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minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoTo be fair, Legalese reads like magic to the average person already. Might as well try to make your own incantations from those same magic words.
minus-squareleisesprecher@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoThat’s actually pretty close to the truth. They’re LARPing their simulacra of legal speak. They also treat some words as spells. As if the utterance alone creates an effect on reality.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-223 hours ago As if the utterance alone creates an effect on reality. I mean, the law has radically different effects based on the interpretation of a comma. If sovcits ever manage to get one of their own elected as a judge, their utterances will, indeed, have a tangible effect on reality.
To be fair, Legalese reads like magic to the average person already.
Might as well try to make your own incantations from those same magic words.
That’s actually pretty close to the truth. They’re LARPing their simulacra of legal speak.
They also treat some words as spells. As if the utterance alone creates an effect on reality.
I mean, the law has radically different effects based on the interpretation of a comma.
If sovcits ever manage to get one of their own elected as a judge, their utterances will, indeed, have a tangible effect on reality.