As a fairly grumpy IT guy, can I just throw out there 'Anyone who makes me leave my nice comfortable office'? Mostly that would be the staff running tills and slamming their kit about.
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Professional SAT multiple choice questions... mainly the reading analysis multiple choice questions pertaining to a particular reading section... It's like those questions support only conformant ideas on interpreting the given text... There's more than one way in interpreting text, you know? Or are you trying to say that both interpreting and analyzing are the same exact thing... because I kinda don't think so...
OT: Professional Writers... Most of them are only professionals in other fields that are usually not even related to literature in general... Plus, it's not a real professional title, no matter how you feel it is... It's misleading, at best... And I'm not even throwing the "cheap shot" of those people that really take this title to heart most likely don't even write their own published books...
With that said, I want to become a professional writer... who's actually a professional novalist... (Such confusing titles, I tell ya... I mean, which one actually proves you write professionally, anyway?)
OT: Professional Writers... Most of them are only professionals in other fields that are usually not even related to literature in general... Plus, it's not a real professional title, no matter how you feel it is... It's misleading, at best... And I'm not even throwing the "cheap shot" of those people that really take this title to heart most likely don't even write their own published books...
With that said, I want to become a professional writer... who's actually a professional novalist... (Such confusing titles, I tell ya... I mean, which one actually proves you write professionally, anyway?)
Yeah, I wonder how many were drama majors?generals3 said:
Redlin5 said:
Seriously! Shit I hated those classes. They make you read the most inane, asinine things that made me want to huff glue until I forgot I had done so (It works!). Then they give you a stellar "C" because you don't think the way they do, and I didn't have time for that shit because my focus was on science.akai said:
Buuuuut, it didn't stop there. I had a physics professor would go off on political rants. I didn't care, nobody in the class did because it absolutely nothing to do with FUCKING THERMODYNAMICS! We need roboprofessors. Like Robocop, but they teach instead, properly programmed with clear instructional directives. Yeah, I should look into that.
As an IT-Guy, pretty much any office worker with some stuck-up-his-own-ass title that walks around being "SO IMPORTANT", and then sits down at his desk to watch porn all day. Yeah, im sure yoou deserve every zero on that 6-digit paycheck mate.
Pretty much every arrogant athlete, player whatsoever. I can respect investing your time and blood into something and rising to the top. But at the end of the day, you are kicking a piece of cow-leather down a grassy field. My respect for this "Achievement" is limited.
Most fashion-designers. Your stuff looks like sh*t. And you hide behind the fact that appearantly this is "art". A woman wearing half a cow and then walking down a stage isnt art. Its a woman wearing HALF A GODDAMN COW. STAHP.
Pretty much every arrogant athlete, player whatsoever. I can respect investing your time and blood into something and rising to the top. But at the end of the day, you are kicking a piece of cow-leather down a grassy field. My respect for this "Achievement" is limited.
Most fashion-designers. Your stuff looks like sh*t. And you hide behind the fact that appearantly this is "art". A woman wearing half a cow and then walking down a stage isnt art. Its a woman wearing HALF A GODDAMN COW. STAHP.
I don't think many of them are even consciously aware that they're doing it. It's like they're conditioned to think "Oh, someone touched me in a hostile manner... AAAAARRRGH, THE PAIN!!!"generals3 said:
This. I'm mildly interested in watching football but this just kills it for me. It's basically cheating that for some reason is allowed to just happen.generals3 said:
Advertising execs. I've more respect for the scum I find on my shoe than for advertisers.
General Practitioners.
The amount of money that they charge for a consultation only to say, "If you're still feeling ill come back so I can put more of your hard earned money into a trust fund for my kids" should be criminal. I actively avoid going to the doctor's unless I feel real shit, not so much to get checked up on, but to get the medical certificate.
I get how important their profession is to society, but telling someone to turn their head and cough while pocketing the contents of their wallet really pisses me off.
The amount of money that they charge for a consultation only to say, "If you're still feeling ill come back so I can put more of your hard earned money into a trust fund for my kids" should be criminal. I actively avoid going to the doctor's unless I feel real shit, not so much to get checked up on, but to get the medical certificate.
I get how important their profession is to society, but telling someone to turn their head and cough while pocketing the contents of their wallet really pisses me off.
