The reason why they have those meetings open to the public boring or not is the concept of the Government is suppose to be acting on behalf of the people whose tax dollars they collect, giving the community the ability to chime in on whatever is being planned for their area with their cash it's a very simple concept. It falls along with that whole "Taxation without Representation" thing there was a war over it long ago, it still applies today. We really shouldn't make a mockery of people going to these things in anyway as it is a key factor that differentiates freedom from anti-freedom.
I tried the Florida man "challenge" I think it was Simon here who mentioned in some video I watched with my colleagues from work this week. All the articles that came up were funny! Florida certainly had some characters 👍
Me: I didn't know it was illegal. Judge: guilty. Ignorance is no excuse for the law. Cop: I didn't know it was illegal. Judge: not guilty. Qualified immunity.
Qualified immunity has nothing to do with criminal acts. It's only civil. Basically, if a cop is in good faith doing their job, they can't be sued. If they do something criminal, they can still be charged.
@@CaptainXJ the outcome of that is the police get sued personally for every time they pull someone over, or make an arrest, or have to taze someone. Literally anything. Even if it was 100% justified and reasonable.
@@CaptainXJ WTF are you talking about. If a cop is doing their job properly - following the procedures and policies of their jurisdiction, then QI is absolutely necessary to ensure that it is the CITY or county or state that gets sued, not the cop, because it's not the cop that was the problem, but the policies and procedures that the cop has no control over. The problem is that QI is often used to shield cops who were acting outside of the rules and then the city avoids any liability by saying that the cop was disobeying procedure and the victims wind up SOL. But QI as it is intended to be used makes sure that the lawsuits get directed at the actual source of the problem.
It's important to record all local government meetings like that because as soon as it stops all the government officials just start giving themselves raises and everything goes to crap.
They can have closed sessions though - at least, where I live they can. Those don’t get recorded. Who knows what’s going on in there? 🤷 I’m going to assume they’re discussing a taxpayer funded dungeon from now on.
Spoken like somebody who's a) never worked in city government where there isn't enough money to give yourself a raise ever, let alone whenever the cameras are off and b) never been important enough to be in a meeting where anything is actually decided.
It's not a bad idea. But salary isn't really how government officials enrich themselves financially. It's bribes and kickbacks. It's done discreetly not an agenda item at a city meeting. You want this road paving contract? Pay up. You want a liquor license for the restaurant you're opening? Donate to my campaign. You want to build a stadium? Here you can only build it on this vacant lot me and my friends own that we bought dirt cheap and will sell to you at a premium price. This is why people run for public office when the official salary is less than they make now. They're only taking a pay cut on paper, it's actually a huge raise.
For one of the next episodes you should talk about the story of the Florida surgeon who accidentally removed a patients liver instead of their spleen during an operation. For context, the liver and spleen are on different sides of the human body and are vastly different sizes.
There was one surgeon who amputated the wrong foot on a patient, too. Another guy sued after his amputated leg -- with his name and medical info still on the toetag -- was found in the regular trash. We got some real Cracker Jack healthcare here in Florida! o.O
@@andiward7068 From what I read, the surgeon claimed the spleen had migrated to the other side of the body and was 4 times the size it should be. So he thought he was getting the spleen and was obviously completely wrong.
Omg I read that yesterday! I asked my partner (a surgeon) if that was actually possible to make that mistake and his response - no wtf!? They don’t even look the same and aren’t on the same side of the body!
14:14 oh Simon, in america cops can literally shoot and kill 12 year olds for holding nerf guns and just change departments they work at. the fact these actually went to court at all is surprising and unusual.
This is the other side of qualified immunity, cops can literally get away with this kind of stuff on the civil lawsuit side. Edit: I wrote my comment before Simon finished the story, but if you pay attention, the victims won because the case was uncontested, if it had gone to trial it could have easily been dismissed.
Never stop Florida Man fridays. It reminds me of my native land when i feel homesick and consider going back. Though, next time i visit family im definitely finding that club. For research purposes of course.
My first car had a bumper sticker that said "I'm single, let's mingle" when I bought it off of some old guy when I was 16. My mom & I went for a ride in it, & random men were honking & waving at us. Mom couldn't understand how all these people knew my car, since I'd just got it. I said it was probably the bumper sticker. When I told her what it said, she made me immediately drive to a store & go buy a scraper to get it off with, lol.😂😂
If they want to arrest people for having concealed weapons in canes tell the cops to move to Michigan. They'll have a field day, granted a lot of innocent people will be arrested, but at least a quarter of the people who own canes in Michigan own at least one that is also a sword.
1st Amendment doesn't cover: Obscenity Fighting words Defamation (including libel and slander) Child pornography Perjury Blackmail Incitement to imminent lawless action True threats Solicitations to commit crimes (As some have said, it doesn't give you the right to yell fire in a crowded theater)
it was a federal judge who said protesting ww1 was the same as yelling fire in a theatre..those curtails on the 1st was to stop the protestors..they also threw them in prison
The laws in the US are pretty messed up and out of date. When I was in the military we had a briefing with the base JAG about something (I really wasn't paying attention at this point). It wound up being a general BS session when someone asked about the UCMJ and some regs on sex. The JAG looked through the UCMJ and determined that, depending on the situation, receiving a BJ as a US Service member could result in execution. Thankfully, there were some major changes a few years ago, so it's no longer the case. But dating was pretty nerve wracking for a while after that.
Only sex with a man and woman in missionary position was permissible, that was it. Literally everything else was considered illegal and punishable by UCMJ law including and not limited to incarceration and registration as a sex offender. Luckily that changed with the repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' several years ago. Edit: I'm old, I was in the service during the appeal and let me tell you how relieving it was not only for LGBTQ+ members but anyone in any sort of relationship. Being any form of 'gay' as it was called was also illegal and punishable. All it took was hearsay and *BAM* someone is in military prison for wanting to experiment with a finger.
