Twitter Users Hilariously Skewered These Terrible Stock Photos Of Their Jobs

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Listen, we know stock photos are usually pretty bad.
Photographers try really hard to create interpretations of a wide variety of subjects so they can easily sell their work on various stock photo agency sites. But there should probably be a rule that if you're making a photo about a specific job, you should have at least an entry-level understanding of how it works. Because, lordy, these stock photos are something else.
According to Petapixel, a group of scientists started the hashtag #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob last week to highlight images that didn't exactly nail what they were supposedly portraying.
Take, for instance, this terrible photo of a gynecological exam:

I always give a thumbs up after a pelvic exam, it's so not creepy at all #BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/wzOW0ULr1f
— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) May 6, 2018

Wow.
Below, more people roast ridiculous stock photos of their work:

"And the Lord said: 'Let there be oxycodone'. And there was oxycodone, and the oxycodone was good. And there was much rejoicing!"#BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/Q9W001Hz0S
— Arya Snark (@XtremeRPh) May 6, 2018

I too have asbestos fingers #BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/uAEXm7jP0q
— Ben Cartwright (@_Ben_in_space) May 5, 2018

Just setting up my digestion reaction. This is how we cut DNA.#BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/bgKis9IvDF
— Elisabeth Bik (@MicrobiomDigest) May 6, 2018

Authors have terrible posture because we can't afford chairs and instead sit on piles of our unpublished manuscripts. Every 500 words (typed one-fingered on a typewriter) we reward ourselves by lighting a massive cigar. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/efCiXcMOlu
— Clare Mackintosh (@claremackint0sh) May 6, 2018

"Thankfully I have this stethoscope to confirm absence of heart sounds." #BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/cVLVExtNqI
— Brendan Riordan (@concernecus) May 8, 2018

A pediatrician, shown here about to test the primitive eye poke reflex, also known as the Three Stooges reflex. If present, the baby will place their hand vertically against the nose while saying nyuk nyuk nyuk. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/5yXFb5kxHa
— Clay Jones (@skepticpedi) May 7, 2018

They've started the surgery... time to put you to sleep!#MedTwitter#BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/ZUyei89k0t
— Sandman, MD 💉 (@jrubin121) May 7, 2018

It is very important to look seductively shortly before your hair and gloves get caught in the drill and cuttings get stuck in your eyes...#BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/E5nZnn5hb2
— Kekskobold (@c00kiekobold) May 6, 2018

I find listening to the shoulder joint an incredibly important part of any examination. Heart and lungs are for losers #BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/ZBiac9ayYC
— John Taylor (@johnthevet) May 6, 2018

Because if you *really* want to understand the brain, you have to listen to it. Real close. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/yMHIcATAVg
— Ben Marcus (@bmarcus128) May 4, 2018

"Hey space astronomer, where is space?"
[Space astronomer puts on his lab coat and adjusts his space safety goggles] "According to my latest science, there is space." pic.twitter.com/ndeVJCsPXP
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 4, 2018

It is true that most lawyers are Slytherins #BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/K8sw6qksmw
— (((Sam Crane))) (@Samanticka) May 4, 2018

This stock image of a scientist is PRICELESS. I too often find myself inspecting each nugget of dry ice one by one. Can never be too careful 🤣 pic.twitter.com/f1HrDgobuK
— Nicole K. Paulk (@Nicole_Paulk) April 24, 2018

First we write "Physics" on the chalkboard, then we grab a sharpie and scribble some *nonsense* on the nearest window. We all know the same equation and we will write it on literally anything.#BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/nc8mZtrXe0
— Robert McNees (@mcnees) May 5, 2018

As an ecologist, I can confirm that my days consist of much stethoscoping of trees in an unnecessary lab coat. It's the only proper way to detect wildlifes. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/wAEB9YPnUc
— Kirsty Elliott (@Trouty_Trout) May 5, 2018

I sit in a dark room and project code straight to my face while solving complicated problems. This helps me to immerse myself in it and "feel" the code. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/eMtGurNr5d
— Tauno Talimaa (@tauntz) May 4, 2018

Academia is bearded men eagerly pointing at absolutely nothing and being very serious about it. #BadStockPhotosOfMyJobpic.twitter.com/9eTGttEdrm
— Leonie Höckbert (@leofromtherock) May 5, 2018

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