what do you tell people you do?
 

So you're sitting at Granny's house, and she asks how work is...and what exactly it is you do...and your reply?

Or, you're on the _____ date with someone who really does it for you, and they ask something like..."so tell me what kind of graphic design you do?"

Who's tellin' the truth?

Just curious....

I haven't had to reply to anything like that, but I'd say something to the effect of:

"I do graphic and web design for large businesses and small companies alike. Both mainstream and other related niches".

I wouldn't get into the nitty-gritty details. :winkwink:

IT :thumbsup

Generally, I tell people that I do "web design". If they are family, and they push, I mostly make stuff up. Friends can know, and certainly girls I am interested in get the truth.

Neither of my girlfriends mind what I do. Very few of my friends even blinked, and everyone is cool with it.

I tell people I masturbate caged animals for laboratory experiments.

I tell people I'm a fireman.

I tell ppl im a rocket scientest, when they ask me specific questions, i kill them.

this guy cracks me up :thumbsup

I tell people the same thing, but when they ask specific questions I show them my degree in aerospace engineering and that shuts 'em up.

"Systems Adminstrator" usually kills the subject.

I've not once had a person ask me, "for what type of company".

tell them you suck dick for blow...and then when the shock wears off, tell them the truth:thumbsup

Almost everyone knows I work in computers, like fixing them, and I do some web design, but atleast no one ever said about those sexy pink Oliver Klozov checks I get

General Public Consumption: I'm a professional Photographer (which I am, I do a lot of mainstream photography as well)

Anyone I have met more than twice who I know won't completely flip, if I care: I do porn.

Nothing to be ashamed of, but not much point alienating myself from the get-go without feeling the waters first. Besides, I'm a mother in an EXTREMELY small community. I have to maintain SOME modicum of decorum.

I tell them I do web design and web promotion, some people ask me more questions but I try to side step those questions.. Last night I picked up some skank at the bar and after she sucked me off in her hot tub she asked me and I was so trashed and didn't care so I told her I promote porn and she didn't care.. I hope I never see her again but I guess a BJ is a BJ

Internet Services and Publishing

juicylinks, is that you?

Why lie?... I say I do porn.

If they don't like it fuck'em :)

Two girlfriends eh? :thumbsup :thumbsup

I broker traffic on the internet. Buy and sell all types of it.

Nope I've lurked here for a year but after the Phoenix Foum I finally joined here.. I posted my picture in This thread

When they ask what I do, i say fisherman..
When they ask what I drive, I say rollerblades
Made many friends so far..

What is it exactly that all you cowards are afraid of?

That is the funniest fucking thing I have heard all day long.

i tell them i am a professional wrestler

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Hey it could be worse...you could be a high school guidance counselor.

I tell them I am a webdesigner, and after that I always hope they don't ask for an url :Graucho

I think I'll use this onr from now on

tell the truth
if they dont like it they can fuck off

and yes even my grandparents know what i do.......and they have NOT fucked off as yet!

i know what you mean, but they allways ask....

so if i know someone, i'll tell them what i do. is it someone i've met for the first time, i'll say that i'm a student, and hoping that they don't ask what i do for a living...

Most of the people I know, know what I do. When it comes to granny et al., I basically just say that I am the Director of Sales for a Marketing company. I think that over the years they have figured it out, but just haven't said anything.

"internet consulting"
design, etc.

I tell everyone the truth except in two cases:

A: I think the person would be extremely offended, and it's a person I'd prefer not to offend.

B: It's either a law enforcement or media type or someone I think might talk to law enforcement or media types.

To those people, I say internet consulting.

"I sell Search engine optimization and traffic scripting" Then I explain how PR is calculated. I am tons of fun on a date.

:winkwink:

I do Money :Graucho :Graucho :Graucho

My family knows but if its someone at their house I am in the web design business . Everyone else I say I have a online adult entertainment company.

I sale short icq uins.

either marketing consultant or internet marketing and sales

Webdesign... when they ask for URLs I throw my mainstream sites at them... when they start wondering how can I make a living with those, and why I'm not working for a big corporation I change the subject. I will have to come up with something better one day....
I guess when I make my first million that wont be important anymore, I'll just tell them I make money.

I tell people...I'm a TARC Bus driver...lol

I tell people I do "Internet Marketing" and if they ask me what that is. I respond by

"Making sure other sites are being noticed on the internet"

:Graucho

I telll them I am a drug dealer and professional hit man. I would not want them to think I was involved with anything as seedy as pornography

Unless I really want you to know what I'm doing, I'm a college sophomore majoring in web design.

For everyone else, I write erotica and maintain a couple of groovy smut sites. :)

My set of grandparents in Ca know what I do.. Grandma give me a big grin and Gramp goes " isn't that against the law ".


LOL

I tell them that I am the inventor of the question mark...

Actually, I just say Intenret Services if non tech crew there, if there are techies, then Sales if the need to be on the Downlow is there.

My friends and family know, when the questions start, I tell them that its the same as any job, if you made donuts, you'd be tired of seeing them sometimes. Other days, you dont mind seeing a few donuts.

Thats all

Herb K

I am a professional Pimp :thumbsup

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This is one of those posts that comes up every 2 or 3 months. It's the "I'm ashamed of what I do so I lie about it...What is YOUR lie?" post.

My family knows what I do, as do my friends. I don't lie about it. If someone finds out I'm a photographer and asks what kind of photography I do, I tell them "I do girlie photography," which is what it is and should be to anyone who's comfortable with it.

I don't call it "pornography," because that is a pejorative description literally meaning "pictures/writings of whores." It's a term that belongs to people who don't like it. It shouldn't be used self-descriptively by people in the industry. We are in the "adult entertainment industry" not the "porn industry" if you really want the industry to prosper.

Simple. I manage an office of nerds.

the truth.....it will set me free right?

When I was being interviewed for a position as a sr. engineer at jpmorgan, the interviewer asked me what i meant by webdesign in my resume and the statement "up to 80k hits a day." I told him the truth, that porn is the biggest industry on the net and that's how I learned to design/code. (Not that i was actually successful in it) He laughed at first but then respected me ever since