“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People

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When choosing a career path, most of us only consider how the job itself will impact us. Would I be able to do this for 40 hours a week without losing my mind? Do I feel like my skills are being utilized in this position? Am I able to take pride in what I do?

But another important aspect you might want to consider before committing to a job is what your colleagues will be like. Redditors have recently been discussing professions that tend to attract the “most deranged people,” so we’ve gathered some of their thoughts below. Enjoy reading through this list, and be sure to upvote the jobs that you wouldn’t want to have either!

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Clergy. Never trust a man who says he speaks for god. For some unknown reason, god always wants them to have more of your money.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Nurses are either the sweetest people you'll ever meet and will go to hell and back for you to be comfortable during your stay, or the literal spawn of Satan, bullying anyone they come across and overall, not having evolved beyond high-school mean girl cliques.

There's no inbetween.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Life Coaches. Completely unregulated industry. Absolutely terrifying.

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To find out how this conversation started in the first place, we reached out to Reddit user Romeonaammera, who posed the question, "Which profession has the most deranged people?” First, we wanted to know what inspired him to start this conversation.

"Just a personal bad experience with a traffic cop in New Delhi. I was trying to convince her that I keep all my documents in digital format, and it's legal for me to do so, but she simply wouldn't budge," the author shared. "I wasted an hour trying to negotiate, and then her senior came in and tried telling her that what I was telling her is actually valid and I can show my documents in digital format. She kept on arguing even then, but I was let go. That's why I made the post seeking similar bad experiences people might've had dealing with people in different professions."

“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Nutritionists.

Note that I am not saying registered dieticians.

Edit: because some people are confused. Where I am, a registered dietician is someone who has a degree and has passed boards so that they can work in professional settings like a hospital giving medical advice.

A nutritionist is nothing. It’s usually a person with an unhealthy relationship/neurosis with food or some other disordered eating who calls themselves a nutritionist and tries to make a business of their f****d up adversarial issues with food.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Mental health professionals. My lord what a peanut gallery of weirdos and nutters. I also say that as a 20 year veteran of the profession.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People MMA fighters. A career that requires recurring head trauma is definitely gonna end up with some crazies by necessity

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We also asked the OP which professions he believes attract the craziest people. "I personally feel that cops, healthcare workers and people working in the meat industry have some of the most deranged people out there," he told Bored Panda. "The former two are primarily because of the demanding working conditions in India for these jobs and the latter, in my opinion, just demands that you be deranged to just survive in."

The author added that he hasn't personally worked in these fields, but he knows people who have.

“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs. The living embodiment of "just because you can doesn't mean you should". I swear just about every day I hear about some new "innovation" that leaves me wondering how anyone could possibly think it's in any way good for the world. Wannabe supervillains.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Psychology.

Seriously. I majored in Psychology for 2 years before switching majors, and every single person in my major classes that wanted to be a Psychologist was essentially just a really messed up person trying to figure their own s**t out and/or trying to diagnose everyone else so that they felt more normal/in control.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Public relations. You’d think PR would be full of people people, but it’s mostly big egos who believe their own b******t and can’t shoot straight—everything needs an angle or a take. They think they’re saving the world while never truly acknowledge there’s a problem in the first place.

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On the other hand, we wanted to know if the author believes any professions are full of wonderful people. "Uber Drivers," he shared. "While I have had a few not so ideal encounters with Uber drivers, for the most part, I have met amazing people who drove me from one place to the other. I think it's the rating system that makes them be extra nice, but in general, [they are]."

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Judges are so completely out of touch with reality.

At work, we would call out people’s first names when it was time for their session. He had been there for about 20 minutes and we called his name and he never responded. We did not know it was him sitting there so we figured whoever this person was had moved on. 20 minutes later I asked him for his name because I saw him sitting there for a while, and he said Mr. _____. I told him oh well we had called out his name a while ago but I would help him now.

He became incensed and that we would dare say his first name and that he only responded to “your honor” or Mr. _____ and that it was so disrespectful to call him that and he can’t believe we missed his appointment.

They live in their own world.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Slaughterhouse workers have some of the highest violent crime/domestic abuse instances of any profession.

