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Obsolete Occupations

🕑 Added 2024-04-29 23:18:22 +0000 UTC

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Mike Lazzaro

Yes! My grandmother was the pharmacy director at a hospital, and even though she never had to directly handle the leeches, she absolutely hated even holding the boxes they came in!

Scheherazade

I’m so happy that pre show shenanigans are back! ❤️

Meadhands

Additionally, I think some museums and/or colleges still hire hermits.

Meadhands

Prett sure this was another podcast: people still mudlark in the Themes as a hobby. So much so in fact that there is one popular subgroup that seeks typographical keys for printing presses specifically. Essentially, they're hunting for "lost fonts".

Jared Harris

There are jobs that should be obsolete even now, and they show no signs of being made so. The level of automation regarding janitorial services in Japan alone proves that, let alone the time lost due to employee burnout. Sorry to get serious. I just like waxing idyllic when it comes to the inevitable replacement of mindless effort by machinery.

Jay Voigt

My second job ever was at an Old Country Buffet, lol

Lora Forsyth

The historical consensis is that people did not stink, basic hygiene like today was socially expected. Sweet smelling air was just consider heathier. #petpeevesofamuseumdocent

outaspaceman

I once worked cleaning public facilities here in the UK., Let me tell you “Gong Farmer” is still a thing..

AK

Leech collector is not as obsolete as you think. Specially grown leeches are still used today to prevent venous congestion, especially in cases of reattached fingers https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341782833_Leech_Therapy_Following_Digital_Replantation_and_Revascularization