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i still remember the time (early in my career) i was summoned to jury duty and tried to register an "undue hardship" with the judge because i had a project deadline coming up.

i genuinely thought it was that important, but looking back it was really not a big deal at all (and the judge knew it) :)



One level of enlightenment is when you understand things can be done later at your convenience.

Another level of enlightenment is when you understand somethings don't have to be done at all.


thank you, that's a great and pithy comment


It's not like spending your time on jury duty is in any way better than spending it on work (or pretty much everything, for that matter).


You don't think doing your part to guarantee your fellow citizens get their (in the US at least) constitutionally guaranteed right to a jury trial is "worth it"?


According to this thread: no, it's not nearly as important as your own time. They can always get someone else to fill in.


If only there was a way to do that without being treated with a general low-grade contempt.




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