Spyke
lemmy.world

The qr code is just a text string. It says "1,000,000". Fucking amazing.

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GBU_28reply
lemm.ee

Leaving is fine. Returning? Hah.

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TheFriarreply
lemm.ee

I mean, that shit won’t get him into any country. So leaving may not be the problem but you gotta arrive somewhere. Unless his plane just circles over the Atlantic Ocean until it runs out of fuel and plummets into the water.

Although, leaving might also be a problem. You gotta show ID to get on any plane. The first time it comes out, he’s probably getting detained at O’hare.

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Hugh? You can drive into Mexico and they just ask you where you're headed.

If you're unlucky they do the whole song and dance but you can easily just leave.

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lemmy.world

Oh, really? I bet if he leaves the borders of the US at all he carries a real passport. No customs officer will put up with this. They have zero sense of humor when it comes to documents.

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lemmy.ca

I want to see some stories of people who have tried to travel internationally with these.

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lemmy.world

they're out there. the guy that sells them has been arrested like 36 times for trying to cross borders with them.

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GBU_28reply
lemm.ee

Probably cause it's not a forgery/falsified doc. It's just pretend scribbles?

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GBU_28reply
lemm.ee

I guess that's true. But if I sold you a license to perform spells and incantations, and you obviously never successfully do, is that fraud?

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lemmy.world

It's considered a "fantasy document" alongside the "World Government Passport"

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"so anyways, we put him in a small interrogation room then just fucking left him there! Long weekend my dude. "

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brianreply
sh.itjust.works

Also the fact that "title" is the only one not capitalized is amusing to me

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Those are two different people. One is a man and the other is a woman, for one.

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lemmy.world

I'll bet that looks real good in his wallet tucked next to the "get out of jail free" card

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lemmy.world

My favorite part is trying to pass off this super official looking /s card with this lame ass cell-phone photo in a zipper jacket lmao

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lemmy.world

Is that the Bundesadler top middle?! wtf xD

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Whoever did this ID literally just put random shit from a Google images search on it

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lemmy.world

I like how he wanted people to know his birthday, just not how old he is

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lemm.ee

It feels like they would be fucked if these worked. The US is not good to non-citizens.

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Makeitstopreply
lemmy.world

Oh it's much worse than that.

Imagine if this worked, and people could just exempt themselves from the law by carrying a card that says "diplomatic immunity" on it. Everyone would do it, you'd be crazy not to, even if you weren't planning on committing crimes, just to prevent the possibility of a (potentially unjust) arrest or conviction.

And once everyone is above the law, you basically have The Purge, which devolves to more of an Escape From New York kind of vibe, before finally landing in Mad Max territory.

Or, alternatively, we recognize that the card works just as well for the authorities, who can't be charged with anything for ignoring your diplomatic immunity.

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"Diplomatic immunity!"

"You heard 'em. Cut off their access to public services while we arrange transport to their homeland of... Oh! Heaven! Hey! Have Phil get the cannon ready!"

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ironically, the state of Texas is trying this "no, laws don't mean anything' tactic with the supreme court right now.

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It might even encourage people to commit crime. I know I'd use it to tape Monday Night Football without the expressed written consent of ESPN and the National Football League.

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Back when I worked in retail someone tried to get a credit card with a fake "gov" ID. We called the cops. A detective showed up real quick and confiscated the ID while interrogating the guy.

Tried to get the "provider" out of him and cut him loose. Told us someone has been peddling the IDs and they were on it.

That was 20 years ago let alone now. So ymmv on that side hustle.

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Mamertinereply
lemmy.world

I'd check with a lawyer before opening shop. I suspect there's no law against this, but it may fall under a genetic defrauding the mentally impared.

You know it's just a matter of time before someone sells you out to get a plea deal.

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Maalusreply
lemmy.world

You don't think there is a law about fake IDs?

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What's fake about it?

Additionally, it's not a real id. Legally it's a novelty.

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There is no actual ID this is trying to imitate. That would be like saying corporate ID badges are illegal.

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lemmy.world

These people can't be this braindead. It doesn't take a genius to understand that countries have to also recognize their political status to make it real in any way other in than their minds.

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lemmy.world

Is this just an America thing?

Only found out about it recently and it just seems bonkers, like in what state of mind do you have to be to think you can just wish away the laws of the country.

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jochemreply
lemmy.ml

It's also a thing in other countries. In the Netherlands there recently was a news article about someone who got financially ruined because she and her husband stopped paying taxes and rent because they claimed to be sovereign.

Probably imported the idea from the US, where it's much more visible.

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These morons have their own international online echo chambers where they convince each other this shit really works. At least until they find out it doesn't and that is when they direct their anger towards the state for somehow setting them up.

It's the same pattern we see in cults, conspiracies, religion and Apple fans. If there is a way not to be confronted with the truth, different beliefs or just simple opposition, their ideal version of reality will take hold and solidify.

It's a dangerous pattern that will only lead to more social unrest if we're not careful about it.

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lemmy.world

Nation states are a figment of our imaginations. There is no American particle or German substance. Sovereign citizen are just a low budget version of that particular game of make believe.

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Sure but the point is that for the American one to exist outside of its own little game, the German figment has to agree that it exists too.

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Bro, this shit doesn't even work for white people.

You got no chance.

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lemmy.world

Where does one report the loss of the card? Or to who?

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feddit.nl

The only thing sadder than this is that he definitely paid for it. I normally don't like grifters, but these dumbasses don't believe in the jurisdiction of the institution backing the money anyway, so I don't see any harm in someone making bank selling them.

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The funny thing about this is that if this were a real thing, the issuing agency would necessarily possess all of this person's precious bodily fluids personal information.

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That eagle hologram on the top looks suspiciously German. Going through the versions the most like likely (wing shape, size of tail, various details) seems to be the kleines Bundessiegel, small federal seal, this one.

So tough luck, this is actually a personell identification card of the limited liability company making up the German federal level.

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kbin.social

he's a Foreign American National Diplomatic Operations Specialist with diplomatic immunity.. you'd be surprised how many of those there are running around the Greater Chicagoland area..

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EXEMPT from corporate UNITED STATES and the political subdivision federal jurisdictions

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