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A404 lemmy.dbzer0.com A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Remember_the_tooth lemmy.world Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-01-23
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Somewhere out there, there's a printout of this, sincerely pinned to a cork board under a thoughtfully arannged web of red yarn.

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orca orcas.enjoying.yachts orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
Joined: 2023-07-07
#3 · Quote Reply

Righties can’t separate the human from material value. OP in the screenshot was absolutely gearing up to judge people based on their job, which is a good red flag to avoid someone at all costs.

Unless they’re a cop. You can judge them all you want.

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someguy3 lemmy.world someguy3@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
#4 · Quote Reply

He doesn't know that the left is more educated. Believed Fox that they're all unemployed.

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A404 lemmy.dbzer0.com A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-11
#5 · Quote Reply

He doesn't know that the left is more educated. Believed Fox that they're all unemployed.

The only thing keeping the GOP in power right now is tribalism.

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applebusch (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-11-11
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DokPsy lemmy.world DokPsy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-18
#7 · Quote Reply

Somewhere out there, there's a printout of this, sincerely pinned to a cork board under a thoughtfully arannged web of red yarn.

Well, it'll have to be thoughtfully arranged. They can't just pop down to Joanns to pick up more so they can't waste it. Sure you can get stuff online but you can't feel if that batch will twist how you want it to. It's just not the same

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red_tomato lemmy.world red_tomato@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-30
#8 · Quote Reply

He doesn't know that the left is more educated. Believed Fox that they're all unemployed.

It’s more that he thinks the left can’t do ”real hard working jobs”. Jobs that require university education doesn’t count as ”real” to them.

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deadbeef79000 lemmy.nz deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-17
#9 · Quote Reply

It’s more that he thinks the left can’t do ”real hard working jobs”. Jobs that require university education doesn’t count as ”real” to them.

"I don't understand your job therefore your job is fake"

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therealdries lemmy.dbzer0.com therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-22
#10 · Quote Reply

Me? I'm a dishwasher.

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FedX quokk.au FedX@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-04-30
#11 · Quote Reply

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Can I join in on this dream? Aerospace really tickles my fancy, but it feels impossible to get a job in it that's not destroying the environment and/or making bigger bombs.

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Zier fedia.io Zier@fedia.io
Joined: 2023-06-17
#12 · Quote Reply

I thought it was the job of frogs to make people gay.
Stop stealing jobs from frogs.

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TefikiMupu lemmy.world TefikiMupu@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-05-28
#13 · Quote Reply

Well, it'll have to be thoughtfully arranged. They can't just pop down to Joanns to pick up more so they can't waste it. Sure you can get stuff online but you can't feel if that batch will twist how you want it to. It's just not the same

Joann's conspiracy board section really was the best. Not sure where to get all my thumbtacks from now.

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MarieMarion literature.cafe MarieMarion@literature.cafe
Joined: 2025-06-05
#14 · Quote Reply

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So you want to work in Becky Chambers' To Be Taught, If Fortunate.
I couldn't have come up with a better pitch for the book.

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someguy3 lemmy.world someguy3@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
#15 · Quote Reply

It’s more that he thinks the left can’t do ”real hard working jobs”. Jobs that require university education doesn’t count as ”real” to them.

Don't think he'd be asking what people do then.

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-30
#16 · Quote Reply

I'm the paymaster for professional Liberal protesters.

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switcheroo lemmy.world switcheroo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-08-01
#17 · Quote Reply

I work in QA.

Meaning I make sure that the websites I go over all have the secret Gay Code built in. See what it does is secretly pop up on the screen BE GAY so fast you won't see it--- but your brain will have! It's very cool technology that we are implementing so that all websites-- even the most innocuous-- further seed in the Gay Agenda.

You visit websites, it will eventually turn you gay. We are very proud of our work.

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Agent641 lemmy.world Agent641@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-12
#18 · Quote Reply

Freelance abortionist. I'll dunk any kid below the 12th trimester.