@@jennyb9065 I remember those days. We had a guy in our squadron who was gay, but only his close friends knew about it. Then, one day, one of our dick SNCO's heard rumors and made it his mission in life to ruin the guys career. But, everyone already hated him, so he retired with his mission failed and our buddy finished his enlistment with no issues while the SNCO lost a stripe right before retirement.
That's in the civilian world too. There's weird laws that are technically on the books but aren't enforced. In my state it's illegal to rest your elbow on a glass display case. They don't teach police to keep an eye out for that one. Plus any DA's office that pursued such a charge would be mocked all over the world.
@@MakerInMotion There's still laws like that in the UK too. Though some of them I can understand more as holdovers that made sense at one point. Like it being illegal to be "drunk in charge of a horse" was probably an old version of the laws against drunk driving from the days of horse drawn vehicles.
Even though there's a perfectly reasonable defense, since ass is also another word for donkey and as far as I know it is not illegal to say that you eat donkey. Why not write donkey instead of ass, because you pay per letter. This sounds like a reasonable defence to me.
@@backpacker3421 in the eyes of the bad officers they can make up laws being violated even when none are. I'm well aware that they won't hold up in court. That doesn't mean you're not getting arrested for resisting arrest and going to jail while waiting to get an attorney/ dropped charges.
@@DWilliams-sf5th is asking "Why am I being arrested?" what you consider "resistance"? Way too many officers do. The number of times officers decided it's illegal for a citizen to; flip them off, call them names, record them on the job, watch them work, ask for their badge, lawfully refuse to ID themselves, sit in a public space while "looking suspicious" and assorted.*legal* activities are why ACAB is a movement and not just an empty phrase.
"Yeah, if they're doing their job they deserve immunity." But the cop in that story stopped doing his job when he, on his own authority and without a warrant or court order, demanded a private citizen destroy their property or face retaliation. At that moment, the cop stopped acting under the authority granted to them by law, and any cop should recognize that they are beyond the scope of their authority. This cop didn't deserve the immunity they got.
Yes, many QI laws are written horribly. You're dead on the money that an officer acting outside of established procedure should not qualify for QI. QI should never be used to block lawsuits. It should be used to determine who gets sued - the cop breaking the rules or the city that created the rules he was following.
Unfortunately, QI is granted in many cases involving the law. I personally, am on the fence about it. But, in today's political climate, half of America would be suing the police, some rightfully so, some not.
I think it's time that us viewers petition Simon to build the writers and editors a new blazement so they can work in more comfort, and have more modern items like electric.
@bjbear5202 ooh. I like where you're at in your thinking. Maybe a light bulb, with the switch about 6 inches beyond the chains length. Or maybe a lighted exit sign. Or introduce a new species of mushroom that, while life sustaining, tastes vaguely of ass. Ooh...new hamster water bottles, but with an extremely small tube.
@blackc1479 a chronically broken soft serve machine next to the world's smallest functional coffee machine (coffee is life. I'm not a monster) that has to be hand cranked.
You do have the right to SAY basically anything in the US. That does not mean private companies have to give you their platform to amplify your voice, and it doesn't mean there won't be other consequences for what you said.
Yup saying what you want regardless is protected... The reprocussions of what you say, are where you f around and find out. You are protected to say what you want.. you are not protected from what happens after that though by much of anything if its directly non violent.
@@chitlitlah Yup some states have ancient laws in the books about vulgar language, but every one of them has fell apart to 1A when challenged and simply exist because havent been scrutinized since they were created.
I have a few lawyer friends, we have a group chat where we send funny legal stuff, who gave me the below advice: 1. It doesn’t matter whether you think you are right or wrong. The cop thinks they are right. 2. Legal arguments are for the courtroom. Not the time of arrest. 3. Do not speak until you have your counsel present. 4. Never represent yourself in court. You will not be successful. All around solid advice.
And now here I am wondering if it would even work. Like, doesn't the hole need to be closed in order for the pressure of a fart to build up? Would that just allow a steady stream of tainted air to release at all times? Or can you build up a corker and let loose the funniest sounding fart ever?
Julian, your edits had me and my spouse dead with laughter. Absolutely brilliant, staying in the grand traditions of Sam and Lorelei. Also I do not think I have ever seen Simon so squeamish in all these years as he did with the castration stuff. In all fairness, I do not have balls and I was grossly uncomfortable too.
The "I Eat Ass" situation absolutely was not a bumper sticker. It was plastered across his back windshield. Edit: Also, most of these things happen elsewhere as well, like the man in a cage. It's just that the arrest records in Florida are made public, so they are easier to find ;)
The Prank video on the town council is from a channel called: Chand and JT go deep. It's called the Protect our Boarders and Scooter Saga: City Council
Ya…..That was a strange moment when I saw that. The engineer in me started asking if there is sufficient flow to produce the expected noise. I didn’t want to think that….it just happened.
In the early 2000's, a Tampa printshop I worked at made bank from all the stripclubs and "massage parlors" that came in for business cards and promotional material -- they had tons of cash (you know, lots of $1 bills haha!), and were not hesitant to use it! Before Tampa cracked down on the codes back then, there were some parts of Tampa that were pretty much just one adult business after the other, with some fast food mixed in. Business really slowed down at the printshop after that crackdown, too hehe! :P
when it comes to confused police officers, me being polish, going into czech republic, on my way to prague (hello simon!). got stopped just beyond the border for a routine check. they gave me a breathalyzer test (apparently it's a requirement on any stop there, so i've heard) and seemed really confused when it showed a steady 0.00 :D
9:43 this same thing happened in my hometown although the guy bought the school and promised to tear it down which without a contract he’s not obligated to do. Was quite hilarious that the city council thought a verbal promise was “contractually enforceable.”
