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[–] 45 points 8 months ago (7 children)

This was something I didn't expect to find weird when I visited the US - you guys have giant billboards for lawyers everywhere

(The one that stuck out was always "the attorney that rocks!" with a picture of a dreadlocks metalhead lawyer, loved that one)

And it's always really person-focussed, not the business - elsewhere you might get an advert saying "Call XYZ Associates", there it's "CALL TODD at XYZ"

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    A lot of Americans are in such dismal financial straights that they can only dream of striking it rich via winning the lottery, or a big, juicy lawsuit.

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  • [–] 21 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    A big, juicy lawsuit is the reason I own my house outright and don't have rent/mortgage payments. Which in turn means I can get by on the very little money I make on my hobbies.

    So ... yeah. Lawsuit for the win?

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    As a kid I remember commercials for a local injury lawyer during daytime tv in the summer. His commercials were very memorable, just in the way he passionately talked. Now I see billboards for him and his son, and recently he was a sponsor at a college basketball event I attended. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug because I’m actually rather fond of him, in a stupid way.

    In my area, he’s the only lawyer I see on billboards, or at least that I notice. When I visited Vegas, there were so many. (In my area, billboards are all nonsensical and if you look up what it’s supposed to be for, it’s always AI. Can you guess where I live? Sigh.)

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    [–] 22 points 8 months ago

    This has that "Better Call Saul" vibes.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Take the "L". Go with Larry L.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Technically correct. It's possible to commit a crime but still be found not guilty due to insanity or other circumstances

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