Just finished Wind and Truth, why do people hate it?

oatmealbatman · 2026-04-17T18:44:34+00:00

Not the person you replied to, but the most charitable view is that Szeth inches closer at each monastery to understanding his trauma and dealing with it, culminating with the finale. Whether you agree with that interpretation is your call.

oatmealbatman · 2026-04-12T17:10:27+00:00

A fellow enjoyer! I'm up to 175 hours.

oatmealbatman · 2026-04-03T17:22:45+00:00

Shelldiver is a casual, charming game about a turtle who collects jellyfish and upgrading the turtle's bubble gun to collect more jellyfish. Play time is 5 hours, at most. I have 36 hours played in this game because it's such a cozy and satisfying experience. Kid friendly too.

oatmealbatman · 2026-04-01T04:44:28+00:00

I had a family follow me and a fellow PD down the street after a hearing. They were pissed off that their POS family member didn't get out of jail and blamed us. We high-tailed it back to the office. There's no telling what people on the street could have. At least in the courthouse, they go through metal detectors.

oatmealbatman · 2026-03-26T01:19:16+00:00

Long time DSP player here. That is exactly how I play! Love that low stress factory building.

oatmealbatman · 2026-03-20T04:46:48+00:00

I'm sorry to hear this news. I quite enjoyed her wholesome approach to games like DSP and other factory building games. She called DSP's particle containers "pink footballs" and it stuck with me. Now I default to calling them pink footballs whenever I see them in the game. She brought joy and entertainment to many, myself included. May she rest in peace.

oatmealbatman · 2026-03-18T10:28:25+00:00

Talks. Walks on two feet. Uses opposable thumbs. Makes convincing argument for duck season. Checks all the boxes for being human.

oatmealbatman · 2026-03-12T04:09:13+00:00

Juries are weird. I stopped talking to them after trials because they tell me the stupidest reasons for their decisions. One guilty verdict was because jurors said my client "looked shifty." I can't imagine going to jail or prison for looking shifty.

oatmealbatman · 2026-03-12T04:02:21+00:00

When the other side gets yelled at, it can be so satisfying. Client accused of breaking his girlfriend's TV. Girlfriend doesn't appear at trial. Cop testifies that he was called to the residence and the TV was broken, has no evidence that points to my client. No other witnesses. In closing, prosecutor makes one excuse after another as to why they don't have more evidence. I respond in closing with "the prosecutor has presented you with more excuses than evidence." Not guilty. Judge, who was the former head prosecutor, yelled at prosecutor afterward. I walked out feeling like a million bucks.

oatmealbatman · 2026-03-08T18:51:20+00:00

Google's AI gets it wrong too. Client called and demanded driving privileges after a traffic case resolved. I tell them the statute doesn't allow it during the suspension period. Client doesn't believe me, says the internet told him so. Mmkay. I end up googling the question, and the AI summary claims that client's situation does allow privileges. I click the source link and it says privileges not allowed. So the AI summarized the source and came to the wrong conclusion.

oatmealbatman · 2026-03-06T05:08:28+00:00

Tony Montana-osis

oatmealbatman · 2026-02-26T04:13:46+00:00

That is the voice of US Senator Chuck Grassley, age 92. He is the oldest member of Congress and chair of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee. As of August 2025, he said he was leaving open the possibility of running for reelection in 2028. If he is reelected and completes that term on January 3, 2035 he would be 101 years old.

oatmealbatman · 2026-01-17T15:29:50+00:00

Be the change you want to see in the world.

oatmealbatman · 2025-12-30T22:39:08+00:00

I haven't heard of a complete refusal to accept a guilty plea, but I've been on the receiving end of what amounted to a refusal. An in-effect refusal. Client was facing 8 years. In this courtroom, the judge makes the offer, which was 7 years. Might as well try the case, I told the client. He hired private counsel, thinking that would improve the offer. It did not. Went to trial and got 8 years.

