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#2

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Teaching. They get completely s**t on by the kids and the parents.

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472points

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DUN DUN (she/her) 2 years ago

Absolutely. Sometimes parents meddle too much in their child's school life. It's ok to supervise what your child's been doing and whatnot, but for god's sake let the teachers handle how and what they teach in class. And I get it, there are some wacko teachers and they need a constant reminder of their job, but there are really good ones who have become so frustrated with all the nags! As if the school's pressure and the workload wasn't enough :(

79points

#3

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Nursing. Long hours, hard work, front line workers for dealing with annoying ass and insane people, the definition of “I don’t get paid enough for this s**t!” Edit: thank you for the awards! My first ones :)

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422points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

This thread is about disrespecting professions. I don't know about all the other countries but here in Europe they get our respect. I will punch anyone in the face who disrespects these fantastic people.

8points

#4

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Farmers. Agriculture used to be something everyone had to do. Now people don't give a second thought about where there food comes from.

NotaFossilFool Report

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410points

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Dre Mosley 2 years ago

Grew up on a small farm. The work never stops.

93points

#5

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) In these current times, apparently a scientist.

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351points

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Hawkmoon 2 years ago

There are too many scientists. On my Facebook wall alone, I have dozens of virologists, who have also just become specialists in wars and geopolitics.

82points

Tee Witt 2 years ago

I am a scientist, I know I do not understand politics well enough to make strong arguments but I do know wars are Wrong.

11points

Catarina 2 years ago

We ar ALL COVID specialists by now

7points

Oskar vanZandt 2 years ago

Arm chair experts... prolific new polymaths of social media.

3points

BigFootToo 2 years ago

Fascinating isn't it. Karen is a doctor, and nurse plus a teacher. Now shes a foreign policy guru with credentials at the UN and the Hague. Tomorrow she'sa barista and Top Chef. Monday she's a lawyer and janitor

2points

P. Mozzani 2 years ago

I have found that social media is FILLED with "experts," who haven't the training or the education, yet are quick to put forth their opinions, disguised as facts.

1point

Brian Bennett 2 years ago

Yeah don'tcha just love all them Facebook scientists - most of 'em are dumber than dirt. Granted they all have Phd's Pin headed dopes! Just can't unnerstand why they haven't wiped covid of the face of the earth!

-2points

ZAPanda 2 years ago

Guys here's an interesting exercise. Read novels from the early 20th century and late 19th. Often the hero is a scientist. Then read novels or watch movies from later times. The hero is an average joe or an action man. Case in point. War of the worlds. The hero: originally a scientist. The 2005 version? Average joe is the hero. America fundamentally has become anti-science. In fact, since the whole Scopes trial.

11points

Tamra Stiffler 2 years ago

And Republican lawmakers are trying to ban the teaching of evolution in some states, so as not to contradict christian beliefs. Mind-boggling.

10points

Otter 2 years ago

Scientists used to be well paid and have secure jobs, that's what's changed! Now you have people like Mayim Bialyk leaving science for acting because she needed medical insurance for her family, and the guy in my nursing school who left "the uncertain income" of a research science to be a nurse anesthetist. Too many scientists are treated like temp workers these days, constantly looking for the next paying gig and wondering how they'll ever get benefits.

9points

Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

When acting is a more secure and better paid job than science, it is indeed a strange world.

5points

Chuck daniels 2 years ago

That's a sad state of affairs

1point

Carla Woods 2 years ago

She left acting to go to school.

0points

Mitchell 2 years ago

Ohhh noooooo

9points

Paul Davis 2 years ago

Anyone who can think objectively and do math is the natural enemy of the Trump supporter and most Republican politicians, who rely heavily on public ignorance and stupidity to allow them to continue to rob everyone. So they viciously attack teachers, librarians, nurses, doctors, engineers, scientists, and anyone else with learning.

8points

Chuck daniels 2 years ago

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Vix 2 years ago

Yep, my shop floor colleague KNOWS FOR A FACT that Covid 'isn't real and is made up by terrorists' , telling a group of us this and one lad lost his Grandma along with 11 others in the Care Home due to Covid.

