WhenRobLoweRobsLowes t1_j4sclwl wrote
Reply to comment by ZeeMastermind in Why don’t I, as a woman, like books with female protagonists? by out_cyder
That's exactly what I'm talking about. Sitting in a newsroom for ten years taught me one thing: nothing fun happens to reporters. You don't investigate cold cases or get anonymous tips that break things wide-open. You just slog through the day and report on other people's misery.
ZeeMastermind t1_j4swla7 wrote
Well, it'd probably be pretty depressing to read a story about a workday slog where the employees slowly become more overworked because whatever hedge fund bought up their newspaper is now laying people off in the name of "efficiency." Not much escapism there.
Similarly, I bet you'd be equally bored by someone reviewing dozens of emails each day to determine which are "spam," which are "phishing," if any user clicked on them, and so on.
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