Law enforcement, I could never respect myself after taking money to be muscle for the psychopathic hoarder class.
this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2023
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I have friends in police that joined out of spirit of mission.
Road safety, counterfeiting detection, contraband, drug traficking, slavery, violent crime, environmental damage, poaching...
These are situations where police enforce rules for the better of all.
There is more to being a police than just muscle.
The police in my country held siege to our parliement building to remember our politicians and government the police is sworn to uphold and defend the country and constitution, not governments and politicians.
If your friend is in America:
Counterfeiting is investigated by the FBI, drug trafficking prevention (targeted at the source, such as cartels) is handled by the DEA, human traffickingβFBI, poaching is monitored by fish and game.
There are times when a cop may have the ability to do some good now and again, but a key part of the job is harassing homeless people, busting young black guys for having some coke in their pockets, and sitting on the side of the road getting paid to aim a speed gun for a few hours. Whatever notion your friend had of being a hero is more likely to be found in almost any other law enforcement agency than the bottom level flatfoots we call the police.
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Ah yes joining the fascist organization to make the world better place.
I can't find it but there was a nice Finnish comic where a guy joins nazi army in early 1900s and says "I'm changing the system from inside"
Edit: found it
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Military / weapons, police, bailiffs, pyramid scheme grifts, wellness grifts, petrochemicals, mining, financial services (unless it was something like a credit union)
You wouldn't work for the police for 3-5 million????
How awful must the police be where you live?
No I wouldn't. It would go against my ethics and my politics. Police are police, everywhere. Ultimately they exist to protect the interests of the ruling classes. While the level of violence and corruption and abuse of power might vary from place to place, and there may be good work that they do, there is violence and corruption and abuse of power wherever there are police. I want no part in that, no money is worth it. And I wouldn't last long in a racist and sexist workplace anyway.
You could be the change you want to see and earning alot of money, to maybe do more change you care about.
It's literally worse for everyone, that you say no to this. Including yourself.
I mean I'm very flattered that you think that me joining the police would revolutionise it but... No. That's not how change happens. Otherwise it would have already happened. I'm sorry my decision to turn down a fictional offer of joining the police offends / upsets you.
Dw, not upset. It's fictional, and so is the arguments we are making for this. It just doesn't make sense in this fiction setting, that's all.
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Out of all the things on the list, that was the one I understood the most. Iβd be willing to risk my body, comfort, or sanity for a few million, but joining the police will cost you your soul.
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Cold-call telemarketing
I did that. It was amazing how many people tried to make it into some kind of sex call.
Only those that could mess up my health or psyche permanently in one work day, or harm others:
front-line soldier in an active war zone
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contract killer
I can't think of much else that I couldn't grit my teeth, do the bare minimum for 8 hours and walk away set for life.
Sex worker would be pretty rough and possibly deadly. Being a soldier in one of America's resource wars. Anything to do with criminal justice. Working in a narcotics cartel. It's a lot of gold but no point if I'm gonna die.
Sex worker could be fairly safe, if sex workers had any rights in my country. (context: USA. There are countries where sex workers are are least somewhat respected and have rights. Not here.) Then it would be about as safe as being a doctor who makes house calls, or hospice, or other jobs where you may be in private with another person for some reason.
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First thing that comes to my mind is something military-like or something that involves killing People (innocent or not).
I don't think any reasonable person would actually turn down their weight in gold for one unpleasant day of work, unless there was a high probability of grievous injury or death to themselves or others.
But if we're just being hyperbolic, I deliberately never worked in the food industry. I knew if I worked in food somewhere, I would get sick if it and never want to eat there again.
im thinking traumatizing or against your morals.. maybe skinning dogs for meat
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I think you could do almost anything for a day. One day is "Here's Jim, he's new, and we are going to show him how we do things here" stuff where little actual work happens.
A month would be a more realistic situation. I wouldn't want to be military in an active war zone, work for a drug/trafficking cartel, or any other dangerous profession where the likelihood of dying or going to prison is high. Or professions where I'd have to actively harm people.
There are professions where one day on the job is enough to leave marks.
I'm a big guy so my weight in gold is pretty compelling tbh.
I'd probably do anything not deadly or grievously injuring for $7.5M in gold in one day.
I just checked, I'm thinking about almost 9m USD for this here dad bod π
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IDF member
Isn't military service compulsory in Israel?
Working in a foundry or an oil rig. They both seem like pretty shit jobs due to the hazards, materials and conditions.
Joke answer: retail
Serious answer: anything that took me more than 50 ft above the ground
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a days work for 80 kg of gold? I'll do anything
Elon Musk's assistant.
No you could fuck with him so hard it would be worth it.
Police, mining, executioner, anything to do with fossil fuels, factory farming, surgery, human trafficking, drug trafficking, maybe prostitution.
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Assassin.
Also anything I can't do that I'd you put me in that place would result in death of others or environmental devastation. Emergency room doctor, oil rig operator...
Advertising.
Cell tower or wind turbine repair.
That could actually be fun.
Have at it. A big nope from me. I watched a couple of videos of guys climbing those things and working on them and about died of anxiety. Even with all the proper safety gear, I'm sure I'd get a ways up and just freeze in fear.
I'd rather take on some of the other "nopes" in this thread; military or law enforcement. I could be a lazy ass do nothing cop for a day. Seems to work for quite a few cops.
I respect that.
For some reason I can't explain, I find myself more attracted by intense situations as I grow older, which goes completely against all basic rules of self preservation.
Sex work for sure. Anything illegal really. Would stress me out.
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