You're at a party and...
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- ohhhhhsnap
someone asks you:
"So, what do you do?"What do you tell them? Does that answer vary depending on who is asking?
- colin_s0
hate that question. usually just say, "plenty of things."
- "i press buttons"albums
- people's or keys?ohhhhhsnap
- buttonsalbums
- pango0
really? damn... i'm usually the one asking people that... To me what a person does says a lot about that person and what that person knows.
- the thing that has them procrastinating may say more.ohhhhhsnap
- i procrastinate on QBN...
say much?pango
- mg330
Been on vacation since March 8th. Hoping to be working again soon.
- scarabin0
i always assume that if you don't answer the question with a direct answer you're unemployed
- colin_s0
i'm just not one to think what you do professionally is who you are. like, i know plenty of people who work as graphic designers, but hardly any are what i'd consider similar. it's such a reverse-stereotype sort of question in a way.
i guess it goes back to that idea made famous in 'high fidelity', as to whether or not it's what you like / listen to that matters. i never much agreed to it.
- ohhhhhsnap0
scarabin... i no longer ask either, seems dry. I wanna know about the things you spend your time listening to and reading-- i can start any discussion about that.
- ohhhhhsnap0
How do you spend your time procrastinating? <<
- pango0
You guys might hate me at a party then...
well when i asked that or being ask that question at a party, i expect the other person to answer anything they want. Doesn't have to be the thing you make money from.
I've met a guy who said he's an anarchist. lol
- _niko0
yeah kind of a shitty question, I prefer to ask,
"so what do you do...for fun?"much more interesting.
- pango0
^ really? everyone think so?
damn i've been doing it wrong all this time...
:( i'm pretty genuine when i asks that tho.- if you're genuine, s' all that matters. people will sense that.ohhhhhsnap
- _niko0
have an uncle who always asks "what do you do for work?" followed immediately by "how much do you make?" which always takes people off guard, but when you think about it, we ask people what they do to get a ballpark idea of how successful they are, so in a way, my uncle's just getting to the point lol.
- meffid0
I always go with Surgeon.
- sephil0
People that don't like this question is usually people that don't like their job. Either way, the answers says a lot about who they are.
- if people tell me they hate their job, I ask them what they would rather do and why they don'T do it.sephil
- You are not your job.Peter
- you are not your bank account. you are not what you do. you are not what you appearance, you are not what you wear.pango
- you are not what you own. wtf are you then? gotta start somewhere for others to get to know you.pango
- Strt smwhere indeed. But not with your job. Say...ones interests, likes or thoughts. But jobs? You're feign interest in me is already gone.Peter
- is already gonePeter
- I donno man. by "What do you do?" i don't really mean jobs. i mean what's the one thing that you do that defines you.pango
- You could really answer anything you want. that's how i think of "what do you do" anyway...pango
- ArsenicPants0
I don't go to parties, just so I can avoid this question
- also other people in generalArsenicPants
- Totally. Me too.mikotondria3
- i've consider party as part of my job already. good place to get prospect. "only work with someone who you can have a drink with"pango
- and everyone's drinking at a party already :Ppango
- mg330
Hijack:
So lets come up with a new list of questions to ask as alternatives.
- jaylarson0
Seen any waterfalls recently? Yes, I ask that that.
- that's a question with a fallow up story. doesn't matter what other people answers you're going to talk about waterfall lolpango
- Do you ask this with a story in mind?ohhhhhsnap
- you are talking to the guy who seemingly goes to take photos of water fall at least once a week.pango
- ohhhhhsnap0
in certain parts of the world (India if I can recall correctly)... the question of the party is:
What is your religion?
- pango0
wanna see my space ship?
- Ianbolton0
Ever tried heroin?