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Originally Posted by fjtorres
It's saved me from selling my soul more than once.  |
Is that legally enforceable?
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Never mind, of course it is.
http://www.johnjosephadams.com/way-o...emiah-tolbert/
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I scroll through twelve pages of the usual “you can’t sue us” garbage before I find what I’m looking for.
by accepting this agreement, user will bequeath user’s metaphysical-essence energy, hereafter referred to as “soul” to the entity known as baalphorum. this is a nonrefundable transaction. all hail his demonic visage. he will return to take what is rightfully his and all shall tremble before his glory.
And then the doc runs back to legal-speak standard bullshit. One paragraph of pure contractual evil buried in legal cruft. Clever. Nobody ever reads the user agreement text before checking the box and continuing. I’ve heard people joke that we were giving away our souls in the damned things, but I’d never seen anyone actually try it.
Here in the U.S., the user agreement constitutes a legal contract—the parties being the site user and this entity Baalphorum, who I have never heard of but I am pretty certain is one of the lesser Elder Gods. Those entities have always codified their arrangements with humans in contracts. Guess modern contract law has provided them a few new loopholes and tricks since the days of Mephistopheles.
I click “cancel” and close my browser. I consider setting fire to my computer, just to be sure. Giving away your soul in exchange for a single banishment is what we in the m4gick game call a sucker’s deal.
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