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Anyolduser
Because Californians love writing laws as a knee jerk reaction to the crime de jour.
Some pearl-clutching local will go to their state legislature and demand that WiFi jamming be banned despite the fact that the FCC is all over that shit. They keep passing redundant gun control laws in the same way for the same reasons.
Ampersand is another good example. “&” was considered the last letter of the alphabet for a while. Schoolchildren would recite the alphabet and finish it with the phrase “and, per se and” (“and, meaning and”).
The words got mashed together over time and the word “ampersand” was born.
I’ve been seeing Everett True beat people senseless for months now. It’s kind of nice seeing him get a taste of his own medicine.
What’s all the fuss about? Who hasn’t butt-chugged a pitcher of margaritas at a Mexican restaurant?
Nobody else? Just me and the lady in the article?