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Legally Allowed to Leave

Legally Allowed to Leave

Updated Oct 07, 2020 at 09:41AM EDT by shevyrolet.

Added Mar 29, 2018 at 11:33AM EDT by Don.

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Legally Allowed to Leave is an image macro series featuring images captioned with jokes about how if certain conditions are not met in a variety of scenarios then those who are present are "legally allowed to leave." The jokes are based off widely-circulated rumors that students are "legally allowed" to leave a classroom if the teacher is more than 15 minutes late to class, often referred to as the "15 minute rule."

Origin

The origin of a widely-circulated urban legend asserting that students are allowed to leave class if the teacher is more than 15 minutes late is unclear. On June 13th, 2011, Snopes[7] published an article about the myth titled "Obligatory Wait," which labeled the rumors as "false." On October 12th, Redditor drpeppershaker submitted an image macro of Sonic the Hedgehog with the caption "If the teacher is 15 minutes late / we're legally allowed 2 leave" to /r/me_irl.[1]


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On January 19th, 2018, Redditor 2SmoothForYou submitted a post titled "we're legally allowed to leave if the teacher is 15 minutes late" to /r/teenagers[3] (shown below).


U.S. Constitution> First Amendment First Amendment The First Amendment guarantees freedoms concerning teachers being late to class. It forbids Congress from establishing laws limiting a student's right to leave if the teacher is 15 or more minutes late. Learn more... Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting the natural right a student has to leave class if the teacher is 15 or more minutes late.

On March 28th, Redditor _Edison_Was_A_Fake posted a Hide the Pain Harold image macro captioned with a joke about commiting suicide "when the suicide hotline hasn't convinced you not to end it all within 15 minutes" to /r/dankmemes[6] (shown below, left). That day, Redditor Supersteel12 posted a photograph of a Christian pastor with the caption "If God doesn't show up in 15 minutes, we're legally allowed to sin, garnering more than 2,600 points (94% upvoted) on /r/dankmemes (shown below, right).


When The Suicide Prevention hotline hasn't convinced you not to end it all within 15 minutes so you're legally aloud to end it all If God doesn't show up in 15 minutes, we're legally allowed to sin 11/28/2012

Meanwhile, Redditor Bilkkk submitted a picture of a human ovum captioned with the message "if a sperm doesn't arrive in 28 days I am legally allowed to leave" (shown below, left). Within 24 hours, the post gained over 31,000 points (93% upvoted) and 180 comments on /r/me_irl.[2] Also on March 28th, Redditor Jaspertje1 submitted a Loss-themed variation of the meme to /r/me_irl[4] (shown below, right).


If a sperm doesn't arrive in 28 days I am legally allowed to leave BY TIM BuCKLEY LOSS GENO I'm afraid you were 15 minutes late. She was legally allowed to leave the hospital WWW.CTRLALTDEL-ONLİNE.COM

Various Examples


Are we legally allowed to leave It 's been 15 minutes fr IF NO ONE CHANGES MY MIND IN 15 MINUTES WE ARE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO LEAVE CHANGE MY MIND Before 15 minutes After 15 minutes If the human doesn't pick up the food in the next five seconds, we're legally allowed to enter Before After In only 15 minutes Robert left Venez Murderer walks free after judge does't show up for 15 minutes. Carab cells BBC Fox News 16 hours ago 1 hour More for news

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External References

[1] Reddit – /r/me_irl

[2] Reddit – /r/me_irl

[3] Reddit – /r/teenagers

[4] Reddit – /r/me_irl

[5] Quora – If a teacher doesn't show up in the first 15 minutes of class, am I free to leave?

[6] Reddit – So edgy

[7] Snopes – The Obligatory Wait

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