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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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      @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      I don't think you can assume your personal desire to jump in and offer solutions, and someone not doing so as laziness, but, in knowing you now, I know that you really do see those as the same thing, but I'd be willing to bet that the masses don't feel that way.

      So what you've said is that he has empathy that is only expressed as laziness, but that laziness isn't then the cause? I think you just proved my original point. Empathy might play a role, but laziness is the real driver - because the only thing he's using his empathy for, then, is to justify the laziness.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        Of course, if general people were as methodical as you are, then they would agree with you, but the reality is that most just aren't.

        What might cause that.... hmmmm... not willing to put in the effort.... let's see is that empath, no that's not right, is it... oh yeah, laziness. 😉

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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          @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          As you've stated in the past, you and your dad are rare cats, the way you look at things is unusual, definitely offering great value to businesses, but what I'd calling falling outside of the typical human equation.

          This is where I think we find the root of the issue. Am I a rare cat because I'm smarter, or less lazy. I can tell you, it's not from being smarter. You see this as me being methodical, I see it as being less lazy.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            It's convenient to say that the person in question isn't methodical, it sounds good. It sounds acceptable. It's socially acceptable to justify his actions that way. But if he was unable of being that methodical he's not very useful as a human being and the statement that you are making is actually quite horrific. What you are actually stating, without wanting to say it, is that he just isn't taking the time or effort to be methodical and examine the situation. Less effort put into that we are giving it, in fact.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              If the end result was anything other than "getting out of doing my job", I would have a very different opinion of the likely causes and drivers of the question. If a person falls and gets hurt in the street in front of your car, do you...

              • Drive over them
              • Stop and wait for them to heal
              • Stop, get out and help them

              If you have empathy, you assume you will get out and help, within reason and legality. It you are lazy, you'll just stop and wait. When you have empathy with someone it implies that you feel their pain - that would not be expected to result in you risking your job to not help them. That's neither logical nor an expected emotional response.

              And if the reason that they didn't think through the fact that they were being lazy is because they were being lazy... it seems to circle around to the same thing no matter how we dice it.

              I'm not saying that they have zero empathy, only that it doesn't come through as the main driver of their actions.

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender
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                There's at least a fourth option, drive around them.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                  last edited by scottalanmiller

                  @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  There's at least a fourth option, drive around them.

                  That, too, would be quite lazy - assuming that there was any empathy.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    Dude, that guy fell and got hurt right in front of us. I feel so badly, I really feel for how badly he is hurting and something worse could happen to him.

                    Want me to stop so we can help?

                    Heck no, I'm not getting out of the car to help someone!

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      Dude, that guy fell and got hurt right in front of us. I feel so badly, I really feel for how badly he is hurting and something worse could happen to him.

                      Want me to stop so we can help?

                      Heck no, just slow down so I can live stream the wreck to Facebook Live

                      FTFY.

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                      • coliverC
                        coliver
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                        Just realized I scheduled a family vacation during MangoCon... that's unfortunate.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @coliver
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                          @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          Just realized I scheduled a family vacation during MangoCon... that's unfortunate.

                          Perfect time to get a vacation from your vacation!

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                            thanksajdotcom @coliver
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                            @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            Just realized I scheduled a family vacation during MangoCon... that's unfortunate.

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                              brianlittlejohn
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                              About to start day drinking and packing up my apartment to move tomorrow!

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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                                About to hang out virtually with @Grey

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                                • DashrenderD
                                  Dashrender
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                                  I'm watching the film Zero Hour about Stuxnet and cyber warfare.

                                  I've never heard of Nitro Zeus until just now.

                                  A program that has the US gov't completely inside of Iran's entire infrastructure... holy hell - how are we not at a much bigger war?

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                                    Texkonc
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                                    Well, the time has come. Officially job hunting.

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                                    • GreyG
                                      Grey @Texkonc
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                                      @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      Well, the time has come. Officially job hunting.

                                      Come to Denver!
                                      https://careers-riainvision.icims.com/jobs/2517/systems-administrator/job

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                                        Texkonc @Grey
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                                        @Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        Well, the time has come. Officially job hunting.

                                        Come to Denver!
                                        https://careers-riainvision.icims.com/jobs/2517/systems-administrator/job

                                        I just bought a house, plus not prudent on the finances.

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                                          travisdh1 @Grey
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                                          @Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          Well, the time has come. Officially job hunting.

                                          Come to Denver!
                                          https://careers-riainvision.icims.com/jobs/2517/systems-administrator/job

                                          Hrm, what's the salary range? May think about it.

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                                            Texkonc @Grey
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                                            @Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            Well, the time has come. Officially job hunting.

                                            Come to Denver!
                                            https://careers-riainvision.icims.com/jobs/2517/systems-administrator/job

                                            Looks like a good one. Move back to CO yet again? hmmmmmmm

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