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What tier of med schools does not admit freshman drink till you drop flunky dropouts 15 years later? This question is... unrelated... to the current discussion. Also how does one find a new doctor given a list of med schools?
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https://np.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/6lvmd7/update_virginia_i_caused_an_accident_lady_i_hit/ [Update] [Virginia] - I caused an accident, lady I hit refuses to take payout from Insurance, thinks I should pay because I need to "learn my lesson" (self.legaladvice) submitted 3 days ago by DumbCarAccident quote:Original thread here - https://np.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/612803/richmond_va_i_caused_an_accident_a_year_and_a/ How to turn a $40k insurance settlement payout free and clear into keeping $24k of a $40k insurance settlement payout and paying the other $16k to a personal injury attorney. She wanted the OP to have to pay for it himself, rather than have his insurance cover it.
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canyoneer posted:https://np.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/6lvmd7/update_virginia_i_caused_an_accident_lady_i_hit/ But why  Like I assume she just saw the attorney's TV ad telling you how you can get BIG BUXX NOW FROM YOUR ACCIDENT and figured that she'd get millions or something?
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ate all the Oreos posted:But why No, because the insurance company is the one with all the money. She wanted the person causing the accident to "personally" pay, maybe thinking if she sued in court then OP would be screwed. She may not have realized that if she sued in court, OP's insurance would be obliged to defend him, and would be paying out anyway.
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ate all the Oreos posted:But why I might be misinterpreting, but I think the issue wasn't the amount, but the source. She didn't want $40k from the insurance company, she wanted $40k from the OP's personal bank account. So she kept fighting the insurance company and lost a large chunk of her settlement to the attorney, to teach OP a lesson. I hope he's happy now!
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April posted:I might be misinterpreting, but I think the issue wasn't the amount, but the source. She didn't want $40k from the insurance company, she wanted $40k from the OP's personal bank account. So she kept fighting the insurance company and lost a large chunk of her settlement to the attorney, to teach OP a lesson. I hope he's happy now! Is that similar to what happened to Gawker with the Hulk Hogan case?
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April posted:I might be misinterpreting, but I think the issue wasn't the amount, but the source. She didn't want $40k from the insurance company, she wanted $40k from the OP's personal bank account. So she kept fighting the insurance company and lost a large chunk of her settlement to the attorney, to teach OP a lesson. I hope he's happy now! Yeah I know that's the reason she stated but I'm trying to read between the lines here, the woman basically didn't care for a month and then suddenly hired a lawyer, that just strikes me as "I saw some commercial and it clicked"
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Jul 11, 2017 00:07
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Is that similar to what happened to Gawker with the Hulk Hogan case? Yeah, they dropped the "negligent infliction of emotional distress" in order to bypass the insurance company and go straight for the throat. It's nice when billionaires bully other billionaires for a change
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canyoneer posted:Yeah, they dropped the "negligent infliction of emotional distress" in order to bypass the insurance company and go straight for the throat. I think Nick Denton was a mere millionaire. Pathetic. Best part of that case (and really a BWM story if you think about it) was when a Gawker writer tried 90s-style "edgy" internet humor on the witness stand and learned that doesn't go over so well in court.
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Jul 11, 2017 00:12
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Does anyone remember how much the Back Panther guy got in exchange for his arm? To get a really good payout you usually need to lose a limb. Or a family member. 
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Jul 11, 2017 00:16
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Carry around the amount of insurance you think a rich person would carry
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I'd rather deal with an insurance company than some random person I got into an accident with. The insurance company deals with this daily, they have money (generally unlike the person who caused the accident), and they'll probably get me a rental car and handle my medical deductibles If I have any without a huge fuss. Also, my claims adjuster friends would rather talk to a lawyer than you. They WANT to hear you say "gently caress you, I have a lawyer!" The lawyer is more professional than the insured and usually more reasonable.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:I think Nick Denton was a mere millionaire. Pathetic. Edgelord defense never works. The writer should have tried screaming "it was just a PRANK relax bro" from the stand over and over.
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ate all the Oreos posted:Yeah I know that's the reason she stated but I'm trying to read between the lines here, the woman basically didn't care for a month and then suddenly hired a lawyer, that just strikes me as "I saw some commercial and it clicked" It may have taken her a month to find the sleazy attorney who probably knew she didn't have much of a case to actually make the OP pay personally but offered to take it on contingency and get a nice payout in exchange for a lawyer letter and some paralegal time. Tiny Brontosaurus posted:I think Nick Denton was a mere millionaire. Pathetic. What an expensive mistake he turned out to be.
