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Fungah! posted:olympos might be one of th worst books ive ever read lol, just absolutely stupid top to bottom I tricked myself into trying to read it twice because I really liked Ilium and hated Olympos enough to stop, then years later thought my memory must have been faulty
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May 10, 2024 18:06
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got halfway into a weird fiction collection recently and was like, wow, lot of short stories about necrophilia! and then later, ohh, thats why the book's called Kissing Carrion  which was cute
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I just finished going through the four current books of the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. I enjoyed them, couldn't put them down at times. the appeal is more about discovering how the world fits together and characters' internal journeys than just a traditional quest, though there are epic battles and stuff. the worldbuilding is sick. they feel very contemporary for high fantasy, obviously working to be inclusive and with a focus on mental health and overcoming adversity that hooks into the worldbuilding and works better than I'd expect. not gritty at all, if you need that in your fantasy. I'd recommend for high fantasy likers. started up Our Share of Night on a friend's rec, cool so far
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Arch Nemesis posted:I just finished going through the four current books of the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. I enjoyed them, couldn't put them down at times. the appeal is more about discovering how the world fits together and characters' internal journeys than just a traditional quest, though there are epic battles and stuff. the worldbuilding is sick. they feel very contemporary for high fantasy, obviously working to be inclusive and with a focus on mental health and overcoming adversity that hooks into the worldbuilding and works better than I'd expect. not gritty at all, if you need that in your fantasy. I'd recommend for high fantasy likers. My daughter just cranked through all 4000 pages of those in a couple weeks. Being a kid and reading giant dragon books ftw. Up there with being a kid and watching 4 hours of anime after school
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May 11, 2024 03:34
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The more i read by/about Dan Simmons the more I go from thinking he's one of those authors whose brain was completely broken by 9/11 to thinking he was always retarded and Hyperion was an accident. Just finished Gideon the Ninth and I think a lot of ppl here would hate it because the characters all talk like tumblr posts but it somehow didn't bother me, enjoyed it immensely after a pretty rough first act
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May 11, 2024 13:35
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Currently audiobooking Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen. Really gripping + stressful, despite knowing from the outset that everyone’s in for a real bad time. Good stuff
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May 12, 2024 16:14
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i loved dan simmon’s “the terror” so much that i started reading the aubrey maturin books
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scary ghost dog posted:i loved dan simmon’s “the terror” so much that i started reading the aubrey maturin books lol. loving dog food so much you try that steak thing out
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May 12, 2024 23:02
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Just watched Paprika for the first time. Pretty wacky
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what if satoshi kon was named satoshi bong
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I got the tude now posted:what if satoshi kon was named satoshi bong 
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scary ghost dog posted:i loved dan simmon’s “the terror” so much that i started reading the aubrey maturin books They're amazing. I'm halfway through the series and will be sad when it's over.
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HolePisser1982 posted:Currently audiobooking Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen finished this in record time whilst having a shellshocked look on my face + thousand yard stare. supposedly villeneuve is adapting it once he finishes dune, which im looking forward to, as i will be able to finally be the "hrm, coulda been a lil more faithful to the books" guy
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big recommend if you want a super scary page turner and also enjoy anti-nuke polemics [all the MGS heads salute at once]
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HolePisser1982 posted:big recommend if you want a super scary page turner and also enjoy anti-nuke polemics [all the MGS heads salute at once] lol
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Rewatched My Cousin Vinny last night, still a god tier court movie. Had a dream afterwards that my wife refused to have sex unless I signed a written affidavit using my "lawyer name" saying she was objectively better looking than Marisa Tomei is in the film, which was funny but I had to take great precision in my description of it
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My Cousin Vinnie is awesome. I work with aot of lawyers these days and all of them love it.
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Bicyclops posted:My Cousin Vinnie is awesome. I work with aot of lawyers these days and all of them love it. Yeah I can't really say I know much about the Alabama legal system but if it is anything like UK law it's extremely realistic up until the finale while still being incredibly funny
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May 18, 2024 18:22
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two of the lawyers I work with are Southern and they're it's biggest fans lol
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May 18, 2024 18:25
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Bicyclops posted:two of the lawyers I work with are Southern and they're it's biggest fans lol That reminds me of my Roman Law professor, who was from Louisiana (for some reason I can't remember, Louisiana law and Scots law are both closely based in Roman Law) and looked and acted exactly like you would expect. Often seen standing outside the uni smoking the biggest and most ridiculous pipe you've ever seen and somehow making it work
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From a criminal defense lawyer standpoint, it's probably the best representation of a criminal jury trial on film. The only difference is there's no way the sheriff helps Vinnie at the end in real life. Also, Louisiana is the only state to resemble the Napoleonic Code system of law. The other 49 follow the common law system from England. I believe that's because Louisiana kept most of its French roots when it became a state.
