What minor laws would you introduce?

[JustKeepSlimming]

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If you were put in charge of Everything for a few weeks, what minor laws would you introduce? I'm thinking things that would be really easy to implement, and would make people's lives easier.

I would make it the law that manufacturers of electronic devices had to indicate on the outside of the product which batteries it needs (type and how many). I'm fed up of having to take the battery cover off, check what's in there, and then either put the cover back on (fiddling with a tiny screwdriver), or leave it off somewhere (to inevitably lose it) until I can get new batteries for the thing.

While they're at it, they can make the cover permanently attached to the device so it doesn't get lost. But not attached in a way that makes it impossible to reach the batteries.

After this week, I would say

Shorter working hours
Shorter school days
Increases in wages so everyone can work less for more.

Also
Free annual health checks for everyone.
Online appointment systems that work so I don't have to spend hours on the phone.

When you take ownership of an animal you accept responsibility for its waste and aggressive behaviour 🤷🏼‍♀️ not my problem how you do it, as long as you do!

Mostar

These people should fuck right off.

... Be slapped repeatedly on the back of the head, until one of their eyeballs pops out onto their cheek.

Litterers to have the contents of public cigarette bins emptied all over their houses.

If they rent, the should be soaked in water and thrown into a skip, containing the contents of public ashtrays.

If you don’t actually know of a way of doing that, then it’s an unreasonable request. Someone earlier said to cat-proof a garden - how exactly do you do that? How exactly do you keep a cat only within your garden and stop it going next door? Neither of you have actually answered the question. Because as far as I know, it isn’t possible, hence it’s a frankly ridiculous requirement.

So I’m going to repeat my law that anyone privileged enough to have a garden should be required to accept that animals will be passing by, because that’s what naturally happens in gardens. You also get foxes, which don’t belong to anyone as a pet, so what do you expect to do about those? Anyone who has a problem with this can be banned from having a garden and made to live in a second floor flat, and homes with gardens should be reserved for realistic people who know how nature works.

And I don’t know of one single person who’s been scratched by a random cat while playing with toys outside, so I’m calling bullshit on that.

@Mostar ooh yes, I feel like Innocent Drinks were responsible for starting all that. It’s the marketing equivalent of the “I’m mad, me” people who are really boring.

If you are too big to fit comfortably into an aeroplane seat and spill over onto your neighbour.. buy 2 seats.

Re introduce smoking in certain pubs.

hotdiggetydog · Today 21:19
Re introduce smoking in certain pubs”

Why? Is there a certain demographic you’d like to see an end of?

Anyone working in a hospital or can be proved to be a in patient should not have to pay for parking at all , visitors and out patients still oay but a much reduced cost compared to today's prices . , all the fees raised go to the lower paid staff as a Christmas bonus.

All pubs that are big enough should go back to the traditional set up of
vault = dog and grubby clothing friendly

Room / lounge = family friendly but kids to be kept under control,

snug = adults only

Re the argument with cats , mine is a house cat but that's because he is a thug , I occasionally take him out on a lead and harness, the amount of abuse I get for been cruel to him really astounds me .
I have asked my LL if I can build a catico but was told no.

1. Only tobacco flavoured vapes allowed and only sold in chemists to help people quit smoking

1. Buying and selling of cats and dogs to be banned,you can only acquire such pets through adoption or being given one

1. Supermarkets to donate all unsold food to food banks instead of putting them in the bin

1. A limit on the amount of overall profit an essential company can make during a cost of living crisis e.g. Tesco, British Gas

1. No alcohol

I'd punish noise pollution more severely. It utterly ruins lives. In particular, I'd punish idiots who drive round in noisy cars – the ones with exhausts that bang and explode, and engines that sound like planes coming in to land. I can't believe they're allowed to get away with it.

I also think there should be laws on house and flat sizes. You shouldn't be allowed to build a house or flat below a minimum size. I know someone who has to store her hoover at her mum's because there is no room for it in the little rabbit hutch she's bought!! Oh, and every house and flat should be insulated against noise.

No dogs in pubs
No exhausts that pop
The failure of a couple or group to make space on the pavement for people walking the other way is punishable by several weeks in prison

No refusing to pay at the pump as you need to have a major shopping trip in the kiosk while you're blocking everyone else. Failure to adhere results in a sink hole gobbling up your car.

No fannying around after paying at the pump, you must drive off within 3 seconds or spontaneously combust.

No leaving your ferral dogs yapping in the garden from 6am every day. Penalty, 10 years of sleep deprivation by 100 decibels of BabyShark on repeat.

No ridiculous fake points screaming, all the neighbours know you're faking it. Penalty - enforced impotence.

No pet dogs in food or drink businesses, they're pretty gross creatures unless they are your own. They lick their own arses fgs......

Fake Porn screaming.....

Public flogging for those who don't pay fair share of child maintenance

OP did you ever listen to R4's Mark Thomas show, The People's Manifesto? It was some years ago now, but quite a good listen if you can find it archived somewhere. The premise was the audience all wrote down a law they would choose to enact, MT debated a few of his favourites with the audience, then at the end the audience voted for their favourite of the shortlisted would-be 'laws'. The highlights were made into a book:
www.wob.com/en-gb/books/mark-thomas/mark-thomas-presents-the-people-s-manifesto/9780091937966?cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=19553274428&cq_con=&cq_med=pla&cq_plac=&cq_net=x&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0tKiBhC6ARIsAAOXutl_m3fG8ZQoxFq4FKO_N7sHrm_T1dkPYTBrrP8SYrfvY8zmkpGMs60aAuCYEALw_wcB#GOR001597727

You can call bullshit all you like but it's happened here, but I suppose that's ok because it's just a cat doing what cats do.

I also gave you suggestions about how to keep your cat off other people's property. Invest in the cat proof fencing, it's expensive and requires a garden but if you can't afford that then you can't afford a cat. Or take your cat out on a lead. I have seen it done. Or keep your fucking pet indoors. I notice you haven't acknowledged those suggestions though, that might mean you have to take responsibility. Cat owners don't do that.

As for the foxes thing, I accept foxes because they are wild animals. I don't accept cats on my property because someone else has made the choice to own one. Would you accept a dog in your garden shitting and being aggressive? No didn't think so.

I had a thread on here about how to stop my neighbours cats from destroying my garden and the suggestion was for ME to invest £££ in buying a specialist fence....why can't cat owners take some fucking responsibility? It's pure fucking vandalism. I proposea new law that all cat owners have to advertise that so that other people can shit on their property/allow their pets to come on to your property. After all you should just accept that it's the cost of having a garden right?