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Blind obedience to the papers. No thought required.
Not even that since it says the parents got it corrected, he now has a birth certificate saying he's a male, but they are still clinging to the first one.
i'm becoming increasingly convinced that a lot of admin workers are just a bit evil, every decision seems to be guided by "what is the most egregious way i can misinterpret and mangle this paperwork?"
just recently there was a guy here in sweden who was fucking pronounced dead for absolutely no reason whatsoever, and courts ruled that it was an honest mistake???? like what the fuck, why are random admin workers seemingly a separate untouchable ruling class?? We're not even talking about rich people, it's just Mary in accounting who is arbitrarily allowed to redirect your wage to her bank account and go unpunished.