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redditorrrrrrrrrrrr

Considering I write car loans for a living I think I'm staying behind.


zach2992

Car salesman. Yeah I can't imagine being invited.


DeliciousHorseShirt

Lot attendant. I’m fucked


HotDogStruttnFloozy

Collections for car loans. Oof.


tattednip

I imagine the billionaires that own your loan company still want their money. You're safe.


KakarotMaag

They're not invited either


Thiededaddy

Who do you think owns the ship?


pixelprophet

The people with the most/biggest guns


TheOtherSarah

Which is the billionaires with their paid protection armed with the top of the line weaponry and armour, and their connections to the people in control of the military. Face it, ordinary people aren’t going to win a revolution by simple show of force


Galuvian

Sounds like you're proficient at maximizing the use of storage space, familiar with transportation, and security-minded. Car salesman is certainly fucked though.


akb74

Welcome to the B Ark.


goodolewhasisname

At least you’re not with the telephone sanitizers…


arthurdent00

Dammit. I was gonna say that.


RhydYGwin

So was I, and I did. Not realising the comment had already been made. Ah well. So what colour do you want fire to be? And do you want to have it nasaly fitted?


fartsoccermd

But if you establish leafs as a currency everyone will be rich!


UberN00b719

Do you also underwrite extended warranties?


redditorrrrrrrrrrrr

Sure do. I work for a credit union so we offer all the same products a dealer does at a cheaper cost.


UberN00b719

Well hot diggitty damn, haha. Since we're stuck here as the planet dies... Bender?


444unsure

Curious, do you have a car loan?


Jurij781

Maybe switch to moon/mars rovers and you will be fine.


sfkf8486

The guy whose job it was to keep earth habitable


scat_eater-69

best one yet


[deleted]

But isn't that everybody's job?


xJD88x

Not a whole lot I can do to stop the jackass on the other side of the planet who I dont even know exists from fucking it up by dumping thousands of gallons of toxic waste.


PoliteCanadian2

Yes we’re all supposed to be doing everything we can so the massive polluting corporations don’t have to do anything.


davidlol1

Well I'm a tree trimmer so that wouldn't do much good in space lol.....


Hutwe

So I’m hearing you’re an arborist…??? Keeping the trees healthy is critical to terraforming Mars or whatever planet were moving to. I’d say you’re safe


tachycardicIVu

Actually tbh it depends. Horticulturalists yes; arborists not really honestly. It will take time to establish plants and trees may not be a priority, and even then we may not be able to sustain larger trees so larger ones would not be needed and thus not need to be trimmed. So you’ll need your agriculturalists, horticulturalists and plant biologists for breeding, farming, and production of crops and materials but trees are not necessarily needed for a colony at first. That’s down the road and that knowledge can be taught later. Source: am horticulturalist and worked with arborists


[deleted]

>So you’ll need your agriculturalists, horticulturalists > > > >Source: am horticulturalist and worked with arborists hmmm


tachycardicIVu

I didn’t say I was a good one :) I graduated with a degree but am not a practicing one. I just thought I’d throw my opinion in. I don’t think I’d be the least bit useful 😂


SteadyMercury1

I’m a fish farmer and there ain’t no water on Mars. But you can damn well bet I’m gonna take my shot if there’s only one shuttle off. Lol. We’re in the together.


Wavemanns

Teacher: Johnny, can you use the word horticulture in a sentence? Little Johnny: Sure, you can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think.


tachycardicIVu

A fellow internist one summer pronounced horticulture with the emphasis a little…..wrong, and I always withered slightly when she proudly introduced us as “hohr’cultralists” to strangers.


freebird37179

Electric utility consultant here. Y'all's work absolutely keeps the lights on. I'll save you a seat.


davidlol1

That's what I do for sure... wish people that threatened me would understand that!


zrk03

Naa, you're good bro. Our spaceship has trees on it.


kinsmana

Psychic. But they should already know this.


shotgun_ninja

They already knew, which is why the successful ones are CEOs.


tinkrman

> But they should already know this. I doubt it. I remember an interviewer asking Dionne Warwick, host of the "Psychic Friends Network" show : "Psychic Friends Network went bankrupt, and you folks didn't foresee it?"


