Things That Feel Illegal but Aren't.

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The_Guess_WTF
03/19/2025
06:11 PM
#1
Do you ever do something totally legal but it just feels like youre committing a crime? Walking out of a store without buying anything? Pumping gas after paying with cash? Taking two free samples instead of one?

Lets hear the weirdest things that give you that 'I swear I didnt do anything wrong' feeling.
GameReviews
03/19/2025
06:12 PM
#2
Test driving a car with no intent to buy one.
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SinisterSlay
03/19/2025
06:18 PM
#3
GameReviews posted...
Test driving a car with no intent to buy one.
Done this a lot. Never felt guilty. Lol

Doing 200kph on my sled, which may actually be illegal but no one ever catches you so it's fine.
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dedbus
03/19/2025
06:44 PM
#4
From other accounts, being male and watching your kids at the park.

Hands in your pockets at a store. Was taught people might find it suspicious. Kinda lax on it now given the climate on retail theft has been.

Letting the door close on someone whose behind you and not quite close or far away enough to judge if you should hold the door.

Being in some upscale or hipster restaurant. Am I trespassing?

Taking the last snack. You know they wanted it no matter how much they protest.
MICHALECOLE
03/19/2025
06:52 PM
#5
Participating in an insurrection
BADoglick
03/19/2025
07:13 PM
#6
Reposting ask reddit questions on gamefaqs
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TimeForAction
03/19/2025
07:19 PM
#7
SinisterSlay posted...
Done this a lot. Never felt guilty. Lol

Doing 200kph on my sled, which may actually be illegal but no one ever catches you so it's fine.

ive gone to Open Houses in my neighborhood just to check them out.
TimeForAction
03/19/2025
07:20 PM
#8
Also if theres a new release book that has a long wait list at the library my wife will just buy it from target, read it in a week and then return it.
captpackrat
03/19/2025
07:23 PM
#9
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Glob
03/19/2025
07:51 PM
#10
Not feels illegal, but I always feel like a dick if I have to correct somebody who assumes my title is Mr. I dont bother doing it with day to day stuff but when dealing with anything official to do with HR or immigration or whatever, I have to make sure its accurate and I always feel like guilty for insisting on Dr, despite having earned it.
GameReviews
03/19/2025
08:52 PM
#11
Glob posted...
Not feels illegal, but I always feel like a dick if I have to correct somebody who assumes my title is Mr. I dont bother doing it with day to day stuff but when dealing with anything official to do with HR or immigration or whatever, I have to make sure its accurate and I always feel like guilty for insisting on Dr, despite having earned it.
This is illegal though, and also being a dick.
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ParanoidObsessive
03/19/2025
09:01 PM
#12
The_Guess_WTF posted...
Do you ever do something totally legal but it just feels like youre committing a crime?

I wouldn't say this feels like being "illegal", but I do think it falls under the umbrella of feeling like you're being judged. Mainly because it comes across like you're more likely to be shoplifting, so you're more worried about someone stopping you on the way out.
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Glob
03/19/2025
09:02 PM
#13
GameReviews posted...
This is illegal though, and also being a dick.

What?
Skitchin
03/19/2025
09:10 PM
#14
At McDonalds you know how the drive thru's now start as 2 lanes to order than 1 to pick up? There was 2 cars in the left one, went in the right lane said I was pickin up an order from the app, and proceeded to drive ahead of the 2 cars.
SinisterSlay
03/19/2025
09:13 PM
#15
Skitchin posted...
At McDonalds you know how the drive thru's now start as 2 lanes to order than 1 to pick up? There was 2 cars in the left one, went in the right lane said I was pickin up an order from the app, and proceeded to drive ahead of the 2 cars.
Nah, better trick...
When you get to the first window, offer to pay for the guy behind you.
When you get to the second window, take both orders.
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shadowsword87
03/19/2025
09:45 PM
#16
Under 47 U.S. Code 605, it is legal to capture unencrypted downlink communications from satellites.
Which having the reception dish pointing at a satellite and just reading data feels real weird.
JOExHIGASHI
03/19/2025
09:51 PM
#17
walking inside a house with shoes on
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Lokarin
03/19/2025
09:54 PM
#18
Assisting a foreign power commit crimes against humanity
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Nade_Duck
03/19/2025
10:05 PM
#19
farting in a crowded elevator
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Snake
03/19/2025
10:25 PM
#20
Using a VPN to stream content blocked in my country. Low level hackers we are.
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JixHedgehog
03/19/2025
10:28 PM
#21
Driving with the cabin light on
Salrite
03/20/2025
12:06 AM
#22
dedbus posted...
From other accounts, being male and watching your kids at the park.

