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Jobs that either don't contribute in any meaningful way or jobs where one would be better off if they were paid to be on call.

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[-] Miclux@lemmings.world 12 points 2 years ago

Reddit mod.

But on the other hand the employment criteria is just to be mentally challenged.

Most people don't run into any issues with mods online. If you're constantly running into "asshole" authority figures in online communities it might be you...

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[-] Haywire@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago
[-] 257m@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That depends most startups are shit and fail but they still are useful. But the idea is VCs will just fund thousands of startups in hopes one is a unicorn and actually has a product worth selling.

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[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Politicians

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago

The entire defense industry.

[-] HerrLewakaas@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah as is evident in Ukraine

Moron

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago

Yeah because we would definitely be motivated to manufacture fucking Hellfire missiles and landmines without the pressures of global capitalism... /s

Like I get it, getting rid of the defense industry ≠ getting rid of war, but it would be a much more daunting task to wage war if we didn't have fucking weapons factories.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Therapists used to be the most helpful thing in the world (or so I've heard), now they're so unhelpful they have to rely on the state to get us to use them and have so many different indie-based projects and programs competing with them, like BetterTherapy (which isn't bad tbh). The old joke is they're paid friends but now I see they're just paid, you could be in a genuine situation where something obliterates the quality of your life (e.g. custody battles) and they'll be like "does lithium sound good" (which by the way, lithium is outdated by two thousand years, so if it's recommended right away to you, run). The reason they're not set up like lawyers where you only pay them "if you win" is because they know this would destroy them.

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Corporate communications / public relations

They've largely subverted the occasionally useful profession of journalism. There's a big difference between researching things your audience wants to know, and asking someone with a commercial agenda what they'd like to tell your audience.

[-] jesterkun@midwest.social 9 points 2 years ago

Advertising

[-] CarlsIII@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago
[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh, yeah, they're bullshit right up until the moment you need them...

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[-] buzz86us@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Department of social services workers.. Their job really doesn't help anybody, and it would be a better usage of tax payer dollars to have a UBI.

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