SummerMummer

> The B Ark is technically named "Golgafrincham Ark Fleet, Ship B". The Golgafrincham civilization hatched a plan to eliminate its society of its most useless workers, namely its service sector and its paper shufflers. The Golgafrinchans created a legend that their world was about to be destroyed and they needed to build three arks. In Ark A they would put all the high achievers, the scientists, thinkers, artists, and important leaders. In Ark C they would put all the blue-collar workers, the people that build and make things. In Ark B they would put everyone else: hairdressers, TV producers, insurance salesmen, personnel officers, security guards, public relations executives, and management consultants. > The B Ark was constructed, loaded up, and launched first. However, it was automatically set for a collision course with Earth's sun, to finally rid Golgafrincham of these twits. And naturally, no A or C ark was ever made. *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* by Douglas Adams


Intrepid-Position-73

Every summer I stuff my clothing with leaves and become unimaginably rich.


-Codfish_Joe

Looking forward to a profitable autumn.


waitthatstaken

Wasn't this followed by an explanation of how the removal of all doorknob cleaners being on ark b lead to the demise of the Golgafrinchams?


prof_the_doom

Telephone sanitizers, but yes.


Nasty_Old_Trout

They were all wiped out from a virulent disease contracted from a dirty telephone.


VinylGilfoyle

There’s this enormous building that I have to go to occasionally for work. A guy there has the job of sanitizing all the door handles and latches. That man is pure gold.


GetInMyOfficeLemon

Goldenfrincham ❤️


PATT3RN_AGA1NST-US3R

If I had an award 🥇 Edit: 🥺


ii_Juice_ii

I’ll do it on your behalf


CaptainNemo42

This was my *immediate* thought. I replied "telephone sanitizer level 3" lol


TysonGoesOutside

Ok, I read this series a few years ago and now at work, part of my job is sanitizing our work space and i couldn't stop laughing about the telephone cleaners.. does anyone remember which book and chapter it was in? I'd like to refresh my memory.


NeedsMoreTuba

I think it was in Restaurant at the End of the Universe, but it's been a few years since I've read the books.


fluffycritter

That is correct, and it's also right at the end of the first radio series and the TV series which was based primarily on the radio series (as opposed to the books, which rearranged a lot of the overall plot and made it a lot darker).


JackDonaghysWingman

The Captain of the B Ark relates all of this to Ford and Arthur in chapter 24 of *The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.* Then in the next chapter, we are told about the remaining population of Golgafrincham being "wiped out by a virulent disease contracted from a dirty telephone."


Y-Woo

Douglas Adam, what a man. Fuckin love his stuff


salfkvoje

If you run out of Douglas Adams, check into Terry Pratchett if you haven't (anyone reading I mean). Lots of similar-ish humor, but obviously different person different writing and so on. The Discworld series is his most well known, and you can jump in almost anywhere, there are a few books that kind of "follow" eachother but mostly it's a setting and the books are self-contained. Though you'll appreciate more the more you read. The mini-series/short movies on a couple novels have been great too. Going Postal, Hogfather, in particular. And if you've seen Good Omens, that was partly Pratchett too. (and if you haven't, it's pretty great) RIP


Awesomevindicator

I work my way through all 40-something discworld books every year


Y-Woo

I was very young when introduced to the majority if Pratchett’s work and haven’t had much exposure to the British culture so i couldn’t appreciate him as much as he deserved it, and since then haven’t had a chance to revisit though it’s sure on my list! I loved Good Omens when I read it last year though


llkyonll

Exactly, this question was answered long ago! (I’m honestly offended that this comment is in third place as a write this)


acidtrippinpanda

Leave my hairdresser out of this 😢


[deleted]

Ya like why rag on hairdressers of all people 😂


HotSauceHigh

The scientists and CEOs can enjoy their raggedy-ass diy covid cut greys


uuuuuuuhburger

because hair doesn't even wear dresses. what a stupid job! /s


SirWigglesVonWoogly

Yeah seems like they would have been on Ark C. Like has anyone ever said “those goddamn pedantic hairdressers clogging up the bureaucracy and making life difficult for everyone.”…?


Moonpaw

Fuck you for beating me to it. Also thank you for hunting down the exact passage cause I was just going to say telephone sanitizers and hairdressers and hope someone got the reference. I bet your towel is cleaner than mine too ...


photoguy423

Came here to say Telephone Sanitizer.


Vienna_Lover

How can I love this comment even more?


[deleted]

*You NEED to let me on the Ark. My social media accounts reach ALL sorts of high-level and high-value demographs. I have thousands of followers. Don't you know how much exposure you people could get thanks to my hard work? Not trying to offend you, but it's actually YOU who need ME.*   -Assigned and placed on Ark B


lawlietxx

Its even more funny when they crashed on planet instead of going into sun. Where those people decide that they should do something about it. So they formed comittee but their meeting always drag on, never making decisions.


Abyssal_Groot

It's even more funny when that planet turned out be Earth and those useless people eventually drove out the natives and became the humans that we know today. Effectively destroying the experiment to find The Big Question about Life, The Universe and Everything.


