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MeTa post:
Give it to me scrambled
I'd be up for it. This is in DC and not San Francisco, right?
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 9:03 PM on July 21, 2008
The BBQ competition is a little much for me, but I'm still interested in a brunch meetup in DC.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 10:14 AM on July 22, 2008
MeTa post:
MeFi Follow-Up: Joe Horn is Cleared of All Charges
Well, if you don't make it an FPP, we'll never get the MeTa callout when someone says "What do you expect from a state whose official motto is a threat?". Wouldn't want to miss out on one of those again.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 3:35 PM on June 30, 2008
MeTa post:
Don't ask me!!
dersins: How often do you work with lawyers?
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 9:04 PM on June 15, 2008
I think the problem is that, essentially, people are cheap...
I agree that people are cheap. They come here looking for a little context about their problem so that they aren't totally head-over-heels confused when they go on the clock with an expensive-ass lawyer.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 9:40 PM on June 15, 2008
dersins: Didn't the lawyers you worked with have a free-of-charge conversation with you before you hired them? Every time I've engaged an attorney, it started out with a conversation where the lawyer gave me some context and framed the issues for me. Otherwise, they would've never won any business.
Someone who isn't an attorney would probably call that "free advice", like razdrez did, even though it clearly hasn't reach the standard of "legal advice."
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 10:08 PM on June 15, 2008
dersins: No, I'm just challenging your assertion that a lawyer who gave "free advice" would be out of a job. Clearly that's not the case. This and your overall whole black-and-white approach to legal questions on AskMe just strike me as signs that you don't know what you're talking about.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 10:33 PM on June 15, 2008
dersins: I don't think it's fair to assume that the phrase "free advice" when used by a layperson means legal advice, which has a specific technical meaning. When you shut someone down by assuming they're seeking legal advice, it just creates frustration and fear of the law and lawyers.
Now, jayder and ND¢ know what they're talking about. I'm not going to comb their AskMe answer history, but I assume they handle themselves just fine in legal AskMe questions.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 11:06 PM on June 15, 2008
dersins: Why do you think the OP was seeking a definitive answer?
Plenty of people provided helpful information in that thread--mostly that it was important to hang on to whatever evidence was available and to seek a lawyer (perhaps one that focuses on LGBT issues). And the people who gave answers like that managed to do so without treating the OP like an idiot child. Trying to shut them down for having the temerity to ask a legal question is indeed bullshit.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 11:20 PM on June 15, 2008
So, you don't think someone looking for free advice on legal matters, preferably from a "friendly lawyer," is seeking, y'know, legal advice? Really?
I don't think most people realize that there's a difference between legal information and legal advice. They're probably freaked out and just state their question as explicitly as possible. AskMe can help by explaining why it's important to seek a lawyer, or in some cases, pointing the OP in... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 11:30 PM on June 15, 2008
Um, because they asked a yes-or-no question?
Um, people aren't as simple as that. You're just being an unhelpful asshole.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 11:34 PM on June 15, 2008
Yeah, I was thinking of this comment (where you linked to that FPP) when I typed that. Why can't you answer that way all the time?
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 11:40 PM on June 15, 2008
So what's wrong with just saying that? "Many cell contracts require parties sue in NY or get an arbitrator. Make sure you read the contract carefully before taking next steps." It's better than just telling them to STFU and doesn't seem like the kind of advice that could be misinterpreted.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 4:53 PM on June 17, 2008
Does that make sense?
No, it doesn't. It may be right, but it doesn't make sense.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 6:55 PM on June 17, 2008
There's a reason for this.
Lawyers have created a system that ensures their continued employment?
I've learned two things from this thread: 1) I'm wrong about this topic and 2) lawyers are worse than I thought. Seriously, you should feel bad about this.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 7:04 PM on June 17, 2008
Spare me the melodrama
But how else am I supposed to pass the time while my scribeslawyers turn those comments I gave them on my merger agreement?
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 12:04 PM on June 18, 2008
MeTa post:
Best Answer(er)
I'd vote to have Best Answers eliminated over the idea of tallying them up.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 10:52 AM on June 5, 2008
MeTa post:
Gee, man.
This leaves me unsure whether or not to post my grainy out-of-focus possibly-fake cellphone video of a drunken cokehead smashing into the First Annual Take Back The Streets Vagina Bicycle Race.
