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RazorbackExpat

(893 posts) Fri Dec 19, 2025, 09:44 AM Dec 19

Would you want this job?

These guys are cleaning the head of the Ushiku Daibutsu, a Buddhist statue in Ushiku, Ibaraki, Japan which, at nearly 400 feet, is the tallest Buddha statue in the world. Much taller than the more famous Kamakura Daibutsu near Yokohama.

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Would you want this job? (Original Post) RazorbackExpat Dec 19 OP

Can't AI do it? Nt spooky3 Dec 19 #1

AI is busy doing fun things like making art and music, while we toil away doing jobs that ultimately keep the AI going. Intractable Dec 19 #2

Swabbing out the ears must be a real challenge. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 19 #3

God, don't let you-know-who know that someone not him has a 400-foot statue. Xavier Breath Dec 19 #4

Gotta scrub the Buddha 😃 underpants Dec 19 #5

Definitely Not ProfessorGAC Dec 19 #6

spooky3

(38,262 posts)

1. Can't AI do it? Nt

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 10:05 AM

Dec 19

Intractable

(1,621 posts)

2. AI is busy doing fun things like making art and music, while we toil away doing jobs that ultimately keep the AI going.

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:15 AM

Dec 19

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,594 posts)

3. Swabbing out the ears must be a real challenge.

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 05:33 PM

Dec 19

Gargantuan Q-Tips

Xavier Breath

(6,471 posts)

4. God, don't let you-know-who know that someone not him has a 400-foot statue.

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 05:38 PM

Dec 19

underpants

(194,865 posts)

5. Gotta scrub the Buddha 😃

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Fri Dec 19, 2025, 05:51 PM

Dec 19

ProfessorGAC

(75,843 posts)

6. Definitely Not

Reply to RazorbackExpat (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2025, 06:45 PM

Dec 19

I've seen several jobs being done that are like that.
• The guys flying the helicopter to test high power lines. (Dangerous)
• The people harvesting coffee beans in Colombia. (Physically exhausting)
• The people cleaning the screens in a sewage treatment plant. (Disgusting)
• Guys with those bike taxis in Manilla. (Also, exhausting)
• The guy changing the light bulbs on the Willis Tower (Terrifying)

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