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[-] TechyDad@lemmy.world 214 points 2 years ago

Trump’s lawyers also showed a slide claiming the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas is 64 stories. But an architectural drawing shows it likely has fewer levels because the floor numbers jump from eight to 16.

We can do that? Okay. My house is actually five stories. I've labeled the ground floor 1 and the upper story 5.

For tax purposes, though, the ground floor is -1 and the upper floor is 0 so it's a zero story house.

[-] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago

If you look closely, floor 13 is actually skipped in a LOT of buildings. It's unlucky

[-] Lon3star@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago

Maybe that's why Trump removed so many, still hasn't found the one that causes all of his problems

[-] Soap10116@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The cause is number 1. Himself

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[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 years ago

Skipping floor 13 is one thing, skipping 9,10,11,12,13,14, and 15 is quite another. And has anyone checked the mid-30s are really there? They could be placebo buttons.

[-] nonphotoblue@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 years ago

Also in East Asian cultures, the number 4 is unlucky either because its pronounced the same or similar to “death”. So, they often don’t have floors with the digit 4.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraphobia

I lived in a condo building in a high Chinese population city in British Columbia, Canada and there was no 4th, 13th or 14th floor.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

I have tetraphobia. That's why I only buy milk and juice sold in bottles.

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[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 17 points 2 years ago

“My hotel doesn't have a 13th Floor because of superstition, but c'mon man... People on the 14th floor, you know what floor you're really on" "What room are you in?" "1401". "No, you're not. Jump out of window, you'll die earlier!"”

— Mitch Hedberg

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

I work on the 13 floor, can confirm I have a lot of bad luck. I had bad luck before I got moved there but I still do

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

This doesn't make it ok. Children are adept at pointing out the stupidity of adult discrimination, reminding them that people are dumb enough to discriminate against a fucking number is a good way to hopefully help them hold onto their memories of how idiotic some of our learned choices are.

[-] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

So then...what about 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15?

You are right though, I think nearly every tall building I've been in doesn't list a floor 13.

[-] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

I thought those floors were there, but usually service floors?

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[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 15 points 2 years ago

When I bought my house it was listed at 5 bedrooms. There are 3 bedrooms upstairs. I think the Master Bedroom (first floor) is actually supposed to be the living room, and the living room was a dining room.

The fifth bedroom is a room in the back of the house just off the driveway. It's uninsulated, the window is single pane, and none of the outlets are grounded. It's unheated. They had a scrap of carpet out there, but it was just covering the cement floor. I installed an insulated exterior door and threw away the solid wood one. I keep the lawn mower and snowblower out there.

[-] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

“I just bought a 2-bedroom house, but I think I get to decide how many bedrooms there are, don't you? 

"Fuck you, real estate lady! This bedroom has an oven in it! This bedroom's got a lot of people sitting around watching TV. This bedroom's over in that guy's house! Sir, you have one of my bedrooms, are you aware? Don't decorate it!"”

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 6 points 2 years ago

That's two Mitch Hedberg jokes in one thread. Chefs kiss

[-] poppy@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Similarly, my house was listed as two and a half bath. The second “full” bath is a random shower, toilet, and sink in the basement just… there. Open to the rest of the basement. No enclosing walls. lol

[-] snowsuit2654 10 points 2 years ago

Couldn't we just count the stories from the outside?

[-] Sovereign_13@lemmy.world 106 points 2 years ago

If this ever gets made into like a docuseries or movie, future generations aren’t going to believe that the legal team of a former President in a civil case was this incompetent.

Like there’s no way to make said movie and not have it be a comedy of errors.

[-] TechyDad@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago

It's the Trump candidacy, presidency, and aftermath were a TV series, we'd be yelling at the writers to make it more realistic.

[-] BeefPiano@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

Someone explained to me that fiction needs to be believable, but reality has no such constraints

[-] protist@mander.xyz 13 points 2 years ago

There will almost certainly be a season of American Crime Story about this one day, but unfortunately not until after it's over. It will be over one day, right?

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[-] koolkiwi@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago

Now hear me out: Arrested Development, Trump version. Think about it. A family of horrible, dumb people dragging each other down. The family father getting caught doing illegal stuff and running the dumbest defense ever. The idiot lawyer holding a press conference on a shitty parking lot next to a porn shop because noone bothered to check if it was the right Four Seasons (still the funniest thing to happen in the last 2,000 years). I can totally see Eric Trump saying "Illusion, Ivanka. Magic is something a whore does for money."

