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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago

Clicked on the link since the thumbnail showed a flowchart (I like them), and got to learn quite a bit. Sad that samurai is obsolete but glad that body snatcher and slave catcher are as well.

I got a nice chuckle out of match maker, never thought of it in this manner, and will never not think about it whenever someone says anything about matchmaking.

Also chuckle worthy, “Flowchart to determine if an occupation should be included in the list of obsolete occupations”, and the first decision box is “Is occupation obsolete?”.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I once made a craigslist ad for a hermit seeking hermitage. I'll have to see if I can find it. It was fucking hilarious. Got SO many emails off that thing

Edit: found it!

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago

Don't leave us hanging, where did you end up on your hermitage?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

15 years or so ago, one of my main sources of income was DVD Authoring (e.g. making menus, titles, subtitles, navigation of video files etc), a skill and trade that's now completely irrelevant.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago

I don’t get all the upvotes. Isn’t this just UI/UX which is anything but irrelevant? What am I missing here?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 hours ago

In past life I worked for a while as assistant editor for an advertising production company and the producers always get fascinated because I would take care of that on the DVDs that would be send as previews to the clients. It was silly but was a part of the job I really enjoyed, I even take care to print some nice cover for the DVD and the DVD box.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago

I was a protectionist at a cinema for a while. I get it.