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Out of the Blue
[May 07, 2025, 11:58 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

CNN reports on the impact of today's deadline that requires U.S. domestic air travelers to present REAL ID-compliant identification. I find it weird that this is surprising anyone, as the REAL ID act was passed in 2005 and the original deadline for new ID was 2008. But 20 years(!) after it was mandated, and 17 years after it was first supposed to take effect, this is still catching people off guard.

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Re: OotB: For REAL?
May 7, 2025, 17:22

Jivaro

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Re: OotB: For REAL? May 7, 2025, 17:22

May 7, 2025, 17:22

Jivaro

Americans just don't give a shit until it's too late...and then they blame everybody else. It's our culture. The real way to roll something like this out is to give no notice, make it due in 24 hours (or something similarly ridiculous), and then just use scary words when you extend the deadline a bit...until it's done. You will get lots of "How dare they!" in social media...but that doesn't cause any blowback in terms of reality, so who cares. You can't "early bird gets the worm" in the US. Nobody cares. It's why I have been comparing 2000s+ America to 1980s-90s Russia. Same general "fuck that, fuck you, fuck whatever" attitude paired with "I blame everyone but myself" personalities.

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Out of the Blue [May 07, 2025, 11:58 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

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