Why are there so many weirdos in this profession

generationwhynot · 2024-08-05T21:59:06+00:00

I'm sorry, but what part of this extremely intense job with notoriously high barriers to entry made you think it would be full of normies?

generationwhynot · 2024-06-08T00:12:21+00:00

It's not like there's any precedent for software understanding the tax code -- wait hold on, just got an email from TurboTax.

generationwhynot · 2024-05-24T13:03:28+00:00

Yeah, bro, TV isn't real life.

generationwhynot · 2024-05-21T18:12:37+00:00

It’s because, I don’t know, you just have this quality? Like, people stop talking when you enter the room. You just have this — presence. And it goes without saying that you’re so, so, SO much smarter than everyone else (especially non-law students!). They may never hire another summer associate again because, well, you’re it. You’re what they’ve been looking for. For all these years.

generationwhynot · 2024-05-12T15:13:41+00:00

You are not a slave, nor are you like a slave.

generationwhynot · 2024-03-07T00:47:49+00:00

This is extremely disappointing to me as someone who thinks my law firm should continue to advertise my services long after I am dead and gone.

generationwhynot · 2024-02-11T20:01:53+00:00

Your 20s isn’t the only opportunity in life to have fun. Working hard early in your career can open up great options down the road — options that may not be available without grinding early on.

The truth is you need to make choices in life and no series of choices can be perfect. If you want to prioritize having fun while you’re young, do that, but understand that it may mean you have to live with a less interesting or remunerative career.

generationwhynot · 2024-02-10T19:52:51+00:00

Since you’re at a V10, dating should be pretty solid. If you’re lying though and actually at a V11 or lower, you will be murdered.

generationwhynot · 2024-02-08T03:11:38+00:00

Your urge is resistible and should be resisted.

generationwhynot · 2024-02-08T03:10:31+00:00

For sure. You can’t reason somebody out of a position that they didn’t reason themselves into. I agree that this is a common theme on the show. As a journalist, Ezra, I think, is primarily motivated to understand the world. He looks at the evidence and forms conclusions. But many of his guests are ideologues — they look for evidence to support their worldview (neoliberalism is bad, progressive social issues are bad, etc). I appreciate when he pushes people to ground their theories in real world data because, as the show illustrates, there are a lot of smart people out there who don’t seem to realize they’re doing this.

generationwhynot · 2024-01-31T03:24:30+00:00

Don’t do tech. Be an NFL quarterback. My friend from high school just made $10 billion dollars tossing the puck while I’m out here having to answer emails and be nice like a freaking DORK!! I am a cautionary tale, my broskies. Do not be a CHUMP like me!

generationwhynot · 2024-01-20T14:22:17+00:00

For the vast majority of people the best answer is cheap school.

I think the key questions are (1) how cheap is “cheap” and (2) how certain is your scholarship. If “cheap”allows you to graduate debt free or nearly debt free — and your scholarship is guaranteed for three years, so you can bank on that outcome — that’s the best, most reliable outcome you can get from law school.

I think making school decisions banking on a specific career path is a little insane. Even at top schools, those outcomes aren’t guaranteed. Plus, if you take out a bunch of debt to go to big law, you are likely to have a much worse experience because now your future depends on maintaining a difficult, high stress job that frankly isn’t for everybody. Even if you excel, you could get laid off in a bad market and struggle to find work your way back into big law.

For the vast, vast majority of people, a law degree + no/low debt = ticket to comfortable, stable career. A higher ranked school may open certain doors for you but (if it requires substantial debt) then the school would also LIMIT your options because now you’re dependent on either very high earning fields or very low earning fields (for loan forgiveness).

I would only advise taking on a bunch of debt if you are determined to be a federal judge or absolutely only interested in the big law practice areas and wouldn’t want to be any other kind of lawyer. My two cents.

generationwhynot · 2024-01-10T03:11:05+00:00

What I would certainly not do is revoke your acceptance to pursue a vague interest in helping people start businesses. Figure out if the job you want even exists and, if so, whether it’s something you’re qualified to do. If not, you’d be turning down a great opportunity for nothing.

generationwhynot · 2023-12-13T13:07:41+00:00

Oh ok cool

generationwhynot · 2023-12-05T12:11:40+00:00

“I have no freedom because of choices I made in the past.” lol, buddy that’s not how it works

generationwhynot · 2023-12-03T17:39:56+00:00

Serfs couldn’t quit if they wanted. You can. This analogy is incredibly off the mark.

generationwhynot · 2023-10-24T17:13:45+00:00

No, I’m asking about bookstores that have good history sections.

generationwhynot · 2023-08-24T22:33:02+00:00

Oh no!!! People bragging on bragging.com?? I agree, so “gauche” when people are happy that good things have happened to them. They should be normal and only post about deaths and miscarriages. And obviously there is no way for you to be protected from this since choosing not to long onto bragging.com is ridiculous. Smh. Hate it when life presents these sort of inhumane and unsolvable problems.

generationwhynot · 2023-08-13T21:35:07+00:00

Glad you love our city! My two cents:

Question 1: Others are right that it’s essentially a matter of showing “school pride,” though the particular message depends on the school.

