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So You Want to Be A Marine Biologist

Posted by michael on from the free-willy dept.

daviddlewis writes: "Some humorous thoughts from a marine biologist on why you should/shouldn't be one. The "shoulds" apply to all geek professions."

22 of 149 comments (clear)

  1. Hah! by BrianGa · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Uncle Sam with a Fishing Pole. This is why I read Slashdot.

  2. wow, 4 posts and the site is already down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fastest slashdotting in history

  3. slashdot broken??? by FigBugDeux · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    is it just my imagination, or will slashdot no longer nest comments? i can't get nothing but a flat view. wierd.

  4. Re:Site's down already by FigBugDeux · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    maybe he closed the lid on his iBook and it went to sleep.

  5. WHY DO YOU REJECT MY ARTICLES? by egg+troll · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You post this shit when so many of my quality articles have been rejected (do note the one regarding Jon Katz is still 'pending'):

    Here are your recent submissions to Slashdot, and their status within the system:

    2001-11-18 05:34:01 Where Can I Get a Windows XP Crack? (askslashdot,xmas) (rejected)
    2001-11-25 01:57:29 Ask a Troll! (interviews,news) (rejected)
    2001-12-02 00:52:00 Linux: A Giant Turd! (articles,linux) (rejected)
    2001-12-09 04:12:43 GPL: Intellectual Protection or Intellectual Theft (articles,announce) (rejected)
    2001-12-12 20:36:14 Jon Katz: Asshobbit or Cockgnome? (articles,editorial)
    2001-12-24 01:51:51 Hydrophobia and Nerds (science,ed) (rejected)
    2001-12-30 02:41:46 Which Slashdot editor has a thing for transexuals? (articles,xmas)

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  6. WTF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A profession for gays and lesbians ?

  7. Re:ouch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i just must be too dumb to use a web browser.

    Quite a keen observation. I am amazed that you have made it this far. The penis bird who posted your drivel to slashdot must be proud of you.

  8. If only marine biologists looked like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    him



    1. Re:If only marine biologists looked like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Is this for fucking real????

  9. Re:beverages by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    damnit, I was hoping being a geek would get me laid.

    You mean it doesn't?

    Damnit! Those tricksters lied to me!
  10. Poll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What are you going to eat for dinner? Please answer truthfully.

  11. Just Say You're One by nexex · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Why spend years in school to become one. Look at George Costanza from Seinfeld, he is a Marince Biologist, Archictect, Importer-Exporter, and the best damn assistant-to-the traveling secretary the Yankees have ever seen! Just do what he did -- pretend and let other people do all the work. ;)

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  12. WTF? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Man o man is it a slow news day. Who posts this drivel?

  13. slashdotted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    /. 'ed at 12:32 PST??? Only 32 comments so far.

  14. Re:Google Cache by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks for that! What is this Google thing?

  15. New pickup line by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    "Hey baby. Y'know, I always wanted to be an astronaut."

    "Oh yeah?"

    "Yeah, so I can circle Uranus..."

  16. Re:I wanted the FP but was busy WANKING by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    GROSS SONS OF BITCHES... maybe you shouldn't know so much about fucking babies

  17. Re:Biology by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Uh, you'll get over it, stop whining.

  18. Re:Google Cache by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Google is the holy grail of search engines

  19. Re:#1 reason = www.dolphinsex.org ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.dolphinsex.org

  20. Isn't this a repeat from a few years ago? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I remember reading something similar (memory, like hair, is not well served by aging) in a scuba magazine a few years back. Except that the article had more to it, like:

    * you usually dive in the worst conditions (this is no pleasure cruise) and not necesserily (sp?) when you feel like it.

    * you regularily discover just before a dive that your scuba gear has been eaten by mysterious life-forms, especially anything silicon (like your masks's skirt, etc.). You can also see your gear damaged by careless co-workers walking on it, dropping a tank on it, etc.

    * contrary to the tv shows, they never have enough anti-venom right away, so any rock that isn't (or fire coral or...) can inflict endless hours of pure enjoyment -- if you're in S&M...

    * the food on the dive boat sucks (but then, who cares, when you're going to throw it up in those 10 foot swells?).

    * etc.

    So the question is, is this article an original, or is it an edited version of a previously published one?

  21. Don't piss at the railing , It won't be the salt. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, it will.