Comments on: “Think Work Sucks? The Philadelphia Lawyer Agrees.”

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:26:17 +0000

Kind of thought the getting laid peice was underhanded. Got my hopes up beleiving it would sort of be a nuanced and derisive satire of modern men and the women they pursue. However I hate the PUA culture so kudos on 5.
PL: That piece would be as long as “Infinite Jest.” I’ll be back to the regular stuff in a week, when I’m done:
1. Digging out of ten different business issues;
2. Working with my old editor to get everything from the website to the new website;
3. Doing promotional pieces and interviews (I’m supposedly doing five radio station spots back to back next week).
Frankly, my wires are fried right now. But shit always works that way… Everything hits at once. The old stuff will be back shortly.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:15:56 +0000

I just graduated from law school myself, and though I’m happy with my decision I wish I would have gone in with my eyes more wide open. At least once a week I hear from kids I knew from college, younger siblings of friends etc asking me about law school. I tell them that the job prospects aren’t what they think they are and the expense and time necessary for the whole enterprise but it seems to always fall on deaf ears. I am a big fan of the site, keep doing the good work…as futile as it may be.
PL: People live in narratives, and the narrative on law school is that it’s a degree you can use in many fields and quite lucrative. The middle class believes myths. It’s what keeps them in the middle, and there’s little you can say to most of us to convince us otherwise.
“Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV,
And you think you’re so clever and classless and free,
But you’re still fucking peasents as far as I can see”
- Lennon, “Working Class Hero”

By: Rosie Palmer

Rosie Palmer — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:13:18 +0000

Prostitution. No more, no less. Up against the wall motherfucker. PIZZA! PIZZA!
PL: “Cut the fences at Woodstock, allowing thousands to enter for free.”
How did I not hear of these people before? I always figured that was Abbie Hoffman.