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Originally Posted by Iain

And I hate the "what do you do?" thing even more. Not so long ago I was in a wanky cafe place where my housemates film was showing and there were a bunch of other short films showing so there was plenty of other filmmakers and art wanks there. I was talking with my housemate and a group of others and I had this conversation:

Girl: Do you make films?

Me: No

Girl: What do you do?

Me: Nothing interesting, don't worry.

Girl+others: Ahahahahahahah...

I wasn't actually joking though. Luckily I know the girl in question a bit better and it turns out she isn't a complete cunt.

i used to hate that question and considered it not only nosy and rude but also lacking in any sort of imagination. how can you have a decent conversation with pedestrian questions like that? booring!!

however-- since these days every social interaction is a potential business deal for me, i now have no qualms about lowering myself to this level of vulgar interaction and whoring myself and my skills, and then shoving a business card into their hands. as unpleasant as it is, as boring and bourgeois a situation, beats working for someone else's profit.

i also hate it when people ask me (insistently) how much i pay for my house. NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS!