http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/21/thats-life/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:33:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/21/thats-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1064916 Nick Moffitt Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:17:51 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6779#comment-1064916 My father worked for the Seattle Public Library, and I remember seeing one of these on the desk of one of his co-workers. It must have been sometime in the early 1980s, and it was clearly meant in the tongue-in-cheek spirit that inspired the demotivator posters. I suppose nowadays we'd see it as another manifestation of The Dilbert Effect, where humor diffuses actual dissent and prevents problems from actually being solved. My father worked for the Seattle Public Library, and I remember seeing one of these on the desk of one of his co-workers. It must have been sometime in the early 1980s, and it was clearly meant in the tongue-in-cheek spirit that inspired the demotivator posters. I suppose nowadays we’d see it as another manifestation of The Dilbert Effect, where humor diffuses actual dissent and prevents problems from actually being solved.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/21/thats-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1064905 John M. Hanna Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:51:07 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6779#comment-1064905 The only thing missing from this is another stick figure with a whip beating the one rolling the stone. Then it will an accurate representation of my job. The only thing missing from this is another stick figure with a whip beating the one rolling the stone. Then it will an accurate representation of my job.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/21/thats-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1064901 Charlene Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:05:48 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6779#comment-1064901 It looks more like a guy taking the place of a dung beetle. It looks more like a guy taking the place of a dung beetle.

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