Sad but true. I went with my niece and nephew to Legoland once when they were little and was playing with them in the play area not thinking anything of it, having a great time. Then after the fact feeling like I probably got a lot of suspicious looks.
Glob
03/20/2025
01:38 AM
#23
Snake posted...
Using a VPN to stream content blocked in my country. Low level hackers we are.

See, I dont feel guilty about this sort of thing.

Theres no physical media presence here, no Amazon, no NowTV, no Disney+, No AppleTV, etc.

If its not on Netflix, it might as well not exist. There are two ways round this: piracy or VPNs. I dont mind paying for my content, but if theres no legitimate means to do so then I dont think anybody should feel guilty for resorting to less honest means.
Glob
03/20/2025
01:40 AM
#24
Salrite posted...
Sad but true. I went with my niece and nephew to Legoland once when they were little and was playing with them in the play area not thinking anything of it, having a great time. Then after the fact feeling like I probably got a lot of suspicious looks.

As a primary school teacher, Ive had to call the police before because a random member of the public couldnt accept that the reason myself and another male colleague had a bunch of young kids with us was because we were their teachers and were on a school trip.
Lokarin
03/20/2025
05:41 AM
#25
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/commerce-secretary-lutnick-urges-fox-news-viewers-to-buy-tesla-stock-elon-musk-is-probably-the-best-person-to-bet-on/

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hockey7318
03/20/2025
06:13 AM
#26
Nade_Duck posted...
farting in a crowded elevator
Came here to say this. Mostly because the fart topic put farts on the brain apparently.
Blue_Thunder
03/20/2025
07:58 AM
#27
Throwing away unexpired food.
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slacker03150
03/20/2025
08:18 AM
#28
Participating in a kink community.
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Blue_Thunder
03/20/2025
08:53 AM
#29
slacker03150 posted...
Participating in a kink community.

To me it depends on the kink. Most are generally harmless.
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KJ_StErOiDs
03/20/2025
09:02 AM
#30
Buying into the crypto/stock markets.
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adjl
03/20/2025
10:05 AM
#31
Glob posted...
I dont mind paying for my content, but if theres no legitimate means to do so then I dont think anybody should feel guilty for resorting to less honest means.

Indeed. There's always some room to question whether or not there's anything wrong with piracy in the first place, but when the content in question isn't available for sale in any capacity and therefore it's not even possible to pay for it legitimately? There's absolutely no harm there, aside from the much broader "if you're pirating this content then you're not buying different content," but that mentality would paint every free leisure activity as being piracy-adjacent and is therefore insane.
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slacker03150
03/20/2025
01:10 PM
#32
Blue_Thunder posted...
To me it depends on the kink. Most are generally harmless.
As long as it is between informed consenting adults I'm fine with whatever their kink is. The guy who amputated his arm just for his kink was a little weird, but hey it's his life. But some of them can feel pretty illegal even if you know they aren't.
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Muscles
03/20/2025
02:30 PM
#33
Illegal things when no one is looking
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Salrite
03/20/2025
02:54 PM
#34
hockey7318 posted...
Came here to say this. Mostly because the fart topic put farts on the brain apparently.

If everyone's laughing, it ain't a crime, it's comedy!

slacker03150 posted...
As long as it is between informed consenting adults I'm fine with whatever their kink is. The guy who amputated his arm just for his kink was a little weird, but hey it's his life. But some of them can feel pretty illegal even if you know they aren't.

Yeah, most are benign but there comes a point where even with two consenting adults, it feels exploitative. NTR or any other kink that victimizes one party is really just preying on their insecurities and mental issues. Roleplay is one thing, and a little physical pain doesn't hurt when kept in moderation, but that mental manipulation I believe is a sign of an abusive relationship.
KalloFox34
03/20/2025
03:05 PM
#35
The cashiers telling me I don't have to pay for the fountain drinks at Speedway.
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dj1200
04/04/2025
03:29 PM
#36
A person over 29 dating a teenager who is of legal age.
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bachewychomp
04/04/2025
03:36 PM
#37
BADoglick posted...
Reposting ask reddit questions on gamefaqs

Muscles
04/04/2025
04:16 PM
#38
dj1200 posted...
A person over 29 dating a teenager who is of legal age.
What's wrong with that? I don't personally go for adult teenagers but I wouldn't necessarily write someone off just because they are 19. I most likely will never date an adult teenager but that's not because of their age and more of their maturity/personality.
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KJ_StErOiDs
04/04/2025
04:46 PM
#39
Moving a cat when its nestled in your seat.
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