typical reddit/r/legaladvice post: "person X put their car / house / student loans / business in person Y's name, just as - you know - a <gestures> paperwork thing - but now creditors / the federal government / the DMV / the police / the IRS are acting as if this is Y's thing"
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2/ This is on my mind because of the zoning dispute. Where my neighbor / the building inspector / the head of the local zoning board said "well, OK, the zoning code says Z but that's just as - you know - a <gestures> paperwork thing"
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3/ Now obviously, in the limit - if your last name is Clinton, Buffet, or Bush - the law means exactly that your friends on the court / congress / etc say it means. ...but for normal people? The law means something much closer to what's written down.
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4/ And I'm honestly quite curious what sort of mental model these people who think thoughts like "I sold him the car but kept it in my name and that's fine" are using.
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5/ Now, there's the obvious and funny answer: "they're NOT thinking!" But I think that shortchanges them. These people aren't geniuses, but they still _think_, somewhat.
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6/ Now, I get that we all evolved in a tribal environment where "we all know that this is my tent" is the full extent of the law. So when people say "the car's in my dad's name, but it's really mine", I get PART of what's going on. I know it's my car, dad knows it myse car...
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reddit legal has tons of these "how do I take my name off the mortgage?" LOLOL WHAT !?!?
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