It's my understanding that these days the sdmy laws are still on the books to protect victims of SA, charges can be added if this act was part of the crime.
No. That was never the intention of those laws and still isn't. You don't need anti sodomy laws to charge someone with nonconsensual acts. There's no "anti sex law" yet you can be charged with sexual assault for having nonconsensual sex with someone. No, anti sodomy laws exist because they used to be used as a loophole to kind of "outlaw" homosexuality. This is why they were so popular and still exist in the south to this day. Because the lawmakers in this region have been disgusting since forever.
Oklahoma doesn't get enough credit. Some of our Florida competitive stories: Allen performed a castration on a volunteer at the cabin, then stored the removed body parts in a freezer. The person told police that Allen later joked about eating the body parts. Allen was arrested after the volunteer went to a hospital because of bleeding after the surgery. Allen pleaded no contest to felony counts of conspiracy to commit unlicensed surgery, practicing medicine without a license and attempted distribution of a psychedelic mushroom. He also pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts and was sentenced to two years in jail and 10 years in prison. Allen told the judge he believed the plea was in his best interest because “a jury might convict me,” the newspaper reported. Thomas Evans Gates III was also charged in this case. He pleaded guilty to three charges in early August. And in this case: GUTHRIE, Okla. - Authorities are answering the questions on everyone’s minds: why did a Logan County pair have a rattlesnake and uranium in their truck? New details are emerging about the odd contents of a stolen vehicle pulled over for a traffic stop in a Guthrie neighborhood, including uranium and a rattlesnake. It was about 11 a.m. when Guthrie police pulled over Stephen Jennings and Rachael Rivera in a stolen Ford. Inside, officers found a pistol, an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe, a live rattlesnake in a large terrarium in the backseat, and powdered radioactive uranium. Sgt. Anthony Gibbs with Guthrie Police said they had a company that specializes in potentially dangerous materials handle the uranium before DEQ picked it up. But Dr. Eric Eitrheim, an assistant professor in UCO’s chemistry department, said all that probably wasn’t necessary with this type of uranium. Unlike the type used in nuclear weapons, he said this isn’t that radioactive or dangerous. It can easily be purchased on Amazon for about $40. “This is pretty similar to me to hearing about someone who had powdered lead, really, is the way you can think about it,” Dr. Eitrheim said, “because the only real hazard to humans is if it’s inhaled or ingested.” Officers said at first Jennings jokingly said he was planning to “make a mega-snake.” However later explained that he sells metal to scrapyards and has a Geiger counter to test if the metal is radioactive, which apparently isn’t uncommon. “You need something radioactive to test the Geiger counter so this would be one of the best ways to do it,” Dr. Eitrheim said. “It’s such a benign material that’s lowly radioactive enough.” Neither the snake nor the uranium was illegal to have, however in Guthrie, you’re not allowed to keep dangerous animals as pets. So because Jennings is in jail, police had it euthanized.
Probably because he was talking about Dunedin, not Duneden, and UK English pronounces place names with "din" on the end differently, both in terms of the sounds of the letters and in terms of which syllable the stress is on. IIRC, America, Australia, and the UK all have places with that name, and they are all pronounced completely differently.
@@maledictionwolf Don't forget the Dunedin in New Zealand. Australia actually has two Dunedins, but one of them is just a farm with that name so it doesn't really count.
I don't get foot fetishes either. I asked a psychology grad student about it once, she said it has to do with the foot nerve center in the brain located next to a pleasure spot. She was more detailed in her explanation, I don't remember the details. I didn't care enough to fact check it, but at least it made sense.
Yes but the people who have the fetishes aren't generally the ones wanting things done to THEIR feet, they want to look at other people's feet doing all sorts of stuff or touch/mess with them somehow. So I'm not sure what pleasure centers being connected to feet has to do with it. For that to make sense, you'd have to be into things being done to your own feet. I've never actually met someone with a foot fetish that wants that, just a whole bunch who enjoy other people's feet.
The qualified immunity for police is understandable, and then you realize how many of them became police to abuse that. It needs to be reworked extensively, but the police unions tend to block it every time with theats of strike or legal actions.
Police unions are one of the few unions im against. They are not a weak group of workers. They are a group of people who can easily get a power trip from arresting you.
Police in America enforce a set of Laws. Laws that are often unjust and opress individual liberty and undermine American Ideals. We need a justice system.
@@nargileh1 Could be wrong but I have always felt that being a police officer is what high school jocks decided on when the football career did not pan out past high school. Because being a cop feels like it has a jocky personality.
I mean, until you mentioned a wife the first time, I thought you were asexual, too. Kevin deserves an Emmy for this. For fucks sake, hearing Simon say, "...like a good little sub" made the cost of membership. Fuck this entire episode is golden
8:50 They televize them. That doesn't necessarily mean anyone watches them. The whole point of public access television is that anyone can air pretty much whatever they want.
I had to stop watching this about half way through. I had to stop because it got to the point where i couldn't breathe from laughing too hard. This is entertaining, thanks.
17:22 Although they would no doubt be terrible to wear, those shoes look sick. Nobody told me about the H.P. Lovecraft line of kicks. I wonder if there are shogoth high tops?
To be fair, stuff like this happens in every state. The big difference is that most states won’t comment about arrests saying they don’t want to interfere with an ongoing investigation but Florida has a law making all arrest records publicly available. The media has caught onto this and can find no end of bizarre cases to print. Speaking to your local police and I’m sure you’ll hear some crazy stories.
You need to feature that dude from TikTok who goes around booping and yoinking dangerous animals, invasive pythons and staring down crocodiles... He's the true Florida man, change my mind
Whoa, dude, how many channels do you have? Lol, this seems like the tenth time I've clicked a video and was surprised to see you hosted the channel. You're like maniacally hyper in this video. I love it.
