40 Times Overconfident People Gave “Law Advice” And Got Shamed By The “Bad Legal Takes” Twitter Account
We all learnt from an early age that the world is an unfair place. But hundreds of Judge Judy episodes and thousands of AskReddit threads later, many of us surely feel like armchair lawyers ready to fight for what they feel is right.
The problem is that these bootleg law officers have more legal advice to give than anyone could have ever asked for. From sharing uninvited legal advice to posting fake legal news, there’s a whole law and order waiting on the other sides of the screens.
But there’s one account that’s ready to bust ‘em all, and it’s called “Bad Legal Takes.” With 181.5k followers, the page is dedicated to posting the worst legal takes on Twitter and some of them are more than cringy. So get your judge’s robe from the dry cleaners, everyone, we’re about to feast on some delusional drama.
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Legal advice from armchair lawyers happens quite often in the online world, where everyone feels like they know things better. But in the real world, being given unwanted advice is also no less annoying. In many cases, it causes stress, offends people, and annoys the hell out of them. So why do people repeatedly give unwanted advice if it's so annoying?
To find out about the psychology behind unwanted advice, Bored Panda talked to clinical psychologist Dr. Vicki Creanor, who focuses on helping people (adults, adolescents, and children) with anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. “First of all, I think it’s important to take into consideration that some people who give us advice are doing so from a good place, a thoughtful place,” Vicki said and added: “So try and recognize those people—even if you disagree with their opinions on the subject.”
Anyone who uses the word "libtard"is telling you what comes next will be crazy/ hateful
It is absolutely constitutional to murder. Read Idiot's opinion in BS vs Dumbass
“However, there are people in life (and we all know someone like this!) who like to assume the role of expert and feel the need to tell you how they would do something, what you should be doing, or what you’re doing wrong. And this gets our back up.”
Much of the time, Vicki believes these situations originate from someone needing to feel superior in some way, “often due to a deep-rooted low self-esteem.” According to the psychologist, “By taking on the role of ‘expert’ and imparting their knowledge, they might feel better about themselves.”
Um, this person has never even seen the US Constitution nor the Bill of Rights.
“So have a think about which type of person you’re dealing with, first of all. Someone who means well? Or someone who is solely aiming to meet their own needs through their expert status.” If it’s the former, Vicki suggests taking a breath, thanking them, and perhaps saying something like, “that’s an interesting idea. I’ll have a think about how best I can approach this.” If it’s the latter type, “the same approach may work, but this person can be more likely to check in with you again to see if you did what they suggested!”
On the other hand, when you are offered regular unwanted advice by these people, “setting boundaries is really important to help you stay calm, because it can be frustrating,” Vicki said. “Often, if those with low self esteem and a need for being in a superior role are met with an angry stance, they feel threatened and can lash out verbally and emotionally, making the situation worse.”
So I looked it up (not being in the US) - the ADA prohibits exclusion of customers with disabilities. Intellectual disabilities is covered by the ADA. Since this "lady" clearly has the intellect of a dandelion, she's actually covered. (Tongue very much in cheek)
it also permits (and mandates,) 'reasonable accommodations' and turning people away if there are no 'reasonable' accommodations. Since dumbassery is not something that can be reasoned with... well... they're s**t outta luck.
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AND there's one big reason this pandemic is still bad over a year later. if the morons would have worn the damn things all along, they probably wouldn't still have to now.
“Freedom to Breathe Agency”. Sounds like something a 7 year old invented.
I once took the "Get Out of Jail Free" card from my family's Monopoly game and attended Weedfest. They couldn't play Monopoly all that time I was in jail.
These people really got their pants in a bunch when they heard about New Zealand’s response. Cindy’s policies make the US’s mask mandates look like that Times Square New Year party where people are crammed in too tight to go pee, and even if you do make a card like that, it won’t make the nonessential shops reopen earlier. But on the other hand, we hardly ever have to wear a mask! :)
And you haven't for a while, from what I read. Sounds like you all handled it pretty well.
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"I'm so sorry, ma'am. The ADA does not include willful ignorance and fraud. But have a nice day somewhere else"
Ah yes! Nothing like creating a fake agency to protect rights that don't exist.
In the interest of reality: 1. the US ADA is not reported by phone, but by fax/online/physical forms. there is no phone number to call. 2. You can be denied access to anywhere in the US if you refuse to comply by the rules, and 3. FTBA has been tagged by the US Department of Justice as of June 2020 as misrepresenting itself as a government or gov't-affiliated agency, and putting out misinformation/fraudulent flyers.
Note: W'ere over a year into this pandemic. We saw this BS show up last summer where I am. "I have a card that says..." Fun things you learn during pandemics!
Load More Replies... ROTFLMAO - in law, it’s the little words you pay attention to. Such as on this printed card “if” <—keyword, “found in violation of the ADA. Hope the person carrying the card has a documented disability or TSWHTF https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdnc/pr/covid-19-alert-fraudulent-facemask-flyers
At least the red bar on the top matches her MAGA hat... Why this d--n pandemic became a political issue still baffles me to this day. I mean I know -how- it happened, Chief Idiot and all, but bless, we here in the US look like fools.
