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 If renewing license tabs wasn’t enough of a reminder why to hate government, have you tried their easy online renewal? 

Website: “enter license # and dob”
Me: *types*
Site: “you have vehicles registered to you, click to continue”
Me: click
Site: “please login, enter username/email and password”
Me: *types email and password*
Site: “your account is deactivated, click here to reactivate”
Me: “ok how often do I have to renew my plates to keep my account activated” 🤦‍♂️*click*
Site: “get email, text to you phone on file, or phone call”
Me: “text”
Site: “enter text passcode”
**phone buzz**
Me: *passcode*

(Skip ahead 10 minutes and 5 more texted passcodes to THE NUMBER ON FILE and finally logged in)

Site: “Welcome back Luke, before you can proceed, please verify your phone number”
Me: “FOR FUCK SAKE REALLY” 🤦‍♂️

#government 
 Don't forget the "Convenience fee" and the "Processing fee." 
 Went to the physical department of licensing. Lady says sorry we’re short staffed. First person goes, rejected because they need to pay more taxes on their EV. Second Lady goes up, printer error. Old lady gets up puts her readers on and looks at the printer. I just left.