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You are far more likely to get stopped by a cop here because they “smell Marijuana” and you’re a foreigner than you are for one of them to see you playing GB games on your phone.
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Submitted 4 weeks ago by adrianhooves@lemmy.today to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
adrianhooves@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
[deleted]CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah sorry, the Unites States of America is gonna be out of order for the next decade or so. We’re working on getting angry enough to get rid of the fuckers who caused it, but it’s gonna take a while.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
6 months ago I would have said it isn’t that bad, but now…just be careful out there, friend.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah I couldn’t imagine a single reason why someone would want to travel to this country right now. Stay home
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It is unlikely american cops would even know its a rom/side loaded/etc
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 4 weeks ago
Anyone who knows doesn’t care
JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Anyone who does will give you the “my brother” nod of approval
PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s not illegal just to posses them here. You could have possibly dumped them yourself.
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yes, and it is enforced by the death penalty in 17 countries.
TheFogan@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Piracy isn’t exactly enforced in the “break down your door, slap cuffs on you” behavior. 99% of piracy crackdowns in the US, are more or less your internet service provider detects you are running torrents of something copyrighted, and tells you that if they catch you again they are cutting your connection.
grue@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You’ll be fine as long as you don’t come to the US.
The above statement has nothing to do with whether you have game ROMs or not.
cattywampas@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
You will never ever get in trouble for simply possessing GBC ROMs
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I wouldn’t have anything shady on my phone at the border, personally. Tourists are getting fucking detained in the past month. I, a birthright citizen, would just wipe my phone and have it stock Android to cross the border right now. I wouldn’t even have an ebook on it. But maybe I’m just paranoid.
ATDA@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Take those roms, load them into a gun, murder someone…
You may still not end up in American jail.
Have an oz of weed in a red state on the other hand!
Veedem@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Believe it or not, jail
Etterra@discuss.online 4 weeks ago
Maybe; in Trumpland though you might be able to counter by acting racist.
compostgoblin@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
Exactly no one will think twice about seeing you playing a GameBoy ROM on your phone, you’re good
adrianhooves@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
Nemo@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
we’re all doing it, too
I’m replaying Final Fantasy Tactics Advance right now and it’s just as good as ever
spacecadet@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Second this, ironically, giving CBP a focus on human trafficking, drugs, and weapons has made it less focused on the little inane things. Assuming you aren’t a criminal in your country, acting weird, don’t have a weird travel pattern in the US, and haven’t attended the funeral of any terrorists recently, you’ll be all good.