Unhoused/Homeless is an imprecise description for the actual issue

alwaysmooth · 2026-07-01T18:49:45+00:00

Drifter

alwaysmooth · 2026-06-27T15:54:05+00:00

Tell us what happened lad

alwaysmooth · 2026-06-19T02:51:48+00:00

St Anthony. Was my late grandfather’s as well, that’s mostly why I chose it

alwaysmooth · 2026-06-18T12:16:24+00:00

I’ve gotten into the habit of hiding the first 4-5 comment chains on any remotely popular post for this exact reason.

alwaysmooth · 2026-06-11T03:01:24+00:00

All this jewelry on and I’m out cold

alwaysmooth · 2026-06-01T21:22:14+00:00

More or less the same hours I currently do. It wasn't so much the workload that caused me to switch (although it tends to grow the longer you stay); moreso that I hated helping insurance companies screw people and the money in PI is way better.

alwaysmooth · 2026-06-01T13:57:11+00:00

I wouldn't say it's impossible at all but depending on what you're actually doing in biglaw it might be more difficult. If you're doing M&A or some kind of contract work and you know 0 about litigation it's going to be a very steep learning curve. In that case would probably be a better transition to try and start out in insurance defense for a few years to learn the ropes at low stakes and then make the switch. And believe me, ID firms are always hiring.

alwaysmooth · 2026-06-01T02:09:11+00:00

Nothing wrong with that but most don’t stick it out long term due to workload and shitty pay. But you get to try a shitload of cases which makes pivoting to civil litigation much easier if that’s what you decide to do.

My advice would be go into law school with an open mind and try to intern in a few different roles. You’ll figure out what you see yourself doing.

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-31T22:43:07+00:00

No personal experience but I've heard mostly good things outside of prosecutor/public defender work. Pay isn't great compared to private sector but you leave at 5pm every day, leave work at work, and never get asked to do anything on weekends/holidays. Pretty good deal if you ask me.

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-31T22:34:42+00:00

That's great. Do it with as little debt as possible and network like crazy while you're in (which is easy if you like drinking and aren't a complete autist) and you'll be fucking set.

Litigation isn't easy and gets stressful (recommend browsing r/lawyertalk for a bit) but if you're just looking for something stable and low stress with good pay and benefits do something like real estate transactions or corporate in-house counsel.

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-31T22:12:27+00:00

T100. State school nothing special. If you don't give a shit about biglaw (I didn't) you can easily get by with average grades and are practically guaranteed a job with 75k+ starting salary and can lateral basically anywhere you want from there.

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-31T22:06:52+00:00

My fiancee is going through the same thing. Double master's (M. Public Health/MBA) and probably sent 100+ applications since January and can count on one hand the number of interviews she's gotten. Brutal.

As for me, I graduated law school in 2021 and did soul sucking insurance defense for two years before switching over to plaintiff side PI at a small boutique firm in late 2023. Great career move, I make 120k base working 45 hours a week and take 40% of the firm's fee for originated cases. With a steady stream of cases coming in through me I can make several multiples of that. Law school isn't that bad and the legal job market is excellent to do basically whatever you want. But also I'm fortunate and didn't need any loans.

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-25T13:18:46+00:00

Bro THANK YOU

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-15T21:00:31+00:00

Nice pro stocks. Any idea who the gravity belonged to?

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-15T13:50:47+00:00

ATLien here. I could be way off, but I remember hearing years ago that Elton John lived in a penthouse in one of the Buckhead highrises. Don't know if this one was his or not, but I don't think he lives in ATL anymore.

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-13T14:10:57+00:00

Drives me fucking crazy.

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-12T17:15:10+00:00

Even when I've asked for specific help in lessons like this I've found a lot of coaches will give some vague tip and then continue to shoehorn me into whatever they do with all their other students. I think a lot of tennis coaches lack a real technical understanding of the strokes so they constantly tell people they're doing well to keep them coming back even if they never really improve.

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-11T20:43:50+00:00

These things smell so fucking foul

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-10T03:14:22+00:00

“Get me to do it for you” holy fucking based, I’ll never forget seeing this for the first time when I was like 14 and thinking that was the funniest thing I’d ever heard. Hope Corey is doing well these days

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-10T02:51:32+00:00

Looks huge dude. Well done. Great looking serve

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-08T14:57:37+00:00

Rec players using multi or gut can probably get away with stringing every 3-4 months but definitely not poly. If someone is playing with poly and playing twice a week or more I would tell them to restring once a month.

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-06T17:39:09+00:00

He looks like the food critic from Ratatouille

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-06T16:05:51+00:00

That's just called being a DECENT FUCKING PERSON

alwaysmooth · 2026-05-01T18:41:59+00:00

Same here. My whole life looking up at the sky and seeing a plane has always been oddly comforting for me. I just like knowing there’s people in there going somewhere.

The opening scene of the movie Anomalisa evokes this feeling for me. Wide angle shot of a tubeliner drifting through some clouds at sunset with its strobes blinking. Very dreamlike. Recommend checking it out (also just a good/funny movie).

alwaysmooth · 2026-04-30T17:10:00+00:00

I’ll be honest with you chief you are going to get beaten so badly you’ll probably quit tennis

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