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First time reading iAnal on Lemmy. Gross. Thought we left that on reddit.
You can ianal anywhere, and you should legally speaking.
I'm not commenting on anal sex. I'm commenting on the stupid practice of wild speculation summed up with a bizarre acronym. That acronym should die on reddit.
I know exactly what you're talking about, and my point still stands that when giving advislce you need to make it clear you are not a lawyer and if you are that you are not their lawyer when giving advice that could be misconstrued as legal advice and possibly cause liability issues. Telling someone directly "I am not a lawyer" or saying it as an acronym accomplishes just that. This isn't a practice that stems from Reddit, but the legal system itself. While using it as an acronym was popularized over the Internet it's certainly never been exclusive to Reddit but anywhere things may be construed as legal advice are.
Well my point is if you're not a lawyer no advice should be given in the first place
That sounds suspiciously like advice. Are you a lawyer?
iAnal v2.0
I agree to an extent, but you can still provide valued information without being a lawyer a few examples: a subject matter expert, sharing first hand experience, contact information, or documents one might need. Sometimes those things might even be better than advice received from a lawyer.
Fair enough. I guess my point is two fold: 1) "ianal" sounds stupid. 2) if you're doing stuff like this so often you need an acronym for it, you probably should check yourself.
Just stop.
Thanks for the block request
Tell me YANAL without saying IANAL
It seems like you have a problem with the wild speculation, not the acronym. Which is legit, people don't need to have opinions on every single thing they think about, and they certainly don't need to share them. But it kinda seems like they're going to anyway. And, in that case, what's better, wild speculation or wild speculation that admits it?
Agreed. I think both should die on Reddit. And, please, do it privately with another consenting adult. The "talking out of your ass about stuff you shouldn't be talking about" stuff. And the butt stuff, too. But mostly the former.