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19. "Internet cafe" means something different than you think it does

Mon Jul 8, 2013, 11:18 PM

Jul 2013

These Internet cafes are actually casinos. The owners sell people Internet time or phone cards that come with "entries" in Internet sweepstakes; the "entries" are used to gamble at computers owned by the shop.

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Florida Accidentally Banned All Computers, Smart Phones In The State Through Internet Cafe Ban [View all] Galraedia Jul 2013 OP

classic! frylock Jul 2013 #1

Small government republicans. Awesome job shitbags. Ed Suspicious Jul 2013 #2

I'm sure that really pissed off the NSA! nt HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #3

Forget the NSA, how about NASA? Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #22

If any of you are reading this in Florida right now, just go turn yourselves in. bluedigger Jul 2013 #4

from my cold, artheritis-wridden hands sigmasix Jul 2013 #16

Florida is bugs, humidity, and Tbaggers, try California and live a little! xtraxritical Jul 2013 #32

:D tofuandbeer Jul 2013 #30

For God's sake! Orrex Jul 2013 #5

Teh stupid! It hurts! sakabatou Jul 2013 #6

Someone paid a government to ban Internet Cafe's? Smart voters... jtuck004 Jul 2013 #7

What the hell do they have against internet cafes? nt naaman fletcher Jul 2013 #8

I wonder where Time Warner or Comcast or whatever other cable companies out there are based. I'm Ed Suspicious Jul 2013 #9

"Internet cafe" means something different than you think it does jmowreader Jul 2013 #19

Wow naaman fletcher Jul 2013 #20

You should care, in this case jmowreader Jul 2013 #24

So why has Florida decided to use a different definition of 'internet cafe' from the rest of us? muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #37

It's not just Florida. jmowreader Jul 2013 #45

Well, gollleeee! Jerry442 Jul 2013 #10

Florida thelordofhell Jul 2013 #11

Floriduh Blue Owl Jul 2013 #12

Flordia trusty elf Jul 2013 #35

Heh heh -- is that near Portlandia? Blue Owl Jul 2013 #43

Isn't there some statute which forbids the government from taking things without paying for them? dickthegrouch Jul 2013 #13

That means paying your ISP bill is illegal RobertEarl Jul 2013 #14

Dumb! Like when NY banned police guns. Pterodactyl Jul 2013 #15

It's more like when Texas banned gay marriage but it included ALL marriage,...by accident. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #23

Yeah. That's government for ya. Incompetence with power. Pterodactyl Jul 2013 #46

Wow! Even just all internet cafes.. WTF! Cha Jul 2013 #17

Silly asshole Rick Scott ...putting people out of work. L0oniX Jul 2013 #42

I'm not from Florida and don't know the specifics of the wording, but let me guess... hughee99 Jul 2013 #18

You didn't do all that well, but that's okay jmowreader Jul 2013 #21

Bet if you ask the authors they'd say WMDs were found in Iraq. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #25

Signed by a man who deserves to be banned from public office. alp227 Jul 2013 #26

People running the state are scammers. All they do is steal Americans State and Federal money. Sunlei Jul 2013 #40

K&R DeSwiss Jul 2013 #27

Florida: Where the Phones are Smarter than the GOP! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2013 #28

And We Thought Counting was their only problem. nm LeFleur1 Jul 2013 #31

Ah, government. Always solving the wrong problem. SwankyXomb Jul 2013 #29

You just couldn't help yourself, could you? Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #33

Of course they didn't forget to add this: Incitatus Jul 2013 #34

yahoo comments suddenly went silent Tunkamerica Jul 2013 #36

They claim they support small businesses. Conium Jul 2013 #38

I find it absolutely funny that Jennifer Carol has 'disappeared' herself JCMach1 Jul 2013 #39

Rick Scott = 1 term sociopath ...and they should throw out incompetent Pam Bondi too. L0oniX Jul 2013 #41

Sounds like the same bunch of geniuses that accidentally outlawed the 10 commandments... truebrit71 Jul 2013 #44