6points

Auntriarch 2 years ago

I really don't know how I have managed to get through the last couple of years without punching anyone in the snoot

5points

Droopsnoot 2 years ago

Back then, scientist was more than just someone with a degree. If you finished university, you're not immediately immune to sprouting b******t

3points

Christopher Duffy 2 years ago

Its the same now. No-one can claim to be a scientist simply for having a degree in a STEM subject. Its a professional position that involves conducting research, publishing findings, training other researchers and having proven impact. I think the problem is that the general public dont really understand what science is and what scientists actually do. The ethical scrutiny we are under is enormous, our pay is typically low (in exchange for a very rewarding and flexible job) and we are our own harshest critics (because publishing something and then being told you've made an elementary error is mortifying).

7points

JJ 2 years ago

And then (real) scientists also disrespect other (real) scientists, esp. of other sciences... Discourse culture has changed a lot recently.

2points

Janice Hazeldine 2 years ago

only by the ignorant

2points

Philly Bob Squires 2 years ago (edited)

Ask the dear leader who knows more about science than any scientist that ever lived, and more about medicine than any doctor that ever lived... OH and more about war than any general who ever lived and more about weather than any meteorologist that ever lived and more about business than any businessman who ever lived... ad nauseam. The biggliest, the bestest and he never fails or loses. Always the best... just ask him!

1point

September 2 years ago

All the scientists will eventually move to Mars, where they will be invaluable and very appreciated. Leave Earth to the religious nuts killing each other over their gods and dying of disease and climate change effects that they don't believe exist.

1point

Shelley Kapach 2 years ago

Fingers crossed!😁

0points

Moneythink 2 years ago

Scientists have largely been co-opted by corporate interests, which do not favor human interests. Those who have resisted this trend get ostracised.

1point

Leslie Burleson 2 years ago

Scientists know that the "facts" of science often change . A good scientist never considers the science settled

1point

Mistiekim 2 years ago

Umm - I’m confused by what you are referring to here. A fact is a fact. There are scientific principles that have been established, and ideas are built upon them. Technology advances and the science advances. The technology for bacterial IDs has advanced to the molecular level, but that wouldn’t be possible without basic science first.

0points

V Martinez 2 years ago

My son has a shirt that reads, "Act in Defiance, Embrace Science!"

1point

*me* 2 years ago

Science > Facebook

1point

Carla Woods 2 years ago

Still don’t know how a piece of cloth is supposed to stop the “deadliest” virus in the world. 😒

0points

Thomas Turnbull 2 years ago

No

0points

Chava Bahle 2 years ago

Check out Thomas M. Nichols, The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

0points

Daniel Marsh 2 years ago

Scientists are still respected. The controversy is over whether bureaucrats can expect fanatical worship and totalitarian control over the entire nation by insisting people obey by "following the science." Science does not lead. Science does not demand censorship, or an end to skepticism. Science lives on skepticism.

0points

Tamra Stiffler 2 years ago (edited)

Science also educates and enlightens. If science tells me that a vaccine will keep me alive in the face of a pandemic illness, and can help keep my community healthier and safe, then I listen to the science. That seems like logic and reason, as opposed to "fanatical worship". I guess that's where the divide is, between some people.

1point

Chuck daniels 2 years ago

I respect any scientist that backs up their claims with presentable facts and data. If they just make mouth claims, ignore them.

0points

Tamra Stiffler 2 years ago

For once, I agree with you.

0points

Seedy Vine 2 years ago

Everyone thinks they can science these days.

0points

Pamela Blue 2 years ago

Of course! Everyone has become a PhD in Google (or a Masters in Facebook - take your pick)

1point

Francisco Manuel Teruel Gutiérrez 2 years ago

Because I can find all answers in Twitter!!!

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*me* 2 years ago

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Meike H 2 years ago

Depends on the circle

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DC 2 years ago

Applies to a very phony minority at least. Protesters demanding that Mr. Drosten should be in jail, or have there even been death-wishes, threats, towards him? I lost track of the stupidities and violent wet dreams of the insane ...

0points

Anapv 2 years ago

Sadly true

0points

jmdirks 2 years ago

Every one, no matter what they're politics, are entitled to they're opinions.

-1point

#6

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Journalist. It used to be a respected and necessary career, now, for more than one reason, it's lost almost all the respect it had.

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284points

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Carbonel 2 years ago

… which is a shame because we really need proper journalism… the kind that seeks to uncover and lay bare the truth.

138points

#7

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Philosopher. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. Now if someone tells you they are a philosopher you probably assume they don’t have a job and do a lot of drugs.

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266points

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rspanther 2 years ago

A stand up philosopher is a better career path. I wonder who will get the reference?

