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What are some things you're legally permitted to do, but you shouldn't

14d 22h ago by lemmy.ca/u/FreshParsnip in shittyasklemmy@lemmy.ml

Get two kiddie pools and set them up in your front yard, fill them and get in one with a friend in the other. Have the barnie "I love you" song on repeat for hours on end as you both toss raw hotdogs at each other. Each time you get hit you say "damn, I got raw dogged again" just loud enough to be heard by the neighbors.

Sure it's legal, but you're wasting hotdogs.

Exactly what I was thinking.

pee your pants

maybe you, but if i pee op's pants, i'm pretty sure i would be in legal trouble

Not if you ask for, and receive, consent first.

Drive and I'm not the only one.

Have an untreated mental illness. My working definition of mental illness is any behavior that's not illegal, but nevertheless risks one losing their freedom.

I believe I have a unique perspective because I got a doctorate in pharmacy and went years in denial that I needed mental healthcare. The older generations saw it as a stigma, but I finally realized it's more akin to taking advantage of biotechnology. We're superintelligent apes whose culture has allowed radical progress, but evolution hasn't had time to shape mood regulation to the same degree.

It was easier for me because I knew how to advocate for myself with my psychiatrist, but that's a learnable skill. Always give your system time to adapt to any new med, since by definition you don't want to feel the same way. But if a med doesn't feel right for you, discussing why with your psychiatrist can help them prescribe an alternative that may suit you better. There are so many generic meds (never get brand only meds if you can help it) that it's likely you'll be able to eventually find the right one(s) for your unique biology.

Eventually pharmacogenomics will progress far enough that we won't need this guess and check 💩 system, and we can actually use big data to our advantage rather than just for advertisers, etc.

Electing dictators.

Listen to the new Jonas Brothers Podcast.

I can vouch for firing everyone who's ineffective under my management. But then they will need to search for work