I sometimes feel like I have so many different hats and roles that the 'What do you do?' Becomes a mental gymnastics of sorts. I sometimes hide behind 'research' as a blanket answer that means everything and nothing. But more recently, I ask people 'Why do you want to know?' . It's been fun because sometimes the most relevant part of what I do, for them, might be that I play pokemon go and participate in Terry Pratchett fan fiction communities.
I am an answer to a query, not an object to be perused. On Wed, Oct 9, 2024, 14:43 Kingsley Jegan Joseph via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > I have a friend who always answers “What do you do?” with a friendly “As > little as possible”. I have shamelessly stolen it and use it occasionally. > > - Kingsley > > > > On 8 Oct 2024, at 4:13 PM, Udhay Shankar N via Silklist < > [email protected]> wrote: > > This, the most banal of all conversational opening lines, is something I > discourage at the meetups I organise. So it was interesting to see > silklister CY Gopinath's take. > > > https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/and-you-do-exactly-what-sir-23407241 > > Udhay > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist > > > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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