Profession Which Used To Be Respectable But Not Anymore (r/AskReddit)

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  • @elainehill6504
    @elainehill6504 5 лет назад +5001

    My dad was a milkman. His sister's neighborhood was the last one on his route so when he was done, he'd go to her house and she'd make him breakfast. Caused a lot of neighborhood gossip about the milk truck being at her house for an hour or so every morning after her husband was at work.

    • @helena_8478
      @helena_8478 5 лет назад +198

      LOL!!

    • @DolFan316
      @DolFan316 5 лет назад +118

      It's more technology than anything. All modern technology seems to be good for is spying on everyone and forcing people out of jobs.

    • @diegodavid1955
      @diegodavid1955 5 лет назад +50

      DolFan316 dumbass

    • @zeppelinled3967
      @zeppelinled3967 5 лет назад +169

      @@DolFan316 what joint do you smoke? My brother needs more of it.

    • @Qeengish
      @Qeengish 5 лет назад +8

      Elaine Hill that’s how the rumor got started

  • @abigailpacker2184
    @abigailpacker2184 5 лет назад +3422

    my dad dropped out of school at 16 and is now a garbage man he makes more and has better benefits then my mom that graduated and works for the school as a teacher.

    • @kastiloshepherd1892
      @kastiloshepherd1892 5 лет назад +978

      Simple reason, when the people getting the garbage want raise, you give it to them, because a strike by them is terrifying

    • @arsonist_garfield4576
      @arsonist_garfield4576 5 лет назад +272

      That is, terrifying

    • @Quazima115
      @Quazima115 5 лет назад +137

      I wanted to work as a garbage man because I take a gap year. But there was no vacancy so now I work in a shoe store 😅

    • @saadkhalid7734
      @saadkhalid7734 5 лет назад +13

      @@Quazima115 what is a vacancy year

    • @Quazima115
      @Quazima115 5 лет назад +54

      @@saadkhalid7734 vacancy, as in free spot for a job.

  • @2MeterLP
    @2MeterLP 5 лет назад +2056

    To be fair, TVs simply cant be repaired anymore because they are too complex. In the 70s the repairman took a look inside, saw a shoddy wire and replaced it. Nowadays that wire is 14 nanometers thick and there are literally trillions. Modern electronics are basically magic.

    • @RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK
      @RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK 5 лет назад +202

      Riesenfriese I’m convinced that all modern technology is made by ww2 German engineers with unlimited budgets

    • @2MeterLP
      @2MeterLP 5 лет назад +97

      @@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK Those dudes gotta be well over 100 now, does that mean that new tech will stop being invented soon? Oh no!

    • @noback12
      @noback12 5 лет назад +201

      Planned obsolescence
      Its easy to find whats wrong with your tv if you know a thing or two of electronics ,the hard part nowadays is to find those pieces to fix since they dont sell it for a reasonable price anymore

    • @Lakhshamana
      @Lakhshamana 5 лет назад +62

      Ditto cellphone
      They used to screw the panels together, now it's glued. Plus weirdo warranties and customer support.

    • @jamegumb7298
      @jamegumb7298 5 лет назад +28

      @@Lakhshamana It is called One Glass Solution. Easier for Samsung/Apple/whaever to buy in bulk, easier to assemble the thing into a phone instead of having to assemble pieces to then put into a phone, easier cost estimates, etc. The downside is much harder to repair and if it is repaired, need to replace the entire OGS part, which often is the bulk of the cost of the phone.

  • @Buzzard-wq1bw
    @Buzzard-wq1bw 5 лет назад +2359

    Kinda felt bad for the whip guy... I bet there’s some neat history in that mostly dead industry.

    • @billydasquid1201
      @billydasquid1201 5 лет назад +42

      I was just thinking that. I wonder where the meusem is

    • @marwinix8975
      @marwinix8975 5 лет назад +71

      @@billydasquid1201 The town is called "Killer" adress of the museum is Am Peitschenmuseum 1 ,72393 Burladingen

    • @Lakhshamana
      @Lakhshamana 5 лет назад +40

      Plus, the mechanics of a whip-crack is also quite fascinating! Did you know that the sound is actually sonic boom made by the tip of the whip going supersonic?

    • @AAllen-br8it
      @AAllen-br8it 5 лет назад +37

      @@Lakhshamana its almost like they said that in the video

    • @NTGAMING69
      @NTGAMING69 5 лет назад +25

      @@AAllen-br8it bro it's obvious they Like the idea of whips too. Leave them be

  • @InternetinaNutshellChannel
    @InternetinaNutshellChannel 5 лет назад +6469

    Being an artist.

    • @Gwynbleiddsanity
      @Gwynbleiddsanity 5 лет назад +180

      sad truth

    • @DanielLopez-ob9jz
      @DanielLopez-ob9jz 5 лет назад +240

      Depends. My uncle makes upwards of 150k a year as a freelance artist.

    • @edwardgaines6561
      @edwardgaines6561 5 лет назад +217

      Please tell everyone that you don't need art school to become an artist. You can learn everything for free on RUclips.

    • @DanielLopez-ob9jz
      @DanielLopez-ob9jz 5 лет назад +14

      @@otrocell6417 wait what does Ig mean?

    • @DanielLopez-ob9jz
      @DanielLopez-ob9jz 5 лет назад +48

      @@edwardgaines6561 that's true. My uncle didnt go to art school, just practiced a shit ton.

  • @Pocketraisins
    @Pocketraisins 5 лет назад +461

    I was always told when young "Find a job you can do, but no one else wants to do and you will make good money. (Trash man, sewer worker, ditch digger etc...) If you can't do that, get a job in public service (i.e. postal worker, road maintenance, parks and recreation etc...) It's guaranteed work, you have benefits and once established hard to be fired usually. If you start your own business, make it something people will ALWAYS need such as housing, food, clothing and possibly auto repair". The reasoning on the last was people have to eat, wear clothes and need a place to hang their hat daily and you will always make sales. If the fecal matter hits the rotating oscillator, everyone still needs those things, but not everyone will be able to afford a car/maintenance. I took the public service route and never regretted it. Retired now and comfortable. Not rich by any means, but enough to do what I want and need to do. It was VERY sound advice.

    • @Mayhzon
      @Mayhzon 4 года назад +12

      Wish I had taken and been given that advice.

    • @wordforger
      @wordforger 4 года назад +5

      That's actually really good advice overall.

    • @noahreynolds1715
      @noahreynolds1715 4 года назад +51

      "If the fecal matter hits the rotating oscillator"

    • @TheGreatGritzy
      @TheGreatGritzy 4 года назад +14

      From experience, auto repair is a trade falling into the abyss. Sure, there's still work coming in, but my shop has been trying to hire 2 vacant positions for over a year. And as cars get cheaper, the more likely it will become that cars get written off over superficial damage.

    • @Butter-Milk
      @Butter-Milk 3 года назад +3

      Damn good advice.

  • @DolFan316
    @DolFan316 5 лет назад +612

    Mind blown that factory worker wasn't mentioned. I'm old enough to remember when a guy could make as good a living working in a factory as he could in a 9 to 5 office job, and you could go to work right out of high school without putting yourself in debt. These days? Not so much.

    • @hesseldekraai
      @hesseldekraai 5 лет назад +58

      For me it seems to be the other way around. When I think factory worker I think about an uneducated poor sod like it is the 1880s. Nowadays however factory worker is a highly skilled job with decent pay. May depend on where you live tho

    • @DavidLLambertmobile
      @DavidLLambertmobile 4 года назад +8

      Thanks 🇨🇳! Also thank the 🇺🇸 US unions & Teamsters who led to 100s of factory jobs, durable goods, production jobs to flee the 🇺🇸 work force. The term "rust belt" is there for a good reason in many NE areas, midwest.

    • @Benjamin1986980
      @Benjamin1986980 4 года назад +4

      @Harold Jenkins To be frank, that is starting pay for heavy industry. It's common in the chemical industry that the operators who run the plant get paid more than the engineers who technically supervise them.

    • @Mayhzon
      @Mayhzon 4 года назад +3

      Huh? Factory work is definitely a paygrade or two above common retail and other such things. Especially if the company you produce for makes a lot of shekels. companies who sell alcohol can afford to treat their factory workers very well. So do companies that print the money we use. All decently paid and not too shabby, if you don't mind shift work and doing some manual labor for hours on end, day after day.

    • @Benjamin1986980
      @Benjamin1986980 4 года назад +5

      @@Mayhzon On the other hand, there are a lot fewer heavy industry jobs, and almost all of them require secondary education. In my job, we won't even look at any resumes without an associate's, military experience, or mechanics certifications.

  • @MrSmartguy17
    @MrSmartguy17 5 лет назад +521

    "But you can only move in diagonals", didn't expect that comment

    • @BBSurf37
      @BBSurf37 5 лет назад +15

      That one got me laughing into tears.

