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[–] 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

TIL that "loitering" does not mean leaving garbage in public spaces. Ive heard the term but never expected it to mean standing around idle, this is so stupid.

EDIT: nvm i was thinking about “littering”. english is hard.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    You are thinking of littering. Loitering is standing around idle on another person’s property. It’s usually used now adays to move vagrants along but the law has jim crow origins.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

    Oh wow, you just blew my mind. I am in fact thinking about littering! I was a bit suspicious about me not realizing the true meaning sooner, but did not look into it further. This makes a lot more sense now, thank you for clearing this up. :)

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It's baffling to me that you can get fined by just standing somewhere doing nothing...

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