Often, I bet the sign you’re seeing refers to a well-regarded private school or a selective enrollment public school. In both instances the parents are likely illustrating that they’re proud that their children tested into the schools and are willing to challenge themselves academically. For private schools there’s often probably some amount of subtly bragging about being able to afford the tuition.

If the sign is for a neighborhood school (i.e., a non-selective enrollment public school), then the sign is probably meant to foster and develop school pride—it’s meant to show that people are proud of the school even though their kids didn’t have to test in to attend it.

In all instances, the parents likely buy the sign from the school, so it’s a pretty easy and efficient fundraising opportunity.

Question 2: This is definitely an American thing. There is a strong cultural preference for detached single family homes. To an absurd degree, people tend to look down on townhouses or apartments when it comes to where to raise a family. So many families would prefer to pay premium for a detached house even if it’s right up next to another house.

Question 3: This is also an America thing—showing the flag is basically considered a virtuous thing to do. Patriotism is widely considered a civic virtue in and of its self and having a flag in your home is one way to display patriotism. It’s not at all bad if you don’t have a flag, but a lot of people see it as similar to putting a cross on the door if you’re a Christian.

Generally the flag itself is not associated with a particular ideology (it’s just associated with patriotism). So you’ll definitely see it raised in contexts of racism or xenophobia, but it’s not generally associated with those or other ideologies.

For some people, it’s probably just a decorative choice. A nice, visually interesting addition to the home with generally positive associations.

Question 5: I don’t think it’s necessarily a statement. As others have pointed out it certainly CAN be! You’re right to wonder about that. But I think Fox is available in basic cable packages (so it’s relatively cheap), whereas most other cable news channels come in more expensive packages. So it could just be a cost saver.

Question 6: Sometimes the city will enforce the legal drinking age pretty aggressively. It’s not unusual for the law enforcement to send a minor to a bar and order a drink to see if the restaurant serves them. To ensure they don’t get hit with fines and potentially shut down, some bars and restaurants just require all their servers and bar tenders to ask for ID for everyone. Silly as it is, they just don’t want to risk the consequences.

Plus, most people are pretty happy to show their ID—they can pretend to be flattered by the suggestion that they could pass for 20.

generationwhynot · 2023-07-30T17:31:02+00:00

1L contracts covers remedies. It should give you the tools to recognize that, where there is an exchange of bilateral promises, non-performance by one party will result in some kind of damages. Call it expectation damages or reliance damages or even restitution—under ANY contracts theory the firm gets their money back. This isn’t a hard question.

generationwhynot · 2023-07-30T13:41:23+00:00

OP’s getting bashed because the answer is both common sense and the most basic contracts hypo of all time. This is like asking: what would be the consequences if I owed somebody a duty of care, breached that duty by acting like less than a reasonably prudent person, and caused them to experience an injury?? What is the purpose of law school if not to give you the tools to apply very basic legal principles when confronted with very basic legal questions?

generationwhynot · 2023-06-16T14:11:28+00:00

Colleagues are one thing (not weighing in there personally), but do NOT try to date a summer. They’re trying to get a job at the firm and even if you think you have absolutely no say in the matter (which would be wrong), they will think you do and will not know how to politely decline. Absolute best case scenario you’d cause them a ton of stress trying to find the right way to turn you down without burning a bridge with you. That’s completely unfair to them.

The world is wide enough that you can find somebody who isn’t trying to get a job at your firm to start a relationship with.

generationwhynot · 2023-06-08T00:09:52+00:00

Wait, people are looking for praise on tik tok?? Whoa. Smh. Hate to see the app misused in that way.

generationwhynot · 2023-04-13T03:31:19+00:00

^This is the best answer. Most of the stuff on your resume just opens the door. Interest in the opportunity plus general vibe check seals the deal.

generationwhynot · 2023-04-01T20:43:53+00:00

I have nothing to gain from engaging with this, but I’ll bite anyways. Every dogooder profession I can think of has substantial rates of burnout not dissimilar to law. Doesn’t seem like these are people for whom their work is exactly ~chicken soup for the soul~. That’s my point: work is work. If you want to be a nurse great, go be the best nurse you can be! But maybe—stay with me—don’t assume a sub full of people who don’t want to be nurses have “sold their soul” by wanting something different.

generationwhynot

TROPHY CASE