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Why are lawyers so good with words and grammar?

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slippery piazza
  06/24/14
I tried this once. I was attempting to use a redacted phr...
Irradiated canary corn cake
  06/30/25
Surgeons use a scalpel Juris doctors use words.
purple fiercely-loyal dragon
  06/24/14
o what a scholar!
slippery piazza
  06/24/14
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Irradiated canary corn cake
  06/28/25
kind of like sorcerers casting spells
Walnut Demanding Newt Hell
  06/24/14
cr. Doctors write life saving prescriptions. Juris doc...
purple fiercely-loyal dragon
  06/24/14
"I get it now! Juris PHYSICIANS keep us safe just like ...
Walnut Demanding Newt Hell
  06/24/14
lol link?
Pale Bearded Hospital Potus
  06/24/14
they're not
Cowardly electric furnace
  06/24/14
cr. They're actually some of the worst. My mom with her high...
Shaky juggernaut
  06/24/14
There's a lot of bad writing out there, but you're probably ...
Hot tantric spot
  06/24/14
(Julia)
Nubile chapel
  06/24/14
oh my look at the words
electric tanning salon philosopher-king
  06/24/14
because anything you read written by a lawyer went through h...
galvanic dun field
  06/24/14
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Irradiated canary corn cake
  06/28/25
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maize charismatic hunting ground
  06/28/25


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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:27 PM
Author: slippery piazza



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Date: June 30th, 2025 11:02 AM
Author: Irradiated canary corn cake

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: purple fiercely-loyal dragon

Surgeons use a scalpel

Juris doctors use words.

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:28 PM
Author: slippery piazza

o what a scholar!

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Date: June 28th, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: Irradiated canary corn cake



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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:40 PM
Author: Walnut Demanding Newt Hell

kind of like sorcerers casting spells

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:41 PM
Author: purple fiercely-loyal dragon

cr.

Doctors write life saving prescriptions.

Juris doctors write life saving briefs.

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:47 PM
Author: Walnut Demanding Newt Hell

"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: Pale Bearded Hospital Potus

lol link?

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:37 PM
Author: Cowardly electric furnace

they're not

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:47 PM
Author: Shaky juggernaut

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: Hot tantric spot

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: Nubile chapel

(Julia)

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:39 PM
Author: electric tanning salon philosopher-king

oh my look at the words

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Date: June 24th, 2014 5:49 PM
Author: galvanic dun field

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: Irradiated canary corn cake



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Date: June 28th, 2025 11:33 PM
Author: maize charismatic hunting ground



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