Fondest Of Steves: This should not be confused with advice, or even with the implication of a suggestion of a possible idea that might somehow—if the planets are suitably aligned and the dogs on The Street somehow manage to bark out a passable rendition of “La Donna è Mobile”—be construed as a recommendation.
Rather, ‘tis but a musing, a devil-may-care whimsy of a curious query: What would happen if, the next time Dirk approaches you for career counseling, you were to advise him that you have been tested for and diagnosed with the presence of a disease so rare that the doctors are still arguing about what to call it, the only known treatment for which is excision of your larynx, and consequently, the next time he sees you on The Street, you will no longer be able to answer his requests for advice on the subject of…well, anything, really?
It’s a rhetorical question, you understand—one I pose purely as an academic exercise for the sheer curiosity of the matter. Would he equip himself with a portable whiteboard and erasable markers, and continue to assail you with persistent demands for your now marker-written advice on his choice of prospective profession—say, for example, road warmer, or pone reever, or (he seems to be headed in this direction already) male belly dancer?
Ah, well…if it comes to that, I’m rather fond of the idea of urging him to teach dogs to bark Italian opera.
That oughta keep him busy for a while.
If nothing else, it will give him something to write about. 😎
It wouldn’t be the first time someone suggested I should take my larynx out… or that they even offered to take it out for me free of charge. I take all suggestions under consideration and with the strongest dose of benefit of the doubt.
Maybe I should suggest to Dirk something less sophisticated like garbage collection.
Well, the time-honored profession of garbage collection does have the advantage of a significant measure of job security, by which I mean that it’s probably AI-proof. There are many folks in an increasing number of professions who are learning the hard way that the only thing that AI is liberating them from is the ability to earn a living in their chosen fields.
Fondest Of Steves: This should not be confused with advice, or even with the implication of a suggestion of a possible idea that might somehow—if the planets are suitably aligned and the dogs on The Street somehow manage to bark out a passable rendition of “La Donna è Mobile”—be construed as a recommendation.
Rather, ‘tis but a musing, a devil-may-care whimsy of a curious query: What would happen if, the next time Dirk approaches you for career counseling, you were to advise him that you have been tested for and diagnosed with the presence of a disease so rare that the doctors are still arguing about what to call it, the only known treatment for which is excision of your larynx, and consequently, the next time he sees you on The Street, you will no longer be able to answer his requests for advice on the subject of…well, anything, really?
It’s a rhetorical question, you understand—one I pose purely as an academic exercise for the sheer curiosity of the matter. Would he equip himself with a portable whiteboard and erasable markers, and continue to assail you with persistent demands for your now marker-written advice on his choice of prospective profession—say, for example, road warmer, or pone reever, or (he seems to be headed in this direction already) male belly dancer?
Ah, well…if it comes to that, I’m rather fond of the idea of urging him to teach dogs to bark Italian opera.
That oughta keep him busy for a while.
If nothing else, it will give him something to write about. 😎
It wouldn’t be the first time someone suggested I should take my larynx out… or that they even offered to take it out for me free of charge. I take all suggestions under consideration and with the strongest dose of benefit of the doubt.
Maybe I should suggest to Dirk something less sophisticated like garbage collection.
Well, the time-honored profession of garbage collection does have the advantage of a significant measure of job security, by which I mean that it’s probably AI-proof. There are many folks in an increasing number of professions who are learning the hard way that the only thing that AI is liberating them from is the ability to earn a living in their chosen fields.