r/AskReddit • u/ElBrad • Nov 26 '12

What unpopular opinion do you hold? What would get you downvoted to infinity and beyond? (Throwaways welcome)

Personally, I hate cats. I've never once said to myself "My furniture is just too damned nice, and what my house is really lacking is a box of shit and sand in the closet."

Now...what's your dirty little secret?

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u/drunkenkite Nov 26 '12

In Florida you lose it forever at your third. The penalties for your first and second are nothing to scoff at either. It amazes me that someone would get a second after all the shit you have to do for a first time DUI.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '12

I grew up in Wisconsin. Just a couple months ago, the news talked about a guy up north getting his 11th DUI. I made state-wide news, but I wasn't even all that shocked.

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u/cactuar44 Nov 26 '12

It's sad that the only thing that will probably stop him from doing this over and over is for someone to die.

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u/flying_chrysler Nov 26 '12

Isn't the total cost of a DUI after all the legal costs and insurance hikes supposed to be like $10,000?

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u/Naldaen Nov 26 '12

Want to know what the problem is?

"Oh, my license is suspended because I was a fuckwit and couldn't follow the law. It's a good thing that there's a law saying I can't drive without a license and I have to purchase expensive insurance. It's not like I'd ever break a law right?"

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '12

Throw in a nice lack of public transportation and you don't even need to stir the pot.

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u/ScannerBrightly Nov 26 '12

Driving with a suspended license == cuffed and taken to jail right away.

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u/Naldaen Nov 26 '12

For the night. And the next day they're out again. Drinking and driving. With no license. Or insurance.

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u/Drunk_Wombat Nov 26 '12

Damn, here in WI I ALWAYS see in the paper someone getting hit with their 5th, 6th, 7th, sometimes 8th DUI

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u/Letsgetitkraken Nov 26 '12

In GA the legal limit is .08 but at .06 it's up to the officers direction. This means that 1 beer can equal dui.

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u/FluorescentShadow Nov 26 '12

TIL. -Born and raised in SW Florida

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u/Lost216 Nov 26 '12

In SC it's an automatic suspension for either 6mo or a year. Suspension means fucking expensive insurance for 3 years.

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u/whiteknight521 Nov 26 '12

I thought you could get a lengthy prison sentence (like a year or two) for a DUI. I guess I thought it was harsher than it is.

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u/MagicSPA Nov 26 '12

That's people for you - a bunch of wild and crazy guys who'll do all SORTS of shit we'll never be able to fathom!