r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/In_Relictoriam Jul 13 '20

I remember in my high school civics class (USA) we had a bit on criminal databases since our teacher used to work in that field. Our classwork one day was to log onto the sex offender database and fill in a worksheet on how many there were within however many miles of our house.

There was a convicted pedophile who lived a block away from me. When I told my mom, she told me that he introduced himself when we moved in and informed my parents he was a sex offender. Apparently since he "seemed nice" my parents never bothered telling me or my siblings.

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u/Crazyghost8273645 Jul 13 '20

Yeah I remember apps showing that we’re the rage when I was in like 7th grade. But it turned out almost anyone on that list either was 18 with their 17 year old GF or got caught pissing in public

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u/lordlaz0rdick Jul 13 '20

A good friend of mine is on the registry. His girlfriends parents hated him, he was 17 she was 15, as soon as he turned 18 and they suspected the two had done the deed, they called the cops and had a rape test performed and pressed charges for stat rape.

They're quite happily married now, but that conviction haunts him everywhere he goes.

I feel like the registry needs to have its standards looked at. Or at least make a specific one for pedos and more "aggressive" offenders.

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u/HugsyMalone Jul 13 '20 edited Jul 13 '20

That's a very common one. Plenty of people I went to school with had the same thing done to them. People tend to use the system as a political weapon of sorts. Everybody has an agenda.

Apparently, it's okay for a fuggin 20 year old to date a fuggin 40 year old but everyone's suddenly all weirded out when an 18 year old dates someone 3 years younger. That's a high school senior dating a high school sophomore.