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Someone Asks “What’s A Profession That Deserves Every Bit Of Its Hatred?” And 43 People Don’t Hold Back
Some professions get a lot of hate, but it stops the moment people need their help. Others, however, can't seem to shake their bad reputation.
Reddit user Spektakles882 asked the internet which jobs are universally disliked for all the good reasons, and the answers came fast.
Due to fake appearances, exploitative tendencies, a lack of added value, or other factors, many careers were nailed to the shaming board, with questions about whether society would be worse off without them altogether.
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#1
Televangelist.
Multa Nocte 3 months ago
When I lived in the US I moved a lot. Two of the weirdest cities I ever lived in were full of conservative Christian fundamentalists, although I managed to last in each state for 5 to 8 years (Tulsa, OK --> Oral Roberts and Lynchburg, Virginia --> Jerry Falwell). We sent an autistic child from a facility in the Tulsa area to Oral Roberts medical school and he came back with a diagnosis of "affected by demons." Oral Roberts had exposés where people would send them their last dollar to be prayed over and secret cameras showed them slicing open the envelopes, pulling out the checks, and throwing the letters in the dumpsters unread. They wouldn't allow men with facial hair walk across campus. The c**p they poured out 24/7 was enough to make a grown man cry.
boone williams 3 months ago
I live in a Tulsa suburb, and the ORU campus is proof positive that all the money in the world can't buy good taste
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Geoffrey Scott 3 months ago
Hate to say I was not surprised by Mr Osteen's ignoring those in Houston that needed shelter during/after the storm.
Lee451 Henderson 3 months ago
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton.
Crystalwitch60 3 months ago
🤮🤬🤬100% religious freaking cult lunatic , the bible is all fiction anyways ffs ,n these ,thankfully uk don’t have them, , unlike USA , says it all really 😂😂😂but they are the worse ,as they also scammers !!
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#2
Health insurance companies. Especially if you live in the USA.
CartoonCasey 3 months ago
They are grifters, not vultures. Vultures are necessary to the circle of life. Grifters are only important on the circle of hell they operate from.
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Ariom Dahl 3 months ago
In Australia, my experiences with health insurance companies have mostly been positive.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 3 months ago
Don’t get me started. 🤬 One reason I hate being American: everything gets turned into an excuse to suck more money out of people.
veirdbuttrue 3 months ago
Lets not get started on the weird christianity cult you guys have got going on over there...
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Sven Horlemann 3 months ago
All things US, all I can come up with is: Your country, your choice.
In the 2024 edition of the Ipsos Global Trustworthiness Index, politicians ranked at the bottom, with only 15% across 32 countries saying they believe in them.
In all but two countries (India and Singapore), people are more likely to see politicians as untrustworthy, while in Argentina, only 6% say politicians should be trusted.
#3
TikTok moms who shove the camera in their kids faces every day for views. I especially hate when they indoctrinate the kids from such an early age, that the kid doesn’t even realize it’s abnormal.
Even the more innocent ones just feel so gross. Kids should be able to just live their lives.
BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago
This should be illegal. There are protections for child actors, but these kids fall through the cracks
Fire Singer 3 months ago
Especially when they embarrass and/or discipline their child so all can see.
Crystalwitch60 3 months ago
SOCIAL MECIA idiots full bloody stop , STOP IT let your poor kids be kids. not on tablets all day , or showing em off on THIC TOK !! grow up get a real job and let your kids have a decent childhood !!
doredde 3 months ago
Bravo. Same goes for child pageant shows/moms. Grooming their own kids for a predatory, pädophile to wänk off at.
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#4
Politicians.
Jesse 3 months ago
The ones operating on big scales, like on national level, yes. My town's mayor is a good egg though.
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Boredandsomea 3 months ago
I know honest politicians but most of them do not have to much influence, reducing politicians power to rule at their own whim is a goal for humanity.
Sven Horlemann 3 months ago
Hm, if honesty would get you elected, they would be more honest. So, partly I blame us, the voters, too.
Matthew Barabas 3 months ago
wrong. we need them, so we dont become a dictatorship or monarchy by default.
Sam Trudeau 3 months ago
Arguably more so the people who claim bias towards anyone pointing out their mistakes. Like, politicians are people too. They screw up. It's not a big deal to point them out.
Ariom Dahl 3 months ago
Like my dad always said, the only person ever to enter parliament with honest intentions was Guy Fawkes.
#5
Teen and preteen beauty pageants. The moms who enter their daughters into them deserve all the hate in the world.
Michael Largey 3 months ago (edited)
Any "beauty" pageant for any age sends the wrong message.
However, the survey revealed there's a broader global distrust in the government. For example, government ministers are also among the least trusted (only 20% say they are trustworthy), and only 28% of respondents trust civil servants.
That being said, politicians have some rivals for the least trustworthy title.
Only 15% of Ipsos respondents say they trust social media influencers (a category that was also frequently mentioned in this Reddit discussion).
