Topic: Accounting must be the most boring job in the world

Anonymous A started this discussion 1 year ago #117,460

How can anyone find meaning in keeping numerical records for someone else's business?

boof joined in and replied with this 1 year 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 year 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 year 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 year ago, 5 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,292,990

@previous (boof)
COCK

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year 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 year 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 year 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 year 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 year 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 year 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 year ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,292,998

@previous (C)
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Anonymous C replied with this 1 year 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 year 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 year 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 year 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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