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Krispy Kareem posted:Does anyone remember how much the Back Panther guy got in exchange for his arm? drat, I would have thought for sure I could link you the exact post via abunchofnumbers' SAclopedia page, but he doesn't have one. iirc he got a million bucks, and then promptly bought a manual transmission (lmao) Lamborghini. Edit: oh hey, this exists https://encyclopediadramatica.rs/Abunchofnumbers Sirotan fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Jul 11, 2017 |
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Jul 11, 2017 01:06
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monster on a stick posted:
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http://jalopnik.com/that-vlogger-who-got-rid-of-his-tesla-because-it-had-ba-1796782695 Some Youtube personality complained about his Tesla Model S losing traction, assumed that it was due to the car being rear-wheel drive, and traded it in for a Model X. Somehow, he failed to notice that the rear tires were worn down to the steel belts.
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Cockmaster posted:http://jalopnik.com/that-vlogger-who-got-rid-of-his-tesla-because-it-had-ba-1796782695 What kind of tires does the model S have? He complains that they're worn after 8 months but that's pretty typical wear for Z or W rated tires, especially if you are flooring it all the time.
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C.H.O.M.E posted:What kind of tires does the model S have? He complains that they're worn after 8 months but that's pretty typical wear for Z or W rated tires, especially if you are flooring it all the time. The Model S is a 5000lb, over 600hp car on 21" wheels with really sticky tires. 6 month tire lifespan is generous if you're driving hard. Edit: Here's a longer explanation: https://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-s/2013/long-term-road-test/2013-tesla-model-s-tire-woes-part-2.html Tires won't make it to 10k miles if you don't rotate them, I'm betting a good care tire wear scenario if you take it easy is about 15k mile life. Twerk from Home fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Jul 11, 2017 |
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Twerk from Home posted:The Model S is a 5000lb, over 600hp car on 21" wheels with really sticky tires. 6 month tire lifespan is generous if you're driving hard. No I know how tires work, just don't know what kind of tires the tesla has.
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C.H.O.M.E posted:No I know how tires work, just don't know what kind of tires the tesla has. Oh, most of the P85D Teslas have these: https://shop.teslamotors.com/products/21-continental-sport-contact-5-tire W rated summer tire, $375 each plus labor if you buy them from Tesla.
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As fascinating as tires are, have some BWM: https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6mmaxl/uhhh_help/?st=j4zq703h&sh=cc85c114 The OP doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.... quote:I have a lot of debt stemming from student loans, now they are garnishing wages. I've received two letters expressing that they will each garnish 25 percent, one of which has already started. I was offered a lump sum settlement on one of the debts which I cannot afford. They are all education loans, some from the department of education, some from Navient. I was given advice to enroll in a rehab program, which I did. I'm paying five bucks a month and was told any type of debt recovery would stop but it's gotten so much worse. Ive gotten every one of my tax refunds garnished for the last five years, and have tried to get it straight sense inception but I have been given very little options, outside of paying way more then I can afford. I went to college one year, it's in the hundred thousands of dollars. Then he explains a little.... quote:It was called full sail. Its insane. It was a fifty thousand for an associates and I realized that it was a piece of poo poo school so I left before the second semester, and was willing to pay for my stupid mistake at 30k. lovely still, yes but doable. Then because it was a accelerated program, a one year associate program where you go for forty hours of class a week, split into two semesters, another loan was taking out. I Wasn't doing well so I had to take a few classes over, which is free, one of the selling points. One that sold me because i barely made it through any type school my whole life. so my first semester took the full year when the program should have. So I dropped out at a full year but it was the halfway point but The only way to get living expense loans which I needed to live was to get the second pet of the loan or so I was told. It was kind of one of these things where I was trying to get help for classes they weren't really responding, or showing me how to get a hand, then they were trying to kick me out for my grades even though they were enough to continue, not good but enough to not get expelled. Anyway So I knew I wasn't doing well and they weren't giving me a hand so I wanted to leave before I payed for the second part and continued not getting the education I was paying for. Needless to say it didn't matter. Even if I went for the second part and did not leave I wasn't able to get another Loan to live on, And because classes were forty hours a week couldn't really get a job which would afford me a house. so I wouldn't have been able to continue anyway, no place to live. "I've never been able to do anything school-ish, so taking out a 50k loan to go to school makes perfect sense." quote:I don't really know what loans what. I get eight different letters for different places. I'm imagining they're delinquent still, if they're garnishing wages. Those two that sent me 25 percent letters are both from department of ed. I do t know what loans were I spoke to a counselor at the school and they told me what to sign and distributed he loans and from there they'd cut me a check for my living wages. I have no idea what "school" this is, but I hope they are out of business now.
