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In reply to the discussion: If I hear one more rich fuck talk about the dignity of work... [View all]I don't think I ever felt like I got a great deal of dignity from any job. Great post by the way--but seriously, most jobs you do because you need the money. And the real dignity would come from actually being compensated enough--which I don't think I ever was.
Now did I love it a few times, when I was in bands, playing my horn, and singing rock and disco sometimes? Yea, I loved it, it was awesome, and interestingly I'm not sure if it was dignified all the time, but it was fun, and it didn't really pay well either. But it sure was more tolerable.
Dignity may be over-rated.
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There are three things you don't want to watch being made - law, sausage and software
TrogL
Apr 2012
#12
but those rich kids need to be smart enough to keep the proles down and their bank accounts secret
tk2kewl
Apr 2012
#36
I know what "a donkey on the edge!" looks like, but what is an elephant on the edge?
tk2kewl
Apr 2012
#40