You’re assuming a fire-breathing dragon. Fire is a good attach IIRC against ice dragons, and is presumably a normal attack against acid and electric dragons.
Some quack of a pharmacist has been claiming ivermectin can be used to alleviate “post-vaccination symptoms” and has been trying to patent that claim.
I would love it if in cross-examination in court, they ask her if it was a metallic or chromatic dragon, and refer to the Monster Manual as evidence.
I couldn’t get past the typical antivax bullshit claiming the FDA released a huge list of awful side effects of Covid vaccines.
These liars and numbnuts pick up on AESIs (adverse events of special interest) which are predetermined events and conditions to be monitored for, not things that actually happened and were caused by the vaccines.
I do like this version of the Crank Miranda Warning:
“Disclaimer: Nothing herein is medical advice, a prescription, recommendation, or treatment guidance. Certain items are prophetic, speculative and for academic research only.”
“I prophecy that my invention will greatly benefit mankind!”
Yeah, sure.
Lawyer caught using “invisible” prompt in pleading in the hopes that the judge would use an AI to analyze the pleading and use the doctored AI result. Judge caught him, specifically directed him to never do that again, and to resubmit. Idiot does it again.
Judge now directs that this lawyer must supply all further pleadings on paper, in person.
https://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentInquiry/DocumentInquiry.aspx?DocumentNo=33274425
That’s actually kind of clever. At least, the first time.
I’m reminded of a college classmate who stuck the sentence “Is anyone even actually reading this?” into the middle of a long research paper.
I read a book a few years back that was a parody of Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew type juvenile mystery novels. About halfway through the book there’s a chapter where the author realizes the editor has probably stopped paying attention, and so directly addresses the reader and tells them what to write in their book report so they get a good grade.
That wasn’t a lawyer, it was a guy with a fool for a client.
You’re right - my mistake. Thanks
He was using that one weird trick that judges don’t want you to know about.
Just saw this news article.
A couple in Arizona has been arrested for trying to sell stolen property.
They were selling books to a used book store.
The book store employees noted that the books the couple had brought in were all from a local library.
The book store contacted the library, which checked its records.
They were able to quickly identify the couple who had signed the books out of the library before bringing them to the book store to sell them.
This may be the dumbest crime I have ever heard of.
The astonishing part is that they apparently succeeded in selling some stolen library books in the past.
What I think is astonishing is that the library allowed him to have 66 books out on loan.
My library will apparently allow me to check out 200 physical books at once, and (possibly or) 50 digital books.
I read some time ago of a small town library that built a new building a couple miles away from the old one. When it was complete and ready to be moved into they lifted the limit – ten books or so – that could be checked out. Folks came and checked out books by the car load … then returned them to the new building. They figured they’d saved about a third of the moving expense.
IIRC, the Bozeman, MT library did that, though they probably weren’t the only one.
The implied salary for stealing library books and selling them as used has got to be pretty darn low.
The Book Thing in Baltimore is a non-profit whose purpose “is to give unwanted books a new home and match books with interested readers. It was created and is operated by Russel Wattenberg, a former bartender who was inspired to create a system for distributing books to impoverished students.”
One can donate books or take books for free. According to their FAQ:
Is there a limit to how many books I can take?
You can only take 150,000 per day, per person
That kicks ass.
Most crooks are very work-shy. And put in tremendous effort at great risk for little profit. All to avoid working.
I’ve heard that - but this seems like a particularly good example of the phenomenon