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[–] Icytrees@lemmy.today 13 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Lawyers and judges saw a lot of dicks during covid when everyone had to learn how to video chat for court.

Everything from the accused laying in bed, in pajamas, with a bowl of cereal and a blunt, to mirrors betraying whole-moon asses, to a guy being charged with improper storage of a firearm with shotgun leaning against the wall behind him.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

That blunt was herbal I tell ya!

[–] klu9@piefed.social 8 points 21 hours ago

The court prohibits the wearing of shorts, skorts, sleeveless shirts, hats/caps (excluding ones worn for religious or cultural reasons) and “other clothing not suitable in a Court or any other professional environment.”

Well, he complied with that rule.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I haven't worn pants for interviews in years.

Honestly wearing pants is weird.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 4 points 20 hours ago

Of course it's Judge Sean Perkins. This poor bastard cannot catch a break.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 108 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Im not a big fan of law enforcement but boy am I sick of societies obsession with pants. Can't go anywhere without a pants nazi saying put some pants on and im like. no you. and they are like im wearing pants. and im all like well good for you then.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 57 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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CUZ THIS IS MY UNITED STATES OF WHATEVER.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

I went down to the beach and I saw Kiki, and she was all like awww, and I was like yeah, whatever!

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And then I was like... At the mall or whatever and she was like "shouldnt you have some kinda like pants on or something?"

And I was like "yeah whatever!" 😏

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

no shoes, no pants, no service.

A travesty.

Actually, I want shoes. No pants, no problem.

[–] PeacefulForest@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I’m not leaving my house without shoes

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 23 hours ago

oh I agree. Shoes are essential and socks if its cold out.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 23 hours ago

^this guy jorts

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

Not wearing pants on camera is as old as TV itself. Always enjoyed this episode of Mayne Street highlighting this phenomenon and the problems when anchors no longer got to sit behind a desk. Also, rewatching this and realizing it has a couple people who would go into more noticeable roles on Parks and Recreation.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 61 points 1 day ago

Upon seeing Jackson’s state of dress, Judge Sean Perkins asked, “You got some pants on, officer?”

Jackson is seen replying, “No, sir,” before changing his camera’s framing so his lower body was no longer visible.

The rest of the hearing went on as planned.

At least he was polite about it

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 79 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought it was gonna be less obvious but nope, lack of pants was put on full display

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Gotta keep your phone in landscape mode for the Zoom call!

[–] trk@aussie.zone 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That video was actually worth the watch. I belly laughed at the incredulity of the judge... "You... You got some pants on there Officer??"....

Classic

Yeah, I was expecting some sort of accidental “Oops they saw my basketball shorts when I stood up” type of scenario. Instead, we straight up had Barry Wood greeting us.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

Good lord it was like a crotch shot.

[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This should grounds for immediate case dismissal

“your honor, my accuser can’t even be bothered to put on pants”

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 23 points 1 day ago

"Why am I not wearing pants? A better question is why are you wearing pants?"

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Not quite as good as “I’m not a cat” but funny

[–] ApeNo1@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Usually it is the defendant trying to get off during court proceedings.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Hey honey, how was your day at work?

Yeah you know.... It was aight.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

plot twist: he was zooming in from his squad car

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

How is the off camera state of dress relevant? Why are they using cameras to begin with?

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Everything a cop or judge does should be on camera.

Because it was very much on camera. Rtfa

court cases are not phone calls

[–] Bot@sub.community 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I need to see that sausage

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)