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I've never seen it outside of HN personally
by _bxg1 6y ago
I've never seen it outside of HN personally
- saagarjha 6y agoIt has a Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IANAL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IANAL
- Fezzik 6y agoIAAL, who also frequents many Magic: The Gathering subreddits, and it is used all the time there. Same with the home-repair subs I lurk on. It is ubiquitous shorthand.
- _bxg1 6y agoI would imagine there's some cultural overlap between HN, Usenet, and subreddits about Magic and technical subjects
- dinglejungle 6y agohttps://www.google.com/search?q=site:reddit.com+ianal+-intitle:ianal https://www.google.com/search?q=site:reddit.com+ianal+-intit...
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoIt's ancient. It was being used on Usenet in the 90s. It's a standard disclaimer because giving legal advice without being licensed to practice law is a crime in many jurisdictions.