This is what Projects is for.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 11:45 AM on June 4, 2008
MeTa post:
Asked for X, got Y (where X equals help and Y equals grief)
klangklangston: I'll pay you $500 for your blocks and send them to kmennie if you can create a set that match the quality of the Novanatural blocks. We can send them to some third-party to make the determination. And you'd have some limited amount of time--say, over this coming weekend.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 4:44 PM on June 3, 2008
And I should've made it clear, my offer is for blocks made using the tools/techniques described in this comment. Make-your-own mitre, a crosscut saw and $2 worth of sandpaper.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 4:51 PM on June 3, 2008
MeTa post:
It's not you, it's me.
He's an idiot, but that doesn't mean he's a pedophile.
As someone who just took a ride in an elevator without remembering to choose a floor, I am very relieved to hear this.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 4:51 PM on May 15, 2008
MeTa post:
DC meetup over Memorial Day? Any takers?
I'm up for a meetup on that Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Adam's Morgan works perfectly for me.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 1:47 PM on April 12, 2008
Stewriffic: I think these threads tend to go more smoothly if the OP picks a date/time and puts a stake in the ground. As for location, I think the last meetup at Nanny O'Brien's went really well. It'd be convenient for someone staying in Adam's Morgan.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 12:48 AM on April 13, 2008
I added this to the sidebar.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 9:58 AM on April 14, 2008
MeTa post:
It's hard to be a mod.
Excuse me, but how many days do we currently have in the Cooter bank?
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 4:50 PM on March 17, 2008
TheOnlyCoolTim: Excellent. You're truly a community resource (unless you turn out to be wrong).
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 5:03 PM on March 17, 2008
TheOnlyCoolTim: However, in my opinion the phrase used in that post doesn't count, although I am willing to bow to opposing community consensus.
No exceptions. It counts. We deserve a clean Cooter.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 5:59 PM on March 17, 2008
MeTa post:
It's just like a meet-up except better because it's not in Berkeley.
I'd love to attend another meetup. I'm most likely to attend something that's in DC and takes place on a Friday or weekend evening. But I think these things work out the best when the OP names a time and place...
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 7:50 AM on March 10, 2008
peeedro's idea sounds good to me too.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 11:33 AM on March 10, 2008
Man, I hate to suggest another date but...Friday, April 4th or Saturday, April 5th anyone? I generally can't do weeknights, is the thing.
We need to execute the "NYC meetup thread rule" and force parmanparman to pick a date/place so that all who can attend may rally around it and shame those who cannot.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 8:25 PM on March 10, 2008
Friday the 28th works for me.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 6:20 AM on March 11, 2008
So is it Nanny O'Briens or is that still up for debate?
It works for me, but I'm just desperate for finality.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 1:27 PM on March 13, 2008
I'll probably show up around 8pm.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 8:59 PM on March 14, 2008
MeTa post:
Sans quoi?
That question had one of the best parentheticals ever:
(a lot of heavy kissing and touching, yet I was not allowed to touch his parts. He did not have an erection.)
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 7:41 AM on March 10, 2008
What is life but a series of one-year Master's programs?
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 8:00 AM on March 10, 2008
American Society of Hematology? I don't mean to be flip, but I Googled and couldn't find this a.s.h. You don't have to say it aloud if you are trying to avoid the Google, but I'm just curious.
alt.sex.harrypotter. Duh.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 10:16 AM on March 10, 2008
MeTa post:
Just The Facts, Ma'am
Maybe anyone who participates in IRC bullshit should be automatically banned. Everything I hear about it sounds like it's responsible for half the asshattery around here.
Well, IRC was involved, I suppose. Only a couple of us were around when fandango_matt came to bring up the idea of this callout. I suggested that he not make this post, or at least wait for SCDB to engage in his MAS behavior again since he was already taken to task in another recent... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 6:24 PM on January 15, 2008
MeTa post:
GiveWell, or Give 'em Hell?
Has someone already emailed all this stuff to the reporter that wrote up the NYTimes piece?
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 11:57 AM on December 31, 2007
On preview, monju beat me to the punch.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 11:58 AM on December 31, 2007
MeTa post:
Battle of the Flickr All-Stars
Can we delete chuckdarwin's FPP for a second time?
Not that I endorse the second awful FPP on this topic. I just think it'd be a good way to spite chuckdarwin.
posted to MetaTalk by mullacc
at 3:03 PM on December 29, 2007
