@pluralistic It's wild that when this happened to me at the (notoriously difficult!!) Chinese consulate, I had to get out of line, but they had an inkjet printer so my visa application went through. At the DMV, when I didn't have enough ridiculous documents, they just sent me home without a RealID and gave up.
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@pluralistic It's wild that when this happened to me at the (notoriously difficult!!) Chinese consulate, I had to get out of line, but they had an inkjet printer so my visa application went through. At the DMV, when I didn't have enough ridiculous documents, they just sent me home without a RealID and gave up.
@carrideen @pluralistic
I brought all the documents I thought I would need to renew my license and get a #RealID in the process.
Clerk looked at my current license, looked at my passport, and said "All set."
So my wife went to renew and brought her passport only, and had to come get a utility bill.
Somehow this was my fault. 😂
@pluralistic but then you'd be an asshole trying to make bank by exploiting desperation, like a fucking class traitor who sells out his own people while they're begging for food under threat of death.
@burnitdown Lighten up, Francis.
@pluralistic excuse me? wtf are you saying?
@pluralistic didn't think you were the type of person who would do solipsist crap like this. what on earth is funny about what you said?
@burnitdown You seem nice.
@pluralistic getting my realID in PA was quite literally the most Kafkaesque nightmare I have ever experienced.
It took six HOURS, AFTER we got triaged by the person at the door checking to make sure you had the right documents with you.
The person being served next to me was an Afghan translator who had been one of the few to have been granted asylum during the Afghanistan military withdrawal, and the poor clerk had to tell this poor man that he couldn't get a RealID.
Like, HEAVY SHIT, MAN.
@mitch @pluralistic That sounds awful and one might wonder whether a RealID is even worth getting. Seems like a step towards easier surveillance
@pluralistic ...but you'd spend 8/9ths of that fortune on....ink
😜
@pixelpusher220 @pluralistic
I will, as a public service, find firmware to make that printer drink off-brand ink and like it!
I will, as a public service, find firmware to make that printer drink off-brand ink and like it!
@pluralistic
When I moved the other year, I was required to get a new driver's license within 30 days. One of the valid forms of proof of address was a utility bill.
How I was supposed to move, set up a new utility account, and get a bill within 30 days was not explained.
@cptbutton @pluralistic I'm in more or less that situation now. I lost my wallet, and with it my driving licence, which was the only photo id I had which was valid for applying for... A replacement driving licence. As I live off grid, I also don't have a utility bill. So far I've been unable to find any form of photo id I can apply for without photo id or utility bills which is valid for applying for a driving licence.
Perhaps I no longer exist.
