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"hang in there, you'll find a job"....
This has single most handedly become the most insincere sentence in my life. It's the epiphany of perfunctory conversation, which (probably unintentionally) avoids helping me find a job when I talk to someone about it. It goes like this:
"What do you do for work?"
Me: "Oh I'm unemployed, still looking"
"What do you want to do?"
Me: "video production, music editing, or neuroscience, or other research or related fields"
"Hang in there you'll find something"
How is "hang in there you'll find something," helping me find a job? No shit if I hang in there I'll find something. That's like saying, "hang in there you'll get hungry." No wait, it's more like running from store to store during a rain shower and every employee says to me, "hang in there you'll find an umbrella," and no one has an umbrella. This sentence makes no attempt to actually resolve the situation, but it's a thoughtless way to ameliorate my stress over looking for a job. What most people don't realize is that since nearly everyone else says this it has no effect. Similarly the sentence, "hi how are you," doesn't mean, "Hello, I want to know how you are doing." It's just a polite way to say, "I vaguely acknowledge your existence. Now reply back to me right now with, 'fine thanks,' or else I'll think you're strange for deviating from this propriety."
Sorry just had to vent. I know I'll get flamed for this, but at least it'll put me in a better mood
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