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ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

It works the opposite way too.

My one and only court appearance I was the only sentencee wearing a suit. Everyone else was wearing casual/pajama type clothing to the point the judge even brought it up himself.

“Well you look very nice Mr. Weirdguy. I wish more people realized this is supposed to be a formal occasion”

He then gave me the absolute minimum sentence possible for what I was there for.

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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I was the only well-dressed person in court in a po-dunk town. I got singled out by a judge because I stuck out compared to the low-rent population of the town. He seemed to hate me for it.

It was for driving on a suspended license. The only reason he didn’t give me jail time was because I was a college student and would miss classes. Wow, that was forever ago.

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