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Some people are under the impression that their best effort will always be enough, and can't understand that this simply isn't the case.

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Computers and phones always got the short end of the stick when it came to changes to GSP policies. I had a pretty decent time selling it with cameras because they did actually cover accidental damage.

But you would know that. 501 represent.

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Which is why anything that can be described as "ritual" should be looked at with skepticism only in the most benign cases, and usually with the sort of pique with which a demolition engineer regards a derelict eyesore building he has to pass by on his way to the office each morning.

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Shaq came into my store once for some earbuds. His handler did all the talking.

I sold some gaming things to Dean Roland one time, which was cool because Collective Soul was one of my favorite bands growing up. I think they were for his nephew?

Oh, and Carl's dad (Coral!) bought a fridge from me. We got Walking Dead folks in all the time at our store. Probably still do, I just wouldn't know anymore.

They're just customers.

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So far as the courts are concerned, the only clear-cut case was the conviction. As cited above, no less than than a Supreme Court Justice has tipped his hand and shown the legal system's preference for the contrived notion of a conviction over the objective truth of the matter.

And so far as remuneration goes, it's a simple and callous cost/benefit analysis. Yes, there is a chance that an exonerated criminal might extract more from the state by legal force than what would be considered a reasonable compensation for judicial malfeasance, but the balance of power lies with the state in most cases. When someone is removed from society in the way a convicted criminal is, they lose means -- not just silly little means like "having the skills to get a job and lead a successful life," but important means like such as the ability to retain counsel. The number of innocent people who get put away for years or decades, exonerated, and then never see a penny because they can't chase that penny balance out the few who are able to get what they are owed. So fuck all of them, says our benevolent judiciary.