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We currently have jobs that didn't exist 30, 20, or even 10 years ago. In fact, by one popular estimate, around 65% of children entering primary school today will ultimately end up working in a career that's not even on our radar yet.

Interested in the changes of the labor market, Redditor u/jaysmith007 asked other platform users last week, "What profession was once highly respected, but is now a complete joke?"

And people gave plenty of examples. From flight attendants to nurses, continue scrolling to check out those that have received the most upvotes.

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

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K Witmer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can't believe we had a Russian plant in office and there are brainwashed traitors that want him back in

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

I recently thought on how america was going in a good direction by electing Obama, I was a big fan of his work. Say, they just went back to silly old men afterwards.

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

Yes, the rest of the planet liked obama a lot... except I think maybe the couple of people that he permitted drone strikes on. But he was preferable to the other vile creatures that have been in office.

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Rick Hoppenbrouwer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have to admit us people in Canada saw him as a massive joke but also a massive threat to the world in general. And we were right.

Thomas Sweda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am so pleased to see all these negative comments about the worst President, and one of the worst human beings that ever existed. And of course, the millions who elected , and still follow him, are criminally stupid.

Oma Dudley
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2 years ago (edited)

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Political hate speech like this that I am seeing regularly on Quora has me distressed. It is so sad to see people promoting hate and engaging in and actively promoting hate speech toward 70+ million of their fellow citizens simply because they did not vote for Biden or Hillary.

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

All it took was one man and a lot of really stupid voters.

Chuck daniels
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2 years ago

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Name one bad policy trump enacted. How's gas, the southern border and foreign realtions under Biden exactly?

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Tarryn Louise
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't believe he is talking about running for office again.... that's terrifying.

Chuck daniels
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would be great for America again. Back to oil independence and a country that is actually feared

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*me*
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How do you explain to your kids that this man tried to sabotage the United States of America

Chuck daniels
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2 years ago

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Except he didn't and the second sham impeachment showed that democratic leader altered videos.

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

UK here , you guys need an IQ test BEFORE they become POTUS , not a dementia test a few years in....... MAN , WOMEN , CAMERA ,. PERSON , TV

Michael Sanders
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think Trump was an idiot and a stain, but you’re not exactly killin it over there in the leader department UK.

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John L
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sadly...this deserves the number one spot. Also, oddly enough, it seems that the requirement now a days, is that you must be way past retirement age to be POTUS.

Chuck daniels
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2 years ago

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Over 35, American citizens, no felonies....only requirements to be president.

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Joe Schmoe
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Supreme Court Justice of the United States, thanks to that ^^ sack of $h*t, and Mitch McConnell.

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

1. It's true 2. Y'all arguing about politics in the comment section, you're not changing any minds.

Bruce Theobald
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems apropos that this A-hole should be number 1 on the list :)

Chuck daniels
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not really. He might have been blunt but far better than the president before and after him

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

The president was meant to be nothing more than a civil servant. Now, a president is basically the face of the entire nation.

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

Obama was ok. Didn't mind clinton except for his whole bombing serbia thing which probably wasn't the best approach. His blowjob scenario was irrelevant to me, two consenting adults, do not give a f**k. It was a pathetic display of american conservatism that bombing another country is ok but getting a bJ is not. Emperors Reagan, Bush i and Bush II were super not great at all.

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Nathaniel Nganga
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You a*****e excuse for a person chuk daniels did you just f*****g say my n****r george floyd was not killed because of rasicm if i knew you i would beat the s**t out of yo lazy butt you idiot and dont be talking s**t like that because you are a racist as hell trump supporter and by the way i think i found a picture of you so you get me now go to a metal health theripst and when youre done put some respect on george floyds name and repent. merlin_182...036ba6.jpg merlin_182089212_9e9d5b73-ef8b-4d85-a37e-130c34470081-superJumbo-6224e08036ba6.jpg

Chuck daniels
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah thoae of us who want to live a decent life. Gas just hit the highest mark in US HISTORY, thanks to liberal who voted in dmeentua joe.

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Rhonda Wandler
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was especially unnerving to be neighbor on the north. Bad enough USA expects it is okay to run it's games worldwide but Trump is frighteningly uneducated.

Leah Helbig
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It has been 1 cartoon character after the next from bush sr to biden

Chuck daniels
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No Trump did alot of good stuff. Say8ng otherwise just shows you didnt pay attention to anything bu cnn

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

Because the internet and social media are the emperors clothes.

Leslie Burleson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's pretty sad when the election ends and you find yourself thinking "maybe Kanye wouldn't have been so bad " lol. Hopefully next election we will have better options than the last two elections

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

The office of President in the US isn't a joke. There have however been a few jokers elected. #45, 43, 41 and 40. Also Nixon was a complete joke.

Sergy Yeltsen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The best example going of the phrase "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

Mike Loux
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And, per tradition, he will be addressed by the title of President for the rest of his life. F**k.

