There’s one question that trips us up. "What do you do for living" over a dinner table with some people we barely know either puts us on the defensive, or we paint it in the brightest colors possible only to realize it’s a lie. Describing something so obvious turns out to be out of our comfort zone, so what if we change the game rules?

“Poorly explain what you do for a living,” wrote Jeremy Padawer on Twitter, and guess what? People were more than happy to deliver some absurdly funny truth bombs. Like, watching tiny humans exit larger humans or taking used clothes from big people and making them right for smaller people. If it doesn’t make sense, read it again and wait for the “aaah!”

Below, we compiled some of the best responses from the thread to show that you don’t be so serious to reply to that tricky question.

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Tweet showing a humorous example of poorly explaining what they do for a living with a water spraying analogy.

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    Tweet showing a humorous and darkly sarcastic poorly explained job description in a social media thread about jobs.

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    Tweet by Maureen Moore humorously explaining her job as demand young adults read books by dead people for life lessons.

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    Bored Panda reached out to the Twitter user who goes by Bitter Proffit from Nashville, Tennessee and works as a high school teacher.

    When asked to poorly explain what he does for a living, @bitterproffit answered “I silently judge 18-year-olds for 5 hours a day, then I review their work and judge them again, but this time on a graded scale. I then make lists of my judgements of them. Plus, I get to discuss economics and US government all day.”

    The response got 2.4k likes with many people guessing what his profession was. The teacher told us that part of his response was an inside joke with his students, “specifically former students who follow me on Twitter, about judging their work. They caught the reference.”
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    Tweet humorously describing job by poorly explaining work with tiny and larger humans, tubes, and needles involved.

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    Screenshot of a tweet humorously explaining a job by saying computers are told what to do, sometimes listening.

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    Twitter post humorously poorly explaining a chauffeur's job involving excitable dogs and law enforcement tasks.

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    When asked why so many people find the question irritating, @bitterproffit said that he, on the contrary, finds it an interesting conversation starter. “Although I’ve had jobs that were harder to explain than my current one,” he added.“

    The best part of my job is the relationships I develop with my students. Senior year in high school is such a pivotal year in their lives and I feel privileged that they allow me to share and be a part of their experiences in their successes and their setbacks,” the teacher said.

    He also concluded that being a high school teacher is simply “the best job on the planet for me,” and we couldn’t be happier to see the man happy in his shoes!
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    Tweet by Travis Hanson humorously poorly explaining his medical job fixing broken bones with metal, part of poorly explain keyword trends.

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    Tweet with a humorous poorly explained job description saying I get paid to be someone else from a social media post.

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    Tweet from Matthew Martin humorously poorly explaining his job with a witty comment in a social media thread.

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    Tweet showing a humorous poorly explained job description about making air wiggle, shared in a social media thread.

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    Twitter post humorously poorly explaining a medical professional’s job by describing patient symptom checks and tests.

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    Tweet from Rebecca Hamlin humorously poorly explaining her job, part of a popular online thread inviting people to poorly explain what they do.

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    Tweet from Rachel Summers humorously explaining her job by saying she teaches children to light fires and use knives, related to poorly explain jobs.

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    Tweet showing a cat in a cage with a cardboard box, illustrating poorly explained jobs in a humorous way.

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    Tweet showing a humorous poor explanation of a medical worker helping dehydrated patients in a metal enclosure.

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    Tweet from The Bitter Proffit humorously describing judging 18 year olds and discussing economics, related to poorly explain what they do.

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    Tweet from Yuri the Sock Puppet humorously explaining career redirection, illustrating people poorly explaining what they do for a living.

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    Tweet from John Pavlovitz stating he poorly explains things for a living, related to people poorly explaining what they do.

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    Tweet image showing a person poorly explaining their job by saying they rearrange the 26 letters of the alphabet.

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    Tweet text humorously poorly explaining a job by describing driving a planned course to pick up and drop off children.

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    #25

    Tweet from user Socialist Opera Singer humorously describing their job by exaggerating poorly explained work for living.

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    Tweet explaining a job by poorly describing computer programming and communication between users and developers.

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    Tweet showing a humorous and poorly explained description of a medical professional’s job to engage people online.

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    Tweet from user MangoQQueen poorly explaining a job by saying stick people with needles until getting blood.


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