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Why are lawyers so good with words and grammar?

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Rambunctious voyeur
  06/24/14
I tried this once. I was attempting to use a redacted phr...
Umber Theater
  06/30/25
Surgeons use a scalpel Juris doctors use words.
Haunting Rigpig Brethren
  06/24/14
o what a scholar!
Rambunctious voyeur
  06/24/14
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Umber Theater
  06/28/25
kind of like sorcerers casting spells
razzle-dazzle station striped hyena
  06/24/14
cr. Doctors write life saving prescriptions. Juris doc...
Haunting Rigpig Brethren
  06/24/14
"I get it now! Juris PHYSICIANS keep us safe just like ...
razzle-dazzle station striped hyena
  06/24/14
lol link?
ungodly lettuce piazza
  06/24/14
they're not
Vibrant temple
  06/24/14
cr. They're actually some of the worst. My mom with her high...
Burgundy Hunting Ground Church
  06/24/14
There's a lot of bad writing out there, but you're probably ...
plum diverse gas station juggernaut
  06/24/14
(Julia)
soul-stirring space
  06/24/14
oh my look at the words
contagious site
  06/24/14
because anything you read written by a lawyer went through h...
indigo ape
  06/24/14
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Umber Theater
  06/28/25
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Unholy scourge upon the earth
  06/28/25


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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:27 PM
Author: Rambunctious voyeur



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Date: June 30th, 2025 11:02 AM
Author: Umber Theater

I tried this once.

I was attempting to use a redacted phrase from a 2011 partner departure agreement to manifest an extra week of FMLA. I chanted it over a bowl of artisanal hummus under the flickering light of the dairy aisle.

BAM! The lights hummed.

BAM! The air filled with the scent of burnt Cheetos and procedural toner.

BAM! Tabitha appeared behind the olive bar, holding my rejected time-off request. She wasn't angry. She just stared with those dead, bureaucratic eyes and said Clause 9.2 does not permit unsanctioned rituals on company time. She said my soul was now subject to a quarterly performance review. She said the humming is normal. She said this is

this is fine thisisfine this isf

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:28 PM
Author: Haunting Rigpig Brethren

Surgeons use a scalpel

Juris doctors use words.

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:28 PM
Author: Rambunctious voyeur

o what a scholar!

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Date: June 28th, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: Umber Theater



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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:40 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle station striped hyena

kind of like sorcerers casting spells

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:41 PM
Author: Haunting Rigpig Brethren

cr.

Doctors write life saving prescriptions.

Juris doctors write life saving briefs.

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:47 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle station striped hyena

"I get it now! Juris PHYSICIANS keep us safe just like doctors and the military"

"Exactly. Now you're staring to really THINK like a lawyer"

(worst episode of magic school bus ever)

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:48 PM
Author: ungodly lettuce piazza

lol link?

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:37 PM
Author: Vibrant temple

they're not

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:47 PM
Author: Burgundy Hunting Ground Church

cr. They're actually some of the worst. My mom with her high school diploma can write better english than 90% of lawyers.

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:54 PM
Author: plum diverse gas station juggernaut

There's a lot of bad writing out there, but you're probably tripping if you think regular folks generally write better.

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:38 PM
Author: soul-stirring space

(Julia)

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:39 PM
Author: contagious site

oh my look at the words

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:49 PM
Author: indigo ape

because anything you read written by a lawyer went through hundreds of emails of "please revise, thanks."

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Date: June 28th, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: Umber Theater



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Date: June 28th, 2025 11:33 PM
Author: Unholy scourge upon the earth



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