I assume the telemarketer bit is a joke due to the placement below insects and, you know, murderers and rapists. I don’t get why poor telemarketers have become such a punchline. They’re just doing their jobs and happen to be creating trivial conveniences for the rest of us.
Oh, it’s certainly a joke. But if you compare the subjective disutility generated per incident and the expected number of incidents over a career, telemarketers don’t come out looking too good. Probably not murderer- or rapist-level bad, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it came out to a mean total disutility in the same order of magnitude as your average mugger.
I assume the telemarketer bit is a joke due to the placement below insects and, you know, murderers and rapists. I don’t get why poor telemarketers have become such a punchline. They’re just doing their jobs and happen to be creating trivial conveniences for the rest of us.
What is this, 2003? Do people still get telemarketing calls?
Yes, it was meant to be obvious that that was a joke.
Other people might be more annoyed by telemarketers than you. Also, a statement like this does not need to be considered accurate to be funny, it just needs to mention a group that is disliked at least slightly.
Oh, it’s certainly a joke. But if you compare the subjective disutility generated per incident and the expected number of incidents over a career, telemarketers don’t come out looking too good. Probably not murderer- or rapist-level bad, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it came out to a mean total disutility in the same order of magnitude as your average mugger.