What do you think is the craziest/most dangerous job in the world?

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Probably Cops. People are batshit crazy and biased against you from the start. Add a gun a knife or whatever, plus the possibility of them being high or emotionally/mentally disturbed…

Are you fucking kidding me?
I wouldn’t do it.

Mining.

King crab fishing does look dangerous. Firefighting is dangerous, but they do go through a lot of training. Also, anyone who drives for a living judging by how many car accidents happen per day.

Anything that involves cold weather, sharp objects, or extreme heights, or any combination of those three.

Those window washers in New York. No thank you! That is way too high and that little ledge is way too flimsy for me.

@Darwin sounds like a tree surgeon from Alaska isn’t your favourite job then.
(actually tree surgery causes a HUGE amount of accidents here in the UK each year)

Soldier

Under water gas line welding.

@BlueDing – not my cup of tea either, especially in the winter.

@cage – don’t want to be a tree surgeon (actually a friend of mine was killed while trimming branches off his tree when he fell off the ladder)

@asmonet – a lot of being a cop is downright boring, including sitting in a squad car all day long, dealing with really stupid people, and doing paperwork. Every now and then there is a touch of excitement.

Deep sea diver.

I was going to say crab fisherman but you’ve got that covered already.

A private contractor working in Iraq although it depends on what you’re doing over there.

EOD (Explosive Ordinance Dispospal) technician

Blowout Control – the guys who put out oil well fires (like the dozens in Kuwait during the first Gulf War)

Bomb disposal. If you see them running, try to keep up.

The guys that set up huge hightension electrical powerlines hang from helicopters to do their job.

@Darwin: That sounds like a Sherpa which is the first thing that came to mind when I saw this question. That has got to be a dangerous job.

@KatawaGrey – I’m not telling. That way you can’t ever make me do it.

An ecologist at a game reserve in Africa. You have to sheppard big heavy animals that weigh 500 times your weight, fight fires, get very close to dangerous animals, waddle through thorns which could lead to infection, etc… Also, if you encounter poachers, if you don’t kill them, they will kill you.

Enlisted soldier during a Republican administration.

@lightlyseared, you’ve got to read Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson These deep divers are insane.

Plus, I’ve heard that cave diving is insanely dangerous, so I guess if you are a cave diving guide you’d want extra insurance.

@steelmarket I once saw a scuba rebreather for cave diving that came with the warning “this device may kill at anytime with out prior warning”. Makes those McDonald coffee cup warnings about hot liquid look a bit sad dosen’t it.

@lightlyseared, I can image that same warning posted on any number of more mundane items, including: automobiles, hard candy and bacon !

Here is a list of the top ten most dangerous jobs in America, and the accidents that make them that way.

I think being President of the U.S. is one of the most unsuspectingly dangerous jobs… If someone doesn’t like you, and they’re the extremely insane, irrational, and impulsive type chances are, they’ll just try to up and kill you… Results? They get their 15 minutes of fame, and you’ve just been assassinated. End of story.

dudes who drop down on a tether from a helicopter to install the spire atop trump building in chicago in the middle of winter.

It’s between Kamikaze pilot and Zealous suicide bomber.

The guy who paints the Golden Gate Bridge

The person who does my hair has by far the craziest and most dangerous job in the world. She is aware that her life is in danger with each snip.

@Sueanne_Tremendous: What about the woman who dyes your hair? Surely this jo must be as perilous?

I don’t know if you dye your hair, but I’d be scared to be your colorist. ;)

Putting out oil well fires and Snubbing. Snubbing is more dangerous that putting out the fires but both are crazy. My bf is a snubber and it scares the shit out of me.

What’s snubbing?
To be honest that sound like something really cute like
“What do you do?”
“oh me? I snub with fluffy kittens”

A turkey inseminator has got to be right up there for crazy jobs. Turkeys that are bred for food are too big and fat to do it themselves. Think about the turkey inseminator this next Thanksgiving and give him thanks for making your meal possible.

Snubbing is working on live, pressurized oil wells. He works for Boots and Coots and I thought snubbing sounded less dangerous but I was wrong. Snubbing sounds like something done in bed :)

@jessturtle23 I hope you mean like snuggling, because snubbing also sounds like stubbing. And thats the art of putting out a cigarette…
Your sex life sounds… Strangely appealing…

Ha! You’re funny. It also sounds like snogging, which I think is kissing. My sex life is appealing and always has been. At least I have that going for me.

funny enough for a GA? ;)
*shakes head like british eccentric gentlemen whose made a witty question

That’s funny because I was picturing you with a British accent.

I am British so that’s cool

@cage, was gonna point @jessturtle23, et al to theteatalk.com… but it’s gone?!?!

@robmandu: Apparently, that was just brought up in another thread. We’re all very upset.

@robmandu think I’m gonna start doing vlogs… it’ll be similar style to tea talk, just without richard, but you’ll be able to see me! So it evens out.

@buster, here is one of those helicopter powerline repair guys you mentioned. How could this job get worse, unless you had to do it naked in a thunderstorm!

@steelmarket. Great video from that link! Thanks for posting it!

Holy crap!
They wear a faraday cage suit?
That’s is seriously nuts.

And you really got to love the quote at the end.
There’s only three things I’ve ever been afraid of:
electricity, heights, and women. And I’m married.

i saw the dudes building the new bridge over the hoover dam that looked pretty scary!!!!!!

All I got to say is WOW!!!

…what a great question lol

< < got the hint… GQ!

@cage, Shameless plug right there^^^. No GQ for you!

@omfgTALIjustIMDu how about if I ask for it in my sexy accent eh!?!??!? ;)

@cage She’ll do anything for a cute guy with a sexy (I prefer to say “shmexy”) accent.

@cage, Oh, well that’s fine then. Have a GQ.

…didn’t give me one *removes all connections to Tali including memories

president, no doubt.
that’s gotta be the loneliest job in the world. i can’t even imagine it.

@cage, Um, yes I did.

By memories, did you mean dreams? ;)

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Hell yea its dangerous it may not be the most dangerous but its up there..It takes a certain breed to be a Snubbing hand..you have to be crazy.I worked as a Flowback hand for 2years and a Snubbing hand for 4 yrs. On many occasions your working 100ft + in a basket, essentially on a bomb.. we have pulled out loaded explosives that were intended for casing perforation.. many of times.. its well control.. on top of that I work in South Texas, the elements really take a toll.you also have high pressure 11k on the well head, Ex: one time I was on a fishing job (tool was stuck 4k feet dn hole) 96feet up, 8grand on the well and had H2S.. and on top of that Wyoming (Pinedale) nasty winter…. every single day ur in danger.. you have pipe dangling above your head, pressurized pipe, the high rig ups, bad weather..ass hole supervisors and or company man..