What you moronic dont understand is what he is doing is illegal, he has no right to gain entry at all and all he is doing is trying to dupe morons like you who despite having the internet at your finger tips, cannot even learn how to use it to find information for any sort of scenario.
i.e UK law, baliffs powers etc
You cant even get a high court bailiff summons for an unpaid TV licence.
There is no way that a tv licence enforcer is allowed to creep through your window, even if they have a warrant. If you won't let them in the house and the situation was deemed sufficiently serious it would essentially be a standoff until they can escalate it to the extent that the police get involved and are allowed to legally break through the front door.
They dont get warrants
They have no enforcement capability
They arent part of the government
They are just a company that the government allows to lie to people and LARP as a government agency to trick people into paying a tax the government knows they cant realistically pursue themselves without looking even worse than they already do.
But they definately havent shifted the responsibility or blame because they still allow it.
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Anonymous
If the government bestows powers otherwise reserved to the government upon a company, that company may as well be the government. There is no material difference. The police will still side with them. The courts will side with them. You lose.
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Anonymous
Holy fricking shit, is there no basic education in civics for Americans or something? Country of fricking barbarians.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
Are you implying that every country should learn about the UK's TV licensing authority in school?
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
There is no way that a tv licence enforcer is allowed to creep through your window, even if they have a warrant. If you won't let them in the house and the situation was deemed sufficiently serious it would essentially be a standoff until they can escalate it to the extent that the police get involved and are allowed to legally break through the front door.
this, assuming its not fake hes either a scammer or just very jumped up and trying to take advantage
High court writs are serious and they will gain entry, immediately or in an hour or two when the police come. This is not a tv licence agent. The time to fight your case in court has passed. You are in debt and they will seize property to pay it off. Just wait till you need to have debts returned and do it yourself - you won't because you're probably a wagie.
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
So this bloke got taken to court and they proved he was using his tv for more than just netflix et al. and the fact he has no clue why they're there is just an act?
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
It could have been for any number of things, but yes, he has a judgement against him, or whatever they call it in the UK. In the USA, if you get sued and lose, a judgement is entered against you. You can pay it, or you can try to be a scumbag and say you don't have the money. They can have sheriff's deputies come to your house and seize property to be auctioned off to pay for the judgement.
So yes, this does happen in the USA too, and the jackass with a camera is likely some deadbeat scumbag.
oh yeah i know, my point was just that hes either an outright scammer lying about everything, or a legit loicence enforcer lying about his powers to intimidate people into paying up
>Oi Mayte, oy'm with tha enfoursemunt service and oiye have a warrant from a hoigh couurt jodge tha' sez oiye can entah this propahtay and frick ur little arsehole
brits actually used to have unmarked vans that would patrol white neighborhoods with a device inside that could detect if there was a TV on in your home then break into your house if you didnt have a license
Man, the TV license is weird. Because in theory, that's how I think taxes should work. Voluntary and you pick what you pay for. But in practice, it's just awful and hilarious.
That's actually not true, they never had the vans / detector device. It was a pr stunt to scare people into getting their licences. Also they're not allowed to break into your house; they essentially ring the doorbell and speak to you in a tone of voice and using language which is designed to scare most people into letting them into the house to check, but if you stand your ground and tell them to frick off then it's hard for them to do anything unless they can literally see that you're watching UK live tv
>unmarked vans
They were brightly and garishly marked to intimidate people. >with a device inside that could detect if there was a TV on in your home
This was a lie to intimidate people. No such tech existed. >then break into your house if you didnt have a license
Never, ever happened.
There were probably only a few vans in total. It was a marketing gimmick/propaganda, not an actual task force.
Why don't they just put their gay propaganda TV channel behind a paywall and whoever wants to watch it can just directly pay for it instead of building this whole complex system of tv licenses and enforcement that probably costs millions of dollars to run.
the BBC isnt what it once was, if they dont mandate purchases nobody will buy it and their news-propaganda outlet will have absolutely no funding whatsoever
There are a bunch of artsy-fartsy long-shot movies like this. Like for a while, the longest movie ever released in theaters was just an unedited video of a temple burning down. And I think the current record belongs to Dali's or Warhol's film that's just 30 hour recording of the empire state building.
you can watch a sped up version on youtube and its only 1 hour and 12 minutes
if you want you can adjust the speed, the slowest setting of 0.1 means it will last 12 hours if you want it to
It was more to raise awareness in the public about how stupid the system was, which it did because of all the news coverage it got for how stupid it is.
so do they just not watch it and make a guess? what if there is some Event Horizon style gorefest at the 7 hour mark?
