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The "lazy question" Thread

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March 28, 2014
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Bit of fun for our amusement.

Add to the thread by QUOTING what you consider is a lazy question from a lazy poster...

Lack of hardware or system details wont usually count...and be careful about second language situations.

Rule: NO discussions in the thread. Let the quote speak for itself and stand alone.

Be careful it doesnt back fire on you

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Correct answer robodog-ulGdZD

Yeah, writing and making money at it is tough. There's a friend I know just fiinished a new book and 2nd edition of first one.. and is now into promo for them.. which is a whole nother thing.. a lot of time and work. Book signings, speeches (his books are like motivational things and business oriented management things .. not fiction )..
So he is into that now and it takes a lot of time and stuff... but you put aside that clump of time and do it.. and when it's done you can move on to the next " project"

It's been good for him and pays off but it is a lot of work and dedication etc. I'm sure it really sucks some days... to keep plodding along.. but he's self disciplined and strong.

But that's his life .. for like the past 30 years.. like many who work in weird stuff where it's not staff and steady.. he made it work for him. Working freelance or per diem is the same thing in some ways.. ( like what I did ). But thank goodness I got a pension coming and had health insurance and so on. Only the unions for actors, crew, musicians, directors, cameramen, all those people... only getting together as freelance workers were they able to get some benefits like that. When you're young that doesnt matter much.. but when you get over 20 years old and get married and stuff .. then it matters.

Unfortunately the word " union " is generic and misunderstood depending on where it is applied. I have no interest in making those distinctions anymore to anyone. I hope the young people have the balls to speak out about what they have inherited. and do a good job.

oh, and that includes saying, " no I am not setting up the camera on that rallraod tressle .. you moron ! ... unless you get some railroad person here with flags and lights and signals and walkie talkies .. so I know I"m not gonna get squished like a bug and die out there ! "

union or not ( member or not ) jurusidiction is another thing.. ( my union was NYC .. if I went to Africa I aint crying to the union about rules..and to be honest I AM THE UNION .. ITS NOT ANYTHING MORE THAN YOU AND ME ... how can you think it is something other than YOU AND ME ??? ....)

Like this country.. THIS LAND IS MY LAND, THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND ... WHO IN GAWDS NAME DO YOU THINK IT BELONGS TO ? OR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT ?

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Dave Merchant

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I understand that some questions can be frustrating, but you are reminded of the Community Guidelines about how to treat new users. Highlighting someone as 'lazy' by linking to their messages is not acceptable.

Steven L. Gotz

Inspiring

Giving this some thought, perhaps Dave is right. It has been fun, and a good way to release a litle irritation, but maybe it was not the best way.

I can see Dave's point, certainly.

On the other hand, I can see how the creation of such a thread would come about.

Maybe, just maybe, we should err on the side of political correctness, or in this case, the Guidelines and have the thread deleted.

I don't know. I can see both sides and it makes it difficult to come up with the right answer.

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robodog-ulGdZD

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" would you hire me to shoot your movie "

Yep..pretty lame. Wonder if he is still working in the film industry?

hehe...good point.

I remember in my own case... after working as a grip in IATSE 52 ( NY ) for a bit over 30 years that I wouldn't get my pension until I'm 65. I am now 63.5... so have to wait another year and a half before I get that pension. I suffer for that due to having to live on an early retirement amount that is peanuts. There were a number of reasons for making the decision not to work in as a grip anymore. Mostly it was physically really hard to do anymore. I was becoming " unsafe " on the jobs. I really couldn't know for sure if holding up very heavy things in grids off the floor was possible for me anymore. You know, doing work above others in stages etc. On top of that the hours per day ( 14 plus hours is normal ) was getting harder to do. Also, the budgets and constraints are now harder than ever.. producers need to do things on tighter budgets .. so they are forced to try and do the same work as before with less crew members and for less cost ( less equipment rentals and so on ). The business in general is feeling a lot of pressure. Because of tax rebate programs internationally the producers sometimes demand concessions in NYC.

The alternative is that the producers will shoot someplace like " New Zealand " where people will do work for a day for half the amount of money per day.. and will even sacrifice " safety " of work conditions in order to do that work, in terms of having enough manpower to handle a camera crane and so on. The nice little " ant " girl ( recently killled by train in a right to work state in the USA ) is a case in point. Eveyone seems to have some opinion about what that was all about. People in NZ will do stuff like that at the drop of a hat.. just to get the shot and get it done. But people all over the world have great talent and are mature, so all that is a matter of personal integrity.

I laugh my butt off when I think of some tongue in cheek remarks made by those who's attitude toward things are not grown up enough to understand real jobs with big budgets and so on. Would you hire me to work on your movie ??

the_wine_snob

Inspiring

OK, I can play this game:

stop start will not work ,best is to dump the lot and usu mx6 it does work

That was a recent post, in it entirity. Title is "usless adobe."

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Anonymous

i understand what you mean by this and undrstand why you would say this, but i didnt have time to search through 100 different disscussions and 100 different post in each disscussion to sift for the working answer. you should understand that some peoples time is precious and need a quick answer and have to do other things in their lives besides read for 3 hours on message boards. im not trying to be mean here, im trying to help you understand what i have going on and i vaule my time as i do yours.

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