There is a guy with a kid at my daughters bus stop with some crap like this on his jacked up truck. All I can think of is Vienna sausage pants when I see him.😂
On free speech. Don't be the person telling other people what that can say, you don't want someone else telling you what you can and can't say. Though not every place is equal. But on your personal vehicle is one of them.
As a city employee, my wife had to sit through one of these meetings. She said it was hilarious and completely nonsensical. No one could keep a straight face. 😂😅
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The reason why they have those meetings open to the public boring or not is the concept of the Government is suppose to be acting on behalf of the people whose tax dollars they collect, giving the community the ability to chime in on whatever is being planned for their area with their cash it's a very simple concept. It falls along with that whole "Taxation without Representation" thing there was a war over it long ago, it still applies today. We really shouldn't make a mockery of people going to these things in anyway as it is a key factor that differentiates freedom from anti-freedom.
Why did you tell us the name of the sex dungeon? (Twice). Secret sponsor?
I don't understand why you say ''Jesus'' when you are not a Christian.
Kevin flustering Simon never gets old because there are so many ways to do it.
You could say he does it effortlessly, couldn't you? 😂
@@goosenotmaverick1156 lol yep, him and Danny do that very well. Callum when he used to write for Simon also did a good job with that. 😂
There are! I'm so incredibly happy with how this episode came out and Simon's reactions were basically all what I expected
You have 69 likes and I kinda don't want to click that like button, so here's a comment. NICE!
Preserving sexual conversation for oneself and one's partner is not asexual. It's just not something for everyone in earshot. Pretty simple.
Florida provides enough content to feed its own channel. Kevin, keep mining this vein until it runs dry!
It will never run dry, though someday the sea itself will rise and swallow it.
#MarkMyWords
Florida man: It will run dry? Not on my watch!
Ohio is the Florida of the Midwest, if you wanna mix it up.
@andiward7068 I've said it before and I'll say it again: there's nothing good in Ohio since Big Butter Jesus burned down
I tried the Florida man "challenge" I think it was Simon here who mentioned in some video I watched with my colleagues from work this week.
All the articles that came up were funny! Florida certainly had some characters 👍
Me: I didn't know it was illegal.
Judge: guilty. Ignorance is no excuse for the law.
Cop: I didn't know it was illegal.
Judge: not guilty. Qualified immunity.
Sadly true.
Qualified immunity has nothing to do with criminal acts. It's only civil.
Basically, if a cop is in good faith doing their job, they can't be sued. If they do something criminal, they can still be charged.
QI is unnecessary .it doesn't matter what it's "supposed" to be for, it is and always will be exploited. Get rid of even the concept 100%
@@CaptainXJ the outcome of that is the police get sued personally for every time they pull someone over, or make an arrest, or have to taze someone. Literally anything. Even if it was 100% justified and reasonable.
@@CaptainXJ WTF are you talking about. If a cop is doing their job properly - following the procedures and policies of their jurisdiction, then QI is absolutely necessary to ensure that it is the CITY or county or state that gets sued, not the cop, because it's not the cop that was the problem, but the policies and procedures that the cop has no control over.
The problem is that QI is often used to shield cops who were acting outside of the rules and then the city avoids any liability by saying that the cop was disobeying procedure and the victims wind up SOL.
But QI as it is intended to be used makes sure that the lawsuits get directed at the actual source of the problem.
Ahhh...City Council meetings. A virtual emotional buffet for energy vampires. IYKYK.
Stay away from me, Colin Robinson!
I find it a delightful smorgasbord of banality and despair.
“Weeks go by, it’s like week week week. That’s how it works”
Brilliant analysis, Simon.
R/todayilearned. 😂
"I know man, it seems like a week doesn't pass before a week goes by" he said weakly.
It's important to record all local government meetings like that because as soon as it stops all the government officials just start giving themselves raises and everything goes to crap.
They can have closed sessions though - at least, where I live they can. Those don’t get recorded. Who knows what’s going on in there? 🤷 I’m going to assume they’re discussing a taxpayer funded dungeon from now on.
Giving themselves raises and racing to put the dumbest members of family in positions of power.
*more* to crap
Spoken like somebody who's a) never worked in city government where there isn't enough money to give yourself a raise ever, let alone whenever the cameras are off and b) never been important enough to be in a meeting where anything is actually decided.
It's not a bad idea. But salary isn't really how government officials enrich themselves financially. It's bribes and kickbacks. It's done discreetly not an agenda item at a city meeting. You want this road paving contract? Pay up. You want a liquor license for the restaurant you're opening? Donate to my campaign. You want to build a stadium? Here you can only build it on this vacant lot me and my friends own that we bought dirt cheap and will sell to you at a premium price. This is why people run for public office when the official salary is less than they make now. They're only taking a pay cut on paper, it's actually a huge raise.
For one of the next episodes you should talk about the story of the Florida surgeon who accidentally removed a patients liver instead of their spleen during an operation. For context, the liver and spleen are on different sides of the human body and are vastly different sizes.
I mean, they're completely different in every possible way. Did he think he got the liver or that he was supposed to be getting the spleen?
There was one surgeon who amputated the wrong foot on a patient, too. Another guy sued after his amputated leg -- with his name and medical info still on the toetag -- was found in the regular trash. We got some real Cracker Jack healthcare here in Florida! o.O
@@andiward7068 From what I read, the surgeon claimed the spleen had migrated to the other side of the body and was 4 times the size it should be. So he thought he was getting the spleen and was obviously completely wrong.
@Ad_Inferno dayum! That's top-notch gaslighting.
Omg I read that yesterday! I asked my partner (a surgeon) if that was actually possible to make that mistake and his response - no wtf!? They don’t even look the same and aren’t on the same side of the body!
14:14 oh Simon, in america cops can literally shoot and kill 12 year olds for holding nerf guns and just change departments they work at. the fact these actually went to court at all is surprising and unusual.