Jose Arevalo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really? This guy is worse then the brain dead P.O.S. we have now? Really? Wow, your special kind of fcking idiot. We're your parents siblings?

jolie laide
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

(1) I'll have to do more research on this but I thought, if you meet the age requirement and were born a US citizen... you could be a mail man, a trash collector, a doctor, a small business owner, etc. to run for President. But that's not how it is because you 0 chance in hell. President is just 1 part of the problem. Congress is the other, and Congress means the House and the Senate. These days, whatever party is in office you can almost guarantee that the OTHER party will be out in force for midterms. So you have a Democrat in office, by midterms it's now Republican. Vise versa, so NOTHING gets done. "My way or the highway" is the motto they go by. It's so bad now that both parties can't even agree on the most basic sh*it! Nobody wants to compromise, to learn and grow, to go slow and hold back and see and not rush to try and set the foundation right, etc. It's ridiculous, and I'm TIRED of it. In my opinion, WHOEVER is Present, sits on the top of a pyramid of B******T.

jolie laide
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

(2) No matter what they try and do, there is NO "compromise" really...they sit on top of the pyramid, under them in Congress, 2 Bodies who have NO idea how to get along or WTF they're doing and THEY sit on top of the American public, and... don't even get me started on THEM, or the STATES, etc. Neither side can even communicate or try without one or the other throwing out slurs like "Trump Trash" or "RepubliCANT" or "DemonRAT" or "Libtard", etc. It's so hard to TALK to people without the name calling, etc. We're a mess and I don't have any clue on what the answer is.

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Big Blue Cat
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I must disagree, you guys had one orange puppet of russia in the white house but POTUS is still one of the most powerful people in the world. So think before you vote. Please!

grafxgal60073
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the 14th Amendment, Article 3 will take a wheel off the crazy train.

Chava Bahle
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

Tamra Stiffler
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He's not ideal, but still miles better than the last one. I wonder if I'll live to see the day when there are two decent candidates.

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Vladimir Bozic
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually, now with Biden, position of the POTUS is real joke. :D

LONECOOLMAN
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2 years ago

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LOL OH THE PRESIDENT THA GAVE US 1.50 GAS A GALLON, ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND A SECURE BORDER PREVENTING DEADLY DRUGS AND CHILD TRAFFICARS FROM COMING HERE? OH NOW WE HAVE A BUMBLIN STUMBLIN MAN WHO IS A PUPPET, CAN NOT GO A SENTENCE WITHOUT MAKING A GAFFE. LOL

Tamra Stiffler
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know how people can tell when Trump's lying? Whenever his lips are moving. And his brilliant promise to "build a wall and make Mexico pay for it" was an abysmal failure. His solution to incoming immigrants were to take children from their parents and put them in camps!

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Alice Landers
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2 years ago

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Since when has BP become Facebook Jr ? I come to this site for a reason .. Otherwise I'd go to MSM

jmdirks
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2 years ago

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Clinton campaign now under extreme investigation by the DOJ for spying on President Trump campaign and creating this completely FALSE narrative. Google it!

Oma Dudley
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2 years ago (edited)

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I agree Biden is also not respected. His polls fall somewhere between 37%-44% approval rating. Meaning if it were put in grades terms, he has a approximately 40 out of 100 US citizens respect, a solid F. We should never have elected such a very very old man who exhibits clear signs of senility due to old age, one who like the previous President has a hard time not losing his temper. He also has threatened on several occasions to get into a fist fight with citizens who disagree with him. Putin sees his weakness and frailty and poor judgement and has taken advantage of his extreme old age and all that old age entails, including the diminished mental capacity that is true of everyone his age. So yes, the US Presidency has become a total and complete joke and is no longer respected by any citizens in the US. Dems don't respect the Presidency because of Trump and haven't for 6 years straight. Reps don't respect the President because there is a senile old man at the helm that they have no idea who is telling him what to do and say. ............................................................................................................................................Now, I expect all the replies will be hate filled hate speech about how awful anyone who didn't vote for Biden is. That is the way it is these days, especially on BP, if someone failed to vote the politically correct way, people rush to send out calls for rampant hate and encourage hate speech toward them, dox them, to silence those who didn't vote in the politically correct and only approved way. Just so you know I respect you for voting regardless of who you voted for, I believe every American citizen deserves respect for going to the polls and voting, regardless of who they voted for. Even if all the choices are between incompetent old men with questionable tempers and questionable mental capabilities.

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The guy on this picture never was president

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

Unfortunately he was. Disputing it supports his own lies of fraudulent election results.

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Cwc Connie
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Wrong. Biden is ruining America. We need Trump back

Falcon on Dizzy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Trump would side with Russia in the current conflict and we would be enemies with everyone...not good

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K WITMER, YOU ARE A USEFUL IDIOT. HOW YOU LIKE THE HIGH PRICES OF GAS, FOOD, RENT, ECT, ETC!!!!

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

How do you like the 600 000 US Covid deaths Trump put to his name because your "greatest prezdent evah" was more concerned about the US economy than about a pandemic raging over the world.

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“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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DUN DUN (she/her)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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 :(

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“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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Caro Caro
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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“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.

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“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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Hawkmoon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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“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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Carbonel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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#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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rspanther
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

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Dre Mosley
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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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Janice Hazeldine
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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“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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Robin DJW
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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

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)

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

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“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.

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“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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Mitchell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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“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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Kai David
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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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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Katie Lutesinger
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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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Robert T
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!

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

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

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

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

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Raven Sheridan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

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.

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

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

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“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”

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

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”

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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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Samantha Lomb
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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...

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

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#31

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

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

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

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“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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#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.

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#34

Singer. They just use autotune with no real skil

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#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.

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

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Jasper Cool
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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“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….

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Zoe's Mom
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Congressman

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

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

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#41

Anything in the corporate media

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

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

#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.

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

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

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#43

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

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Paul Davis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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IT support

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Dre Mosley
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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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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Béla Kun
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#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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Paul Davis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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

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.

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#48

Umbrella repairman. We had one in our town years ago

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#49

The town crier

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#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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#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.

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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

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J. F.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Bard

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Thomas Sweda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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#54

Pharmacist.

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

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.

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#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.

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Newspaper Journalists

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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