You can get these from the same dipsh*ts that sell phony vaccination cards
What? People are faking being vaccinated to get out of wearing a mask? Who'da thunk THAT, huh? Wow... (heavy on the /s)
Load More Replies... It too longer to make this card than to simply throw a piece of fabric on her face. What a petulant child.
Not hitting you in your maskless face poses a mental risk for me....
It would be a beautiful world if all Karens would stay inside their house for as long as we wish. Sorry but it can be a while.
I think that even without (or before) she has/is a mental risk. :-D
You could make one of these for anything. Ooh i have a mass murder exemption card, its laminated and everything!
In 'Murica we call that Stand Your Ground
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The things they go through just to spit in people's faces about their rights.
It's hilarious people actually thought this was a real way to get out of wearing a mask, lol.
😂😂😂 Man people are stupid sometimes. WEAR THE MASK YOU GOOBERS
Well they can see if you are disabled by calling the authorities and if your lying, well that's a felony. Faking to be disabled?! What scumbags.
I keep waiting for someone to bring one of these into my business so I can laugh in their face but so far no one has.
Ah, yes, the FTBA, or Freedom to Breathe Agency. I believe they're a subdivision of OSHA, the Office of Stupidly Hilarious A**hattery.
Why do these idiots continue to not understand that businesses have rights also? My word!
Well, I have a friend with severe asthma, she really can't wear the mask, she will literally black out from breathing difficulties.
And how does she feel about things like this? My asthma is not quite that bad. I can and do wear a mask when in public. It makes even a few minutes of shopping extremely exhausting. People who pull the fake disability act just get out of what, for them, is a minor inconvenience, are enraging. Not only are they liars, they endanger people like your friend and me
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They are committing fraud if they do not have a disability that actually would hinder wearing a mask. They are lying and therefore really no better than someone who commits fraud to draw a disability check. even worse, they are potentially endangering those of us who have legitimate reasons for not wearing a mask. Frankly, I have less issue with the disability thief. He should be in jail, but at least he's unlikely to put me in the hospital, or worse. Over a freaking mask
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Here are a couple of statements that may come in handy when handling unwanted advice: “Thanks—I hear what you’re saying and I already have some ideas about how I can work this out”; “Thanks—I will let you know if I need any advice about it in the future, but I have some good options at the moment for how to handle it.”
“And for when you’re feeling a bit more assertive—or if advice is offered even when there isn’t an issue from your point of view: ‘I appreciate you’re trying to help, but I’m comfortable with what I’m doing just now and it would mean a lot to me if you could respect that.’”
Vicki reminds us that politeness goes a long way. “But boundaries are often required to separate out someone else’s needs from yours,” she adds.
No, HIPAA prevents a person with access to medical records from disclosing your medical records to a third party.
This idiot can't even write properly. What do you expect of her? Her reasoning and logic must be as unsound as her grammar.
Did this person just "invent" the definition of dictatorship?
This is sadly a really common thing, be it incel or troll. Anonymity makes a hateful coward feel powerful
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! She doesn't even know which country she is throwing a fit about.
Actually, it was a bible, but it was her personal bible. AND there is no law that says a person has to be sworn in on the bible. Franklin Pierce, John Quincy Adams, and Theodore Roosevelt were sworn in without bibles. They raised their right hands and took the oath of office. Johnson used a book that Jackie Kennedy found in John's bedroom on Air Force One. It was a book of missives. Other elected officials have been sworn in on the Koran or the Jewish bible, a few have even used law books.
The First Amendment guarantees that a person won't be prosecuted or persecuted by the government for speech. It doesn't say anything about freedom from consequences. You can't tell your boss to f*ck off and expect to keep your job. You won't go to jail for telling him to f*ck off, but you most likely won't have a job any longer.
Honestly, I am quite impressed that she knows Nuremberg codes. But given that Krispy Kreme is not in a field of medicine nor clinical research, I don't think it applies to them.
If ur on roads built and owned by the state/country then you gotta be registered and pay 🤦♀️ you can't select which laws you follow. (There's a 'cops' style show here, police 10-7, and you see this crap so much. And majority that are the most angry and adamant are older, somewhat 'well educated' (ie have money and or white), and convinced they can just drive around not paying rego, not realising they are refusing one tax but paying several others via buying petrol and buying the car 🤦♀️ x Argh = Me atm
What a domestic terrorist. I'd be terrified if I ever found myself anywhere near his domocile
"And they do not have the legal authority to do so". I can't believe I share a planet with someone like this
"Should of".... is the common introduction to a lot of certified taurus fertilizer.
Okay, what is he talking about? What does he actually think happens?
