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   Professor_Stevens (professor_stevens@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 20:39:14 JST Professor_Stevens

   It happened again. Someone I haven't heard from in years has a legal problem and "just wants to ask a few basic questions."

   No responsible licensed professional answers such things, including lawyers. What the client thinks is simple may not be simple at all. But if a professional advisor treats it as simple, that's validation. Later, when it turns out things were complex and should have been handled as such, who do you think takes the blame?

   So now they think I'm being a dick.

   So it goes.

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     Professor_Stevens (professor_stevens@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 21:46:07 JST Professor_Stevens

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     • Beko Pharm

     @bekopharm

     Except a computer technician can't be held liable for malpractice later.

     However, I know what you mean as a social phenomenon. My stepfather-in-law's brother (who is a lawyer, btw) used to see me once a year at my mother-in-law's annual Thanksgiving gathering. One year, he shows up, spots me, and his first words to me are, "Steve! I'm glad your here! I need you to fix my email."

     I won't quote what I said back, but we haven't spoken to each other since. (And I'm okay with that.)

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     Beko Pharm (bekopharm@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 21:46:08 JST Beko Pharm

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     @Professor_Stevens "Oh you work with computers? Can you fix my..."

     Same thing.

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     Beko Pharm (bekopharm@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 07:00:39 JST Beko Pharm

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     @Professor_Stevens mebbe not held liable in court but privately? any subsequent issue would be my fault as well. No thanks 🤣

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