Look for ideas: Fluffy Jobs!

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So, I’ve got an idea or two in the can for future fluffy jobs, but that’s the trick. Only an idea or two! Right now its:

  • Mushroom finder/picker (similar to pigs, relying on smell, expanded out from truffles)
  • Emotional Support Fluffy (followup/expansion on previous suggestions and Stwumpo’s story)

But after that? Hrm. I’m not sure. I’ll be going through the comments in them later looking for ideas/suggestions as I know there were a few but I forgot to write them down. In general, this is what I’m looking for:

  • Simple jobs. Nothing super complex. No deep decision making. Nothing a fluffy has to be exceptional for. If a 7 year old can do it, then it should be a viable idea (I don’t have kids, no plans to, so I don’t have much experience here).
  • Safe jobs/non-violent. The fluffy shouldn’t be in danger doing the job. No police-dog sniffing drugs or explosives, please. Likewise, I’d rather not have the fluffies killing anything, even if it is a bug or demon from hell (aka, Asian centipedes).
  • Innocent. If you could see it in a G-rated Disney or Studio Ghibli film, it might well be a good pick.
  • Plays to the fluffy’s strengths. A job that benefits from a cheerful attitude, being empathetic, etc.
  • Win/Win. The main idea for the whole series is the job has to be beneficial for all parties involved. The fluffy may not be unfairly exploited.

As the series has in every entry:
I’ve been told there are breeds of dog that “need” to have jobs or they get depressed, bored, etc. Domestic fluffies are just there to look cute which isn’t the worst thing, but it seems that having a sense of purpose, a role, isn’t bad either. Feral fluffies will have those within a herd, so how to get domestics something similar? Well, small jobs and chores…

Help would be appreciated! I will eventually move onto Feral Fluffy Jobs and “Bad Jobs for Fluffies” which will be more comedic in nature. But for now I really like the regular Fluffy Jobs and want to keep working on them :slight_smile:

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How bout a Herd finder? Unless you did that already

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Too bad bomb/drug sniffer is off the table an undercover fluffy sniffing out contraband in a crowd would be a good one.

I read that in Africa they use rats to sniff out certain diseases when testing and doctors are limited, how 'bout that?

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I’ve been planning to do something like this. I’ve already established that police fluffies are a thing, and they can comfort children who have witnessed brutal crimes, at the very least. That seems right up your alley.

Does it still count as the fluffy being in danger if they have superpowers? Or if regeneration tech is available? Because those are both a thing in my headcanon.

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Baby toy tester!

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What do you mean? Like, a Park service or animal control using one to find feral herds?

Closest I’ve done would be the Friend Finder.

Hmm… I think I can work that into something more distinct.

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The ideal is that any average fluffy could do the job, generally speaking. So no super-powers or regeneration tech. I’ll clear it up a bit in the original post… the people employing the fluffies are going to be fairly ordinary as well.

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If given little baskets or small two fluff cart you can have them assist Fruit farmers by taking the product back to a central bin similar to @FallenAngel007 's piece. The fluffs can then take back bruised or misshapen fruit along with their pay. I can even see this being a job for well behaved ferals.

My other suggestion is similar but instead for Japanese chestnut collecting. Either they carefully pick them so not to be injured by the burs or if they’re not proficient enough they assist by locating the ripe and unspoiled nuts. Plenty of delicious products come from chestnuts and I can even see them as part of the advertising.

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I think they’re doing it with dogs as well, but I think its also still fairly new/being tested. I like the idea, but maybe its a little too forward thinking for the moment. If I do more “Fluffies in Space” stuff that’s TOTALLY something I’d use though.

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Then I’m bloody useless in this thread.

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Walmart greeter!

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Did we already have seeing-eye fluffies? I think I have seen that on Reddit.

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I believe that Yehdoo may have been the originator of the idea but a more (relatively) modern take would be cool

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Hotel ice machine gider

They basically leed guests to the ice machines

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Yes we have those

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Running cables through walls.

Endlessly carrying coal to a furnace.

Being placed in the pouches of sad kangaroos who want babies.

Have them wander around a video arcade with a change machine on them.

Companions to give Italian grandmothers who always pressure people to eat to much (so they can feed the fluffy instead).

Indoor horse racing for casinos.

Have one wander around parking lots of an orange vest berating people who don’t put their carts in the coral.

Static electricity measurement device.

Waffle maker operator at hotel continental breakfasts.

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As me and swiftbitches have been playing with, I’m going to recommend exterminator slime fluffies!

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I think fluffy have great potential in the field, they can easily be foragers, egg hunters, it would be beneficial for them and their caretakers as their natural instincts would be catered for which would be refined with a short training like the one they would give you to any child (children in rural areas normally do these jobs) the fluffy would receive a lot of space to play, contact with diverse people and animals, homemade and abundant food in a fruitful field, I don’t know, I love it.

Honestly, it is a bit difficult for me to see the fluffys exerting as emotional support, not because they are not capable of doing it, but because knowing that their brains work the same as that of a child, it would be very shocking for many of them to be present in situations of tension and Over time they would become alarmingly desensitized as children exposed to similar topics do, which would make it not a win / win relationship, if they practiced palliative care or similar it would be the same, seeing people die or hearing a lot about it can dismay anyone, even an adult.

(And, slow as they are, I doubt they are really effective for tasks that require a quick reaction, like in the police or helping blind people, however trained they are, they are still too slow and possibly distracted more often. than necessary if they get bored enough)

I think that an ideal job for a fluffy is one in which he has fun, maybe they can help primary school teachers to de-stress the children and the fluffy could interact with many little humans who would play with him and thus learn to take care of animals, for example.

Also many could be tasters of certain foods to have somewhat more acute senses.

Send the Jellenheimers to a library, they will surely enjoy that very much.

I have two younger sisters and I study education, so I can give you all the information you think you need.

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No you’re not!

How’s this: if one of your super-fluffs decided to go undercover as an “ordinary” fluffy, what kind of job would they take?

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lol - I thought all grandmothers did that? Mine did, and she didn’t even speak English!

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