The only thing missing is someone decent enough to play Michael (which is saying something, because even Michael was a horrible person).

[-] gdog05@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Henry Winkler shows up. "I've got some experience defending 'light treason'! "

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I was actually thinking Jeffrey Tambor would be a great pick for Pence.

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[-] squiblet@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago

It’s fairly easy to understand, though - his cases are hopeless because he’s plainly guilty. He expects his lawyers to lie for him, endangering themselves, make frivolous arguments, and try anything to delay cases. It raises their profile, but makes them look bad to normal people, and then on top of it, he will simply ignore bills to avoid paying anything. Therefore he’s only left with desperate, incompetent or dumb lawyers. Because nobody reputable would want a client like that.

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

IIRC, his lawyers have been getting paid up front since Kise was hired.

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[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Therefore he’s only left with ~~desperate, incompetent or~~ dumb lawyers

No, they're dumb. You're not entitled to legal counsel for civil trials, only criminal ones. That means any lawyer who represents him in the New York case is choosing to do so.

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[-] dezmd@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Title it "Fucking Morons" and make it as serious a documentary as possible.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

"I'm a very stable genius!"

Narrator: "He wasn't."

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[-] Kid_Thunder@kbin.social 60 points 2 years ago

Trump's lawyers: Banks should have done their own due diligence for his properties themselves. We even put a disclaimer to not trust us!

Also Trump's lawyers: Failed doing due diligence on Trump's properties in court.

I wonder if their slides had a disclaimer to not trust their evidence.

[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

Lord have consequences for their souls.

[-] ringwraithfish@kbin.social 20 points 2 years ago

The Trump Organization’s chief legal officer, Alan Garten, explained to Forbes a month ago that 40 Wall Street has 63 floors of commercial space, but “when you add the space from 63 to the cupola, the building totals 72 floors.”

I'd be interested in seeing what that space actually is. Are they going to start arguing over the definition of a floor? Is this going to turn into Bill Clinton's famous "define is" situation?

[-] baronvonj@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Well, Clinton's situation was actually pretty smart lawyering on his part. So I'm guessing if Trump's team is successful it would be more like a Johnny Cochran prepping OJ situation.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago

Right, Bill and Hillary are both lawyers in their own right. That particular incident may have sounded bad to the public, but Bill knew he was in court. Something of the opposite of Trump, who keeps playing to his public base even when he's in court.

[-] badbytes@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

As far as I can tell, idiot lawyers is all he hires.

[-] BambiDiego@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Idiot lawyers are all who are still willing to work for somebody who may not pay them.

[-] MentallyExhausted@reddthat.com 12 points 2 years ago

I’ll bet their plan is to be so incompetent he can get a mistrial.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 13 points 2 years ago

Being terrible at their job isn't grounds for mistrial. People are entitled to a defense, not a good defense.

But they probably don't know that, since they're terrible lawyers.

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

LOL if that were true half the prison population would be on the street right now.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Too late for that. The Trump organization has already been found liable. This is the damages phase. They're doing everything they can to say "okay, it was fraud, but not that much fraud" at this point and the Trump family are all trying to claim they had no idea what happened in their own company.

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[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

What is a cupola in the context of a modern city tower and how does it add 8 stories? Is this usable space or is this literally just a nine story spike on the tower?

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

The lady on the team looks like she ate WAY to much of a mushroom chocolate bar lmao. She looks like she tripping somewhere next to Jupiter 🤣

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 11 points 2 years ago

That's Alina Habba, a lawyer who doesn't understand how to do her job. Isn't it odd that Trump doesn't fire her for being incompetent? And isn't it odd that she has a similar look to his current wife? 🤔

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago
[-] Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I'd be so happy to not be in suspense anymore.

[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Having shitty lawyers can be a defense on appeal.

Just saying

[-] Brokkr@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Not in a civil trial.

[-] Kingofthezyx@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago

Not for lawyers he specifically hired. He chose them, and he'd have to prove why he would have won with effective counsel. Good fucking luck with that - there isn't a lawyer on earth that could win this case for him.

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