The 5 Most Overrated Jobs Of All-Time
04/10/2008 06:24
Whatever happened to
the real men? The gunslingers and swordsmen who
charged into adventure on
horseback?Well, it turns out they all quit, because being a real man kind of sucked. All of those badass jobs they made movies about were all pretty much worse than the job you have now. Such as...
#5.
Pirate: Boredom, Disease and Uncontrollable Crapping
Recently, Disney and Johnny Depp have reassured us that pirates were the awesomest people ever. They lived on the seas, they had monkeys and wenches and giant squid that did their bidding.
Real piracy has been around since about the 13th century BC, and it's likely that every single pirate in all of that span was less effeminate than Orlando Bloom. The Vikings were the most badass of the bunch, with a reputation for taking what they wanted and burning the rest. So if you had nice stuff, you didn't want to hide it in anything flammable because then no one would get to enjoy it.
See the other four here.
SINC SAYS:
How does your occupation stand up against these five? Warning: Language.
