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I'm not asking about the worst job. I'm asking about the grimmest one. For me it was when in my teenage years I was making candles you would put on a grave. Most of the time is was just filling the form, burn the right shape and passing it forward. But sometimes I had to fill in for a person who was selling these things, and that is where it gets grim. It was decades ago but I still remember one lady who asked what would be the best candle to memorialize her late husband. And she gave me the whole life story of her and her husband. I shit you not, it was the most touching love story I have ever heard. I quit the next day.

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[–] captain_aggravated 30 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

I 3D scanned a stillborn baby once. Mother was grieving, she wanted baby pictures but like, as much as possible. So I took a photogrammetry machine to a 5 pound corpse.

That was a long day.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Do you usually scan live babies or something? I've never heard of this type of thing for the living or for the deceased.

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Presumably, a live baby would move way too much for photogrammetry to be useful.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's exactly forbthat reason that Revopoint (I shit you not) recommends you catch 'em while they're asleep. Same for pets.

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