So I guess the next time my docs do my spinal surgery I should insist that they don't wear masks? Or my dentist? Or me when I'm embalming? I have breathing issues, and you bet your ass I'm wearing masks. Especially because I'm immunocompromised due to the whole repeated spine surgery thing. ~~~ Plus, most of these idiots really don't understand what HIPAA is for. If I go to a store and take the last available mobility scooter, the employees absolutely have the right to ask me to provide proof that I need it, and that I'm not just joyriding. If that employee calls my doctor and demands my doctor hand over my medical records, if my doctor hands them over without my express permission, then the DOCTOR has violated HIPAA and can be prosecuted under HIPAA law. Not the employee, the doctor. I swear it makes me scream every time they insist HIPAA covers non medical personnel. That and the complete misunderstanding of what 'The customer is always right.' means. They always ignore the last half.
Watching a superpower in total collapse is unbelievable and seeing that the people don't even see it for them selfs. Your education system is clearly not working so why don't you just stay home and make yourself useful in private.
Yeah, the government certainly shouldn't allow a citizen the freedom to express how they feel about state of the country
I will buy you a 神戸 steak dinner if you can show me the words "anchor baby" anywhere in the US Constitution.
An insult isn't hate speech. God there are f*****g stupid people out there.
This is horrible advice. Say it with me, NEVER. TALK. TO. COPS/FEDS. WITHOUT. A. LAWYER. They act like your best friend to get information from you. To charge you with a crime.
Dinesh, you are going to have to name the actual law that makes this a crime
sure. they can also charge you with rape, murder, incest, stealing money from kids charities....yknow...whatever they want to charge you with. of course, they have to prove it eventually....and that's where your statement just...falls apart.
What???? I hate this attitude. Every person has the right to a decent defence. Denying it would mean that it had officially be decided that DC was guilty before there was a trial. We've tried that approach in the UK over several centuries and the results are not pretty. I've come to admire those that work hard to give the best defence they can to dreadful people accused of horrific crimes. Can you imagine the terrible level of personal attack they probably suffer? And, without a doubt, it is knowing how scrupulous the defence team will be that ensures that police stick to procedure and behave correctly all the way through as well.
Showing weakness is not cool. Strong people are very capable to defend themselves and nothing is more pleasing than deafeating some idiot by your self. Words are better than fists. And remember, knowledge is power and idiots are afraid of that. From when I was only 13 years old I have never been used or been disrespected without serious consequences. I'm 41 now and my hubby is a veteran legionaire and considered to be a deadly weapon just for being himself and he even knows that I'm a Viking and a professional in defending my self at any cost. I don't fear any man and its so good to be able to watch the danger without a single cell of fear. I have never used sphysical violence because I have always been to mentally strong to challenge. I taught my young daughter this and she really listened and she is as brutal as her dear mother and I couldn't be more proud 🥰
For the Law and Order Party, the conservatives know very little of the law.
American's are obsessed with their "rights" (that may or may not even exist...)
Did you spot the one where they also think THEIR constitution and Acts apply to the UK as well?
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All these people claiming companies are "public" like they are Socialist. Sigh.
Even funnier, they aren't even contesting that this would be a bad, commie, thing
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There's a fundamental misunderstanding of f*cking reality!
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Now I have to know... is it frozen in a cardboard can like orange juice? Or is it more of an extract in a tiny bottle?
Load More Replies... I always wonder if americans have any idea what it truly takes to sue someone. It's as though they think they just get money directly from the person they want to sue and it's like cash... something like that.
It's not lack of context, it's lack of reality, but yes that's confusing
Load More Replies... Why.... does everyone think they know about the law? They're almost never right. Not even remotely. Plus so many laws differ from state to state or at least they differ on who will handle them how they will handle them.
It would have been nice if there was an explanation to the Tweets and to why they are wrong
It would be nice if there was a bit of explanation to why these are bad legal takes? Just for someone like me who isn't a lawyer or someone in the know to why the legal thing that the person has said is wrong.
The level of stupid in these tweets are enough to give anyone an aneurysm
For the Law and Order Party, the conservatives know very little of the law.
American's are obsessed with their "rights" (that may or may not even exist...)
Did you spot the one where they also think THEIR constitution and Acts apply to the UK as well?
Load More Replies... All these people claiming companies are "public" like they are Socialist. Sigh.
Even funnier, they aren't even contesting that this would be a bad, commie, thing
Load More Replies... There's a fundamental misunderstanding of f*cking reality!
Load More Replies... Now I have to know... is it frozen in a cardboard can like orange juice? Or is it more of an extract in a tiny bottle?
Load More Replies... I always wonder if americans have any idea what it truly takes to sue someone. It's as though they think they just get money directly from the person they want to sue and it's like cash... something like that.
It's not lack of context, it's lack of reality, but yes that's confusing
Load More Replies... Why.... does everyone think they know about the law? They're almost never right. Not even remotely. Plus so many laws differ from state to state or at least they differ on who will handle them how they will handle them.
It would have been nice if there was an explanation to the Tweets and to why they are wrong
It would be nice if there was a bit of explanation to why these are bad legal takes? Just for someone like me who isn't a lawyer or someone in the know to why the legal thing that the person has said is wrong.
The level of stupid in these tweets are enough to give anyone an aneurysm