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Kathy Richardson 5 months ago

I have lived in three different towns in the U.S. that had slaughter houses and the majority of the workers were immigrants just trying to support their families. As for the kill floor, they use an air gun most of the time to kill the animal, then they hang the animal upside down and cut the throat to bleed them the same as a hunter does when they get whatever they are hunting.

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Jackie Lulu 4 months ago

I can't imagine that this is a job that anyone aspires to.

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Donald 4 months ago

My friend works for Perdue as a site inspector. He says the slaughter houses are all full of ex-cons, he mostly works the East Coast of the US.

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Lovemyisland ️ 4 months ago

People that never gone throu necessity does not know what this is.

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Lavern Defazio 5 months ago

Went in a field trip to a slaughter house in the 3rd grade. Fed hotdogs then we were shown how it was made. Gotta love the 70s.

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Bec 4 months ago

I lived in a rural area and also went to a slaughter house field trip in the 80s. They weren't actively running that day, but explained the process. Showed us their vacuum sealer and flash freezer.

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EmAdoresHerKats🇮🇪🇩🇿🇵🇸 4 months ago

My husband is a butcher who slaughters by hand. Sweetest man ever, extremely soft spoken. Maybe OP is talking about abattoirs but my experience of farm slaughtering is much different

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Evelyn Ann 4 months ago

Op means the people who have to kill 500 cows in a row on the floor at slaughterhouse. My brother in law did it for about a month before he was dreaming about hanging on the line and having to airgun himself to death. They are nice people, usually immigrants, but it takes it's toll.

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StrangeOne 5 months ago

I believe it. These guys are on edge, thinking everyone who they talk to is a vegan nazi animal rights PETA activist, and when they do say what they do they have a traumatized, horrified tone. The way slaughter houses kill is unlike the old-fashioned farms, and how the Indigenous did it. They hang cow upside down in a row and one by one slice their neck. The cows see their brethren die this way. They're all screaming. The pigs are squealing bloody murder. There's blood pouring everywhere. I would ... likely go insane, too.

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Marsha Lane 5 months ago

Not true. Certified Hog Handlers manage the slaughter line. Pigs MUST be kept calm, the ones behind the one in the kill zone do not see that one being killed. Same with beef. Cattle are stunned before being hung for the bleed-out. The cattle behind the one being stunned cannot see what's going on.

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BrunoVI 5 months ago

In the U.S., slaughterhouse workers are majority immigrant (52%) and overwhelmingly minority (82%). The description StrangeOne is absolutely unlike what happens in America. Cattle are led individually into a chamber; no live cattle are even in the same building at the same time. They are shot in the head with a bolt. Then they are beheaded by a guillotine-like blade, instantly. There's no 'seeing their breathren dying.' There's no "screaming." The animals have no clue what's happening; they're simply instantly unconscious. (Kosher preparation forbids the use of the bolt.) There are huge amounts of blood, since you're talking the removal of an entire bull's body's worth of blood., but it's pouring from one location, so it's very simply to direct it.

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Avoidance_Panda 4 months ago

Not sure where you live, but in the UK a bolt is used in the skull to unalive, it's then hung and only then bled out. The only way anything like what you suggested would happen in the UK is if it were a Halal slaughter, then yeah it's pretty accurate.

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PeepPeep the duck 5 months ago

I can see how that would be too but it’s so weird I’m in the middle of nowhere and they are no different to the actual farmers in rural Australia- I’m currently in Dubbo nsw (it’s a shothole but I seen a lot out here now 😂)

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nottheactualphoto 4 months ago

[Citation needed] When I was in 4th grade (9 years old) we went on a school field trip to a slaughterhouse. There was no screaming. It was just meat processing. These were cows. This was the late 1960s in New York City.

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Zophra 4 months ago

StrangeOne - no, just no. I don't know where you got this information from?

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Jackie Lulu 4 months ago

Not true. Thanks to the work of one woman, Temple Grandin, slaughterhouses have been redesigned over the last couple of decades. The animals are kept calm (well, calmer) and do not see or hear what's happening up ahead. Everything runs better when there is no panic. Having said that, it's a god-awful business and I wish humans didn't have to eat meat.

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DC 4 months ago

... that people have some sort of fear from people who are XYZs' rights activists tells enough about the entire affair... vegan nazi ... oh my ... I won't go into that one. Don't want to accuse you of anything ... it's sort of a quote here, right?

