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Laws are there for a reason, and it’s likely safe to assume that without them, chaos would ensue. However, while some rules are there to stop crime and wrongdoing against people, others seem to regulate situations where no one’s actually a victim.

The ‘Ask Reddit’ community members recently discussed what is or feels like a victimless crime. They shared their thoughts after the user u/secondfiddle00 started the thread, which covered everything from dumpster diving to collecting rainwater. Scroll down to find more of redditors' answers on the list below.

#1

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes As an ER nurse, I give a lot of s**t away to patients against the rules or advise them where they can get it cheaper. Big hospitals have more money than God, but want me to send you home with 1or2 wound supplies for a wound that will take 4 weeks to heal. F**k that. Here's a box of 50 for your purse. I never gave that to you. Hey, you need crutches, and here they are, but first. Before you sign that you got these. These crutches are $1000. The same or better are on Amazon for $50 or less. I'm not telling you how to live your life, but I can offer you a free wheelchair ride out to your sons car...

You could argue that the hospital is the victim here. I'm telling you that the hospital gets a discount on supplies and marks them up 1000% to sell to those going through an emergency. Who's really the victim?

Edit:

Appreciate all the support! Don't take this the wrong way, but I hope I never have the pleasure of taking care of any of you. Stay healthy people and keep living your life to the best you can.

To those saying I could get fired for this. I appreciate the concern. I can almost guarantee I will one day be fired for this. It's worth it to me. I will get another job in a different ER and continue my work.

Regarding the people saying I'm contributing to the problem. The problem is in the USA Healthcare model. Everything from insurance to CEOs. If my treatment and proper care of the individual is contributing to the problem, frankly, I don't think I care tbh. I will continue.

Lastly. Various arguments have been made to if this is a victimless crime or not. I don't disagree with some, but it's the closest thing I have to answer the question. Apologies if it doesn't 100% fit.

Stay beautiful people

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#2

Assisted s*****e. As long as it’s humane, the person is of right mind and age, and there is sufficient cause for such a procedure. Death with dignity has been withheld for too long as a civil society.

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#3

Anything related to food stamps. I’m sorry but food insecurity is not ok for anyone to go through. I don’t care about fudging the numbers to get food assistance. I don’t care about people who sell their food stamps (I know, it’s cards now, but you know what I mean). If you’re desperate enough to use fraud to get food or you’re selling your free food access to someone else who needs it because you need the money for bills, I’m ok with it.

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#4

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Feeding the homeless in Texas. No victims but it is a crime.

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#5

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Refusing to wear a hijab (in Iran)

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#6

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Sleeping in your car when you are too drunk and can't drive.

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#7

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Giving water to voters in lines in GA

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#8

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes I see Jaywalking on this quite a but but I will say when I lived overseas, jaywalking even at 2 am on an empty street just didn't happen. When I asked a local (German) why he wouldn't cross against a no walking sign he said "what if a kid looked out the window and saw me, i don't want to set a bad example"

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#9

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Saving migrants from drowning

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#10

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Putting coins in someone else's parking meter.

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#11

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Clicking "I am 18 years old" on an adult website when you're 17

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#12

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Downloading very old games that are no longer available for sale.

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#13

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Picking up a bird feather found on the ground and keeping it. It's technically against the migratory bird laws.

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#14

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Setting up a lemonade stand without a vendor license

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#15

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Feeding the homeless.

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#16

Prostitution. Ain't nobody's business if two more more consenting adults conduct a financial deal that involves bodily fluids.

That's not to say that cheating, withholding health problems, and sex trafficking aren't victimless, but those aren't just merely prostitution.

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#17

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Hanging a clothesline, collecting rainwater, or planting a garden in your yard. Some places ban you from doing these things

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#18

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Eating food out of someones garbage.

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#19

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Being gay in a homophobic country

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#20

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Dumpster diving.

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#21

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Wearing a dress as a man in Tennessee.

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Sue Denham
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's clothing. It's there to keep you covered and protect you from the elements. What shape it comes in should be completely up to the wearer.

Monday
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes. The only time we should be able to dictate what clothing people wear is when the clothes themselves have hate speech or something like that printed on them....or when it's a safety issue. Whether Jeff wears a dress or a suit to his office job is irrelevant.

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Jill Rhodry
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah, so Catholic Priests shouldn't be wearing a robe then - also, does that mean Scots can't wear kilts to their weddings?

Francky
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1 year ago

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Um, the cassock is not a lady's dress you !9n0rant pos.

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Drinking my Covfefe
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so stupid. Controlling again. Why is it anyone's business what other people wear?

LokisLilButterknife
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hyper conservatives and religious fanatics have so much hatred inside of them that have to erase anyone that doesn't fit within their narrow and ignorant views of the world. They must live really pitiful lives. Georgia banned drag show performances anywhere there could potentially be a minor.

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Michael P (Perthaussieguy)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm guessing then, that watching a movie like 'Mrs Doubtfire' (and other similar movies where men dress in women's clothes) would be considered 'Aiding and abetting'

Mike Hunt
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes the nackers need to feel a breeze, just say its a full body kilt, are kilts illegal also?

Donkey boi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does that mean there is a legal definition of what a dress is? Could I get away with 'Sorry officer, but this is a gown!'

Joshua David
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But they allow all those ANNOYING brides to be taken over Nashville in their ugly outfits, veils, and boots run supreme. Seems legit.