Don't forget the paid vacation they get before they resign and change departments
INB4 the bluehumpers start jumping down your throat claiming that never happened. Lol
This is the other side of qualified immunity, cops can literally get away with this kind of stuff on the civil lawsuit side.
Edit:
I wrote my comment before Simon finished the story, but if you pay attention, the victims won because the case was uncontested, if it had gone to trial it could have easily been dismissed.
That exact type of situation is why I was raised to never trust cops. I'm from a lower middle class white family.
Never stop Florida Man fridays. It reminds me of my native land when i feel homesick and consider going back.
Though, next time i visit family im definitely finding that club. For research purposes of course.
The end cut is SO very perfect. That got me so good.
My daughter's first car had a "I love gay porn" bumper sticker. 😆
Mine said "Student Driver: Tailgate at your own risk"
My first car had a bumper sticker that said "I'm single, let's mingle" when I bought it off of some old guy when I was 16. My mom & I went for a ride in it, & random men were honking & waving at us. Mom couldn't understand how all these people knew my car, since I'd just got it. I said it was probably the bumper sticker. When I told her what it said, she made me immediately drive to a store & go buy a scraper to get it off with, lol.😂😂
I literally refreshed my feed because there was nothing to watch both Brain Blaze AND Cas Crim uploaded as I did. I feel like I won the lottery 😂
Been hanging out all night on the live stream
I know what you mean. AM I RIGHT PETER!!!!
3:25 "this is my hole, it was made for me"
This comic broke me for weeks, maybe even months after I saw it...
I live in Columbia county!! Lake City!!! They also arrested a blind man saying his cane was a concealed weapon
me too I was born and raised in LC and yeah LCPD and CCSO both suck. FWC isn't any better to be honest.
Lake City born and raised over here! So happy to be out of that hell hole.
If they want to arrest people for having concealed weapons in canes tell the cops to move to Michigan. They'll have a field day, granted a lot of innocent people will be arrested, but at least a quarter of the people who own canes in Michigan own at least one that is also a sword.
If it's one of the canes with the stretchy folding part, it doesn't work as a stick and does work as a whip.
@@Bacopa68 I'm in deep trouble because I keep one in my backpack. My legs get more difficult than they usually are later in the day.
1st Amendment doesn't cover:
Obscenity
Fighting words
Defamation (including libel and slander)
Child pornography
Perjury
Blackmail
Incitement to imminent lawless action
True threats
Solicitations to commit crimes
(As some have said, it doesn't give you the right to yell fire in a crowded theater)
it was a federal judge who said protesting ww1 was the same as yelling fire in a theatre..those curtails on the 1st was to stop the protestors..they also threw them in prison
Actually according to the supreme court decision in case Cohen v California circa 1971 obscenity is protected by the first amendment.
Free speech≠ free of consequences. As for the right to protest, yes, as long as it aligns with what those in power want.
I love that there's an entry here called "fighting words". It feels very on the level with "horseplay".
Yeah it’s mostly mom stuff and the N word
The laws in the US are pretty messed up and out of date. When I was in the military we had a briefing with the base JAG about something (I really wasn't paying attention at this point). It wound up being a general BS session when someone asked about the UCMJ and some regs on sex. The JAG looked through the UCMJ and determined that, depending on the situation, receiving a BJ as a US Service member could result in execution.
Thankfully, there were some major changes a few years ago, so it's no longer the case. But dating was pretty nerve wracking for a while after that.
Only sex with a man and woman in missionary position was permissible, that was it. Literally everything else was considered illegal and punishable by UCMJ law including and not limited to incarceration and registration as a sex offender. Luckily that changed with the repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' several years ago.
Edit: I'm old, I was in the service during the appeal and let me tell you how relieving it was not only for LGBTQ+ members but anyone in any sort of relationship. Being any form of 'gay' as it was called was also illegal and punishable. All it took was hearsay and *BAM* someone is in military prison for wanting to experiment with a finger.
@@jennyb9065 I remember those days. We had a guy in our squadron who was gay, but only his close friends knew about it.
Then, one day, one of our dick SNCO's heard rumors and made it his mission in life to ruin the guys career. But, everyone already hated him, so he retired with his mission failed and our buddy finished his enlistment with no issues while the SNCO lost a stripe right before retirement.
No, execution was NEVER an allowable punishment for any sex act.
I think that JAG was f'ing with you and you fell for it.
That's in the civilian world too. There's weird laws that are technically on the books but aren't enforced. In my state it's illegal to rest your elbow on a glass display case. They don't teach police to keep an eye out for that one. Plus any DA's office that pursued such a charge would be mocked all over the world.
@@MakerInMotion There's still laws like that in the UK too. Though some of them I can understand more as holdovers that made sense at one point. Like it being illegal to be "drunk in charge of a horse" was probably an old version of the laws against drunk driving from the days of horse drawn vehicles.
As a floridian, I whole heartedly approve!
Anybody offended by a 'I eat ass' sign should be arrested for being a Karen
The only ass I would eat would be a pork butt roast.
Even though there's a perfectly reasonable defense, since ass is also another word for donkey and as far as I know it is not illegal to say that you eat donkey. Why not write donkey instead of ass, because you pay per letter.
This sounds like a reasonable defence to me.
Ignorance of the law is not an excuse. Unless you enforce the law, in which case laws don't seem to apply to you.
With a badge you can make up laws and violations against civilians.
@@andiward7068 yes, but you can't make them stick in court. I think you might want to retake junior high level civics class.
@@backpacker3421 in the eyes of the bad officers they can make up laws being violated even when none are. I'm well aware that they won't hold up in court. That doesn't mean you're not getting arrested for resisting arrest and going to jail while waiting to get an attorney/ dropped charges.
