It’s complex, the key phrase is “about to inflict great bodily injury…”. Also, castle doctrine is not one specific law it is several laws that states use. In a castle doctrine state, you can shoot someone in your house regardless of whether you believe you’re in immediate danger. What you stated may be considered a piece of castle doctrine, but compared to other states it’s much more restrictive here. If you shoot a burglar on sight in Massachusetts, or beat him, and he was unarmed you are in potentially serious trouble if he is injured enough that he can’t walk away. It would be different in a state with true castle doctrine laws.

Yeah I think it’s called the Castle Doctrine. Gives you the right to defend your home - MA does not abide. https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings/castle-doctrine-states/

Middle school was very early - got on bus around 6:20/6:30 (first pickup) and would sleep until we pulled up to the school at 7:00. High school I lived in walking distance so the 7:30 start time was nothing. I never once thought about starting school later, I liked being out at 2:00. I worked too and the shifts were all over the place 5-9, 2:30-5:30, 3-7. We had a free period every other day so I’d do most work in there and finish whatever was left at home. It’s definitely a busy life especially with a job - athletics/art is still busy but definitely different impact than working a job.

Also will add - I was very very tired all the time and was very depressed in high school. The biggest factor was my inability to stop watching videos or tv on my phone at night. I’d stay up until 2am-3am, completely boning myself to be exhausted every single day. I would never have admitted to this in high school, but in college I realized if I didn’t straighten up I’d be wasting serious money. I would bet money that staying up too late on the phone is the majority of the problem, not the time that school starts in the morning.

Makes sense - just exposed my broke ass whipping an 02 Cherokee that shakes at 85 lol.

80 is a pretty fair limit imo. I’ve hit 80-85 driving up to Maine/NH and it really feels “too fast” while 70-75 is perfect speed.

Definitely a little bizarre to just have the arms, but I don’t really care about this kind of stuff. When I eventually see it in person, I’ll probably look at it and be like “wow that’s really big” and “I wonder what it’s made of”.

If I didn’t see the news about it I wouldn’t know wtf the context was and would just think it’s made to represent love. My mom went to Nashville last summer and there’s an art site there that’s a bunch of sticks meant to represent the native tribes of the area. She said it was anticlimactic and strange, which is probably how visitors will see this art piece/sculpture - Idek what the right name for this is.

This person is correct. Fight it if you want or you can take the ticket and learn to accept your mistakes when driving a giant piece of metal. Ask yourself: What’s the worst that could’ve happened? You’re going left now instead of straight - So take the next right turn or find a spot to pull over and reorient yourself.

You’re trying to rationalize a wrong move instead of just owning it and figuring out how to not end up in the situation again. Ever see those videos of someone who misses their exit and tries to cut multiple lanes to make it across? That’s the same mentality here. Just take the next exit. Where’s the rush?

You didn’t do it on purpose, but other people do and that’s why you got a ticket.

Go away. Nobody is laughing.

Nearly 20-30 kids I knew worked there throughout high school. If you’re a guy and go in with stubble or any kind of peach fuzz, they’re handing you a razor and sending you to the bathroom to shave it clean. This was only a few years ago. For girls there’s also rules but not sure on the specifics.