Nah it’s NC (but I live in VA). They also seem to suck. Mandatory court appearance with no ability to adjudicate online for 61 in a 45. I’d rather just plead guilty online and pay the fine and save everyone time.
Wtf. I didn’t know that was a thing. In Canada you only go to court if you want to fight it. Otherwise you just pay. That seems like a really dumb use of court time.
It is. But if they don’t require a court date then they might miss out on the additional fines they can tack on when people miss their court dates.
Usually if you show up you can get them to lower it to some random no points offense as long as you pay the fine.
That’s what a lawyer I just talked to said. They’re charging $390 all-in, including court fees and the fine. They said they usually get it down to a no-point fine of ~$250. Seems reasonable to me, though I don’t have a car or car insurance so I’m not as worried about points as most people would be (I was driving someone else’s car at the time).
250$ for some mid-level speeding? Yikes.
He should be thankful that his car didn’t get flipped over.
https://twitter.com/stephenseanford/status/1402511004735447040
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Jeffery Toobin on CNN talking about how he is doing public service, therapy and self reflection for the sin of masturbating and not realizing his zoom call is on still.
We are so fucked up over sex in this culture it’s nuts.
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I mean I think we can all agree you shouldn’t be masturbating during a zoom call. It’s weird and more than a little gross… and I say that as someone pretty tolerant of sex stuff.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that there’s a time and a place for masturbating and at work is basically never one of those.
At the same time if you can expose yourself to colleagues while inappropriately masturbating during a work meeting and still get booked on CNN to talk about it cancel culture is obviously just total bullshit.
It was so obviously an accident. And his workplace like so many of us is his home.
Anyway, no need to relitigate this all. The segment was pure insanity with him acting like he raped small children.
Hadn’t seen that one before, jfc
Though police reportedly plan to fight the lawsuit, the outcome is unlikely to have a personal impact on Dunn as Arkansas law means he is immune from any personal responsibility for his actions.
Getting fired for jacking off in front of colleagues is a sign of “a society that meets the absolute minimum standard for functionality,” not any kind of problem.
I will not be engaging further (I hope).
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Of course he should have been fired. It was a huge lapse in judgment. The lapse is worthy of firing. Not masturbating.
But the mea culpa is just so over the top.
Toobin was marginalized and dehumanized by having been referred to as a Work Hog Cranker and a Zoom Jerker rather than the inclusive and more accurate Man of Masturbation
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Agreed that it’s an IQ test he failed not that masturbating itself is some awful crime.
Luckily no one in the world is saying that wrt Toobin, just back away from the wokescold fever dream
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This seems internally inconsistent. If it’s ok to masturbate on camera (it’s not), it shouldn’t be a firable lapse in judgment to masturbate on camera.
Unless you’re saying that he should have been fired for masturbating on camera, and not for just the act of masturbating. Which, of course? Like, everyone poops, but if you poop on your showroom floor you should get fired for that.
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Re speeding tickets.
A co-worker had a lead foot and periodically got ticketed. He discovered that if he showed up to court and the cop didn’t, the judge would dismiss the ticket. Relying on the cops to have better things to do or be lazy worked out for him. This was decades ago in Utah. No idea if this strategy could still work.
lol Van Jones jfc
His kid went to the same preschool as my younger one and they were friendly. Chatted with him and his wife on a number of occasions, she was by far the more interesting person to talk to. Then of course he gets famous and leaves her, and is now dating Kim Kardashian. And that’s without even talking about his self-serving mercenary politics.
The ladies from the JCC preschool who are/were friends with his ex-wife are UP IN ARMS about this Kardashian news.
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https://twitter.com/bigblackjacobin/status/1403075367229853696?s=20
Would be a little nervous being in the same room as anyone that defended this guy. Definitely a sign of being a weird fucking freak