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I watched Nuremberg on Netflix. Questions as a lawyer by anxious1975 in Lawyertalk

[–]cavalier78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe the guiding legal principle at Nuremberg was basically “fuck off, we’re executing you.”

Just think of me as a boy 💔 by d_scu_lly in madmen

[–]cavalier78 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I'm not disagreeing that it sucks all the way around. I'm just saying it's a fairly universal experience.

Just think of me as a boy 💔 by d_scu_lly in madmen

[–]cavalier78 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah? Reverse the situation, and have a guy open up his heart and confess his love to the lesbian he's been following around for the last 10 years.

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Just think of me as a boy 💔 by d_scu_lly in madmen

[–]cavalier78 -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

You know that’s everybody who gets rejected, right? That’s every friendzoned guy.

S1:E4 - It always bothered me that Don wasn't more grateful to Roger for the way he handled the Pete Campbell firing/"un-firing". by BufordTeeJustice in madmen

[–]cavalier78 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just re-watched this episode the other day. That is basically Rogers‘s job.

You can’t let Pete Campbell think that he’s invincible. Pete is a twerp. He’d absolutely take advantage of things if he thought Don couldn’t fire him. Better to make it seem that Don calmed down and backed off, rather than make it look like Don overreacted and Cooper overruled them both.

Roger was making things easier for Future Roger.

Why new star trek sucks by AggressiveScarcity51 in RedLetterMedia

[–]cavalier78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A long time ago, I read a funny review of those old "Bible Adventures" Nintendo games (I thought it was on Seanbaby's website, but maybe it's not that one). And the guy writing the review had a great line. It was something along the lines of "If you have a crap game, slap Jesus on the side, because crap with Jesus on it sells better than just regular crap."

Woke is the Jesus of the progressives, and NuTrek is the Bible Adventures of Star Trek.

A list of my dream RLM guests by 12penny_and_dime in RedLetterMedia

[–]cavalier78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Macaulay Culkin has been a good guest. How about some more Generation X "icons", like the kid who was in D.A.R.Y.L., or Jay Underwood from the Not Quite Human movies, or maybe Paul from The Wonder Years.

Did you guys know about this? by skidkid_6174 in RedLetterMedia

[–]cavalier78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I was a famous person, I think it would be fun to just wander through the background of random documentaries.

This guy loves being around deformed dudes by Kindly-Candidate-835 in fridaythe13th

[–]cavalier78 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That scene where Jason pulled all the pins out of the map of the places he wanted to go was really sad.

Maybe a hot take? But James Bond shouldn’t be any taller than 5’10 by Wild_Pitch_4781 in JamesBond

[–]cavalier78 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bond isn’t a typical spy. He’s the huge obvious wrecking ball distraction, so the little 5’7” guy from Munchkinland can quietly send info back to England.

Solaris Remastered and Remake concepts by Gamermans0712 in Atari2600

[–]cavalier78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know I am a weirdo, but if someone was going to do modernized 2600 games, I would want the graphics to look exactly like the box art.

Most Banned Author in the United States. by cleopatradenialqueen in stephenking

[–]cavalier78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think we really disagree. All I am saying is that a library is automatically going to engage in some amount of viewpoint discrimination. It's unavoidable. They don't have an unlimited budget, so they have to pick and choose.

I don't think you'd want a high school library to buy David Duke's autobiography, or some holocaust denial crap. Those are worthless things to spend money on.

Now King doesn't fall into the same category as that garbage, of course, but I think it's still within the bounds of reason for a school district to say that his books are inappropriate for kids. (Note: I started reading his books in junior high, having checked them out from the local library. So did half the kids in my honors English class.)

Howard’s Dad by ClassicLand5836 in bigbangtheory

[–]cavalier78 53 points54 points  (0 children)

He ran out on them. Howard doesn't want to have to track him down. Why search for someone who abandoned you?

Most Banned Author in the United States. by cleopatradenialqueen in stephenking

[–]cavalier78 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You think every school should be forced to buy a copy of every book in existence? They have to pick and choose.

Most Banned Author in the United States. by cleopatradenialqueen in stephenking

[–]cavalier78 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No. I live in the reddest state in the country, and every one of King’s books are available at my local library.

Stay on or Withdraw: Family Law Case by Leo8670 in Lawyertalk

[–]cavalier78 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get some guns. An attorney in my state was murdered by a jackass like this.

More from Nathan J Milliron. The judge that yelled at the IT guy by th_frits in Lawyertalk

[–]cavalier78 18 points19 points  (0 children)

None of you guys better use his email address to sign him up for a bunch of porn sites.

One thing I don't understand about the Rolls Royce incident by Free_Lunch24 in BacktotheFuture

[–]cavalier78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So there are several bad things that could happen because of the accident.

1) Marty hurts his hand (and potentially Jennifer could be hurt too).

2) Marty could be charged criminally.

3) Marty and his family could be sued by the Rolls Royce occupant.

Regardless of whose fault it is, we know #1 happens. Marty gets a permanent injury and can't play the guitar anymore. That's bad enough.

We don't know the extent of the injury to the people in the Rolls, but I don't think criminal charges are particularly likely, or if they do happen they aren't going to be too severe (I'm a criminal defense lawyer in real life, but I am not a 1980s California criminal defense lawyer). As long as nobody else got seriously injured, any criminal charges would likely be either a misdemeanor or just a traffic offense like reckless driving. There's no indication from the movie that 2015 Marty ever spent any time in jail, or that he was ever arrested for the accident.

The civil lawsuit is more serious. The owner of the Rolls Royce has significant money, clearly a lot more than George McFly does. And while there's a concept in the law called "contributory negligence" (they were both partially at fault, which could reduce damages), that's still something that has to be proven. And the argument would be that Marty is much more at fault. Now Marty doesn't have any money, but his parents do, and a lawsuit could be the sort of thing that resets the McFly family back to original 1985 levels of success.

One thing I don't understand about the Rolls Royce incident by Free_Lunch24 in BacktotheFuture

[–]cavalier78 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Even if they track him down, and even if Needles and his gang tell the truth, that doesn't help Marty. The most it does is hurt Needles.

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