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ihaveavoice:
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--- Quote from: badbum61 on 12 Oct 2021, 19:57 ---"Cantilever note on the blackboard to prove I read it?"
(N.B. Pun may not work in countries that don't pronounce 'lever' PROPERLY to rhyme with "fever", not "leather")
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May also not work in countries that don't pronounce the "i" in "cantilever" to rhyme with "eye".
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I feel like the pun was meant to work with an "uh/ih" kind of sound for the "i"? I can't make the "eye" sound make sense in the word in any accent I try.
Tova:
"Can't I leave a note on the blackboard to prove I read it?"
If you can explain how it works for you with an "uh" sound, I'd be fascinated.
traroth:
--- Quote from: oddtail on 10 Oct 2021, 23:16 ---I really like Dora's reaction.
And Claire... it's good to appreciate what you have, but it's unrealistic to always do that at 100%, all the time. Comparing yourself to others is madness, and it doesn't actually help people who are in a tougher or less appealing situation. Guilt-tripping yourself in a "I have a headache, but there are people out there living with chronic pain" way is not healthy for anyone. You're still having a headache, it still sucks, and it's OK to feel crappy about it.
It's OK to hate your job. In fact, I'd say it's way underrated as a feeling. It's a JOB. It's not guaranteed to be satisfying or fulfilling, it's a way to make money first and foremost. People who genuinely love what they do are few and far between, and it's a form of privilege.
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Software engineer by career choice as a young lad, here. I can testify that after 20 years, it gets dull anyway. I think it always gets dull, eventually. But it still pays the french food (I'm french and live in France, so technically every food is french food in my case...), the mortgage and the tickets for the concerts and exhibtions.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 11 Oct 2021, 06:20 ---
--- Quote from: oddtail on 10 Oct 2021, 23:16 ---
It's OK to hate your job. In fact, I'd say it's way underrated as a feeling. It's a JOB. It's not guaranteed to be satisfying or fulfilling, it's a way to make money first and foremost. People who genuinely love what they do are few and far between, and it's a form of privilege.
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Well.....yes, loving what you do is certainly a form of privilege, but there is a lot of ground between hate and satisfaction/fulfillment.
I'm not sure I'd say it's OK to hate your job, but I do agree it's not something you should feel guilty/bad about, if you don't or haven't had any opportunity to find something else you may like better.
Also, of course you don't need to love your job to be good at it, especially if you're smart about maintaining good career prospects. Hating your job is unlikely to result in a good performance though.
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Hating one's job tends to be primarily found in the service industry. Customers are the best and worst part of the job.
oddtail:
--- Quote from: Tova on 12 Oct 2021, 23:46 ---"Can't I leave a note on the blackboard to prove I read it?"
If you can explain how it works for you with an "uh" sound, I'd be fascinated.
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Maybe with a heavy Southern accent from the US? I've heard "I" pronounced as "Ah" at least in deliberate exaggerations of a stereotypical Southern accent.
And since at least some Southern accents are non-rhotic, pronouncing "lever" as leave-ah" wouldn't be too much of a stretch, either? I think?
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