• qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
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    9 months ago

    Possibly because a zip code implies you live in the US instead of your own sovereign state.

    Or something…probably giving these folks too much credit here…

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      9 months ago

      Yeah, I think it gets to a point wherethe just figure everything’s a trap so these arguments become easier as they go along.

      Zip codes are a way to admit that I’m in the US, SSN is me saying I’m their property, license plates mean my car is really theirs, etc.

      Except it’s all good when a notary “verifies” their claims, I haven’t really seen an argument against using notary services in a country they don’t recognize as their own.

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        9 months ago

        Hah good point.

        I wonder if notaries are rationalized with “logic” like, “I signed it therefore it is legally binding in my sovereign country, and it is notarized in your country therefore it is legally binding in both our countries and you have to do what I say”?

        Nevermind that’s not remotely how the world works…

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      9 months ago

      Coming from Canada sometimes you just put all zeros for zip codes if asked. It’s a special zip code used for those cases. So not entirely crazy I guess.

      Of course you can’t fill an employment form, but if you use a credit card from another country for example, the zip code is all zeros.