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   Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 06:03:57 JST Matt Blaze

   I have to say, eagerness to bend at the first sign of pressure is exactly the opposite of what I'd look for when hiring a law firm.

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 06:11:05 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     • Kat O’Brien

     @obrien_kat @mattblaze
     Funny thing about 'Fuck you' money... I've done some polling on this. For people in the 1%, FYM always seems to be ~10% more than their current net worth

     And for people with top .001% wealth, more money deprives them of freedom. Think about the billionaire who hesitates to attend his nephew's bar mitzvah because he lives in a tax free jurisdiction and is only permitted to spend 180 days in NYC

     Money is supposed to buy optionality, yet people use it to entrap themselves

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     Kat O’Brien (obrien_kat@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 06:11:06 JST Kat O’Brien

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     @mattblaze I can not get over how very few of the people with Fuck You money and power are willing to take risks.
     … I had that much written as I was in line at my fave restaurant in Barcelona, ended up eating w/a young female lawyer from SF (& her mom) who was also upset at so many law firms (not hers, as yet!!) caving. She plans to quit if hers caves.