me: elon musk is a tone-deaf jackass billionaire who got his start in life from his parents’ involvement in aparatheid and he should be mocked
also me: oil industry lobbyists have every reason to want Tesla to fail as an electric car company that produces stylish electric cars and has brought the image of electric cars up from “kind of a niche hippie thing” to “cool and futuristic” and promoting stories of elon musk’s idiocy will make their attacks on electric cars as a ridiculous concept easier to propagate
And I was put in the seat instantly, of course. I said, “your honor, I can’t be a juror on a two week trial, I have opera rehearsal.” And she said, “opera huh, well, sing something for us.”
And I did. In a federal court of law, in front of the judge, 75 jurors, the lawyers and the fucking DEFENDANT, I sang o mio babbino caro.
YO I DIDNT EMBARRASS MYSELF IN FEDERAL COURT SO YALL CAN DOUBT ME.
I know a lot of opera singers, and singing a full-on aria in a court room with only a hint of provocation is EXACTLY what they would do.
I know a lot of judges, and demanding an impromptu opera solo on a whim is also something they would do.
(And also one of the main reasons you can be excused from jury duty is economic hardship–basically, it would cause you unreasonable financial damage. If you’re a professional singer, a two week gap in your rehearsal schedule could do that for sure.)
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