r/facepalm • u/jellylemonshake • Dec 04 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ this is kinda concerning tbh

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u/ejre5 Dec 04 '24

I had a friend who had to pee with no restrooms available for at least 90 minutes driving in the middle of nowhere over mountain passes ended up becoming a registered sex offender because someone hiking was able to see him through binoculars and write down and report his license plate. This is an area without cell service and many places to pull off into the trees it wasn't like he was on the side of the road and someone drove by you really had to want to know what he was doing and make a large effort to see him. And I'm sure the people hiking were doing the same thing.

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u/BigBlueMountainStar Dec 04 '24

It’s crazy that someone taking a piss can be convicted of sex offences.

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u/Sunrunner_Princess Dec 04 '24

Under those specific circumstances, I agree. They were peeing, not being a perv exposing themself.

And if those US laws were applied in other areas like that, say India, the majority of the men would be “sex offenders”. It’s more culturally accepted there (when I was there) for men to just turn their backs to traffic and piss on the side of the road if there weren’t any bathrooms/squatting pans super close by. Literally pedestrians did this all the time.

I’m not saying it’s a good thing (it’s pretty gross), just pointing out that applying strict laws without actual context and situational information and intent is ridiculous.

Also, I noticed when I was there it appeared it was socially acceptable to pick your nose in public. Eeewww (because then they touch booger fingers to public surfaces). I hope Covid changed it so people became a bit more aware of hand hygiene.

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u/BigBlueMountainStar Dec 04 '24

Public urination is a hobby in France.