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And watching coalies make errors
The most pathetical errors!
We're watching experienced coalies
Who stayed up all night tracking a source in its original Latin
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And writin' bad!

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Re: Brainstorm Help Thread

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT. Wow! All three of those are bonkers!

Also, I've since had an idea. What about the mcdonalds coffee thing? I mean, the real story, where it was crazy hot and she was actually sitting in a stationary car and she didn't want tons of money, just medical covered. But then McDonalds waged a propaganda war to make her seem like a crazy proto-Karen. Could your fantasy lawyer be dealing with some fantasy chain (Newt-Mart or something) that did a similar propaganda thing?

Re: Brainstorm Help Thread

[(Anonymous)]

Oooooooh that is a really good idea! Time to look through canon to see if that would work...thank you!

(Also, lmao at Newt-Mart!)

Regarding the bonkers-ness, a lot of classic cases you read as a 1L have absolutely crazy fact pattern – I believe professors (and casebook authors) deliberately choose those so they're easier for students to remember. I mean, you're never going to forget "plaintiff is entitled to the difference in value between a whole hand and a burnt, hairy hand"!

Re: Brainstorm Help Thread

[(Anonymous)]

Woo! Glad I could help!

That makes sense; our teachers always liked to use crazy examples of when Things Went Wrong so that we'd remember them and hopefully not make less crazy mistakes. :D