In the case of Meyers-Briggs, I'm an INTJ, so how do I compare to a ESFP?
I'm an INTP - we had an ESFP working here for a while, and they are STILL finding things in the database that she screwed up, 3 months after she left. But the customers loved her, she was full of sap and oozed it all over people. Me, I couldn't work customer service to save my neck. You and I could share an office and work quietly and happily without talking. She and I would have been in a cat fight after the first day.
My generation (born in early 70's if you ask) doesn't seem to have the "drink a few every night after work" mentality that our parents did.
I'm in your generation but rarely does a night go by that I don't have 2 or 3 glasses of wine. This will continue until such time that I am no longer a tragically depressed and underpaid corporate whore. Am I the exception or have you made a gross generalization?
The inherent flaw in your theory is the problem of the poor and homeless. When the only jobs available are either in upper management, or flipping burgers, how will the country deal with such a wage gap? Not everyone will be born into circumstances that allow for the sort of education the good-paying jobs require. The middle class is disappearing and I don't think that's good for the economy, any more than war is.
War HAS been good for the economy, because it created new jobs and new tech that we were able to use and sustain afterwards. On our current path, outsourcing and oil prices will continue to negate any growth that war might bring.
While I applaud your sentiment, your message would do more good if you set up a picket line outside of a Best Buy in an area that is heavily-populated with soccer moms. I know I used to beg my mom to buy me the most awful albums and videos, I must blame myself, my childish fancies and the influence of peer pressure for contributing to the history of this mess.:-)
There are certainly alternatives to mainstream entertainment, which most of us geeks know about and can easily find, that the population at large is either too ignorant or too lazy to patronize.
There is a growing urge among intellectuals, at least the ones I talk to, to run screaming for the hills, back to gardening and raising your own livestock; at the very least, there is a wish to live in smaller towns with simpler ways. All the shiny buttons have lost their lustre; I'd like to enjoy Nature before it's all polluted and stripped. Thank the gods for telecommuting - now where's my 40 acres and a mule?
More and more it seems like most of my fellow Americans want someone else to take responsibility, and someone else to take care of their problems for them.
And yet, they keep voting Republican.
Whatever happened to the party of smaller government and self-sufficiency?
News flash - Computers are not toys, and McDonald's coffee is served pretty darn hot.
I just can't understand how anyone could willingly work to make this kind of product. Have they actually fooled themselves into believing that one of their toolbars is helping people?
Alas, even your job, somewhere down the line, is probably hurting someone or something. Very few paying jobs are innocent. Bombs don't build themselves, nor do animals inflict laboratory tests on themselves. It's all about what you, personally, will lower yourself to do for money, and there is no bottom.
Are kids today even allowed to have bikes and forts? Do they play outside or just watch crappy remakes all day?
I took my Transformers, Barbies, He-man and Star Wars toys outside and buried them in my sandbox, and the neighbor's kid had his GI Joes do a rescue mission. Kids today have playdates and cellphones. Bah.
If one day my curiosity gets the better of me, I'm sure someone I know will have it on DVD.
I'll have to be pretty drunk though. It's hard to watch Lucas continually bludgeon the already-dead body of my childhood fantasies. Episode 1 had way too much CG, and Episode 2 was like watching a warthog romancing a peacock.
I deal with printers and publishers daily. Those places would drown if they saved a copy of everything they ever did. (Digitally OR in print. One year's worth of original layout files for 20-page newspapers is over 3 gig.)
Oh Bill... I actually think it's a good thing he didn't make it this far because the reign of King George II (or Reagan III, if you prefer) would have made his fricking head explode.
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As evidenced by the growing grassroots political discussions on forums and blogs everywhere.
Wonderful piece about this phenomenon today at AlterNet.
Follow the antics of crazy biodeisel travelers, won't you?
http://www.hempcar.org/
In the case of Meyers-Briggs, I'm an INTJ, so how do I compare to a ESFP?
I'm an INTP - we had an ESFP working here for a while, and they are STILL finding things in the database that she screwed up, 3 months after she left. But the customers loved her, she was full of sap and oozed it all over people. Me, I couldn't work customer service to save my neck. You and I could share an office and work quietly and happily without talking. She and I would have been in a cat fight after the first day.
