I favour home.
Sushi: chopsticks or not?
Slap my hand now!
Anya ,'Empty Places'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2006 3:10:06 pm PST #734 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tom Scola - Mar 01, 2006 3:12:32 pm PST #735 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Chopsticks, unless I'm feeling really lazy.
This article explores this fourth possible explanation for the dearth of women in science: They found better jobs.
...
Adjusted for IQ and working hours, jobs in science are the lowest paid in the United States.
(This article also argues why Polter-Cow made the right career choice)
sarameg - Mar 01, 2006 3:13:00 pm PST #736 of 10001
The only thing that make me remarkable in my extended living family is that I've got the largest rack. By far. It's all my paternal grandmother's fault. I'm the only one to inherit it thus far. I would much have preferred some other characteristic.
amych - Mar 01, 2006 3:19:35 pm PST #737 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
No chopsticks. It's schwanky finger food!
Lee - Mar 01, 2006 3:28:13 pm PST #738 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
What amych said.
tommyrot - Mar 01, 2006 3:44:39 pm PST #739 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Adjusted for IQ and working hours, jobs in science are the lowest paid in the United States.
What does "adjusted for IQ" mean? That having a high IQ means you're supposed to earn more money, and if you chose not to, then that's bad?
Or am I being too anti-elitist? I dunno - the implication just seems odd....
Tom Scola - Mar 01, 2006 3:49:04 pm PST #740 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
What does "adjusted for IQ" mean? That having a high IQ means you're supposed to earn more money, and if you chose not to, then that's bad?
He touches on that subject in the article. He's got no problem with scientists who are happy in their jobs, but he says the majority of scientists he knows aren't.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 01, 2006 3:51:05 pm PST #741 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
As someone who has happily paid three figures an hour for a monosyllabic plumber to do his thing, I'm not sure IQ should correspond to earnings. Demand for a task to be done and relative scarcity of people able/willing to do it seem like safer indicators.
§ ita § - Mar 01, 2006 3:53:30 pm PST #742 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maybe the plumber did something really difficult.
I realised today that I use chopsticks when I am feeling lazy. Which means I don't want to get my fingers sticky and have to wash them later.
sarameg - Mar 01, 2006 3:59:11 pm PST #743 of 10001
My cousin's new husband is a plumber (either that or an electrician, I've got wires crossed somewhere.) After passing his certifying exam, he's eligible for jobs that make more than I do in the midwest (bs, academic sciences, computer work.) However, while I am likely to encounter shitheads, he's likely to encounter both that AND shit. At all hours.
So I really don't begrudge him at all. I've got a thesis in my head somewhere about market value, social value, esoterica and whatnot. Basically, my position isn't as valuable in comparison because there are fewer people out there who can absolutely not live with their data than there are people out there who can't live without functioning plumbing. Or something. I'm confused by my own negatives.