Mike, if you read any of this stuff. I want to thank you for your dirty jobs effort, hanging off of that hydroelectric turbine was probably the most daring lesson in safety and jacked up confined spaces. I grew up like you with uncles and a grandfather that could fix anything, when I was 34 I watched them tear down the industrial arts wing on my high school as they upgraded the parking lot and football field bleachers. You are the true meaning of a well driven American with a good nonsense filter.
I attended Vo-Tech to earn my CNA, Medication Aide Certification, EMT training, and although I worked as an MA before leaving the medical field, the surgeons I worked for "grandfathered" me for the position because of my many years of hands on care giving. In their opinions, my experience can not be taught and therefore was advantageous for them and for our patients. When my Doc's decided to retire 7 years ago, I was 50 at the time; I chose to go back to school. I went to cosmetology school, which is considered a trade school, passed my state written and practical boards, earned my license and opened my own small salon. I'm the sole Proprietor and Stylist. It's just a different way of helping people. You will never see a surgeon clean, disinfect, sanitize and make an operating room aseptic so the next person to have surgery in that OR doesn't contract an infection during surgery. That job is solely the janitorial/custodial staff's responsibility because they have the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to do so. You never see a janitor perform surgery because they lack the necessary education, knowledge skill and experience. The job of the surgeon and the janitor/custodian are equally important, equally necessary, just for very different reasons. HVAC, plumbers, electricians, auto repair, auto body, etc are all worthy career paths, all are taught at vocational/trade schools. Why isn't there any student loan forgiveness for that? Thanks Mike! ~ APRIL LIPKE
That first question's answer is the very reason I like Mike Rowe! This dude is so awesome it's not even funny! Allthough a lot of what he says IS very funny. lmao!
"I don't disbelieve it, necessarily, but you said it with a level of certainty that made me think that perhaps there had been some scientific breakthrough.." hahahahahahaha
I know I am not alone when I say, Mike, we love you whether you are singing opera (secretly dying to hear it, Wagner, are you kidding?) or covered in muck (seriously can't get enough of your wit on Dirty Jobs). How the hell do these images go together? I got nothing. I guess that makes you unique.
Though, in the net-sphere the term "karma' is a sort of credit/currency which is used to reward somebody for contributing to the community - as relevant to the site.
That's kind of jive talk about why they aren't going to foreign lands to film the show because we are really connected to them-- those are the batteries, the ships, the computers that WE USE HERE and they are the ones who have to take them apart and suffer the consequences of their exposure. Good job though. I think the setup was poorly executed because MR works extremely well in a back and forth, one on one, environment, but I loved every minute of this one. Thanks Reddit!
Allow me to explain - The belief in "karma" is the belief that every action prompts an equal reaction in kind(You shoot someone, you get shot. You help somebody, you receive help etc). Just imagine Newton's Third Law of Motion except without opposites and applied to human actions.
Should have just explained how simple and pointless karma is and clarified it has nothing to do with the concept of Karma, real or not... lol. The guy explaining made it seem like karma was an accurate gauge of character quality, post quality, originality... gimme a break, lol. It's just a popularity contest run through reddit's beloved little karma algorithm, not a true accurate gauge of anything.
Jesus. VOTES. Just say Karma is basically upvotes. If someone likes your shit, they vote you up. If a lot of people like your shit, a lot of people vote you up.
