r/legaladvice - In which reddit's finest minds solve the world's weirdest legal problems

[Slamerella]

He implies it was a nurses mistake and then says his insurance dropped him, so who can know for sure. Though you'd think a doctor would have his minions shake people someone down, maybe this guy prefers the personal touch.

I once asked for sleeping medicine of any kind during my first root canal since I get very anxious with anything involving metal or equipment in general in my mouth. The scraping of metal and all that just makes me incredibly nervous and hurts more than the operation itself. Thinking about it gives me chills.

However, my insurance told them it was not at all required (I had gotten new insurance) so I fought it and told them that this was my request after a dentist who did jack shit, and also mentioned that the root canal turned into a total tooth extraction due to it rotting at the core. So everything got fixed up because I told them that the doctor was a hack that pretty much made me hate going to the dentist and also probably fucked my teeth up even more which is why the root canal went to extraction. It could be as simple as that, but I'm not sure myself. This is anecdotal but it could help people in the future.

 

[Ginger Piglet]

Yes, I am a lawyer so I'm subscribing to this thread. However I also know enough chemistry to note that throwing a coin battery into a can of lemonade and swallowing the scum that results is a very bad idea. Generally speaking reagent grade chemicals are nowhere near as pure as pharmaceutical grade and you'll probably poison yourself.

 

[RJ MacReady]

I think this particular drama alone says more about r/legaladvice than any individual post: Earlier this year, its mods chimped out and banned Ken White (aka Popehat, a former federal prosecutor and well-known legal blogger specialising in 1A) because he referenced his blog (which does not link to his practice) to answer some questions during an AMA ("self-promotion") and because he offered to help find pro bono representation for people with legitimate cases ("solicitation"; it's worth mentioning he's been doing this for years and it's resulted in countless frivolous suits getting slapped down) and because - like any reasonable person who doesn't give a fuck about what reddit thinks - he laughed at them for being retards.

Ken's full response is here, but this nugget alone sums up r/legaladvice:

Here's the thing. /r/legaladvice is a train wreck with no coherent purpose or philosophy. No responsible attorney would advise people to post their legal problems "anonymously" on the internet. No responsible attorney would encourage people to take seriously "advice" from anonymous strangers. The reactions, suggestions, and "advice" are frequently awful. There is no credible sign that the mods have any grasp of what "advice" is awful or what is not. The disclaimers about the purpose of the sub are incoherent and contradictory. The purpose of the forum appears to be look-at-the-car-crash entertainment. I like that as much as the next person, but it's not admirable when it's celebrated and encouraged in a way that harms the best interests of people with problems. In fact, it's bad. Very bad.

 

[AmpleApricots]

Little bit late but that one post about the dude with the gun in the car is a good reminder why not to start shit with randos you don't know. They might have waited for that moment all their life and just might shoot you. They might completly be in the wrong, they might even go to prison but that's not gonna help you when you're dead.

 

[Ginger Piglet]

I think this particular drama alone says more about r/legaladvice than any individual post: Earlier this year, its mods chimped out and banned Ken White (aka Popehat, a former federal prosecutor and well-known legal blogger specialising in 1A) because he referenced his blog (which does not link to his practice) to answer some questions during an AMA ("self-promotion") and because he offered to help find pro bono representation for people with legitimate cases ("solicitation"; it's worth mentioning he's been doing this for years and it's resulted in countless frivolous suits getting slapped down) and because - like any reasonable person who doesn't give a fuck about what reddit thinks - he laughed at them for being exceptional individuals.

Ken's full response is here, but this nugget alone sums up r/legaladvice:

Ken White is absolutely spot on.

There's a reason why legal bloggers don't answer directly to readers' comments or requests for advice. Well actually there's two reasons.

The official reason is because it presents a rather large risk of professional negligence claims and indemnity insurers get twitchy about doling out advice at random on the internets.

The other reason is because most people who actually need legal advice will go and ring someone up or drop in or suchlike, and the people who splurge their quandaries across comments sections and Reddit are usually loonies. Freeman on the land tier loonies. Real molehill mountaineers who want to sue someone and get JUSTICE because they were unfriended on Facebook or their case has been booted by every court imaginable but they still have been gravely wronged.

 

[Frogasm]

this is an old one that got passed around a lot when it first happened.
It's long but worth reading the entire thread.

https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/4xu0yy/my_girlfriend_elaborately_made_me_homeless/

The bf is pretty skeevy and sleazy in slanting the telling of his story to make himself sound like a victim when his gf makes an elaborate move to escape him and the relationship in a way that keeps herself safe. bf sounds like any lolcow who treats his gf shitty.

 

[uncleShitHeel]

Reddit users are the kind of people that make me wish for another pandemic.

 

[Ginger Piglet]

Two years ago my girlfriend and I had a small DV incident where I hit her.

Random.txt this at once, someone.

 

[RJ MacReady]

Ken White is absolutely spot on.

There's a reason why legal bloggers don't answer directly to readers' comments or requests for advice. Well actually there's two reasons.

The official reason is because it presents a rather large risk of professional negligence claims and indemnity insurers get twitchy about doling out advice at random on the internets.

The other reason is because most people who actually need legal advice will go and ring someone up or drop in or suchlike, and the people who splurge their quandaries across comments sections and Reddit are usually loonies. Freeman on the land tier loonies. Real molehill mountaineers who want to sue someone and get JUSTICE because they were unfriended on Facebook or their case has been booted by every court imaginable but they still have been gravely wronged.