    • @davincent98
      @davincent98 4 года назад +1

      Why? Some people go for the jokes

    • @0Clewi0
      @0Clewi0 4 года назад +4

      I was wondering why I don't remember that one, were it was. And then realized that it makes sense it was the bishop that with all the religious shit I just skipped.

    • @RJALEXANDER777
      @RJALEXANDER777 4 года назад +5

      I wonder if they used to make chess jokes in Medieval times?

    • @blackorpheliac1
      @blackorpheliac1 4 года назад +1

      Killed me.

  • @sagu1lar
    @sagu1lar 5 лет назад +524

    When Socrates thought that conversation was the deepest source of knowledge, he actually foresaw reddit.

    • @maelrodder9091
      @maelrodder9091 5 лет назад +4

      santiago aguilar how this comment ain’t got more likes?

    • @acidbath3226
      @acidbath3226 4 года назад +7

      because reddit is bullshit, its owned by china

    • @DavidLLambertmobile
      @DavidLLambertmobile 4 года назад

      People need to do more thinking 🤔 & less talking. 🗣

    • @irrelevant1242
      @irrelevant1242 4 года назад +6

      DL Lambert talking leads to thinking, it can expand your perspective and knowledge.

    • @chad6846
      @chad6846 4 года назад +2

      santiago aguilar uHhH, liGmA bAlLs hAhA fUnNy cHuNgUs gOlD

  • @saamjaza1742
    @saamjaza1742 5 лет назад +460

    Honestly, acting in Hollywood. We used to look up the leading actors and actresses of Hollywood movies and now, it's just...yeesh.

    • @ozairchishti1264
      @ozairchishti1264 5 лет назад +62

      Hollywood is more influential than ever tbh. People still look up to plenty of actors and actresses. The main problem is that the industry is so bloated now that those high caliber actors, directors, and composers get lost among a sea of garbage. So it's kind of true and not true at the same time. People definitely make fun of Hollywood more now but will be drooling over their favorite actor the very next second.

    • @TheCrazymonkey316
      @TheCrazymonkey316 5 лет назад +27

      I mean they're still treated as gods or saints by general viewers so I wouldn't really say they're going out of style

    • @rickalicious1116
      @rickalicious1116 5 лет назад +4

      Really? Then why the hell do we still everywhere we go.

    • @awilli182
      @awilli182 5 лет назад +12

      Maybe you just grew up.

    • @SuperLlama42
      @SuperLlama42 4 года назад +26

      Blame social media. Giving celebrities an avenue to voice their thoughts to the entire world as soon as they have them revealed that most of them are idiots and have no idea what they're talking about and some of them (*coughchercough*) are barely even literate.

  • @AB-ez4rm
    @AB-ez4rm 5 лет назад +397

    A journalists was once respected but now is a serious joke.

    • @haleykay163
      @haleykay163 5 лет назад +44

      Most of them make themselves jokes now tbh.

    • @martin4dmr770
      @martin4dmr770 5 лет назад +50

      There's 2 sides of jornalism the buzz feed dumbass and the dude that risk everything for a video

    • @DavidLLambertmobile
      @DavidLLambertmobile 4 года назад +17

      Media industry professionals used to fact check content or verify data now in the 24/07 news cycle, its rush rush rush 🏃🏼‍♂️...

    • @janko6637
      @janko6637 4 года назад +11

      They are just modern day jesters

    • @sierrasouthwell9237
      @sierrasouthwell9237 4 года назад +3

      There's still serious journalism out there, it's just harder to find.
      And most of it is funded by some government in some part (BBC, Al Jazera, NPR, etc.)

  • @9mm4now12
    @9mm4now12 5 лет назад +156

    Truckers.
    We used to be considered the heros of the open road. Now we're treated like 2nd class citizens.

    • @Netherwolf6100
      @Netherwolf6100 4 года назад +21

      CDL Driver here. Can confirm. We're forced to obey stricter driving laws, maintain professional attitudes, pay much higher renewals, yet we're always the ones cut off and treated like garbage on the road and even worse, by our own employers pinning blame solely on us.

    • @DrowsyKodi
      @DrowsyKodi 4 года назад +5

      Richard Eckardt plus your job is finally getting automated AI will be driving every truck on the road in the next 20 years and it will be a lot more efficient without having to stop for rest or having to pay for people to travel

    • @9mm4now12
      @9mm4now12 4 года назад +3

      @@DrowsyKodi i think we're a little more than 20 years from it. You can't go 6 months without hearing about another death/injury accident caused by tesla's "auto drive" feature. If they can't get it right, there's no way the geniuses in washington are going to implement it in commercial applications.

    • @marshmallowmann20
      @marshmallowmann20 4 года назад +4

      Truckers screwed up their own image in Europe at least.

    • @9mm4now12
      @9mm4now12 4 года назад +4

      @@marshmallowmann20 over here it was a combination of hollywood painting a picture (smokey and the bandit, convoy etc) and truckers adding to the stereotypes. In recent years, we've tried to fix that image, but the public opinion of us hasn't changed.

  • @Arlesmon
    @Arlesmon 5 лет назад +1274

    Well, clowns have moved to another medium entirely, being it youtube,

    • @Venislovas
      @Venislovas 5 лет назад +82

      Or politics.

    • @Arlesmon
      @Arlesmon 5 лет назад +33

      @@Venislovas Yep, that one as well.

    • @kiwi-mf2do
      @kiwi-mf2do 5 лет назад +3

      It 2 is out

    • @vagabondwastrel2361
      @vagabondwastrel2361 5 лет назад +4

      @crudedude 75% of twitter is journalists creating bullshit drama to have the other journalists copy for news.

    • @picachubarato9733
      @picachubarato9733 4 года назад

      or professional crime lords to drown Arkham to democracy

  • @chasesutherland1168
    @chasesutherland1168 5 лет назад +2047

    A lot of these could be because the population became too high.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 5 лет назад +112

      You mean the job became oversaturated? Or the population of people in general?

    • @chasesutherland1168
      @chasesutherland1168 5 лет назад +236

      @@DeathnoteBB both oversaturated and too many people that the job became impracticable.

    • @cutliss
      @cutliss 5 лет назад +111

      I got Thanos on speed dial you good?

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 5 лет назад +56

      Chase Sutherland I think too many people think population is a thing that only rises. The global population fluctuates from excess of people to excess of deaths. Granted it’s been a while since I learned about this and I’m not a professional on population but I feel like the whole “Too many people these days” mindset is a misconception. There’s always been a lot of people. That’s the way being a thriving species works.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 5 лет назад +40

      Kevin Counihan 1. There is actually an excess of resources. The problem is corporations hoard it and throw out perishables that haven’t been bought.
      2. The world is not an elevator. There is no “carrying capacity.” That’s not how nature works.
      3. Yes we are limited by resources but as I said, we have plenty, the distribution is the problem. And again, the population fluctuates... it doesn’t keep going into infinity. We may have more people than ever now, but that’s because we also have more resources than ever before. Less people die young, too.
      All in all “overpopulation” is a myth.

  • @arya31ful
    @arya31ful 5 лет назад +389

    When would Instagram influencer ends up in this list?

    • @Evaldas65
      @Evaldas65 5 лет назад +50

      Since day one.

    • @TheInfiniteSheldon
      @TheInfiniteSheldon 5 лет назад +83

      "When would Instagram influencer ends up in this list?" Let me know when they are considered respectable. It'll probably be only a day or two after that.

    • @arya31ful
      @arya31ful 5 лет назад +5

      @@TheInfiniteSheldon Does being touted as a major factor in politician's success considered to be respectable?
      Oh wait, it's about politician, so i guess nah.

    • @RobotHunter1234
      @RobotHunter1234 5 лет назад +11

      that falls under clowns

    • @guythat779
      @guythat779 5 лет назад +16

      When were they ever respected?

  • @gbreeze99
    @gbreeze99 4 года назад +143

    Back in elementary school one of my teachers warned us that if we didn't go to college we'd end up working at fast food restaurants, basically shaming the workers. Welp we went to college, and now have to work at fast food restaurants to pay our massive loans.

    • @Cookiekeks
      @Cookiekeks 2 года назад

      That's not shaming the workers, he simply didn't want you to have shitty pay flipping burgers

    • @z_bennet4208
      @z_bennet4208 Год назад +4

      @@Cookiekeks but still he used that to scare the students into working harder. intention might be good but shaming a job to make your students work?? it never works. its an universal shaming method used by every abusive teacher around the world.

