I just decided to start asking this instead of ‘what do you do?’ when meeting people. Figured I’d try it out on you folks.

  • GodlessCommie
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    11 month ago

    Ive always hated that question. Its usually asked to determine social status.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 month ago

      Disagree. Or at least, that’s just a side effect. I like talking to people about their expertise.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 month ago

      People in manufacturing and r&d quite like the question, I’d reckon. I wouldn’t relate it to social status.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 month ago

      I definitely didn’t read it that way from the post. I thought it was about your hobbies and creative interests. I guess you could infer social strata by whether the answerer has time and disposable income for hobbies. Some don’t require much investment, but it’s usually more than none.