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Mildly Interesting

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cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/5646817

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The original was posted on /r/mildlyinteresting by /u/MaddieGator on 2025-04-14 05:52:34+00:00.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Best thing about these ultra specific rules is that there had to be someone who did it before the rule was in place.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

I would assume people might do it with broken condoms to complain.

[–] argh_another_username 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So, returning in person is OK.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Specific rules are a response to specific events.

Just like the “Do not throw mice at coworkers” disclaimer on boxes for Dell computers way back when.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Elephants are not allowed to walk free in the streets of Chicago, and barbers are not allowed to consume a bottle of Jack Daniels before going to work. I assume a bottle of anything else is fine.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

I feel like if there was a venn diagram, the circles for "Would send a condom back to the manufacturer in the mail" and "Would read the instructions on the box" wouldn't touch at all.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

All rules are written in blood.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

No thanks, I already ate

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Better to say some things once too often than the other way around though 😂

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Just boiling up some loosies:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

This suggests that this has happened often enough that they felt it necessary to specify this.