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MineralMan

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35. I'm not looking for a job. As I said, I'm self-employed since 1974.

Thu Mar 8, 2012, 09:18 PM

Mar 2012

Nor am I telling you what to do. You can make your own choices. I'm just telling you what my choices would be. I can demand nothing of you or anyone else. You are perfectly free to do as you wish with any decision in your life. So am I.

I do not work at a typical job, because I find that doing that means that I give up more freedoms than I am willing to exchange for money. You are misunderstanding my position. I work when and where I wish, and for whom I wish, and at the hours I wish. I don't have a job, because I insist on that degree of freedom in my life. You may settle for less freedom, but that does not mean that I have to.

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Govt. agencies, colleges demand applicants' Facebook passwords [View all] trumad Mar 2012 OP

I would say NOYFB and walk out. hobbit709 Mar 2012 #1

F them, who with any sense wants to be involved with outfits like that. That, is just the RKP5637 Mar 2012 #2

I think I would have to do the same thing. hamsterjill Mar 2012 #18

Quite a lot of people would surrender their privacy for a paycheck. Selatius Mar 2012 #3

Very well said!!! We are a nation of whipped people. Forced into surrender in the RKP5637 Mar 2012 #5

A paycheck? Heck, we'll do it for a Groupon gratuitous Mar 2012 #8

........ marmar Mar 2012 #4

So create two accounts. One for colleges/employers, and one for fun (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #6

KandR GeorgeGist Mar 2012 #7

Demanding passwords is bullshit, and shouldn't be allowed. MineralMan Mar 2012 #9

Uhhh---OK--- trumad Mar 2012 #11

If my atheism is an issue for an employer, MineralMan Mar 2012 #22

Not if I did not tell him... trumad Mar 2012 #31

OK. And he's never going to find out, either? MineralMan Mar 2012 #32

And who then is the objective judge of what is or is not stupid, offensive stuff? LanternWaste Mar 2012 #12

Perfectly said.. trumad Mar 2012 #16

Whomever is looking at the information, actually. MineralMan Mar 2012 #24

And if you say no you don't get the job. trumad Mar 2012 #25

I can't answer that question. There's no specific MineralMan Mar 2012 #27

No---you would not get the job... trumad Mar 2012 #28

Me? I've already said I'd be glad to let them access my MineralMan Mar 2012 #30

I have absolutely nothing to hide on my FB page. liberalhistorian Mar 2012 #34

I'm not looking for a job. As I said, I'm self-employed since 1974. MineralMan Mar 2012 #35

Mutual trust, my ass Zalatix Mar 2012 #15

OK. You don't have to show employers anything. MineralMan Mar 2012 #26

Why don't they let you see their private gambling habits or their personal credit ratings? Zalatix Mar 2012 #37

For $25 you can get a pretty decent background check MineralMan Mar 2012 #40

Would that have dug up Dubya or Rmoney's habits? Zalatix Mar 2012 #41

Why? Were you thinking about applying for a job with them? MineralMan Mar 2012 #42

NOT changing the subject. If I applied for a job with KBToys while they were in business, Zalatix Mar 2012 #44

OK. Then it would have been easy to investigate Romney and Bain. MineralMan Mar 2012 #45

That'll expose a company owner's gambling habits? Really? Zalatix Mar 2012 #46

I'm sorry, I seem to have missed the relevance, really... MineralMan Mar 2012 #47

Because if employers want to pry into WORKERS' private lives Zalatix Mar 2012 #48

You do have that right. MineralMan Mar 2012 #49

This sounds like a joke. But, unfortunately, it is not. Who would be dumb enough to fork ladjf Mar 2012 #10

We have told our kids, what you put out there, IS what people think you are, benld74 Mar 2012 #13

I have no Facebook account. What then? Zalatix Mar 2012 #14

You're half-way to the point of being hired snooper2 Mar 2012 #17

My response to "Why don't you have a Facebook account?" Zalatix Mar 2012 #19

That's perfect., I may have to borrow that :) snooper2 Mar 2012 #20

I actually did interview applicants before I quit the working world. It's like having Game. Zalatix Mar 2012 #21

how about i give you my password for kissmyassbook instead? frylock Mar 2012 #23

Isn't this a blatant Fourth Amendment violation? Arkana Mar 2012 #29

Only if it is the government that wants your passwords. MineralMan Mar 2012 #33

No chrisa Mar 2012 #38

I personally would never give this information out at an interview. chrisa Mar 2012 #36

Why wouldn't the first words in response be: "I don't have a Facebook account"? riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #39

I have two accounts. One intended to get around bullshit like this. WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2012 #43