List of obsolete occupations (en.wikipedia.org)

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 8 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 Sad that samurai is obsolete but glad that body snatcher and slave catcher are as well.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] 1 points 6 hours ago

What happened to fish-benders, though?

[-] [email protected] 15 points 13 hours ago

Obsolete? Dammit!!!

[-] [email protected] 14 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

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] 1 points 1 hour ago

You really sold yourself with that ad - given the means I would've hired you in a heartbeat.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

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

[-] [email protected] 21 points 14 hours ago

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] 5 points 7 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] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

In the early days it was a bit more than that. You had to deal with fiddly software and do things like mapping buttons to video tracks, create transition videos, create chapters etc.. It's been a couple of decades since I last dabbled with this stuff, but I remember that doing it well, and creating something that stood out and worked well, was a bit of an art.

Edit: All/most of those things became easy(ier) as authoring software improved, of course, but in late 90s and early 00s it took practice and skill to achieve a professional result.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 10 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] 9 points 14 hours ago

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

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