# Do we have a thread for SlackerInc yet? Maybe we should **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461 "2018-12-02T20:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/381 "2019-09-18T00:41:43Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I get that it’s super important to you to find some inflection point at which a plumbing job is more complicated than education. Do you really think that’s my thesis, or are you strawmanning me? I never said any average schmoe can handle setting education policy. I referred to someone with high intelligence and perspicacity. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/382 "2019-09-18T00:47:53Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Let’s say you are building a brand new school. You need someone to install the plumbing, and someone to be the school’s principal. For one job, you are allowed to hire someone who is highly experienced at this specific job, but for the other you must use someone who is highly intelligent but does not have specific experience at the job. It’s up to you as to which will be which. If you choose the intelligent non-plumber to do the plumbing, you are making a serious mistake. Wow, you really do not know what you’re talking about. For the school principal, one hires someone, get this, qualified for the position. For the plumber, not a plumber’s assistant or a plumber’s apprentice, one hires someone, get this, qualified as a plumber. But that’s okay. In the scenario you provided above, you won’t be hired for either position. Care to guess why? ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/383 "2019-09-18T00:50:33Z")
Did you really not understand the thought experiment or are you just purposely defying it? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/384 "2019-09-18T01:33:12Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Do you really think that’s my thesis, or are you strawmanning me? I never said any average schmoe can handle setting education policy. I referred to someone with high intelligence and perspicacity. I know what you said, and I’m pretty well aware of how you argue. You’re Dunning-Kruger incarnate. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/385 "2019-09-18T01:34:36Z")
You guys have to remember that where most people would have a brain, Slacker has piles upon piles of shit. A skull filled to the brim with shit. Keep that in mind (ha!) when interacting with it. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/386 "2019-09-18T01:42:27Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Did you really not understand the thought experiment or are you just purposely defying it? Oh, I understood your stupidity. A valid thought experience is one that has some relation to reality. Your stipulated experiment does not. And, of course, you tossed it out there in a lame attempt to undermine the intelligence of your opponents. Care to guess why it didn’t work? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/387 "2019-09-18T01:45:05Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > I don’t care how smart the guy is, if he has never installed plumbing before it’s simply not going to work. That’s a job for a specialist. A white collar job like education policy is perfectly suitable for a high IQ generalist. Nope. I have a friend who is quite smart at many things. His house is also his business, and when he moved in, he wanted 3 phone lines, which needed to be wired to various spots in his house. Also internet connections. At the time, he also used FAX machines extensively for his orders, which meant 2 more phone lines. Quite a complex job. He did all the wiring himself, including a very complex junction box next to his electrical panel. He figured out how to do this by finding and reading manuals, doing research and asking questions when he bought materials. When he had finished all the work, a telephone technician was called to do the final hookup to the outside lines. He checked my friends work. Everything was perfect and labelled. He was so impressed with the complex job done so well, he took photos to show his colleagues how a job should be done. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/388 "2019-09-18T02:33:18Z")
Quick, Slacker, post something! You don’t have the last word in, and I know how important that is to you. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/389 "2019-09-18T03:43:52Z")
Something. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/390 "2019-09-18T17:24:43Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > A white collar job like education policy is perfectly suitable for a high IQ generalist. Tell us, what colour collar do taxi drivers wear, again? ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/391 "2019-09-18T17:27:39Z")
How about novel translators or ACT tutors? I have made more from those sidelines this year than from driving for Uber. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/392 "2019-09-18T21:08:48Z")
They’re only “sidelines” if they’re alongside a real job. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/393 "2019-09-19T22:25:54Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Tell us, what colour collar do taxi drivers wear, again? Wow, did you really just say that? You sound like a toff on _Downton Abbey_ sneering through his monocle at the working classes. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/394 "2019-09-20T00:41:18Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Nope. > > I have a friend who is quite smart at many things. > > His house is also his business, and when he moved in, he wanted 3 phone lines, which needed to be wired to various spots in his house. Also internet connections. At the time, he also used FAX machines extensively for his orders, which meant 2 more phone lines. Quite a complex job. > > He did all the wiring himself, including a very complex junction box next to his electrical panel. He figured out how to do this by finding and reading manuals, doing research and asking questions when he bought materials. > When he had finished all the work, a telephone technician was called to do the final hookup to the outside lines. He checked my friends work. Everything was perfect and labelled. He was so impressed with the complex job done so well, he took photos to show his colleagues how a job should be done. Running wires is absolute monkey work compared to plumbing. No fucking comparison. Not that it matters in this analogy clusterfuck but still… ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/395 "2019-09-20T06:31:07Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > Wow, did you really just say that? You sound like a toff on _Downton Abbey_ sneering through his monocle at the working classes. _I’m_ not the one who first brought up archaic collar colours. It was a \*response \*to the use of that anachronism, not an endorsement of the system. And also: way to completely miss the point, there. I wasn’t sneering at the working classes, I was sneering at \*one \*autodidact taxi driver who seems to think he could \*easily \*be a policy wonk, just because his Dunning-Kruger’s metastasized. ---
**Author:** ![Teddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Teddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teddie)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/396 "2019-09-20T21:28:01Z")
Respect to all posters who have the patience to converse with SlackerInc. I honestly don’t know how you do it. The guy is such a waste of space and air. He brings the intelligence, decency and respectability down on the board below the depth of Hell. He’s a troll of the highest order along with being a massive cunt, as I said respect to all who give him the time of day. I just scroll past any posts/threads of his and only stopped by to give you props and to say what a stupid little wanker he is. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/397 "2019-09-20T21:30:38Z")
Slacker’s position that high level government policy making is the sort of thing that any highly intelligent person can get the hang of fairly quickly is certainly silly and sneer-worthy, but it would be silly regardless of his occupation. His claim to actually BE such a highly intelligent person is also… questionable. But bringing up his occupation doesn’t address that claim, it’s just lazy stereotyping. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/398 "2019-09-20T21:45:54Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I was sneering at \*one \*autodidact taxi driver who seems to think he could \*easily \*be a policy wonk, just because his Dunning-Kruger’s metastasized. I’m stealing that last line. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/399 "2019-09-20T22:01:32Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > His claim to actually BE such a highly intelligent person is also… questionable. But bringing up his occupation doesn’t address that claim, it’s just lazy stereotyping. It’s not exactly an occupation or anything remotely attached to his identity. He’s been doing part time Uber for a couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/400 "2019-09-20T23:53:43Z")
14 months. And I’m hoping my income from the other stuff rises to the point where it will never get to a couple years. Fingers crossed! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461.md?page=21)