46points

#8

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Police, you would have to be crazy to join the force right now.

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Al Christensen 2 years ago

And the crazy people are joining, which is why police are disrespected.

172points

#9

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Priest for obvious reasons

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244points

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Dre Mosley 2 years ago

They(the Catholic Church)did it to themselves by sweeping things under the rug and paying hush money for decades.

136points

#10

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) My aunt crushed it as a travel agent in the '80s/'90s. The internet totally blindsided her

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210points

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Janice Hazeldine 2 years ago

If you can get a really good one that does their research they are worth so much. Sadly most of them just book easy stuff so you might was well do it yourself.

47points

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#11

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Lawyer.

I’m one and I’ve already heard all the jokes, thanks.

In the 19th century it really was a position of prestige. In the mid-20th century it meant Atticus Finch.

Now it’s just the equivalent of ambulance chaser in the minds of most people. And it’s too bad, because when you actually need one, you see what they genuinely do.

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204points

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Robin DJW 2 years ago

Lawyers are great, but you have to admit the big, blaring "I will sue anyone for you" billboards don't give a very nice look into the profession.

12points

#12

News media, regardless of their "slant." We've gone from Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite to talking heads and sound bites. Kids today won't believe that back in the day somebody came on TV or the radio and told you the who, what, where, when, why and how- and you were expected to make your own mind about it. Yes, there were editorial/opinion sections, but they were separate from the news reporting. And "journalistic integrity" is filed away somewhere with buggy whips and vacuum tubes.

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195points

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Braineating Spleen 2 years ago

Tucker Carlson is the the embodiment of what wrong with the news

111points

#13

Human Resources.

I get it, the protect the company and not the employee, but over the last 20 years that scale has tipped so far that modern HR practices are barely legal and usually unethical.

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185points

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Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 2 years ago (edited)

I emailed my HR lady last week. I know she’s insanely busy but I got no reply, so I asked her if she received it. She said, very irritably: “oh, no, we never read your emails.” 🙃 not sure why I deserve that cause I only email them like 3 times a year about tiny routine things that I’m required to do. I unfortunately told her to her face “weird flex but okay” and she didn’t like that 😂 (pray for me)

13points

#14

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Critic, for the most part. It used to be that to be taken seriously as a critic, you had to have some accomplishments in the field you were critiquing, to show that your opinion on the subject was worth some value. Somewhere along the way, the position devolved to "any as***le with an opinion is a critic". It has fallen even further in the internet age, with "critics" giving obviously stupid "hot takes" just so their name can be spread out among the media.

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177points

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lucygoosey0903 2 years ago

WHERES THE LAMB SAUCE

47points

#15

No professions seem to be respected these days. Respect went away roughly 10-15 years ago.

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156points

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Leet_loves_space 2 years ago

what about dinosaur trainers or pirates?

41points

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#16

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) School principal. Teachers who fail in the classroom flee to administration because they're too heavily invested to quit and start a new career. Of those, the ones with high ambition, low self-awareness, and weak personal character tend to fail upwards by parroting trendy buzzwords and supporting failed pedagogy. You'll meet the odd unicorn, but most principals are incompetent at everything except camouflaging their incompetence behind buzzwords and task-offloading.

Final score:

152points

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Meg Hurst 2 years ago

This is explained quite well!

28points

#17

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Chef. My dad was a chef and in his day you could have your pick of jobs. Literally walk out of a restaurant and into another by the end of the day. People respected them and allowed creative and financial freedom. Now I work as a chef and I constantly have to answer to people ( managers, waitresses etc ) who have absolutely 0 culinary experience. The pay is sh**ty, the hours are ridiculous it's about 3 decades behind in terms of workers rights. This goes double for smaller places like non-chain bars and restaurants. They know that theirs always another chef looking for a new gig and often have no problems treating chefs like absolute dogs**t.

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147points

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Mitchell 2 years ago

That sounds awful. Not helped by a*****e celebrity chefs that give the impression that all chefs are entitled, arrogant dickheads allowed to throw tantrums and abuse people.

59points

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#18

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Air hostess- Once the symbol of glamor now its like a joke

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143points

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Kai David 2 years ago

My husband is an airline steward for one of the major airlines. People that fly have become rude, abusive, confrontational, physically attack staff, defy and ignore rules

22points

#19

Spinster. In the middle ages, it was a respected career which could keep a woman financially independent and secure. She worked damn hard and had to be physically strong and good with money. And a spinster could choose to be in a relationship, but it wasn't imperative for her survival. Nowadays it's just become a term for middle aged or older single women and the fact it used to be a respected job title has been all but forgotten.