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ShaggySnacks lemmy.myserv.one ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
Joined: 2023-08-17
#19 · Quote Reply

I am a sponge. I live off Soros bucks.

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Jankatarch lemmy.world Jankatarch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-12
#20 · (edited) Quote Reply

Warehouse worker for a company that sells food over Amazon.

I inject HRT to every avocado spread we sell so toasts turn children trans and communist and immigrant.

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naught101 lemmy.world naught101@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-05-08
#21 · Quote Reply

Climate scientist (not joking)

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BeardededSquidward lemmy.blahaj.zone BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-12-04
#22 · Quote Reply

I help old shits like travelwithmrmichael figure out how to turn on their computer and phone.

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kryptonianCodeMonkey lemmy.world kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-13
#23 · Quote Reply

I'm a software engineer, but I moonlight as a fucking problem for bigots and child predators.

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captainlezbian lemmy.world captainlezbian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#24 · Quote Reply

I'm an engineer in a factory. They hired me to double check that the factory workers use my pronouns

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VelvetPinkOtter123 lemmy.world VelvetPinkOtter123@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-06-19
#25 · Quote Reply

I photoshop images of flat earth to make it look round

I always forget to add the stars though

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ironycanal lemmy.dbzer0.com ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-15
#26 · Quote Reply

Freelance abortionist. I'll dunk any kid below the 12th trimester.

Maybe its how online I am, but I feel unethical not taking any job below their 404th.

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ironycanal lemmy.dbzer0.com ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-15
#27 · Quote Reply

I'm a software engineer, but I moonlight as a fucking problem for bigots and child predators.

Well there's your issue. Too old for the child predators to want to fuck. They'll never engage in your chosen medium. Can't say for the bigots.

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ironycanal lemmy.dbzer0.com ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-15
#28 · Quote Reply

Climate scientist (not joking)

Favorite way to get alcohol into your body?

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MrShankles reddthat.com MrShankles@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-07-01
#29 · Quote Reply

Think Scar Face... except it's abortion pills

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ironycanal lemmy.dbzer0.com ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-15
#30 · Quote Reply

I work in QA. Meaning I make sure that the websites I go over all have the secret Gay Code built in. See what it does is secretly pop up on the screen BE GAY so fast you won't see it--- but your brain will have! It's very cool technology that we are implementing so that all websites-- even the most innocuous-- further seed in the Gay Agenda. You visit websites, it will eventually turn you gay. ...

Not apps though. Apps are safe and secure!

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ironycanal lemmy.dbzer0.com ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-15
#31 · Quote Reply

He doesn't know that the left is more educated. Believed Fox that they're all unemployed.

Education≠employability

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ironycanal lemmy.dbzer0.com ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-15
#32 · Quote Reply

Don't think he'd be asking what people do then.

Yeah. Its very strange irrational and potentially self defeating behavior. A fascist would never.

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Thebeardedsinglemalt lemmy.world Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-17
#33 · Quote Reply

IT at a hospital. I make sure to mess with all the data of women who have abortions so right-wingers can't murder them and their doctors. I also hide all the sex change operations forced on kids under the age of 12

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Spitefire lemmy.world Spitefire@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#34 · Quote Reply

I work for for a health insurance company that tries to be a market disruptor that brings prices down. I vote to put myself out of a job at every opportunity, and realize that if my company goes under my only skills are for evil.

Yeah I'm drunk right now, why do you ask?

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SuiXi3D fedia.io SuiXi3D@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-03-04
#35 · (edited) Quote Reply

I build and repair PCBAs for a company in Texas. I’m the one building the 5G to make the frogs gay.

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blargh513 sh.itjust.works blargh513@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-07
#36 · Quote Reply

I work for for a health insurance company that tries to be a market disruptor that brings prices down. I vote to put myself out of a job at every opportunity, and realize that if my company goes under my only skills are for evil. Yeah I'm drunk right now, why do you ask?

