In the job listings
There was an ad in the paper yesterday for a Anti Tobacco / Youth Empowerment position, working for some company that runs the vocational programs for all the area high schools.
I could so do that. Only I can't, they're only taking people with a really specific BS degree that I'm sure no one has or wants to waste in a part time job.
It's funny how it's anti-tobacco rather than anti-smoking though, like the substance is worse than the behavior somehow -- I mean, philosphically that's stupid, it's just a plant, it's value neutral, but because it sounds better, well, that's what it is, never mind how pompous a turn-off "empowerment" is to most kids. And that's why I'd be good at the job: I LOOK like a smoker. People are always surprised that I don't smoke. Maybe it's the leather suit-coat I have. But anyway, I think I'd do a good job explaining the pros and cons of smoking, or at least would have interested audiences that would appreciate my candor, well, compared to the crap that most of these anti-smoking people come up with. I mean, their "YOUR DICK WILL FALL OFF! DIDJA HEAR ME? YOUR DICK WILL FALL OFF!" campaign can only take them so far.
I could so do that. Only I can't, they're only taking people with a really specific BS degree that I'm sure no one has or wants to waste in a part time job.
It's funny how it's anti-tobacco rather than anti-smoking though, like the substance is worse than the behavior somehow -- I mean, philosphically that's stupid, it's just a plant, it's value neutral, but because it sounds better, well, that's what it is, never mind how pompous a turn-off "empowerment" is to most kids. And that's why I'd be good at the job: I LOOK like a smoker. People are always surprised that I don't smoke. Maybe it's the leather suit-coat I have. But anyway, I think I'd do a good job explaining the pros and cons of smoking, or at least would have interested audiences that would appreciate my candor, well, compared to the crap that most of these anti-smoking people come up with. I mean, their "YOUR DICK WILL FALL OFF! DIDJA HEAR ME? YOUR DICK WILL FALL OFF!" campaign can only take them so far.