If they didn't watch the whole thing this same twat probably would've done just that to prove how ineffective it is.
oh no they watch it all the way thru, you pay them based on how long the movie is, they charge like $1k per hour your movie is, its to point out that poor people can't get their movies rated or something like that.
Dude, it's a 10 hour movie about some artist's painting drying for 10 hours. Would rather play video games or read books since those have story plots or gameplay and stimulates your mind more than watching television does.
I hate it here because there are some dumb jokes that you guys take super seriously and i never know if it is true or not. I just can't believe that UK have something as dumb as a TV license. I am sorry, but it is too far-fetched.
I've got a high court writ!
try that shit in america you'd get shot in 1 second
What you moronic dont understand is what he is doing is illegal, he has no right to gain entry at all and all he is doing is trying to dupe morons like you who despite having the internet at your finger tips, cannot even learn how to use it to find information for any sort of scenario.
i.e UK law, baliffs powers etc
You cant even get a high court bailiff summons for an unpaid TV licence.
ok, i would still shoot him dead if attempted to gain entry into my home.
I would stab him if he tried enter my property
>moronic
oi m8 you got a license for that slur against the disabled
this, assuming its not fake hes either a scammer or just very jumped up and trying to take advantage
There is no way that a tv licence enforcer is allowed to creep through your window, even if they have a warrant. If you won't let them in the house and the situation was deemed sufficiently serious it would essentially be a standoff until they can escalate it to the extent that the police get involved and are allowed to legally break through the front door.
They dont get warrants
They have no enforcement capability
They arent part of the government
They are just a company that the government allows to lie to people and LARP as a government agency to trick people into paying a tax the government knows they cant realistically pursue themselves without looking even worse than they already do.
But they definately havent shifted the responsibility or blame because they still allow it.
If the government bestows powers otherwise reserved to the government upon a company, that company may as well be the government. There is no material difference. The police will still side with them. The courts will side with them. You lose.
Holy fricking shit, is there no basic education in civics for Americans or something? Country of fricking barbarians.
Are you implying that every country should learn about the UK's TV licensing authority in school?
High court writs are serious and they will gain entry, immediately or in an hour or two when the police come. This is not a tv licence agent. The time to fight your case in court has passed. You are in debt and they will seize property to pay it off. Just wait till you need to have debts returned and do it yourself - you won't because you're probably a wagie.
So this bloke got taken to court and they proved he was using his tv for more than just netflix et al. and the fact he has no clue why they're there is just an act?
It could have been for any number of things, but yes, he has a judgement against him, or whatever they call it in the UK. In the USA, if you get sued and lose, a judgement is entered against you. You can pay it, or you can try to be a scumbag and say you don't have the money. They can have sheriff's deputies come to your house and seize property to be auctioned off to pay for the judgement.
So yes, this does happen in the USA too, and the jackass with a camera is likely some deadbeat scumbag.
oh yeah i know, my point was just that hes either an outright scammer lying about everything, or a legit loicence enforcer lying about his powers to intimidate people into paying up
>in america, he would be shot dead.
I know Americans like their privacy, but c'mon even if the guy was a police officer?
if the police failed to verbally identify as being such, and posed a threat to my wellbeing, i would be in my right to use deadly force.
-t texan
I can respect that, thanks for clearing it up my man.
a couple of states allow you to use deadly force again law enforcement attempting unlawful entry
If the guy was a police officer then he'd be shooting the occupant, and he'd be doing it long before he even considered trying the window
They talk shit and do nothing when push comes to shove or they do shoot and they go to prison
you won't do shit, you fat bastard. no one respects americans anymore
yeah yeah lets see if youre so wienery when irs Black folk raid you
in america, he would be shot dead.
In America it's sheriff's deputies that come to collect judgements. So yes, there a real chance that the guy in the house would be shot dead.
embarrassing country
i genuinely wanted to see that fatass try to climb through that tiny window
>Brits
James O'Brien's fallen on hard times
Fake obviously
I'd rather live as a hobo under a bridge in Krasnodar before Id bother people because of their telly loicense for a living
I'd just assume this was a regular-ass thief, and would call the cops.
>Oi Mayte, oy'm with tha enfoursemunt service and oiye have a warrant from a hoigh couurt jodge tha' sez oiye can entah this propahtay and frick ur little arsehole
brits actually used to have unmarked vans that would patrol white neighborhoods with a device inside that could detect if there was a TV on in your home then break into your house if you didnt have a license
Man, the TV license is weird. Because in theory, that's how I think taxes should work. Voluntary and you pick what you pay for. But in practice, it's just awful and hilarious.
