ZeroCool@feddit.ch to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDonald Trump Jr asked courtroom sketch artist to ‘make me look sexy’www.the-independent.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1342arrow-down115
arrow-up1327arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump Jr asked courtroom sketch artist to ‘make me look sexy’www.the-independent.comZeroCool@feddit.ch to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down4·1 year ago…why are courtroom sketch artist still a thing?
minus-squareTaigagaai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 year agoBecause it’s usually not allowed to take pictures in court
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down3·1 year agoThat’s not a real reason. Most courts are recorded, have stenographer and apparently sketch artists. There’s absolutely no reason for court sketch artists to exist in modern society. It’s just silly and wreaks of some conservative tradition.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t think providing steady employment to a local artist is the worst thing taxes support.
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down7·1 year agoIf we’re gonna be handing out money for totally worthless tasks, oh boy imma be rich
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoBe real, bro, you already do that.
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year ago…are you illiterate? That’s exactly what I said.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoI called your current job useless, actually, but don’t worry your pretty little head about the details.
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoOh, you are illiterate. Ok then.
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoThose recordings are not available to the public though, right? Isn’t that the difference? Or am I just mislead here? I see why the tradition of it feels conservative. But I dunno. I think it’s cool. Seems like good culture.
minus-squareRidgeDweller@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoBut why? Seems arbitrary and antiquated
minus-squareLufyCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThink it’s to protect the identities of people
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s working well, I definitely do not know it’s trump Jr there.
minus-squareLufyCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThat’s not who it’s supposed to be protecting lol
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThen who’s it supposed to protect?
minus-squareLufyCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWitnesses, the jury, people like that
minus-squaretopinambour_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoBecause AI aren’t allowed in court, yet…
minus-squarekase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year ago“Why does the defendant have a different number of fingers in every scene?”
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year ago-AI flips you off with 13 middle fingers on each hand
minus-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoArtist is better for privacy.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoOnly proportionally to how much they suck at their craft
minus-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMore like for not accidentally including jury members in the shot
…why are courtroom sketch artist still a thing?
Because it’s usually not allowed to take pictures in court
That’s not a real reason. Most courts are recorded, have stenographer and apparently sketch artists. There’s absolutely no reason for court sketch artists to exist in modern society. It’s just silly and wreaks of some conservative tradition.
I don’t think providing steady employment to a local artist is the worst thing taxes support.
If we’re gonna be handing out money for totally worthless tasks, oh boy imma be rich
Be real, bro, you already do that.
…are you illiterate? That’s exactly what I said.
I called your current job useless, actually, but don’t worry your pretty little head about the details.
Oh, you are illiterate. Ok then.
Those recordings are not available to the public though, right? Isn’t that the difference? Or am I just mislead here?
I see why the tradition of it feels conservative. But I dunno. I think it’s cool. Seems like good culture.
But why? Seems arbitrary and antiquated
Think it’s to protect the identities of people
It’s working well, I definitely do not know it’s trump Jr there.
That’s not who it’s supposed to be protecting lol
Then who’s it supposed to protect?
Witnesses, the jury, people like that
Because AI aren’t allowed in court, yet…
“Why does the defendant have a different number of fingers in every scene?”
-AI flips you off with 13 middle fingers on each hand
Artist is better for privacy.
Only proportionally to how much they suck at their craft
More like for not accidentally including jury members in the shot