"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

Will Power said:
Well 'console' yourself with this: in the near Digi and AI future all subjects and skills will be pretty well redundant anyway:D:eek: Even lawyers (perhaps especially;)) teachers, admin workers, management layers, PR, HR, advertising, drivers, many doctors will easily be substituted by IT software. As for critical intelligence and pride in skills I suspect they may be unwelcome in Dystopia...:eek: Undertaking, that's a secure job with plenty of future job prospects;) Unless of course we reach the Brave New World level, where people simple evaporate ....

Study is always worthwhile if it improves the mind:thumbsup:
Click to expand...
Wouldn't undertaking be just as easily taken over by ai? All you need is a burner or robotic earth mover. Frankly your vision of the future is too optimistic. ;)

Sock puppetry is good but I think marionettes will provide a more intriguing performance thus rendering greater long term audience retention.
 
Student762 said:
Wouldn't undertaking be just as easily taken over by ai? All you need is a burner or robotic earth mover. Frankly your vision of the future is too optimistic. ;)

Sock puppetry is good but I think marionettes will provide a more intriguing performance thus rendering greater long term audience retention.
Click to expand...
Marionettes are scary. Like clowns.
 
I believe in only three things: the innate superiority of apricot over all other types of jam; yodelling, and marionettes. I defy you to take these core beliefs from me.
 
Student762 said:
I've got a degree in English literature and history, but I think the greatest implausibility I've ever passed off to myself was the idea that this would be a lucrative route of study.
Click to expand...

Student762 said:
I appreciate the critical thinking skills and the expanded knowledge on how society works and so forth that I garnered from my undergrad but it is unfortunate that the only real direct career path from my major is teaching.
Click to expand...

I considered becoming an English major, I loved literature analysis. But I concluded the only career path open to me would be teaching, and I knew that I lacked the skill set for that career (poor people skills). So I moved on to something else. "A man's got to know his limitations".
 
knarfeng said:
I considered becoming an English major, I loved literature analysis. But I concluded the only career path open to me would be teaching, and I knew that I lacked the skill set for that career (poor people skills). So I moved on to something else. "A man's got to know his limitations".
Click to expand...
Dirty Harry. :thumbsup:
Was an English major myself. Ended up going to law school.
 
Student762 said:
I believe in only three things: the innate superiority of apricot over all other types of jam; yodelling, and marionettes. I defy you to take these core beliefs from me.
Click to expand...
Got apricot jam in my fridge. Only one. Like yodeling. Two out of three ain't bad, to quote Meathead or Meatball--can't remember that singer's name.
 
knarfeng said:
I considered becoming an English major, I loved literature analysis. But I concluded the only career path open to me would be teaching, and I knew that I lacked the skill set for that career (poor people skills). So I moved on to something else. "A man's got to know his limitations".
Click to expand...

Triple points for the Dirty Harry quote.
Unfortunately I only found out about my temperamental limitations about half way through the degree. Teaching was my original goal, but I'm reliably informed it's not for me ;)
 
Teh Rolling Stones released their last song (for the moment). Everybody praise the foreseeing and all and all... The song in fact is pretty plain, but after all, they should have retired since long... ( who said 1980??? did I hear an Aussie accent...:))
Let's remember when they where alive and ... well...:D
Those where THE days! (there must be some compensation to being an old fart! ;)
 
Jolipapa said:
Teh Rolling Stones released their last song (for the moment). Everybody praise the foreseeing and all and all... The song in fact is pretty plain, but after all, they should have retired since long... ( who said 1980??? did I hear an Aussie accent...:))
Let's remember when they where alive and ... well...:D
Those where THE days! (there must be some compensation to being an old fart! ;)
Click to expand...
Brian Jones was still alive. You're right, Alain, their best stuff was in the '60s and '70s.
 
Jolipapa Jolipapa Alain I had that one on the turntable last week...if Im honest it is not their best....a lot of drugs and a " conceptual" album cover are rarely a recipe for a good album ...theres a LOT of noisy filler on there...maybe 2 good songs....Tattoo You ,there last album of any note, came after and is way better...Keith Richards sings the best song on there...Little T and A...
Prester John said:
Marionettes are scary. Like clowns.
Click to expand...
Interesting! Verrry interesting Vince.;):D
 
Nailed it! Brilliant show.
Memo to All Porceteers:
The limitations line is from Magnum Force not Dirty Harry.To avoid further confusion please refer to the character "Dirty" Harry Callahan as "Inspector Callahan" or simply "CALLAHAN!! " you may use a loud crotchetty voice when doing so...or you can simply use one of the following embellishments:
"You're SUSPENDED"
"meet your new partner".
Thank You.:cool::D
 
Last edited:
My daughter was admitted to Harvard Law School while working on a Masters in Creative Writing. When she mentioned it to some of her fellow students, one of them quipped, "See you can do something with an English major!"
By the way, one of the reasons Harvard admitted her was good writing skills.
 
Prester John said:
Marionettes are scary. Like clowns.
Click to expand...
An evil ventriliquist dummy trumps them both...and I include Pennywise...after all he was merely a puppetised cliwn controlled by an alien spider thing.
Any way I made this short film to help you over come your marionettaphobia....
20200425-135428.gif



Student762 said:
But how else are you going to discuss in narrative form the solution for a lonely goat herd?
Click to expand...
You could be invited into the Masons ...dont firget yer goat leggings!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top