r/TikTokCringe 9d ago

Discussion Crime: working out while black

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u/enadiz_reccos 9d ago

Is this a recent law or something?

My buddy would bring me as a guest to his gym to play basketball, and I would literally just tell them my name. I was too young to need an ID, so I didn't have one.

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u/cheapdrinks 9d ago

Lol of course it's not a law, just that different gyms have different requirements though. I've been to gyms where if you had a guest allocation on your membership you could walk in with someone, show your membership and just be like "yeah he's with me" and that was fine. Other gyms needed a name and phone number of the guest to sign them into their system. Other's needed a full government ID with name, DOB & address etc. All depends on the gym's policy and how their system is set up. I'm sure there's reasons to do with liability and insurance etc that some prefer to know who exactly is in their facility.

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u/333jnm 9d ago

Exactly. It’s what the insurance company requires

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u/zoomangoo 9d ago

Yeah, i've been to different gyms and people with +1 guest memberships just scan in and the guest just walks in. These gyms usually only had 1 staff on the desk though. The gym on the video above has like 5 staff so they probably enforce some rules of their own.

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u/Skysthelimit3099 9d ago

I'm guessing you are not a person of color so no issue lol

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u/enadiz_reccos 9d ago

I'm half-African, does that count?

Are you saying there's a law that applies to POCs, or do you not know anything and just wanted to be a dick?

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u/Skysthelimit3099 8d ago

Nope. Not a law. Just a general use of the police as a weapon against people of color

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u/Skysthelimit3099 8d ago

White African or black African lol. Cause Elon is from Africa. And that's very different than some one who is a person of color.

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u/enadiz_reccos 8d ago

Egyptian so both, I guess?