# I pit the idiots who says "why don't you just quit?" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 23, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idiots-who-says-why-dont-you-just-quit/265709 "2004-09-23T16:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idiots-who-says-why-dont-you-just-quit/265709/21 "2004-09-24T12:40:25Z")
> [@Elysian](#): > > **Podkayne** , I like you. I really do. And I agree with you completely. I try never to say that to anyone. Er…I meant never say “dump the loser” to anyone. I tell people that I like them and agree with them as often as it’s true 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idiots-who-says-why-dont-you-just-quit/265709/22 "2004-09-24T12:50:36Z")
Higher is worse, so I’m guessing that was irony. I didn’t get it at first either. > [@Tuckerfan](#): > > You forgot one: > 4. Sometimes you simply have to accept the fact that you’re fucked. No. This is the advise of frustration. The minute you accept that sort of thing you accept that you’re powerless and therefore meaningless. To quote Spock, God help me, there are _always_ alternatives. I speak as a man who recently relocated his family from a major city to a small town in a different state (with a very different culture) because the jobs where I was were drying up (or going downhill) and I could read the writing on the wall. Look for a spate of threads by me in the last year all entitled ‘Tell me about [someplace]’. Each of those threads was caused by my deciding, about two years ago, that my industry (locally) was in real trouble and I should do something about it. So I started searching outside of my area (with my wife’s consent) and eventually found one. Never…EVER believe yourself to be powerless to change your life for the better. Once you believe that you’ll make it come true. And if you can’t aspire to better why even live? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idiots-who-says-why-dont-you-just-quit/265709/23 "2004-09-24T19:29:47Z")
> [@EvilGhandi](#): > > The unemployment figures just came out for my state, 2.8%. Fucking hell. How could anyone find a job with such a glut of workers? Are those real employment figures or are they Republican employment figures? There’s been a lot of jiggery-pokery with employment figures lately. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idiots-who-says-why-dont-you-just-quit/265709/24 "2004-09-24T20:56:52Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Higher is worse, so I’m guessing that was irony. I didn’t get it at first either. > > No. This is the advise of frustration. The minute you accept that sort of thing you accept that you’re powerless and therefore meaningless. > > To quote Spock, God help me, there are _always_ alternatives. > > I speak as a man who recently relocated his family from a major city to a small town in a different state (with a very different culture) because the jobs where I was were drying up (or going downhill) and I could read the writing on the wall. > > Look for a spate of threads by me in the last year all entitled ‘Tell me about [someplace]’. Each of those threads was caused by my deciding, about two years ago, that my industry (locally) was in real trouble and I should do something about it. So I started searching outside of my area (with my wife’s consent) and eventually found one. > > Never…EVER believe yourself to be powerless to change your life for the better. Once you believe that you’ll make it come true. And if you can’t aspire to better why even live? Except, of course, I _can’t afford to move out of this shit hole state, or I already would have!_ I could, without a doubt, quit my current job, get another job in an entirely different field that pays better, pimp myself for cash, sell everything I own, and then move someplace else. The problem with that is, I’ll still have a bitch of a time finding a job in my field when I get to whereever, because of how little experience I have. Once I get roughly five years experience under my belt, I can land a job, in this area paying about triple what I’m making now. At that point, I can think about making my escape from this place. Until then, I am trapped. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idiots-who-says-why-dont-you-just-quit/265709/25 "2004-09-24T21:11:31Z")
> [@](#): > > To quote Spock, God help me, there are always alternatives. > > …_snip_… > > Never…EVER believe yourself to be powerless to change your life for the better. Once you believe that you’ll make it come true. And if you can’t aspire to better why even live? **Johnathan Chance,** even though these words were not addressed to me directly… they’re just what I need to hear now. I had what was by all means a great job- good pay, decent (if a little long) hours, in a field I like. But I couldn’t handle the foul mouth of my boss, his blind racism and sexism, and his contempt for his own customers. I walked away- and haven’t found anything close since. I need to make my own opportunity if I’m going to survive here- moving is not an option, for now. My wife is doing just fine or things would really be rough now, and being sick hasn’t helped at all. I get so frustrated that it comes out in other areas. Your words should be my mantra. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idiots-who-says-why-dont-you-just-quit/265709/26 "2004-09-24T21:13:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Johnathan Chance Sorry, **Jonathan,** I’ll just get the “h” out of here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idiots-who-says-why-dont-you-just-quit/265709/27 "2004-09-24T22:09:18Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] > [@](#): > > I’ve surpressed the urge to stave his skull in when he’s made comments like, “The people who jumped from the Towers on 9/11 are in Hell.” Stave away. Not a jury in the land would convict you. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idiots-who-says-why-dont-you-just-quit/265709/28 "2004-09-25T05:14:47Z")
I am often highly amused while reading the SDMB. There are some very witty folks here. Every now and then, however, something will seem much funnier to me than it probably actually is. Such is the case with > [@BubbaDog](#): > > burger doodle It’s funny enough in print, but try saying it out loud. I’m actually _chuckling_ right now. “Burger doodle.” Heh. 🙂 (Did I mention that it’s 1:15am and I’m _really_ tired?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-idiots-who-says-why-dont-you-just-quit/265709.md?page=1)