r/dankmemes • u/Left-Twix420 ☣️ • Mar 01 '23

I am probably an intellectual or something With regulations I don’t see the issue

Post image
47.6k Upvotes

79% Upvoted

1.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

609

u/nicedreanei Mar 01 '23

Sex is legal. Selling is legal. Why the fuck selling sex is illegal. - George Carlin

73

u/like25njas Mar 01 '23

Selling is not always legal. Gotcha 🤓

15

u/Yadobler 🍄 Mar 01 '23

Reminds me of chewing gum.

Legal to chew in Singapore. But illegal to buy, sell, manufacture, import and export

(ignoring nicotine gum that is medically prescribed)

1

u/ujtheghost Mar 02 '23

You can't eat chewing gum in Singapore? Wow, wonder why would they ban it.

1

u/Yadobler 🍄 Mar 02 '23

Folks kept sticking them onto train doors, blocking the sensors, and also on walls of public housing blocks, and they are a pain to clean

So yeah. Banned. A reporter asked if this would stifle creativity, and the benevolent dictator replied, "if you can't think without chewing, then chew a banana"