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[–] errer@lemmy.world 89 points 1 month ago

The Court is not a cartoon.

Yeah buddy, got some bad news for ya…

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 73 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'd be quite annoyed, too, if a law firm kept wasting my toner and bandwidth with furry art

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Zero consideration for anything but promoting their "clever name and aesthetic." Feels like this is close to what a legal document from Idiocracy would look like, might be an unfortunate step in that direction.

If anything, this article is a warning to never contact Dragon Lawyers. If they can't see how a full color watermark causes issues on a legal document that might be copied or faxed, well I don't trust them to see the details they need to see in my case.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

I'm just glad to read that SOMEONE cares enough about the legal system to shut this down

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I occasionally do scale drawings for my job, and I occasionally have to remind my coworker that her nice pretty colorized drawings will look fucking atrocious when printed in greyscale on a shitty laser printer. She likes to color code things to make it easier to communicate info… But that often ends up making things harder on the crews who are actually executing things. Because when she used color to communicate something, but the entire drawing is printed in shades of grey to hand a hard copy to the crew, it becomes fucking impossible to actually follow the drawing.

For instance… The yellow circle is the one we need done today. Here’s what she draws:

Except here’s what the crew receives:

Now imagine if this was a watermark on every page of a 50 page court filing, which then gets printed out for the judge. Now they’re seeing text on the grey background, which likely makes it harder to read and is a massive waste of toner. It also massively inflates pdf file sizes, because you’re sending that image on every single page.

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Once a week, when she's gone, lower the saturation on her monitor by like 2%. After a few months the colors she picks will be so different it won't really matter anymore.

[–] essell@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You got me curious now. What would you prefer them to waste your tonor and bandwidth on?

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

Printing off a single webpage that contains a recipe for a peanut butter sandwich.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] known_unknown@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

American courts ARE a cartoon, and their role is Wile E. Coyote, whereas the Roadrunner is played by the 1%.

"Ooh, almost got him! Maybe next time."

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It seemed random until I saw the law firm’s name is Dragon Lawyers

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As though they have some legitimate and non-random reason to name themselves "Dragon Lawyers"?

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I don’t know about the name, but they are staying on-brand

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

Literally 1984

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 month ago

Illegible when photocopied.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Kind of a harsh and severe way of dealing with it.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What’s harsh about “cut your bullshit, this is a courtroom”?

Nobody’s going to jail, they just have to stop sending cartoons.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm willing to lower my standards for describing a ruling with synonyms for "draconian" when there's a dragon involved.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm willing to lower my standards for calling a Greek a dragon too. Not something I'd necessarily do in the courtroom but in the comments of a !mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world post, sure.

[–] jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It also makes for a waste of ink, for those judges and lawyers who are more comfortable with hard copies.

Now it all makes sense, dinosaurs (particularly the Brontosaurus) have a long-standing feud with dragons for stealing their thunder.

Also:

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Telling them to stop doing it, without punishing anyone in any way, is a severe way of dealing with it?

What?

[–] dickalan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Please don’t ever get into hard labor, you would burn out in like under a minute if you think this is harsh

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To be clear, you believe that my comment about the ruling being draconian is sincere in spite of the other replies here?

[–] _core@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

Baited and outsmarted

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm all for the dragon watermark, but after looking at it, it's laughably obnoxious. Truly amazing imagining a boomer judge reading it and just getting mad hahaha

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's on every page lol. I could see it as ok if it were the first page alone. Sure it's not the most professional thing, but it's funny and a harmless way to make your firm stand out. But putting it on EVERY PAGE of the filing is hilariously obnoxious. It's a legal document, not your furry/scaley fanfic.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Its also absurdly expensive when it comes to toner I'd bet.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Can they at least keep it as the logo? That's a very trustworthy, confident looking dragon, after all.

[–] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I'd absolutely use a lawyer that put a badass dragon on every page

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago

as it should as its irrelevant. Would a cross be ok or crescent or american flag or russian flag or natzi flag.