  • @JS-wv3iy
    @JS-wv3iy 5 лет назад +290

    gas station attendant... used to be a real thing like everywhere, now it's just in specific states where theres a weird law about not being allowed to pump your own gas and the rest of the country laughs at those states

    • @KingSquirrel21
      @KingSquirrel21 5 лет назад +24

      We’re looking at you, Oregon

    • @JS-wv3iy
      @JS-wv3iy 5 лет назад +10

      @@KingSquirrel21 New Jersey too lol (at least last time I heard)

    • @Pinemixer
      @Pinemixer 5 лет назад +4

      chickenlittle drive from Virginia to NewYork every 2 weeks. They still put in gas for u in New Jersey.

    • @JS-wv3iy
      @JS-wv3iy 5 лет назад

      @@Pinemixer I thought so but I wasnt 100% sure lol

    • @imanithepinkmonster
      @imanithepinkmonster 5 лет назад +1

      New fucking yourk

  • @runningthor1999
    @runningthor1999 3 года назад +54

    US Forest Service employee here. Forest Rangers used to be elite badasses expected to chase and catch poachers/ roam their woods looking for tree diseases/ fight forest fires/ maintain the law in their districts. Now they’re mostly relegated to a desk, according to the one I talked to.

    • @DavidLLambertmobile
      @DavidLLambertmobile 2 года назад +5

      I did security, 2020 in Wy 🏕. NPS has federal sworn LE rangers. Armed, "trained". 😏 I met & worked directly with a few LE rangers. some were ethical, decent. 30-40% had obvious anger, emotional problems, bad attitudes. The US Forest Service or NPS hires people who live & work outdoors, remote areas 🏞. Few deal with tourists, guests 24-07. Most have months, weeks with no real direct contact with the public. National Parks are HUGE!

  • @Katebrown273
    @Katebrown273 5 лет назад +389

    Basically, people don't respect others anymore

    • @offbrandbleach2604
      @offbrandbleach2604 5 лет назад +30

      *Implying it wasn't always like this way since the beginning of life*

    • @peaches7280
      @peaches7280 5 лет назад +17

      When did we ever?

    • @ZoroarkLover98
      @ZoroarkLover98 5 лет назад +14

      People respect other more now than before on average, though. They are just less friendly.

    • @ericthemadscientist8357
      @ericthemadscientist8357 5 лет назад +10

      yea because respect is earned not given so you can't just get some respect for what you are
      you gonna to earn it from what you actually do

    • @DubstepxMonsta
      @DubstepxMonsta 4 года назад +5

      Everyone just yells at eachother. Nobody's civil anymore

  • @guitarking367
    @guitarking367 4 года назад +45

    I blame the lack of respect for retail workers on the rise of chain corporations like wal-mart that only see workers as expendable robots and a detriment to their profit margins. Mom and Pop shops usually treated workers like human beings and allowed workers to engage customers and be an all-around friendly environment.

  • @loverrlee
    @loverrlee 5 лет назад +382

    I would like to pose the theory that these professions didn’t become less respectable, but rather people became more disrespectful... You can put a positive or negative spin on almost anything and it seems that people have an easier time judging and tearing down their fellow man for an honest days work than they did in the past. It’s really quite a shame people can be so cruel to one another while still relying on the services they are being provided by those same people they are putting down... :(

    • @Alex-mq6qi
      @Alex-mq6qi 5 лет назад +56

      It depends. Sometimes they lost that respect themselves. Like journalists

    • @DolFan316
      @DolFan316 5 лет назад +36

      Most of these professions simply have become obsolete thanks to technology. And it's not going to stop. Soon there will be only around 10 professions anyone will even be allowed to do because the rest will have been rendered obsolete or be done by robots.

    • @alexanderchristopher6237
      @alexanderchristopher6237 5 лет назад +20

      @@DolFan316 is it necessarily bad though?
      The same new tech that closes old jobs also create newer ones as well. Plus, having robots slaving away for us makes room for more human pursuits in art or science.

    • @knightlypoleaxe2501
      @knightlypoleaxe2501 5 лет назад +14

      @@alexanderchristopher6237 We as a species have gone past the old factories and assembly line jobs, what we need now is jobs that require the mind!

    • @MachineMan-mj4gj
      @MachineMan-mj4gj 4 года назад +4

      @The GunMaster What we need is a new breed of man! *Gattica intensifies*

  • @vendesu1523
    @vendesu1523 5 лет назад +265

    Area 51 Guard: *am I a joke to you?*

  • @ex0stasis72
    @ex0stasis72 5 лет назад +61

    6:40 "It seems like all Radio DJs do these days is interrupt the music to tell you that it's uninterrupted." lol

  • @nuclearfist420
    @nuclearfist420 5 лет назад +147

    I think people have elevator operators to also prevent people preventing crimes in the elevator. Smoking, assault, sexual harassment, ECT. They had elevator operators at the Yankees Stadium in New York City, and it wasn't even that fancy of a place, so we suspected it was for security purposes.

    • @wcotton
      @wcotton 5 лет назад +30

      Maybe the elevator operators in Yankee Stadium also prevented kids from getting on and pushing all the buttons or such mischief.

    • @LattePunch
      @LattePunch 5 лет назад +11

      I never really thought about that but it actually makes a lot of sense.

    • @awilli182
      @awilli182 5 лет назад

      What?
      They don't have cameras?

    • @nuclearfist420
      @nuclearfist420 5 лет назад +23

      @@awilli182 My guess is that having a person present is much better than having just a security camera. Someone might take a chance that the security guard in the office might be taking a nap. Having a person present however can help prevent them from happening because criminals rather commit a crime when no one is watching.

    • @awilli182
      @awilli182 4 года назад +2

      @officialmer
      Sure, but who wants to pay for that? 🤔

  • @Lucid925
    @Lucid925 5 лет назад +381

    For me, being an audio engineer, people think that I am basically just a DJ even though they aren't the same. And then they don't take me seriously. Kind of weird. I get paid by record labels to basically mix/master records that can potentially go gold or platinum, and I make good money doing it. Yet, when people ask and I say I am an audio engineer, they don't take it seriously and can't wrap their head around it. Makes me laugh.
    Them: "oh so you're a DJ???" "Well, what else do you do? How do you pay for your rent and bills?"
    Me: I mix and master music, not a DJ. They DJ music that has been recorded, I help the artist make the music.

    • @michaelq92
      @michaelq92 5 лет назад +46

      Nothing for nothing but a large segment of the people who do understand would literally kill for your job. Your probably a lot safer having randos think you’re a just DJ.

    • @GangYT
      @GangYT 5 лет назад +37

      Just say you’re a music producer

    • @billydasquid1201
      @billydasquid1201 5 лет назад +1

      Mike Q definitely

    • @Lucid925
      @Lucid925 5 лет назад +3

      W B true that, hows the audio engineering been working out for you? I did go as far as get a whole degree for it. I simply went to college and only took the audio courses and some business/marketing. No gen ed though

    • @Lucid925
      @Lucid925 5 лет назад

      W B Nashville is a pretty monumental place to make music. Lots of good studios. In my area, most studios have gone out of business, our studio is the only one bringing in a lot of clientele, a high number being celebrities, but it has made the job opportunities kind of sparse. I got lucky, got my foot in the door. Just stick it out through the intern phase, work hard and don’t give up. You’ll do fine

  • @frodobaggins6684
    @frodobaggins6684 5 лет назад +549

    An executioner. It used to be a respectful job, but now you only see it on movies and pop culture.... dumb media.

    • @januszpolak254
      @januszpolak254 5 лет назад +25

      Yeah i wanted this job so much and what? They removed this job such a bs

    • @4mbrose
      @4mbrose 5 лет назад +78

      Kind of. They were respected for the fact that they’d do something no one else would do and especially respected if they did their job well. However, they were typically isolated from society due to their profession being taboo. This may be different in other cultures but I’m mostly referring to Europeans.

    • @frodobaggins6684
      @frodobaggins6684 5 лет назад +3

      @@4mbrose cool fact thanks!

    • @snakesocks
      @snakesocks 5 лет назад +16

      In the UK, before the death penalty was abolished, the chief hangman was a called Albert Pierrepoint. He was well respected due to his professionalism and experience. It is estimated that he executed over 400 people. Mostly war criminals.

    • @orangutank626
      @orangutank626 5 лет назад +4

      Well 29 states in the us still practice the death penalty, so executioners are still a thing to some extent.

  • @makutamiserix5612
    @makutamiserix5612 5 лет назад +806

    Musicians. Music used to be about talent. Now it's about gossip and scientifically engineering the catchiest tune. Good luck starting a band nowadays, you won't get anywhere.

    • @DolFan316
      @DolFan316 5 лет назад +45

      Yup. This one should've been first on the list instead of ignored completely.

    • @steffeeH
      @steffeeH 5 лет назад +82

      Only if you rely on the radio. There are tonnes of bands out there, just as good as bands in the past, you just gotta start searching. It will take time, but you will be rewarded.

