So if an otherwise good person can sell their soul to the devil and then be subject to eternal damnation upon death, could someone sell their soul to someone else and thus avoid damnation even if they were a bad person?
Contract for Sale of Soul
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#82After seeing the episode of The Simpsons where Bart bought Milhouse’s soul, I went to school and did the same thing to my classmates. Most acted like it was no big deal, but still wouldn’t sign “the contract” and the few that did, similar to Milhouse, quickly wanted it back. I couldn’t do it myself.
I sold my soul in grade school too, but shortly thereafter I bought someone else's and came out monetarily ahead. I'm good?
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#83The Simpsons did it first.
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#84I used to work a place where sometimes, the kids didn't have money for a soda, and I could tell they were thirsty.. I usually sell them one for their soul.. I don't think I kept the box of "certificate of ownership" slips we made, but for a while, I owned at least 20 souls (and probably, the same soul twice... hmm) :) Sometimes I meet them and they're all grown up, but many of them still remember that I own their soul :D
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#85BS. Satan would never write a contract without a forced arbitration clause. I just realized several other people posted this. But hopefully the devil will take a moment to update before posting this again to HN three months hence. Also not sure why this contract is relevant when everyone's already agreed to Apple and Facebook's TOS.
BS. Satan would never write a contract without a forced arbitration clause. I dunno, you are talking about someone who lost a golden fiddle to some hick kid from Georgia[1]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7BZf7D5Bw
This sounds like solid evidence that the Devil is scrupulously fair! He could have just said that his performance was better; his demon backup band would surely have taken his side. I suspect he enjoys the challenge of outdoing mortals, and thus allows them a sporting chance of escape. Note the impressive loophole in this contract! [0]
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#86I used to work a place where sometimes, the kids didn't have money for a soda, and I could tell they were thirsty.. I usually sell them one for their soul.. I don't think I kept the box of "certificate of ownership" slips we made, but for a while, I owned at least 20 souls (and probably, the same soul twice... hmm) :) Sometimes I meet them and they're all grown up, but many of them still remember that I own their sou…
HAHA! Funny enough, two weeks ago I wanted to learn how to create unique NFTs and a friend said "if you can sell my soul with an NFT, I'm in" ... yesterday I pushed the first test live (no minting yet) https://test.soulz.art
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
In California the seller discloses as much as possible to the buyer - i) house inspection and pest inspection, ii) disclosures from the county, state, utilities district, iii) advisories of risk of wildfire, lead paint, natural hazards, earthquake; and much more. This is so that the buyer has as little possible recourse to sue in the future for losses on the property. This behavior also enables faster real estate dea…
I don't see how you figure. You get the disclosures long after you make your offer (although you do have a contingency if you don't like what you see, I think). And the mandatory disclosure system opens you up to more risk of lawsuit, since if you fail to disclose something you, in the view of the legal system, reasonably should have known, that's grounds for a suit (compared to MA, where I used to live, where you're…
If you are working with a real estate agent they can pull the disclosures before you make the offer. I am not sure how it works for no agent sales.
Also the disclosures have copious language to the effect of "To the best of sellers' knowledge" and "Buyer agrees to do their own research". I think this is supposed to indemnify the seller.
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#88There is a NFT listed on OpenSea: https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c2484200...
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
BS. Satan would never write a contract without a forced arbitration clause. I dunno, you are talking about someone who lost a golden fiddle to some hick kid from Georgia[1]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7BZf7D5Bw
This sounds like solid evidence that the Devil is scrupulously fair! He could have just said that his performance was better; his demon backup band would surely have taken his side. I suspect he enjoys the challenge of outdoing mortals, and thus allows them a sporting chance of escape. Note the impressive loophole in this contract! [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29127547
An alternative interpretation is that by losing, the devil offers the fiction that a human can succeed without faith in God, damning them.
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#90The most amazing thing about this to me is that as conceptually interesting as this contract is at a high level, and given that I started off interested in the document, about half way through my eyes were glazing over ;and I gave up. I have to wonder how lawyers do their job. I've read chapters of academic text for my own knowledge, but somehow this legal writing style crushes me every time.
I'm not a lawyer, but I took a few courses on legal English at university. These courses predominantly approached the subject matter from a linguistic, rather than a professional point of view.
I find the language of common law, its richness, and history to be quite fascinating. The nuances and details it is able to convey are astounding.
Legal doublets such as "cease and desist" or "terms and conditions" are an example of this. These phrases originated when multiple languages (i.e., Norman French, Middle English, and Latin) were used simultaneously in English society.
Often consisting of two near synonyms, one from an Anglo-Saxon / Old English origin, one from a French or Latin one, these doublets helped with clarifying intent for readers with different native language backgrounds.