@Pandora I've read complaints on assorted places on the interwebs who wanted more lawyer stuff on Daredevil.
... Daredevil isn't The Good Wife. It's not a legal show. The emphasis will always be elsewhere.
I don't think the emphasis needs to be on the legal bits of the show, I would just seriously like to see Foggy stiffen his spine and snap this line out at someone in one of his moments of Awesome Lawyer in the Making.
Tinuviel about 9 hours ago
I hate you with the power of a thousand Pandoras.
There are lawyers in Daredevil?
@Ganymede Oh my God I can't stand dumb discovery games. Criminal practice is so much more chill about all that. My prosecutors never dick me around on that shit.
There is this weird belief among plaintiff's lawyers that the more annoying you are the faster you win versus deep pockets. I used to work for a guy who thought this way. As it turns out, I learned very quickly that it's not true. And now I do indigent defense. 
I don't think the emphasis needs to be on the legal bits of the show, I would just seriously like to see Foggy stiffen his spine and snap this line out at someone in one of his moments of Awesome Lawyer in the Making.
If you made Daredevil any damn better, that shit would be minted.
There is this weird belief among plaintiff's lawyers that the more annoying you are the faster you win versus deep pockets. I used to work for a guy who thought this way. As it turns out, I learned very quickly that it's not true. And now I do indigent defense.
This is a filthy lie. I know because I do work on both sides. When I get a plaintiff's case, I call the opposing attorney as soon as I know who they are to discuss if we can come to a settlement and, if discovery is necessary, what I can do to get it going and completed ASAP.
Why? Because I get more authority to settle on defense when I don't have to piddle resources on stupid shit. So, I figure that if I cut through the bullshit as a plaintiff's attorney, I'll get some brownie points. Sometimes, this strategy works; other times, not so much.
These poor guys. I mean the women had obviously seen these things tweeted at them, but ouch.
*edited for the actual video instead of the half-length clip!
@Kanye-Qwest said in RL Anger:
These poor guys. I mean the women had obviously seen these things tweeted at them, but ouch.
Are you okay?
JFC adult bite marks.
Stomach woes. I don't know if it was a medicine or a stomach bug, but I feel like death and I want to die. So sore. I miss food and beverages.
And jesus christ, that guy. He's not worthy of the title father beyond 'genetic donor'.
Commute etiquette violators irk me. The protocol for seating on peak hours is fairly simple; if a seat becomes available and you're the closest to it you look around - if there are elderly, disabled or pregnant people they get first dibs, else it's yours. If you're at an equal distance to the seat negotiate real quick (if the other person wants it it's theirs, whatever).
I was standing next to this lady today who, when she was about to stand, specifically called out to this other woman 3-4 meters away asking if she wanted to sit. They didn't even know each other! The second lady was carrying a cup of coffee but that's on her, dammit, and you don't get to pick who gets your seat. Dammit.
This violates all semblance of social order and urges a descent into anarchy and chaos.
<fistshake>
@Arkandel Speaking to strangers on public transport?! I hope you gave a stern look!
@Arkandel And here I always thought the seat would be determined by a feat of strength. I have made many fast friends while pile-driving them on the train... of course, they stop being my friends once the dizziness wears off.
@Arkandel I once corrected a young fellow who sat on the bus while a pregnant woman /and/ a senior with a gorram cane stood. I was standing nearby, so it didn't involve any yelling - I don't think too many people heard it aside from him.
It didn't take much, to his credit.
Of course, then the senior gentleman refused to take the seat when there was a pregnant woman nearby. And she refused to sit when a senior was there. Politeness Standoff! If they'd each had a Double Double from Tim's it could've been the most Canadian thing ever.
Eventually, the pregnant woman won with, I believe, the words, "Please, sir, don't argue with a pregnant woman. Surely you've learned by now that we can get just a little bit irrational," and a charming smile. He grinned and winked at her and then sat down.
Public transportation etiquette is important.
People using Public Transport.
<cue Nelson: Ha HA.>
@ThatGuyThere said in RL Anger:
People using Public Transport.
<cue Nelson: Ha HA.>
I live in a major metropolitan city, and ride my bike everywhere.
Buses, cars, motorcycles, trucks--they're all crippling compared to the awesome versatility of 'fuck this shit, the sidewalk's mostly empty, I can totally just weave around a bit LATER SUCKERS'.
