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Wasn't the Bad Video Game Lawyer Man disbarred for being a vexatious litigant? I forget his name. White bread proto-Floridaman. You know the one.
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Jack Thompson. America has an incredibly stupid court system. Gawker's destruction is infamous for Peter Thiel backing the lawsuit because he's a huge pissbaby that was upset Valleywag outed him but the only reason they were able to destroy Gawker was because of a dumb quirk of the law since the suit was originally against radio shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge who ended up settling.
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Nov 12, 2019 18:07
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Groovelord Neato posted:Gawker's destruction is infamous for Peter Thiel backing the lawsuit because he's a huge pissbaby that was upset Valleywag outed him but the only reason they were able to destroy Gawker was because of a dumb quirk of the law since the suit was originally against radio shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge who ended up settling.  I don't know how I feel to live in a world where that is a) a valid grammatical sentence, and b) a legitimate and concise description of a valid and important legal issue.
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Nov 12, 2019 18:57
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Alhazred posted:I know that in my country you have to pay your own court expenses plus the court expenses of the guy you're suing if you lose the lawsuit. Which I guess is a good deterrent against frivolous lawsuits. That happens in the US but it's not part of the law anywhere as far as I know.
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Nov 12, 2019 20:07
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TheCenturion posted:
Bro, Trump is president, the world stopped making any goddamn sense a long time ago.
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Nov 12, 2019 21:56
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Alhazred posted:I know that in my country you have to pay your own court expenses plus the court expenses of the guy you're suing if you lose the lawsuit. Which I guess is a good deterrent against frivolous lawsuits. Between two parties of roughly equal means, sure, but the whole problem of SLAPP suits is that guys like Bob will happily piss away a few million dollars if it means they can keep a story out of the press for a year or longer. The cost is immaterial to them. It does at least mean that their target is not destroyed by the lawsuit even when they win, but they still have to find a way to eat those costs as the lawsuit is ongoing which might end up ruining them before they get an opportunity to get that money back. Groovelord Neato posted:Jack Thompson. Yeah Thompson was disbarred although bear in mind that being "disbarred" is not actually a consequence employed by the courts but rather something that the bar association will do if a lawyer professionally disgraces themselves in some way. It does prevent him from practicing law but it was a professional organization that did it to him rather than the legal system.
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Nov 12, 2019 22:56
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Isn't the whole deal that wealthy businessmen have lawyers on retainer so it doesn't actually cost them much extra to send them out to kill whereas human beings have to go searching for a lawyer and then can get crippled by the costs involved.
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Nov 12, 2019 23:26
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Groovelord Neato posted:Jack Thompson. There's no "dumb quirk." Hulk Hogan's sex tape wasn't newsworthy, and Gawker got its poo poo rightfully pushed in for publishing it (and being dipshits in court). Are you really arguing the investigative bona fides of a gossip rag?
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Nov 12, 2019 23:32
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Grand Fromage posted:That happens in the US but it's not part of the law anywhere as far as I know. Generally it’s tied to a Summary Dismissal with Prejudice. Essentially a judge looks over the briefs before the trial even starts and says “This case is bullshit, you’re an rear end and stop bothering these people.” This completely ends proceedings on the case unless the dismissal is successfully appealed and then everything starts over. A judge’s ability to decide is usually the reason lawmakers are hesitant to expand anti-slap suits, a lot people believe of something is already covered by a law there’s no reason to make more laws.
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Nov 12, 2019 23:39
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Baronash posted:There's no "dumb quirk." Hulk Hogan's sex tape wasn't newsworthy, and Gawker got its poo poo rightfully pushed in for publishing it (and being dipshits in court). Yeah Gawker was completely in the wrong and had multiple chances to make things right. It's a shame since while I hated Gawker itself the sites under it's umbrella did a lot of great writing and investigative journalism. Since the sale they are all failing badly due to incompetence from ownership.
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Nov 12, 2019 23:55
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Baronash posted:There's no "dumb quirk." Hulk Hogan's sex tape wasn't newsworthy, and Gawker got its poo poo rightfully pushed in for publishing it (and being dipshits in court). lmao
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Nov 13, 2019 00:18
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The Cheshire Cat posted:Does the US not have laws... Show me a rich person who has ever suffered a consequence and I'll show you another rich person they hosed over, then categorizing them as enemies of the rich and subject to consequences.
