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  1. Comment on What are your thoughts on social nudity? in ~talk

    zay
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    I can't speak for other jurisdictions, but in the UK absolutely not. There needs to be an intention to create alarm or distress for a charge of indecent exposure - in general, simple naturism...
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    Is simple nudity the same as indecent exposure?

    I can't speak for other jurisdictions, but in the UK absolutely not. There needs to be an intention to create alarm or distress for a charge of indecent exposure - in general, simple naturism (public nudity) isn't enough to qualify as indecent exposure.

     

    https://www.stuartmillersolicitors.co.uk/guide-indecent-exposure-laws-uk/

    Indecent exposure is defined in the Sexual Offences Act 2003. It is an offence for a person to intentionally expose their genitals with the intention for someone to see them and be alarmed or distressed. This is the main indecent exposure offence.

    The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has published guidelines on how they deal with cases of naturism and nudity in public. Naturism is the practice of incorporating nudity into one’s everyday life. In these instances, prosecutors will seek to balance the ‘right to freedom of expression and the right of the wider public to be protected from harassment, alarm and distress.’ In other words, the prosecutors will look for any indications of a sexual nature in the nudity or where there was any intention to cause alarm or distress. If these are absent, they could take no action against the nudist unless there was actual alarm or distress caused.

     

    Examples of indecent exposure

    • It will be indecent exposure if a person walks around ‘flashing’ their genitals in public to random strangers
    • Streaking at a football game may qualify as indecent exposure
    • Masturbating in public will be a serious case of indecent exposure
    • It will not be indecent exposure if someone sees a person urinating in public, but the perpetrator thought they were hidden from view
    • It will not be indecent exposure if a person exposes their genitals accidentally

    I realise things are different in the USA, and in some states I've heard of people being charged with indecent exposure simply for public urination.

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  2. Comment on Which theme are you defaulting to? I'm loving Atom One Dark. in ~tildes

    zay
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    I've been using this (with a few modifications) since I first joined, and it's by far my favourite theme. Thanks a lot!

    I've been using this (with a few modifications) since I first joined, and it's by far my favourite theme. Thanks a lot!

    3 votes

  3. Comment on What was your favorite older social media site/app? What did you like or dislike? in ~tech

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    Not a website or app, but Echomail (fidonet) in the 1980s and early '90s. Since I started reading Tildes I've noticed a lot of people say it reminds them of "old school web forums" but personally...

    Not a website or app, but Echomail (fidonet) in the 1980s and early '90s. Since I started reading Tildes I've noticed a lot of people say it reminds them of "old school web forums" but personally I don't see it, neither in aesthetics or culture do I see a similarity. What I do find Tildes reminiscent of is Fidonet, or usenet at its calmest, least argumentative.

    Usenet. I've never been a heavy sleeper, so I'd go about normal life during the day: studying/working, spending time with my partner and friends etc, but overnight when everyone else slept I'd then download that days posts to the usenet groups I subscribed to and spend a few hours reading—and even occasionally posting.

    The DVD Forums - A website and forum that ran from the year 2000 to 2022 (although I only used it for the first couple of years) that contained news and discussion of DVDs, back in the early-ish days of the format when it was new and interesting, and to compare releases (eg region x was a "flipper" (double sided disc that needed to be flipped over halfway through), region y came in a super jewel case, or a snap case etc).

    5 votes

  4. Comment on Reddit appears to be down during blackout day 1 in ~tech

    zay
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    Request a copy of your data here and you'll receive an archive with a number of csv files that contain your posts, comments, and saved comments/posts. Shreddit also has an option to save your...

    I am not deleting my account until I have the opportunity to pull some of my better commentary off the site for saving.
    That'll be a slog but I know I will regret not trying.

    Request a copy of your data here and you'll receive an archive with a number of csv files that contain your posts, comments, and saved comments/posts.

    Shreddit also has an option to save your comments/posts to disk as json files before deleting them, but the fork I use seems to have been removed from github and I think the original is currently broken.

    5 votes