There is a thing called a job side effect. For example, if you work in video editing, when you watch an action movie, you might not even be able to get into the action scenes where the entire town is blowing up and alien swoops in from a UFO to kidnap children because you are just so focused on how much every

second of the special effects is costing the studio. You cannot see anything past it. That is what

is commonly referred to as a job side effect. On Reddit, a few funeral directors have gathered

to talk about their job side effect, which I will warn, it's very grim, it's morbid. I can see how funeral directors have gathered to talk about their job side effect, which I will warn, it's very

grim, it's morbid. I can see how funeral directors would not be able to function if they felt

and reacted to death the same way a normal civilian does, so there would be no funeral homes if that

were the case. It's natural to compartmentalize your job. And sometimes they've developed these

very strange side effects because of them.

One funeral director says on the forum,

sometimes I find myself accidentally figuring out mixtures for living people,

or thinking about how well they would embalm.

Side note, a mixture refers to the customized blend of embalming fluids and each time it's unique to the body.

Based on the weight, time of death, tissue condition, because sometimes you want to add it a little more of this or a little more of that to try and restore some firmness or color to somebody.

Or other times, you're trying to figure out the best mixture for keeping

the tissues from dehydrating. You want the disease to look as, quote, healthy as possible.

That's what they say. So their loved ones can pay their respects. Side note, that includes

putting Vaseline on eyelids, as that helps with making sure they don't look dry. And oftentimes, the embalming mixture

is this very orangey color because apparently that gives the healthier glow. That's how they're

describing it. Someone else agrees commenting, sometimes I decide how I would set people's features

when I'm talking to them. And then I don't realize it. Embalmers have to set the features

and arrange facial muscles into restful or natural expressions, and that's a big part of the job.

And a very big side effect, a lot of the funeral directors are saying, honestly, it's not even the

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