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2021-07-09 // day precision

Writing a contract versus typing one

Posted by Dan Cary

Original source text

I heard bad joke Friday’s were a thing.
“Did You Know That” graphic warns that literally writing a contract with a pen takes time, hurts your hand, and requires starting over after mistakes; typing is better.
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Editorial interpretation

The phrase “write a contract” is taken literally as handwriting with a pen. The caption explicitly invokes bad-joke Friday; a reply extends the joke to contracts writing themselves. SOURCE DISCUSSION — transcribed original comments 2021-07-09 — Forrest B Lipe: If the contract is well thought out, it writes itself Coverage: One displayed comment captured. Thread grouping follows source thread-root links; unknown immediate reply parents are not inferred. Dates preserve the displayed day, with timezone unknown. The heading, alt text and opening historical explanation are AI-assisted editorial interpretation. The original caption, preserved image renditions and transcribed discussion are source material. Public images are metadata-stripped display derivatives of Facebook-served files; the original upload files and edit history were not established.

Topics: Early Years, July 2021, bad-joke-Friday, contract-writing, early-years