PJ Langley
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a Tennessean and this is not true, as long as it's tasteful. They have banned inappropriate "cabaret" style clothing anywhere other than drag shows.

Jeff Bunn
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I knew Tennessee was a backward territory but for God’s sake, drag is illegal??? That’s messed up!!

Sandra Morison
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's 2023 there are much bigger things to worry about than articles of clothing and who decides if it a woman's dress ......its a dress, a pair of trousers, a shirt...

Ursula S.
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell the truth...in Tennessee public drag shows are against the law, not men wearing dresses in public.

Justin Thyme
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cite the actual law-- I cannot find this in any current TN code

LokisLilButterknife
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They're talking about how Tennessee has banned Drag performances: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/06/1161452175/anti-drag-show-bill-tennessee-trans-rights-minor-care-anti-lgbtq-laws

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Dre Mosley
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is likely one of those laws that’s been on the books in that state for a long time that isn’t enforced anymore. Pretty much every state has crazy laws from like a hundred years ago, that no one enforces.

Francky
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1 year ago

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And in my house as well. I don't play that sh-

Imreallyjustaghost
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1 year ago (edited)

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Again, not true. They aren't making it illegal for men to wear dresses. They are making it illegal to have adult-oriented performances that are harmful to minors. Men, wear dresses all you want...just don't als wear it while twerking in the face of a 3 year old in a sexual manner. Edit: my grammar sucks

Ember Flame
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd trust my kids with a drag queen before I'd trust them with a preist... Just saying.

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#22

I can take a seed at home, put rain water on it and expose it to sunlight, dry the flowers, bake them into a cake and make some THC edibles, and it doesn't even harm the air quality due to smoking. That's a crime. No money goes to criminal gangs, and I would risk losing my job and going to prison.

Or I can manufacture alcohol and sell it legally, knowing that it causes people health issues, and that others cause crimes when drunk and disorderly, and that's absolutely fine and not a crime.

Weird.

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#23

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Hanging out in a public park after hours

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#24

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Selling alcohol on Sunday. It's still illegal in some States.

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#25

Being an atheist in many many countries

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#26

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Stealing from a multi billion corporation

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#27

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Blasphemy

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#28

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes TONS of blue laws.

basically antiquated laws on the books that have to do with religion (mostly on sundays). In my state you can't buy alcohol on sunday before noon. And car dealers are not allowed to be open on sunday. Basically they are designed to not compete with church attending times like early morning.

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#29

When cops pretend to be kids and get people for solicitation to a minor. When I worked at the district attorneys office we LOVED these. The shock on these men’s face when the “14 year old girl” they spoke to was our 6’5”, 300 pound 50 year old detective was just….amazing.

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#30

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Speeding If traffic is all going above the speed limit. the safest speed is not the speed limit. The safest speed is the speed at which traffic is moving. speeding doesn't inherently cause accidents. differential in speed causes accidents.

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#31

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Jaywalking when there are no cars on the road.

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#32

Loitering. It's basically just existing somewhere.

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#33

Collecting rain water (a crime in a lot of cities here in the US).

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#34

Downloading games for obsolete consoles from companies which are now non-existent.

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#35

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Pirating cute cat videos off the internet

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#36

Keeping a seed from a plant you bought at a massive nursery and replanting it

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#37

Prostitution: In places where it's illegal, consenting adults engaging in sex for money can be considered a victimless crime.

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#38

Launching billionaires into the sun

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#39

Handing out water to people in queues for the polling station.

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#40

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Many things if they're simply not witnessed. Taking off your pants in the park at night is absolutely a crime (actually two separate crimes!), but if nobody is there to see it, no harm has been done, and there is nobody to be bothered that you trespassed after sundown.

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#41

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Two adults mutually agreeing to fight

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#42

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Eating a magic mushroom you found in nature.

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#43

Sheltering illegal immigrants

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#44

Assuming you take care of them well and have the space for it, keeping farm animals in a residential neighborhood.

Not illegal everywhere, but it certainly is in my city! TLDR: I can’t get a goat.

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#45

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Emulating and/or pirating a game that is no longer available by any means

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#46

sodomy

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#47

Making the shed in the backyard 110 sqft instead of 100 without a permit 😱

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#48

Tax evasion if you make less than 150k a year

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#49

Loitering in a ghost town

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#50

In my home town it was illegal to own more than three cats or dogs per household and all can say about that it’s a stupid law for a stupid town. The local government said it was because the town is crucial for railroads and the coal industry which is true but that has jack s**t to do with how many pets can be owned.

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#51

Fudging your sales price on used automobile sales.

The government has already received sales tax when the car was sold brand new. They're just double dipping when it gets sold as a used car

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#52

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Your passenger drinking a beer while you're driving.

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#53

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Picking up a penny on the sidewalk... believe it or not it's a crime.

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#54

Being naked in your own yard

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#55

Got this straight from "Office Space" movie.

Put a tenth of a penny out of all bank transactions into your bank account. Repeatedly.

Theoretically:
The tenth of a penny when withdrawn should round down to $0.00 for each one.
The sheer number of transactions added to the target account simultaneously should register a non zero number when added to it.

Nobody loses money, you gain money.

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#56

HOA violations

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#57

Owning a sword

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#58

Buying directly from a craftsman

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#59

“Believe It Or Not, It’s A Crime”: 35 Examples Of Victimless Crimes Cutting off a tag from a mattress

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