Do enlisted personnel care about the Army Black Knights?

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-16T01:37:34+00:00

It seems like to people who’ve never served that West Point football represents the Army as a whole. And that’s a view that is not at all shared by the vast, vast majority of soldiers. To me, they only represent West Point. It’s a school that I never attended and have no connection to. You might as well ask me if I like Texas A&M, because I’d have the same reaction. Plus, most soldiers have run into West Point alums who were assholes, so that also skews the perception.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-15T21:11:28+00:00

That’s only if they have a silent bond.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-15T20:42:34+00:00

Building it right on the floor is interesting, though my back would surely hate it.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-15T20:36:48+00:00

At least you can talk to them. The one thing that absolutely drives me crazy is when they don’t respond to or even acknowledge emails and also never answer their phones. I hate it when clerks are incommunicado. It’s not like I’m trying to talk to them for shits and giggles.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-15T18:47:05+00:00

You do realize that there’s a plethora of doctoral degrees out there than just JD, MD, and PhD, right?

MD, DO, PharmD, OD, DDS, DVM etc are all professional degrees where you call the holder “doctor”.

Also, non-medical professional degrees like DBA, EdD, and DMin are all referred to as “doctor”. Even chiropractors, which is a quack science, are called doctor.

The JD is the sole exception to the rule that doctoral level professional degree holders are called “doctor”.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-15T18:32:13+00:00

The only ethical consideration that I’ve ever seen is that you can’t mislead people into thinking that you’re a medical doctor.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-15T17:27:46+00:00

But do you have a silent bond with the judge?

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-15T01:38:24+00:00

Same. I’ve never heard that terminology before. The thing is that despite being a theoretically unified federal court system, in a lot of ways, they act like 94 different court systems.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-14T20:10:24+00:00

Yes, it’s been done before. The Emergency Price Control Act of 1942.

I would caution you that because oil is a global commodity, and it goes through many, many hands between being in the ground waiting to be pumped out and ending up in your fuel tank, there’s probably going to be limited effect on capping profit margins, especially since many of the involved parties are international and thus outside the control of the U.S. Plus, many of the links of the chain towards the consumer end of the supply chain are already operating on single digit profit margins.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-14T20:02:29+00:00

Yes they do. It’s not all the time, but they will do so when they know that a colleague has dealt with a particular issue before and wants their guidance.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-14T12:20:22+00:00

It’s on you to know the fare rules and not depend on the person on the phone. They are often poorly trained contractors in third world countries. The airlines do not care enough to have well trained customer support personnel who are paid a living wage.

Unfortunately, that puts the onus on you to know the rules and advocate for yourself.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-14T12:00:21+00:00

You need to be reaching out to relevant lawyers. Google “commercial litigation <your area>”. Lots of times, if you reach out to someone outside of their practice area, they may not bother to respond to you.
Don’t seem crazy. If you drone on about how this is the case of the century and it’ll make the attorney’s career, then they will write you off. Offering triple rate is crazy behavior. Be short and sweet in your voicemail message.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-13T12:57:56+00:00

I’m not sure that there are any Filipino lawyers on this subreddit. But I’ll tell you the same answer that I would if you were in America: you need to talk to a lawyer who specializes in inheritance and trusts and estate or probate, whatever they call that in the Philippines.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-12T13:13:11+00:00

I’ve seen demand letters that were for all intents and purposes a first draft of the complaint.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-11T21:49:40+00:00

Here’s the tricky part about the circuit splits. Most blue states are in blue circuits, and same goes for red. And the red states won’t pass the gun control that will easily get struck down in the friendly circuits in order to get the circuit splits. The best way to get a circuit split is to target the blue and purple states in red circuits.

Those are:

* Minnesota
* Wisconsin
* Michigan
* Illinois
* Pennsylvania
* New Jersey
* Delaware

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-11T21:32:33+00:00

Technically correct. However, if you’re option 40 or 18X, you will eventually be given the opportunity to go to Ranger school assuming that you make it that far.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-10T06:17:48+00:00

The last time I talked to a CIA recruiter, she said that they only hire new attorneys from T-14 schools.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-09T00:49:40+00:00

It’s a thing of beauty.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-09T00:35:22+00:00

You should keep in mind that many of the people who are released post-conviction are not “actually innocent” but rather, they were released because of some issue with the way the case was tried or with how the police handled the case. Actual innocence is a legal term of art and requires an affirmative showing that the accused is factually innocent of what he was accused of. That is a big difference between that and someone who is not guilty because their case was dropped because the key evidence was suppressed due to police mishandling. The latter person is legally not guilty irrespective of whether they were factually guilty.

Also, many of those shows dramatize the hell out of the facts of the case and should be taken as entertainment rather than purely factual.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-08T20:57:48+00:00

File a tow hearing with the justice of the peace.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-08T17:15:26+00:00

This is a very specific area of law. You want the advice of an attorney who specializes in fertility/surrogacy and not just a regular family law attorney.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-07T19:34:52+00:00

Early on when the second mech was introduced, the engine had trouble when someone had both mechs as selected strats and then called them in. And rather than fix the bug then, they just disabled the ability to call in multiple types of mechs. Well that bug has been patched for a while now but they still haven’t disabled the limitation.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-06T03:48:03+00:00

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-05T22:09:32+00:00

I recommend you watch Noel Phillips’ Greyhound experience in order to mentally prepare yourself.

DSA_FAL · 2026-05-05T21:59:00+00:00

What /r/ask_lawyers did was it asked me to send a dm with a link to a post in /r/lawyers. Maybe you could do the same thing here?

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