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May 18, 2024 18:49
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learning that half of imp zone are practicing lawyers
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May 18, 2024 19:11
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not to reveal too much but my job has slowly morphed into basically just reviewing and negotiating contracts, so I basically work with lawyers all day. but my only trial experience was serving on a jury once, so people who lived that for years sit next to me and I'm dying to watch all the court drama movies with them, lol.
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May 18, 2024 19:16
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That’s the half that gets to ride the fated bus to ImpCon.
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In Training posted:learning that half of imp zone are practicing lawyers Wormskull posted:That’s the half that gets to ride the fated bus to ImpCon. lol
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Wormskull posted:That’s the half that gets to ride the fated bus to ImpCon. lol
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moms looking at the imp zone smiling at the commentary on my cousin vinnie but lamenting that nobody seems to be assessing the realism of medical dramas.
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herculon posted:From a criminal defense lawyer standpoint, it's probably the best representation of a criminal jury trial on film. The only difference is there's no way the sheriff helps Vinnie at the end in real life. Also, Louisiana is the only state to resemble the Napoleonic Code system of law. The other 49 follow the common law system from England. I believe that's because Louisiana kept most of its French roots when it became a state. Ahh that sounds familiar, I'm going back... 15 years here. Christ when did that happen. Yeah dipped my toes in some criminal law but eventually decided I wanted to make above minimum wage and also not work 80 hour weeks, so I do employment instead and I'll probably never see a serious courtroom again. The finale definitely stretched it a bit with the sudden surprise witnesses and assistance but w/e it still works. I think his wife explaining how disclosure works to him after the hunting trip is one of the funniest law jokes I've ever seen, which is in fairness not a very high bar. My Cousin Larry
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I agree, the third act suffered from a bit of movie magic. Furthermore, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ8RUwy7RQc
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law is one of my fantasy professions, intellectual property law in particular is genuinely interesting to me. like if i just could drop everything and commit to going to school and stuff i'd try that maybe. the other one is librarian because libraries are cool
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mycophobia posted:law is one of my fantasy professions, intellectual property law in particular is genuinely interesting to me. like if i just could drop everything and commit to going to school and stuff i'd try that maybe. the other one is librarian because libraries are cool IP law is fuckin nuts dude, especially now. there are a lot of ways you can dip your toes into it in industry if you want.
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WHEREAS the Something Awful Forums LLC ("SA") wishes to train some of its members ("posters") in the legal profession and WHEREAS the users in the Imp Zone subforum ("Imps)...
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mycophobia posted:law is one of my fantasy professions, intellectual property law in particular is genuinely interesting to me. like if i just could drop everything and commit to going to school and stuff i'd try that maybe. the other one is librarian because libraries are cool My wife dropped out of being a lawyer like two months into her traineeship and became a law librarian, which sounds like the coolest job when you're able to just get on with it, but nobody cares about what you do until they've driven you out or made you redundant and then they realise you were vital to the company. I have a friend who does IP law and it seems incredibly frustrating because the profession just cannot keep up with the insane speed stuff like AI is developing lol
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Bicyclops posted:WHEREAS the Something Awful Forums LLC ("SA") wishes to train some of its members ("posters") in the legal profession and powerful...
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mycophobia posted:law is one of my fantasy professions, intellectual property law in particular is genuinely interesting to me. like if i just could drop everything and commit to going to school and stuff i'd try that maybe. the other one is librarian because libraries are cool fungahs in school for library stuff and he's a cool guy and my friend
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May 18, 2024 20:11
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the dude who told myco that bows were the same as guns made me think of why I love contracts, lol. like reasonable people can totally get by on a handshake and if there's an issue where they remember things differently, it's almost always semantics and you just move past itm. simple as. but defining terms and clearly laying out all the things an rear end in a top hat might do and preempting them is necessary because of all the freaks out there. it only works in the real world though, Koos will never get d&d to knock it off
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