    • @zachs.4371
      @zachs.4371 5 лет назад +110

      Music is still very much about talent. "Scientifically engineering the catchiest tune" has been happening for a LONG time now. Humans like patterns, and because of this, composers would typically form their songs around a looping chord progression. That's scientifically engineering the catchiest tune, and it shows musical talent.
      Also, the most popular songs are usually going to have the highest common denominator in regard to lyrics. In pop, the highest common denominator happens to be gossip right now. If you don't like it (I wouldn't blame you), you should either look into less mainstream acts or listen to a new genre entirely.
      Finally, it is MUCH easier to find success in music now than ever. High quality music can be made using low-cost production software. Streaming allows for people to have easy access to any artist. If it were actually harder to find success in music, there wouldn't be entire sub-genres like Soundcloud rap dedicated to up and coming artists.

    • @vagabondwastrel2361
      @vagabondwastrel2361 5 лет назад +12

      The record companies used to bribe radio stations to force music onto the populous. Now it is just an understanding so they can get interviews. Grunge was created through the power of bribery because all of those 80's bands that had massive hits all had their contracts up for renegotiation. So they created an entire genre out of trash to devalue their position.

    • @mshara1
      @mshara1 4 года назад +12

      Has there honestly been a point in human history, where music wasn't driven by catchiness and word-of-mouth?

  • @arnabsaha9778
    @arnabsaha9778 4 года назад +33

    We live in a Society
    Where RUclipsrs and Influencers are the most respected people.

  • @afroamasiaca
    @afroamasiaca 5 лет назад +108

    I feel like telephone operators could be one

  • @michaelq92
    @michaelq92 5 лет назад +77

    I have never had a good experience with somebody quoting Robert Frost in public.

  • @natethebluekirby2089
    @natethebluekirby2089 5 лет назад +79

    4:17 That Sweeny Todd reference tho

    • @isaiahm2044
      @isaiahm2044 5 лет назад

      I lol’d so hard

    • @byronsenior6499
      @byronsenior6499 5 лет назад +7

      I completely missed that lol.

    • @waterlemonandfriends
      @waterlemonandfriends 4 года назад +8

      NatetheBlueKirby 20 oh my god I didn’t even catch it I just accepted it as part of the story... lol

  • @riograndedosulball248
    @riograndedosulball248 5 лет назад +155

    Yep, photographer. I'm studying it and there is no future in the profession, because every middle class girl with a pink/blue/purple hair and a piercing in the nose becomes a photographer after finishing the Marketing college. Do not go with this profession, or get out while you still have time left

    • @DolFan316
      @DolFan316 5 лет назад +9

      Marketing??? I thought that type only went to college for the gender studies major.

    • @riograndedosulball248
      @riograndedosulball248 5 лет назад +21

      @@DolFan316 no, they are very well on infecting marketing... And, of course, flood my market with extreme low quality photos by ridiculously cheap prices. I should have heard grandpa and studied agronomic engineering...

    • @sarahsmile8451
      @sarahsmile8451 5 лет назад +6

      I still see quite a future in the field. Yes, it's not the same as it once was but, there's still alot of opportunities. I'll name a few.
      • Modeling and Celebrity photo shoots
      • Magizens like National Geographic
      • Social Media photos. Instagram specifically has created alot of demand for photographers, everyone wants the best pictures.
      • Weddings
      • Product Photos
      • Pregnancy/Baby photos.
      I could name a few more but I think I've proven my point, these things wont be replaced by just anyone anytime soon.

    • @mepommier
      @mepommier 5 лет назад +20

      @@sarahsmile8451 those "opportunities" are now extremely competitive thanks to an oversaturated market.

    • @riograndedosulball248
      @riograndedosulball248 5 лет назад +8

      @@sarahsmile8451 modelling and cellebrity photos: there's no way to get in this market, people are already there and doesn't open ways to new professionals get in
      Magazine photos: nature and landscape photos are what i'm best with, however, one can't live and sustain a family based on them...
      Social media: everyone knows a person who will make all the photos they want for 50$, no one cares about quality anymore
      Weddings: you has to already be rich to have the equipment to go well in this scenario. There is a hell of an oversaturated market in this niche, and people always go with the cheaper. And sadly, there are fewer and fewer weddings...
      Product photos are a mafia and only the old photographers can profit. Nowadays, every company just calls anyone in the marketing team to make their photos
      Pregnancy and baby photos also need copious amounts of money to get started, and not everyone has the talent to deal with newborns and pregnant women

  • @FirstnameLastnamee
    @FirstnameLastnamee 5 лет назад +38

    I learned that meat processing used to be a really good field, you got paid well, everything was clean, the only bad thing was that you worked with your body all day. (Although if you’re going into a meat facility that’s what you should expect)
    As fast food joints and larger businesses began needing more meat, the quality of the meat, pay, benefits, all kinds of things went out the door. Now it’s a terrible, unsanitary work environment, and the companies exploit workers from out of the country, because its cheap labor

    • @jazaniac
      @jazaniac 2 года назад +1

      it wasn’t due to increased meat demand. In the early 20th century there was a huge scandal about unsanitary conditions in meatpacking factories so the industry became heavily regulated. Since deregulation at the end of that century it’s gone back downhill.

    • @exotic1405
      @exotic1405 Год назад

      The jungle:

  • @mysticalseapotato8303
    @mysticalseapotato8303 5 лет назад +67

    Being a singer/music artist. It used to require actual talent and ability. Now if you look good and have the right connections, you can get a fan base who’d defend you even if you flat out murdered someone.

    • @awilli182
      @awilli182 5 лет назад +2

      Or in a lot of cases, do something that requires a #itwasme

    • @blackearl7891
      @blackearl7891 4 года назад +1

      But they did that in the past as well.

    • @mysticalseapotato8303
      @mysticalseapotato8303 4 года назад +2

      blackearl7891 granted, but at least they had talent in the industry

    • @blackearl7891
      @blackearl7891 4 года назад +1

      @@mysticalseapotato8303 fair point, lol.

    • @fairystail1
      @fairystail1 4 года назад +2

      to be fair with being able to get music online, most artists can only survive by getting sponsorship deals and selling merch.
      Artists make bugger all from sites like Itunes

  • @captainjack3166
    @captainjack3166 5 лет назад +719

    What profession was once highly respected but is now a complete joke:
    President of the United States

    • @TheRealNormanBates
      @TheRealNormanBates 5 лет назад +58

      Captain Jack That has been happening off and on for over the past century+. Hell, there are some presidents that have literally been forgotten due to how corrupt or non productive they were.

    • @patrickstar1330
      @patrickstar1330 5 лет назад +25

      The last US president I had 100% respect for is JFK, right behind him is Dwight D. Eisenhower

    • @couragew6260
      @couragew6260 5 лет назад +27

      poopypants678 _
      I believe that Trump has been a great president. Not perfect of course because he has done some ups and downs for me, but as a whole he really has been a productive president.

    • @BBSurf37
      @BBSurf37 5 лет назад +6

      The position has been under attack by opposing factions for a long time. Mostly being from foreign entities attempting to thwart the U.S. economically, militarily, and socially. It's a strategy to dominate nothing else. It's why we have so much stupid crap going on right now.

    • @darkdialga777
      @darkdialga777 5 лет назад +3

      @@patrickstar1330 The last politicians good enough to end up on coinage.

  • @pirategirl1588
    @pirategirl1588 2 года назад +21

    I took the SAT for the first time, when I was in the sixth grade, in the year 2000.
    The one thing I vividly remember about that particular test was the reading section.
    It was an article discussing how all jobs will one day be done by robots and humans will be obsolete.
    While parts of the article were a bit far fetched, the part about robots being used in place of humans in jobs seems scarily plausible.

    • @zoomerchimaev4147
      @zoomerchimaev4147 Год назад +2

      That’s the singularity. Humans will be obsolete in the next decade.

    • @RaptorFromWeegee
      @RaptorFromWeegee Год назад +1

      No, not scarily plausible, more like terrifyingly probable.

  • @ltchugacast131
    @ltchugacast131 4 года назад +25

    Whip making is almost like blade forging in my town. A small rural town in Florida. There are lineages of ranch owners and cowboys that follow a tradition of having a whip made for their kid when the turn 13. My cousin received a gator leather whip braided from the hide of my Uncles prize gator that season. With how much they made a big deal of it you’d think he was a Jedi creating his first lightsaber

  • @kemccurdy5604
    @kemccurdy5604 4 года назад +18

    To put it simply, EVERY JOB EVER.

