The Off Topic Topic

[Admiral Yi]

Is there more sex appeal because there are more TV shows, or are there more TV shows because there is more sex appeal? Or both?

Both.  But it's a self-reinforcing dynamic, not a circular argument.

[Caliga]

It's the sitting in an uncomfortable chair, wearing a green eyeshade, and writing in a huge ledger that ages them prematurely and changes their sex. 

I haven't seen one of those visors since my grandma died... she used to wear on while playing Scrabble.

[Caliga]

Then they're bookkeepers, not accountants.

[crazy canuck]

Dammit Jim, our recent analysis shows that our overhead multiplier factor is out by .01.   

Bones, I was afraid of that.  Quick, do a full inventory recount and recheck the numbers.

Who wouldn't love that kind of drama?

Great minds.

[derspiess]

I haven't seen one of those visors since my grandma died... she used to wear on while playing Scrabble.

Yeah, my grandma wore one, but it was red because she liked the Reds

[Maximus]

Is there more sex appeal because there are more TV shows, or are there more TV shows because there is more sex appeal? Or both?

Both.  But it's a self-reinforcing dynamic, not a circular argument.

Fair enough.

Now engineers... 

[Malthus]

Anyway, it is apparently possible to create a drama based on accountancy.

http://www.cbc.ca/books/2014/12/cbc-to-adapt-ian-hamiltons-ava-lee-mystery-series.html

[derspiess]

Then they're bookkeepers, not accountants.

At least that's how it works at the banks I work with.  The accountants are the men with C-level positions, and the women who do accounting stuff are bookkeepers in the back office area.

[Caliga]

All of the chicks I'm thinking of have CPAs and most have MBAs as well.

[derspiess]

Well-qualified bookkeepers.  They get a nicer desk back near the noisy printers.

[Syt]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0222675/

"The O'Dell farm is on the rocks. A non-traditional accountant comes with a variety of ways to save the farm." 7.9/10

[alfred russel]

Anyway, accounting can be quite dramatic.

"Johnson, we report out to the street tomorrow morning BUT I'VE JUST DISCOVERED THAT INTERCOMPANY ACCOUNT 2791 IS OUT OF BALANCE BY ALMOST SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS!  Figure out where the discrepancy lies or you're fired!"

Johnson then surfs the internet the rest of the day and ends up getting fired, but doesn't care because there are a gazillion accounting jobs, unlike for the schmucks that spent 3 years going to law school only to fight over doc review jobs.

The financial statements end up being incorrect, there is a huge financial scandal, and congress responds by passing even tighter accounting regulations, which requires the hiring of even more accountants.

[Caliga]

Well-qualified bookkeepers.  They get a nicer desk back near the noisy printers.

No, they all have offices and individual printers.

[Caliga]

The financial statements end up being incorrect, there is a huge financial scandal, and congress responds by passing even tighter accounting regulations, which requires the hiring of even more accountants.

That's funny because it's true.

[Valmy]

Now engineers...