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SaintVicious · 02-29-2012 06:55 AM

I love mcdonalds as a side note. dem mcdoubles

Rubyfruit · 02-29-2012 08:49 AM

I think the threat of "You're gonna work at McDonald's!" or something that is equally perceived as demeaning has to do with striking the Fear of Failure in the person being lectured. Because the carrot of "high-paying job" doesn't work as well anymore, the stick of "being forced into a demeaning job, often for pennies a day" gets trotted out to make the point stick. Though I don't know why fast food gets trotted out as the example, and I really don't know why McDonald's in particular. Or, if you have the dubious honor of being female in a family with relatives or friends of relatives who have no sense of tact, exotic dancing. Perhaps because of the reputation of such jobs as being low-paying, requiring little education, and being places where they hire anyone off the street with no "real" expertise necessary.

I have more to say on this topic, but I think that this comment has rambled a little bit already. I had a little more to say, musings like, "What do the people who use Working at McDonald's as a threat mean to imply about people who already do?", and similar with exotic dancing, and about why Starbucks doesn't get the same treatment, despite both McDonald's and Starbucks being customer service-y jobs, and both of them probably sucking as much time and energy out of an employee, but I didn't want to ramble too much.

Stadium · 02-29-2012 08:51 AM

(02-29-2012 08:49 AM)Rubyfruit Wrote: I think the threat of "You're gonna work at McDonald's!" or something that is equally perceived as demeaning has to do with striking the Fear of Failure in the person being lectured. Because the carrot of "high-paying job" doesn't work as well anymore, the stick of "being forced into a demeaning job, often for pennies a day" gets trotted out to make the point stick. Though I don't know why fast food gets trotted out as the example, and I really don't know why McDonald's in particular. Or, if you have the dubious honor of being female in a family with relatives or friends of relatives who have no sense of tact, exotic dancing. Perhaps because of the reputation of such jobs as being low-paying, requiring little education, and being places where they hire anyone off the street with no "real" expertise necessary.

I have more to say on this topic, but I think that this comment has rambled a little bit already. I had a little more to say, musings like, "What do the people who use Working at McDonald's as a threat mean to imply about people who already do?", and similar with exotic dancing, and about why Starbucks doesn't get the same treatment, despite both McDonald's and Starbucks being customer service-y jobs, and both of them probably sucking as much time and energy out of an employee, but I didn't want to ramble too much.

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Teini · 02-29-2012 11:55 AM

(02-29-2012 06:55 AM)SaintVicious Wrote: I love mcdonalds as a side note. dem mcdoubles

mcdonalds is damn good!

Sapphire Flames · 02-29-2012 12:58 PM

Well it seems my progenitors have upgraded the lecture status.

Forgot some paper not at all integral to anything and apparently that warrants a 10 minute scream fest in which he tells me he is going to give up on me, how I'm never going to get a diploma, how I wont be able to work at McDonald's, and how he'll kick me out to let me starve on the street. Oh, yeah, forgot the part where he called me stupid and how my 9 year old brother is doing better than me. Why? Well because fuck me apparently.

The · 02-29-2012 01:20 PM

Instead of mcdonalds I always hear, "you'll have to join the army" which actually sounds way better than school to me.

Teini · 02-29-2012 04:38 PM

(02-29-2012 01:20 PM)The Wrote: Instead of mcdonalds I always hear, "you'll have to join the army" which actually sounds way better than school to me.

Even with the army, though. I've heard they now require you to have a high school diploma or GED in order to join. The army isn't so bad, though... For some people. All depends on what you like.

bulgarianlion · 02-29-2012 08:48 PM

McDonald's > School
Any other place > School

Kenzie · 02-29-2012 11:45 PM

"But in middle school, tools are drawn to you when they find out you smoke weed. Its kinda annoying. Apparently, smoking weed is the most badass thing anyones ever done"

^^^ So damn true, quite a few people notice and acknowledge me now that they know I've smoked weed before. It's ridiculous.
But, I'm the 'a-sexual loner who hates society' as dubbed by others. I'm not really nerdy though, I'm in all honors classes, and school is incredibly easy, but I don't think that classifies me as a nerd. I hang out with relatively "popular" -hate that word- people.

Desu · 03-01-2012 01:05 AM

(02-29-2012 04:38 PM)Teini Wrote:
(02-29-2012 01:20 PM)The Wrote: Instead of mcdonalds I always hear, "you'll have to join the army" which actually sounds way better than school to me.

Even with the army, though. I've heard they now require you to have a high school diploma or GED in order to join. The army isn't so bad, though... For some people. All depends on what you like.

Yes they require high school education, although you can drop out of school, then get your GED at the age of 16-18 depending on your state, then join.

The GED is easy as fuck, I've taken it. I'm pretty sure I could have scored well on it while frying on acid or some shit. It was stupid to the point where I was embarrassed while taking it.

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