Monday, June 22, 2009

A Month of Boring Things - Day Six: Tertiary Sector of the Economy

If somebody asks you what you do for a living and your response includes any of the following terms--access, solutions, systems (or systems management), data services, development, systems integration, business processes, expeditionary technology solutions, usability research, information assurance and network securities--there's a greater than zero chance the person you're speaking to has zoned out. Whereas miners have to fear a life cut short by black lung or explosions, your biggest on-the-job threat are Sonic breakfast burritos and the Awesome Blossom you have for lunch. Hey, pal. It could be worse. You could work in the Quarternary Sector, which often feels like winning first-place in a shit eating competition.


Rating: 27.45654% in interest
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24 comments:

  1. JohnJune 22, 2009 at 6:12 PM

    Miners have to fear a life cut short by black lung or explosions, whereas minors mostly live in fear of Viking "I'd rather pretend hair doesn't grow there" Andrew.

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  2. laurieJune 22, 2009 at 6:21 PM

    @IJ: lol!

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  3. Viking AndrewJune 22, 2009 at 6:23 PM

    stupid.

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  4. Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band)June 22, 2009 at 6:29 PM

    i dont get it cld someone xplain

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  5. Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band)June 22, 2009 at 8:53 PM

    http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2009/05/04/090504sh_shouts_baumbach

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  6. Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band)June 22, 2009 at 8:56 PM

    tihs is p. lol too:

    http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3146866

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  7. Viking AndrewJune 22, 2009 at 9:19 PM

    Good shit, RKt. It's fascinating to see you reading the New Yorker (much less a Noah Baumbach piece) since the name change! Now read this.

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  8. Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band)June 22, 2009 at 10:34 PM

    that was p. lol but i had to wiki posieden

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  9. Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band)June 22, 2009 at 10:39 PM

    hey check out korea hotel comments

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  10. Viking AndrewJune 23, 2009 at 4:41 PM

    Here's a link only Chris will care about.

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  11. ChrisJune 23, 2009 at 5:49 PM

    Man, I wish I had the money to go to the first game in the new stadium.

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  12. Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band)June 23, 2009 at 5:57 PM

    yea i didnt care about that link like whoa

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  13. I.J.June 23, 2009 at 7:42 PM

    @ Chris
    Aren't the cheap seats like $33?

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  14. ChrisJune 23, 2009 at 9:51 PM

    Well, you can't buy single game tickets to a Cowboys game. At least, not from the Cowboys. All the tickets for games are sold as season tickets.

    But I think the cheapest are around $60/game with no seat option. You want to buy the rights to a seat, for whatever period of time they've set, then you're dishing out thousands for the option.

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  15. Viking AndrewJune 23, 2009 at 10:28 PM

    Well, you could potential sit outside the stadium on its massive veranda-ish type area (the games are broadcast on massive screens outside the stadium for those tailgating), but the bitch of it is, they only serve Miller. Fucking Miller.

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  16. ChrisJune 23, 2009 at 10:46 PM

    Yeah, that's a bitch. But the fact you can tailgate and watch the games on big screens outside the stadium is pretty awesome.

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  17. I.J.June 24, 2009 at 8:02 AM

    @VA
    Stop splitting hairs. You fucking drink Bud Light.

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  18. laurieJune 24, 2009 at 7:45 PM

    I'm still trying to figure out what the hell this review is about.

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  19. Viking AndrewJune 24, 2009 at 10:09 PM

    @Laura,

    It's about the tertiary sector of the economy.

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  20. Viking AndrewJune 24, 2009 at 10:11 PM

    Ask your favorite Texan.

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  21. Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band)June 26, 2009 at 10:26 AM

    but.... but.... your all my fav. texans (xcept laura)

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  22. laurieJune 26, 2009 at 10:47 AM

    Seeing Andrew jealous makes me hot.

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  24. I.J.February 6, 2010 at 2:29 AM

    Anonymous, are you an economist, a Creative Writer, or a spammer?

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