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Nov 13, 2019 07:16
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The whole Gawker thing seemed extremely avoidable given they literally contravened judge's orders to take the tape down, and admitted in court they would publish child porn if they deemed it newsworthy. It was own goal after own goal.
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Nov 13, 2019 11:07
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The ending to this episode felt extra cathartic when I remembered how nervous Oliver was doing the original piece, with just the spectre of the future lawsuits hanging over his uncertain head... I'm also pretty certain that Mr. Nutterbutter hasn't made an appearance since the first Massey deep dive. 
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Nov 13, 2019 17:47
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Forum Joe posted:Sorry, you want MORE of them talking about the shape of his head? Counter point:
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Nov 16, 2019 21:53
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If anyone watches Legal Eagle on YouTube, he just did a video about the latest episode of Last Week Tonight. It's pretty neat.
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Nov 16, 2019 23:41
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tarlibone posted:If anyone watches Legal Eagle on YouTube, he just did a video about the latest episode of Last Week Tonight. It's pretty neat. I was worried that this would be an rear end take.
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Nov 17, 2019 02:21
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Ok so now I have to check my drawer in work tomorrow, as I already did the census after getting mail (physical, multiple) and I could’ve sworn it contained a question about my citizenship (which I don’t have, I’m a Permanent Legal Resident). So hearing it’s happening *next year* is a slight concern.
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Nov 18, 2019 05:31
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Man it is going to be a long time until February.
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Nov 18, 2019 07:27
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Dug out my paperwork, and it was legit (.gov addresses etc, which is why I didn't really question it when I did it). So I guess they're starting early? And there definitely is a question about citizenship - quote:8 Is this person a citizen of the United States? I was pretty run down when watching last night's show, but I could've sworn John said they weren't going to include this afterall? Full question list is at https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/methodology/questionnaires/2019/quest19.pdf . Ironically, they don't ask how many bathrooms I have but one of the questions asks how many rooms in my house specifically not bathrooms.
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Nov 18, 2019 20:36
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That appears to be a different survey, according to NPR? https://www.npr.org/2019/08/09/743296249/why-is-the-census-bureau-still-asking-a-citizenship-question-on-forms
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Nov 18, 2019 21:28
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They probably just included it, grabbed their junk and said enforce this.
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Nov 19, 2019 00:50
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Ignis posted:That appears to be a different survey, according to NPR? Oh fun. Well I hope they enjoy my ‘no’ because they didn’t include a bit that would’ve confirmed my green card status.
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Nov 19, 2019 02:39
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It just never gets old how the core conceit of our democracy is under constant assault, but it does get exhausting. Sabotaging the census is a pretty complex tactic, the defense against the impeachment is childish and absurd. When they say it's just Trump being Trump, well...extortion and flaunting all legality and due process is the bulk of his career, so when they're right, they're right.
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Nov 19, 2019 03:01
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SlothfulCobra posted:It just never gets old how the core conceit of our democracy is under constant assault, but it does get exhausting. I do wish would have have something to the effect of a “no confidence” vote to trigger new elections like in a Parliamentary system. Alas I am sure the GOP would did a way to pervert that was well.
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Nov 19, 2019 03:57
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New web exclusive about SantaCon https://youtu.be/_TfCgeYHiBE
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Dec 8, 2019 18:13
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This is your one month warning, the show returns Feb 16! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe4UZEH3g4Y
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Jan 15, 2020 18:31
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Hulu now has a live watch option with their HBO addon if you have cut the cord. 
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Jan 16, 2020 06:04
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Lemme just shove something mostly unimportant but potentially interesting in your face. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxatzHnl7Q8
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Jan 20, 2020 06:37
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SlothfulCobra posted:Lemme just shove something mostly unimportant but potentially interesting in your face. Push notifications have collectively ruined the planet's attention span. As a side note, one of my absolute pet hates is people who not only leave every push notification for every app active, complete with obnoxious sound effects, but insist on interrupting whatever they're doing to check the notification.