@@andiward7068 Resisting arrest is a choice. A bad choice. Always stfu, do not consent to searches, stfu, don't resist, stfu.
@@DWilliams-sf5th is asking "Why am I being arrested?" what you consider "resistance"? Way too many officers do. The number of times officers decided it's illegal for a citizen to; flip them off, call them names, record them on the job, watch them work, ask for their badge, lawfully refuse to ID themselves, sit in a public space while "looking suspicious" and assorted.*legal* activities are why ACAB is a movement and not just an empty phrase.
"3 minutes of missionary, just like God intended!"
Am I right Peter?
yes
Sure, sure, but what's he going to do for the other 2 minutes and 49 seconds?
Take a quick nap
@@ultimateskillchain
Damn you’re really pumping these out. Hope Florida man can keep up.
*looks around my neighbourhood*
Shouldn’t be a problem! 🫣
Time for FL Man Friday, let's go
"Yeah, if they're doing their job they deserve immunity."
But the cop in that story stopped doing his job when he, on his own authority and without a warrant or court order, demanded a private citizen destroy their property or face retaliation. At that moment, the cop stopped acting under the authority granted to them by law, and any cop should recognize that they are beyond the scope of their authority. This cop didn't deserve the immunity they got.
Yes, many QI laws are written horribly. You're dead on the money that an officer acting outside of established procedure should not qualify for QI.
QI should never be used to block lawsuits. It should be used to determine who gets sued - the cop breaking the rules or the city that created the rules he was following.
Unfortunately, QI is granted in many cases involving the law. I personally, am on the fence about it. But, in today's political climate, half of America would be suing the police, some rightfully so, some not.
I think it's time that us viewers petition Simon to build the writers and editors a new blazement so they can work in more comfort, and have more modern items like electric.
But, what if cramped, dark quarters are the key to good scripts?
Install snack vending machines that are chronically out of service, and just sit there, taunting them.
@bjbear5202 ooh. I like where you're at in your thinking.
Maybe a light bulb, with the switch about 6 inches beyond the chains length.
Or maybe a lighted exit sign.
Or introduce a new species of mushroom that, while life sustaining, tastes vaguely of ass.
Ooh...new hamster water bottles, but with an extremely small tube.
@blackc1479 a chronically broken soft serve machine next to the world's smallest functional coffee machine (coffee is life. I'm not a monster) that has to be hand cranked.
It's nice to finally know what you're into, Simon. 19:51
Simon Whistler is on approximately 65.8% of all UA-cam channels.
According to your FYP?
Not mine.
65? You're obviously not paying attention. Soon all will be Simon.
Too much Simon I “don’t recommend” every time I see his face. Smug tit
You do have the right to SAY basically anything in the US. That does not mean private companies have to give you their platform to amplify your voice, and it doesn't mean there won't be other consequences for what you said.
Yup saying what you want regardless is protected... The reprocussions of what you say, are where you f around and find out. You are protected to say what you want.. you are not protected from what happens after that though by much of anything if its directly non violent.
I heard it explained as "the first amendment protects you from the government, not the Justin", and I still think it's beautiful
It does mean a cop can't arrest you for some vulgarity on your truck.
@@chitlitlah Yup some states have ancient laws in the books about vulgar language, but every one of them has fell apart to 1A when challenged and simply exist because havent been scrutinized since they were created.
Unless the government is the one telling the private companies to censor you.
If a police officer knowingly violates your Constitutional Right/s. They lose qualified immunity and maybe be sued.
Bingo
I have a few lawyer friends, we have a group chat where we send funny legal stuff, who gave me the below advice:
1. It doesn’t matter whether you think you are right or wrong. The cop thinks they are right.
2. Legal arguments are for the courtroom. Not the time of arrest.
3. Do not speak until you have your counsel present.
4. Never represent yourself in court. You will not be successful.
All around solid advice.
It really depends on the state and/or counties on that one though
Good luck proving the "knowingly" part.
@@HandsomeDanVacationRentals rule #4 is perfect, "any person who represents themselves in court has a fool for a client"
Filming "boring meetings" is called the Sunshine Laws and it helps to prevent corruption.
3:11 : Whoever found the buttplug with this whistle-thing needs an award. I know have way too much head-imagery going on xD .
And now here I am wondering if it would even work. Like, doesn't the hole need to be closed in order for the pressure of a fart to build up? Would that just allow a steady stream of tainted air to release at all times? Or can you build up a corker and let loose the funniest sounding fart ever?
@@tyrannicpuppy well, you could simply include a pressure valve into it ...
cannot stop laughing
Eventually, Kevin will be the world's leading expert on "Florida Man" and that's awesome.
I wonder if I can get a PhD in Florida Man
I for one look forward to endless oblivion... Sounds like a delightful change of pace.
Julian, your edits had me and my spouse dead with laughter. Absolutely brilliant, staying in the grand traditions of Sam and Lorelei. Also I do not think I have ever seen Simon so squeamish in all these years as he did with the castration stuff. In all fairness, I do not have balls and I was grossly uncomfortable too.
The "I Eat Ass" situation absolutely was not a bumper sticker. It was plastered across his back windshield.
Edit:
Also, most of these things happen elsewhere as well, like the man in a cage. It's just that the arrest records in Florida are made public, so they are easier to find ;)
Still shouldn't have been illegal. 🤷♂️
@@griffinmckenzie7203 please go through my comment and point out where exactly I said it should have been.... I'll wait
@@captainspaulding5963 Please go through my comment and tell me exactly where I said you did. 🤷♂️
The Prank video on the town council is from a channel called: Chand and JT go deep. It's called the Protect our Boarders and Scooter Saga: City Council
Never laughed so much at a Brain Blaze video, this is the best one yet! Keep them Florida Man ones coming 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed!
