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Re:Tech bubbles are bursting all over the place by OJFord on Friday May 13, 2022 @07:35PM (#31373662)
> People keep using the DMV as an example of government inefficiency, but my state has made it run so painlessly I don't think I've spent more than 15 minutes in an office over the last 5 years.

It's totally baffling to me when there's 'the DMV' in US films/tv, because that's just not a place (nor anything equivalent) we have to go to, whether it's 'only fifteen minutes' or more.

(Sure, when my driving licence expires in 10y, or I change address, I'll need to spend a minute or so on an online form.)

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Re:Tech bubbles are bursting all over the place by briHass on Friday May 13, 2022 @10:20PM (#31374539)
That's why 'the DMV (groan)' is the meme it is in the US: it's one of the few interactions most upper-middle class individuals have with government services.

I've had other interactions with state/local government services over the past couple years, and they've all been pretty bad. It's like anything else: there are helpful, compassionate people you occasionally speak with, but it's easy to get buried in the complexity and ridiculous inefficacy.

Federal (and state for that matter) tax returns are a good example. Something that every citizen of working age technically has to deal with are incredibly complex.

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