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Qualification: - Swashbuckling attitude, crafty humor, and general aura of badassery I dont want to be the director of rat extermination, but i wouldn't mind w
by slickdork 4y ago
Qualification:
- Swashbuckling attitude, crafty humor, and general aura of badassery
I dont want to be the director of rat extermination, but i wouldn't mind working for whoever writes copy on the nyc gov job postings.
- nix23 4y agoThanks for making my day! You described exactly the picture i had in my mind...well plus he was from London and looked a bit like Sherlock Holmes (just for the interview of course). >>New York’s Citywide Director of Rodent Mitigation. That could be also the Director for IT security ;) Being from Europe, is that whole thing New York City humor? It's incredible funny: >>New York City’s rats are legendary for their survival skills, but they don’t run this city – we do.
- yamtaddle 4y agoI'm picturing Quint from Jaws. Y'all know me. Know how I earn a livin'. I'll catch this furball for you, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad rodent. Not like going down to the sewer and chasing mice and raccoons. This rat, swallow your whole pizza slice. No shakin', no tenderizin', down it goes. And we gotta do it quick, that'll bring back your stock traders, put all your businesses on a payin' basis. But it's not gonna be pleasant. I value my neck a lot more than three thousand bucks, chief. I'll find him for three, but I'll catch him, and kill him, for ten. But you've gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. If you want to play it cheap, be on welfare the whole winter. I don't want no volunteers, I don't want no deputies, there's too many CEOs on this island. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing. (I like that "island" still works because Manhattan)
- VoodooJuJu 4y agoI actually find it pretty cringe - trying to insert movie/cartoon tropes into real life. Definitely written by someone raised on too much TV and internet.
- dymk 4y agoJobs probably not a good fit for you, then
- hellotomyrars 4y agoAgreed. Really feeling like an old man dinosaur reading a job listing written by a memelord.
- therealdrag0 4y agoWhat’s wrong with having a little fun. Life is just life then you die. No harm in some memes.
- School-Cotton 4y agoBecause it’s annoying
- acdanger 4y agoNot so long ago, phrases like “rockstar” and “ninja” were pretty pervasive in software job listings.
- coffeebeqn 4y agoThey’re looking for Charlie
- andirk 4y agoI don't know how good Charlie is at his job, though. He has a manual process involving rusty nails on a bat. HN post right above this "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2022)". NYC is!
- CameronNemo 4y agoHe has actually started to drown them lately. You can do a lot at once, and there is little cleanup necessary. Most importantly, you won't hear their screams. Good luck getting him to leave Philly, though.
- lukas099 4y agoWow, this person sounds totally inhumane.
- geraldwhen 4y agoHR tells me this type of language biases your applicant pool toward men. “Swashbuckling, badassery”. Who are you imagining from that statement?
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- boise 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Marley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Marley
- culi 4y agoA feminine fictional (animated) character that was created by a man? Is this supposed to be a counter example or supporting evidence?
- claudiawerner 4y agoWhy does it matter what gender the creator is?
- culi 4y agohere you go https://old.reddit.com/r/menwritingwomen/ https://old.reddit.com/r/menwritingwomen/
- claudiawerner 4y agoA subreddit full of literally cherrypicked examples of men badly writing women characters doesn't say anything about the general case, never mind any particular case.
- culi 4y agoWell I was *hoping* you'd pick up on many of the tropes of male-written femme characters brought out in that sub were applicable to the character mentioned above. But here's an article to list some of the tropes out more explicitly: https://baos.pub/what-happens-when-men-write-women-b89bf325c18b https://baos.pub/what-happens-when-men-write-women-b89bf325c... I admit I'm not very familiar with the Monkey Island series but literally the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article for it points out that the primary purpose of this character is to be the primary love interest of the (male) protagonist Bonus, here's some really fun visualizations that I think you'd enjoy regardless of whether you agree with me or not :) https://pudding.cool/2020/07/gendered-descriptions/ https://pudding.cool/2020/07/gendered-descriptions/ https://pudding.cool/2017/08/screen-direction/ https://pudding.cool/2017/08/screen-direction/ https://pudding.cool/2017/03/film-dialogue/ https://pudding.cool/2017/03/film-dialogue/
- mFixman 4y agoI don't know. This entire job listing smells of a PR role created to communicate how the New York government is getting the job done rather than actually getting the job done.