Wesley: And how does your kind define love? Demon: Same as all bodies. Same as everywheres. Love is sacrifice.

'The Girl in Question'


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.


JenP - Dec 13, 2012 8:44:55 am PST #4263 of 30001

DO NOT APPLY IF ALL OF THE ABOVE DOES NOT DESCRIBE YOU.

With pleasure, thanks!


Jesse - Dec 13, 2012 8:45:15 am PST #4264 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

There's a response that it was sort of a joke: [link]


-t - Dec 13, 2012 8:50:39 am PST #4265 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yeah, I still don't see the "satirical edge", the demands are not exaggerated enough. I guess that is a fine line to try to walk.


Consuela - Dec 13, 2012 8:52:56 am PST #4266 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

The problem is that interns are abused enough already, in all sorts of environments (not just publishing, although publishing does seem to be among the worst); as -t says, this ad didn't go far enough to show it was satire.


Jessica - Dec 13, 2012 9:01:06 am PST #4267 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

do not have any other commitments (personal or professional) that will interfere with their work at the Press (family obligations, writing, involvement with other organizations, degrees to be finished, holidays to be taken, weddings to attend in Rio, etc.)

Yeah, I'm fairly sure at least some of this violates anti-discrimination laws. Like "you can't have this job if you have a family" for instance.

Pro Tip - if you are aiming for satire, make sure you sound funny and not like an actual asshole!


Consuela - Dec 13, 2012 9:09:15 am PST #4268 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Apparently Dalkey Press is in Ireland, not the US, so I don't know what employment laws would apply. It would be hard in the US to sell that as an actual internship, since there's self-evidently no educational benefit to the intern.


Jesse - Dec 13, 2012 9:19:32 am PST #4269 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

ION, Louis CK and Matt LeBlanc were in the same high school class. What???


Consuela - Dec 13, 2012 9:28:32 am PST #4270 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Paging flea: Gawker's list of the worst baby names of the year.

[link]


Jesse - Dec 13, 2012 9:35:09 am PST #4271 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK, and thanks to the comments there, I learned that Beth Riesgraf is Pilot Inspektor Lee's mother. I had no idea!

I am learning all kinds of celebrity facts while I avoid doing my job today.


Amy - Dec 13, 2012 9:35:59 am PST #4272 of 30001
Because books.

Pilot will forever be the name of Rochester's dog. To me, anyway. I like to think Jason Lee was the one responsible for that name.