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fluffy_assassins t1_je7ky6i wrote

Reply to comment by fool_on_a_hill in What are the so-called 'jobs' that AI will create? by thecatneverlies

People don't think they're too good for it, they just won't get treated like shit for shit wages.

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fool_on_a_hill t1_je7lby4 wrote

You can make a damn good living in construction. You have no idea what you’re talking about

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play_yr_part t1_je7lyxr wrote

you can if there aren't vast swathes of unemployed people trying to get into the sector

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wad11656 t1_je7tt16 wrote

Not if every white collar worker clamors for a construction job in the near future. Also blue collar wears your body down.

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fluffy_assassins t1_je7m2dn wrote

No, I'm talking about a lot of issues with short staffing in general. If someone CAN do construction, and fit in with the other employees, and they don't? They are... A bit dim. But I can't blame someone for not wanting to get screamed at at McDonald's for minimum wage or pissing in a bottle for Amazon.

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fool_on_a_hill t1_je7okb6 wrote

so you're talking about unskilled labor. I'm talking about skilled labor.

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fluffy_assassins t1_je9dwdw wrote

"is it gonna swing a hammer? are we all just gonna keep pretending there isn't a nationwide skilled labor shortage? There's plenty of work to go around. Everyone just thinks they're too good for it."

We are talking about jobs, not skilled jobs.

People think they're too good for unskilled labor.

Labor that is skilled requires skills. If it was as simple as swinging a hammer, it wouldn't be skilled labor. So you're trying to talk about skilled labor like it's unskilled labor to transfer the blame to people who don't have the resources to acquire the skill and then claiming they think they're too good for your skilled labor when there's just no way they can do it.

Yeah, no.

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fool_on_a_hill t1_je9yont wrote

Yeah no you sound like you’ve never done a day of manual labor. They teach you the skills from scratch. They’ll hire anyone that passes a piss test and even then they’ll make exceptions

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