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138points

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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

They were called spinsters because they worked spinning wool, if anyone's confused.

170points

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#20

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Milkman, now they are just everyones secret father.

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134points

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Robert T 2 years ago

This is BS. My MILs milkman turned out to be an excellent plumber. Radiator burst and what we thought was a little drip was pouring water into the outside porch. He managed to get it isolated before I managed to get there! He is an absolute star in my book!

41points

#21

I wanted to say politician but they have always been hated the more I think about it

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131points

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Droopsnoot 2 years ago

Do royals count? They were once honorable leaders, now either dictators or useless fools

39points

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#22

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) President of russia

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129points

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Raven Sheridan 2 years ago

There's a difference between being respected and towing the company line, for fear of being shot. 🤔

48points

#23

For me personally, doctor. I used to hold them in high regard until I started working with them. Most are lazy, greedy and do not know a single thing outside of medicine. Some don't even know medicine!

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126points

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ChimeraBubbles 2 years ago

I only respect a doctor if they show respect for me. I'll acknowledge their expertise, I'm not questioning that. As soon as they try to tell me what I'm able to sense in my body or what my life is like with a disability they can piss off. I don't know what life is like in their body why assume they know what it's like in mine? Keeping me as healthy as possible is a mutual endeavour. Respect goes both ways.

64points

#24

Musicians that played dynamite saxophone solos in rock and roll songs.

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123points

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Papa Bonez 2 years ago

Yes, yes, yes.

24points

#25

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Elevator attendants. Once revered engineers capable of lifting humans hundreds of feet in the air. Now a comedic relic of a by gone era.

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122points

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Janice Hazeldine 2 years ago

This is the only one on the list that actually fits the descriptoin of this list.

28points

#26

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Human Computers' to do mathematical calculations.

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106points

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ADHORTATOR 2 years ago

they will come back as mentats :-)

26points

#27

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Optician. Back in the day, if you were an old-school Optician you knew absolutely everything about complicated prescription issues, making glasses, grinding lenses, manufacturing a complete set of glasses yourself from your own lab in the back of the store. Nowadays it’s mostly 20 yr old idiots who take a cr**py little express program to certify themselves as ‘Opticians’ , but all orders are sent to an outside lab to be made. If you have a problem with your glasses, 90% of these ‘opticians’ have no idea how to solve your problem. It’s also now essentially just a glorified salesperson job.

Source: Im an ex-optician who’s biggest mistake in life so far was wasting years on that sh**ty low-paying “career”

MaybeBaby95 Report

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105points

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Mitchell 2 years ago

Always struggled with the fact that 90% of the script I end up with is dependent on my own unqualified interpretation of “which is clearer, this one…or this one”

57points

#28

Translators used to be members of royal courts, but are now full-on taken advantage of by agencies who know nothing about the industry, but hold all the clients. They often expect people with B.A.s, M.A.s, multiple certifications, and decades of experience to work for very low pay

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94points

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Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

Or people who think google is a capable translator and just want you to tweak what google shat out a little for pennies.

31points

#29

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) My friends Dad was a pretty successful ad salesman for yellowpages. After no one needed phone books anymore and he cheated on his wife and had 2 divorces, and bought a purple harley with a dragon on it, he then became a seller of funeral packages...

DarTouiee Report

Final score:

86points

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Mitchell 2 years ago

This sounds like it should be a 13 part series in Humans of New York

62points

#30

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Alchemist

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78points

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Guy Incognito 2 years ago

Thanks to particle colliders alchemy is a real career now.

5points

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#31

Models - seems like anyone with a camera and a social media account can call themselves one now.

Final score:

22points

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

modelling industry was vile and cocaine-fueled. If you want to see a disaster go watch GIA, with angelina jolie. Depressing as fukc.

4points

#32

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Clowns were seen as funny back then, but now everyone is terrified of them

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21points

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Raven Sheridan 2 years ago

Clowns were never funny.

38points

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#33

Journalists and News Anchors (at least in America)

While there are still a great deal of respectable news outlets, a lot of respect for the industry has been lost because of those who are simply mouthpieces to the corporate propaganda machine.