That's actually not true, they never had the vans / detector device. It was a pr stunt to scare people into getting their licences. Also they're not allowed to break into your house; they essentially ring the doorbell and speak to you in a tone of voice and using language which is designed to scare most people into letting them into the house to check, but if you stand your ground and tell them to frick off then it's hard for them to do anything unless they can literally see that you're watching UK live tv
>unmarked vans
They were brightly and garishly marked to intimidate people.
>with a device inside that could detect if there was a TV on in your home
This was a lie to intimidate people. No such tech existed.
>then break into your house if you didnt have a license
Never, ever happened.
There were probably only a few vans in total. It was a marketing gimmick/propaganda, not an actual task force.
Why don't they just put their gay propaganda TV channel behind a paywall and whoever wants to watch it can just directly pay for it instead of building this whole complex system of tv licenses and enforcement that probably costs millions of dollars to run.
the BBC isnt what it once was, if they dont mandate purchases nobody will buy it and their news-propaganda outlet will have absolutely no funding whatsoever
>americans are so dumb they believe anything they see on the internet
Americans voted an orange reality tv star for president. They’re not capable of thought
bro your prime minister is literally a poojeet
Obsessed
good morning saar
You're the one who brought up orange man for no reason
i really can't imagine a worse fate than spawning in england
So how can they manage this but not stop pakis from raping thousands of underage girls?
>waste ten hours of my life
>they'll be forced to do the very same thing that I did
>I totally owned them !!!!
It's called a tripod
My dick's not that big.
Think before you type, anon
>fast forwards
They still got paid to watch it sooo
I had that same idea once. Turns out it already existed, but I arrived at it independently.
There are a bunch of artsy-fartsy long-shot movies like this. Like for a while, the longest movie ever released in theaters was just an unedited video of a temple burning down. And I think the current record belongs to Dali's or Warhol's film that's just 30 hour recording of the empire state building.
This one is 857 hours. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8273150/
That actually sounds super interesting, and I'm assuming 90 percent of it is the boat traveling back and forth so I might actually give that a try.
you can watch a sped up version on youtube and its only 1 hour and 12 minutes
if you want you can adjust the speed, the slowest setting of 0.1 means it will last 12 hours if you want it to
Hm, 12 hours isn't long enough but 870 hours is too long. What about, like, a 256 hour version?
if you can find some way to play it at a lower speed than 0.1x then theres no limit to how specific you can be with the runtime
I got your mad men reference.
They probably made an unpaid intern watch it
>*fast forwards through the whole thing in 20 seconds defeating the entire scheme*
>give it a U rating
And he still had to pay for the application
It was more to raise awareness in the public about how stupid the system was, which it did because of all the news coverage it got for how stupid it is.
>about how stupid the system was
but is it stupid? how else is it going to get an age rating unless someone watches it and makes that determination?
by "stupid" he means expensive. You pay them to watch it by the hour.
so do they just not watch it and make a guess? what if there is some Event Horizon style gorefest at the 7 hour mark?
If they didn't watch the whole thing this same twat probably would've done just that to prove how ineffective it is.
oh no they watch it all the way thru, you pay them based on how long the movie is, they charge like $1k per hour your movie is, its to point out that poor people can't get their movies rated or something like that.
If they're just going to fast forward, then why do they charge per hour of film?
>americans just solve their problems by killing people
wtf is this because of their cherokee blood? very hot blooded people
>Frick critics bro, i only trust user ratings
>Brits have a liocense
>americans pay it in their taxes regardless
Sucks to be you guys I guess, try living in a country that doesn't suck, both of you
>have a cool idea for an artsy movie
>find out its been done before
is it even possible to be truly creative anymore without going full random like the brainrot zoomer memes?
>>find out its been done before
Do it better.
Reddit moment
cringe
you passed the test. you fit in now :^)
based
>>find out its been done before
Do it faster.
>>find out its been done before
Do it harder.
>>find out its been done before
Do it stronger.
Has this stopped literally fricking anyone, ever? How do we inflict Hollywood with this thinking?
How long would it take to watch if I put it on 1.75x speed?
5 hours, 46 minutes.
I'm not really going to watch paint dry, I don't make art.
Then why did you ask?
Dude, it's a 10 hour movie about some artist's painting drying for 10 hours. Would rather play video games or read books since those have story plots or gameplay and stimulates your mind more than watching television does.
It's probably a wall paint
That doesn't answer the question.
>how can I be a bigger c**t than Andy Warhol
The big black fem wiener.
They got paid to play on their phones for 10 hours
I hate it here because there are some dumb jokes that you guys take super seriously and i never know if it is true or not. I just can't believe that UK have something as dumb as a TV license. I am sorry, but it is too far-fetched.
I want to see the Lyne cut. It includes the footage of him putting on the primer layer.