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Rayne OfSalt 5 months ago

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madbakes 5 months ago

Law enforcement and veterans have higher rates of domestic violence. I don't know about overall violent crime rates.

7points

David 4 months ago

while you see this claim on PETA's website and similar orgs, there is ZERO DATA to back this up

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Steve Hall 4 months ago

Maybe nobody else wants that job.

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Cthulhu Kitty 4 months ago

I don't think this is true

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I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 4 months ago

I have never seen any evidence to back this up. It's another PETA thing that is quite possibly just made up.

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Gabby M 4 months ago

Takes a minute to honor Temple Grandin. .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Grandin

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Meowzers! 4 months ago

I'd like to see the numbers to verify this claim

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Little My 4 months ago

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Layla Layla 4 months ago

So you all can eat animals

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Zophra 4 months ago

Is there any data to back this up?

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Dumb teenager 5 months ago

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Comfortably Numb 5 months ago (edited)

Again, username checks out. Often vastly underpaid immigrants who have no other choice. Or people who live in the middle of nowhere cattle country without other options, either. No one wakes up one day and says, "I want to work in one of the most dangerous fields doing the same repetitive motion over and over again" because they have many options otherwise. Do well in school, dumb teenager, and have goals in life. Otherwise you'll find yourself working a job a younger you could never understand how someone could "want" to do for a living

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Those in the military. I'm 39 and have dated/talked to 3 different men in my lifetime who were either in the Air Force or Army. The level of mental f***ery they tried to pull... I cannot.

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Finally, we asked Romeo what he thought of the replies to his post. "I enjoyed them a lot," he noted. "Nothing particularly stood out per se, but I was surprised at the mentioned of line chefs."

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Motivational speakers.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Lawyers. Though I know some stellar attorneys, the deranged ones are numerous, oddly competent and leave a wide swath of pain, loss, and despair.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People I've dealt with a number of real estate developers. Everything from the single operator flipping houses to owners of huge development companies. There is a direct correlation between how successful they are and what insufferable pieces of s**t they are.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Car salesman in my experience. You truly have to poker face and swindle your way into a bigger pay check. I think you have to have some form of sociopathic heart to sleep at night as a car salesman.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People I'm assuming property managers at apartment complexes. The three people in the world I hope the absolute worst for are the property managers from the three complexes I've lived in. I don't know what it is about that position, but they are the most truly f*****g evil people I've ever encountered.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Fashion industry. I corrected someone who asked if the Devil Wears Prada is accurate. My reply was, it’s more like a Mean Girls version of SAW on the set of Office Space

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Grade school teachers. I have a lot of respect for the s**t that they put up with but some of the people I had as teachers in grade school should NOT be working with kids, and I don’t think my experience with that is particularly uncommon.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Sales. People who can do sales no problem are psychotic to me. Doing a couple weeks of sales calls was enough for me and I quit. You get paid to be a nuisance.

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CEO - almost every CEO is a crazy nut.

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#22

I don't know if "deranged" is the right term, but generally academics and psychiatrists always end up having screwed-up children.

Like for some reason if you have a kid who eats shoelaces and cakes his face with deodorant stick, someone will say "Oh that's Billy. Both of his parents are professors at MIT.".

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Have you ever met a stand-up comedian? Now there's a profession full of crazy geniuses you have to be a little off your rocker to willingly subject yourself to hecklers every night!

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University faculty, especially in disciplines that are unrelated to anything that makes money or has real-world applications.

Some academic departments are holding pens for personality disorders.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Back in the 70s, College professors, at least at smaller schools. These people were power tripping narcissists with massive delusions and paranoia especially around the tenure process and politics to become permanent. As a kid of two professors, saw some S**T at parties.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Psychiatrists. Different side of the same coin as their patients but think theyve found socially acceptable ways to be deranged.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Construction trades are full of angry a******s with broken bodies who resent every decision they ever made and whose only joy in life is making apprentices as miserable as they are. .

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Line cooks. Best and worst of all humanity. Don't bring a gun to a milk crate fight.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Dog Show Handlers.

The entire operation is weird as s**t and the people who travel from show to show every weekend are often quite bats**t.

