@tnielsenhayden *nod* Which is how trying to understand legal documents in general-usage terms gets one thoroughly fucked.
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@chaosprime Or other legal dialects, viz. newbie authors who take their publishing contract to their uncle the real estate lawyer. -
@tnielsenhayden@chaosprime The farther away you are, the harder it is to see the gaps and cracks, but they're there.
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@chaosprime Are lawyers generally in the habit of expecting everyone else to work at understanding them? That's been my experience so far. -
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@pendrift@evilrooster@chaosprime Right. Thus the handwriting. -
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@tnielsenhayden@pendrift@evilrooster Science fact: legibility of handwriting correlates inversely with how big a deal you think you are. -
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@chaosprime@pendrift@evilrooster I think it correlates with how much of the resulting trouble is going to fall on you.
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@tnielsenhayden General usage operates fine while everybody's pals. In the breach, every crossed T counts. -
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@chaosprime True. The language of adversarial proceedings is anything but natural. -
@tnielsenhayden@chaosprime One of my many brothers is a lawyer. When he speaks, it's as if he's reading a contract.
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@chaosprime@tnielsenhayden And this is why good bureaucrats are vital -- users regardless of intelligence/language need help navigating.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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