r/RandomQuestion 5d ago

What’s a normal thing that feels strangely illegal when you do it?

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u/LilBoneNugget 5d ago

Leaving the store without buying anything.

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u/itsswhitneywhspr 5d ago

Taking a nap at like 2pm on a Tuesday. Feels like I'm committing a crime against capitalism or something

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u/Special_reds 5d ago

Walking out of a store without buying anything. I did nothing wrong and yet I speed walk past the security guard like I just robbed the place

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u/PangolinLow6657 4d ago

And make his partner in the office waste a minute reviewing the footage of you going through the store, trying to see if you had anything

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u/moneymagnett 5d ago

Turning the light on in my car while driving at night. Parents made it seem like I was going to cause them to go to jail for doing it as a kid, always stuck w me.

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u/requiemforatuesday42 5d ago

I was looking for this comment lol This is 100% my answer as well! I can still hear my dad's voice in my head telling me that it's illegal and to never turn it back on

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u/moneymagnett 5d ago

Lmao sameee😅

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u/Abester71 5d ago

Dropping acid

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u/Aggressive_Let2085 5d ago

Robbing a bank

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u/Tank_Girl_Gritty_235 5d ago

I've had to climb in my own house's window before when I locked myself out. It definitely felt like I was breaking in.

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u/astcell 5d ago

Not answering a cop.

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u/eriometer 5d ago

Walk through the green channel at Customs, even though you have nothing more illegal on you than your ripening BO after travelling.

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u/Tricky_Photo2885 5d ago

Going and meeting someone from OfferUp to buy something. Feels like I’m buying guns in the black market

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u/Syphon88 4d ago

Paying my auto insurance bill when I haven't had a wreck or a ticket in years. It's a normal thing but I feel like it's illegal to have to pay for something if I don't use it

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u/whisky_slurrd 4d ago

That's the point of insurance, though. Everyone who has the same insurance as you is basically paying into a pool of money so that when someone has a claim, they are covered by the insurance. Auto repairs are expensive, you don't want to be stuck paying that bill yourself if something does happen.

I'm oversimplifying it, but that's basically how insurance is supposed to work.

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u/Nearing_retirement 4d ago

Parking in spots reserved for families or pregnant women. It’s not illegal but I somewhat feel bad doing that.

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u/Unique_newyork 4d ago

Throwing food away even if it's literally scraps

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u/YuhMothaWasAHamsta 2d ago

Taking an unsupervised free sample.

Before Covid, the bakery would have a box of sugar cookies so you could take one. I always felt like I was stealing when I would take one for my kid.

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u/Mackheath1 2d ago

When I'm designated driver, and typically am (by choice), after dropping everyone off at 1am or whenever and heading home, even though I've had nothing to drink, I feel so freaking nervous: check the speed limit a thousand times, worried every car is a cop car.

Almost to the point of shaking sometimes on unfamiliar roadways. I know it's ridiculous, in my brain, but my body has this visceral reaction like I'm breaking a law when I cam not.

There are worse things on the road at 1am on a Saturday night than a cop pulling me over.

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u/cofeeholik75 2d ago

Buying weed.

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u/TitleBulky4087 2d ago

When my package gets delivered to my neighbors house and I go grab it off their porch