People Share The ‘Unreasonable Expectations’ For What People In Their Profession Look Like

October 15, 2021, 9:59 am

We don’t go to movies and television for a glimpse at reality, we go for adventures and hotties. It still feels pretty hilarious when you see how a job is presented in media when it’s your actual job in real life. The writers never get it right! And the casting? Forget it. No one who looks like George Clooney is going into medicine.

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Writer and journalist Joanna Robinson really got people worked up over this phenomenon when she tweeted, “Who sets an unreasonable expectation for what people in your profession look like?”

Then she shared a photo of Trent Crimm, formerly of The Independent, who you might recognize from Ted Lasso. While he’s not George Clooney, he does have a sultriness few real journalists have the energy to muster.

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People jumped in quickly, with examples of actors who have portrayed someone in their career field onscreen, and yes, they’re all way too smoking hot and put together to be real data scientists and art conservators. But it’s also kind of fun to see how Hollywood imagines us normies. Gives us something to aspire to:

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Ms Norbury. Teaches calculus. Sponsors the mathletes team. Works a second job. Empowers women of all shapes and sizes and talents (without hating men). Binge eats cookies. Stays fit and keeps a sense of humor through it all. How does she find time to grade papers?! pic.twitter.com/Q1jKefgzRD

— M. Gail Headley (@mgheadley) October 12, 2021

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The first day of classes my professor gave us the disclaimer “You will not become Indiana Jones if you choose an Archeology degree”.

— Paula Flaig (@PaulaFlaig1) October 11, 2021

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Real flight attendants need to have their hair pulled back. And clothes that won’t get caught in emergencies

— Fully Vaxxed Cat Pillow (@GlitterGdn) October 11, 2021

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Can’t remember who made the joke originally, but somebody said “Chidi couldn’t decide which exercise routine to do so he did all of them.” Seems like a true story

— Richard (@lucerovski) October 11, 2021

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*First Published: October 15, 2021, 9:59 am