I had a uni lecturer pronounce MySQL as “my squirrel”

Kids have always had wild career dreams, it’s not new it’s just a different medium. It’s fine. I’m not sure it’s a conscious decision to escape the grind though. I grew up with kids who wanted to be movie stars or athletes. Why? Because they idolised movie stars and athletes and want to be like them. It’s what they’re exposed to the most. Now kids are exposed to influencers the most, so they wanna be one too.

I wanted to be a train driver 🚂

On a different occasion when we were selling Christmas trees his groundskeeper came to us and asked for a free tree for the Lord.

They weren’t the same of course but we found it funny because the Lord owned the woodlands behind the shop. He didn’t get a free tree.

This reminded me of an old rant I have, if legacy rants are allowed.

In a job I had many years ago I met a Lord. An actual Lordy Lord. He used one of these things frequently, but it’s not part of the rant.

Where I worked sold stone, big slabs of stone for using as big slabs of stone. He came to us on a particularly rainy day and asked me to show him around the yard. I look out the window, rain is pelting the floor and ricocheting back into the sky. We go outside. He had an umbrella, I did not. He did not offer to share.

So around the yard we go, and I show him all the stone. When we reach the last one he turns to me and says “perhaps I’ll come back when it’s not raining”.

Some really good points I hadn’t considered there.

I think it’s important that the medical professionals do not use such terminology and instead try to be as neutral as possible, e.g. “coping with” or “receiving treatment for”. If a patient wants to say they’re fighting cancer, that’s up to the patient. For some it might help them feel like they have a bit of control over a situation where they’re powerless, for others it might make it worse.