This isn't entirely accurate. A lot (if not most) legal bloggers do regularly respond to what people say to them, but they generally don't give serious advice as a professional because it's irresponsible and untoward, and when they do it's modest guidance in private, not on a public forum like a reddit. They aren't (to my knowledge) open to suits for negligence if they give advice to someone they're not serving as counsel for; are you gonna argue to a judge that following informal advice from a random attorney on the internet cost you a case so they should be punished?

The actual official reason is "Doing that is literally their fucking job so why would they do it for free?"

 

[Done]

Redditor has.. issues with CPS:

https://www.ceddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/8vdh3l/how_much_do_i_have_to_cooperate_with_cps_mi/


This one is Self-explanatory I think:

The comments are pure gold:

https://www.ceddit.com/r/legaladvic..._illegal_to_give_someone_a_drink_and_have_it/



OP wants to sue a cop for NOT giving her a ticket

https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/8v6otq/can_i_fight_this_ticket_or_get_it_dismissed/


I think they get the "John getting extorted by a hooker" question every week:

https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/8vf51o/being_extorted_by_an_escort/

I think this particular drama alone says more about r/legaladvice than any individual post: Earlier this year, its mods chimped out and banned Ken White (aka Popehat, a former federal prosecutor and well-known legal blogger specialising in 1A) because he referenced his blog (which does not link to his practice) to answer some questions during an AMA ("self-promotion") and because he offered to help find pro bono representation for people with legitimate cases ("solicitation"; it's worth mentioning he's been doing this for years and it's resulted in countless frivolous suits getting slapped down) and because - like any reasonable person who doesn't give a fuck about what reddit thinks - he laughed at them for being exceptional individuals.

Ken's full response is here, but this nugget alone sums up r/legaladvice:

Very , I personally think that Popehat is extremely correct here, the subreddit is an incredibly bad idea in the 1st place, compounded further by its moderators' behavior.

The thread you linked actually has a slapfight with the mods as well, it's hilarious how autistic that particular mod was.

Here are links to Tweets by Popehat about r/legaladvice, this may well provide context (Nov 2015, Feb 2018).

@Ride, you were correct in your assertion about the mods of that site, they are hilarious and likely have content of their own.

 

[Wild Wild Sonichu]

This is a well deserved thread honestly. /r/legaladvice and its satellite subs are usually filled with as many stupid questions as there is stupid advice (IANAL being a particularly common saying there for reasons other than actual solicitors not wanting to give anonymous advice because of a shitload of professional negligence claims.)

Honestly, you might want to go through www.reddit.com/r/bestoflegaladvice which is pretty self explanatory. It also has a bot that archives questions left by embarrassed OPs, since I saw a few of the posts there have deleted OPs.

Seriously, even sorting by top of all time brings some funny shit.

 

[Wallace]

The official reason is because it presents a rather large risk of professional negligence claims and indemnity insurers get twitchy about doling out advice at random on the internets.

This. I just sat through a legal ethics seminar on the perils of inadvertently initiating legal representation with someone.

And yes, this sub-reddit is indeed a trainwreck.

 

[Ginger Piglet]

I think they get the "John getting extorted by a hooker" question every week:

This is why you never use any of your real details when hiring a lady of the evening. Even where whoring is legal you wouldn't want your boss to find out. If you're going to fuck a whore, at least learn to hide your fucking powerlevel.

 

[Papa Nier]

What did that woman in the feeder saga bawl her eyes out for ? Fattie is a gainer who'll die of heart complications and she wasted some money, the end. She even has a fetlife account for fuck's sake, what did she see that triggered her so badly ? I'm curious actually.

I watched this go down in real time. OP wasn't bothered by the fetish itself. The gainer lied to the OP and told her that she had the same disorder as OP's mother, which caused her to gain weight and nearly killed her. They apparently bonded over this. The OP also spent a lot out of pocket to pay for things like handicap-accessible lifts and paid time off that the gainer used to shoot fetish porn instead of going to the doctor like she'd claimed. Plus, y'know, the feeder did a shoot inside the workplace while she supposedly at home recuperating. There is not enough bleach in the world.

 

[Donovan the Man]

What's the name of the high principal in the mod's clubhouse that doesn't give any advice and just comments to be a complete asshole to everyone. Fuck that guy.

 

[dunbrine47]

So where are the "How to Sue Kiwi Farms" posts?

 

[JustStopDude]

Going to reddit for free legal advice is moronic and insane. It is like going to reddit for medical advice when you are sick.

I type this and realize immediately there is likely idiots that do this as well...

 

[Donovan the Man]

Going to reddit for free legal advice is moronic and insane. It is like going to reddit for medical advice when you are sick.

I type this and realize immediately there is likely idiots that do this as well...

Ye asked and ye shall receive.

 

[captn_kettle]

I only ever browse Reddit on the popular tab, so the only r/legaladvice I see are the sensible ones. After seeing this thread I need to lurk in there more.

Ken White is absolutely spot on.

There's a reason why legal bloggers don't answer directly to readers' comments or requests for advice. Well actually there's two reasons.

The official reason is because it presents a rather large risk of professional negligence claims and indemnity insurers get twitchy about doling out advice at random on the internets.

The other reason is because most people who actually need legal advice will go and ring someone up or drop in or suchlike, and the people who splurge their quandaries across comments sections and Reddit are usually loonies. Freeman on the land tier loonies. Real molehill mountaineers who want to sue someone and get JUSTICE because they were unfriended on Facebook or their case has been booted by every court imaginable but they still have been gravely wronged.

This is pretty spot on with the people posting there. Any normal person would do their research before and speak to professionals rather than post to some rando board. And if they spoke to professionals first and their case was valid, the first thing they would say is "shut the fuck up and don't go posting about it online".

 

[The Great Chandler]

Is it legal to be a condomhead? I asked my lawyer about it and he said I should've been aborted. Any suggestions?