Timeline for Jobs for Giants in modern society
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| Sep 29, 2017 at 1:24 | comment | added | Megha | as for the jobs being low-paid, well, I'm thinking the situation might be like unions. Unions can get a higher rate of pay because they have the power to cause trouble (more or less) if agreements are not honored. Giants don't need unions, they themselves are strong enough that if their employers don't treat them well, well, there's trouble. They won't read fine print, sure, but they probably would make agreements they think are fair and throw a tantrum if what they thought they agreed to is too far from what they get. | |
| Aug 13, 2017 at 2:08 | comment | added | EthanB | Trains! Let them drive trains! girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150508 | |
| Aug 12, 2017 at 19:30 | comment | added | Jaden Lorenc | Definitely well-paid. Big machinery is unwieldy and unintuitive compared to doing the job manually. They would make construction many times more efficient. A backhoe for simple home diy jobs in the US costs 100-200 USD per day, but a giant could get the job done much faster, moving on to another job or two. That's at least $1,000 a week, pretty solid pay if you ask me. | |
| Aug 11, 2017 at 18:06 | comment | added | Dan Lyons | I would expect these giants would be fantastic at demolition with some basic tools. They wouldn't be able to handle skyscrapers, but anything 1-2 (or perhaps even 3) stories tall could potentially be much more efficiently done with a few giants. | |
| Aug 11, 2017 at 9:38 | comment | added | Dhara | Agreed... except that sports can be incredible well paid depending on the sport & it's marketing | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 18:55 | comment | added | Aric | @Azor-Ahai I see what you mean | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 18:50 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | @AricFowler I took "literate" to mean "can read," but that seems unlikely if the extent of their language ability is as in the post. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 18:49 | comment | added | Aric | @Azor-Ahai given the example at the start of the question, I'd say they were literate enough to communicate with people, would you not? | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 18:48 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | They're literate but have sub-human capacity for language? How do those jive? | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 18:15 | comment | added | pojo-guy | Media has need of a broad range of talents, not just air talent or technical. If they are capable of following instructions, there is no reason they cannot be camera people, and their size can be a benefit in some situations. Setting up and tearing down sets often requires strength and size, but not much else. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 18:03 | comment | added | Aric | @Ross that's actually a great point | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 17:57 | comment | added | Ross | There's five million of them. I see no reason why a great deal of the international community wouldn't be invested in giant welfare. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 17:31 | comment | added | Monty Harder | @AricFowler That's why I said you want them under the command of a human. The big dumb guy is to scare the amateurs off. The real security to protect against the professional criminals is less obvious. Hidden cameras etc. And you can also order the big dumb guy to grab the person the smart guy figured out is up to no good, of course. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 17:27 | comment | added | Aric | @MontyHarder you are correct, however maybe not for high security due to the OP condemning them to be stupid. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 17:26 | comment | added | Monty Harder | Giants as cops and civilian-equivalent security guards could be very effective, especially when partnered with a higher-ranking human officer. The deterrent value of a giant at the gate to a facility is considerable. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 16:49 | comment | added | eyeballfrog | There's another possible niche for giants in transportation: being the mode of transportation. Rickshaws are a thing in real life, so it's not too much of a stretch. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 16:40 | comment | added | Aric | @Randal'Thor I'm glad someone noticed it!! xD | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 16:39 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor | "looked down upon for their apparent stupidity" - the irony is painful :-D | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 15:04 | comment | added | Aric | @John and window cleaning! haha | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 15:03 | comment | added | John | Construction will be very good, especially things like insulation and roofing where workers spend a long time on stilts or ladders. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 14:56 | comment | added | Aric | @Philipp hello again xD | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 14:50 | comment | added | Philipp | @FlorianSchaetz Also, the role of infantry is modern warfare is mostly doing counter-insurgency in urban environments. Carrying heavy weapons and not being smart enough to know when to not use them wouldn't be that helpful. Other branches than infantry also generally need more brains than brawls nowadays. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 14:16 | comment | added | M.Herzkamp | You are forgetting about touristic aspects. There are many touristic centers, where it is an attraction to do sight seeing in horse drawn carriage. Imagine the possibility to get shown around by a giant guide who is carrying you on his back! | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 13:57 | comment | added | Aric | @FlorianSchaetz I omitted any areas where I thought stupid giants could not work. The military requires a level of cunning and intelligence for every role, and so I left it out. Considering our main form of warfare in the modern day is projectile, big, slow, targets wielding guns would not be very useful against a human front line. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 13:53 | comment | added | Reed | struggling to get by is the least of it. the USDA food costs for a single male per week is 50. 10x that is 500 a week, or 2000 a month. A person living on minimum wage could not even afford the food they need to live. 7.50 * 160 = 1200 cnpp.usda.gov/sites/default/files/usda_food_plans_cost_of_food/… | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 13:41 | comment | added | user | @FlorianSchaetz It's hard enough to find a car in today's real world if you are some 200 cm tall or taller, and such people actually exist in reasonable numbers. Something like a car that can accomodate a person 200 cm tall wouldn't be hugely unwieldy for a person of a more modern length, say 180 cm; but a vehicle that can accomodate an individual who is 450 cm tall certainly wouldn't be very comfortable to use for a person who is even as little as 200 cm tall. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 13:35 | comment | added | Florian Schaetz | And transport... I highly doubt that many companies will buy busses/trams/etc. specifically equipped for really, really huge drivers, simply because there are not that many giants around, but many more humans, while the giants have not a single advantage as drivers over humans (perhaps their intellect makes them even less suited for that job). All in all, yes, the giants are pretty much f... in a bad situation. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 13:32 | comment | added | Florian Schaetz | You could mention military, but I'm afraid that the outlook there isn't much better, because the army would need to establish a completely separate logistic system, uniforms, weapons, barracks, etc. for them - but their advantage in combat is pretty limited nowadays. Back in the middle ages, they would have been fierce enemies, but today... Probably just bigger targets. As bouncers, policemen, etc. they are probably possible, since these don't face military weapons most of the time. | |
| Aug 10, 2017 at 12:48 | history | edited | Aric | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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