Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.

Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'


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.


§ 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.


Hil R. - Jul 17, 2013 9:29:53 am PDT #29452 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

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

No, it's fine.