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Or that a human working for FB can make a mistake and put someone else "in jail".

No, thought the dev team, this mistake would never happen, the only way to "get out of jail" is to show us your release papers!

It's pervasive, isn't it. Babies or seniors being checked by TSA because the machine beeped, so they might be a terrorist. What I realized once was, the TSA agent doesn't want or isn't allowed to think and make decisions, because making decisions mean being responsible for those decisions...




> Babies or seniors being checked by TSA because the machine beeped, so they might be a terrorist.

Unfortunately, children being used for smuggling stuff or as bombs on legs is nothing new :'(

Humans are cruel.




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