[Macros]

Slow Ben, on 14 January 2018 - 02:58 PM, said:

Googles Kelly Reilly......



Sorry Mac, but no on this one.

She's gorgeous and practically oozes sensuality. But most beautiful? Gotta pass.

Do not recall posting.
But she is a lovely young woman

[QuickTidal]

Um...this is amazing.

H.P. Lovecraft's "Nemesis" has the same meter as Billy Joel's "Piano Man."

[EmperorMagus]

I just got accepted into Law School.

Yaaaay!

(Meanwhile, my subconscious is whispering: Another three years of my life in school before I have to come to terms with the terrible fact that human labor is obsolete.)

[EmperorMagus]

Briar King, on 16 January 2018 - 02:16 AM, said:

Grats.

What's your goal? Criminal, tax, divorce, juvenile, other?

At this point I'm more focused on getting the degree than what to do with it

[Gust Hubb]

Lady Bliss, on 14 January 2018 - 10:12 PM, said:

Briar King, on 14 January 2018 - 09:44 PM, said:

Lady Bliss, on 14 January 2018 - 09:42 PM, said:

Briar King, on 14 January 2018 - 09:16 PM, said:

Gust Hubb, on 14 January 2018 - 07:27 PM, said:

Day in New Orleans with my gf. A really nice trip for both of our bdays.

And so close to Mardi Gras to! Yall should be seeing some decorations up now.

Oooooooh YES! I need to mail order a kings cake!

Did you last year? I know we talked about it then

Yep! They don’t really sell them out here and I can’t imagine going without one. I may get 2 this time so I can bring 1 to work.

Yup, decorations were going up. Bought a king cake for a friend. Now juat trying to survive Fuck-tucky on the unplowed freeway.

[Tsundoku]

EmperorMagus, on 16 January 2018 - 02:03 AM, said:

I just got accepted into Law School.

Yaaaay!

(Meanwhile, my subconscious is whispering: Another three years of my life in school before I have to come to terms with the terrible fact that human labor is obsolete.)

Congratulations. I'm sure the Soulectomy won't hurt a bit. You can probably ease yourself into it by pulling the wings off flies and stealing candy from children.

[worry]

Man you guys can be such cynics!

I like to believe in that famous maxim: "The world needs more lawyers."

[Mentalist]

EmperorMagus, on 16 January 2018 - 02:03 AM, said:

I just got accepted into Law School.

Yaaaay!

(Meanwhile, my subconscious is whispering: Another three years of my life in school before I have to come to terms with the terrible fact that human labor is obsolete.)

Gratz. Once you're in it's all fun and games until you're out.

[Morgoth]

EmperorMagus, on 16 January 2018 - 02:03 AM, said:

I just got accepted into Law School.

Yaaaay!

(Meanwhile, my subconscious is whispering: Another three years of my life in school before I have to come to terms with the terrible fact that human labor is obsolete.)

Flee while you still can! Congratulations, EM! Law is a great field

[EmperorMagus]

Tsundoku, on 16 January 2018 - 05:47 AM, said:

Congratulations. I'm sure the Soulectomy won't hurt a bit. You can probably ease yourself into it by pulling the wings off flies and stealing candy from children.

Oh I assure you, that process is already well underway. It starts with the LSAT exam, which by itself dims every joy and dulls every pleasure in a mortal's life.

worry, on 16 January 2018 - 06:00 AM, said:

Man you guys can be such cynics!

I like to believe in that famous maxim: "The world needs more lawyers."

Can you imagine a world without lawyers? ewwww

Mentalist, on 16 January 2018 - 06:10 AM, said:

Gratz. Once you're in it's all fun and games until you're out.

Not sure if you're serious or sarcastic.

Morgoth, on 16 January 2018 - 08:04 AM, said:

Flee while you still can! Congratulations, EM! Law is a great field

Thank you!

[Puck]

EmperorMagus, on 16 January 2018 - 02:03 AM, said:

I just got accepted into Law School.

Yaaaay!

(Meanwhile, my subconscious is whispering: Another three years of my life in school before I have to come to terms with the terrible fact that human labor is obsolete.)

Congrats, EM!

