Anyone know what happened to areyouinsane? Forum

[ICFMFWIWY]

Areyouinsane was a user who posted a series of compelling, hilarious anecdotes about his escapades as a young associate working in "shit law" and doc review in the summer of 2011. No word since.

As several people pointed out, his "voice" was amazing. In my opinion his portrait of the hell that was (is?) practicing law in the aftermath of the recession was professional quality writing.

I'm wondering if anyone has any information about what he's up to nowadays (Google yielded nothing)? I know it's a long shot, but I figured by posting this that at the very least some of the uninitiated would look him up and his spirit would live on.

At any rate, if you're out there areyouinsane, thanks for the laughs and I hope you've found peace.

[BrainsyK]

No idea what happened to them, but I stumbled onto that thread, and it was a great read. I think s/he mentioned moving to Turkey and teaching English to avoiding non-dischargable student loans.

[Vianco]

Although I'm not completely sure if this is true, I've read various blogs online mentioning that areyouinsane might be the blogger Skadden Farts AKA Law is 4 Losers.

I've also seen multiple posters/bloggers across various sites say they are convinced that areyouinsane is Scott Bullock.

For example, check this link out:

https://observer.com/2010/08/law-school ... real-name/

After some creeping around, here's what I found out:

areyouinsane = Scott Bullock = Law is 4 Losers (aka L4L) = SkaddenFarts = Big Debt Small Law Blog (no longer up) = Tom the Temp (the same blog he has referenced in some of his posts on TLS)

I guess that's the reason he never responded to anyone's suggestion that he start a blog/write a book.

Above quote is from http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 161664#top

Just try googling "Scott Bullock Seton Hall" and "Scott Bullock areyouinsane".

Bits and pieces of Skadden Farts posts are around on the internet - they are pretty funny.

So no, I don't think he's living in Turkey. It makes sense, especially considering how he ignored people who suggested he write a book/blog.

Again, I'm not completely sure this is him but it seems plausible.

Here's a link to Tom the Temp, the posts are hilarious:

http://temporaryattorney.blogspot.com/

Here's an example of the posts on this blog, this one's in response to a temp gig that was e-mailed out:

"The stampede of coders wrangling for this gig rivaled the Japanese earthquake's Richter-scale readings. Within minutes of this broadcast email, 80% of NYC's broadband bandwidth was swamped with hordes of coders frantically pressing the "send" button, racing to get their attached resumes across the finish line first. Skyscrapers began to gently shake as the stampede gathered momentum, with some coders even donning their suits in phone booths Superman style, breaking land speed records as they gang-rushed De Novo's midtown offices. "It's a bird...it's a plane....no, it's a CODER!"

This is what it's come to, kids. "Down the road," as they say in the big house. Four years of college, the LSAT, 3 years of law school, the late nights studying until your eyes bleed, 100 K plus in loans, the bar'zam, the dues, the CLE shakedowns: all to beg for a graveyard shift gig at a whopping $30 an hour, sans OT. Trying to pay down loans at this rate is akin to using a Folgers can to bail out the Titanic: you'll drown long before the bilge is emptied.

Rumor has it that 50 desperate suit-clad souls spent last night clicking away, all too happy to swallow their pride like a cocktail of Drano
and click those docs until their eyes wept blood. We can't imagine the depths of desperation one must be in to volunteer for such a pathetic endeavor. Sadder still is that, in all likelihood, hundreds (or thousands?) of schmucks probably cried themselves to sleep last night because they didn't make the cut for this gig.

This is a watershed moment, kids. How much more mistreatment, degradation, and abuse are you "lawyers" willing to endure? In the immortal words of Dante from the film Clerks, we ask De Novo: "What's your encore? Do you anally rape my mother while puring sugar in my gas tank?"

Quite funny too how this gig began only hours after the spiffy new 2011 US News rankings came out, the lemmings going ga-ga that their toilet of choice is now ranked 159th instead of 167st, the nascent "prestige" flowing like heroin into a junkie's bicep.

Ah Bartleby! Ah humanity!"