My wife and many of her friends are in medical fields, while myself and several of their spouses are in technical fields. We’ve had almost exactly the same exchanges.
Even in medicine, there are big blind spots between specialties. My radiologist who did my wife’s sonogram was like “yeah I got into this because I fucking hate needles. If I wanted to go into nursing I’d need to use them a lot. So here I am, doing all of the non-invasive stuff instead.”
I love the exchange, but the backdrop of capitalism demanding results is grim.
I just want everyone to enjoy exploring and sharing without worrying about grants…
Eh, until we’re truly a post scarcity society (if such a thing is even possible) scientist would have to justify use of resources no matter what the system we use.
This is what it’s like being a psych nurse talking to an ICU nurse. It’s the difference between
You put what WHERE???
and
The patient put what WHERE???
I help elderly with their technology. A coworker does outreach for community events. We would both rather choke on a revolver than do the others job.
This is my dunderhead comparison. Look mom I’m like the science people in the meme
