Comments on: Flowcharts: gangsta life is quantifiable http://boingboing.net/2007/12/06/flowcharts-gangsta-l.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Chocolatey Shatner http://boingboing.net/2007/12/06/flowcharts-gangsta-l.html#comment-89859 Chocolatey Shatner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89859 There's a chapter in <i>Freakonomics</i> about gangsters and thug life: Iz not so graet, aktualy. Like with many other things in life, it's only good if you're on top: being one of the street minions is not only extremely dangerous, but you can make more money working at Hardee's or other fast-food emporium of your choice. Now, the life of a librarian on the other hand... schweet! There’s a chapter in Freakonomics about gangsters and thug life: Iz not so graet, aktualy. Like with many other things in life, it’s only good if you’re on top: being one of the street minions is not only extremely dangerous, but you can make more money working at Hardee’s or other fast-food emporium of your choice. Now, the life of a librarian on the other hand… schweet!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/12/06/flowcharts-gangsta-l.html#comment-89703 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89703 Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta. Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta.

]]> By: Peter Swimm http://boingboing.net/2007/12/06/flowcharts-gangsta-l.html#comment-89729 Peter Swimm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89729 If I could figure out a gaant/gangsta related pun, im sure id be famous too. If I could figure out a gaant/gangsta related pun, im sure id be famous too.

]]> By: TC Giant http://boingboing.net/2007/12/06/flowcharts-gangsta-l.html#comment-89730 TC Giant Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89730 I wonder what kind of gangstatistical analysis was performed to get this result. I wonder what kind of gangstatistical analysis was performed to get this result.

]]> By: A New Challenger http://boingboing.net/2007/12/06/flowcharts-gangsta-l.html#comment-89755 A New Challenger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89755 I saw this a few days ago-- the epic Venn diagram that isn't entirely about thug life is epic (I particularly enjoyed the intersection of "Hey" and "listen.") I saw this a few days ago– the epic Venn diagram that isn’t entirely about thug life is epic (I particularly enjoyed the intersection of “Hey” and “listen.”)

]]> By: Michae W. Dean http://boingboing.net/2007/12/06/flowcharts-gangsta-l.html#comment-89771 Michae W. Dean Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89771 I think you'd have to amortize that well-being across lifespan to get the true Quality Of Life indicator: "well-being man-year" units. I think the lawyer would win. Lawyers tend to live a lot longer than gangstas, and can be pretty damn happy (especially if their clients are Mac Daddy Gangstas who are always in trouble and possess mad scrilla units.) - Michael W. Dean http://www.stinkfight.com I think you’d have to amortize that well-being across lifespan to get the true Quality Of Life indicator: “well-being man-year” units.

I think the lawyer would win. Lawyers tend to live a lot longer than gangstas, and can be pretty damn happy (especially if their clients are Mac Daddy Gangstas who are always in trouble and possess mad scrilla units.)

- Michael W. Dean
http://www.stinkfight.com

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/12/06/flowcharts-gangsta-l.html#comment-89779 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89779 Nit: While they're all charts, only one or two is actually a flow chart. Nit: While they’re all charts, only one or two is actually a flow chart.

]]> By: shortfatsteve http://boingboing.net/2007/12/06/flowcharts-gangsta-l.html#comment-89798 shortfatsteve Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89798 Cool stuff, but this guy's ripping at least one of these diagrams off without credit. Namely "Fig. 4-A: Unified Bitch Theory" (found about a quarter of the way down the page) which comes from Chris Sim's infamous geek blog, <a href="http://www.the-isb.com/">The Invincible Super Blog</a>. You've even linked to his post with the stolen diagram before <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/09/flowchart-the-scienc.html">here</a>. Cool stuff, but this guy’s ripping at least one of these diagrams off without credit. Namely “Fig. 4-A: Unified Bitch Theory” (found about a quarter of the way down the page) which comes from Chris Sim’s infamous geek blog, The Invincible Super Blog. You’ve even linked to his post with the stolen diagram before here.

]]> By: WassabiCracka http://boingboing.net/2007/12/06/flowcharts-gangsta-l.html#comment-89810 WassabiCracka Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89810 Have to disagree about Lawyers being the happiest: 1) Everybody hates us 2) The people that don't hate us only need us temporarily then they can go back to hating us 3) We don't make half the money people think we make 4) Our jobs suck because of the long hours, mostly boring content, and because everybody else at our workplaces are dicks (because they're lawyers too) 5) We have school loans the greater than the third mortgages on our homes 6) One DUI, assault charge, marijuana possession or anything like that costs us our license to practice law, and thus our livelihood. 7) We're too old to have kids by the time we get done with law school (to which everybody cheers - democracy 0 idiocracy 1) 8) We get blamed for EVERYTHING 9) We have to eat shit and smile from clients 10) All the good lawyer jobs (like EFF lawyer, Space lawyer, Human Rights lawyer) make even less money than the crappy lawyer jobs 11) If you're first name isn't George and your last name isn't Bush then getting a job in the legal industry is the 3rd most humiliating experience known to humanity 12) We talk too much leading to bloated egos which keep us up at night - so no sleep LOL, I'm sorry, I could go on, but I think it's clear by this point that the guilt free depravity of gangsta life is WAY better than being a lawyer. Being a lawyer is for people who hate themselves (now where's my damn bottle?) Have to disagree about Lawyers being the happiest:

1) Everybody hates us
2) The people that don’t hate us only need us temporarily then they can go back to hating us
3) We don’t make half the money people think we make
4) Our jobs suck because of the long hours, mostly boring content, and because everybody else at our workplaces are dicks (because they’re lawyers too)
5) We have school loans the greater than the third mortgages on our homes
6) One DUI, assault charge, marijuana possession or anything like that costs us our license to practice law, and thus our livelihood.
7) We’re too old to have kids by the time we get done with law school (to which everybody cheers – democracy 0 idiocracy 1)
8) We get blamed for EVERYTHING
9) We have to eat shit and smile from clients
10) All the good lawyer jobs (like EFF lawyer, Space lawyer, Human Rights lawyer) make even less money than the crappy lawyer jobs
11) If you’re first name isn’t George and your last name isn’t Bush then getting a job in the legal industry is the 3rd most humiliating experience known to humanity
12) We talk too much leading to bloated egos which keep us up at night – so no sleep

LOL, I’m sorry, I could go on, but I think it’s clear by this point that the guilt free depravity of gangsta life is WAY better than being a lawyer. Being a lawyer is for people who hate themselves (now where’s my damn bottle?)

]]> By: djmongol http://boingboing.net/2007/12/06/flowcharts-gangsta-l.html#comment-89854 djmongol Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-89854 Though I may not be a gangsta, I am fluent in the dialect and grammer employed by them. Based on contextual clues, I do believe the sentence should, in fact, read as such: "This collection of flowcharts related to thug life is not new, but in it you may find science which has <i> not </i> previously been dropped upon you." That be all. Though I may not be a gangsta, I am fluent in the dialect and grammer employed by them.

Based on contextual clues, I do believe the sentence should, in fact, read as such:

“This collection of flowcharts related to thug life is not new, but in it you may find science which has not previously been dropped upon you.”

That be all.

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