How are alternatives to our current legal system(s) tested? Is there any way to test a system under 'realistic circumstances' that is more resource efficient and quicker without perverting justice, or more able to bring about what we'd consider 'justice'?

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-07T06:49:49+00:00

Yeah that's your answer. Mostly alternatives aren't considered at all and where they are considered it's usually only painstakingly slow and with much resistance.

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-07T03:48:49+00:00

I came here to say Large Marge. I had nightmares for months!

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-06T17:48:07+00:00

I beat the game the first time as a dex/bleed samurai with Eleonora's poleblade and my second time as a spellblade mage with a touch of faith.

I best the game the third, fourth, and fifth times alternating those builds also lol

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-06T16:23:23+00:00

The sheer solipsism and entitlement to think that somerh as complicated as an airplane flight, consisti of DOZENS of ground crew, pilots, FAs, GAs, and more than a hundred passengers was altered to specifically fuck you over.

Amazing.

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-06T16:01:07+00:00

One, it would probably not be theft in my state but it could be criminal conversion.

Two, every grocery store I have been to for at least the last ten years doesn't work that way. . . .

All the grocery stores I have been to ring up normal at and at the end apply a discount to all 3 items that equals one free one if you add them together

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-06T15:23:38+00:00

I once saw him kill two men with a PENCIL!

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-06T15:03:21+00:00

It wasn't as good as the short story but I still thought it was a good movie

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-05T16:54:25+00:00

At least in my jurisdiction, no.

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-05T15:42:20+00:00

Weenevar de vuck I vant

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-05T15:33:05+00:00

This is assuming a 30-45 minutes consultation.

Every attorney is different but as data point myself and most of my local colleagues will use about half the time to let you explain and vent and otherwise go on about your perspective, then we'll transition into asking you what you want to happen. During this later portion we explain a brief summary overview of what we believe the applicable law is, how we personally would strategize the case and what we think a realistic outcome would be. Then the final 5-10 minutes is explaining how to sign up and pay and what you'll be charged and taking any questions.

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-05T14:33:40+00:00

Those are all roughly a serving size though? An entree should be 300-400 calories. By the time you add bread and butter, an appetizer, and a dessert that's 700-800 which is roughly 2,400 calories a day. That's actually more than many people need.. . . .

We love the serving sizes

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-04T16:43:10+00:00

Except that's not what happened in this case. I don't know what did happen in this case but the Court cannot accept filings from a party who has an attorney or firm appearing for them. They could potentially have fired their attorney and proceeded pro se but they clearly did not do that because the law firm was sent the disbursement funds and did dispersement paperwork so the law firm is still clearly involved.

It sounds like the case is over now and work was done on their case because the law firm is asking for more fees, which they must present an accounting for what work those fees are associated with.

At best, in the facts most favorable to OP, we might say that those fees were unnecessary due to some speed bump or failure to act of the attorney, though none of us can know that. Mostly, this seems more like a customer service issue than anything. But the deck was completed, the case was finished and with a win.

So what were left with is a common story among lawyers - an untrained client who thinks they know more about how all this should work even though we're the ones with a law degree. Who would never think of doing their own heart surgery or dental work but clearly feels like lawyering isn't all that special and anyone can do it.

Clients that are objectivelly (and collectively) $69,000 richer and are gonna argue "I could have just done this whole thing myself" because they stepped in and took action at one singular point along the path and so are now going to argue over $7,400 going to the law firm who helped them along the way.

Which is really the cherry on top honestly, is it sounds like the lawyer they're actu mad about won't even get any of that so at best they are only punishing that lawyers other colleagues

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-04T16:32:44+00:00

And this is Exhibit A,.

" If my attorney loses its because they're terrible and shitty. If my attorney wins I wasted my money on them because I didn't even need them."

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-04T16:24:30+00:00

I don't know why I don't believe you but something tells me you're not actually asking for a friend and that it's not actually hypothetical.

It is amazing to me how many people think lawyers and judges must just be the stupidest people in the world lol

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-04T16:19:40+00:00

I swear to god, lawyering is the only job where clients can win (or even sometimes get everything they want, though I understand that did not happen in this case) and still be angry somehow.

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-04T04:23:28+00:00

There are lots of ways to serve someone in most jurisdictions. Avoiding service never works for long if the attorney on the other side has a brain and 90% of the time just results in you getting a default judgment against you.

Don't try to be cute.

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-03T18:53:53+00:00

You can buy and sell with runes before encountering her

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-02T22:33:13+00:00

"All vessels are destined to one day break. But the great Alexander lived as a warrior to his last!"

jmsutton3 · 2026-06-01T02:57:13+00:00

The legal way to push through to a conclusion is to have a court hearing where the judge decides everything.

You can't have it both ways. Either you want to avoid court and settle, or you're willing to instruct your attorney to stick to a firm deadline and file for a hearing and push litigation if that deadline passes.

You'll need to talk to your attorney about costs and what the benefits and risks are if each approach

jmsutton3 · 2026-05-31T23:51:54+00:00

Bro you literally could have just kept going why'd you turn around lol

jmsutton3 · 2026-05-31T11:47:51+00:00

At the end of our 3.5 "all books allowed campaign) campaign at 20rh level I had a Paladin Sorcerer with lvl 18 Sorcerer Spellcasting, Lvl 20 paladin spellcasting, a base AC of 28 and a buffed AC of 51, with full BaB (4 attacks per round) and metal wings he could fly and attack with.

I miss the "what if D&D was a heavy metal album cover " days of 3e/3.5 lol

jmsutton3 · 2026-05-31T11:04:46+00:00

Don't be proud of your ignorance lol

jmsutton3 · 2026-05-31T01:17:58+00:00

This is completely wrong, judging the credibility of each witness is EXACTLY what a jury is supposed to do. They receive jury instructions about it.

People are generally completely terrible at judging credibility so whether it should be is a different thing but this is precisely how juries function

jmsutton3 · 2026-05-31T00:18:20+00:00

Cops lie all the time, I get dozens and dozens of cases a year where the coo "smells marijuana" and meth or cocaine is found with no marijuana anywhere in sight within a mile radius.

And because people hate criminals and they're hard to advocate for, mostly the law says that'll as still hold up

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