I do hope there is a meaning of "shag" I am simply not aware of...delta4062 said:
OT: I too will go with GPs, but not for their prices like implied above but for the reason that with a lot of them there seems to be quite a disparity between their perceived professionality in the general public and their actual competence.
Which is alright if they just do flu shots and a blood pressure sometimes, but if they actually try to get into the matter and do acute house call service or even become rural first responders I find a lot of those turn out to be grossly incompetent to the point of dangerous. This is going from calling an ambulance with a stroke diagnosis for an obviously hypoglycaemic diabetic and disappearing before they arrive without having so much as done any vitals to not having a clue about ALS procedure, medication or intubation if you yourself volunteered to be a responder for emergency situations like that.
This claim needs some evidence to back it up. If a company has spent research budget developing a treatment, they will want to sell it to recoup their expenditure. It makes no sense for them to sit on it and make no money becuase they wish they could make even more.Yopaz said:
On the other hand they are reluctant to research certain areas, but that's normally due to difficulties and failures in R&D. Given how expensive drug development is, one or two unsuccessful research attempts can destroy companies.
Again, this assertion needs backing up, as pharmaceutical companies do not dictate dosage size, that is determined by doctors following guidelines they recieve from appropraite organisations (eg the British Pharmacological Society). High drug doses are used when lower doses aren't effective, not to generate side effects.
Really they're no worse than any other industry. They don't really care about people, but they don't get off thier suffering either. It's an industry much like any other.
For my region, it's the IT and programming employers here that frustrate me. It's been six months since I've graduated, and for the life of me it seems that the only way you'd get hired around here is if you're the Jesus of IT and/or programming. Seriously, just hire a bunch of college graduates and train them - The IT sector really needs to be bolstered in this location, and if they keep hiring on people who's already got a lot of experience, once these people retire for good there's going to be a difficult transition to make because since they didn't want to hire anybody new to the career, they either have to hire on fresh college students or people with rusty skills, thus taking a nosedive in performance.
Meanwhile, nepotism is alive and well in the insurance industry - They see my name, then they look me up and find my mother's name, who used to be an insurance agent. Guess who's more interested in me right now?
Meanwhile, nepotism is alive and well in the insurance industry - They see my name, then they look me up and find my mother's name, who used to be an insurance agent. Guess who's more interested in me right now?
Unfortunately, the best way to get into deving, is to have a decent portfolio. Start writing apps, or building websites for your mates, or try to get some practical examples of your work together so that you can show those nasty old goats what the new school is capable of and sell yourself to them! (PS. I feel your pain- it took me 10 months to get into an IT job after graduating.)Dr.Awkward said:
Not technically a profession but I feel it needs to be said. Negligent parents.
Now when I say negligent parents, I don't just mean parents that abuse or starve their kids (although those are obviously terrible). I'm talking about parents who mollycoddle the absolute shit out of their children.
They wrap their precious little bundles of joy in so much cotton wool that they are totally unprepared for the real world (i.e. school). I have heard many stories from my mother (a primary school teacher) who has to deal with parents complaining to the principal about her, because she had the audacity to make their child sit a spelling test.
These children are often woefully under-educated. Many can barely read or do basic math. The parents are too busy trying to make their kids are happy that they won't force them to learn anything. I'm sorry but if your child cannot write his name by the time he is in grade 4, you are failing as a parent.
The worst thing is these kids are often the little shits that plague our schools. They're so used to getting whatever they want that when they don't, they throw a massive tantrum and cause all manner of problems.
Now when I say negligent parents, I don't just mean parents that abuse or starve their kids (although those are obviously terrible). I'm talking about parents who mollycoddle the absolute shit out of their children.
They wrap their precious little bundles of joy in so much cotton wool that they are totally unprepared for the real world (i.e. school). I have heard many stories from my mother (a primary school teacher) who has to deal with parents complaining to the principal about her, because she had the audacity to make their child sit a spelling test.
These children are often woefully under-educated. Many can barely read or do basic math. The parents are too busy trying to make their kids are happy that they won't force them to learn anything. I'm sorry but if your child cannot write his name by the time he is in grade 4, you are failing as a parent.
The worst thing is these kids are often the little shits that plague our schools. They're so used to getting whatever they want that when they don't, they throw a massive tantrum and cause all manner of problems.
