Truck Driving for me. It’ll feel cool for probably a half-hour for me, to be driving something big. Until my worry of having to meet things in timely manners start kicking in and my anxiety to make sure information going all directions are right enough for easy deliveries.
Not to mention, how stupid easy it probably is for a eighteen wheeler truck to topple over in bad weather.
Strange that it’s not in this thread yet:
ICE
Not sure how anyone with two functional neurons to rub together would want to become a violent fascist goon. I mean, the hope is there that they will all be eventually swinging from gallows, but sometimes evil does get away.
Any governmental position really. It all sounds incredibly unstable with all of the news with federal wages and benefits. Unless you’re an actual politician, life as federal worker must be incredibly stressful.
Defense jobs
Law enforcement. Because I have ethics.
I never understood this
Yeah, law enforcement has it’s problems, especially in the US where pretty much every police officer is corrupt, but the US is rather an exception in the western world.
There ARE actual criminals out there that, of left unchecked, basically will grow to trump type mobsters who abuse the shit out of everyone and everything around them
You’re fine with that, then?
Retail Security. I just don’t give a shit to protect monied interests from regular folks trying to save some $$.
Not to mention the boredom of standing around all day.
Deep sea diving repairs.
You have to go into a pressure chamber as soon as humanly possible when you arrive from the deep void of nothingness or else you rupture and die. If anyone needs a union it is those guys. They should be paid 3x the ceo’s salary.
Also, sketch YouTube comedians like Smosh, Dropout, etc… I couldn’t be “on” doing comedy for 6-8 hours a day recording constantly.
I used to work at a payroll company and our highest workers’ comp rates were:
Underwater welders
Seawall builders
Race car drivers
In that order.
What injuries did underwater welders and seawall builders get?
Underwater welders, electrocution. You can imagine, all the risks of diving plus welding, plus combining electricity and water.
Seawall builders, the whole process is dangerous because of the water, they can drown or be hit by heavy construction materials.
I just always found it interesting that those were more risky than race car driving. Our highest individual claim actually was a landscaper hit by lightning, who died, but sadly, he did not die quickly, suffered in hospital for some days.
I don’t support your reasoning. From what I know about deco diving is a lot of them have brain issues as they get older due to the extreme pressures. I don’t think it’s because of drowning
ICE.
Medicine. I just don’t see myself being responsible for the health and lives of other people - but I’m grateful to the people who practice that.
Data entry. Probably the ADHD but I also have bad typing proficiency and I’ve been on a PC since like a preteen. I’m 31 now. I have no excuse but also I just can’t put myself to what seems like torture to me. My mind wanders.
I’ve not been able to hold any position more than six months… So basically I can imagine doing any job, but then quickly loose interest then can’t imagine doing it ever again. Hah
Anything where I have to deal with human shit.
You mean like actual sewage or just like any common corporate environment?
feces
I think any purely manual, highly repetitive job would kill me. Like assembly line work.
I worked as a dishwasher in a small restaurant as a teenager. Those 2 4-hour shifts felt like they lasted DAYS.
Desk job of most any kind.
Any job with the threat of violence, to me or me to others.
Law enforcement. I was already in law enforcement and I’ll never do it again. It felt like I was a babysitter for idiots: breaking up fights, handling drunk people, de-escalating domestic issues, etc. Working on the border is shit, too. I’d never want to be in a situation where I have to deal with migrants at the behest of the government.
I’ve seen an awful lot of bodycam videos to agree. I feel bad for the ones that have to shoot somebody. I’ve even seen some bodycam footage where cops do breakdown after shooting someone. They’re really wishing things never had to go that way, but did because some very crazy people do crazy things or decide to suicide by cop.
Most of them, I suppose. The list of jobs I could do well enough to be paid for is a shorter one than those I can’t.
Doctor
I hate gore-y stuff eww
But since I’m East Asian in a western country, I remember when I was in K-12 school, I get a lot of “Are you gonna be a Doctor?” comments and I’m just like… 🫠
Probably never gonna be a politician…
I hate to have every embarassing moment in my past get disected by the opposition
Also fuck public speaking, cuz I know someone is gonna clip it and replay any gaffles
Absolutely. I’d go further and say a surgeon. Cutting in to living folk and hoping you do a good enough job to literally keep them alive. That’s wild.
Regarding the last line, Macklemore has a song called “Light Tunnels.” It’s basically the story of going to some big music awards show (and his opinions on the matter).
I don’t care about music awards, but I do like the song; at one point he’s describing seeing his face on a big display and thinks to himself “just look normal, don’t become a meme.”
I think that’s a pretty solid line but probably difficult advice to consistently follow in a public facing role.