  • @blakeok952
    @blakeok952 4 года назад +6

    Being a lawyer, because they mostly don't want "justice" but their client to win

    • @JosephFlores-yn4yi
      @JosephFlores-yn4yi 4 года назад +1

      Yeah, i wanted to be a lawyer, but the fear of having to be in that position made me quit

    • @David-eh9le
      @David-eh9le 4 года назад +2

      They always where that way

  • @GerDrSeltsam
    @GerDrSeltsam 5 лет назад +298

    Here in germany: Policemen. Once feared and respected they are now mostly out of options since everything here took the big left turn. No back up by politics or justice, under constant fire of the media and totally outnumberd with poor gear. We have a saying here in germany that you often hear, when some called the police "Die konnten auch nichts machen" or in english "they couldnt do anything". There are even cases, where arab gangs beat up policeofficers into the hospital and wouldnt end up directly in jail. Most of the time you feel just sorry for this poor fellows in uniforms.

    • @FRGBlackBurn
      @FRGBlackBurn 5 лет назад +40

      Here in Brazil is a similar history, anything happens it's the police's fault, if they kill a criminal they condemn the police for months, if they don't shoot at the criminal they do the same. The police in some states (like Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and some northeastern States) fights well armed drug dealers and robbers, meanwhile the cops uses bad equipment because the last government in the previous 16 years started to cut funding. It's pretty sad, I have a friend and an uncle that are both lawn enforcement and sometimes I stay woke at night wondering if they will be able to come back home safely the next day.

    • @GerDrSeltsam
      @GerDrSeltsam 5 лет назад +19

      @@FRGBlackBurn Here in germany our (leftwing) medias tell the story, that your actuall president is just a brutal right wing dictator like asshole. Could it be possible that you Brazilians voted for him because your country is in such bad shape and lots of you have no other hope than this guy?

    • @jouljoker9684
      @jouljoker9684 5 лет назад +13

      Yes I live in Germany and I can understand you. But I think it depends on where you live. If you live in big city's like berlin, Frankfurt or cologne I can absolutely understand you.

    • @FRGBlackBurn
      @FRGBlackBurn 5 лет назад +13

      @@GerDrSeltsam that's exactly why we voted for him, he already shows some results: more people are starting to get jobs already, and violence has started to go down a little, there is howhever much more things he needs to do and I hope he does it right, while he is by no means perfect and he has already said some stupid things in the past, I feel like he will be able to help alot this country

    • @FRGBlackBurn
      @FRGBlackBurn 5 лет назад +5

      @@jouljoker9684 well here in Brazil is the same, towns away from large capital citys usually are pretty safe

  • @Franciscuwu
    @Franciscuwu 4 года назад +43

    teaching is one of the most underrated jobs .

    • @rg5226
      @rg5226 4 года назад +1

      Cream Cheese Cupcake 1. Stupid parents -> Idiot kids. So you don’t have kids to blame (kinda)

  • @JackhammerJesus
    @JackhammerJesus 5 лет назад +20

    The bank teller one.
    When my grandmother had to go to the bank in the 80s she used to dress up for it like she would when going to the theatre. I remember people who worked at a bank were called "officers".
    When I go to a bank now I do not care if I am in T-Shirt and shorts and I usually go straight for a maschine instead of talking to a "clerk".

    • @brem4204
      @brem4204 4 года назад +3

      I go to the bank exclusively in my pjs lmao

  • @Duck-wc9de
    @Duck-wc9de 2 года назад +5

    Most of These professions didnt became disrespected, they became obsolete

  • @byronsenior6499
    @byronsenior6499 5 лет назад +29

    8:22
    “Anyone and his brother can get into law school.”
    Anyone else think of “Better Call Saul?”

    • @primeirrational
      @primeirrational 4 года назад +1

      Hah exactly!

    • @GeoffBosco
      @GeoffBosco 4 года назад +1

      No because Jimmy is actually a great lawyer. He's just a little broken on the inside.

    • @primeirrational
      @primeirrational 4 года назад

      @@GeoffBosco we are all a little broken on the inside

    • @GeoffBosco
      @GeoffBosco 4 года назад

      @@primeirrational So Jimmy's a bit extra. I was being charitable. :)

  • @pumpkingamebox
    @pumpkingamebox 5 лет назад +54

    Life Lesson: My mother had a friend in High School, after graduating my mother went to Uni and her friend went to work as a stewardess on a plane, it was a fad back then, one of the legal ways to leave USSR and see many different countries. 10 years later my mother meets with her friend accidentally on a plane. Her friend is still the stewardess and my mother was flying first class.
    This story always stuck with me, that education is important no matter how useless the college system is.

    • @pumpkingamebox
      @pumpkingamebox 5 лет назад +7

      @@Brandon-gs2ue Ha. Wanna hear how a flunked out of high school and went straight to college in another country? Lol
      So, I was a bad student. I'm also from Russia. Due to bullying, you know, the usual with kids these days. I dropped out of school in 8th grade to be homeschooled. That never really worked out since my parents were always at work. Those were long and filled with nothing days.
      Then my parents decide to throw me in a behavioral boarding school in the US. Now that was tough, they didn't offer much education, since most of it was focused on behavior. So I worked with material on my own above the class often. Then by some miracle I find this place called Simon's Rock which let's you join college without finishing high school. I took the chance and got in after 9th grade. Ah those were the days. Graduated last may as a mathematician. Life is good.
      Now I have a 10 year plan ahead of me. I want to enroll in a culinary institute because cooking is my passion as I found out recently. 4 years there, get out with a nutritionist degree. Mmm doctors salary, lol. Spent 3-5 years getting work experience. And at the end of it all move to Japan. Not even back to Russia. Life is strange isn't it.

    • @pumpkingamebox
      @pumpkingamebox 5 лет назад

      @@jusscocro772 I'm joking of course, im just referring that nutritionists are one type of doctors. I'll ultimately earn more money if I build a 3 Mechlin star restaurant. But I doubt thats gonna happen. lol

    • @poetryflow8413
      @poetryflow8413 4 года назад

      I’m sorry what the life lesson in your story. You do know some flight attendants make great money? A recent 79 year old Flight Attendant was recently on the news and she made $250,000 a year.

    • @pumpkingamebox
      @pumpkingamebox 4 года назад

      @@poetryflow8413 Idk, eduction matters? I'd die of boredom if not health problems if I had to work as a plane steward for 10 years, not even talking about 50.
      Also what year is it now? Back in the day stewards made much less money, not even talking about women as general making less money. So...
      Tbh, I don't want to see a grandma serving me on a plane. She should retired 14 years ago or something. But good for her I guess.

    • @poetryflow8413
      @poetryflow8413 4 года назад

      Zero You sound like a judgemental ass. I know plenty of Flight Attendants with college degrees. I happen to be one of them and I love the lifestyle. I get to travel the world, meet new people and have a flexible schedule (about 15 to 17 days off a month), which allows me to explore my other passions. That “grandma” serving you on the plane probably had a more interesting and fascinating life than you’ll ever have. Some people like working in their golden years. Especially with a career that allows you to take a crazy amount of days off once you have the seniority to do so.

  • @WWEWomen-g2d
    @WWEWomen-g2d 4 года назад +11

    My dad is a travel agent, we were rich before the 2010s, and I am saddened that we are always in debt nowadays, it's so painful to see my father sad cause he can't provide the things he can provide before, like even simple things such as paying bills. 😢

    • @MrShysterme
      @MrShysterme 4 года назад +2

      I sympathize. But there is a point where you have to read the writing on the wall and change professions.

  • @lukebaer6258
    @lukebaer6258 4 года назад +56

    Cashier. Everyone scans their own things or picks them up after ordering them.

    • @alexanderchristopher6237
      @alexanderchristopher6237 4 года назад +2

      Luke Baer Cashier is a redundant job. Their job is to make sure the purchases are correct and collect the money. That stuff can be done by machines already.
      If people wanted to make the occupational field bigger by hiring 1000 cashiers, that’s not very effective given today’s technology.

    • @respectedgentleman4322
      @respectedgentleman4322 4 года назад +2

      I don't think it was ever that respected though

    • @lukebaer6258
      @lukebaer6258 4 года назад +4

      @@respectedgentleman4322 well think about it 100 years ago. How was you supposed to pick up all the essential items? I mean maybe not exactly respected but for sure important

  • @paulc5585
    @paulc5585 3 года назад +10

    Being a cop. Couldn't pay me enough nowadays

  • @WolfvineGaming
    @WolfvineGaming 5 лет назад +12

    Photographers, everyone on Instagram post photos that can look terrible or crazy good

  • @chucksolutions4579
    @chucksolutions4579 2 года назад +8

    I feel like we as a society don’t respect much of any profession these days. I mean, celebrities are about the only thing we seen to care about, but I would not call it respect.

  • @wu1ming9shi
    @wu1ming9shi 5 лет назад +12

    4:55 I'm actually GLAD about that one. They held WAY too much power a few decades ago. Now if only this would be true for other religions as well...

    • @alex_inside
      @alex_inside 5 лет назад +1

      It still is true in Poland. You got to some port working class city and every building will be in horrible condition or a old Communist block. The only kept up buildings belong to the church and their workers.
      They still have huge power.

