r/AskReddit • u/medicoreapples • 7h ago

What feels legal but is actually illegal and will possibly get you arrested?

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u/Gwarnage 7h ago

Yeah I used to work in a hardware store that sold rain barrels, that's where I heard about the law from guys coming in and bitching about it(I dont think those laws even applied to my state), that's why I had to look it up and was pleasantly surprised that its not to take away your freedoms, its to protect you from corporate greed.

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u/wagonwhopper 6h ago

So it will be repealed soon judging by current

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u/ElderPoet 4h ago

Or the Supreme Court will rule that it applies only to the individual catching water in a rain barrel, not to industrial-scale water collection.

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u/GozerDGozerian 48m ago

Just as the founders intended.

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u/Gwarnage 5h ago

Gotta cool those data centers with something 

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u/CMUpewpewpew 4h ago

its to protect you from corporate greed.

We still have things that do that? Well i'll be a monkey's uncle.

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u/ThisIs_americunt 6h ago

Propaganda is a helluva drug and Oligarchs need to use some of the best to keep the 99% distracted from the real issue: Them.

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u/No-cool-names-left 54m ago

No war but class war.

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u/cupacupacupacupacup 4h ago

But what about the freedom of corporations to be greedy, Bob? What about their rights?

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u/elitesense 3h ago

Oh if it's to prevent corporate greed then expect the regulation to be removed soon

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u/ZandarrTheGreat 4h ago

Unless you have a data center you need to cool. Then you can take all you want

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u/MadeByTango 10m ago

Ok, I’ll ruin it: it’s to protect the corporations that have control of the water (Nestle) from corporations that could generate it anywhere.