Aww, I wanna be drunk too!

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blargh513 sh.itjust.works blargh513@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-07
#37 · Quote Reply

I work for a national pharmacy chain that is kind of everywhere in the us.

I fuck with the perscription data so everyone gets extra doses of the gay pills.

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HakFoo lemmy.sdf.org HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-14
#38 · Quote Reply

I work in payments.

Remember the Superman movie scheme taking a fraction of a cent off of every transaction? Every time you dip your card, 1/30 of a cent is sent directly to Kim Jong-Il's personal hairdresser.

Coming in 2027 is the all-new Hezbollah Rewards scheme, where 125,000 points can be exchanged for a custom-painted missile lofted towards Tel Aviv.

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hemko lemmy.dbzer0.com hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-07-03
#39 · Quote Reply

I do IT infrastructure. I ensure the it infra is hostile to cars

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A404 lemmy.dbzer0.com A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-11
#40 · Quote Reply

I do IT infrastructure. I ensure the it infra is hostile to cars

Fuck cars

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Diurnambule jlai.lu Diurnambule@jlai.lu
Joined: 2023-08-29
#41 · Quote Reply

I work in payments. Remember the Superman movie scheme taking a fraction of a cent off of every transaction? Every time you dip your card, 1/30 of a cent is sent directly to Kim Jong-Il's personal hairdresser. Coming in 2027 is the all-new Hezbollah Rewards scheme, where 125,000 points can be exchanged for a custom-painted missile lofted towards Tel Aviv.

As funny as it is you can't. Somebody made the mistake of sending an 1$ transaction to a forbidden country on the visa network while testing a filtering technology, (which didn't work at the time, obviously). Seem like this triggered some control in the US, the company was contacted by a regulator

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NotASharkInAManSuit lemmy.world NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-05-06
#42 · Quote Reply

I fix things.

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CheeseNoodle lemmy.world CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#43 · Quote Reply

I'm a 3D artist, I specialize in optimizing my work in ways that AI models can't even comprehend yet.

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Bo7a piefed.ca Bo7a@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-10
#44 · Quote Reply

Me? I'm a dishwasher.

But who will do the dishes after the revolution?

I do my own dishes now. I'll do my own dishes then!

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-11
#45 · Quote Reply

As funny as it is you can't. Somebody made the mistake of sending an 1$ transaction to a forbidden country on the visa network while testing a filtering technology, (which didn't work at the time, obviously). Seem like this triggered some control in the US, the company was contacted by a regulator

The mistake was that it was $1 and not 7-9 figures

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anomnom sh.itjust.works anomnom@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-11-09
#46 · Quote Reply

The only thing keeping the GOP in power right now is tribalism.

Billionaire fascists are keeping them in power. The tribalism of one of the tactics.

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NM_Gringo lemmy.world NM_Gringo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-06-10
#47 · Quote Reply

IT at a hospital. I make sure to mess with all the data of women who have abortions so right-wingers can't murder them and their doctors. I also hide all the sex change operations forced on kids under the age of 12

I thought the schools were doing the sex change operations after parents dropped them off? It's hugely inefficient to split the workload between schools and hospitals. I'm a retired software engineer who optimized business practices.

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grrgyle slrpnk.net grrgyle@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-03-18
#48 · Quote Reply

Sever fella. I support students and researchers and occasionally move heavy things around. At least that's what I do for money

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Noodle07 lemmy.world Noodle07@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-20
#49 · Quote Reply

The mistake was that it was $1 and not 7-9 figures

They didn't get the budget for the tests

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thingAmaBob lemmy.world thingAmaBob@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-15
#50 · Quote Reply

I’m curious as to what they think most of us do.

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RamenJunkie midwest.social RamenJunkie@midwest.social
Joined: 2025-01-24
#51 · Quote Reply

I work for a telcom on the gay waves for the 5G.

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