#6
Influencers. Have met a few in the wild and behind closed doors, with friends, exes, partners, etc they are atrocious. And many have caused irreparable damage to the values of society all to gain more followers, views, money, etc. Seen a few that travel around making money off of tragedies like storms, m*****s, kidnappings, etc like some tragedy pimps. Can go from posting how sympathetic they are about a death of some person and how they "knew" (they don't) them. Then ten seconds later post a thirst trap.
veirdbuttrue 3 months ago
Exactly why are people giving them air space and then complaining about them? Just unfollow them. The sky will not fall on your head.
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Fire Singer 3 months ago
One was in the building I work at the other day. There was security all over the place not letting people onto elevators, the parking garage was shut down, there was a crowd of teenagers outside, it was insanity. Like...I'm trying to go to lunch and because someone from youtube is going to be in the elevators I can't use them. That's total BS.
Lee Gilliland 3 months ago
HUGE problem here in DC, you have little idea how badly one greedy influencer can screw up a national monument for hundreds in one incident.
nottheactualphoto 3 months ago
"Thirst trap." OK, I have read the wiki article. Wherein we also learn that "Gatsby" is a verb. So, so useless.
#7
Scammers. Doesn't matter if it's phone calls, fake gurus, or shady landlords pure bottom feeders.
Gabriel Camomescro 3 months ago
Being fair, the ones on the phone are sometimes from poor countries and just trying to eat. It's fair to hate the scam, but it's not always fair to hate the caller.
Remi (He/Him) 3 months ago
They have even found places where people have been forced to work scam lines. It's the scam line bosses that need stopping
Load More Replies... Jane Doe-Doe 3 months ago
Sometimes I play along, make them think I’m interested, especially the ones where you have to get a gift card and send them a photo of it so they can ‘ release’ your winnings, I say I am on my way to Walmart ( I don’t even live in America) leave them waiting for 20-30 minutes then when they ask for the photo of the gift card I use scammer memes and send them loads, it’s very satisfying
Crystalwitch60 3 months ago
Loath em , I play them up ,if I’m in the mood it’s hilarious lol but they really p I s s me off big time no tolerance for them ,in fact I think they have black listed my no now cos I go at the, ,every time 😂the only time my landline rings I know it’s them ,even the dogs look at me like ,so who is it today mum 😂n sit watching me 😂anyone decent needs me they call the mobile ,I got scam guard on that one 😂
Another Panda 3 months ago
There’s a whole bunch of them who are actually blackmailed and or kidnapped and forced to do this. Truth.
#8
Whoever invented unskippable ads deserves their own circle of hell.
Tabitha 3 months ago (edited)
Whoever puts any ads on the internet should be sent there. They’re ALL invasive. Same goes for spam email.
The Goo King 3 months ago
You would need to come up with an alternative funding system. So far subscriptions, voluntary payments and extra charges on internet access have been tried and mostly failed for most sites. What's your plan?
Load More Replies... Anthony Elmore 3 months ago (edited)
My favorite was by far when I was watching some video on some dodgy site, and an ad for a car pops up, unskippable. Ok. Then while that one is playing, *the ad* is interrupted by another car ad. Also, unskippable, and it went back to the original place in the first ad when it was don't. I couldn't even be mad because of how surreal it was that my ad had ads.
Michelle Beacher 3 months ago (edited)
I'll complain all I want. Tf is it to you?
Load More Replies... Sam Trudeau 3 months ago
Well, a five-second ad is the same as a 15 second skippable ad, in a way.
If we were to zoom in on the United States, a similar survey by Gallup has noticed a considerable downward trend in multiple fields.
Ethics ratings for five professions hit new lows, including not just members of Congress (6%) and senators (8%), but also journalists (19%), clergy (32%), and pharmacists (55%).
#9
The insurance doctors that fight with your real doctor over what is medically necessary.
Mike F 3 months ago
THOSE "physicians" are bottom feeders. There should be a list of all of them involved in killing people by determining treatments to be unnecessary.
Just me... 3 months ago
Those "physicians" are very often not physicians at all but a computer. If the decision is kicked up to a real person, it is often someone with a chart and a script.
Load More Replies... sbj 3 months ago
Also trying to make out that what's making you ill now is a pre-existing condition that you had before you signed up with them as an insurer
Fire Singer 3 months ago
YES!! "Pre-existing conditions" can go jump off a cliff. That whole concept is just another way to avoid making insurance do what it's supposed to do because insurance is just another company.
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Oskar vanZandt 3 months ago
My mother would have died on the flight back home if the travel insurance people had got their way. Specialist cardiologists refused to allow her to fly- she had a triple heart bypass and had to recover for a good few weeks before she was cleared to fly.
Lee Gilliland 3 months ago
Not to mention that's the job the bottom quarter of the class works at.
#10
Pimps and human traffickers.
