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Worst Jobs In Science

Posted by timothy on from the and-shove-it dept.

FortKnox writes "Popular science has the worst jobs in science. Some are silly, some are sick, some make you angry, and some just flat-out suck." And some of them sound fun :)

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  1. All the jobs on one page by AEton · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's the printable page.

    Hee hee, barnyard masturbator...

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    We recently had heard in the office over one of the Yellow Machine that's made by Anthology Solutions.
  2. Re:this in? by thedillybar · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's no longer slashdotted, but here's the complete list. 1. Flatus Odor Judge (smelling real fart samples) 2. Dysentery Stool-Sample Analyzer (studying diarrhea) 3. Barnyard Masturbator (go figure) 4. Brazil Mosquito Researcher 5. Hot-Zone Superintendent (ebola and anthrax outbreaks) 6. Isolation Chamber Tester 7. Fistula Feeder (why not call him a feces specialist?) 8. Prison Rape Researcher 9. Carcass Cleaner 10. Postdoc (anything you do after getting a PHD) 11. Metric System Advocate 12. Corpse-Flower Grower (it's a stench, not a smell) 13. Endanged Species Ecologist 14. Astronaut 15. Fish Counter 16. US Stem Cell Researcher 17. Planetary Protection Officer (prevents microbes from travelling from Earth to the solar system) 18. Fusion Researcher

  3. Re:The really worst one by _Bucktooth_ · · Score: 3, Informative

    Mohd. Binatang bin Goncang

    This story is a fake. The name translates literally to: Mohammed Animal son of Masturbate.

  4. Re:Types of jobs by plover · · Score: 3, Informative
    Not a big hunter, are you? Do you usually keep very large waste parts of animals in your freezer? Waste parts that would occupy space that would otherwise be holding the meat you do plan to eat?

    Anyway, we already have such a device. Here in Minnesota, it's called "outside". But our thermostat isn't very well regulated, and the regulator we do have is tied to a 24 hour cycle, causing the temperatures to swing wildly. Carcasses eventually spoil under these conditions.

    There are no government-meat-locker-vans, standing by the woods just waiting to take away the freshly decapitated heads of deer. The DNR doesn't have walk-in freezers available to hold the thousands of heads they need to autopsy. And even if they thought about it in these times of budget crises, why would they? Onerous refrigeration requirements, outlandish electrical bills, all just to make my friend's job a little less disgusting?

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    John