Comments on: This Post may Offend some Readers… Twice…

By: www.freedummymoney.com

www.freedummymoney.com — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:35:23 +0000

I’m starting to feel like blogging is a bullshit job… sigh…

By: agnesw.com

agnesw.com — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:02:32 +0000

I guess it might be an interesting book… A lot of people blogging nowadays… Not to say being offended or what, “money can speak louder than words”… :)

By: Fatzz Weight Loss

Fatzz Weight Loss — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:47:53 +0000

Prez bush wasnt listed in that book? lol just kidding :)

By: Blog Merchant Accounts

Blog Merchant Accounts — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 05:06:03 +0000

What a way to make a quick buck!
What is another catchy title so we can all write a book together??

By: Teresa Boardman

Teresa Boardman — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:37:34 +0000

What other people consider good jobs are the BS jobs. most corporate types spend most of their time BSing just to keep their job. At least bloggers have honest jobs and don’t try to prentend that they are important non-BS type jobs.

By: Enrique

Enrique — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:50:47 +0000

I thought this book was going to be a review of all those 4 or 5 word job titles (like gaming software quality assurance technician) that are obviously bullshit and made to sound important :D

By: LoEW

LoEW — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:24:07 +0000

I’m curious….was “SEO Specialist” among that list? ;)

By: selfstarter

selfstarter — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:49:33 +0000

LOL –
“The problem with the Internet is that it’s replacing masturbation as a leisure activity”
- Patrick Murphy

I wouldn’t say.. REPLACE.. supplement, perhaps (enhance?). Blogging is paying bills (sometimes even the mortgage). I don’t care what you call it. I flippin’ LOVE it.

By: hdw

hdw — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:54:46 +0000

“Not many people admit blogging as a job.”

Admit it as a job? I don’t even admit to doing it!

By: Vincent

Vincent — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:38:04 +0000

Maybe we should be a little proud of it, instead of getting offended. Not many people admit blogging as a job.

By: Andrew Wee

Andrew Wee — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:03:08 +0000

the weird thing is that a seemingly junky book often becomes an underground hit as friends buy them as gag gifts.

but beyond the funky title (real world ‘link baiting’?) lies a grain of truth.

i guess it beats having a title like ‘a compendium of vocations you wish you had, but you probably wouldn’t take up because you’d suck at it.’

should we be happy we’re in the company of The Don and lawyers?
or….

By: say no to crack

say no to crack — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:53:36 +0000

Sounds like any job except for politician and school teacher are listed as a BS job (strange that they wouldn’t list politician).

BTW – One of the commenters said “at least blogging doesn’t pay taxes” … uggghhh… it only doesn’t incur taxes if you don’t make any money! The founders of Google don’t pay any income taxes because they only make $1/year (or did). Everytime you make money, you owe taxes on it. Whether or not you pay them is up to you …

By: James

James — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:48:25 +0000

I call bullshit!

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:47:00 +0000

Keep in mind that the author included being an author of ‘this book’ as one of the jobs. All tounge in cheek stuff :-)

By: churchpundit

churchpundit — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:44:02 +0000

So, is it a bullshit job because it stinks? Or is it a bullshit job because no one would believe that you can make money doing something like that? 8) thus spoke churchpundit!

By: Jaime Lee

Jaime Lee — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:23:56 +0000

Here (in my country) jobs are somehow hard to get… you really need to be lucky to get one….

I do work on a call center an i often see the same thing… get a real job bl abl abla.

whatever you do on daily basis… that puts money in your pocket is a job…… so if it is a BS one… wtf?

at least blogging doesn’t pay taxes!

By: Donovan

Donovan — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:26:39 +0000

I’ve seen this book before. Very funny. Don’t take it seriously, although alot of the jobs aren’t the ‘typical’.

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:08:12 +0000

The person who wrote this is probably jealous that he didn’t think of or participate in “bs” jobs that you can make a living from! LOL Hey, if it pays, play!!

By: brem

brem — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:00:07 +0000

I wish I was a full time, multimillionnaire bullshitter.

By: Jason Clegg

Jason Clegg — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:46:50 +0000

Hot titles (even seemingly “offensive” ones) go a long way towards getting readers’ attention. Even your post-title had me scrambling to read what might offend me… Hmmm… I have to wonder about that human impulse. :)