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#30

Psychotherapy attracts some very dangerous people. And the licensing boards that are *supposed* to hold them accountable, for that matter.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Film producers. While you need empathy and humanity (or the ability to fake those things) to become a director, every successful film producer that i've met is some sort of a*****e.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Nonprofits + union staff. Often terrible people hiding behind moral ground of "my job is to save the world" imo.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Pretty much everyone in logistics (Truck drivers, dock workers, pickers, etc.).

The truck drivers have either killed people or are about to (And yes, Swift really are the worst). The dock workers are all ex/current d**g dealers. The pickers are tweakers and meth heads.

Every company Christmas party there would either be a fight, or at least someone threatening to stab/shoot someone.

Good times though, I always got along with them despite being office admin. Getting invited to their BBQs and parties was like going to a scene from Boyz n the Hood.

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Believe it or not, gift basket designers. I used to do gift baskets as a side gig and the amount of people that are unhinged are insane! I got hate mail from asking too many questions in one Facebook group. One quote I got was "your ugly basket designs are too much for the sophisticated gift designers" among other horrific quotes. They are self-centered, backstabbing, horrible people.

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I've heard that painters are the farthest off the deepend. The painters that have worked for me are good examples of this. Love them guys, but they are kinda crazy.

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Small town post office workers... I don't know why but everyone I've dealt with has some kind of screw loose.

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Catering….looking back it was just an insane industry to work in for as long as I did as a kid….

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People I worked as a florist for 15 years and I can confidently say that floral designers are some of the most messed-up people I’ve ever worked with. Fights breaking out at work were not uncommon. Everyone is so volatile and angry, probably because the pay sucks and the hours are brutal (especially during holidays).

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Dentists. They like to inflict pain with a smile.

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“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People Surgeons because how’re you that comfortable cutting someone open and playing with their guts.

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Howdy, I'm Adelaide! I'm originally from Texas, but after graduating from university with an acting degree, I relocated to sunny Los Angeles for a while. I then got a serious bite from the travel bug and found myself moving to Sweden and England before settling in Lithuania about two years ago. I'm passionate about animal welfare, sustainability and eating delicious food. But as you can see, I cover a wide range of topics including drama, internet trends and hilarious memes. I can easily be won over with a Seinfeld reference, vegan pastry or glass of fresh cold brew. And during my free time, I can usually be seen strolling through a park, playing tennis or baking something tasty.

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Rayne OfSalt 5 months ago

Genuinely surprised that Cop isn't on the list. Talk about a profession full of borderline sociopaths with anger disorders, superiority complexes and violent tendencies.

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StrangeOne 4 months ago

My dad is a retired officer. He has PTSD and prefers to be to himself or doing something out in the country. Rarely goes into the city for much, unless there's something he needs. He absolutely hates rap music, has a negative view of any neighbourhood in the city that isn't affluent, regardless if it's not really a bad area to the general public, and he is paranoid af with new people. He has used his badge to visit me in the hospital after visiting hours (thanks, dad, the nurses thought I was a criminal with a new baby, and treated me so.), got access to my report card at school behind my mom's back (so she says), runs every boyfriend's name through the police system and checks out his friends, too, and would get his buddies to cruise by my house about every week or so, or make b******t visits that end up being "misidentification". This is what happens when your estranged dad is a cop.

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ElfVibratorGlitter 5 months ago

I scrolled through here looking for cop or corrections officer. Surprised to not see those.

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cindy schweinefus 5 months ago

I completely agree with this.

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Donna Peluda 4 months ago

Yep, all the cops in my in home time were either petty thieves, d**g dealers or sadistic violent bastards. The chefs of police in my home town was taking bribes from club owners when he started. Now he's a highly respected member of the community..anothe bat crazy sadist who work as a bouncer with me got into the riot police.

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DC 4 months ago

Surprised me, too. Especially in countries where the education of cops-to-be is condensed to six months of shooting and shouting, while in EVERY european country, for example, any cop needs at least 2 years of apprenticity before being handed a gun and told to roam the streets.

