If a brain surgeon mainly saves the lives of TPS-report bullshit-job workers, is her job bullshit work too, once removed? If not, why not?
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a person's job is the worst way to judge their worth
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you do realize the irony of saying that with a comma-MD in your handle I take it? -- Venkat, blogger.
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Umm…. what does that say about my job as a therapist? :/
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same with the janitor at the senate floor? Haha. Saving lives is diff tho, bullshit jobs are not bullshit people.
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not quite. 1) makes more money. 2) also enables family life and happiness of tps workers, their family and children.
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It is mainly a claim that they save the brains in Spain, which is plainly germane.
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the bullshit jobs are only bullshit if you believe the people that have them are inherently valuable and thus wasting their time
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if those people would prefer to be alive: not bullshit. bullshit jobs bullshit b/c no one cares if they get done.
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