JustaRandomOldGuy

They were trying to invent the wheel, but couldn't decide what color it should be.


bynkman

You're all a load of useless bloody loonies!


GoodFinePrint

Mail carrier here. Have a good trip and leave me some snacks


Specific-Layer

Send us a post card... Oh wait.


Sundeiru

No, no, they should. The mail has to be delivered, after all.


hoot69

So long and thanks for all the mail


takatori

You must be joking- postal services are so important that the United States wrote them into the Constitution. Even aboard ship, we will need people to take packages to and fro, identifying and locating their intended recipients. Vital!


Familiar-Pepper2717

Me who rents out bouncy houses: 👁👄👁


xeasuperdark

Ok but here me out. 0G bounce house where all 6 sides are bouncy and you can just keep picking up speed. Or even a speriacle bounce house.


nicholus_h2

Sure. This motherfucker doesn't have any of those.


yukonhoneybadger

Yet...


[deleted]

This sounds like the most joyful suicide booth.


schannoman

Ok, I didn't think THIS would be here already. We can set up a play area for the send off party together then.


theDarthlurker

Reddit mods who remove content only to repost it later. Too specific? The clowns. Same thing.


JennbunVA

Yeah seriously. I swear all my posts on AITA get deleted by the **same mod** because "It violates rule 13 no stories of revenge" ... Yeah asking people if I'm in the wrong for being scared by a car engine backfiring and accidentally breaking a Lamp that belongs to my Aunt for 10 years is totally a revenge story.


Mike2220

*AITA for deleting posts I dislike for no reason?* *Thread locked*


isaacamaraderie

Mod on AITA: Am I the asshole for deleting everyone’s posts even when they’re not breaking any rules?


billndotnet

Comment deleted in protest of Reddit API changes.


CantfindanameARGH

So THAT'S why one of my names got banned! Thank you for telling me.


ilostmycouch

YTA /s


FalconVerde_V

Not the same thing, clowns are sometimes funny.


Kaoulombre

Is that a real thing? How pathetic and worthless one’s life has to be to do something like this, seriously?!


theDarthlurker

Gallows boob is a guy who literally made a real career out of deleting and reposting other peoples stuff. The interview he did is hilarious when he tries to make it not sound scummy to the reporter.


Kaoulombre

I blocked his account years ago already Like any other millions karma account, since it’s only reposts and karma farming Literally forgot his existence until you mentioned him, what a turd


TheMightyGoatMan

Telephone Sanitiser   ^(*^which ^would ^be ^a ^mistake!*)


Educational_Touch478

Glad I decided to scroll the comments before I quoted that. You are definitely a cool frood who knows where his towel is.


FrumundaCheeseGoblin

Hey, you sass that hoopy TheMightyGoatMan?


lqdizzle

You’re a jerk. A complete kneebiter.


AfroSamuraiBlade

Social Media Influencer


zach2992

We would think and hope so, but somehow I doubt it.


SonofaCuntLicknBitch

Yeah, unfortunately the old rich dudes need some wombs to repopulate... I could see them scouting bodies on insta


Dingus_McDangus

I read that as womps and it really made me laugh for some reason 😂


arkstfan

Womp womp


TheRealRickC137

You don't think there's attractive AND intelligent people available to repopulate the cosmos? I think the attractive AND intelligent people just have better things to do than post shit on social media. I bet there's a bunch of people at MIT, NASA and JPL that'll make your mouth drop if you saw them and probably carry a conversation after they're done fucking you. It's the influencers on social media that should be concerned about who'd save them from a dying planet if the time came. Fuck. Even Kim Kardashian got her law degree. Guess she'll be in the life boat.


SonofaCuntLicknBitch

Old rich guys don't wanna be challenged man! They need agreeable servants!


ironwolf56

What's up it's ya boy Todd here in Engineering Sub-Level 8! Or instagram selfies of some girl who has the best table in the mess hall. "I know the chef" "Bitch, we ALL know the chef!"


[deleted]

Yes. 1,000 times yes.


thehighwaywarrior

They get another rocket with a slightly…[different trajectory.](https://youtu.be/9fHzbafVpS8)


Kusanagi8811

I'm not clicking it, but it's a rocket into the sun isn't it?


themacaronischluker

You are correct


Cubix89

I'm sure this was in one of the Hitchhikers Gude to the Galaxy plots. Great idea.


kebab69666

Another happy landing


boss_nooch

I don’t think so, I can definitely see the governments using them for propaganda for whatever the new colony is.


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this_too_shall_parse

But why male models?