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Angel 4 months ago

So was I. Should've been #1

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35 cabbages in a trenchcoat 4 months ago

I bet it was in the original thread, but BP probably didn't want to stir up controversy

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Glitterati 4 months ago

I’m married to one, and worked for a force for seven years (not an officer) and they’re either amazing humans or absolute psychopaths/narcissists. The higher the rank the more likely to be a genuine psychopath. The general duties are incredible people but when they want a promotion it’s not the good ones it’s the ones that would stamp on their own granny for a leg up that get them. Nepotism is a massive issue. But many like my husband put themselves on the line daily to save lives and do the revolting, hard work others don’t want to do. And believe me it’s horrific what they see and do.

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Scott Rackley 4 months ago

Related to two, went to school with two, and know others. Probably 8 or so. Given a choice I would want to spend zero time around any of them. The ego is through the roof, and none of them are above average intelligence.

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Ladedah 5 months ago

Wow. All I see here are a whole lot of generalizations and biased individual opinions. There are good and bad people in every profession. Why is this even posted?

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Angelshark 4 months ago

I agree. People are out here talking a lot of s**t. JUst like one man's treasure is another's trash, one man's normal is another's crazy. Artists are on this list. Artists...on a list of deranged people. Artists are weird, yes, eccentric, absolutely. But deranged? Hard disagree. Just as someone else was surprised there were no cops on here, why are there no CEOs? Or Billionaires? We all watched the hubris of a billionaire implode at 12,500 feet and take his family with him. To me, THAT is deranged, not someone who paints, writes, or composes.

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BrunoVI 5 months ago

Ladedah is right; even though there are a few valid points here (psychology attracts people trying to sort out their own mental issues), this just seems like an exercise in breeding prejudice.

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Moosy Girl 5 months ago

Ok, so… which of them are you? ;p

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Donna Peluda 4 months ago

Not in the cops, you can be an honest cop, but if you look the other way when you see your colleges abusing power, your just as bad .

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Moosy Girl 5 months ago

I think this list was written by a cop or someone in a customer service job, because those are conspicuously absent… ;)

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Orysha 5 months ago

Or a politician.

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Jeff Jones 5 months ago

Common thread here is- PEOPLE

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Mimi M 4 months ago

'I love humanity - it's people I can't stand!'. Or - 'Life would be great if it weren't for other people!'

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Toothless Feline 5 months ago

Lots of stereotypes and attempts to create stereotypes here. Far too many generalizations. And a complete lack of compassion and sympathy for others. Yes, every job has truly messed-up people, and some do seem to attract more than others. But there is no field that is without such people, and there is no field where everyone is that messed up. Like everything else in the universe, they’re distributed unevenly and mostly randomly, based on what opportunities fall each person’s way.

9points

dollh h 4 months ago

The common thread seems to be the unhinged comments, from people that assume because they've met someone in a profession that they had issues with, that all are like this. This listicle is just a massive hate bomb.

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StrangeOne 4 months ago

Telemarketers and market researchers. One does coke, the other never stops being nosy when they're off the clock.

5points

Nils Skirnir 5 months ago

Seems as if everyone hates everyone

5points

Bowtechie 5 months ago

All this list has demonstrated is that every industry - especially ones with high saturation - has at least one handful of nutjobs (and likely more than one).

4points

DB 4 months ago

The one thing you can count on with a post like this are the great number of police and military haters crawling out from under their rocks to put their two cents in.

3points

Helena 5 months ago

Police

3points

DB 4 months ago

I'm surprised that HR didn't top the list.

2points

kansasmagic 5 months ago

My takeaway is that apparently every job has the "most" deranged workers...

1point

BrunoVI 5 months ago

I don't mean to invalidate any political viewpoints through guilt-by-association. Or promote any conspiracy-minded politicians or organizations, like Q. But Washington, DC is today dominated by hive-minded people who hate their fellow humans and believe that the rest of America is too stupid to be entrusted with democratic processes. In a way, it's WORSE than a conspiracy; no-one needs to get their marching orders; it's just a perfect coalescence of minds of self-important would-be overlords.

1point

Mimi M 4 months ago

Agreed. The purpose of gov't is to serve the people, to work for the people - but I think the taste of power makes some people forget that.

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Paul C. 5 months ago

Scaffolders, just about everyone I've ever met, has been a borderline Psychopath.

