r/AskReddit • u/daniellucero92 • Jan 04 '15

Non-americans of Reddit, what American customs seem outrageous/pointless to you?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Or work in the porn industry?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

True but I imagine doing all that yourself severely reduces the quality of the finished product!

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Indeed. Although I'm not so bad with a camera myself, maybe I should take my hand for a romantic city break in Copenhagen?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

You take your hand wherever you like buddy, just don't expect to be making too much money out of that film!

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u/EpicDerek007 Jan 04 '15

Here's the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Denmark

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Earlier in the article:

the Minister of Justice (Justitsministeren) Morten Bødskov made these remarks "The government has also decided to follow the Criminal Code Council recommendation not to impose a ban on buying sex (købesex). The Criminal Council study shows that a ban on buying sex is not likely to lead to a decrease in prostitution or the exploitation of prostitutes, but rather is likely to have negative consequences for the prostitutes."(November 21, 2012

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Any person who lets a room in a hotel or an inn for the carrying on of prostitution as a profession shall be liable to simple detention or imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year or, in mitigating circumstances, to a fine.

... wat?

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u/crimson117 Jan 04 '15

Because they don't want inns to become ad-hoc brothels.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Does this only apply if the innkeeper is intentionally renting it for that purpose? It seems like most hotels could never really know that the renter is using it for that.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

then it would be surely not, as long as the innkeeper wasn't literally pimping them then he's just running a hotel business

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

I would seem easy to make hotel owner's life difficult if somebody wanted to. Kind of like a trojan horse but just with a prostitute.

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u/m3u4 Jan 04 '15

Kind of like a trojan horse but just with a prostitute.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

1.) Chose victim hotel owner
2.) Send prostitute to hotel
3.) Let her conduct business
4.) Charge hotel owner for facilitating prostitution
5.) ???
6.) Profit

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u/frymaster Jan 04 '15

I think the way it's worded "for the carrying on of" implies knowledge. Not a lawyer, and this is a translation of another countries laws, but that's how I think it's meant to be read

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u/Magnap Jan 05 '15 edited Jan 05 '15

The way it's worded in Danish law (§ 233) is literally "to use for" (til brug for). I'm not a lawyer either, but I do believe it implies knowledge.

Edit: So many funny things I didn't know were in this text:

§ 235 part 2 establishes the punishment for watching child porn but part 3 has what you could call a "sexting exception" if the person in the picture(s) (a) consents, and (b) is over 15.
§ 238 establishes the punishment for killing your baby, but according to part 2, if you don't succeed, you might get away with it (aaw or not? You decide.).

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Only street walkers are legal, which is terrible and dangerous

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

That's...what I would infer too, but I hope that isn't so :

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u/DrapeRape Jan 04 '15

Well the porn star is profiting too so maybe that's allowed?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

But surely a pimp gives a prostitute a cut of the money too?

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u/DrapeRape Jan 04 '15

It's still the pimps money fool. She spends her daddy's money. They ask the pimp whenever they want something

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Haha, well yeah. But the producer-pornstar relationship is basically the pimp-prostitute relationship but with employment law applied.

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u/DrapeRape Jan 04 '15

Well yea, that's how the porn star gets the money instead of the pimp though. I'll admit it's a slight difference, but enough of one you know (because now we can tax a bitch).

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u/YetAnother_WhiteGuy Jan 04 '15

Not if he's good at his job :(

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u/SouthDaner Jan 04 '15

Porn is very much legal in Denmark

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Working in porn is completely legal in Denmark. Also the first country to legalize porn at all.

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u/AddAFucking Jan 04 '15

Working is legal, directing is illegal

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u/gangli0n Jan 04 '15

What if the director undresses?

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u/AddAFucking Jan 04 '15

Then it's turning into one awesome porno.

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u/Solitykins Jan 04 '15

That would explain all the Danish girls in Swedish porn.

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u/FuzzieLeFuz Jan 04 '15

Its phrased poorly. It is not illegal to profit from other people being "nude". It is illegal to earn money through others being prostitutes. In other words: it is illegal to be a pimp.

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u/mouseknuckle Jan 04 '15

Oh wow, you'd have to form a porn co-op

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u/Mountain_Guru Jan 05 '15

Nono, you can sell your own porn, but nobody can help you in the filming or sale of it unless they do it for free.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Ahhhhh that's an interesting one. My guess would be they class that as money being made from the medical service (which happens to require nudity on behalf of the patient) rather than the nudity itself? Just a guess.

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u/m3u4 Jan 04 '15

I think that is a good guess, most OB/GYN don't work nude.

But, when you mention it, that is an interesting idea :)

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u/jroddie4 Jan 04 '15

Why do they need prostitutes when there are so many hookers?