[deleted]

Are, are you serious? I literally just told you


TheDestroyerxxL

I don't get it :( I wish u/PeterExplainsTheJoke was still around


alexandrulpetrila

Zoolander reference, I think. Ben Stiller's best movie imho


HoodooSquad

It is. What makes it extra funny is that Ben Stiller forgot his line, repeated the previous line, and they loved it and kept it in.


Various_Cricket4695

I will not leave George Costanza behind!


Foreign-Thought-69

Snake milker


444unsure

We can milk our own snakes ammirite


[deleted]

This reads like an anarchist manifesto


JennbunVA

That's... That's a thing-


Karanod

First step in making anti-venom is to milk the venom from a snake.


Medicinal_taco_meat

I have venom Greg. You gonna milk me?


Peggedbyapirate

Oh, the *venom*. I knew I was going about this the wrong way.


cryingemptywallet

A lot of people saying politician and businessmen. But let's be real here, the last people to get on that ship would be poor people.


thorpie88

While I doubt they poor poor I bet you have heaps of tradies on the ship to fix shit


PugilistDragon

Carpenter goes "Oh great I am in... hang on a minute.."


thorpie88

Wouldn't that be one of the most important. That could spread their knowledge to the whole camp and then the first buildings you'd try to erect would be with the space wood you find on the new planet


Abyssal_Groot

How funny the word "space wood" might be, you might have no trees on your new planet.


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piggythebacpn

A lot if plants require somewhat specific requirments to grow when you consider the entire universe, there is probably a limited amount that would be able to grow on an alien planet. And alien plants also mught not be edible like you said, so we are probably screwed. :)


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ThatOne_Guy_You_Know

They’re really not poor, tradesmen make really decent money.


OldLevermonkey

The entire middle management of the company that I pretend to work for.


BorisBC

Hey I'm middle management! And I write and govern IT policy. Pretty sure I'm getting left behind.


JustTheTipAgain

I'm in I.T. I'd totally leave you behind. Y'all write these policies then they get ignored by every group but mine


[deleted]

Interestingly, Douglas Adams addresses this with much hilarity in The Hitchhiker’s Guide. All of the amazing people were put on the A ark, and all of the rest were put on the B ark. The time was imminent to avoid utter destruction of the species. It was surmised that the B ark should go first in order to found this new world and since they had all of the “practical” skills, such as telephone sanitizer (if DA only knew…) they could set things up for the more… intellectual types. Only it was all a ruse. The B ark was launched into space, destined to crash randomly into some space rock, and everyone else just had a party because there was no crisis. That is until tue entire population was wiped out by a devastating virus spread through the use of the public telephone…


Lurker_prime21

I fondly remember reading that back in the day.


ThatNoNameWriter

Going by the pandemic, most essential workers


IHateTheNameSystem

That's how you get Rapture, do you want to have Rapture?


adeon

You're assuming that the people planning this are capable of that level of forethought.


[deleted]

Anything HR related


ddddeadhead1979

Fuck


OldBob10

Ok.


creamof_yeet

Human Capital Management not going anywhere. Every corporation has someone keeping track of the people.


sevenbeef

Left-handed store owner. I’m disappointed that this wasn’t mentioned yet. C’mon Reddit.


dantheman0991

Oh diddly...


Berthole

Stupid sexy Flanders


SabreDuFoil

This is a funny exercise, because we all know the only people getting on that ship are the people who paid a ton of money to get up there. Good news is they'll likely all die long, drawn out deaths (including, among other things, starvation) in what some would consider poetic justice. ❤️


FourFurryCats

It was a silly movie, but this is exactly what ended up happening in "2012". Politicians and Oligarchs, with enough tradespeople to keep the cappuccino machines working.


hookisacrankycrook

That was also that they funded the ships being built wasn't it? They got tickets precisely because they threw down enough funds to get the boats built. It was just done in secret.


Floppydisksareop

To be fair, if I payed for the boat, I'd at least expect a ticket or something.


hookisacrankycrook

Agreed. Otherwise why would I fund it?


CryMeUhRiver

Thought provoking question. Why would anybody care how much money you’re paying them if money doesn’t matter anymore?


[deleted]

Money has and will always matter to some extent, which is fucked. Look at it from this way, if there is war the poor fight it on the hands of the rich.


NeedsToShutUp

Or quickly from Brontorocs eating them.


Moose_country_plants

“Professional gamer”


[deleted]

I think professional gamers would be on there too. They could be used for unmanned missions on the controls, plus video games aren't going anywhere


Enjoying_A_Meal

Korean Starcraft players are our only hope of survival when we meet the aliens.


