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*stabs you with a syringe*

*you wake up in a small locked room which only has a computer in it*

Hello Earl. I want to play a game with you. For years you considered yourself on top of the legal profession. You mocked toilet law grads as you became rich by facilitating the financial crisis that destroyed so many livelihoods. Now your own livelihood has been destroyed and rather than work, you choose to live on welfare, supported by the tax dollars of those you took advantage of. I offer you a chance to redeem yourself.

The vent above you will soon begin filling the room with VX nerve gas. There is but one way to stop it. In front of you lies a computer containing 12,100 pages of documents. Each time you successfully review a page, a fan in the vent will spin, stopping the gas for a few brief seconds. If you review 1000 pages per hour, the air in the room will remain breathable and you will survive. With each error however, the fan will spin in the opposite direction. The door will unlock in 12 hours, and you will be free to go if you are still alive. It's time for you to make your choice Earl. Live, or die?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1114162&forum_id=2#13020678)

1) he went to a good law school and did well there

2) he went to a top firm and was doing well there

maybe he was a little cocky and i'm sure he didn't respect people who went to shitty law schools but there's a difference between being a shit for no reason and being confident because you are talented and work hard. i guess the OP interprets earl's current situation as comeuppance of some kind? i see it as bad luck and a real shame.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1114162&forum_id=2#13020856)

I feel all biglawyers are grossly overpaid and the system is oversaturated. I guess people deserve what they get when they work within a subjective system.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1114162&forum_id=2#13020910)

*is 99.5% correct*

*takes a nap and survives*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1114162&forum_id=2#13021189)

Sorry Earl. Game Over.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1114162&forum_id=2#13021486)

Holy shit 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1114162&forum_id=2#13021498)

do they still publish choose your own adventure books?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1114162&forum_id=2#13021737)

....counting on Earl's impatience and sense that he is special and "above" that kind of shit work/job to lead him to disregard the tiring and thankless but life-saving drudgery that would have saved him if only he had buckled down, humbled himself a little and done it.

It was brilliant man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1114162&forum_id=2#13030410)

holy shit d00d...that was beautiful. xo perfection

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1114162&forum_id=2#13036617)

You can't live your life in fear, young man. I don't want to engage in this sort of idle speculation - there's simply no reason to suspect that anyone is in further jeopardy at this point, and this might very well be just a terrible but isolated incident. I just hope that the sick bastard that did this to a fine an upstanding member of our community is swiftly apprehended and brought to justice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1114162&forum_id=2#13030224)

I'm sure that I don't know and I'm also sure that the proper authorities are following every possible lead with all due haste and will bring this matter to a quick and speedy resolution. I think we all hope that no one else gets hurt.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm afraid I have some important poasting to attend to. No further questions please, thank you, thank you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1114162&forum_id=2#13030363)

See:

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1114205&forum_id=2#13025039

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1114162&forum_id=2#13031588)