Most major news networks and publishers have put profits over journalism, turned the news cycle into 24-hour theater, and caused untold damage to our collective mindset. They hire charismatic anchors and manipulative writers to try and make the readers and watchers believe whatever will bring the most profits and help those in power the most.

Final score:

21points

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Scipio Africanus 2 years ago

News companies shouldn’t be affiliated with any political party

3points

#34

Singer. They just use autotune with no real skil

QuantumRaiken Report

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20points

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Thomas Sweda 2 years ago

Wrong Pas. Today’s popular singers aren’t singers they’re SCREAMERS !

7points

#35

Lawyers are both loved and hated. Notice how parents are proud to say their child grew up to be a lawyer. How prestigious! But then when, as a society, we talk about "slimy money grubbers" lawyers get lumped in to that group not uncommonly.

mordjs Report

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18points

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Donkey boi 2 years ago

Fair point!

1point

#36

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Witches. Or Magicians.

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17points

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Jasper Cool 2 years ago

I'd love to know when witches were predominantly respected. Maybe in fantasy novels.

9points

#37

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Radio DJ. Even in small cities, the dj’s were well known. Today, there is still some level of fame in large cities (the morning drive time team), but radio is dying….

ApoplecticAndroid Report

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17points

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Zoe's Mom 2 years ago

I'm sick of these 'shock jocks' that thinks it's funny to put people in harm's way to increase their listening audience.

16points

#38

Royalty

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17points

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Dre Mosley 2 years ago

I never understood the infatuation with it.

13points

#39

Congressman

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16points

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

well if yall stop taking bribes and calling it "lobbying" maybe that will improve.

9points

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#40

Astrologer

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15points

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J P 2 years ago

aka scammers

15points

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#41

Anything in the corporate media

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14points

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

well of course, because it's basically punting s**t you do not need to buy and interrupting your tv show. die.

1point

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#42

Commercial Pilot.

Back in the day, a pilot was a man's man with great pay. Today the regional carriers pay less than a minimum wage job at 40 hours a week. Just to get to that point a person must spend years of time building or fast track by spending a fortune.

Final score:

14points

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

Hmm maybe usa. Here they are still considered rock stars and overpaid.

3points

#43

Probably pilot Once second only to astronauts, now just glorified bus driver.

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Paul Davis 2 years ago

Last I heard it was almost impossible to make a living as a pilot, they don't get enough flying hours to survive on and it's hard to even keep enough flying hours to maintain qualification.

1point

#44

IT support

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13points

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Dre Mosley 2 years ago

The company would pretty much implode without the IT guys though.

2points

#45

Journalist.

I still remember wanting to study journalism in college back in the early 90. I wanted to be the next Hunter S. Thompson (I definitely did enough hallucinogens) and in high school I had several short stories and articles published in a very niche tabletop gaming magazine that was distributed internationally. My life took a different turn and I'm glad it did. Nowadays there's no such thing as a respected journalist. They're all basically shills who seem like they need to hustle for every dime they make because thanks to the internet anyone can be a "journalist".

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12points

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Béla Kun 2 years ago

It's not the internet's fault. The problem is that we made it so that morons can use it now and they flooded the whole network, then companies realized that they are the main base and started to cater to them, and from that point the internet is f-ed.

2points

#46

Chief Information Officer; in the 1990s that was a very prestigious position in a company. It showed the street that the company took technology seriously.

Now, if you work in a business where tech isn't the product, your CIO or SVP of Tech reports to the Chief Financial Officer. Most times it isn't a strategic C-level job. You watch the budget and look to outsource as much as possible. Try to be aligned with the business, who really doesn't want anything to do with you other than what you can give them for less money. Rough gig.

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11points

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Paul Davis 2 years ago

One corporation I worked in, I know the CIO was completely handicapped by the fact his colleagues didn't want to hear or understand how technology affects the company and what the technological needs were, saying that was all to hard to understand. And even told him to never say big technical words like "computer". In other words, they were a bunch of morons. That corporation is a slim shadow of its former self now, though -- all thanks to technological competition they were too incompetent to deal with.

2points

#47

Anything in retail (mostly food shops) I often hear people saying to their children if they don't do well in school then they will work at "tesco" for the rest of their lives.

But in reality people in retail usually do it as a waiting ground or to fund other projects. For instance I do it to fund my films whilst I learn how to drive.