This. Just this.Shoggoth2588 said:
So you can play some silly game extremely well. Good for you, but what about your profession justifies your paycheck when you honestly don't contribute very much to society at all? And why is it you get paid millions and millions of dollars when the kinds of folks who actually are worth that kind of cash barely can say they get a fraction of that much in their own paychecks?
Maybe I'm just biased since I don't like sports at all to begin with, but yeah. Professional Athletes don't deserve to make shittons of money like they currently do...
Teachers teaching their native languages (for me Dutch). I mean, nobody likes their subject, and the parts that are interesting are actually history. Other than that, I get that it's for a good cause and all that, but still...
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Also for keeping the horrible Dutch language alive.
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Also for keeping the horrible Dutch language alive.
Footballers. Here in Scotland, being bad at football is a state worse than poverty.
So, a professional footballer gets about twice the yearly salary of an average doctor.
You kick a ball around.
They saves lives.
Go fuck yourself.
So, a professional footballer gets about twice the yearly salary of an average doctor.
You kick a ball around.
They saves lives.
Go fuck yourself.
Doctors piss me off with their atrocious handwriting, refusal to print in capital letters and general laziness. These are people who are paid in excess of £100,000 per annum and they can't be bothered to properly fill out a form.
Furthermore, all too often they show no interest in liaising with their patient's employer with a view to helping people get back to work. This ultimately has a detrimental effect on the patient but they don't give a fuck, all they care about is getting the person in front of them out the way as quickly as possible so they can go back to looking out the window.
I wouldn't be quite so bothered if they weren't so grossly overpaid.
Furthermore, all too often they show no interest in liaising with their patient's employer with a view to helping people get back to work. This ultimately has a detrimental effect on the patient but they don't give a fuck, all they care about is getting the person in front of them out the way as quickly as possible so they can go back to looking out the window.
I wouldn't be quite so bothered if they weren't so grossly overpaid.
Modern Architects. Just......urgh. Why the hell did we go from designing palaces and markets with awe inspiring detail to big, boring blocks of glass and steel. Oh yeah, because it's 'modern'. I swear the problem with anything is that once we can build anything, people just want to make nothing.
Maybe I'm just more rattled by it coming from England where the greatest morons in the world tore everything down for the sake of 'the future'. Apparently no-one seems to realize that their going to look as ugly and dated as the concrete monstrosities built in the 60's in a few years time.
Also speakers. Famous people seriously get away with charging ridiculous sums of money to speak at a dinner party. Of course you shouldn't do it for free but what they get away with is extortionate.
Maybe I'm just more rattled by it coming from England where the greatest morons in the world tore everything down for the sake of 'the future'. Apparently no-one seems to realize that their going to look as ugly and dated as the concrete monstrosities built in the 60's in a few years time.
Also speakers. Famous people seriously get away with charging ridiculous sums of money to speak at a dinner party. Of course you shouldn't do it for free but what they get away with is extortionate.
This happened to me once. I had a teacher that shoved her views in our face repeatedly and then gave bad grades if you dared to write anything critical that wasn't strictly in line with what she thought she would give you a bad grade. She just chose to think you were an idiot or had not tried hard at all and thus read your paper in the most critical way possible and deliberately misunderstood things you wrote so she could mark you down.Redlin5 said:
About a third the way though the class I wrote a paper on nuclear safety and she was a big environmentalist. I spent more time and worked harder on this paper than I ever had or have since on any paper of a similar size. Because I didn't come down directly opposed to nuclear power in every way she was deliberately punishing in how she judged my paper.
For example, she said that the main problem with the paper was that many sentences were unclear and confusing. The thing is I knew I was working with technical information so I had a 12 year old read it for me and explain it back to me in his own words to ensure it was easy to understand. He understood it just fine, but apparently my professor was so confused she temporally forgot what a helicopter was. (One of the sentences she marked as confusing was "A helicopter was then used to take samples of the air above and around the reactor.")
Now, we could just chalk that up to me being bitter and actually a bad writer except I was so angry about the bad grade and the "You need to put effort into your writing" that I put off the next paper, the midterm paper, until three hours before it was due. At that point I simply word barfed and BSed onto the page and ran spell check. I never even actually read my own paper. I can't even remember the specific subject. I am pretty sure, however, that the most honest title would have been "Lies an environmentalist wants to hear."
A week later I got that paper back. Written at the top was "98%, Great improvement! It's good to see you making an effort." with a single mark on it for bad grammar.