Personally, if you asked me this question back then, I'll answer with either a window washer or a fountain maker. It's lame... I know, don't rub it in my window of a face. Forgive the pun.
It's just that... well, it's kinda cool how the squeegee works; in that it has two sides! A wet, sponge-like soaker that transports the view of your window to a mystical land of foam and lather, and the squeegee itself which somehow magically brings you back to the real world in higher definition.
As for fountain makers, I've always had an unexplainable interest in fountains when I was young. I would always wonder where the water would come from, follow the cool and mesmerizing path the water takes, and ask myself where it all ends up. I especially prefer the fountains with more complex designs and water flows. Trust my big mouth, I would stare at one of those babies for five hours on end if I were given one.
But now to the topic at hand, twisted professions... What do I mean exactly?
There's nothing wrong with having a job, especially if that job pays a lot. But when you get right down to it, jobs are just... cynical. Let's take these instances:
1. I'm a firefighter. I fight fires (DUH!). I expect more fires to strike the city if I wanna keep my job.
2. I'm an antivirus programmer. I create softwares that protect people from information-stealing, computer-crashing viruses. I hope those hackers continue to spawn new viruses for my products to sell.
3. I'm a scientist. I discover new things through tried and tested scientific methods that can be replicated. I hope people don't know much about the world for me to explain everything for them.
4. I'm a doctor. I don't have a job unless there are people who need to be treated. Thus, I hope more people would get sick for me to keep my job.
5. I'm a cremator. I burn corpses for a living (ironic, isn't it?). People need to keep dying for me to support my family. (Unfortunately, the same goes for those who work in morgues.)
6. I'm a soldier. I fight for my country. What's my purpose if there was world peace?
7. I'm a priest. I lead the people who desire to connect with God. People should continue sinning so they would keep coming back to me for forgiveness.
8. I'm a lawyer. I am assigned with the task of making a law, defending it, or deciding if it should be implemented. I assume more problems in society would require us to straighten them out with more laws.
9. I'm the president. The people appointed me to lead them since they can't lead themselves. Unrest, crime, corruption, wars, and poverty should continue ensuing for me to keep my position.
10. I'm God. I created everything and everyone. My existence, power, and origin is beyond reason. Everything unknown in the world should be blamed at me for my power to remain unquestioned and absolute.
I'm just sayin'... We're in it for the money; no questions there. We're in it to do something significant with our lives; completely reasonable. We do it 'coz everybody else is doing it; why not? We do it to support ourselves and our loved ones in a system centered on money, social standing, nationality, and laws approved by a council that may or may not represent the verdict of the population; go ahead, no one is stopping you.
Humans are twisted, and they twisted their world with them. There's more to life than jobs anyway... Just keep your intentions pure and selfless. As for the salary, you earned it. You didn't go through the flawed educational system just to earn bragging rights for making the cut. You learn something new every day, hopefully this lesson must have been freakin' obvious. Me and my big jobless mouth...
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