Do you do a superfluous job?

[Dave Herbal]

Let’s say you were building a society, Sim y City style.
You’re obviously going to start of with the basics, so you need food, power, water, sanitation, construction, engineering, medicine, law enforcement and banking (and probably some more)
Anyone in those industries is important.
But once you move away from those, how many jobs are still important? Do we need Entertainment? Media? Politics? Advertising? Sales?

Where do you draw the line of importance?

 

[Bishop Mackem]

Most jobs apart from aesthetic jobs such as tattoo artist for example are important

Only put about 5 seconds of thought into this btw before anyone starts

 

[Kevj]

Let’s say you were building a society, Sim y City style.
You’re obviously going to start of with the basics, so you need food, power, water, sanitation, construction, engineering, medicine, law enforcement and banking (and probably some more)
Anyone in those industries is important.
But once you move away from those, how many jobs are still important? Do we need Entertainment? Media? Politics? Advertising? Sales?

Where do you draw the line of importance?

And within the ‘important’ industries, which job roles are superfluous? Are admin or cleaners as important as those on the front line?

 

[JohnSmithUK]

Hookers and blow.

 

[Wilfy]

Get shot of all the people working with metal and just build everything from wood and stone like we used to.

 

[Charmless Man]

The world would fail without management consultants imo.

And within the ‘important’ industries, which job roles are superfluous? Are admin or cleaners as important as those on the front line?

The people who refill the coffee machine. Massively important.

Wouldnt be bothered if that was their only function.

 

[Frijj]

Healthcare. Non-superfluous.

 

[Kevj]

Get shot of all the people working with metal and just build everything from wood and stone like we used to.

Boo.

The world would fail without management consultants imo.


The people who refill the coffee machine. Massively important.

I personally believe the second row is as important as everyone else.

Wouldnt be bothered if that was their only function.

 

[Charmless Man]

Healthcare. Non-superfluous.

Hmmmm. That seems somewhat tenuous. Dont you work in policy?

And before ye start my post was tongue in cheek

 

[humbug]

can't think of many things that don't require us wagon drivers to fetch or take somewhere.
knights of the road

 

[Some Random Guy]

Healthcare. Non-superfluous.

Intelligence.

If our jobs disappeared it would be a fuck on for those we support directly but it would be a long while before any wheels fell off, if ever.

 

[pillars of hercules]

Let’s say you were building a society, Sim y City style.
You’re obviously going to start of with the basics, so you need food, power, water, sanitation, construction, engineering, medicine, law enforcement and banking (and probably some more)
Anyone in those industries is important.
But once you move away from those, how many jobs are still important? Do we need Entertainment? Media? Politics? Advertising? Sales?

Where do you draw the line of importance?

I take land that has been contaminated with toxic, poisonous and cancer inducing chemicals and make it safe. Does that count?

can't think of many things that don't require us wagon drivers to fetch or take somewhere.
knights of the road

Killing the planet with your fumes

 

[Kevsgreat]

Hmmmm. That seems somewhat tenuous. Dont you work in policy?

And before ye start my post was tongue in cheek

He works in the photocopier room. He'd be more useful as pig food.

 

[hefty em]

Without telecoms you'd be unable to read the musings of herbal. Or phone babestation.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

Without telecoms you'd be unable to read the musings of herbal. Or phone babestation.

Or ring 999 tbf.

 

[Snappy]

The World According to Herbal. Like a bargain basement Private Eye. 100% need your own blog.

 

[look out piano]

I do phone work (sales, investments, marketing), I cook well and I can upcycle.

 

[Goat Eyes]

Anything to do with oil and gas, a completely unnecessary industry.

 

[Wilfy]

Anything to do with oil and gas, a completely unnecessary industry.

Agree. With wood and stone, we’ll all be driving cars like in the Flintstones.

 

[joemcdokes]

Let’s say you were building a society, Sim y City style.
You’re obviously going to start of with the basics, so you need food, power, water, sanitation, construction, engineering, medicine, law enforcement and banking (and probably some more)
Anyone in those industries is important.
But once you move away from those, how many jobs are still important? Do we need Entertainment? Media? Politics? Advertising? Sales?

Where do you draw the line of importance?

If you lived in a decent society there wouldn’t really be a need for law enforcement as we know it.

Anything to do with oil and gas, a completely unnecessary industry.

Spot on who cares if the cold kills the elderly.