• @[email protected]
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      121 year ago

      Compress a large percentage of the world’s wealth into a small fraction of the population and suddenly 150k dollars a year, to potentially more based on the danger, seems worth it to some people.

      • @Coreidan
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        21 year ago

        150k? That’s it? People are risking their lives for 150k??? Hard to believe

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          You act like that’s not a ridiculous amount of money and that just shows why things are as bad as they are

          • @Coreidan
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            11 year ago

            Oh it’s a lot of money but with how many ways you can go about making that kind of money I can’t see how risking your life on those odds is worth it.

    • @Master
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      31 year ago

      Lots of money… like insane money for how much work it is.

    • Mossy Feathers (They/Them)
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      11 year ago

      Because they make ridiculous amounts of money. There are very few people who can do the job, it’s extremely dangerous and even if you don’t get injured or killed, it’s very hard on your body. Iirc most divers only do it 2-3 times a year because it takes a long time to safely decompress at the depths they usually work at (it can take days or even weeks) and then they have to take time off to physically and mentally recover.

      • b3nsn0w
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        11 year ago

        i wonder if any of them ever decides to retire into an easier job and becomes an astronaut

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      It’s a combination of $2000/day wages, combined with a “I’m smarter than all those idiots who died” attitude.