  • @Zulfburht
    @Zulfburht 5 лет назад +41

    What about truckers? They work long hours, and have to deal with asshole drivers. Plus dispite the law saying you legally can only work so many hours, many are forced to work longer then legally allowed in order to get to places in certain time frames . In fact it’s almost outright encouraged in my dad’s company by doubling the pay wage for overtime hours.

    • @wcotton
      @wcotton 5 лет назад

      What about them? Does anyone consider them a joke?

    • @brabbit330
      @brabbit330 5 лет назад +5

      I’d wager more people are sympathetic towards truck drivers than judgy. Also why don’t the truck drivers encouraged to break the law report their company managers to the police and unionize?
      That would help make their hours and pay more reasonable I think.

    • @ricechido1089
      @ricechido1089 5 лет назад +6

      The trucking industry is so fucking exploitative that the demand is overwhelming that you have to work ridiculous hours.

    • @Kris-wo4pj
      @Kris-wo4pj 5 лет назад +3

      The over work shit is probably cuz there isn't enough truckers anymore (or maybe the managers are all SOBs like in most jobs probably both). Probably cuz of pay, hours, training and being away from home for weeks at a time for some. My stepdad use to be a trucker but he had to stop when his leg went through the cheap wooden ramp and it busted his knee to the point he needed it replaced (he had basically crushed it when he was in high school by jumping a fence so it finally gave out fully about 2 decades later). Now he has is whats it called CDL? and can't use it cuz his knee can't take the stress of driving for so long or unloading/loading the truck.

    • @Zulfburht
      @Zulfburht 5 лет назад +1

      brabbit330 my uncle did report it, he got fired, and on top of that he couldn’t find another job for months on end because of the fact his old boss slandered his name. He is an honest man, and it costed him dearly.

  • @Netherwolf6100
    @Netherwolf6100 4 года назад +17

    1: Teacher
    2: Firefighter
    3: Lawyer
    4: Judge
    5: President
    6: Cop
    7: Writer
    8: Artist (specifically animation outside Japan and Pixar)
    9: Astronaut
    10: Philosopher
    11: Being a father and husband

    • @AxenfonKlatismrek
      @AxenfonKlatismrek 4 года назад +3

      12: Farmer
      13: Miner

    • @sierrasouthwell9237
      @sierrasouthwell9237 4 года назад +3

      11 had a brief dip in the 90s and 2000s with the advent of Homer Simpson and other Sitcom Dads, but I think the position is gaining more respect as of late, especially as fathers are starting to take a larger role in the upbringing of their children.
      10 is actually making a comeback, with youtube philosophers like Philosophy Tube, ContraPoints, Cosmic Skeptic, and others. Although it can be argued that they gain a lot more respect by claiming their career is a "RUclipsr" rather than a "Philosopher."
      I will add one.
      14. Poet

    • @Sid0404
      @Sid0404 4 года назад +2

      I don’t think being an Astronaut is overrated.

    • @giorgosandrigiannakis1375
      @giorgosandrigiannakis1375 4 года назад +3

      Firefighter? In which country firefighter is considered a joke?

    • @wolfpackflt670
      @wolfpackflt670 4 года назад +2

      @@AxenfonKlatismrek I respect miners. You got to have some balls to go underground and dig around and hope the ceiling doesn't collapse.

  • @user-ft3jq5vi2l
    @user-ft3jq5vi2l 5 лет назад +25

    5:03 Martin Luther: *becomes a monk, then priest*
    The western society: why do I hear boss music?!?!

  • @DeathnoteBB
    @DeathnoteBB 5 лет назад +45

    3:18 Being a professional photographer and being an amateur photographer are two different things. Photographers in industries are still pretty respected, how do you think models get their pictures taken?

    • @BygoneT
      @BygoneT 5 лет назад +11

      Outside the industry being a photographer is just not impressive

    • @AramatiPaz
      @AramatiPaz 5 лет назад

      I believe Deathnotebb don't know the difference between be respected and deserve respect.

    • @noback12
      @noback12 5 лет назад +5

      Any dude taking pictures at a wedding or taking shots to a instagram influencer wanna be for a few bucks can call himself "professional"

  • @MurakamiTenshi
    @MurakamiTenshi 5 лет назад +36

    Clergy still carries weight in Eastern Europe..whole communities listen to their church leader before they listen to polticians

    • @karoliskesminas8247
      @karoliskesminas8247 5 лет назад +2

      You are from Poland right?

    • @twotailedavenger
      @twotailedavenger 5 лет назад +2

      Probably one's only refuge in the usually-fascist hell that is a post-Soviet state.

    • @brabbit330
      @brabbit330 5 лет назад +6

      That explains the backwards culture and anti-lgbt sentiment.

    • @PixieoftheWood
      @PixieoftheWood 5 лет назад +8

      @@firstname_lastname840 While the anti-vaxx movement is one of the most backwards and devastating movements in modern times, I fail to see how creating a new concept of what gender is is worse than believing there is a magical, invisible man in the sky who is judging your every action, and encourages you to hate and harm those he disapproves of. One is something you can simply ignore with no consequence, the other has resulted in harm and death to countless innocent people.

    • @picklejuice-je9qz
      @picklejuice-je9qz 4 года назад +6

      @@firstname_lastname840 Everytime I see an argument between a religious and nonreligious person, the gender thing is brought up. It shows how simple your mind is. You watched it or read it somewhere, and now you're repeating it like a parrot. I grew up in eastern europe and oh boy... the "gender confusion" in the western countries is not even remotely close to all the bullshit there is in former soviet countries.

  • @handsomesquidward5160
    @handsomesquidward5160 4 года назад +19

    Personal trainer
    Anyone can get a personal training qualification in less than a few weeks here in the UK. Nthe market is over saturated with people with the qualification but no business skills on how to sell their personal training.

  • @stellar783
    @stellar783 4 года назад +15

    Are we going to ignore the Demon Barber of Fleet Street meat pies reference at 4:16?
    Where do you think a barber gets this steady of a meat supply, people? It’s eminently practical!

  • @loverrlee
    @loverrlee 5 лет назад +17

    4:22 Sick Sweeney Todd reference. No, I mean, I think I’m literally gonna be sick... Sweeney Todd was a gore fest and why I don’t trust meat pies anymore...

  • @lafandio8954
    @lafandio8954 2 года назад +2

    Photography fr. I have been going back and forth between trying to start something up and one of the biggest reasons I haven't is because competition is real tight, but 80-90% of it is filled with people who think they've got it down because they have a nice camera. Nobody hears that you're a photographer and actually thinks highly of it

  • @p.d.l7023
    @p.d.l7023 5 лет назад +3

    You are right about clowns. They were considered fun. Now they are just considered scary as much a Halloween character as vampires, skeletons etc.

  • @2headedtasman200
    @2headedtasman200 5 лет назад +44

    Pilots will probably go back to something like their glory days, as there is about to be a huge pilot shortage in a decade or so. So, you'd best start now so you can a good salary and schedule before everyone starts flooding in.

    • @henryschoon7816
      @henryschoon7816 5 лет назад +1

      Get me 169 subs and I will reveal something why is there going to a be a pilot shortage?

    • @Rapscallion2009
      @Rapscallion2009 5 лет назад +7

      It's not a good career in many ways. Long time away from home, unsocial hours, it's actually quite seasonal, can be very stressful & you're only as good as your last medical. Plus it's a cut throat industry to work in.

    • @jamegumb7298
      @jamegumb7298 5 лет назад +2

      @@Rapscallion2009 Not seasonal at all. At least not when flying over the oceans. Perhaps different when flying only domestic or a few countries but normally, no. You do make insane hours and it very much depends on who you fly for. Lion Air makes pilots available 24/7 no exceptions, and they make 100 hours+ a week easy, sleeping in the cockpit. If others found out they would never allow them to fly into their skies, so a lot of stuff is forged. JAL and Emirates have a strict cap on the amount of hours, but this also means pilots can be stuck abroad and that is it, christmas at home like we promised fuck you, wait sucka. Emirates also gives 95% discount to family and certain relatives of their pilots, very nice.

    • @GeneralChangFromDanang
      @GeneralChangFromDanang 5 лет назад +4

      The big problem in the US now is that you need 1,500 flight hours just to sit in the right seat. Not a lot of people want to shell out $100k in fuel and rental costs to get into a regional airline making $30k a year.

    • @wordforger
      @wordforger 4 года назад +1

      @@GeneralChangFromDanang The airlines will eventually be forced to start offering more cash or benefits to find qualified pilots and it might start being a good job again.

  • @michaelbujaki2462
    @michaelbujaki2462 5 лет назад +11

    3:26 It is amazing how much gets thrown out because the owner doesn't know how to fix it.
    4:16 Barbers used to do minor surgery.

