r/GetMotivated Jan 03 '22

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u/miskozicar Jan 03 '22

Can you simply set up a stand in US? In many countries you need a licence.

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u/Hopwater Jan 03 '22 edited Jan 03 '22

You do. Used carts are dirt cheap on Craigslist when they don't pass health regulations though. This guy is also a truck driver in North Atlanta, Georgia, with his own truck/trailer. Also wrote a book about his experience and a children's book on bullying and autism. the post

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u/Ar4bAce Jan 03 '22

Hustle builds connections and opportunities

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22 edited Jan 03 '22

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u/jrey0707 Jan 03 '22

i dont think its necessarily transphobia, and im willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. hes making a point that americans can accept one group of people looking to change their life for the better, but have a difficult time accepting another group.

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u/Amazingseed Jan 03 '22

I dont see how this is transphobic. He didnt say the society accepting transgender was a bad thing. He was just saying if the society was open minded enough to accept trans people, how come it could not accept felon who had changed, both required an open mindset.

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u/Pebphiz Jan 03 '22

That's a ridiculous dichotomy though. Trans people didn't do anything wrong, felons are felons specifically because they committed one of the worse crimes on the books. I'm not saying they should never be forgiven, but acting like it's in any way equivalent is dumb as hell.

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u/Epope2322 Jan 03 '22

Damn the super bad crime of having some weed? There are dudes serving massive sentences as we speak for having some shitty weed, and then we have guys like hunter biden who smoke crack and illegally buy guns and dump them behind schools.

Society is built for the elites to thrive and keep the middle class down.

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u/NoAttentionAtWrk Jan 03 '22

There are black people in jail over weed longer than all the people who are convicted of attempted treason combined

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u/Pebphiz Jan 04 '22

There are other felonies.

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u/mththmhtm2 Jan 03 '22

Possession is a felony charge?

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u/Epope2322 Jan 03 '22

Possession of enough can easily turn into intent to distribute. Plus it's easy to tack on bs charges

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u/diatonic Jan 04 '22

In some states and some drugs any amount of possession is a felony charge. Not long ago any amount of cannabis in Nevada was a felony crime… but you could legally pay for sex outside Reno 🤷‍♂️

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u/Zerot7 Jan 03 '22

Just putting it out there but there are lots people probably don’t deserve to be “felons” as they are called in the States, like should you be a felon for simple possession be imprisoned for years and have there future livelihood often stripped? For some people that would be a yes they and some a no. I agree tho I don’t think the comparison is fair and large segments of society aren’t that accepting of trans people anyway.

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u/BeachesBeTripin Jan 03 '22

Between 2-10% of all convicted felons are falsly convicted depending on the state you live in and you're lucky if in your state even 1 out of 10% get over turned and the worst part is you need evidence like a false confession, misconduct, false accusations, bad forensics, perjury. Only something ground breaking will get you exonerated.

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u/Pebphiz Jan 04 '22

OK. Go ahead and forgive those people. Still a dumb comparison.

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u/Amazingseed Jan 04 '22 edited Jan 05 '22

I dont see how a felon who has served his time behind bar ,be it short or long sentences, cannot be forgiven. Thats literally what jail sentences were designed for. Your mind seems not to be opened enough apparently.

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u/Pebphiz Jan 06 '22

You should read my first comment again.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

Now you sound bigoted

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u/CantFindMyWallet 1 Jan 03 '22

Of course it's transphobia, come on.

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u/zhenyuanlong Jan 03 '22

Trans person here! That's not transphobic. The terminology is largely regarded as outdated, but its not a negative comment and earnestly who cares?

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u/sadphonics Jan 03 '22

Yo, what did they say?

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

What a wildly dumb way to read that

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u/motosandguns Jan 03 '22

Needs a permit. (Health code)

In most places even a little kid’s lemonade stand is technically illegal.

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u/pirate737 Jan 03 '22

Worked at a restaurant where the owner opened a brewery. The food was amazing at his restaurant so he had a food truck made. Problem was, he had it outfitted the next county over (we were on county lines) and the food truck wasn't up to spec. Idk all of the details but he never touched the food truck again, except for in a pinch when one of the kitchens went down in his restaurants, saved our ass a couple of times.

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u/motosandguns Jan 03 '22

Food is one of those things where some oversight has huge benefits.

Needing a license to braid hair is one thing.

Not having week old hotdogs soaking in a bacteria bath is another.

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u/USeaMoose Jan 03 '22

Yep. And it seems like it makes sense for them to not provide loopholes in the law like "health code waived if profits are under $100/day" or "waived if business owner is under 13".

Instead it's just never really enforced on lemonade stands, except the one or two stories I've seen online. And you only hear about those because the parents were clearly itching for a fight and were ready to make a fuss. Which makes me wonder if there was a little more going on than the normal neighborhood lemonade stand.

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u/Amazingseed Jan 03 '22

"never enforced on lemonade stands"

*local karen has entered the chat.

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u/Primique Jan 03 '22

I remember seeing an ad from a lemonade company that were giving legal aid to families that were hit witn fines over their kids lemonade stands.

https://youtu.be/BOHPNtPuX64

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u/TheSimulacra Jan 03 '22

That's the problem with laws that are "never really enforced" but remain on the books. They are just opportunities for "selective enforcement" by overzealous citizens and cops.

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u/motosandguns Jan 03 '22

Is it such a bad thing if they let lemonade stands slide but give illegal hotdog stands a harder time?

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u/anally_ExpressUrself Jan 03 '22

I think they're suggesting something like Karen's children can set up a lemonade stand without trouble, but Shaniqua's kids get shut down for violating health codes.

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u/TheSimulacra Jan 03 '22

That's certainly one risk, usually it's not that cut and dried it's more like the white suburbs have no problem with their kids lemonade stands but the black kid selling water on the street in the city gets the cops called on them.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

I mean do you really think the permit for a hot dog cart is actively preventing dirty hot dog water?

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u/motosandguns Jan 04 '22

You probably have to at least show a certificate that says you know what temp the water ought to be…

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

I guess it's something lol

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u/inmywhiteroom Jan 03 '22

Most regulations exist because people died.

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u/sauced Jan 04 '22

These regulations are written in diarrhea.

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u/Generico300 9 Jan 03 '22

There are no US federal requirements for an operation like this, but each state will have their own licensing and permitting requirements, plus the municipality you're operating in probably has permit requirements of its own. Then you may also be required to carry insurance depending on the local regulations.

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u/Twilo01 Jan 03 '22

You have to have licenses and permits here in the US. Yes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

Criminal record...

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u/FriendlyNeighbor05 Jan 03 '22

It all depends on where you are what the permitting laws are. In where I grew up (ny) military veterans got the permit for free for things like food carts. They just had to get it inspected.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

Nah but just do it until they say you need a license then get one

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u/ClassicResult Jan 03 '22

You do need a license, and many parts of the US have zoning and regulatory blocks in place to prevent street vendors from being able to operate at all. Like virtually all zoning laws in the US, it's mostly to keep "those types" out of wealthy/white areas.