Tabitha 3 months ago (edited)
@KatSaidWhat, I think you’re thinking about brothels, like the ones in Nevada. I understand those places are regulated and inspected, the places are kept squeaky clean and hygienic, the girls get regular check ups and shots, and there are strict rules of conduct and behavior for clients. The girls working there are doing so by choice, and can leave whenever they want. They also have the right to refuse a client for any reason, and the management cannot make them take the refused client. Nothing by force or coercion, all by the girls’ choice. All because the local government legalized the brothels, which then introduced the regulations and fair working conditions—-one example of government stepping in, when they realize they have to give in because the “business” will go on, whether it’s legal or illegal, and making it legal means they can make the conditions a whole lot better for the workers, thereby making a potentially horrible situation much much better for all. That’s an example of the kind of protection someone in that line of work should have. Is that what you were thinking of when you made your comment?
otiose 3 months ago
Why do you keep calling them girls? I believe that they must be of legal age to do this work legally and therefore they are women. Male (men) prostitutes are also allowed in Nevada.
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lapis lazuli 3 months ago
pimps are by nature exploitative creeps. no way we defending PIMPS in the big 25 💀
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#11
Lobbyists. They get rich convincing leaders to ignore everyone else.
BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago
The Onion did a satire piece about the American public hiring their own lobbyist. I think it's actually not a bad idea
Tabitha 3 months ago
Let’s call the majority of “lobbying” what it actually is—-BRIBERY. Plain and simple. Now, some lobbyists are not bribing anyone, they just go and plead their organization’s case to what is hopefully the friendly ear of a sympathetic politician who can help. That’s true lobbying, and in my mind, perfectly fine. But when lobbying starts to include favors, gifts, payments, and other “incentives”, then it crosses the line into bribery and attempts to buy a politician to do their organization’s bidding, even if it is illegal. That’s true lobbying is the lobbying that should stop, and any elected official who takes those bribes should be removed from office and run out of town on a rail. They should also be barred from running for ANY elected office, and I mean they can’t even run for dogcatcher in a tiny town in the boondocks.
#12
Whoever created ads with a close button that is designed to be so small it's impossible to hit, or doesn't exist at all and only looks like it does, forcing you to accidentally click it.
#13
Homeowners association and property management companies, including those working in timeshares.
Michael Largey 3 months ago
Home owners associations are to nice neighborhoods what organized religion is to spirituality.
Fire Singer 3 months ago
I work with property management companies all the time and when I say they're a waste of money to property owners I'm not exaggerating. Like all things there are some good ones out there, but in my experience the bad have far outweighed the good.
#14
Landlords who let their properties rot but raise rent yearly.
#15
Anything to do with MLM, they are soul destroying, prey on people who need money or want it all.
Hugo 3 months ago
MLM is what we used to call pyramid selling. A variant is a Ponzi scheme. See the Wikipedia article on multi-level marketing, where there's a link to a list of dozens of such companies.
Abel 3 months ago
I was going to search what it means, but it looks like it is the same b******t but with a different name.
Load More Replies... Geoffrey Scott 3 months ago
The former Trump Ed Secretary, DeVos, got hers from Amway. She is ALL about charter/private schools, meaning those institutions who teach vulture capitalism and disregard for 'others'.
#16
Resellers/scalpers.
I have a friend who started doing this and it’s just disgusting. They have discords and s**t to try and collude to buy up new stuff to boost the price. They raid stores for kids toys like Pokémon cards. When my buddy tells me about how he spent all day going to TJMaxx, Burlington, Ross, Target, and Walmart to buy toys I’m kinda disgusted lol.
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Scalpers of any kind. Whether it's pokemon cards, concert tickets, or whatever. If your entire shtick is creating artificial scarcity just to drive up the price, you're a d****e.
Fire Singer 3 months ago
I've been in TJMaxx before and watched these three women totally strip an entire shelf, putting everything on the floor and all over the place, trying to find specific things that were "trending online" so they could re-sell them. It was really awful to witness that behavior live.
Asri 3 months ago
Don't forget thrift stores. If you want to know why your thrift store is full of crappy t-shirts, it's the internet resellers.
Load More Replies... Abel 3 months ago
Sadly, yes. At least with videogames, when there is a shortage of stock, like when a new videogame console, is released, some people buy big quantities to resell them and get a profit.
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TheMFKNXerdo 3 months ago
There's bastards who do this with "Rosca de Reyes" (A popular circular bread that is eaten in January in Mexico) at Costco and other retailers. They buy the whole lot, then they try to resell it, even at the parking lot, for up to 10 times the price it originally had. Many though end up stuck with a few thousand pesos of unsellable bread, and I hope they choke on it.
#17
Fitness influencers. Especially the ones who act like public gyms are their own personal film studio and sell do-nothing supplements (which they claim built their greek god physiques while being roided to their gills).
Fire Singer 3 months ago
I'm not a gym person and even I think that should be the rule.
