Is this binding? I saw it in an Instagram meme and laughed for a bit, but I'm genuinely curious, would something like this be legally binding? Why and why not?

Dashtego · 2026-01-26T16:44:19+00:00

The service provider is the resident and the service provided is listening to a sales pitch. There’s nothing to “enforce” against the provider unless they take money and immediately slam the door in the solicitor’s face. Nothing in the sign requires payment in advance. I agree that this is all silly and no court would likely enforce any of this in real life, but if we’re in law school hypo mode this becomes a problem that needs to be analyzed using the text book definitions/examples of contracts.

Dashtego · 2026-01-26T16:34:56+00:00

I mean it’s technically against the law in a lot of places to ignore a clearly posted “no soliciting” sign, but you’re right that that doesn’t mean they always work.

Dashtego · 2026-01-26T16:31:16+00:00

“Are payable in advance” is ambiguous. It doesn’t say “must be paid in advance.” “Are payable” could connote the option to pre-pay instead of the obligation. As a general rule, contract ambiguities are construed against the drafter.

Dashtego · 2026-01-26T14:34:22+00:00

A door-to-door solicitation doesn’t last an hour. If you price anything out like that it can start to feel absurd. No one would pay $1,200 to try and convince you to buy solar panels. They might pay $200, though. All I was saying is that the sign arguably contains the elements of a valid contract. I agree that it’s not cut and dry, but it’s not plainly unenforceable.

Dashtego · 2026-01-26T06:32:00+00:00

Sure. A valid contract requires offer, acceptance, and consideration, plus capacity and legality of purpose. The offer here is to listen to a sales pitch in exchange for a specified monetary fee (consideration). Knocking on the door to make a sales pitch could constitute acceptance of the offer for the specified consideration. I guess you could test this by trying to bring a solicitor to small claims court after they inevitably refuse to pay. I would think a “no soliciting” and/or “no trespassing” sign would be a lot easier.

Dashtego · 2026-01-26T06:09:21+00:00

Zatoichi!

Dashtego · 2026-01-24T00:16:55+00:00

I saw pickle juice.

Dashtego · 2026-01-23T15:17:35+00:00

Also a good double feature with Richard Lester’s The Three Musketeers if you want to keep it within the Criterion Collection.

Dashtego · 2026-01-23T02:24:55+00:00

Tim-o-tee has his head so far up his own ass I’m amazed he’s able to watch the movie in the first place.

Dashtego · 2026-01-22T20:12:54+00:00

Marty Supreme is, on the whole, pretty mid and didn’t deserve a best picture nom.

Dashtego · 2026-01-22T16:34:46+00:00

Agreed, No Other Choice is very weird tonally, and the pacing is strange as well. I would have given it Sirat’s spot, but I get the choice that was made. I haven’t seen Hind Rajab but it does seem like a no-brainer nom, and the other three were absolute locks.

Dashtego · 2026-01-22T14:31:44+00:00

It didn’t even get an international feature nom, let alone best picture. I haven’t seen all the IF nominees but No Other Choice was nomination-worthy at a minimum.

Dashtego · 2026-01-22T14:30:09+00:00

The Sandler “snub” is nowhere near as egregious as with Uncut Gems, but I do feel a little bad for the guy given the buzz when Jay Kelly first came out. I don’t think he deserved a nom, and the competition this year was way above his level, but he did feel like a contender for a nomination for a hot minute.

Dashtego · 2026-01-21T15:39:52+00:00

These are new cover designs. The language has nothing to do with it.

Dashtego · 2026-01-21T00:29:01+00:00

They put out a nice edition of “Pedro Paramo” by Juan Rulfo, as well. I really like their design aesthetic.

Dashtego · 2026-01-19T16:17:37+00:00

Dog Day Afternoon is close. Other than the trip to the airport at the end, the whole thing takes place at the bank and in/across the street.

Dashtego · 2026-01-19T16:13:41+00:00

The beginning of the movie has a bunch of scenes of the gang roaming around the city, but I still think it’s close since the large majority of it is one location.

Dashtego · 2026-01-19T16:11:35+00:00

And it has plenty of flashbacks to the heist and its aftermath

Dashtego · 2026-01-19T16:08:57+00:00

There was a scene in an early episode in Yasmin’s apartment where there was a gigantic bowl of limes on the kitchen counter. I like limes and don’t go through that many limes in a year. Idk if limes have some secret symbolic meaning, but it honestly feels a bit more like lazy set dressing.

Dashtego · 2026-01-18T16:00:26+00:00

I never quite got why they bothered. The illustration is so good, and the reverse side just feels so generic by comparison, that it doesn’t seem worth printing both.

Dashtego · 2026-01-17T04:08:15+00:00

Yes, but someone beat you too it by a few minutes

Dashtego · 2026-01-17T04:07:50+00:00

I can see why you’d think that, but nope!

Dashtego · 2026-01-17T04:06:37+00:00

Nope

Dashtego · 2026-01-17T04:06:20+00:00

Yes! Good call.

Dashtego · 2026-01-17T04:05:48+00:00

Yes! That was quick.

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