1point

Orysha 5 months ago

Seriously, no one said politicians when we know Trump and Milei or cops a job that attracts violent psychos ? ACAB

1point

StrangeOne 4 months ago

I saw politicians in the Reddit thread.

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Max Fox 4 months ago

There seem to be an inordinate number of people who are making claims about different occupations based on what they read or saw on TV.

0points

Reset Game 4 months ago

What should have been on the list - cops, ICE agents, social workers, customer service supervisors & executive management for homeless nonprofits All toxic toads

0points

Mark Leroy Work 4 months ago

Seems like EVERY profession is listed here.....dang!

0points

Dawn Davison Clements 4 months ago

I came to say that exact thing. As a former cop I can definitely say it should be high on this list.

0points

Mimi M 4 months ago

C'mon, y'all - you know this post was fun for sh/t-talking!

0points

Beak Hookage 4 months ago

Publishing. Don't even get me started.

0points

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 4 months ago

5 psychologist related ones, quite amusing

0points

visacrum 4 months ago

Podiatrists. I had a position where I regularly handled Medical Education meetings for Spine surgeons, Orthopedists (think extremities mainly), and Podiatrists. After each meeting, there would be a 'reception' afterwards. Spine surgeons were divas. Expected the best, scoffed at less than the best. Orthopedists were just after free stuff. They would bring their family to the reception (they weren't supposed to), they would pile everything (usually butler passed hors d'oeuvres) onto their plates. But Podiatrists...my GOD every single time it was like Animal house. Not even the same group of Podiatrists, it was a different group EVERY TIME. Stealing wine glasses. I remember one of their spouses (spouses were allowed btw) showing everyone about 'spirit hands' as a cheerleader and half the group immediately invaded the lobby giving everyone 'spirit hands'. One group managed to detach a decoration from a wall. And omg taking MULTIPLE to-go bottles of wine! I don't know what it is about them

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h to da izzle 4 months ago

i might add the middle to upper management in certain parts of the social service system. especially here in germany. i worked at quite a few organisations and the base workers are all fine people ripping their heart out for the kids, but as soon as it comes to the middle management position people just don't seem to care anymore. they litteraly give a f**k about the kids, its all about numbers, money and how to manage it that you delegate all your work to the people that are actively working with the kids. screw you L.L.

0points

WalterWhiteSavannah 4 months ago

I'm also surprised roofer didn't make the cut. 15 years in construction I knew some decent dudes who were roofers but a large majority were alcoholics, meth heads, and just generally screwed up people.

0points

Mimi M 4 months ago

Yeah, I was thinking about roofers too. Not bad people, just have their decent chunk of d**g-users and alcoholics. Gotta respect 'em, though - hard work and often dangerous.

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Andrea L 5 months ago

Elementary school teachers. Not all but so many teachers are nuts. I was a teacher and was shocked at how many were just nuts and seem to get nuttier with every school year.

0points

Two_rolling_black_eyes 5 months ago

Physical therapist. I'm glad they exist and they perform a vital service but the job is to hurt people. You have to be sadistic to force a 77 year old grandma who is taking opiates just to stand up and make them walk.

0points

censorshipsucks 5 months ago

so I've seen two votes for florists and about 5 votes for shrinks in the list above. I suspect this means we agree that shrinks are nuts.

0points

Tyranamar Seuss 5 months ago

Home health care workers. I work in addictions. Scarily, the last job everyone goes to before they're completely unable to work is construction or home health care. It's frightening how many people with active addiction are being invited into people's homes to take care of a vulnerable individual when they can't even care for themselves. And they're actively stealing.

0points

Io Bella 4 months ago

CSI TECHNICIAN! picking up sell cases, domestic violence victims, picking DNA on a perk who just rapped someone...

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Rayne OfSalt 5 months ago

Genuinely surprised that Cop isn't on the list. Talk about a profession full of borderline sociopaths with anger disorders, superiority complexes and violent tendencies.

51points

StrangeOne 4 months ago

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ElfVibratorGlitter 5 months ago

I scrolled through here looking for cop or corrections officer. Surprised to not see those.

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cindy schweinefus 5 months ago

I completely agree with this.

