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[–] zen@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Haha true. Got me pretty good.

[–] zen@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Why, only 6 hours ago I upheld the dignity of the mad and the oppressed by speaking up in support of those with personality disorders, in order to counter an attempt to poison the followers of Christ against our Lord on the accusation of personality disorder.

So your response is that your action of love towards the poor, the mad, the sick, the hungry, the abused, and the oppressed... Is writing a comment on Lemmy? 🤣

Is this what you learned from following Jesus' example? Apathy? Laziness? Indifference? You are pathetic, and you've made your god look pathetic.

Stop wanking yourself off on Lemmy, and actually help some people, like you pretend you do.

[–] zen@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

This sounds like something someone who is going through domestic violence would say. I feel so sorry for you.

Atheists can also love the poor, the mad, the sick, the hungry, the abused, and the oppressed. My particular way of doing this is voting for parties that put forward progressive and social policies (that clothe, feed, and provide healthcare for the poor), and giving blood.

How have you put your love towards those people into action?

[–] zen@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sure, I'll concede that it's the owners' fault, absolutely. But how many peoples' deaths do we need to determine that many people can't be trusted to own pitbulls responsibly?

People are proving that they aren't going to become good dog owners. Therefore, the only way to prevent deaths is to ban pitbulls.

[–] zen@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Oh thank you also! It is really eye-opening. I have some additional historical context, that I learned in Business school.

Under Fordism, factory work was broken into tiny, repetitive tasks. Instead of one worker building most of a car, one might just bolt on the bumper all day. It made production faster and cheaper, but also made workers’ jobs monotonous and stripped of skill or creativity. It was then easy for each role to be replaced with automation, as technology improved.

I sort of see the same thing happening in general as software replaces parts of certain roles. Unless the role is highly skilled, the work is often commoditised, and reduced in complexity until it can be automated.

The answer I've found for this in my own life is to just outpace these roles by learning more. My knowledge is a moat that might protect me for longer. Who knows though.

 

This 1960s Auto Worker hated his job. He felt like a robot. He felt that his job had little meaning and was unbelievably repetitive and boring. He said that he came home from work feeling like a zombie. And he didn't see automation coming - automation that would change his job forever. Change it for the better? Or change it for the worse?

Herbert Slater worked on automobile assembly line in 1964. He was an industrial worker who had not graduated high school. He bluntly described how he felt in this film clip. He felt a complete lack of connection to the work he was doing. He was trying to figure out a way to improve his life and his depression. He was not thinking about the coming of automation, AI, and the rapid changes that were coming as we moved from the industrial age to the information age.

Also presented in this clip is Edwin Land, the founder and CEO of Polaroid who was aware of these kinds of repetitive mind-numbing jobs and could see the coming of automation as having value for some and creating less available work for others. He and the management at Polaroid were trying to figure out what to do about this for their employees and for the company.

At the time, I was a young documentary filmmaker/cameraman and felt so good about my work. I couldn't see myself working on one of those production lines even though they had a secure salary and job. Those workers didn't think they could ever be fired (although a few hoped that they would be).

At the time, I also didn't see the coming of the information age and of information technology and of automation. So I recorded people like Herbert sympathetic to their situation but with no advice for how they could improve their lives and the lives of their families. I also did not know enough about depression to see just how depressed Herbert Slater felt.

From the video description.

[–] zen@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Or the picture was flipped horizontally, before the maker captioned it

[–] zen@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Walls was started in 1922. Streets was bought by Walls in 1960. That's why they have the same logo. They're both owned by Unilever now.

[–] zen@lemmy.zip 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)

In early 2021, an online petition to change the product's name to something "less offensive" gained traction on social media. However, it was met with backlash by the general public, including counterpetitions,[18] and the original petition to rename was withdrawn. Streets has stated that they won't change the product's name.[19] In the same year, the name of the product was criticised by a Muslim association in Malaysia.[20]

Do these illiterate cunts realise that "gay" is an old English word for happy? Have they considered picking up a book? I guess if they did, they wouldn't be homophobic.

[–] zen@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Sweet caramel ice cream with bits of soft biscuit, lovely.

I love a Golden Gaytime in my mouth, and have ever since I was a kid.

[–] zen@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago (6 children)

What's the German chocolate version of this? 😳

[–] zen@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Oh for sure, but I was wondering if there were any specific effects they noticed.

[–] zen@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How did long daily walks change your life?

 

In my country, Australia, there were six long lockdowns. Not being able to socialise regularly over that chunk of a few years could have affected people.

I am Gen Y and in my early-mid 30s now. I was actually homeschooled my entire life. I felt that being homeschooled really affected my ability to socialise. I was learning basic social skills into my mid 20s, which was fairly embarrassing for me.

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