This is gonna sound cheesy, but it always makes me happy to see you get ahead and get what you want

[Tsundoku]

EmperorMagus, on 16 January 2018 - 08:29 AM, said:

Tsundoku, on 16 January 2018 - 05:47 AM, said:

Congratulations. I'm sure the Soulectomy won't hurt a bit. You can probably ease yourself into it by pulling the wings off flies and stealing candy from children.

Oh I assure you, that process is already well underway. It starts with the LSAT exam, which by itself dims every joy and dulls every pleasure in a mortal's life.

My original reaction:

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Can you imagine a world without lawyers? ewwww

Morgoth, on 16 January 2018 - 08:04 AM, said:

Flee while you still can! Congratulations, EM! Law is a great field

That's because Norwegian Maritime Law = Viking Law. Which is just The Law of the Sword, proving the right of your cause over the blood-drenched bodies of your opponents and tearing their still-beating hearts out and eating them. Cool shit.

[Gorefest]

That is the end of your time on the forum then, I guess. Can't have people finding historic posts of you saying that Karsa is a reprehensible being when you may have to defend him in court sometime.

[Morgoth]

I don't know about that. My forum record is hardly a shining beacon of intelligence and insight, but here I am still, lawyering away.

[Gorefest]

Well, I guess it is pretty moot unless Karsa is your client.

[Andorion]

EmperorMagus, on 16 January 2018 - 03:51 AM, said:

Briar King, on 16 January 2018 - 02:16 AM, said:

Grats.

What's your goal? Criminal, tax, divorce, juvenile, other?

At this point I'm more focused on getting the degree than what to do with it

Awesome news EM!

Totally go into criminal law. And then channel your hard earned expertise into building incisive and machiavellian cases in Mafia!

[amphibian]

Criminal law would not be what the Mafia wants. Tax law would be what they want.

Tax lawyers are very rare and valuable. Mostly because you have to be a special person to deal with all that.

I'm glad I went into disability law, which touches on a lot of other fields. But I would tell most people to stay away from law school and the legal profession. It's enough debt that doing nothing for three years and barely scraping by until you definitely figure out what you want to do would be vastly cheaper.

That kind of debt can affect the rest of your life in terms of getting credit, a house, and/or your own happiness.

It's a good thing to get into law school, but I really would not suggest going unless you're absolutely sure you want to actually go. If you're at all thinking "Got nothing better to do" then don't do this.

[Macros]

He means mafia the game amph

[Morgoth]

Besides, tax law is a lot of fun partially because no one else understands what you're doing. I had a new meeting today with the guy I mentioned a week ago, and in full view of everyone I told him straight up that his opinion on the issue is irrelevant because I know of what I talk about and he does not. Being the only tax lawyer present that was entirely true and very very satisfying.

Law is fun EM. It really is, if you enjoy language, reading, and spending a lot of time telling people things they do not want to hear. There's a kind of detective work involved too in how you follow trails of precedence towards a solution, and a lot of creative thinking in figuring out the right problem in the first place. What is the question you should actually ask. Being good at figuring that out is the heart of our profession, independent of which field of law you go for.

At the same time, it's a field that can easily make you rather unpopular (if you're in house at least), and lots of people have no respect for what you do. And jesus but you can become boring at parties

This post has been edited by Morgoth: 16 January 2018 - 02:53 PM

[amphibian]

I know the above viscerally because I was thinking "Got nothing better to do" when I went in and it took me five long years of depressed toil after law school to get a job I love. The only reason I was afloat those years was because I have a family who supported me and gave me a paying job that my very depressed self could do until I put myself back together and worked to get the job I have now.

H.D. on these forums quit law entirely and became a teacher. I have friends who quit law too and they're happier for it. I
have friends who joined the army to become JAGs because they hated their corporate worlds.

I also have friends who are genuinely happy doing what law areas they do and they're successful and well respected. I have friends who toil through and get money, but it's just a job to them. It's a big gamut of people and the debt makes the decision to go to school a very momentous one that affects the next twenty years of life majorly for most people.

I also have a couple acquaintances who were from extremely wealthy families and they don't do anything even after law school, but they have no debt and trust funds to fuel whatever stupid modeling/ singing or modern art career moves they want.

I am not you, EM. My friends are not you. You're going to find your answer, but I do urge you to not go if there's a sliver of doubt or indifference. If you don't have those things, you'll kick butt and that's great.