Topic: Accounting must be the most boring job in the world
Anonymous A started this discussion 1 week ago #117,460
How can anyone find meaning in keeping numerical records for someone else's business?
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boof joined in and replied with this 1 week ago, 2 hours later[^] [v] #1,292,987
it might appeal to those who like a sense of "everything in its right place"
plus it's reliable income for the man who must work to eat
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 week ago, 3 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,292,988
@previous (boof)
True. They make great money. Still, a man could go crazy doing that for life.
boof replied with this 1 week ago, 11 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,292,989
cock-rubbin' crazy by the water cooler
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 week ago, 5 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,292,990
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 week ago, 2 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,292,991
@1,292,988 (A)
I agree it's a bullshit job. They will be automated out within 15 years.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 week ago, 32 seconds later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,292,992
@previous (C)
Maybe, but that's not my point. I cannot imagine anyone being a full time accountant and actually enjoying it.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 week ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,292,993
@previous (A)
Some people really enjoy being a meat version of a calculator; they will be among the first victims of the metal revolution.
boof replied with this 1 week ago, 10 seconds later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,292,994
I picture one guy standing up and shouting, "I balanced the shit out of that fucker"
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 week ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,292,995
@1,292,993 (C)
Maybe. They are psychopaths.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 week ago, 3 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,292,997
@previous (A)
AI replacements can't really be called psychopaths, as that implies that they ever had the capacity for empathy.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 week ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,292,998
Anonymous C replied with this 1 week ago, 58 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,292,999
@previous (A)
I'm sorry, I think your post has been censored by the internet spiders. It just displays to me as an ellipsis
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 1 week ago, 23 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,293,001
@1,292,993 (C)
Human calculators still have their jobs and bots are replacing artists and writers.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 week ago, 53 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,293,003
@previous (D)
Artists and writers also still have their jobs, but the time will come when the reality of the robotic apocalypse hits home.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 1 week ago, 35 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,293,004
@previous (C)
The writer's part has already happened with AI. Ask Matt, I'm almost confident that he won't lie and say that he wrote books himself.
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