I know, world in peril and we have to work together. This is my last office romance, I'll tell you that.

Buffy ,'End of Days'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


Jessica - Jul 17, 2013 9:14:02 am PDT #29442 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

If "less than 50,000" is the threshhold for surprisingly low-paying, then most of the surprisingly high-paying list...isn't.


§ ita § - Jul 17, 2013 9:15:34 am PDT #29443 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I could totally be an ice cream taster

I don't think you have the qualifying degree, which is another reason the list is weird. If I'm a scientist with a BSc, is 50k *surprisingly* *high*? Genetic counsellor is going to require a bachelor's as well. Also, I remain unstunned at the idea of a hot dog vendor making $30K, or a body part model making $20 for an afternoon, at least unless they mean low. I hope you get expenses, at least.

If $45k is objectively low in the second article, I don't see how some of the salaries in the first are high, even surprisingly so.

And the embalmer thing makes zero sense.


Hil R. - Jul 17, 2013 9:18:05 am PDT #29444 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Burrell - Jul 17, 2013 9:18:58 am PDT #29445 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Jesse, my stretch teacher has us do isolation exercises with the torso, hips, etc. I find it surprisingly difficult.


Calli - Jul 17, 2013 9:21:03 am PDT #29446 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I had trouble isolating body parts for movement when I tried belly dance, but I'm not great at isolating them in most other situations so I don't think belly dance was particularly unique there.


Burrell - Jul 17, 2013 9:21:21 am PDT #29447 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I've got a doctorate and I'm making less than that.

Grrr, that's just wrong. You are NTT, aren't you?


Hil R. - Jul 17, 2013 9:21:54 am PDT #29448 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Grrr, that's just wrong. You are NTT, aren't you?

Non tenure track? Yeah.

(The bit that Burrell quoted was me, which I deleted, then decided deleting it was stupid. I'm very indecisive today.)


Jesse - Jul 17, 2013 9:23:37 am PDT #29449 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I had trouble isolating body parts for movement when I tried belly dance, but I'm not great at isolating them in most other situations so I don't think belly dance was particularly unique there.

I don't think I've ever isolated a body part in my life! At least, not on my trunk. I mean, I can move just one arm with no problem.


Burrell - Jul 17, 2013 9:28:30 am PDT #29450 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I'm sorry, Hil, do you want me to edit?


Burrell - Jul 17, 2013 9:29:31 am PDT #29451 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

It's such a problem, the two-tier pay system in academia.