Central Florida has a world renowned play space & thriving kink community:)
Ahhh.. the editing on this really took it to the next level of hilarity. Well done J!
Most public proceedings are televised in USA, when practicable. We used to pay newspaper reporters to watch them for us.
That out of context intro is the best, considering all of Simon's employees already chained to the radiator 😂
This series is the best thing to ever happen
I like that this video had pics from the stories, as it really made it fun. Also, that Krave building was crazy looking.
The editting of memes in this was top notch! burst out laughing continuously throughout!!
My god the party blower butt plug being quick edited.....I freaking laughed out loud. Editor nearly killed me.
Ya…..That was a strange moment when I saw that. The engineer in me started asking if there is sufficient flow to produce the expected noise. I didn’t want to think that….it just happened.
@@metricdeep8856and? The people need to know.
'The 3 minute missionary...' Why did that make me think of Kims b/f in BCS final season.....'Yep yep yep yep'😂😂
These episodes are making my night shifts so much more enjoyable. Laughing helps keep me awake.
In the early 2000's, a Tampa printshop I worked at made bank from all the stripclubs and "massage parlors" that came in for business cards and promotional material -- they had tons of cash (you know, lots of $1 bills haha!), and were not hesitant to use it! Before Tampa cracked down on the codes back then, there were some parts of Tampa that were pretty much just one adult business after the other, with some fast food mixed in. Business really slowed down at the printshop after that crackdown, too hehe! :P
when it comes to confused police officers, me being polish, going into czech republic, on my way to prague (hello simon!). got stopped just beyond the border for a routine check. they gave me a breathalyzer test (apparently it's a requirement on any stop there, so i've heard) and seemed really confused when it showed a steady 0.00 :D
I know that Columbia County deputy. He gave me a ticket for six over the limit... I was actually going way faster than that. 😅
That end edit. Genius.
9:16 I think it’s “Chad and JT”. They do stuff like this.
3:50 I can't be the only person who sings "suuuurrrrf shaaaaaaark, squaaaaarrrrre spaaaaace" whenever Simon mentions either one of them!?????🍍🦀
That "Why!?" made me jump. Then giggle. 😅
I needed a good laugh, since we just put our 15 year old dog to sleep, so thank you!
9:43 this same thing happened in my hometown although the guy bought the school and promised to tear it down which without a contract he’s not obligated to do. Was quite hilarious that the city council thought a verbal promise was “contractually enforceable.”
I'm certainly glad I stayed for that ending...very revealing of you Simon. Lol
It's my understanding that these days the sdmy laws are still on the books to protect victims of SA, charges can be added if this act was part of the crime.
No. That was never the intention of those laws and still isn't. You don't need anti sodomy laws to charge someone with nonconsensual acts. There's no "anti sex law" yet you can be charged with sexual assault for having nonconsensual sex with someone. No, anti sodomy laws exist because they used to be used as a loophole to kind of "outlaw" homosexuality. This is why they were so popular and still exist in the south to this day. Because the lawmakers in this region have been disgusting since forever.
Love the Creepshow edit! I just love when you throw in older references/edits
Yoohoo!, Floridaman Friday.
Holy shit, I live in the town where the I eat ass story happened. We're actually known for 2-3 banger police videos.
Oklahoma doesn't get enough credit. Some of our Florida competitive stories:
Allen performed a castration on a volunteer at the cabin, then stored the removed body parts in a freezer. The person told police that Allen later joked about eating the body parts.
Allen was arrested after the volunteer went to a hospital because of bleeding after the surgery.
Allen pleaded no contest to felony counts of conspiracy to commit unlicensed surgery, practicing medicine without a license and attempted distribution of a psychedelic mushroom. He also pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts and was sentenced to two years in jail and 10 years in prison.
Allen told the judge he believed the plea was in his best interest because “a jury might convict me,” the newspaper reported.
Thomas Evans Gates III was also charged in this case. He pleaded guilty to three charges in early August.
And in this case:
GUTHRIE, Okla. - Authorities are answering the questions on everyone’s minds: why did a Logan County pair have a rattlesnake and uranium in their truck?
New details are emerging about the odd contents of a stolen vehicle pulled over for a traffic stop in a Guthrie neighborhood, including uranium and a rattlesnake.
It was about 11 a.m. when Guthrie police pulled over Stephen Jennings and Rachael Rivera in a stolen Ford.
Inside, officers found a pistol, an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe, a live rattlesnake in a large terrarium in the backseat, and powdered radioactive uranium.
Sgt. Anthony Gibbs with Guthrie Police said they had a company that specializes in potentially dangerous materials handle the uranium before DEQ picked it up.
But Dr. Eric Eitrheim, an assistant professor in UCO’s chemistry department, said all that probably wasn’t necessary with this type of uranium. Unlike the type used in nuclear weapons, he said this isn’t that radioactive or dangerous. It can easily be purchased on Amazon for about $40.
“This is pretty similar to me to hearing about someone who had powdered lead, really, is the way you can think about it,” Dr. Eitrheim said, “because the only real hazard to humans is if it’s inhaled or ingested.”
Officers said at first Jennings jokingly said he was planning to “make a mega-snake.” However later explained that he sells metal to scrapyards and has a Geiger counter to test if the metal is radioactive, which apparently isn’t uncommon.
“You need something radioactive to test the Geiger counter so this would be one of the best ways to do it,” Dr. Eitrheim said. “It’s such a benign material that’s lowly radioactive enough.”
Neither the snake nor the uranium was illegal to have, however in Guthrie, you’re not allowed to keep dangerous animals as pets. So because Jennings is in jail, police had it euthanized.
14:39 that TFS clip had me dying!😂 "WEAKNESS IDENTIFIED!"😂
Simon, I have never heard anyone butcher Duneden (pronounced "done, eden") like that before. I'm impressed.
