Comments on: q: what do you want to be when you grow up? a: elsewhere http://scatter.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/q-what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up-a-elsewhere/ the unruly darlings of public sociology Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:52:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: jeremy http://scatter.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/q-what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up-a-elsewhere/#comment-3797 jeremy Fri, 09 May 2008 04:12:27 +0000 http://scatter.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-3797 GR/Andrewska: Hilarious! Tina: I cannot believe the trouble I have with Who/Whom at the beginning of a sentence. More generally, I can't believe how my grammatical sense seems to be deteriorating as I muddle through my thirties. GR/Andrewska: Hilarious!

Tina: I cannot believe the trouble I have with Who/Whom at the beginning of a sentence. More generally, I can’t believe how my grammatical sense seems to be deteriorating as I muddle through my thirties.

]]> By: andrewska http://scatter.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/q-what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up-a-elsewhere/#comment-3781 andrewska Thu, 08 May 2008 15:58:00 +0000 http://scatter.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-3781 You nailed it, GR. I hereby nominate you for the ASA Special Award for Achievements in Sociological Humor. You nailed it, GR. I hereby nominate you for the ASA Special Award for Achievements in Sociological Humor.

]]> By: gabrielrossman http://scatter.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/q-what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up-a-elsewhere/#comment-3778 gabrielrossman Thu, 08 May 2008 13:58:08 +0000 http://scatter.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-3778 when we eventually have a purge i think the official theme that year will be something like "purifying the discipline," "dismissing the deviationists," or "another world is mandatory." look for mobs in front of the conference hotel chanting "death to the little satan of journal sociology! death to the great satan of economics!" seriously though, if we do have purges i think it will come under the rubric of "professional ethics" as that's how it seems to work in anthropology. when we eventually have a purge i think the official theme that year will be something like “purifying the discipline,” “dismissing the deviationists,” or “another world is mandatory.” look for mobs in front of the conference hotel chanting “death to the little satan of journal sociology! death to the great satan of economics!”

seriously though, if we do have purges i think it will come under the rubric of “professional ethics” as that’s how it seems to work in anthropology.

]]> By: tina http://scatter.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/q-what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up-a-elsewhere/#comment-3777 tina Thu, 08 May 2008 13:57:28 +0000 http://scatter.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-3777 Perhaps the "Whom Shall We Purge?" list will be topped by those who make grammar errors on blogs. Perhaps the “Whom Shall We Purge?” list will be topped by those who make grammar errors on blogs.

]]> By: andrewska http://scatter.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/q-what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up-a-elsewhere/#comment-3776 andrewska Thu, 08 May 2008 13:31:52 +0000 http://scatter.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-3776 Oh, man, I can't wait for the purgings. That'll be a great conference. I think we can keep you around though, Jeremy. Oh, man, I can’t wait for the purgings. That’ll be a great conference. I think we can keep you around though, Jeremy.

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