My generation (born in early 70's if you ask) doesn't seem to have the "drink a few every night after work" mentality that our parents did.
I'm in your generation but rarely does a night go by that I don't have 2 or 3 glasses of wine. This will continue until such time that I am no longer a tragically depressed and underpaid corporate whore. Am I the exception or have you made a gross generalization?
The inherent flaw in your theory is the problem of the poor and homeless. When the only jobs available are either in upper management, or flipping burgers, how will the country deal with such a wage gap? Not everyone will be born into circumstances that allow for the sort of education the good-paying jobs require. The middle class is disappearing and I don't think that's good for the economy, any more than war is.
I think this marks the first time I have seen a Martin Short quote in a sig. Whatever happened to Lawrence Orbach?
War HAS been good for the economy, because it created new jobs and new tech that we were able to use and sustain afterwards. On our current path, outsourcing and oil prices will continue to negate any growth that war might bring.
While I applaud your sentiment, your message would do more good if you set up a picket line outside of a Best Buy in an area that is heavily-populated with soccer moms. I know I used to beg my mom to buy me the most awful albums and videos, I must blame myself, my childish fancies and the influence of peer pressure for contributing to the history of this mess. :-)
There are certainly alternatives to mainstream entertainment, which most of us geeks know about and can easily find, that the population at large is either too ignorant or too lazy to patronize.
Yes yes, got our copy of Rosenrot already. ;-)
You're not alone.
There is a growing urge among intellectuals, at least the ones I talk to, to run screaming for the hills, back to gardening and raising your own livestock; at the very least, there is a wish to live in smaller towns with simpler ways. All the shiny buttons have lost their lustre; I'd like to enjoy Nature before it's all polluted and stripped. Thank the gods for telecommuting - now where's my 40 acres and a mule?
a la Rammstein
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Du hast 40 zeconds to read zis message...
...all you have to do to protect yourself is just turn your tin foil hat inside out.
*ducks*
More and more it seems like most of my fellow Americans want someone else to take responsibility, and someone else to take care of their problems for them.
And yet, they keep voting Republican.
Whatever happened to the party of smaller government and self-sufficiency?
News flash - Computers are not toys, and McDonald's coffee is served pretty darn hot.
You've got a wonderful point, obviously, but alas my answer is a mere two words.
Chairface Chippendale.
I just can't understand how anyone could willingly work to make this kind of product. Have they actually fooled themselves into believing that one of their toolbars is helping people?
Alas, even your job, somewhere down the line, is probably hurting someone or something. Very few paying jobs are innocent. Bombs don't build themselves, nor do animals inflict laboratory tests on themselves. It's all about what you, personally, will lower yourself to do for money, and there is no bottom.
I am expected to create trade show booth-size graphics from logos that people send - in Word.
"Would it help if we brought you our business card to scan?"
No, sir, it f*cking would not. But thanks for trying.
Are kids today even allowed to have bikes and forts? Do they play outside or just watch crappy remakes all day?
I took my Transformers, Barbies, He-man and Star Wars toys outside and buried them in my sandbox, and the neighbor's kid had his GI Joes do a rescue mission. Kids today have playdates and cellphones. Bah.
Well, in addition to dependable news, if you treat them nicely, freshly shorn balls can dispense other fun things. Just don't forget your towel.
...Presidential candidate Jeffrey Knight (Peter Graves).
(CLONUS)
As usual, fact follows fiction.
Exactly. Look how well his abstinence policies are working in our schools. ;-)
I'm with you.
If one day my curiosity gets the better of me, I'm sure someone I know will have it on DVD.
I'll have to be pretty drunk though. It's hard to watch Lucas continually bludgeon the already-dead body of my childhood fantasies. Episode 1 had way too much CG, and Episode 2 was like watching a warthog romancing a peacock.
I deal with printers and publishers daily. Those places would drown if they saved a copy of everything they ever did. (Digitally OR in print. One year's worth of original layout files for 20-page newspapers is over 3 gig.)
Well I guess that depends on your definition of "sensual", doesn't it? ;-)
Nah - my mom's cabbage soup stinks up the house something awful, but it's not lethal.
Until the next morning in the bathroom...
Oh Bill... I actually think it's a good thing he didn't make it this far because the reign of King George II (or Reagan III, if you prefer) would have made his fricking head explode.
RIP.