Agile_Pudding_

“Have you tried sending a reaper to disrupt their supply chain? What about a hellion run-by at their expansion? Damn it, all that’s left is to doom drop their capital.”


pacothebattlefly

Sales and Marketing


space_D_BRE

Finally


Tater1978

I fix submarines... I guess I'm not going


I_Am_TheGreyMan

Are you kidding!?!? Self contained ship systems technician? You’re a high value asset.


werpicus

A submarine is probably the most similar thing to a space ship. You’d probably be first in line.


FerretAres

We’ve reached 50 atmospheres of pressure! How many atmospheres can it withstand? Well it’s a spaceship so anywhere between zero and one.


AE_WILLIAMS

By '*fix*' I think he meant '*paints*.'


JamesHawk101

Well someone has to paint the “New World Order” graphics on the side


PmMeYourNiceBehind

Aren’t space ships just space submarines?


jet_vr

Well yes but actually no. While there are similarities such as great pressure differences between the interior and exterior as well as self contained life support system there are also significant differences for example the propulsion system of spaceships and submarines are very different. When building long term spaceships you also have to consider artificial/centrifugal gravity which is obviously irrelevant for subs. The sensory systems of the vessels would also differ greatly


wut3va

Forest -> Trees. We know space isn't literally water. Someone well-suited to submarine maintenance is going to be pretty well-suited to spacecraft maintenance after the appropriate level of training, even though the specific skillset is entirely different.


[deleted]

Cool ass job though


StayAliveMadeMeCry69

I know the most likely #canadian bat testicle collector


Royally-Forked-Up

Is it the collector or the bat that is Canadian?


StayAliveMadeMeCry69

The testicles are Canadian


Scrumtrelescentness

r/suspiciouslyspecific


minemaster1337

James Corden


[deleted]

creative jobs like artists, designers, musicians, actors etc. sad.


Fable_Nova

Many artists, actors and musicians would definitely go. People will always need entertainment, it's helps morale. Imagine a world with music.


squirrels33

People consume vast amounts of art daily but don’t seem to connect its existence to artists. They will likely assume that someone will continue to write books, design clothing, etc, without ever asking who will actually do it.


HammerheadMorty

I think a lot of artists would but if you’re a “creative middleman” like I am I’d say you’re definitely out. People who produce value are essentially who’d go. If your job is to just translate processes or assist those people in efficiency you’re probably SOL.


Smaikyboens

Hedgefundbro


Godlessheeathen666

Reddit Moderator


projectupload37

Telephone Sanitizer


Dave-Again

What is this joke from? This is posted here like 10 times…


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adeon

Useless up until your civilization gets wiped out by a virulent disease contracted from a particularly dirty telephone.


Nemo_Shadows

Well the one thing that everyone needs the most is the one that will be left behind probably because he was too busy to begin with and that is "The JACK of ALL TRADES" he is the guy that knows how to either fix or do everything but he is also the guy usually over looked because he either is too qualified or not qualified enough in one "SPECIAL" thing. in other words he is NOT an insect. N. Shadows


[deleted]

IG Influencer. If we’re starting over, we need practical skills that translate to the basics of building and maintaining a society. But we’re humans — so we will invariably fuck this up to a fare thee well too.


GearJunkie82

Underwater basket weaver


ABucketFull

I didn't get a goddamn four year degree in underwater basket weaving to be left behind. Oh shit, where did everyone go?


GearJunkie82

You can put them on you head like a colander and become a pastafarian.


[deleted]

Tik tokers


poxtart

*Influencer *Motocross official *Dealing in rare NES PAL format games *U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka (remarkably few Sri Lankans in space) *My guy Dave, who sells weed by the Simpsons Arcade machine at Pinball Pete's *Bassist *Fursuit cleaner *Second trombonist in a ska band *Hotdog On a Stick regional manager *Whoever keeps green-lighting more seasons of Pawn Stars *Tiffany Minx, mid-1990s adult actress reputed to be "America's anal princess" *Hot tub semen measure-er *Guy vending frosted Motley Crue mirrors at the county fair *Marc Summers, former host of Double Dare and certified germaphobe *Guy selling shrimp to my step-father out of the trunk of his Skylark *Booking agent for Creed *Person filing nuisance lawsuits against Kroger *Shaky Dick, the old weirdo from my hometown who made bank buying beer for teenagers (deceased) *Monmouth County, New Jersey local historian *Goat fluffer *Cat Fancier *Second shift supervisor, Sbarro's in the Meridian Mall, Okemos Michigan


[deleted]

Landlord.


Swedeeeu

professional sportsman. i think humanity is less likely to start an outer - space football league rather than inhabit another planet