An improvement in the humor -- this is the first one I laughed at. The previous ones were a bit too declarative, with characters tending to state the point fairly directly. This one had more subtlety, which enhances the humor because we figure out for ourselves the irony of her "empowerment" leading to a tedious life of sitting and staring, rather than having her SAY "I am empowered and yet my life is unfulfilling." Also, since we SEE her situation from an almost first-person perspective, we relate to it more, allowing elements of "release of tension through laughter" and "laugh at others' misfortune". The line contains exaggeration, also helpful in comedy, and is more pithy and "everyman" than the more academic tone of earlier punchlines. Nice work.
I once had a co-worker who sat on the opposite side of the table from me, and his laptop needed to be plugged into the wall behind where I was sitting. Each morning he'd ask "Will you empower me, please?"
What's interesting is that every girl I dated in college wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. Every last one. This was the 90's, so these were the daughters of the 70's "yay, we get to work" movement. Once the marketing tapered off, the children quickly realized they didn't want to follow their moms into the workplace, but they didn't have much choice anymore.
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Anyone who ever thinks or utters the phrase "I am empowered" likely is not.
Taking it a step further, women need to be empowered, men (some of us) just assume power.
Hey, those papers aren't going to push themselves!
Attention all desk jockettes!
I assume the graphics on the computer are facebook friendship's stats.
Nope, that's power point
This gets worse every week.
Don't look, dumbass.
"We women want to be ground infantry/firefighters/presidents!"
"O, but why?"
Not to say those options aren't honorable work... but they are still work...
An improvement in the humor -- this is the first one I laughed at. The previous ones were a bit too declarative, with characters tending to state the point fairly directly. This one had more subtlety, which enhances the humor because we figure out for ourselves the irony of her "empowerment" leading to a tedious life of sitting and staring, rather than having her SAY "I am empowered and yet my life is unfulfilling."
Also, since we SEE her situation from an almost first-person perspective, we relate to it more, allowing elements of "release of tension through laughter" and "laugh at others' misfortune". The line contains exaggeration, also helpful in comedy, and is more pithy and "everyman" than the more academic tone of earlier punchlines. Nice work.
Love it.
When women spend the best hours of their day working crap jobs for another man's dream, the only women that's empowered is the owner's wife.
I think Career Carrie is ripe for a long, lovably-neurotic, sexually-tense excruciatingly-funny arc. :D
dittos. Fifteen seconds of letting it soak in and I let out a cackle.
I once had a co-worker who sat on the opposite side of the table from me, and his laptop needed to be plugged into the wall behind where I was sitting. Each morning he'd ask "Will you empower me, please?"
I remember when the buzzword empowered went around a previous job I had. My coworkers and I had no end of fun using it every other sentence.
"Not to say those options aren't honorable work... but they are still work..."
"the irony of her 'empowerment' leading to a tedious life of sitting and staring"
Right. Feminists look at all the crap men have to do ( http://some.ly/dCin9P ) and say, "Where can I sign up?"
What's interesting is that every girl I dated in college wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. Every last one. This was the 90's, so these were the daughters of the 70's "yay, we get to work" movement. Once the marketing tapered off, the children quickly realized they didn't want to follow their moms into the workplace, but they didn't have much choice anymore.
Maybe I like to mock it. Ever heard of the Agony Booth?
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