Why the hell is Andy Rooney still on the air?
He's totally turned into the "Kids keep the hell offa' my lawn! And eat your goddamn oatmeal" guy, huh?
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Mar 22, 2010 10:13:17 am PDT #17889 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jesse - Mar 22, 2010 10:13:24 am PDT #17890 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I was just saying that I could totally be Andy Rooney for a new generation. I'm cranky about all kinds of things! "I was reading this blog the other day..."
beth b - Mar 22, 2010 10:14:43 am PDT #17891 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Rooney should talk to plumbers and electricians and then he'd discover that they're out of a job, too. Jerk.
and seriously, does he not understand that to be a good plumber, electrician, or brick layer are skilled jobs? On a construction site I am qualified to pick stuff up. Even with the home stuff I've done. DH can do more, but he has experience. No one that has been middle management can instantly become a plumber
erikaj - Mar 22, 2010 10:14:58 am PDT #17892 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Yeah, that was pretty stupid. Actually, I bet he did have some struggling reporter years, but when you have to reach back forty years for the memory...not so much with the relevant. Go back to the fruit stand, AR.
JZ - Mar 22, 2010 10:17:25 am PDT #17893 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Rooney should talk to plumbers and electricians and then he'd discover that they're out of a job, too. Jerk.
Not to mention that you have to be licensed, certified, bonded, and spend several years working like a dog as an apprentice to a master plumber/electrician/whoever. The money is good and probably a little steadier than a lot of middle management (companies come and companies go, but humans will always live in some kind of shelter, pipes will always freeze, and toddlers will always stuff their Yo Gabba Gabba tub toys down the toilet out of idle curiosity the second a grown-up's back is turned), but it's still hard as hell to get started in and demands a few years of brutal trainee work for little pay before you start to really earn. It's not really much easier than getting a college degree, and for damn sure not much faster. It's no sane person's idea of a quick fix.
How long has it been since Rooney's had any contact with another actual human being?
Toddson - Mar 22, 2010 10:19:56 am PDT #17894 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
ah ... I hear the voice of bitter experience in JZ's post.
msbelle - Mar 22, 2010 10:22:06 am PDT #17895 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Not that I would defend Rooney, ever. I took his point to be that those careers were in demand. or more, that his point was that the college degree to lead to a mid-level office job is over-saturated in the US.
aurelia - Mar 22, 2010 10:23:57 am PDT #17896 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
He's totally turned into the "Kids keep the hell offa' my lawn! And eat your goddamn oatmeal" guy, huh?
He's been that guy for the last 25 years!
JZ - Mar 22, 2010 10:24:35 am PDT #17897 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Just speculation, Toddson. Speculation based on the bitter experiences of most of the parents-of-toddlers I know.
We watch Matilda like hawks, and she doesn't even know yet that she can lift the toilet lid. As far as she knows, it's one of those things that only grownups can do, like chopping onions with the good knife (or any knife) and mixing cocktails.
Amy - Mar 22, 2010 10:24:43 am PDT #17898 of 30001
Because books.
it's still hard as hell to get started in and demands a few years of brutal trainee work for little pay before you start to really earn.
Even taking msbelle's point into account, when the economy is bad, people wait as long as possible to fix things they can get away with not fixing because they simply can't afford it. Or they'll do the quick fixes but not the major overhauls.