brotkelΒ kbin.social3Hide 3 repliesYou know they had to add the $200 fine afterwards because the instant death part wasn't enough of a deterrent for some people.61Reply
EEvolvedTurtleΒ replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyYeah at this point $200 for instant death is too expensive12Reply
LLetstakealookΒ replylemm.eeSounds like the Futurama suicide booth. I mean, what's 2 bills matter? Can't take it with you.4Reply
empireOfLoveΒ lemmy.one6Hide 6 replies$200 fine for TRYING to touch the wires. If they catch you. IF you do make it all the way to the wires, it's a self-solving problem.45Reply
XXTornadoΒ replylemmy.mlFor the cleanup at least... But that's what the family and friends are for no?4Reply
skulblakaΒ replykbin.socialThey very well might just bill your next of kin about it. Or it will be taken out of estate value first. If you're broke, die, and have no immediate family? You get out scot free.6Reply
RRagingRobotΒ lemmy.worldThey should put up a gate around it that doesn't open until you pay the $200 fine to insure that they get the fine before the death happens21Reply
TTorJanssonΒ lemm.eeEh whot only a $1 bill showing, cough up some real cash or it's back on the wire, bub8Reply
ObiniceΒ lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesNewcastle wouldn't be issuing fines in anything but pound sterling :P1Reply
TheSaneWriterΒ replylemmy.thesanewriter.com1Hide 1 replyMaybe it's Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia? They would be using Australian dollars, with $ as the currency symbol.8Reply
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You know they had to add the $200 fine afterwards because the instant death part wasn't enough of a deterrent for some people.
Yeah at this point $200 for instant death is too expensive
Sounds like the Futurama suicide booth. I mean, what's 2 bills matter? Can't take it with you.
$200 fine for TRYING to touch the wires. If they catch you.
IF you do make it all the way to the wires, it's a self-solving problem.
You are right but we are being silly though
For the cleanup at least... But that's what the family and friends are for no?
Make sure your wallet is empty
They very well might just bill your next of kin about it. Or it will be taken out of estate value first.
If you're broke, die, and have no immediate family? You get out scot free.
Theymake a claim against your estate.
They should put up a gate around it that doesn't open until you pay the $200 fine to insure that they get the fine before the death happens
Crimes punishable by fines are only crimes for poor people.
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Eh whot only a $1 bill showing, cough up some real cash or it's back on the wire, bub
I like the bones and skull graphic, makes it so much more ominous
Newcastle wouldn't be issuing fines in anything but pound sterling :P
Maybe it's Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia? They would be using Australian dollars, with $ as the currency symbol.
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