Explain this weirdness of biking to me, if you could? We live along a major thoroughfare in our Chicago suburb, one that runs north-south. Bicycle riding is expressly forbidden along this corridor, because some civic planner, in their infinite wisdom, made a two lane street four lanes without actually widening them. Bike riding on the sidewalks parallel to this street is also forbidden for grown-ass adults; also, there are perfectly bike-friendly side streets a block east and west that they can ride on. This does not stop assholes from expecting pedestrians to move the hell out of their way while they barrel down the sidewalk on their fixed-gears. Why do they do this? Why not use the side streets with their four way stopsigns rather than ride illegally on the sidewalks and have to deal with stoplights, skateboarders, toddlers, dogs, strollers and bus stops? What is the logic?
Explain this weirdness of biking to me, if you could? We live along a major thoroughfare in our Chicago suburb, one that runs north-south. Bicycle riding is expressly forbidden along this corridor, because some civic planner, in their infinite wisdom, made a two lane street four lanes without actually widening them. Bike riding on the sidewalks parallel to this street is also forbidden for grown-ass adults; also, there are perfectly bike-friendly side streets a block east and west that they can ride on. This does not stop assholes from expecting pedestrians to move the hell out of their way while they barrel down the sidewalk on their fixed-gears. Why do they do this? Why not use the side streets with their four way stopsigns rather than ride illegally on the sidewalks and have to deal with stoplights, skateboarders, toddlers, dogs, strollers and bus stops? What is the logic?
[sigh]
Way to take a joke too seriously.
I don't live in Chicago, so I couldn't say. But where I live, for example, there are some streets (not enough) that have designated bike lanes upon which cars, buses, motorcycles, etc., cannot be.
Why, then, do I have to contend with motorcycles coming at me? Why do buses ride over the plastic divisors, blocking my path? Why do cars cross the street when the light is yellow and end up stuck by traffic in the midle of an intersection, not only blocking me, but everyone else? Why do dumbass pedestrians decide that because no cars are coming on a one -way street with a bike path, they can cross in the middle of the fucking street without looking both ways, almost making me crash into them? Why are some of these mother fucking idiots people with babies in strollers and old people with canes moving at about one mile every year of their overdue fucking life?
I don't know, man.
If I had to make an educated guess, I would say it's maybe because it doesn't matter how you commute, stupid is still fucking stupid.
"Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.
Explain this weirdness of biking to me, if you could? We live along a major thoroughfare in our Chicago suburb, one that runs north-south. Bicycle riding is expressly forbidden along this corridor, because some civic planner, in their infinite wisdom, made a two lane street four lanes without actually widening them. Bike riding on the sidewalks parallel to this street is also forbidden for grown-ass adults; also, there are perfectly bike-friendly side streets a block east and west that they can ride on. This does not stop assholes from expecting pedestrians to move the hell out of their way while they barrel down the sidewalk on their fixed-gears. Why do they do this? Why not use the side streets with their four way stopsigns rather than ride illegally on the sidewalks and have to deal with stoplights, skateboarders, toddlers, dogs, strollers and bus stops? What is the logic?
[sigh]
Way to take a joke too seriously.
I don't live in Chicago, so I couldn't say. But where I live, for example, there are some streets (not enough) that have designated bike lanes upon which cars, buses, motorcycles, etc., cannot be.
Why, then, do I have to contend with motorcycles coming at me? Why do buses ride over the plastic divisors, blocking my path? Why do cars cross the street when the light is yellow and end up stuck by traffic in the midle of an intersection, not only blocking me, but everyone else? Why do dumbass pedestrians decide that because no cars are coming on a one -way street with a bike path, they can cross in the middle of the fucking street without looking both ways, almost making me crash into them? Why are some of these mother fucking idiots people with babies in strollers and old people with canes moving at about one mile every year of their overdue fucking life?
I don't know, man.
If I had to make an educated guess, I would say it's maybe because it doesn't matter how you commute, stupid is still fucking stupid.
Wait... aren't you in some third world country? <ducks>
I also can't explain what I see to be as flawed designs for bike paths. Even the ones here where cars park on the outside of the path/lane, so that the bike lane is between the curb and said parked cars? Seem rife with problems, particularly that of oblivious passengers opening car doors right into the lane, or stupid double parkers.
I try to have empathy for cyclists, especially for those who actually obey traffic laws and use hand signals and such, but it gets a little more eroded each time I have one call me a bitch or threaten my kid because he didn't move off of the sidewalk fast enough, or when they ignore stop signs while we're crossing an intersection. I shouldn't have to play chicken with some self-absorbed NU kid biking while using their cell phone.
@Ganymede Oh my God I can't stand dumb discovery games. Criminal practice is so much more chill about all that. My prosecutors never dick me around on that shit.
There is this weird belief among plaintiff's lawyers that the more annoying you are the faster you win versus deep pockets. I used to work for a guy who thought this way. As it turns out, I learned very quickly that it's not true. And now I do indigent defense.