    • @Lakhshamana
      @Lakhshamana 5 лет назад +2

      Minor? They *_were_* the (affordable) surgeons of the time. Doctors were pretty much reserved for the rich and noble or/and more researcher than healer.

    • @0Clewi0
      @0Clewi0 4 года назад +3

      @@Lakhshamana Probably they just didn't do the mayor ones and people died. Though probably you would've died anyway if it was before penicillin

    • @Lakhshamana
      @Lakhshamana 4 года назад +1

      @@0Clewi0 plus medics don't disinfect their tools and hands in that time.

    • @hyperion3145
      @hyperion3145 4 года назад

      Lakhshamana
      They did but it wasn’t as effective as it is now

  • @jacobqyv
    @jacobqyv 4 года назад +4

    Being a college professor: now is a supervisor of adult day care for winy baby's 90% of the time

  • @invisi-bullexploration2374
    @invisi-bullexploration2374 5 лет назад +84

    Modern photography is so shit.
    It used to be something a guy could get into and it kind of was gritty and down to earth.
    Essentially nowadays all you have to do to be considered 'good' is buy a camera and lens setup that costs as much combined as a luxury automobile. There is no mid range. This means unless you are some trustafarian the hobby is out of reach. And there is some asshole always following you with a ruler to measure you and make sure you are using this professional setup. Anything less you get shamed for. ("Oh, you scrimped and saved for that Canon? Too bad you can't afford the lenses, peasant...") And because of this you have these assholes with zero talent getting fawned over just because they shot something with a 20K USD lens. More expensive means more better. Always. The days of Weegee are long gone.

    • @billydasquid1201
      @billydasquid1201 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah photographers have it really hard.

    • @DolFan316
      @DolFan316 5 лет назад +11

      A woman I went to high school with 30 years ago actually gets paid to go around taking pictures with her iphone. She identifies as an "iphoneographer". This woman went to college for 4 years and graduated just so she could do this. Having a loaded husband helps a bit.

    • @alexanderchristopher6237
      @alexanderchristopher6237 5 лет назад +5

      @@DolFan316 well, to be able to take such quality pictures without spending thousands of dollars on a heavy camera, that's an improvement technology has given us.
      Instead of lugging a camera bag with lenses that's worth thousands of dollars and that camera + possibly other accessories or tripod, you now have a camera of similar quality to all of hat, that also functions as a mini computer and your phone.

    • @spoiltmilk6511
      @spoiltmilk6511 5 лет назад

      "more better"

    • @jamegumb7298
      @jamegumb7298 5 лет назад +4

      @@alexanderchristopher6237 This is absolute bullshit. An iPhone has acceptable quality, but to compare it to a thousands costing camera, no, not at all. You need those lenses. I have never ever seen any phone that offers excptional control over iso, shutter speed and exposure time as well as others stuff such as focal lenght anything else other than autofocus.
      I bet I could use a pancake lens to outshoot any iPhone.

  • @jurassicsmackdown6359
    @jurassicsmackdown6359 4 года назад +17

    not so much a joke, but every time I say I want to work for a morgue/funeral home doing corpse removal, whoever i tell looks at me like Im a dang psychopath. everyone except a small amount of family members 👌 thanks family

    • @wetlettuce4768
      @wetlettuce4768 4 года назад +5

      Trust me undertakers were always seen as weird people

    • @sierrasouthwell9237
      @sierrasouthwell9237 4 года назад +3

      Do you watch "Ask a Mortician"? She's great.

    • @jurassicsmackdown6359
      @jurassicsmackdown6359 4 года назад +3

      @@sierrasouthwell9237 I hadnt watched before, but I surely will now. Thank you for the reference

    • @manny9050
      @manny9050 4 года назад +1

      Morticians make fucking bank. Starting off at 50k, then goes up to 100k+ and all you really need is an apprenticeship. Experience > Degrees. If you want to move up faster, then I would recommend an associates, but it’s typically not needed to go up. Best of luck!

  • @fomorians
    @fomorians 5 лет назад +11

    "presidential candidate" deaddddddd

  • @Pocketraisins
    @Pocketraisins 5 лет назад +9

    Girlfriends relative was a dairy farmer. The "milkman" in this case was the one picking up the milk in a tanker truck (1980's). Yup...sure enough, while uncle was in the fields or barn the milkman was getting some with his wife. Keep in mind nowdays, with all the home deliveries from Amazon the "joke" has moved onto UPS, USPS, DHL and FED-EX drivers. Guys! Watch that your S.O. isn't getting an extra delivery now and then.

  • @Amyante
    @Amyante 5 лет назад +2

    I'd say Game Dev, because they often get blamed for Marketing's bullshittery.

  • @jacobknott9819
    @jacobknott9819 5 лет назад +21

    The people talking about flight attendants have never been on a Southwest flight

    • @sierrasouthwell9237
      @sierrasouthwell9237 4 года назад +1

      Tbf to airline workers, I too would be bitchy if I knew that my profession would likely lead to death by cancer.

  • @mesothelimoa341
    @mesothelimoa341 4 года назад +2

    The Groom of the Stool was the dude who helped monarchs take a dump and wipe their backsides for them. It was one of the most prestigious roles a person could have.

    • @mesothelimoa341
      @mesothelimoa341 4 года назад +1

      @officialmer Under Henry VII the groom of the stool was responsible for setting national fiscal policy. The king also shared many close secrets with the groom so, yes, they were highly respected by kings.

  • @usagi18
    @usagi18 4 года назад +7

    Hope we soon see "social media influencers" in this list

  • @Ivan-ow5xc
    @Ivan-ow5xc 5 лет назад +4

    As an architect: As long as we need a place to live in, my job will always be there.
    I think.

    • @thepinkestpigglet7529
      @thepinkestpigglet7529 2 года назад +2

      I wanted to be an architect for a while.
      Then I realized I'd be commissioned to design concrete and glass boxes over and over again before I could ever get the respect and prestige required to bring back streamline moderne

  • @josephhorton5311
    @josephhorton5311 4 года назад +15

    Genuinely, teachers are paid less than minimum wage as they do loads of marking outside of teaching

    • @toedrag-release
      @toedrag-release 2 года назад

      They also get 2 months completely off amd they still get paid so it kinda evens out

    • @ivettegutierreztorres4272
      @ivettegutierreztorres4272 2 года назад

      In Mexico it depends on the type of place where you work, most earn a decent living

    • @thepinkestpigglet7529
      @thepinkestpigglet7529 2 года назад +1

      @@toedrag-release but they don't get those 2 months off. They're working second jobs to afford living and going to workshops to become better teachers and getting started on next year's lesson plan.

    • @toedrag-release
      @toedrag-release 2 года назад

      @@thepinkestpigglet7529 the average teachers salary in my country is 60k thats a pretty decent amount that doesnt require a second job to survive. If their working a second job they must be bad with money

    • @rxses2111
      @rxses2111 2 года назад

      Not sure if your from the U.S. but in many areas here, teachers can make 29 to 33 thousand yearly. Very limited days off and they work summers. And it’s not to say that they are bad with money; they have a Masters level degree of education and are paid a terrible salary (especially for city and urban living) that cannot pay off their debt.

  • @roymustang5922
    @roymustang5922 4 года назад +1

    The postman line sounded like a Lantern reciting an oath.

  • @non4997
    @non4997 5 лет назад +6

    And yet no one brought up the concept of a bathroom attendant

  • @abbycadabbie
    @abbycadabbie 5 лет назад +3

    I work at Arby’s, and we once had a customer say all of our workers were lazy. My manager not only turned her away from any service from us, but also explained to her that most of our workers were seniors in high school getting ready for college, or were already in college and just working to get by. Then my manager specifically talked about me and how I was a full time college student with two jobs (working about 35 hours a week) and lived on my own.

    • @timfortune9
      @timfortune9 4 года назад +1

      At a juice stand I once worked at a lady called me stupid because I couldn't cater to her specific request.
      I had just graduated college with two bachelors and was about a month away from starting grad school.

  • @cocktailonion696
    @cocktailonion696 4 года назад +4

    Yep. I remember working at hobby lobby and mentioning something about plastic manufacturing, and someone was like “why are you working here?”
    Uhhhhh because being intelligent doesn’t necessarily mean you have the exact right experience and piece of paper with your name on it.

  • @Liuhuayue
    @Liuhuayue 4 года назад +6

    10:30 I actually never considered that someone might have specialized in making just whips. We all talk about how in the olden days there were the blacksmiths, the silver smiths, the tailors, the tanners, etc. I never heard anyone talk about the whipmaker.

    • @hyperion3145
      @hyperion3145 4 года назад +2

      Odds are they didn’t just work solely on whips and were also leatherworkers

    • @Liuhuayue
      @Liuhuayue 4 года назад

      @@hyperion3145 That sounds reasonable too.

