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the landlocked mermaid
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My name is Liz (She/Her)! I love animals and anything ocean related. I am also a lover of the Legend of Zelda video game series! The painting in my profile picture is by John William Waterhouse titled "A Mermaid".
the landlocked mermaid • upvoted 29 items 1 year ago
Hey Pandas, What’s The Best Excuse You’ve Ever Said Just Because You Didn’t Want To Say No?
My favorite excuses are 1) explosive diarrhea (works every time) 2) "I have a large project for school/lab/work and just cannot come right now"
ClydeDimension reply
Here’s one that I think isn’t commonly mentioned in these discussions: Artists. Of all mediums. From live-performance to in-studio creations. As far as profession, the fields are saturated full of talented and knowledgable artists, but also full of people who are not intelligent and behave in poor ways to give artists a bad rep (people love to generalize!) Yes, creative fields such as the arts are unorthodox and can be heavily subjective in values and certifications, but that doesn’t make employment in the arts any less than a job in any other field. It’s f*****g difficult. Artists get a bad rep and it doesn’t help when people who know nothing about what they do ignorantly claim that they themselves can do it because “it’s so easy.”
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Veterinary medicine. 110%. Extremely low wages, very high suicide rates, everyone thinks we are in it for the money, or don’t know what we’re doing. The burnout and turnover is truly unlike any other profession.
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Zookeepers. Most people who have actually encountered them avoid them because they always stink so effing bad, but they're nice people :(
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You couldn't fulfill your internship requirement with a job you already have, even if it's directly in the field of study. This was graduate school. So a bunch of adults in the middle of their careers weren't able to count their highly relevant jobs towards the internship and had to go waste a bunch of time doing typical low level intern bullc**p at other companies.
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the landlocked mermaid • upvoted 20 items 1 year ago
Hey Pandas, What’s The Best Excuse You’ve Ever Said Just Because You Didn’t Want To Say No?
My favorite excuses are 1) explosive diarrhea (works every time) 2) "I have a large project for school/lab/work and just cannot come right now"ClydeDimension reply
Here’s one that I think isn’t commonly mentioned in these discussions: Artists. Of all mediums. From live-performance to in-studio creations. As far as profession, the fields are saturated full of talented and knowledgable artists, but also full of people who are not intelligent and behave in poor ways to give artists a bad rep (people love to generalize!) Yes, creative fields such as the arts are unorthodox and can be heavily subjective in values and certifications, but that doesn’t make employment in the arts any less than a job in any other field. It’s f*****g difficult. Artists get a bad rep and it doesn’t help when people who know nothing about what they do ignorantly claim that they themselves can do it because “it’s so easy.”bravetest4 reply
Zookeepers. Most people who have actually encountered them avoid them because they always stink so effing bad, but they're nice people :(anon reply
Veterinary medicine. 110%. Extremely low wages, very high suicide rates, everyone thinks we are in it for the money, or don’t know what we’re doing. The burnout and turnover is truly unlike any other profession.This Panda hasn't followed anyone yet
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