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@JinShei

Haha yes of course. They're very useful things! I simply want the history clear.

Like @Roz said, delivery. I don't have the willpower to do basic survival tasks.

Or, when it's really bad, some weird sort of self-harm through fasting. I unironically suspect I'm beginning to develop an eating disorder.

@Derp said in The Art of Lawyering:

(Louisiana does not use the MBE. I don't remember what they use, but it's not the MBE. @Rinel?)

Louisiana has a unique bar exam consisting of nine separate tests spread out over 3 days:

Monday: 3 separate tests covering unique aspects of the Civil Code (Persons, Family Law, Property, Successions, Trusts, Obligations, Sale, Lease, Conflict of Laws, &c.)

Wednesday: Louisiana Civil Procedure. Torts. Business Entities (they stopped testing negotiable instruments the year after I took it).

Friday: Constitutional Law. Criminal Law & Evidence. Federal Civil Procedure.

In total, it's 21 hours of testing, and by the time I walked out of the door on Friday I literally could not tell you what the questions I had just answered were.

@Ganymede

Louisiana's most common reason for sanction is, by far, conversion of client funds in the IOLTA.

ETA: In Louisiana, if you're suspended for over a year, you have to take the bar exam again. Year and a day suspensions are very common for that reason.

@nyctophiliac said in The Art of Lawyering:

Such interesting answers!

@nyctophiliac said in The Art of Lawyering:

Do lawyers have stereotypes of other kinds of lawyers?

Probably, but I think they fade away as fields you have no interest in get forgotten and you get to know your fellow practitioners better.

@nyctophiliac said in The Art of Lawyering:

Are all lawyers pessimistic?

You should walk into courtrooms not merely hoping to win, but actively expecting to do so. I'm one of the more pessimistic lawyers I know. Most are very... driven, I guess is the right word, in a way that doesn't allow for pessimism.

@nyctophiliac said in The Art of Lawyering:

Are you all amazing in social situations because of your jobs? Or do you think that it's a prerequisite?

...have you seen the shit I post? Anyway, no, while lawyers maybe tend to be a bit more social than others, lots of us are actively not. Waiters, for example, are going to better at social stuff.

Is there a lawyer joke you just should absolutely not ever make under any circumstances?

I'm sure one exists, but I usually just roll my eyes. I will give impromptu lessons on the history of the constitution to anyone who dares utter the word "technicality" in my range of hearing.

@Auspice said in The Work Thread:

@GreenFlashlight said in The Work Thread:

@Auspice said in The Work Thread:

Someone put up posters all over work for a fundraiser they're doing for Australia.

And I'm like.
This is cool what you're doing but covering the poster with glamor shots of yourself plus like, two stock koala photos is weird and means I am prob just gonna look for an official foundation thanks.

(p.s. Australia is more than just koalas.)

Yeah, I won't take shots at anyone trying to help, but I'm really suspicious of how basically every story I hear about the Australian fires frames it in terms of animals dead and contains no mention at all of the effects on the indigenous population. It makes me think there's a horror going on there we're not being told about.

I figure it's just 'people like cute animals and koalas are v. fetch rn'
because I adore flying foxes and there's reports entire populations of them are gone, but you don't hear much about them at all in the news.

This exactly. It's why you get images like this:

Very moving. Also very odd that a eucalyptus is a white skinned, white featured woman instead of, say, a brown skinned one with aboriginal features.

But if it were that, then it wouldn't be popular. Activism sometimes perpetuates things it's technically against in order to reach a closer goal.

@Ganymede said in Separating Art From Artist:

The line I see is whether the shaming leads to physical consequences. It is clearly wrong if someone is assaulted or killed as a result of exposing them.

I'm going to say it's immoral, because you're treating that person as a means to an end (inducing others not to be nazis) rather than an end in themselves (changing their mind re: nazism).

But that's because I despise consequentialism.

Monday meeting got moved from 11:30 to 3. Partner sent out message to firm saying they expect everyone to be there.

My day ends at 3.

shrug

Update: I'm getting a free ride home! \○/

@Ganymede

Samesies! Immunity doesn't attach! Of course, proving the elements such that strict liability comes into play is, to quote Blackstone, "a bitch and a half."

@Admiral said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

So... I'm spiraling, folks. Wish me luck.

Oof. Get some pizza. Watch some Netflix. The storm will lift in time.

@Admiral said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

I ask this as a non religious person but... Pray for me. Please.

There are a lot of people doing that for you right now. There will be even more doing that tomorrow. You have a lot of good vibes incoming.

Keep your head above water. This, too, will pass. I've been there. I know how it feels. It gets better.

@Admiral

I'm so sorry. Are you okay?

While I still haven't gotten into shoes...

Y'all. The whole "guys don't like clothes shopping" thing? I lived as a guy for 28 years. It's not a guy thing. It's a men's clothing sucks thing.

On a somewhat extremely related note I need to uninstall the eShakti app from my phone before I bankrupt myself on dresses and blouses

@GreenFlashlight said in Buying Shit:

What did you find sucky about it, though?

Button down

Button down

Button down, but checkered

Button down

Jacket

Jacket

Jacket but with pinstripes

Jacket

Grey suit

Grey suit

Navy suit

Black suit

Black suit but with pinstripes

Ties were, like, the only remotely interesting thing to buy.

Women's sizing is absurd, yeah, but again: eShakti

ETA: @Auspice men's clothing looks awful if it's not tailored.

I have to work on Mardi Gras.

This should be illegal

@Auspice

I do have to be thinking about it. I misplace stuff pretty frequently. But if I'm devoting thought to it, even if it's just "I'm putting this here for tomorrow morning," then it's super unlikely I'll forget it.

double posting because it deserves a double post:

This hurricane right here can fuck right the fuck off

Holy shit I forgot how much I hate major hurricanes

Also forgot how much I hate living with stubborn parents. No you cannot put the generator in the garage. No I do not care that our next door neighbor has told you it's fine.

In that liminal space between "child," "roommate," and "babysitter."

At least cell service is back up.

Doctors say I'm not. People who regularly deal with me say I am.

No idea.

@too-old-for-this

Yeah, it's one of my worst issues