  • @St4rsine
    @St4rsine 5 лет назад +50

    I think its weird that these reddit channels use posts from 4+ years ago.

    • @depressedkathryn747
      @depressedkathryn747 5 лет назад +2

      Aidan Plahn I’ve seen one use one from 2 years ago *INACCURATE*

    • @depressedkathryn747
      @depressedkathryn747 5 лет назад +1

      Aidan Plahn just kidding lol

    • @St4rsine
      @St4rsine 5 лет назад +6

      depressed kathryn I know but ive also seen some from 8 years ago...

    • @NewPaulActs17
      @NewPaulActs17 5 лет назад

      reddit videos are a fad

  • @typie34
    @typie34 4 года назад +4

    1:55 my grandma (died in 2005 R.I.P.) lived as a young woman in germany in around 1950 where she met my grandfather, he was an american army pilot stationed in germany. they both got to USA in the 60s and he became a commercial pilot for an Airline that doesnt exist anymore. after he got his job my grandma went on to become a stewardess and this job was very respected and searched after for women, plus it payed well and she loved it. they both landed a job in different airlines but with good schedules and she always told me how awesome it was, she done it until the 80s.

  • @socksamazingchannel
    @socksamazingchannel 5 лет назад +13

    Retail is so true. ... sigh. Lol

  • @Babbleplay
    @Babbleplay 4 года назад +2

    Knocker-upper. Used to be a valuable role before alarm clocks, but now, the job title would get nothing but blank stares and jokes. Imagine a door to door wake up call guy. Carried a big wooden pole for tapping on upstairs bedroom windows.

  • @definitely_notme4112
    @definitely_notme4112 4 года назад +5

    Toymaker. when toys were handcrafted in the 50s toymakers were remarked as hardworking woodworkers. now toymakers are just machines or people in a factory.

    • @marlonmoncrieffe0728
      @marlonmoncrieffe0728 3 года назад +4

      Ah, good point.
      At least video game designers are respected.

  • @lokristine8869
    @lokristine8869 4 года назад +1

    Fixing a TV costs more than buying a new one.

    • @Groza_Dallocort
      @Groza_Dallocort 4 года назад

      And people in the western world throw them away and they end up in third world countries that dosent have the technology to recycle them

    • @marlonmoncrieffe0728
      @marlonmoncrieffe0728 3 года назад +1

      TVs are notoriously cheap nowadays because they are now 'smart' and the real money is on all the attached apps.
      Cheddar has a good video about it.
      P.S. 😍 Completely and totally off-topic but you are SMOKING HOT!
      You could be cast as Emma Frost in the next 'X-Men' film!

    • @lokristine8869
      @lokristine8869 3 года назад +1

      @@marlonmoncrieffe0728 That's a huge compliment, thank you!

    • @marlonmoncrieffe0728
      @marlonmoncrieffe0728 3 года назад

      @@lokristine8869 📱 Assuming you're a model, are you on Instagram?
      (The lockdown has prevented me from posting in months, but you can still find me at MarlonMoncrieffe0728).

  • @zcrib3
    @zcrib3 4 года назад +8

    Any kind of brokering service that internet has replaced. Real estate, cars, stocks, travel, etc.

    • @wetlettuce4768
      @wetlettuce4768 4 года назад +1

      Sorry Mr stock broker I'm off to do some *stonks* on the internet.

  • @spinter1310
    @spinter1310 4 года назад +2

    In the Middle Ages, the priesthood was a family job. You only became a priest if your family was a family of priests. To become bishop, you has to be in the upper class. The clergy DOES provide upward mobility nowadays in some African countries, though.

  • @renjia3504
    @renjia3504 4 года назад +7

    Alchemy... full metal alchemist... Brotherhood
    Was better than the original

  • @howtobeamess402
    @howtobeamess402 2 года назад +1

    4:03 Egyptian elevators need a tag to be activated to use the elevator to prevent robberies (irl probs just bc so that you need for example the doctors permission to go home)

  • @amondhawes-khalifa1949
    @amondhawes-khalifa1949 5 лет назад +11

    Being the president of the United States.

    • @wetlettuce4768
      @wetlettuce4768 4 года назад

      We need to start a programme that makes an endless supply of Teddy Roosevelt clones to keep being elected into office

  • @snoproblem
    @snoproblem 5 лет назад

    The last one put a human face on the 'buggy whip manufacturer' shorthand for obsolescence. A real eye-opener.

  • @kyzendelaguia1063
    @kyzendelaguia1063 5 лет назад +3

    I think redditors don't understand the difference between a joke job and a job that doesn't exist anymore

  • @kelseyc5102
    @kelseyc5102 4 года назад +2

    being a milkman was so important that were my great grandpa lived, they wouldn't draft him because he delivered milk.

  • @jahnabdas1007
    @jahnabdas1007 4 года назад +7

    You guys hear the sam o' nella opening in the background?

  • @kfc28371ify
    @kfc28371ify 4 года назад +1

    Teaching, sadly. Parents, general public and administration don't take us seriously. (Especially early childhood and daycare teachers; people think we just babysit and play all day, but we do more than that!)

  • @king0dasouf
    @king0dasouf 5 лет назад +7

    Machinist
    Almost everything you touch and see a machinist had something to do with in one way or another. These days wages have pushed this blackart into obscurity.

    • @Owiko7
      @Owiko7 4 года назад

      My father is a machinist. The company he works for gets engineering, and machining jobs from small companies that don't usually want to pay well for the amount of work they request.

    • @thepinkestpigglet7529
      @thepinkestpigglet7529 2 года назад

      My step dad worked his way up from machinist to second engineer at his job just a few years ago. He says he got lucky because starting pretty nuch the next year there was a change in management and they started firing people to outsource to China.

  • @ovni2295
    @ovni2295 4 года назад +2

    I get the feeling Security Guard is like this, since they ask for a lot of professionalism and discipline and attention to detail, but then don't give you any real pay or benefits, which means you only get a lot of temporary workers who leave the moment they find something better. Makes security a complete joke.

    • @Vitorruy1
      @Vitorruy1 4 года назад

      Club bouncers are the worst

  • @pheonixflame2130
    @pheonixflame2130 5 лет назад +20

    Being a rapper with no connections or successful songs

    • @CurtisAlfeld
      @CurtisAlfeld 5 лет назад +8

      It sucks that my childhood dream of being a musician has been hurt by all of these no talent rappers who just pop pills, mumble about how high they are, and post that shit online, and find success with it.

    • @toomanystarstocount859
      @toomanystarstocount859 5 лет назад +1

      I also love to make my own music and I will start to make my own songs in a few years but I definitly wont stand a chance against all the dumb mainstream music. Nowadays you always hear the same style on the radio and it sometimes even hurts my ears to hear what some people call music.

    • @Brandon-gs2ue
      @Brandon-gs2ue 5 лет назад +1

      @@CurtisAlfeld well that's mainstream in the rap community, you can still make it somewhat successful if you plan on making music in another genre. People like music about getting fucked up because its relatable, hype, or you can vibe to it

    • @Brandon-gs2ue
      @Brandon-gs2ue 5 лет назад +2

      @@toomanystarstocount859 the good thing is that radio music is dying and more people are listening to music online, theres a niche for all types of music. As long as you're killing it in your industry you'll find some amount of success.

  • @linkman4432
    @linkman4432 4 года назад +2

    4:16 That's a freaking Sweeney Todd Refrence!

  • @bronaghmccabe
    @bronaghmccabe 4 года назад +5

    At least in some countries some of these are still great jobs, teachers in Ireland make a lot and have a ton of paid holidays, maternity and paternity and it is the job 90% of our politicians once held. The work they do during the summer (correcting test papers) is also paid. You're better off becoming a teacher than a nurse over here
    Barbers and hairdressers are also still doing well, one of my friends dads used to say no matter how broke people say they are they still want to look good so hairdressers and barbers don't really run out of clientele.
    Can also agree with the rural post man thing my grandad was a postman and the sheer amount of stuff he got every Christmas was wild, His route was up in the mountains and there was a lot of older people living up there and he'd bring them groceries if they asked, so at christmas he'd get so many homemade pies and tarts, christmas puddings, wild pheasant turkeys, geese sometimes, homegrown veg, firewood and even vouchers or cash. In fairness though he loved his job and still will drive his route now occasionally and helps when the office he worked for is overwhelmed it's so weird going shopping with him cause it feel like he knows everyone.

    • @sierrasouthwell9237
      @sierrasouthwell9237 4 года назад +1

      I bet your laws make more sense than ours.
      I think our law making process is "let's make laws on the assumption that the world works how we think it should work." Like our age of consent laws, our sex-education laws, our laws on gun ownership, our laws about environmental regulation, or our abortion laws (although we might have you beat still on that front.)