5points

Donna Peluda 4 months ago

3points

DC 4 months ago

1point

Angel 4 months ago

So was I. Should've been #1

1point

35 cabbages in a trenchcoat 4 months ago

I bet it was in the original thread, but BP probably didn't want to stir up controversy

1point

Glitterati 4 months ago

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Scott Rackley 4 months ago

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Ladedah 5 months ago

Wow. All I see here are a whole lot of generalizations and biased individual opinions. There are good and bad people in every profession. Why is this even posted?

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Angelshark 4 months ago

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BrunoVI 5 months ago

Ladedah is right; even though there are a few valid points here (psychology attracts people trying to sort out their own mental issues), this just seems like an exercise in breeding prejudice.

1point

Moosy Girl 5 months ago

Ok, so… which of them are you? ;p

1point

Donna Peluda 4 months ago

Not in the cops, you can be an honest cop, but if you look the other way when you see your colleges abusing power, your just as bad .

0points

Moosy Girl 5 months ago

I think this list was written by a cop or someone in a customer service job, because those are conspicuously absent… ;)

27points

Orysha 5 months ago

Or a politician.

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Jeff Jones 5 months ago

Common thread here is- PEOPLE

9points

Mimi M 4 months ago

'I love humanity - it's people I can't stand!'. Or - 'Life would be great if it weren't for other people!'

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Toothless Feline 5 months ago

9points

dollh h 4 months ago

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StrangeOne 4 months ago

Telemarketers and market researchers. One does coke, the other never stops being nosy when they're off the clock.

5points

Nils Skirnir 5 months ago

Seems as if everyone hates everyone

5points

Bowtechie 5 months ago

All this list has demonstrated is that every industry - especially ones with high saturation - has at least one handful of nutjobs (and likely more than one).

4points

DB 4 months ago

The one thing you can count on with a post like this are the great number of police and military haters crawling out from under their rocks to put their two cents in.

3points

Helena 5 months ago

Police

3points

DB 4 months ago

I'm surprised that HR didn't top the list.

2points

kansasmagic 5 months ago

My takeaway is that apparently every job has the "most" deranged workers...

1point

BrunoVI 5 months ago

1point

Mimi M 4 months ago

Agreed. The purpose of gov't is to serve the people, to work for the people - but I think the taste of power makes some people forget that.

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Paul C. 5 months ago

Scaffolders, just about everyone I've ever met, has been a borderline Psychopath.

1point

Orysha 5 months ago

Seriously, no one said politicians when we know Trump and Milei or cops a job that attracts violent psychos ? ACAB

1point

StrangeOne 4 months ago

I saw politicians in the Reddit thread.

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Max Fox 4 months ago

There seem to be an inordinate number of people who are making claims about different occupations based on what they read or saw on TV.

0points

Reset Game 4 months ago

What should have been on the list - cops, ICE agents, social workers, customer service supervisors & executive management for homeless nonprofits All toxic toads

0points

Mark Leroy Work 4 months ago

Seems like EVERY profession is listed here.....dang!

0points

Dawn Davison Clements 4 months ago

I came to say that exact thing. As a former cop I can definitely say it should be high on this list.

0points

Mimi M 4 months ago

C'mon, y'all - you know this post was fun for sh/t-talking!

0points

Beak Hookage 4 months ago

Publishing. Don't even get me started.

0points

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 4 months ago

5 psychologist related ones, quite amusing

0points

visacrum 4 months ago

0points

h to da izzle 4 months ago

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WalterWhiteSavannah 4 months ago

0points

Mimi M 4 months ago

Yeah, I was thinking about roofers too. Not bad people, just have their decent chunk of d**g-users and alcoholics. Gotta respect 'em, though - hard work and often dangerous.

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Andrea L 5 months ago

Elementary school teachers. Not all but so many teachers are nuts. I was a teacher and was shocked at how many were just nuts and seem to get nuttier with every school year.

0points

Two_rolling_black_eyes 5 months ago

0points

censorshipsucks 5 months ago

so I've seen two votes for florists and about 5 votes for shrinks in the list above. I suspect this means we agree that shrinks are nuts.

0points

Tyranamar Seuss 5 months ago

0points

Io Bella 4 months ago

CSI TECHNICIAN! picking up sell cases, domestic violence victims, picking DNA on a perk who just rapped someone...

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