7 Reasons the 21st Century Is Making You Miserable

Osiros · Post by **Osiros** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:45 pm

Interesting read. Head to http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=2370 for teh emo.

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:05 am

Good find.

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:43 am

wow. i feel like plummeting to my death from a 40th story window now.

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:12 pm

This is why office jobs make so many of us miserable; we don't get any physical, tangible result from our work. But do construction out in the hot sun for two months, and for the rest of your life you can drive past a certain house and say, "Holy shit, I built that." Maybe that's why mass shootings are more common in offices than construction sites.

QFT
one big reason I want to own a house again is because I miss doing carpentry work.

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:30 pm

Mr Kleen wrote:
This is why office jobs make so many of us miserable; we don't get any physical, tangible result from our work. But do construction out in the hot sun for two months, and for the rest of your life you can drive past a certain house and say, "Holy shit, I built that." Maybe that's why mass shootings are more common in offices than construction sites.
QFT
one big reason I want to own a house again is because I miss doing carpentry work.

I love carpentry work and even though you hate it at the time, at the end you always (okay, most often) enjoy the finished product.

Here's a truth, a carpenter's house is never complete. There is always one or more started projects that never get finished

But yeah, it is great that the non-physical, anti-social, behind the scenes job is always going to generate the most depressed persons. Especially if you have a boss/manager that takes all the credit for your work or the work of many...which happens A LOT.

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:46 pm

Mr Kleen wrote:
This is why office jobs make so many of us miserable; we don't get any physical, tangible result from our work. But do construction out in the hot sun for two months, and for the rest of your life you can drive past a certain house and say, "Holy shit, I built that." Maybe that's why mass shootings are more common in offices than construction sites.
QFT
one big reason I want to own a house again is because I miss doing carpentry work.

eh, i derive satisfaction from doing I.T. work. i can point to several servers, switches, etc. and take pride in that they function because of me. that's why my marketing degree is collecting dust behind my dresser

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snaab · Post by **snaab** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:11 pm

#5 + the accompanying chart + the transvestite photo = FUNNY

Other than that, I think I have plenty of annoying friends and strangers alike in my life