How important is the big money?

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:43 pm Post subject: How important is the big money?

The RDM has a job now, he's had it for about 2 months. It's a good job, he likes the people, he fucks around on the computer for most of the day, but he can see the actual impact he is having on the school district he supports, so it's actually pretty rewarding. The pay is shit, though.

This morning, the RDM got a job offer that's worth a bunch more money. The RDM would be working for a giant faceless corporation that manufactures weapons and the machines that carry said weapons.
He would be part of a tech department that numbers over 100 instead of just over 10. Every day he would have to walk past guards who carry assault rifles and he would have to fill out justification forms every time he left the country.

But it's a lot more money, more time off and better benefits. Plus there's upward mobility, where the RDM had none before.

The RDM is having trouble deciding if he should bite the bullet and take the better deal or stay poor with a relatively clear conscience.

Oh the dilemmas.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:08 am Post subject:

Take the money ya muppet. Someone else will take your job and the worthwhile thing will still get done. Unless you are absolutely amazing at everything that you do then it makes no difference to the world in general which place you work at, if you don't take this new job someone else will and they will do it just as well as you would have. The only difference between you having the poorly paid job and the well paid job is that in the well paid job you have more money. Don't think that just because you can see good things happening and facilitate their happening that more of them are taking place, it's just you getting paid shit money to make them happen. If you really want satisfaction from your own input into the world then you need money so that you can decide what it's used for.
People are generally all the same so you'll probably meet another bunch of people you like, and if not there's 100 people there so some of them are bound to be decent, plus if you've got upwards mobility you'll leave the arses behind and keep in touch with the good chaps anyway, plus you can still keep in touch with the people you like from your current job.
I know it's nice to feel comfortable at work and all, but that luxury is really for young single people with no dependants, soon the RDM will spawn mini RDMs and will either be working in a job with good money and be able to give them nice stuff, or will have a job with shit money which he will no longer enjoy because he will resent the fact that his paycheck is completely raped every month by bills and responsibility.

Or stay with the other job, it sounds quite nice

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:50 pm Post subject:

You make it sound so easy, but the RDM still has moral qualms about being involved in the manufacturing of submarines, the missles that go on the submarines, and all that whatnot, especially with how badly that equipment is being abused right now.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:13 pm Post subject:

Take the job that pays well and sabotage them. That way you're doing good and draining money from evil.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:16 pm Post subject:

i dunno, morals above money?
seriously, i'm actually glad i don't have to make that decision
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:25 pm Post subject:

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject:

well, if you are only handling the rifles and not the munition, you have not to worry about getting on the wrong side of an assault rifle, I guess

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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject:

Well, they can still hit you with it. That's probably not very fun.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject:

The assault rifles are strapped to Naval Officers.

The RDM doubts they'd let him handle them, ammunition or no.

At least not before his security clearance checks out...
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:44 pm Post subject:

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:46 am Post subject:

Don't they scan your family and friends too, before they even let you know they are interested in you?
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:54 pm Post subject:

The RDM's father has already worked there for years and years, so the RDM is grandfathered in a little, but they still run a 3 month background check before they actually hire you.

Also...the RDM hadn't really thought about the submarines being basically useless in normal war thing. That makes it easier.
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject:

that would make your work useless as well?!

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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject:

But they won't realize that for years to come.
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:18 am Post subject:

win!
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:13 pm Post subject:

Indeed.
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:42 pm Post subject:

Shoulder Song
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:47 pm Post subject:

More money = more happiness. Atleast, thats how it works for me...most of the time.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:23 am Post subject:

That's totally contrary to popular cliche!
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:14 am Post subject:

It depends what you spend the money on eh? Money can't buy you happiness, if you're really shit at spending money, otherwise hell yes it can.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:54 pm Post subject:

The RDM'll buy Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

If it ever comes out.

Oh, and save up for that trip to England.
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:19 am Post subject:

BIG MONEY! NO WHAMMY! STOP!

Take the cash. If it makes you feel better, volunteer at war amps, donate to anti-war groups or something. balance things out while raking it in.
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject:

The RDM has accepted the big money job, he's just waiting on his security clearance to come through.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:21 am Post subject:

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:36 am Post subject:

Wait, Smash Bros. still hasn't come out? Somehow I had gotten the impression that it was released recently? Maybe that was the Japanese release?
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:45 am Post subject:

It was released in Japan a little while back. A week or so from now here.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:56 am Post subject:

Well, all I know is I was throughly disappointed when I found out for sure that there was no MegaMan. I don't care about Sonic anyway....
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:02 am Post subject:

Megaman was always a stretch. Good decisions are rare these days.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:14 am Post subject:

Now there probably won't be another Smash Bros. for another 5 years or so and they probably won't remember to put Megaman in then either.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:16 am Post subject:

Depends how many people hound them. Apparently Snake was supposed to be in Melee, but got crowded out, so they stuck him in Brawl to appease people. The RDM thinks the whole Snake thing was a crap idea to begin with, but he's looking forward to beating the crap out of a cardboard box anyways.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:18 am Post subject:

I like the idea of Snake being in there, but I think Megaman as a sort of mascot character fits better into that kind of game.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:20 am Post subject:

Snake being in there is a crap idea. How the hell do you sneak around in Smash Bros? That's pretty much the whole point of the fucking character.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:23 am Post subject:

That's the point of the MGS games, but it's not like the game is supposed to be all things for all characters. Snake also has CQC skills, which come in handy for Smash Bros.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:25 am Post subject:

Snake doesn't have the neccessary skills by which to assess the situations in which he is confronted.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:28 am Post subject:

That could probably be said of other characters too, like guy from F-Zero or whatever.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:29 am Post subject:

He barely existed before Smash Bros. That hardly counts.
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