Typical conversation with someone about turking:
other: so, you work online?
me: yeah. Microtasking. Mostly on Mturk and Prolific Academic.
other: Mturk?
me: Mechanical turk
other: huh huh. that name sounds dumb
me: It's inspired by a mechanical construct of DaVinci's. A suit of armor that was powered by a waterfall... I'm losing you, aren't I?
other: So what kind of stuff do you do?
me: everything. Surveys, watching ads, sentiment scoring.
other: sounds boring.
me: It pays the bills
other. I should tell my wife about it. how much do you make?
me: I made $10,000 last year.
other: yeah, she could make money instead of sitting on her ass
me: *now resisting urge to throat punch* it takes time to get qualifications and make good money there. Took me years.
other: yeah, whatever. It's not even real work anyway.
me: ...