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I'm quite digusted with the paparazzi who invade privacy.
KatWitch57 3 months ago
Any one with a mobile who thinks it's OK to get into the face of someone they perceive of as famous whilst that person is going about their daily life.
#19
CEOs of any company doing more than a few million in business per year. Maybe more like 100 million plus. But at a certain point, they become a net negative on society. They take far more than they provide.
Kim Hancock 3 months ago
Trickle down economics is just p**s from the top
Load More Replies... Luke Branwen 3 months ago
Methinks that wealth should be capped at $999,999,999 and after that, every cent goes to things like healthcare, housing, science, education etc.
marianne eliza 3 months ago
I believe that the management/owners of any company should never make more than 10X the annual pay of their lowest paid employee.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 3 months ago
Business executives in general. They get rewarded for the worst human behaviour. Most of them are sociopaths who belong in prison.
iseefractals 3 months ago
In the late 60's early 70's, manufacturing made up 34% of the all american jobs, today it's less than 9%, and the economy continues to loose 300,000 jobs to outsourcing every year. Likewise, after the immigration boom at the turn of the century, everyone realized that unchecked expansion wasn't sustainable. Resources, homes, jobs, schools everything is finite, so they placed limits....which stood until the 1965 loophole that effectively undid those restrictions....and the consequences were so apparent, that closing that loophole, getting immigration under control became a bipartisan issue, for decades. Who opposed these restrictions? Corporations, and their lobbyists....who wanted, and continue to want to keep the steady slow of cheap labor moving through, because that keeps wages lower for everyone else too. 16 years since the minimum wage was raised. That's a very big part of the problem here, and the people complaining loudest are also the ones who refuse to let them be addressed.
#20
Payday loan operators.
Bored Sailor 3 months ago
Yes in the USA they do and the other big and I believe worse are the Title Loans, if too many payments are missed they reposse your car. What most don't relieve is they still have too pay the car loan the title company is now selling.
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Medical debt collectors. Sc*m of the earth.
SkyyCaramba (he/him) 3 months ago
fun fact: john oliver once bought a buncha medical debt and either paid it off, or forgave it. i can't remember which happened
Adam Belaire 3 months ago
He bought and forgave. I have the show favourited on Youtube.
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#22
Home buyers/flippers. Those predatory vultures will hound you nonstop. I sold my last house over 3 years ago, and I still get calls about selling it. If I have time, I waste some of their before calling them terrible things and threatening them with the do not call stuff, that they aren't afraid of in the least.
Telemarketers in general. Total waste of time, and I feel for the lonely people they hook. I pray that I'm never in that position of loneliness where talking to those scumbags seems preferable.
Pferdchen 3 months ago (edited)
Over the years, I've received text messages asking if I'm interested in selling "my" house, providing a very incorrect address and name. Early on, I replied telling them they had the wrong number. Nowadays, I've been tempted to say "yes" and send them over to the house. Common sense prevailed since I'm sure they'd finally do their due diligence if I messed with them.
Mike F 3 months ago
I've seen others reply with pictures of a burning house. 😊
Load More Replies... KatSaidWhat 3 months ago
Flippers have caused massive problems in the housing market for people wanting to buy their first home to fix up themselves.
Tabitha 3 months ago (edited)
It should be required that you have to physically live in a house you buy for a minimum of 6 months or 1 year BEFORE you can sell it. That would take away all incentives to flip a house, as flippers prefer to buy, fix, and sell before their first mortgage payment on it would come due. Making them occupy it for several months, thereby having to pay 6 to 12 mortgage payments would absolutely k**l the flipping trade, once and for all. Same goes for the wealthy buying houses as nothing but investments (or for money laundering purposes), with no intention of even renting them out, then letting them sit vacant. Getting rid of artificial inflators of home prices and home-hoarding practices might give home prices a chance to settle and even out to a reasonable level. Now, there could be an exception made for vacation homes in resort areas, but even that would need regulating so the flippers and hoarders can’t buy up all that real estate, and end up driving up prices and driving down the availability of housing in those places too.
Load More Replies... Gabriel Camomescro 3 months ago
Or in a position where you become one of them so you can have a roof over your head.
Nils Skirnir 3 months ago
Mobile phones and sophisticated block features have stopped most all of mine
#23
ICE.
Tabitha 3 months ago
At least the masks and lack of proper identification and, most importantly, valid, signed warrants. I have not seen, on any of the numerous videos of ICE “arrests”, where one of the ICE thugs produces the proper paperwork—-a valid warrant signed by a judge—-and presents it to any of the people they “disappear”. There’s a specific protocol to follow, and they’re not doing it. They’re also arriving in what look like their own vehicles, many with out of state tags, and are not wearing badges or any identification. It almost looks like they’re not actual agents, but civilian MAGA thugs just getting their jollies being extremely cruel to very frightened people—-easy prey who don’t even speak English and don’t know their rights to due process.
