• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Country that has never once given a shit about fire codes suddenly discovers an excuse to arbitrarily emiserate dozens of people.

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      4 days ago

      This is a lot like how our government is all concerned about National Security™ when it comes to pretty much anything else, but a bipartisan bill, supported by both of the last 2 presidents, and upheld unanimously by our current dysfunctional Supreme Court, with National Security™ as the excuse, and we still have Tiktok.

      Laws are only there so the ruling class can keep us in line and them in power, and they will never be enforced homogenously.

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      3 days ago

      I’d love to talk shit about the current administration too, but I’ve been in buildings where fire inspectors would cut off the power cords of any space heaters they found because they violated code.

      • Ricky Rigatoni 🇺🇸@lemm.ee
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        The people who hire the fire inspectors don’t actually care, but the fire inspectors do. Probably because they’ve smelled far more charred human flesh than anyone should.

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        3 days ago

        I’ve never seen a fire inspector in any building I’ve worked in. Twenty five years on the job and it’s never happened.

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          And I’ve personally witnessed the fire marshal annually inspect my last 3 jobs. I may not have been present for the inspections at other jobs.

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          I’ve been working about ~15 years and every job I’ve ever had I’ve seen a fire inspector about 6 times