Sarah Gonzalez

Of course.

All of our laws are jokes.

Like Stephanie Byrne.

Okay, nice job, Alex.

Good job reporting, but don't get any ideas.

I think there are some important meetings you have to go to.

I think it's payroll day today.

Thanks, Alex.

After the break, we go searching for a law that did not start as a joke.

Our final law comes from Alice Evans.

And the law that Alice told us about is pretty well documented.

But as far as we know, it doesn't have a name.

But here's how Alice explains it.

Uganda was struggling with domestic violence.

It was happening at alarming rates and people didn't seem to be reporting abuse.

Something needed to change.

Instead of putting up posters that said binge drinking is bad, researchers put up signs that essentially said, hey, actual statistics show that your classmates don't drink as much as you think they drink.

And that approach seemed to work.

And Alice was like, no, this approach only works if you are actually telling the truth.

So, for example, in remote parts of Zambia, healthcare workers often feel like no one cares what they're doing.