Yrral Spavit 3 months ago
What annoys me is that the lot of them likely refused to wear masks during COVID because "they couldn't breath".
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Apatheist Account2 3 months ago
It's just frozen water, what's the problem? Or something to do In Case of Emergency?
WubiDubi 3 months ago
It's snatch squads going around the US with masks on breaking a lot of the constitution for the orange t**t.
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Health Insurance Company CEO.
iseefractals 3 months ago
Ok, so if you want to justify someone committing murder, a murder which had no effect other than further exposing the depravity of a depressing number of people, what do you think happens when someone views "you" or those beneath your umbrella in the same exact way? Sound good? You either denounce violence, or you invite it.
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Those dudes that trick young people to pay for their classes to “get girls” “be more alpha” blah blah blah. Oh also crypto dudes.
Yrral Spavit 3 months ago (edited)
Read once that the whole "alpha" thing came from an experiment in the 1920s or so on hen's pecking order. So I guess it is fitting. They do strut around and squawk a lot :P
#26
People who test on animals.
Jeya Mackelle 3 months ago
I think we should test on convicted rapists, child molesters, and serial killers.
Bored Sailor 3 months ago
Or put out ads offering money and a clean secure controlled environment with three meals a day (regulated for accuracy). I am sure only the healthiest most mental stable will apply.
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KatSaidWhat 3 months ago
Unfortunately this is necessary - not just for beauty products but for medicines as well.
#27
The funeral industry. Exploiting vulnerable people by guilting them into spending an exorbitant amount to dispose of an empty shell.
Ellinor she/they/elle 3 months ago
My grandmother passed away 3 weeks ago and the funeral home was really nice with us. They were attentive and respectful and the Master of Ceremony apparently (I refused to attend the ceremony so I wouldn't know myself) was really kind and respected what my mother and aunt asked him to do and say. Maybe we got lucky but I'm still thankful for how they behaved towards us.
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 3 months ago
This is one where there is either great or awful, but no middle. A funeral home that is genuinely compassionate is a godsend, especially if it was an unexpected death or one without prior planning. There are absolutely terrible funeral homes, but that doesn't negate the good ones.
SkyyCaramba (he/him) 3 months ago
when i die, i want to be put in one of those biodegradable coffins (or, f**k it, no coffin, just bury me and let me rot) and the funeral will be in the woods behind my grandparent's house
spacer 3 months ago (edited)
theres more to burying a body than disposing a shell tho, you have to spend time and resources making the body presentable for a funeral - like stopping it from rotting away since some funerals can be a week or so after the person as already passed. the reason most corpses look peaceful and grand is because of make up. it shouldnt force someone into debt more but theres a lot more behind the scenes work than youd realize
WubiDubi 3 months ago
Not even that, several cases of them just stockpiling the bodies and saving on fuel or other expenses.
Fire Singer 3 months ago
I've heard those stories too! How horrifying! Dealing with a family members death is hard enough but to find out their body was just tossed in a pile of others would be downright traumatizing for most people.
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Bill Swallow 3 months ago
My will says to let 'em break me up for spare parts that can be used to help someone, cremate the rest, and sprinkle me in the back yard.
Scott Rackley 3 months ago
My cremation is already paid for by me. They come, load me up, chunk me into the furnace, then call someone to come pick up the remains.
Yrral Spavit 3 months ago
When my father died we knew he wanted a simple cremation. Cardboard box if possible. They tried to up-sell us but we made it clear he would come back and haunt them if we spent the money they were talking.
#28
Debt collectors. If you think i had money to pay it don’t you think i would’ve done it already. Just be harassing you over some money that they have yo buy in the first place. Then you have the nerve to try and sue take money from my check like have some sympathy.
Bored Sailor 3 months ago (edited)
They do suck but hear me out. One benefit is they buy those debts for pennies to the dollar, so shows how much the original debtor cares about the money but holding you hostage, the benefit is many times you can negotiate a lower payoff, because the debt collector still makes a profit. Edit: to add from comments below this helps restore your score.
Load More Replies... Digital Fantasy 3 months ago
Sure, they are leeches. But here it's also a way to split the bill in several payments. For example, I took my bird to some very expansive appointments I knew I couldn't actually afford. The vet didn't do payment plans. The way I made it around it was to tell them to send it directly to debt collectors - who always seem to accept payment plans. You follow the plan and you got no further issues.
Philly Bob 3 months ago (edited)
If a debt goes into collections, the original wrote it off, got a tax break on it and more than likely got an insurance check. It's then sold to a collection agency for pennies on the dollar. a $1000 note was probably bought for $100. So, insurance, write off plus that $100 the original company made. Now the collection agency who paid the $100 comes after you for the full $1000 plus interest! Hell naw! And if you ignore them, they sell it off to another debt collector. Funny, all 3 companies now put 3 negative marks on your credit report for the same debt. Supposedly illegal but if you don't know your rights...