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Jan 20, 2020 08:27
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I hate sites that completely abuse the fact they have your email too. Like I bought something from Fanatics not long ago, and I swear I got something like 13 emails from them in a space of 2 or 3 days. You’re a legitimate business, what the gently caress makes you think this is ok? I like to spend some time every so often going through my inbox and getting off/adding to block lists poo poo that I’ve just been auto deleting.
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Jan 21, 2020 02:13
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Shopping for my teenage daughter for Christmas I ordered some shirts from Hot Topic. On Black Friday they sent me 4 emails all about the same sale, $12 tshirts. It didn’t exactly slow down after that either.
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Jan 21, 2020 02:32
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The systems are so dumb about sending you ads for stuff you just bought. Sorry guys, I don't need a new video card, I bought one from you last week. Now be less dumb and send me that ad in, oh, three years and I'm still probably deleting it unread, but it's at least more than a 0% chance I am thinking about a new card.
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EL BROMANCE posted:I hate sites that completely abuse the fact they have your email too. Like I bought something from Fanatics not long ago, and I swear I got something like 13 emails from them in a space of 2 or 3 days. You’re a legitimate business, what the gently caress makes you think this is ok? Remind me some day to make a database out of all the stuff Adam & Eve has sent me over the last few years. Many years ago, if you and your good lady wife were looking for some marital aides (and I love the term "marital aides!"), you might go to a website like Adam & Eve, which had supplied you with the implements of naughtiness for years through their mail order catalogues. Sure, it was basically a weird website that was an electronic version of the paper catalog, and sure, you had to call them to give them your credit card info, but it was so much more convenient! Somehow! And in the near future, it was going to be much less frightening to enter your credit card info into their newfangled "pay online" option.... I can't remember the last time I even went to their website. It was after I got gmail, but that was a long time ago. But starting about five years ago or so, I began to get the dreaded "IF YOU DON'T ORDER SOMETHING, WE'LL HAVE TO CANCEL YOUR ACCOUNT, BECAUSE IT COSTS MONEY TO KEEP IT OPEN!!" messages. Now, mail order businesses used to do this, and they were serious: you would lose your account, and you'd get no more catalogs. Why? Because it cost lots of money to send them. But it costs almost nothing to send emails en masse, so I ignored the messages. And I still get them at least once a week. I also get daily--daily--emails from them, offering me increasingly amazing deals on oils and other goo, movies focused on fetishes I have no interest in, and various tubular things filled with rubber pussy. I'm not even offended or annoyed anymore. It's like a daily joke.
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TheBizzness posted:Shopping for my teenage daughter for Christmas I ordered some shirts from Hot Topic. I ordered a sweater from Jos A Banks and they've sent me multiple emails every single day since.
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muscles like this! posted:I ordered a sweater from Jos A Banks and they've sent me multiple emails every single day since. I'm sorry, I can't help myself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU9HV3Uk9a4 
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I feel like a bit of an outside case, because I actually quite like unimportant (at least in the general sense) push notifications. I have them left on for my podcast app for instance, since it informs me when there's new episodes out for stuff I actively listen to each week. That's important to me though, so there is that distinction. On the other other hand, I have them enabled in YouTube as well and get a dozen or more push notifications throughout the day. I barely pay attention to them, and don't check my phone obsessively for them or anything; I just like that there'll be something I'm interested in popping up as worth while checking out if I have a few minutes here or there. Then again, I also have essentially never curated my general email account and there are over 10,000+ unread emails there. Which doesn't bother my rear end none, because anything important is going to be near the top anyway, I can favorite/star anything actually important and search exists if I want to find something older than a few weeks.
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i have push notifications turned off for nearly everything, same with location services. I get notifications for Messenger, IMs, podcasts, and emails. tsob posted:Then again, I also have essentially never curated my general email account and there are over 10,000+ unread emails there. Which doesn't bother my rear end none, because anything important is going to be near the top anyway, I can favorite/star anything actually important and search exists if I want to find something older than a few weeks.  
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Atomizer posted:I'm sorry, I can't help myself: SNL did a great commercial for an alternative use for Jos. A Banks suits.
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I wish you could customize alerts better and not have it all or nothing. Like I enjoy having the Starbucks notification for when my card is charged, but I don't need notifications for happy hour or double star days. I like having alerts on amazon for orders delivering, but not digging this new "Here is a recommended item for you" notifications.
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