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Not everyone was blessed with the job they love, not even with the job they truly care for. For many, it’s all just a 9-hour long daily bender that vindicates the holy time known as days off. But some people are taking this logic to the extreme, which becomes a cause for many hilarious occupational mishaps.

And there’s an online group known as the Not My Job subreddit that documents the most hilarious fails spotted on duty. And if it doesn’t seem like being asked to paint a wall or install a street light is that big of a deal, they are about to prove you wrong. Created in 2013, the community has 717k members sharing smile-cracking content, or, as their laconic description says, examples of “[Placeholder - Jim, put a good description].”

Keep in mind that nobody really knows whether the mishaps were deliberate, since they may have been caused by the mind wandering elsewhere, but it’s still absolutely comical to see the job done so that it barely passes the minimum threshold.

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ML
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Made me laugh. I wouldn't even mind reading that when watching this cartoon. Would just laugh and miss all the rest.

ズムᄃノ
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think its a anime not a cartoon (I dont understand why i was downvoted? I was just saying what i was thinking?)

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Vorknkx
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember watching a really poorly dubbed first episode of Naruto where Naruto himself sounded like an adult (and a chain-smoker too) and spoke with a rather rural accent, several female characters had male voices (while a few male characters spoke with a falsetto), and some the meanings of some words could sometimes change mid-sentence.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Considering it's Plastic Nee-San, it probably wouldn't make much sense, regardless.

Susie Eagar
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I watch a lot of British shows, and the misheard subtitles are pretty funny! The one I'm watching right now just writes "(inaudible)" when they can't understand. It averages about 20 "(inaudibles)" an episode!

Jihan Kim
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember a Korean subtitles for an English movie which the maker admitted faking it all through the movie... at the end of the movie.

Kisses4Katie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to borrow fansubs for Dragon Ball GT back in 97/98/99! Good times, those tapes got around!!

Sasha Kuleshov
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember watching an Anime that had the captions: "something in Spanish" XD

MiaOokami
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's better than "People die when they are killed" and "Fun things are fun"

Marta Kęska
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once I watched the movie, the most important, emotional moment and the translation says: "don't understand, some psychological bullshit"

Claire Armstrong
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol, I'd be laughing so much I'd need to keep rewinding the bloody thing lol! I couldn't tell you how many times I've had to do that because I've been laughing so much at something I've been watching! The most recent thing I've been like that with was a compilation video of Trump saying stupid things, things like "THIGH-land" and so on lol! Need to watch that multiple times, my man hasn't even made it to the end lol, he feels as if his head's going to explode watching it lol!

Full of Giggles
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uhhh...no. The translator's skill level may not be the issue. I used to write subtitles for reality-tv shows. I speak fluent English and French so I was assigned French-Canadian shows. I had just as many issues with French dialogue as I did with English. Sometimes the character speaks too fast, the sound quality is poor, or they have a thick accent and it makes it difficult to make out what they're saying. The worst, in any language, is when women ugly cry and sound like a howler monkey.

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Emily
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This reminds me of an episode of attack on titan I watched some of the episode had subtitles and some didn't

okpkpkp
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Subtitles should be blocked in at the bottom in black and written in white for we visually impaired. There should be some continuity from show to show. Some are so light they are unreadable or they disappear into the picture. My little rant, sorry.

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Bored Panda reached out to the creator and moderator of the r/NotMyJob subreddit, who goes by the handle u/ani625, to find out more about this online community. u/ani625 explained that the saying “not my job” in the title of the subreddit refers to someone doing just their bare minimum of their job, and nothing more. 

“This results in the 'product' being far from neat/complete/usable, depending on what it is,” the moderator explained. This extreme lack of care and attention makes it a perfect combo for absurd situations, which fuels r/NotMyJob.

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The community was launched 7 years ago when “an image of a dead animal painted over on a road became popular on another subreddit.” u/ani625 said that this particular case depicted the road painters being too lazy to do a better job.

“Someone said the phrase 'not my job!' in the comments, and people seem to be interested in such an idea. I created /r/NotMyJob and linked the subreddit then and there, which got its first few subscribers.”

From there, it picked up steam “as users kept on mentioning the sub all over Reddit whenever they saw such content, and the subreddit grew.” Today, it has about 25-30 daily posts shared by 717k members.

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Should We Tow The Car Boss? Not Our Job, Leave It

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Added The Headline Text, Boss!

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When “Rock Moving” Wasn’t In The Job Description

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Painting The Parking Lot

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Fixed The Clock, Boss!

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Ok Boss I Found The Vietnamese Flag U Wanted

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Painted The Bike-Lane, Boss

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