"It's retro and minimalist."
Posted on 06/11/2015 1:25:30 PM PDT by MoochPooch
That was the first picture I thought of... but I quickly went with adding a keyword that looks like it grew friends.
"It's retro and minimalist."
This line also jumps out. Egotism on parade, from a person who is probably a reasonably competent wordsmith but has never had an original thought in his life.
My point, exactly! These creative, cerebral types don't realize that they can be an electrician/plumber, etc. and either pursue their passion on the side (after work hours), or somehow integrate their creativity into their work.
I work at a library, but do my writing & editing on the side as freelance/moonlight/hobby. Also I write for the library blog. They can find jobs that complement their creative interests.
I see a big conflict among the younger generation -- creative fulfillment vs. financial realities. Have any of them been groomed for marriage? "Marriage-minded" means being practical. It means giving up the $5 latte when the kids need new shoes.
Actually, this is another topic -- the obsession with artisanal food, on which, according to the author, his generation spends at least 40% of their earnings. Try budgeting a family menu on heirloom tomatoes, which cost $9/lb. Or rice grown by Tibetan monks, whatever. This is not how poor or middle-class people with children eat.
Sure, being an electrician isn't "sexy." But the world looks a lot nicer when you're able to pay rent/mortgage & provide for a family.
I work with Marines everyday as a contractor now. My son is an active duty Marine. I know what Marines are thinking and saying. You give them less credit than they deserve. Marines now still do what Marines of the past did. They adapt and overcome.
What I don't admire is people whose idea of creativity is writing about how creative they are, and asking if not demanding that others notice them - by creating a new word to describe them, for example.
Successful creations and the social improvements they generate speak for themselves. The need to talk them up (or to talk up the people claiming to create them, whether they do much of that or not) suggests that the creations being boasted of aren't really all that useful.
The enlisted are fine. the leadership training them anf giving orders is the problem. Your sun must tell you about the SJW crap. Because the Marines are not immune. My USAF Sgt daughter left for that reason.
Marines are a little different, yeah we will put the check in the box when it comes to this stupid training because we have to. But it will not get the emphasis the morons who came up with think it deserves. The Marine Corps is still all about blowing stuff up and training for that takes priority over everything else. This PC crap usually gets passed to a unit on a Friday afternoon right before liberty call.
No doubt. But I’m saying that that fridy training still puts you behind where the Marines were before communist muslims started socially engineering you into a relief org.
Don’t get me wrong. I greatly respect them. But it is what it is. The libs are doing all they can to screw all the branches. And it is costing in both training, preparedness and the rest. It’s not the marines. It’s the PC BS in the leadership thats the problem.
I have one of these working in my department. He takes his bag with him everywhere so he always has his diary with him (his words), My goldfish has a longer attention span and better attention to detail. He may be “creative” but he completely lacks any critical analysis. He’s making $13/hour and is just fine with that, no goals for career advancement, despite having a wife and two kids (she is the primary bread winner). The position is supposed to be for somebody needing little to no direct supervision. He requires constant, direct supervision, or everything falls off his radar. He is completely over his head. Did I mention he’s 30?
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