#29
In the US for-profit rehab industry there is a totally legal position called "marketers". They connect the rehabs with clients. They are paid a commision for this work. Because of the nature of the industry and the clients they serve, this creates a wealth of opportunities for straight up human trafficking.
At one point I was poached from 1 rehab by a marketer from another who offered to get me h**h. I was still in early sobriety and he offered me a couch and free d***s. While there he propositioned me for a chance to earn 1300$ (a cut of his commission for sending me) for going to a 30 day program in another state.
By the end of my 30 days, I had watched other people he had sent return to the rehab a week after "graduating" They told me he refused to give them cash but offered to get them high and convinced them to do it all over again.
Knowing I would never see the money, I chose not to return to that state and eventually got myself sober without the help of the rehab industry.
Honestly the profit motive shouldn't be anywhere near this industry. I wrote an entire article about my experience once but the friend who published it online stopped maintaining the website. Perhaps I'll revisit it.
WubiDubi 3 months ago
This is almost comparable to private prisons offering cash incentives to people in the legal system. US is very broken.
Anthony Elmore 3 months ago
Honestly, I feel like this is worse. You're taking people who are supposed to be getting better and breaking them again. The feelings that come with relapsing, especially if you're trying hard and struggling to quit are extremely dark. I really, really hope the guy just doesn't understand the gravity of what he's putting them through.
Load More Replies... SkyyCaramba (he/him) 3 months ago
jeezus f****n christ, and they wonder why people don't like capitalism
iseefractals 3 months ago
We can make the same argument about communism. China, North Korea, Vietnam, Russia, Eastern Germany, Venezuela, Laos, Romania, do some reading, see how all of that worked out for the people. In fact, take a look at how the Romanian orphans were treated under communist dictatorship. Human nature is the problem, some things just make it easier for the worst inclinations of human nature to take over, and it's not capitalism.
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#30
So-called "life coaches" prey on people's vulnerabilities like cult leaders, they study how to manipulate people, seriously that s**t is sick.
BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago
Maybe some of them. I have a friend who hired a life coach. She's basically just a therapist that helps her be more assertive. Like having your therapist spend a day with you and help you ask for what you want. It's helped her a lot. She's happier at least.
K Barnes 3 months ago
My SIL had a life coach for a few years. In retrospect she describes the life coach as a chronically unemployed and twice divorced optimist who gave a lot of marriage and career advice based on positivity that was unhelpful. She felt happier at the time and now admits it was a complete waste of money. To each their own, though. Might be worth paying someone to listen to you and make you feel happy.
Load More Replies... Thatkamloopsguy 3 months ago
If your a life coach and you are not over the age of 65, f**k off.
Apatheist Account2 3 months ago
I wouldn't take advice from someone who could get a proper job.
#31
Human traffickers.
Apatheist Account2 3 months ago
Especially those who describe themselves as a "people person".
#32
Chiropractors, naturopaths, any purveyors of medical bs. Delaying or avoiding proper medical treatment to sell them nonsense.
KatSaidWhat 3 months ago
There is a place for homeopathy but it is not in a clinical setting. Chiropractors should be banned.
WubiDubi 3 months ago
Tell people who believe in homeopathy that you pee in the sea so they should never swim in it again.
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AlithenewMC 3 months ago
Naturopaths (at least here) are pretty regulated- you have to do your research to find one that you trust, and you can't rely on just them medically. My naturopath was an NP in an oncology department before she switched, so she's highly evidence-based and only once in 4 years suggested a homeopathic treatment as a last resort (I didn't take it). I was having some issues with palpitations that we figured are hormonal, and when I asked my cardiologist if I should see an endo about it, he said "what is that going to do? Stick with your naturopath, she'll help you more." She has never once discouraged me from seeing my doctors or taking medication when needed. She tries to work as a holistic health care partner and checks bloodwork and everything else for me too.
#33
For-profit hospitals. I am looking at you HCA Healthcare.
Lobbyists
Data brokers. Genuinely, just f**k off.
Any telecom company that doesn't automatically block the do not call list.
Car salesman. Just let me buy it from the manufacturer.
Most realtors. No, you dont deserve multiple % of the sales value for listing it on Zillow. NAR would never let us go back to listing things easily.
KatSaidWhat 3 months ago
Worked for HCA... was paid to foxtrot after I called out their bullying consultant publicly. He was promoted later. I got paid because he brought in the money and I didn't - that is exactly what they told me.
#34
Human Resources.
#35
Chiropractic “medicine”.
Geoffrey Scott 3 months ago
The best ones have a masseuse to actually knead out the muscles that cause you to be 'out'.
#36
Scam call centers. Out here preying on the most vulnerable people who can least afford it...
#37
House flippers. They buy a house for cheap, do some renovations, sell the house for more, rinse and repeat. It seems harmless, but that house they bought for cheap they can afford to outbid actual families. Now whoever just wanted to buy a starter home is priced out and guess who buys the renovated home, a landlord or property management company who rents it out for the next 30 years.
