Me: "Gifty" stuff. Wrapped soaps, candles, a lot of packaging???
Them: Uhhhh. Oh. Cool. (proceeds to change the topic)
That actually sounds amazing. I'm really into product packaging.
Me: Grad student, Economics
Them: Um, so what are you going to do with that, like, accounts and stuff?
Me: No, that would be accounting, not economics.
Them: So you mean like stocks?
Me: No.
me: sound mixer for TV (it's called a dubbing mixer but nobody knows what that is)
them: oh wow! let me ask you: how/ why do they make the adverts louder than the actual programmes?
Hey Stacks, I sympathise with you on that one. Working in health information I get lots of fun conversations where friends, family, misinterpret what I do to other people so I have to then watch their faces fall when they realise that my job in no way involves saving lives or anything vaguely heroic.
granjero said:
me: sound mixer for TV (it's called a dubbing mixer but nobody knows what that is)
them: oh wow! let me ask you: how/ why do they make the adverts louder than the actual programmes?
Too funny! I think my mum believes I write all the music in TV programmes.
Junior said:
granjero said:
me: sound mixer for TV (it's called a dubbing mixer but nobody knows what that is)
them: oh wow! let me ask you: how/ why do they make the adverts louder than the actual programmes?
That would be exactly what I asked. :red:
Ha! Well. Try explaining compression to your average man or woman on the street. It doesn't really work.
me: epidemiologist
them: *a knowing 'oh'* (but then it usually turns out that they think i am a doctor who specializes in the skin)
and when I tell them it's the study of EPIDEMICS they naturally assume that I study outbreaks and ask me if they should worry about bird flu...which is a fair enough assumption and question, but i don't study outbreaks, so the dance goes on and on...
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Junior said:
Big_Stacks said:
My mom still doesn't get what I do.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Hey Stacks, I sympathise with you on that one. Working in health information I get lots of fun conversations where friends, family, misinterpret what I do to other people so I have to then watch their faces fall when they realise that my job in no way involves saving lives or anything vaguely heroic.
Hey Junior,
Like most people, my mom thinks that I'm a "teacher", so thus, I'm off all summer. Because of her assumption, she doesn't understand why I'm not free to come down to visit any time I wish during the summer. She fails to realize that all the other tasks I perform (publishing research, mentoring doctoral student research, and serving as chair of my academic department, on editorial boards, and for professional organizations) are year-round jobs. I've said repeatedly that "teaching" is such a small aspect of my work. I've told her that, basically, I work a full work-week all summer long, and that I only take off about a week or so off from work during that time. Also, she doesn't realize that while I'm away, the work continues to pile up, thus a shitload of work awaits me when I return home from visiting her. Pretty much, I've given up on trying to explain the matter to her.
My father used to tell people I was unemployed rather than try to explain my job (a specialised kind of digital consultant). I only found that out when we got a kind of Red Cross-style parcel for the kids from one of his friends one Christmas. I'd never even met them so I asked my Dad who then confessed...it was pretty funny.
My father used to tell people I was unemployed rather than try to explain my job (a specialised kind of digital consultant). I only found that out when we got a kind of Red Cross-style parcel for the kids from one of his friends one Christmas. I'd never even met them so I asked my Dad who then confessed...it was pretty funny.
Some years ago my father admitted to me that when his buddies asked what I did for a living he told them Professional Bullshitter
Next time he came to visit I took him with me to work and showed him what I did.....I asked him what he was gonna say next time his buddies asked him and he said "That you're a Professional Bullshitter".
Some years ago my father admitted to me that when his buddies asked what I did for a living he told them Professional Bullshitter
Next time he came to visit I took him with me to work and showed him what I did.....I asked him what he was gonna say next time his buddies asked him and he said "That you're a Professional Bullshitter".
Fantastic. I'm going with Professional Bullshitter next time someone asks me what I do.
Some years ago my father admitted to me that when his buddies asked what I did for a living he told them Professional Bullshitter
Next time he came to visit I took him with me to work and showed him what I did.....I asked him what he was gonna say next time his buddies asked him and he said "That you're a Professional Bullshitter".
Fantastic. I'm going with Professional Bullshitter next time someone asks me what I do.
For the record I'm pretty sure my Dad thinks anyone who doesn't do physical labor and get their hands dirty is a Professional Bullshitter.
Huh. All the time, Phife.
I put the punch, kick, stab, shoot, blow up, fall-from-a-great-height and die sound fx into the a film last year.
Kinda a depressing experience which made me glad to be back mixing tv programmes about removal men.
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Them: (I'm scared of you guys...)
That actually sounds amazing. I'm really into product packaging.
Me: Grad student, Economics
Them: Um, so what are you going to do with that, like, accounts and stuff?
Me: No, that would be accounting, not economics.
Them: So you mean like stocks?
Me: No.
them: oh wow! let me ask you: how/ why do they make the adverts louder than the actual programmes?
Hey Stacks, I sympathise with you on that one. Working in health information I get lots of fun conversations where friends, family, misinterpret what I do to other people so I have to then watch their faces fall when they realise that my job in no way involves saving lives or anything vaguely heroic.
That would be exactly what I asked. :red:
Too funny! I think my mum believes I write all the music in TV programmes.
Ha! Well. Try explaining compression to your average man or woman on the street. It doesn't really work.
them: *a knowing 'oh'* (but then it usually turns out that they think i am a doctor who specializes in the skin)
and when I tell them it's the study of EPIDEMICS they naturally assume that I study outbreaks and ask me if they should worry about bird flu...which is a fair enough assumption and question, but i don't study outbreaks, so the dance goes on and on...
Hey Junior,
Like most people, my mom thinks that I'm a "teacher", so thus, I'm off all summer. Because of her assumption, she doesn't understand why I'm not free to come down to visit any time I wish during the summer. She fails to realize that all the other tasks I perform (publishing research, mentoring doctoral student research, and serving as chair of my academic department, on editorial boards, and for professional organizations) are year-round jobs. I've said repeatedly that "teaching" is such a small aspect of my work. I've told her that, basically, I work a full work-week all summer long, and that I only take off about a week or so off from work during that time. Also, she doesn't realize that while I'm away, the work continues to pile up, thus a shitload of work awaits me when I return home from visiting her. Pretty much, I've given up on trying to explain the matter to her.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Them: So, you like, work on patents and stuff?
Me: Um...do you watch Mad Men?
Fixed/Most Pretentious Response Possible/Some Of My Best Friends Are Copywriters
Some years ago my father admitted to me that when his buddies asked what I did for a living he told them Professional Bullshitter
Next time he came to visit I took him with me to work and showed him what I did.....I asked him what he was gonna say next time his buddies asked him and he said "That you're a Professional Bullshitter".
Ha! Nice.
The real reason I ask if they watch Mad Men is so that I can say, "I'm like Peggy Olsen, only prettier (and I kept my baby)."
Pretty much.
Them: PRON Pop-ups!
them: oh! have you worked on anything cool?
me: no
one day, I will edit for a project that is not too shameful to even describe
Fantastic. I'm going with Professional Bullshitter next time someone asks me what I do.
For the record I'm pretty sure my Dad thinks anyone who doesn't do physical labor and get their hands dirty is a Professional Bullshitter.
LOL. I'm jealous BTW. That's what I want to do but I feel it is too late for a career change.
You're probably younger than I was when I got into it (at age 28).
Them: :poor:
Huh. All the time, Phife.
I put the punch, kick, stab, shoot, blow up, fall-from-a-great-height and die sound fx into the a film last year.
Kinda a depressing experience which made me glad to be back mixing tv programmes about removal men.
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Well played.