Common Jobs in a Medieval City
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Common Jobs in a Medieval City
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#2I wonder what the most common jobs are in a modern city. Probably all bullshit.
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#3I wonder what the most common jobs are in a modern city. Probably all bullshit.
Healthcare and retail/restaurant work I would imagine.
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#4Striking that there were more shoemakers than tailors.
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#5I wonder what the most common jobs are in a modern city. Probably all bullshit.
bullshit in whose opinion? As someone who does not believe in god, are all of the church related jobs bullshit? Or are they not, since a lot of people want churches and their services? If a job exists, there's apparently at least one person who wants it done.
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#6Striking that there were more shoemakers than tailors.
I would expect that. Clothes last significantly longer than shoes (you can wear a cheap T-Shirt for way over 5 years, but even good midrange shoes start to fall apart after 2 years). It is also fairly easy to repair or even make clothes at home. But shoes?
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#7I wonder what the most common jobs are in a modern city. Probably all bullshit.
bullshit in whose opinion? As someone who does not believe in god, are all of the church related jobs bullshit? Or are they not, since a lot of people want churches and their services? If a job exists, there's apparently at least one person who wants it done.
I think the parent quote may be in reference to David Graeber's commentary on "bullshit jobs".
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#8I wonder what the most common jobs are in a modern city. Probably all bullshit.
Something related to Wal-Mart.
Seriously.
Re: Common Jobs in a Medieval City
#9I wonder what the most common jobs are in a modern city. Probably all bullshit.
I guess a recent pandemic would have shown which jobs were important these days:
Farmers Truck Drivers Shop Staff Medical Specialists Teachers Infrastructure specialists (power,fuel,extending into IT work) --- Purveyors of leisure activities, bars/brewing, restaurants/takeaways, online gaming, gambling --- Venture capitalists and financial experts Consultants specializing in skimming and offshoring Sales, marketing and influencers
I'll let you assign the weightings
Re: Common Jobs in a Medieval City
#10Striking that there were more shoemakers than tailors.
I would expect that. Clothes last significantly longer than shoes (you can wear a cheap T-Shirt for way over 5 years, but even good midrange shoes start to fall apart after 2 years). It is also fairly easy to repair or even make clothes at home. But shoes?
I'd say one would suffer a lot more with borked shoes than torn upper clothing.