Blake

All right. So on the right, we're all used to making fun of France because it's France. But base alert is coming in. France, the French Assembly, has just passed a bill, and it is going to ban repeat incivilities on public transport.

And so they're cracking down on uncivil behavior on the nation's buses and trains, which include, as possible examples, listening to music without using headphones, carrying on a phone conversation on speakerphone rather than sticking it up to your ear so people can't hear the other end of it. In fact, they might even I've seen different interpretations.

And so they're cracking down on uncivil behavior on the nation's buses and trains, which include, as possible examples, listening to music without using headphones, carrying on a phone conversation on speakerphone rather than sticking it up to your ear so people can't hear the other end of it. In fact, they might even I've seen different interpretations.

I think in one version they're even suggesting it could just ban having a phone conversation if you're not in like the like if you're on the train rather than on like a platform or something. Also, they're going to ban putting your feet onto the seat opposite you when you have like a four pack like that.

I think in one version they're even suggesting it could just ban having a phone conversation if you're not in like the like if you're on the train rather than on like a platform or something. Also, they're going to ban putting your feet onto the seat opposite you when you have like a four pack like that.

And they're also going to ban handing out tracks to people on the subway platform like, you know, like the Jehovah's Witnesses manuals and stuff. And so France is cracking down. France is cracking down on annoying behavior on the train. So, do we have strong thoughts about this, everybody? Does America need the authoritarian crackdown on people listening to music without headphones?

And they're also going to ban handing out tracks to people on the subway platform like, you know, like the Jehovah's Witnesses manuals and stuff. And so France is cracking down. France is cracking down on annoying behavior on the train. So, do we have strong thoughts about this, everybody? Does America need the authoritarian crackdown on people listening to music without headphones?

And why is the answer yes?

And why is the answer yes?

So I don't know if any of you guys have been regular bus riders, but when I was in... I was in D.C. I would actually take the public bus into up to Union State or not up to Union Station. I would take it to the Pentagon and then get on the train.

So I don't know if any of you guys have been regular bus riders, but when I was in... I was in D.C. I would actually take the public bus into up to Union State or not up to Union Station. I would take it to the Pentagon and then get on the train.

And the answer for why it would affect you, even if you have headphones, is Charlie, you would be amazed at how loud some people play music or carry on their phone conversations on their phone. And so if you really want to be honest, I think.

And the answer for why it would affect you, even if you have headphones, is Charlie, you would be amazed at how loud some people play music or carry on their phone conversations on their phone. And so if you really want to be honest, I think.

This is a real thing, is the reason it might be a good idea to actually have a government, like, you know, to be allowed to crack down on something like that is someone who listens very loudly to music on their phone or on some other device on...

This is a real thing, is the reason it might be a good idea to actually have a government, like, you know, to be allowed to crack down on something like that is someone who listens very loudly to music on their phone or on some other device on...

on a bus, on a train, is actually... It's actually a probably big red flashing warning sign that they have, like, some antisocial tendency that's going to explode. Because if you are... They're going to, like, stab you. Yeah, exactly. Like, you know, it's sort of... It's like broken windows theory applied to, like, the guy who's going to shove someone in front of a subway train.

on a bus, on a train, is actually... It's actually a probably big red flashing warning sign that they have, like, some antisocial tendency that's going to explode. Because if you are... They're going to, like, stab you. Yeah, exactly. Like, you know, it's sort of... It's like broken windows theory applied to, like, the guy who's going to shove someone in front of a subway train.

It's like the guy who... Like, there are people who will... Play loud music on a subway, basically, so it's like they're waiting for someone to ask them to turn it down so they can snap at them. Or it's a way of asserting dominance over other people by making things unpleasant for them.

It's like the guy who... Like, there are people who will... Play loud music on a subway, basically, so it's like they're waiting for someone to ask them to turn it down so they can snap at them. Or it's a way of asserting dominance over other people by making things unpleasant for them.

For Charlie's case, I think if you're outdoors, if you're walking on the sidewalk, I don't think that matters as much because, I mean, you can have a literal outdoor concert in the park. You can put on a play in the park. And so you listening to an audio book is hardly as bad as any of those things. So if you're just out on the sidewalk, I think it's fine.