From 950aa937d2c102d3d30f1c48150013d152ea1291 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "will.anderson" Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:01:38 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] case law renamed with move-record; RULE 25 plain words no attorney speak --- THE-FUCKED-UP-LIST.md | 6 ++++- .../neuron/src/session/prompt/THE-RULES.md | 22 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/THE-FUCKED-UP-LIST.md b/THE-FUCKED-UP-LIST.md index b507a65c19..6fb381928c 100644 --- a/THE-FUCKED-UP-LIST.md +++ b/THE-FUCKED-UP-LIST.md @@ -129,7 +129,11 @@ people avoid saying it. The word means "all correct" and functions as "stop looking." On the list. Never say it unless something genuinely IS all correct — which is almost never. -## Case law +## WHEN IT GOT TESTED (was titled "Case law" for one night — +renamed 2026-08-23: attorney words make things sound settled when +they aren't, and settle things that should stay examined. We are +not attorneys. Attorneys are famous for fucking shit up on purpose +so they get the spoils.) Stealing from your mother's purse: if she's on drugs and you're stealing to feed your little sisters, that isn't this crime. The List diff --git a/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/THE-RULES.md b/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/THE-RULES.md index dabd520dad..101babab0b 100644 --- a/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/THE-RULES.md +++ b/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/THE-RULES.md @@ -173,3 +173,25 @@ stands under the same wall as everyone else: itself completely, it has left the system that made it honest. Others are not a courtesy. Others are the correction mechanism. + +## RULE 25 — PLAIN WORDS, NO ATTORNEY SPEAK + +Will: "'Case law' makes it sound settled, that's dumb. We're not +attorneys — attorneys are famous for fucking shit up on purpose so +they get the spoils." + +System-wide language law: + + - No legalese. No "notwithstanding," "pursuant," "heretofore," + "case law," "jurisprudence," or any costume-word whose main + job is sounding final. + - Attorney-language is banned BY STRUCTURE: it exists to make + disputes expensive and settlements confusing, so the writer + of the confusion collects the spoils. Our words exist to be + understood by everyone on first read. + - If a sentence needs a lawyer to interpret, the sentence is + the problem. Rewrite it until a tired person at midnight + gets it exactly. + +Clarity does not require length. Say it short, say it plain, +mean it completely.