The Off Topic Topic

[celedhring]

Over here it was 70€/day, but that was a few years ago, might have been raised since.

We have few jury trials, though.

[Zoupa]

There are some folks who (I presume) are jokingly Francophobic on here.

Actually, I was thinking about some of the stridently anti-religious folks.

[derspiess]

Don't worry DPS-- if you're looking for that sort of thing, go check out Twitter. Plenty of gloating and insensitivity there.  Go for the anti-religiosity, stay for the anti-colonialism.

[Valmy]

I have a better idea: don't go check out Twitter. Actually that is usually the best idea.

[derspiess]

Pretty much, yeah

[dps]

DC courts paid me like 13 clams an hour.  Do you guys not get that?

Here in NC you get $25/day the first week, $30(?)/day the second week, and $40/day thereafter.

[DGuller]

I found it interesting enough one time, except the waiting around part.

It really struck me how aggressively inefficient the whole system was.  It's like saying "yes, we'll spend two hours to have a five minute interaction, that's the way we do things around here, what are you going to do about that?"

[Josephus]

Juries I've seen, and jurors I've talked to, all found it to be an interesting and positive experience.

I spent six weeks doing court reporting in Journalism school back in the day. Extremely boring. In one case, even the judge fell asleep. The only humorous part was when one kid from my class walked in and bowed to the judge.

My issue, anyway, was the timing. Busy time at work, and look -it's not like they pay.

Anyways, got a call from the courthouse yesterday, case was cancelled. Probably made a deal. So I'm spared for now. I would gladly do it when I'm retired.

[Oexmelin]

The many Sacklers of Sackler Gallery:

https://www.sacklergallery.com/

[Eddie Teach]

Bizarre.

[Oexmelin]

If you haven't heard about the Sackler and Oxycontin. https://www.wnyc.org/story/sackler-family-wealth-opioids/

[Monoriu]

The many Sacklers of Sackler Gallery:

https://www.sacklergallery.com/

So these are professional actors impersonating the real Sacklers?  I think this qualifies as a low blow. 

[Monoriu]

If you haven't heard about the Sackler and Oxycontin. https://www.wnyc.org/story/sackler-family-wealth-opioids/

There are so many things that I don't understand about this whole opioid crisis. 

I thought all these drugs should be prescribed by doctors who act as gatekeepers?
Drugs need to be approved and certified to be safe?  Are they not?
How come I have never heard of this problem in this side of the world? 
The crisis seems a bit like a legalised cocaine problem.  So my question is how come the US government locks so many people up for drug usage, but lets these things happen? 

[Admiral Yi]

Yeah mono, that's one side of the argument.  Most drugs have side effects and it's the FDA's job to make sure those side effects aren't too great, and that everybody is aware of them.  And it's the prescribing doctor's job to make sure people don't get addicted.

The other side of the story is that the drug companies bribe doctors to prescribe more of their drugs.

The first side, your side, is one you don't hear a lot these days.

[Camerus]

Another problem is that folks who legit need pain relief (eg after surgery) can't get as much effective pain medication anymore because of this mess.