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11points

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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 2 years ago

Believe it or not, some people want to work in retail. They enjoy certain aspects such as merchandise displaying, organizing, they actually like the products and get a discount on them. I used to think waitstaff were just doing it to get themselves through college or rank up in the restaurant business. I asked a girl at a restaurant what she wanted to be (I believe there was more leading up to this question but I can't remember what), and she surprised me by saying a waitress. I didn't know this was a career goal. It gave me a new perspective that it's okay for any job to be a career goal if that's what you enjoy doing. Money can't be about everything.

1point

#48

Umbrella repairman. We had one in our town years ago

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11points

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Ogre Juan Canolli 2 years ago

Anything Repairman. Now It's "Broken ? F*ckit. Toss It."

11points

#49

The town crier

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10points

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Thomas Sweda 2 years ago

I know bro, I cry, and NOBODY in my town shows me any respect.

9points

Bladepoint_Briefing Report

#50

“What Profession Was Once Highly Respected, But Is Now A Complete Joke?” (30 Answers) Jester. In the olden times they used to be entertainers, housekeepers, comedians and yardsmen to kings and nobles. They had to empty the toilets and entertain the king while he took a dump.

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10points

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Droopsnoot 2 years ago

See "clown" for this (and possibly politician).

9points

#51

I feel like the Air Force soldiers are made fun of because 'their work isn't holding a gun on the ground,' and feel like they only ever do work when there's a war and they need to fly planes. This is absolute bulls***t. More air force soldiers work with the space division, control satellites, do mapping, fly planes (yes) but not just during a war. They safely transport important politicians to necessary meetings. Their lives are high risk out there too. They are not to be demonetized just because they aren't out on the fields holding a gun. In fact, they do that kind of training too in case their plane gets shot on and they survive.

AngelNati Report

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10points

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Francisco Manuel Teruel Gutiérrez 2 years ago

Military pilots being less respected than infantry soldiers? In which country?

4points

#52

Policeman in Germany... Used to be highly respected and popular among people. No the situation is different. Police forces had and still have problems with too many old officers retiring and not enough young people starting to work that profession. So they decided to lower "job entry requirements" which leads to complete idiots joining police academy

HandGrillSuicide1 Report

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9points

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J. F. 2 years ago

The real problem is that our government bashes the police force when- and wherever they can. The criminals are often better protected than the cops. If they control or arrest the wrong person they get called Nazis, when they get beaten up by the Antifa they are the ones that provoked them... guess why nobody wants to do that job anymore

0points

#53

Bard

TemPrime Report

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8points

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Thomas Sweda 2 years ago

Court jesters . You know, like all the people that were in trump’s administration.

2points

Illustrious-Big-6701 Report

#54

Pharmacist.

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7points

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Chich 2 years ago

Not for me. The doctor often has a passing knowledge but the Pharmacist will be the one to really ask about the prescription, side effects etc.

3points

#55

Mail man.

To clarify I was a mail man for a bit and liked the job sometimes but all the old timers used to tell me the job isn’t what it used to be. Used to have to take a standardized test to get in for one. Also the increase in e-commerce made delivering all the mail in a reasonable time in our office an impossible task.

anoncmehelp Report

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7points

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Thomas Sweda 2 years ago

And, you used to have to DELIVER the mail dammit!

3points

#56

Newspaper Journalists

With the death of print media, Journalism has died as well. Ultimately it has also killed the attention span as well.

ckretmsage Report

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7points

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Bill 2 years ago

I witnessed it first hand and still don't understand how they missed the digital jump?

1point

#57

Elected official

Fhyke Report

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7points

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Thomas Sweda 2 years ago

And those they appoint!

2points

CanYouBelieveJordyn Report

#58

Door to door salesman — just not a thing anymore for safety and practical reasons

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7points

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Paula Marowsky 2 years ago

Was ever door to door salesman a respected profession?

12points

Bluccability_status Report

#59

Soldier, police officer. I became a soldier but I can remember when I was a kid how all I wanted was to be a bike cop. That changed ricky f**kin tick quick.

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3points

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Solidhog 2 years ago

I think all trades at some point have a hey day. But once they hit the headlines for being well paid and the market gets flooded by people jumping on the bandwagon. This then leads to companies being able to recruit people for less. The IT industry is a classic example. People are now doing the job of 4 people for less than the wages one person earnt 30 years ago. Add to that there has been a massive decrease in loyalty from companies towards employees which gets returned in like.

0points