Re:Giving a Shit as a Service
by ProllyInfamous on Sunday October 29, 2023 @10:41AM
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My favorite former client [we're both retire now] is approaching 90 years old. Wow. She is a distinguished portrait artist from The Silent Generation, and she recently told me [upon her own best friend's recent death]:
"Nobody wants to be the last one left at the party. You have to help clean up, then..."
We ended our professional relationship over petty words when I felt like the only person giving a shit about maintaining her assets [as her maintenance guy]. Our personal relationship has outlasted any pettiness; but it still hurts seeing her squander her massive inheritance without maintenance.
Re:Giving a Shit as a Service
by nonrandomstring on Sunday October 29, 2023 @11:47AM
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Had to look up "The Silent Generation" and discovered the stereotype
of my mum. Enlightening and funny, so thanks for that journey.
"Last one out please turn off the lights..." seems a motif not just of the post-war generation, but the whole post-war culture and institutions.
Re:Giving a Shit as a Service
by ProllyInfamous on Sunday October 29, 2023 @12:22PM
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Fun factoid:
20% of men in this cohort lost their virginity via SWer, typically abroad during/before wartime.
Just out there leaving messes everywhere, like they're paid to do it (or something).
Oh my goodness. That perfectly describes my last 5 years in academia. The last person on the deck of a sinking ship, directing panicking souls, after everyone smart and agile already jumped in the lifeboats.
But I don't regret it. I helped a lot of kids into lifeboats, and even found a nice lump of driftwood for myself as the university system gave one final creaking groan then plunged into the darkness.