tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post1125625512511631478..comments2024-03-03T04:40:39.492-05:00Comments on Fire Megan McArdle: Long ass shorters, Part 2bradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907349163323395529noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-33390176245385652592008-06-20T09:09:00.000-04:002008-06-20T09:09:00.000-04:00"The natural state of man, in Megan's mind, is a w..."The natural state of man, in Megan's mind, is a wage earner. If you didn't value pooping as a material good, you'd spend that time every day working a fourth job, you lazy shitter."<BR/><BR/>This is probably what attracted her to economics (but not enough, apparently, to get an actual degree in the subject) in the first place. It's a very common way of looking at the world among those people.spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01770056727940292951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-2666540700094640002008-06-19T18:18:00.000-04:002008-06-19T18:18:00.000-04:00I'm incredibly lazy and even I can be bothered to ...I'm incredibly lazy and even <I>I</I> can be bothered to have a veggie-and-herb garden! (My secret? raised beds/lasagna gardening. No tilling or spading and few weeds.)<BR/><BR/>What a revolting woman. Maybe I should apply to be an "expert" blogger with The Atlantic... Looks like easy money to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-52481038961600302892008-06-19T18:11:00.000-04:002008-06-19T18:11:00.000-04:00Wow, I didn't realize the thing that I did that wa...Wow, I didn't realize the thing that I did that was deeply connected to my childhood, honors the memory of my mother, gets me fresh vegetables and friuit, generates feeling of connectedness to nature as well as a sense of accomplishment after a long debilitating illness was a congenital failure.<BR/><BR/>I am a lot less informed than I thought I was.<BR/><BR/>oh wait, I'm still in grad school. I can't say that until I finish.NutellaonToasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09524357022370926931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-78971410990785859252008-06-19T16:51:00.000-04:002008-06-19T16:51:00.000-04:00You've got to adore Megan's advice about growing y...You've got to adore Megan's advice about growing your own. "If it takes more of your time than you feel it is worth, you shouldn't do it."<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Megan! This is the profound knowledge that an MBA brings! And enjoying gardening is a "tragic congenital failure"? Why? Because SHE doesn't like to do it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com