The only thing they accomplish is driving up the price of homes for everyone else, and they take a cut of the rising real estate market.
Geoffrey Scott 3 months ago (edited)
Not for much longer, it seems we didn't learn a thing from 2008. :Edit: I say this because the kids bought a house in 2020 for just over $200k, their most recent assessment this year is $300k. So a 30% increase in value over 5 years? Not sustainable.
Fire Singer 3 months ago
Human beings?? Learn from history?? Don't make me laugh! (I wish this was sarcasm...)
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People who buy up a ton of houses to rent out. It’s not just corporations pulling this s**t. Doesn’t matter if it’s single family or townhouses. At some point, please do the world a favor and f**k off.
#39
Anyone who works in any capacity for a payday loan company.
Vape companies.
#40
Company "leaders" who have never done the job themselves. This goes across all industries and businesses i think. Have worked for several who had no idea what it was like doing the job they were supposed to lead, but could easily tell me how to do mine better. Thankfully, I have a great leadership team now.
Bored Sailor 3 months ago
My CEO when I started at my company could not do Network Engineering and our Network Engineer could not be the CEO. Company leaders if good like mine make sure the work environment is well suited for the employee, the company stays profitable while employees still benefit.
nottheactualphoto 3 months ago
An executive's job is to hire good managers. The manager, in turn, needs to hire good employees. And listen to your nerds! They know what they're doing.
#41
I'm a lawyer and there is not a day that goes by that I don't think to myself, "God, I f*****g hate lawyers.".
Bill Swallow 3 months ago
"Lawyers are like nuclear weapons. The only reason to have one is to defend yourself against someone else's."
#43
Private Equity. It’s corporate looting disguised as capitalism.
#44
Cold callers.
KatSaidWhat 3 months ago
Look, none of us like cold callers but these people also have a job to do that they probably hate too but have bills to pay and mouths to feed. I'm starting to pick up calls now but end them swiftly just so that those people can get towards a quota. That said, become insistent and I will play you like a fiddle.
Anthony Elmore 3 months ago (edited)
I've found that identifying yourself by telling them the number they called is the business line for an "Adult Toy and Video Emporium" gets you off their list really fast.
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Tarotists and all that kind of scammers. They feed off the ignorance and desperation of people who are lost in life and give them pure bs in return.
Geoffrey Scott 3 months ago
Think about it, if they were so good at seeing the future, why aren't they lotto millionaires?
WubiDubi 3 months ago
They thought of that, they "can't see their future"
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**Shady used car salesman** and **shady apartment managers** that try and scam your security deposit at the end of the lease.
#48
The extremely annoying kiosk workers at the mall who will shove samples in your face or tell you you're ugly so that you'll try their product. Like yo. I'm just here to get my dose of mall food and go to the book store, my guy. Your $600 product isn't gonna make me less ugly. Genetics did that.
Pferdchen 3 months ago (edited)
Having become a mall walker, I've come to respect their hustle, in an odd sort of way 😀 Some of them are really amazing in getting people to stop. Even though they know we're not potential customers, many are still quite polite and friendly. But there was a time when we'd cross over to the other side of the promenade to avoid them.
#51
Taxidermists
They can get stuffed!
Fire Singer 3 months ago
Pretty sure this is a joke? I don't like taxidermy myself and it will never be welcome as decor in my home, but if my neighbor wants to mount an elk head who am I to say no? I have no ill feelings towards the taxidermist themselves.
#52
Realtors
As someone who is currently selling my house by owner I get 100 calls a day from these people trying to sell it for me. No thanks I don’t need to pay you $11,250 to unlock the door to my house for someone.
Unfortunately most people do not realize they don’t need a realtor to buy a house either so I’m forced to deal with buying agents as well.
It’s literally a club of retired people making way too much money on peoples laziness.
Fire Singer 3 months ago
For first time buyers/sellers having someone to guide you through the process can be extremely beneficial. However, that's if you get a good realtor who actually explains the process. The one I had was terrible and wish I'd never hired but he was recommended by my grandpa because they go to the same church...so yeah.
#53
I'm only half joking, but President. And not just as a jab at our current, preposterous one. Being the President of the United States is the worst gig going.
The most mild mannered, decent one is probably leaving with some war crimes.
Half the country hates you. Forever.
I can't even estimate how much of the world hates you, but it ain't looking good.
And I gotta live at work? I'm agreeing to move, TWICE, for this?
The f**k outta here.
Felicia Baxter 3 months ago
at this point the president is just a mouth-piece for their respective political party and all they do is make people mad, so lets just have a turtle as president, they can meet all the requirements, they can't speak human, and they can't use twitter
Mike F 3 months ago
There should seriously be a set of requirements for candidates. For instance, they should have X amount of foreign relations experience, they should have to be a licensed attorney, they should have to have a masters degree from a REAL university not a diploma mill that also bears their name. There are requirements for every job you ever apply for in life and the office of the presidency should be no different. Just because some knucklehead can write their names doesn't qualify them for the job.
