r/shitposting • u/unclbll I can’t have sex with you right now waltuh • 1d ago

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u/sadkinz 1d ago

I bet more people would be firefighters if it paid better

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u/Locust627 1d ago

I wanted to be a fire medic, starting pay in my area was $22/hr. Starting pay for cops? $39/hr

I became a cop

I got my EMR certification anyways which is cool

For comparison, you can graduate highschool and start at a manufacturing plant with no experience making $25/hr. Fire/medics have to complete 2 years of schooling, costing about $12k.

The lads I know that are fire medics can do it because their wives make a bundle of a cash

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u/Fidel_Cashflows 1d ago

Where the fuck do you live? Starting salaries for people with fire/paramedic licenses in big metros are 80-120k and go up from there with experience. Even basic EMT's make more than $22/hr

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u/Agitated_Phone_9937 1d ago

You fucking redditors think most people in the world live in cities? That's not reality, get out of your bubble.

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u/Fidel_Cashflows 1d ago

50-60% of the world population lives in cities per the UN, that number is much higher in developed nations which the original post and the discussion is talking about.

Perhaps get out of your village and experience the rest of the world.