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April posted:As fascinating as tires are, have some BWM: Full sail? They've been around for a long time actually, existing to prey upon peoples dreams of working in creative roles in the entertainment industry.
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April posted:I have no idea what "school" this is, but I hope they are out of business now. Full Sail is a scam art school that tells people they can get jobs as Pixar animators or video game designers. It's so notoriously bad that Full Sail grads are more or less blacklisted from the animation industry. They make money hand over fist.
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April posted:As fascinating as tires are, have some BWM: Full sail is the worst of computer/video game developer boot camp schools.
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C.H.O.M.E posted:Full sail is the worst of computer/video game developer boot camp schools. Full Sail has been around for decades, way longer than the boot camp trend. They're more like ITT or Devry, but for "creative" people, and just as if not more lovely and expensive.
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I'm still very confused about how his original loan was between 30k and 50k, but he has a total balance of over 100k in less than 2 years, has 7 or 8 different lenders, and can't figure out who any of his lenders are or how to get in contact with them except for the Federal loans. What exactly happened between Step A and present? Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Jul 11, 2017 |
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Full Sail is a running joke in a lot of industries, Live Production is where I have my degree and Full Sail grads were the absolute worst when it came to expectations "What do you mean I'm not Audio 1, Video 1 or Lighting 1? I have a 4 year degree and 0 experience!"
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I'm still very confused about how his original loan was between 30k and 50k, but he has a total balance of over 100k in less than 2 years, has 7 or 8 different lenders, and can't figure out who any of his lenders are or how to get in contact with them except for the Federal loans. Full Sail, like its competitor The Art Institute, exists primarily to bilk the college loans system. They staff people whose sole job is to get students to apply for as many loans as possible, frequently misleading or outright lying to them. It sounds like maybe it's 50k a semester? Probably including a lot of extra padding for cost of living.
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Full Sail, like its competitor The Art Institute, exists primarily to bilk the college loans system. They staff people whose sole job is to get students to apply for as many loans as possible, frequently misleading or outright lying to them. It sounds like maybe it's 50k a semester? Probably including a lot of extra padding for cost of living. Yeah, my little brother ended up with 35k in student loans for 4 months of art school. I'm just confused because he says he took out a loan for the tuition + living expenses (30 to 50k) and then quote:the interest went up to the hundred thousand range, almost 100k more the original price. I still have no idea how that happened on a 30-50k original loan.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Yeah, my little brother ended up with 35k in student loans for 4 months of art school. He never gave any actual numbers, or listed all of the loans out or anything that might help make sense of it. I imagine that at this point, he's just estimating and assuming. He doesn't seem to have much of a handle on the situation at all.
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April posted:He never gave any actual numbers, or listed all of the loans out or anything that might help make sense of it. I imagine that at this point, he's just estimating and assuming. He doesn't seem to have much of a handle on the situation at all. He says: quote:It was a fifty thousand for an associates and I realized that it was a piece of poo poo school so I left before the second semester, and was willing to pay for my stupid mistake at 30k. That's what I am basing my 30-50k original loan amount on. He says his current amount owed is 100k more than the loan amount. That's insane and I have no idea how that could happen.
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He realized it was a piece of poo poo, but then went back for an even more expensive degree?
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:He says: Quoted tuition was $30k and the school got him to take out as many loans as possible for as much as possible which they hit up for board or other living costs.
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cowofwar posted:Quoted tuition was $30k and the school got him to take out as many loans as possible for as much as possible which they hit up for board or other living costs. I just gotta wonder how you get loans for cost of living or boarding up to 100k without straight up fraud. Or what he did with that money when he decided not to finish the degree.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I just gotta wonder how you get loans for cost of living or boarding up to 100k without straight up fraud. Or what he did with that money when he decided not to finish the degree.
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Jul 11, 2017 18:44
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Scammed by Full Sail, and I'm taking it to the news
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Good Parmesan posted:Scammed by Full Sail, and I'm taking it to the news I loved that thread.
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Solice Kirsk posted:I loved that thread. Link?
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Virtue posted:Link? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2873673
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