#54
Used car sales or any other slimy sales types.
Geoffrey Scott 3 months ago
Forewarned is forearmed. Research the model you like, there's this thing called the internet that will give you all complaints/reliability of a particular model. And for pete's sake have a loan approved BEFORE you shop, just to compare. I have had one dealer that found me financing for a cheaper rate, but better to be prepped.
#55
Prison officer.
I was never detained. But from what I study and from my conversations with the people involved (on both sides) it's kind of inevitable that they act like monsters. It's kind of a consequence of the environment and human nature.
iseefractals 3 months ago
Yeah....i'm not saying that unhinged a******s just itching to exert control over someone else don't exist in the DOC....but most are the same as everyone else. You give back what you get....and i don't hold much sympathy for murders, serial killers, peophiles, abusers, thieves, human traffickers and the PoS who sell d***s to 10/11/12/13/14 year olds. They don't see a problem victimizing others? Let them get exactly what they gave.
#56
Clippers and Reaction Videos.
Julia H 3 months ago
🥰 old age. Most coupons are digital. At least in my area
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Home contractor. Whatever they say, 3x the time and cost they quote.
#60
The police, especially British police in 2025. Instead of tackling real crime, they arrest people for hurt feelings on social media.
Roman Arendt 3 months ago
The "Blue Wall' mentality especially. "He's one of us" (even if he r*p*d her), "She is one of the best" even if she helped human traffickers stay under the radar. "We put our lives in the line for random citizens every day. We shouldn't be punished for getting something extra out of it." Disgusting!
Geoffrey Scott 3 months ago
I am immediately pissed off if I see an officer with his pants bloused into his jump boots like some special forces reject.
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What do you think ?
Gerry Higgins 3 months ago
Those TV reporters who stick microphones in the faces of grieving parents and ask stupid questions like, "Are you still celebrating the holidays now that you children and home have burned to the ground?" The hottest spot in hell is reserved for them.
Philly Bob 3 months ago (edited)
"How do you feel about the shooting? Are you glad you and your family are safe?" WTF kinda question is that?? Like I'd be all "Yeah I'm glad I'm unscathed but I really wish they'd have nailed my nagging wife and that SOB kid of mine!" JFC!
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Dirk Daring 3 months ago
Whoever it was who made it so trying to scroll past an ad on Facebook mobile would automatically open the ad and then start a chat window with their AI Bot / Marketing Drone.
Steve Antony Williams 3 months ago
You missed recruitment consultants, absolute scum, prejudiced and discriminatory l*****e.
Lazy Panda 2 3 months ago
Tobacco industry. Gambling industry. They aim to exploit individuals for profit, and don't care about the a*******n that can result.
Lazy Panda 2 3 months ago
And I see BP won't let me have an adult conversation about a_ddic_tion
Load More Replies... Digital Fantasy 3 months ago
I'm surprised doctors aren't on the list. They disappoint and destroy more lives than they help.
Anthony Elmore 3 months ago (edited)
I... I need further clarification on this. Have... have you never like nearly died before? They're pretty helpful. And I should clarify, this includes symptoms of common illnesses that evolve into life-threatening conditions without medical intervention.
Load More Replies... Gerry Higgins 3 months ago
Those TV reporters who stick microphones in the faces of grieving parents and ask stupid questions like, "Are you still celebrating the holidays now that you children and home have burned to the ground?" The hottest spot in hell is reserved for them.
Philly Bob 3 months ago (edited)
"How do you feel about the shooting? Are you glad you and your family are safe?" WTF kinda question is that?? Like I'd be all "Yeah I'm glad I'm unscathed but I really wish they'd have nailed my nagging wife and that SOB kid of mine!" JFC!
Load More Replies... Dirk Daring 3 months ago
Whoever it was who made it so trying to scroll past an ad on Facebook mobile would automatically open the ad and then start a chat window with their AI Bot / Marketing Drone.
Steve Antony Williams 3 months ago
You missed recruitment consultants, absolute scum, prejudiced and discriminatory l*****e.
Lazy Panda 2 3 months ago
Tobacco industry. Gambling industry. They aim to exploit individuals for profit, and don't care about the a*******n that can result.
Lazy Panda 2 3 months ago
And I see BP won't let me have an adult conversation about a_ddic_tion
Load More Replies... Digital Fantasy 3 months ago
I'm surprised doctors aren't on the list. They disappoint and destroy more lives than they help.
Anthony Elmore 3 months ago (edited)
I... I need further clarification on this. Have... have you never like nearly died before? They're pretty helpful. And I should clarify, this includes symptoms of common illnesses that evolve into life-threatening conditions without medical intervention.
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