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seggy4, in What is an musical instrument would you like to know how to play?

Bagpipes, they are the most beautiful sound to me and the most horrific to everyone else! Also a hurdy gurdy, because it is a interesting sound and I could probably make one and will hopefully do so when I have the time

qyron,

Alright! My thoughts exactly!

Canopyflyer, in What is an musical instrument would you like to know how to play?

I’ve always wanted to pick up the guitar.

I have played, in the distant past, at various levels of ability: trumpet, baritone, French Horn, trombone, piano

glimse,

You’re way ahead of most people learning guitar even if none of those instruments are fretted. Give it a go, I’ll bet you’d surprise yourself with how capable you are after a couple of days!

RaineV1, in What are some modern bullshit jobs?

Most CEOs.

paddirn,

If you can be the CEO of multiple companies at the same time, then you’re probably not doing much in that position.

seaQueue,
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How else are your kids friends going to fail upwards and support 4+ kids?

Miclux, in What are some modern bullshit jobs?

Reddit mod.

But on the other hand the employment criteria is just to be mentally challenged.

shinigamiookamiryuu,

People get paid for that?

squiblet,
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Yes, actually despite claiming to be volunteers, mods of large communities on reddit are frequently offered decent sums of money for going along with shilling/advertising. That’s why many tried to become mods of hundreds of major subs, not for “power”.

shinigamiookamiryuu,

I’m a mod of a few I helped form and nobody’s ever told me about any monetary benefit. How does one apply?

squiblet,
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I mean the default subs that have millions of subscribers. Your subs look great topic-wise, but they have like 50 people so I don't think you're going to get ad offers yet.

TheOneCurly,
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Most people don’t run into any issues with mods online. If you’re constantly running into “asshole” authority figures in online communities it might be you…

Amity_Noceda,

Try to open a controversial topic, let’s say CCP or other heated sub reddit, Even when non political, mods straight power tripping when you ask serious questions.

But I think this is a reference for an old thread of “my wife think being a mod is not a real job”

cricket97,

Nah reddit mods are actually awful. I would tend to agree with you if it were a bunch of random mod teams but reddit is almost entirely controlled by a small group of powermods who get off on flexing their minute amount of power on an internet discussion forum. Truly awful people who contribute nothing to society by taking over small communities so they can use their power to indiscriminately ban people they disagree with.
The only incentive to become a reddit powermod is power.

squiblet,
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Sometimes, sure. But with ~15 years on reddit I have run into some power-tripping mods before... /r/portland, for example - I mainly agree with their politics but when I didn't they'd delete all of my posts and then shadowban me. Not allowed to disagree.

Apollo2323, in What are some modern bullshit jobs?

Influencers?

jesterkun, in What are some modern bullshit jobs?

Advertising

newbeni, in What is your ringtone?

Dance of the Macabre

ptz, in What are some modern bullshit jobs?
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ManosTheHandsOfFate, in What are some modern bullshit jobs?
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A lot of expensive business consulting (think PwC or Deloitte) exists just to tell organizations things the orgs already know.

Phanatik,

In fairness, some companies, especially the big ones, won't accept a hard truth until a third party agency tells them directly. This is primarily because the grunts of the workforce often have the most knowledge of the systems but whose opinions are easy to dismiss.

squiblet,
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This is because their execs are overpaid idiots who are on this list of people who should just stay home.

1rre,

People I know who work in consulting have said they charge an outrageous amount of money to speak to factory line workers and say what they’ve said to the factory managers because the managers are too up themselves to do it

AngryCommieKender,

That’s basically all Gordon Ramsay did on Kitchen Nightmares and Hotel Hell. The only time I can remember that it wasn’t because the owners or management weren’t listening to their workers, the problem was a 21 year old kid that BS’ed his way into a head chef position, who had no business being a head chef. The episode ended with the kid being fired, cause he couldn’t manage to maintain a clean kitchen.

BeefPiano,

They exist to take the blame. “PwC says we have to close down the plant, those damn bean counters!” - CEO who told PwC she wants to close down the plant

lorty,
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The workers might know, but the executives would rather pay millions so a big name can tell them.

afraid_of_zombies,

Because they are connected to them. This is what happened with Toys R US. Bain Capital bought control and made the company hire consultants from Bain Capital.

paddirn, in Why is lemmy so bad at determining trending communities?

I usually browse by ‘Top Six Hours’, but I’ll see some weird communities pop up every other day or so, just a string of posts all from one community, like one after the other, then by the next day I’ll never see them ever again. Sometimes it’s some random obscure hobby/interest, sometimes it’s country-specific but in a different language. The foreign language ones I always block (no offense, but if I can’t read it, it’s useless to me). I’ve tried setting my language preference to English, but it never seems to do any good.

naught,

Same! Then when I run out of content it’s top 1 hour… then new – the wild west

scytale, in What are some modern bullshit jobs?

My apartment complex uses a package delivery service that basically acts as a middle man to receive your packages and deliver it to you. They use contractors who pick up packages from their warehouse and deliver them door-to-door. As expected, it’s common for packages to get lost/stolen. Instead of getting your package on the date/time promised, you have to wait several more hours for it to actually arrive. If it gets to the warehouse late in the afternoon, you’ll get it the next day. If you have Amazon next-day delivery, you essentially negate it with this service. If you’re expecting perishable items, good luck getting it fresh. If your package is large or heavy, you’ll have to wait several days as they only deliver oversized packages on specific days. All these are mandatory with a fee ranging from $10 to $30 on top of rent.

ThrowawayPermanente,

Anybody want to bet someone in the building administration is in bed with this company?

scytale,

So the rumor is the owner is related to one of the big apartment companies, that’s why the service is being pushed hard to a lot of apartment complexes in my city.

Phanatik,

Now, that, is a postage tax.

Blaze, in Why is lemmy so bad at determining trending communities?
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I usually use !trendingcommunities , much more reliable

LackingC10H12N2O, in Why is lemmy so bad at determining trending communities?
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Yeah, I’ve noticed that as well. :(

I wonder if those communities get put in Trending so they get visibility in the hopes of more users joining them?

backhdlp,
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in the hopes of more users joining them

It certainly works on me

Kolanaki, in What are some modern bullshit jobs?
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Middle management

scottmeme, in What are some modern bullshit jobs?

Scrum master

shalafi,

Mine rocks out with his cock out. I get a little annoyed with him constantly pressing us to find better ways of working, when we’re already the #1 team.

But still, the man really knows his shit and has turned a lot of things around for the company. He’s a good person to approach when you’re having a problem, of just about any sort.

OTOH, before we had him, we were floundering around trying to play agile and not actually accomplishing anything.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod,
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The way I learned agile scrum master was a role that everyone on the team rotated through, not a specific person.

naught,

It can definitely be/is a dedicated role. A useful one too, though not always…

JunglGeorg,
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Never met a scrum master yet who was actually a driven motivated individual. Its almost like it’s a default job you just fall into if there’s nothing else for you

agressivelyPassive,

I’ve seen at least two SMs who were really motivated and they can actually be a tremendous help.

My last project was complete chaos, and that one lone SM managed to get it all streamlined and efficient. Then he was pulled from the project and everything collapsed again.

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