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Followed the comments thread and I wonder: can this https://twitter.com/DurvidImel/status/1615374036820697089?s=20 https://twitter.com/DurvidImel/status/1615374

by 988747 4y ago

Followed the comments thread and I wonder: can this https://twitter.com/DurvidImel/status/1615374036820697089?s=20 https://twitter.com/DurvidImel/status/1615374036820697089?s=... be considered a legally binding contract? Because if so, then someone named Alec Ploof just made a lot of money :)

elil17 4y ago
It is absolutely a valid contract - if both parties are in the US it shouldn't be too hard to enforce.
- yakkityyak 4y ago
  lol, no.
  - elil17 4y ago
    Assent, offer/acceptance, consideration, and capacity - looks like a contract to me. I don't see the argument against it.
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
    - tshaddox 4y ago
      A careful inspection shows that at least one (but probably both) parties are clearly joking.
      - elil17 4y ago
        Not clear to me. Then again I am not very well versed in internet culture.
  - deltree7 4y ago
    It is indeed legally bound https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/contracts-101-make-legally-valid-30247.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/contracts-101-make-l...
    - lesuorac 4y ago
      No judge is going to enforce a contract between somebody selling their employer's computer to another person unless the employer itself agreed.
      - elil17 4y ago
        The buying party would get the true market value of the computer less the cost. It’s not their fault that they seller made an offer they weren’t authorized to make.
deltree7 4y ago
It actually is https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/acceptance-of-contract-offers-32651.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/acceptance-of-contra...
- tshaddox 4y ago
  That document fails to mention that this does not apply when one or both parties are clearly joking.
  - VWWHFSfQ 4y ago
    Also, actual contract law is a lot more nuanced than what this post on Bob Loblaw's Law Blog will have you believe.
  - lesuorac 4y ago
    Context: https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1272&context=nlj https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=12...
  - TillE 4y ago
    There's this common thing where nerds expect the law to be written and enforced with mindless precision, like a computer. Judges aren't robots, and they're not stupid.

by 988747 4y ago

elil17 4y ago

It is absolutely a valid contract - if both parties are in the US it shouldn't be too hard to enforce.

yakkityyak 4y ago
lol, no.
- elil17 4y ago
  Assent, offer/acceptance, consideration, and capacity - looks like a contract to me. I don't see the argument against it.
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
  - tshaddox 4y ago
    A careful inspection shows that at least one (but probably both) parties are clearly joking.
    - elil17 4y ago
      Not clear to me. Then again I am not very well versed in internet culture.
- deltree7 4y ago
  It is indeed legally bound https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/contracts-101-make-legally-valid-30247.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/contracts-101-make-l...
  - lesuorac 4y ago
    No judge is going to enforce a contract between somebody selling their employer's computer to another person unless the employer itself agreed.
    - elil17 4y ago
      The buying party would get the true market value of the computer less the cost. It’s not their fault that they seller made an offer they weren’t authorized to make.

deltree7 4y ago

It actually is https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/acceptance-of-contract-offers-32651.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/acceptance-of-contra...

tshaddox 4y ago
That document fails to mention that this does not apply when one or both parties are clearly joking.
- VWWHFSfQ 4y ago
  Also, actual contract law is a lot more nuanced than what this post on Bob Loblaw's Law Blog will have you believe.
- lesuorac 4y ago
  Context: https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1272&context=nlj https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=12...
- TillE 4y ago
  There's this common thing where nerds expect the law to be written and enforced with mindless precision, like a computer. Judges aren't robots, and they're not stupid.