Re: ahum, dumb fucks ?
"Dumb fucks" hasn't ever come out of my mouth, no idiot, moron, and any other synonym. I might "think" it, but that's as far as that goes. I started being a teaching assistant at the university at age 13 and along the way learned the different ways people approach things. Once I have it nailed, explanations about what happened, what they expected to happen, and how they should try to do it in the future a real time saver. It's an investment forward. I sure as Hell know that my bosses appreciated that approach. It's in all my evaluations. I like teaching. That "aha!" moment is priceless. Literally.
I also spent a quarter century as a sysadmin, sysop, and technical adviser on CompuServe in multiple fora. I've no respect for people that treat others poorly. Yes, it seems a Sysiphysian task at times, but again, guiding others is a good reason to do that job. And, quite often, you'd see those people jumping in to help others.
Lastly, Ive worked in a dozen fields of engineering, half dozen of analysis, and whatever else the Navy required. The only box I notice is the one people assume separates them which doesn't really exist. It's all math, of several types, but relationships between things are what you need to understand. Change the units, use a different constant or three, and poof! You can translate approaches between different fields. It just so happens, once you show someone that trick a time, or three, they "get" it and start using it themselves.
Finest complement I was ever given was by the Chairwoman of the Department of Statistics and Computer Science. At the beginning of the quarter she pointed at me and said if they have any trouble, see me. Lots of smiles around as if it was a joke. She said next, I could explain things if they didn't quite understand what we just went over.
So, "dumb fucks" is something you won't here me say.
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