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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Aren't professional mourners still a thing in China or something?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about the others, but runemaster sounds fascinating.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runemaster

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

You could still make runes as a hobby I guess. Sell em on Etsy and call yourself a modern Runemaster

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why is ninja, and only ninja, askew?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Maybe because we "think" there are no more ninjas, but we can't confirm?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

You can still be a kind of garden hermit if you get certain jobs in science and ecology.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

If only I could be a Useful Man...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Back when only men were allowed to hold jobs…

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah that was always one of the weirder sides of the Patriarchy, establishing naming conventions like the suffix -ess being female but still giving the title High Priestess of Athena Polias to a man.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

RIP lighthouse keeper

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Damn, at least my job as a zombie hunter isn't in any danger yet.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago

Wait until Trump is President again

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