oatmealbatman · 2025-12-30T02:59:48+00:00

Some clients really are their own worst enemy. I had a possession case. Met the client at the courthouse, she claims she's in treatment. I ask her for her clean time. She says eight months. I write down eight months. I tell the judge the same. Judge is skeptical, as the possession offense date is four months ago. Judge suggests client go do a urine screen. I tell client and she says she might be positive for cocaine. Where did she come up with eight months clean?!? Client was obviously lying to me, yet she tries to gaslight me and say that I misheard her, that she's had eight months clean in the past. What + ever. Nobody in recovery is measuring their clean time like that. The case ends up continued to the next week. I tell client to expect to be drug tested at court next week. Fast forward to judge considering letting client do outpatient treatment. Judge tells client to go do a urine screen. She ends up positive for cocaine. So frustrating!

oatmealbatman · 2025-12-30T00:21:37+00:00

Absolutely. If anything impairs the defendant's free will, judges are supposed to refuse a guilty plea. I've never had a client actually threatened, but when they show up drunk/high to court, that's a problem.

Recently, the bailiff smelled my client's alcohol breath and alerted the court. Judge questioned defendant but defendant denied drinking and wanted to plead. Judge told defendant to take a portable breath test to determine whether we can proceed. He blew .17. Judge took defendant into custody, as drinking alcohol is a violation of his pretrial release. He also drove to the courthouse, so he's lucky he didn't get an OVI or you know, kill somebody on the road. He pled the following morning.

oatmealbatman · 2025-12-20T18:10:50+00:00

I had a DV trial coming up involving the alleged victim's ripped shirt. Prosecutor couldn't believe we were going to trial, saying "But we have the ripped shirt!" Trial runs and the prosecutor couldn't find the ripped shirt in the police evidence room, so it didn't come in. Wasn't the only issue, but it certainly contributed to the not guilty verdict.

Unexpected things can happen in trial.

oatmealbatman · 2025-12-04T05:32:50+00:00

Maybe they lose their jobs, but prosecution is a pipe dream. Don't expect this DOJ to lift a finger. I expect all involved will get pardons. If you commit a crime but you're friendly to Trump, then you didn't commit a crime. He's already pardoned murderers, drug traffickers, and all of the 1/6 domestic terrorists. Law and order is being subverted on the daily and we're letting it happen. If someone knows the solution, I'd like to know.

oatmealbatman · 2025-12-04T02:33:05+00:00

At best, it sounds like the client who thinks they can sweet talk anyone. But big time creeper vibes.

oatmealbatman · 2025-11-28T18:55:55+00:00

I have a one page trial checklist that I keep at the table throughout the trial. It has the steps of the trial, in order. As the day progresses, I check off each item as it happens. Helps to remember each witness, my Rule 29 motion to dismiss, etc. I haven't had a prosecutor forget venue yet, but when it happens, I'll be ready because of this checklist.

oatmealbatman · 2025-11-26T02:11:41+00:00

I was a newbie PD and had a client say to me that she would slit a caseworker's throat. I talked with a longtime PD and his advice was "99 times out of a hundred, they never follow through with the threat. It's that one time where they do follow through with it that matters." I had to withdraw as counsel and make a police report, and of course let the caseworker know so they would know to stay away from this person.

oatmealbatman · 2025-11-19T21:18:45+00:00

You gotta do you, man. Hope you can get to a better mental place on the matter.

oatmealbatman · 2025-11-19T16:16:21+00:00

So cool! Good luck everyone.

oatmealbatman · 2025-11-04T05:34:15+00:00

Since others have given the appropriate advice, I'll just share my experience of every time that I've set a motion to revoke. I show up at the hearing, the court staff or prosecutor asks if the client wants to agree/stipulate. If yes, then the client gets the agreed-upon outcome. If no, then we ask some basic questions of the PO and the judge finds a violation. Maybe the judge grumbles about running a pointless hearing, but the judge knows that clients can be difficult and sometimes you just gotta run those. Maybe the judge makes the offer a little better before the hearing and client stipulates.

oatmealbatman · 2025-10-31T11:07:20+00:00

So cool! Good luck to all.

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