offender list for urinating in public. That wasn’t the case. So if someone said that’s the reason they were on the list, it was never the full story.
To be clear, I’ve never done this, it was just some weird cultural zeitgeist when I was growing up.
meco03211@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My recollection was if it was on like school property or some place kids were likely to be. That would trigger some enhancement to the crime. I’ve never been in a position to need to know if that’s true or not.
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I was told the same thing literally across the country from you a decade and a half back.
andrewta@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s missing a word
“Was” pissed in public
Or
Was pissed off in public
Bazoogle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It used to be more common for people to discipline kids that aren’t theirs for something obviously wrong. It wouldn’t usually involve grabbing, unless it was to move them out of the way of a moving car like in the story. Now there is a lot more pressure on just the parents since it’s frowned upon to discipline others children. Whether or not this is better, idk