• R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 365. Justice Laws Website. Government of Canada. Published: 2024-12-10. Accessed: 2025-01-04T22:46Z. https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-365-20030101.html.

    365 Every one who fraudulently

    (a) pretends to exercise or to use any kind of witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment or conjuration,

    (b) undertakes, for a consideration, to tell fortunes, or

    (c) pretends from his skill in or knowledge of an occult or crafty science to discover where or in what manner anything that is supposed to have been stolen or lost may be found,

    is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

  • “An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act” C-51. 42nd Parliament, 1st session. Parliament of Canada. Published: 2018-12-13. Accessed: 2025-01-04T22:50Z. https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/42-1/c-51.
    • §41

      Section 365 of the Act is repealed.

  • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
    23·
    4 days ago

    Im curious, when you tell a joke outloud to someone, do you always say “im joking!” Immediately after?

    • undefined@lemmy.hogru.chEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      Generally when telling a joke out loud it’s obvious it’s a joke based on the speaker’s tone and other factors.

      With text-based communication it’s much more difficult to do the same without resorting to /s, Emoji or some other signal.

      • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
        36·
        3 days ago

        Generally nobody would ever take “Legit fortune tellers could see them coming” as a serious statement.

        Edit: Apparently there are at least five people on lemmy that actually believe there are legit fortune tellers in real life. That’s… wow.

        • undefined@lemmy.hogru.chEnglish
          51·
          3 days ago

          …and that’s the point of the /s, as you never know who your audience is and/or you don’t want to be taken seriously as you’ve so done with the people downvoting you.

          • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
            14·
            3 days ago

            I don’t pander to an audience that doesn’t understand context and written language.

            • Ixoid@lemm.eeEnglish
              21·
              3 days ago

              Then don’t use /s for clarity then. Your problem is that you had a go at @[email protected] for doing so, which quite frankly wasn’t any of your business.