Probably because he was talking about Dunedin, not Duneden, and UK English pronounces place names with "din" on the end differently, both in terms of the sounds of the letters and in terms of which syllable the stress is on. IIRC, America, Australia, and the UK all have places with that name, and they are all pronounced completely differently.
@@maledictionwolf Don't forget the Dunedin in New Zealand. Australia actually has two Dunedins, but one of them is just a farm with that name so it doesn't really count.
Geez I must admit I do love Florida man ! I also watch all your content ! Totally enjoyable always !
I don't get foot fetishes either. I asked a psychology grad student about it once, she said it has to do with the foot nerve center in the brain located next to a pleasure spot. She was more detailed in her explanation, I don't remember the details. I didn't care enough to fact check it, but at least it made sense.
Yes but the people who have the fetishes aren't generally the ones wanting things done to THEIR feet, they want to look at other people's feet doing all sorts of stuff or touch/mess with them somehow. So I'm not sure what pleasure centers being connected to feet has to do with it. For that to make sense, you'd have to be into things being done to your own feet. I've never actually met someone with a foot fetish that wants that, just a whole bunch who enjoy other people's feet.
The qualified immunity for police is understandable, and then you realize how many of them became police to abuse that. It needs to be reworked extensively, but the police unions tend to block it every time with theats of strike or legal actions.
Police unions are one of the few unions im against. They are not a weak group of workers. They are a group of people who can easily get a power trip from arresting you.
Sortoff, it's a high power job with low qualification requirements. It's a shortcut for insecure people to feel better about themselves.
Police in America enforce a set of Laws. Laws that are often unjust and opress individual liberty and undermine American Ideals. We need a justice system.
@@nargileh1 Could be wrong but I have always felt that being a police officer is what high school jocks decided on when the football career did not pan out past high school. Because being a cop feels like it has a jocky personality.
Agree 100% qualified immunity has been abused for way too long. I get the need it grew out of, but it does need to be reigned back in.
I mean, until you mentioned a wife the first time, I thought you were asexual, too.
Kevin deserves an Emmy for this.
For fucks sake, hearing Simon say, "...like a good little sub" made the cost of membership.
Fuck this entire episode is golden
I think "I'm happily married and leave my sexuality at home" can often give very ace vibes when their spouse isn't in the room.
8:50 They televize them. That doesn't necessarily mean anyone watches them. The whole point of public access television is that anyone can air pretty much whatever they want.
I actually saw this one on some recap show. It was so weird and awkward....
Julian's random insertion of quick, yet horrifying, images was very well done. Thanks, I hate it.
0:22 Simon gaslighting us again
Simon, you are a manic creator! In the best way. I knew you had a couple other channels, but glad to have found the list to explore.
I didn't have Abe Simpson in a ball gag on my bingo card when I woke up...
18:54 - 'I know some pedants in the comment section will complain that the statement isn't 100% medically accurate...'
I feel seen 😅
I had to stop watching this about half way through. I had to stop because it got to the point where i couldn't breathe from laughing too hard.
This is entertaining, thanks.
I love Florida Man Fridays
We call them..........."Those Kind of People". 😆
17:22
Although they would no doubt be terrible to wear, those shoes look sick. Nobody told me about the H.P. Lovecraft line of kicks. I wonder if there are shogoth high tops?
10:18 james bond villain lookin mfs
To be fair, stuff like this happens in every state. The big difference is that most states won’t comment about arrests saying they don’t want to interfere with an ongoing investigation but Florida has a law making all arrest records publicly available. The media has caught onto this and can find no end of bizarre cases to print. Speaking to your local police and I’m sure you’ll hear some crazy stories.
Omfg the Junji Ito parody meme was so so well-timed i'm actually howling 😂
You need to feature that dude from TikTok who goes around booping and yoinking dangerous animals, invasive pythons and staring down crocodiles...
He's the true Florida man, change my mind
Do you mean that black guy who picked up an alligator snapper? Or is there another American Steve Irwin?
Fishingwithgarret😂
Finally, some good f****** content
Brain blaze is always good content chef
@@MrMickthemonster i'm a big fan, I jest
merenda looks like he's going to cry in his mugshot and it's beautiful
Whoa, dude, how many channels do you have? Lol, this seems like the tenth time I've clicked a video and was surprised to see you hosted the channel. You're like maniacally hyper in this video. I love it.
That post credit was gold! Bravo!! 😂😂
Big Brain is already in an endless oblivion, Allegedly!😂
I've seen multiples of those bumper stickers. A guy down the street has much worse on his car.
Classy as ever.
Speaking as a Floridian originally from Brooklyn, New York; "Florida man" has nothing on "Freakin' New Yorkers"! 😂💯🗽
Cop got butt hurt. Go figure. Maybe he needs a little tongue. Might make him feel better.
It"s my 28th amendment right
@@james8449100 this is America. You’ll get the rights we give you and you’ll like it.
FL man Friday, also the thumbnail for this video is funny af
19:47 The ending story almost made me tap out. Get your mouth guard ready, you will be gritting your teeth through the last one!!!
Love the florida an editing, I screamed at that one too
That chrome Kazoo immage is going to give me nightmares.😂
There is a guy with a kid at my daughters bus stop with some crap like this on his jacked up truck. All I can think of is Vienna sausage pants when I see him.😂
On free speech. Don't be the person telling other people what that can say, you don't want someone else telling you what you can and can't say. Though not every place is equal. But on your personal vehicle is one of them.
I was totally expecting the 'whist on the topic of doms and subs' line to lead to 'hit that subscribe button'
Free speech is only free if one can say whatever whenever. It's not the throne made of human bodies you constructed, it's how you got them.
As a city employee, my wife had to sit through one of these meetings. She said it was hilarious and completely nonsensical. No one could keep a straight face. 😂😅
Asking "Am I going to jail?" Is considered resisting arrest in Florida!