• @stella@lemm.ee
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        52 years ago

        Skilled labor is something that you need outside training in order to do.

        When someone is an ‘unskilled worker,’ it means they’re only eligible for positions that train them.

        • @mayoi@sh.itjust.works
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          62 years ago

          Name one thing that doesn’t require outside skill. Literally nothing you know in your life you learned on your own.

          • @stella@lemm.ee
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            42 years ago

            I’m not saying you’re wrong, just what people intend to mean when they say unskilled labor.

              • LinkOpensChest.wav
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                52 years ago

                I have a master’s degree, but I can honestly say working at Wendy’s took just as much skill as what I do now. “People” who use terms like “unskilled labor” are part of the problem. There’s no such thing as “unskilled labor.” I’m agreeing with you.

                  • Citation needed. Please tell me the name of the people, the date they invented the term, the justification they offered for the term, and private letters that indicate this conspiracy.

                    Take as much time as you need to provide these four pieces of data that would back up your claim.

                • @mayoi@sh.itjust.works
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                  12 years ago

                  I can’t fathom cognitive dissonance of being able to say unskilled and implying it isn’t equivalent to $0

                  • I can’t fathom

                    Well, theory of mind is a skill.

                    Fine. Maybe an analogy will help. If you say X = 2 and I say that it does not, does that mean I am saying it is equal to 3? You made an assertion, I reject your assertion, that doesn’t mean anything else. A does not imply B in this case.

                    Unskilled labor does not mean it should be done for free. No one is saying that, except you. Because that strawman is able to defeat.

        • @unfreeradical@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          Nevertheless, a worker who has been trained is a worker who has become skilled.

          A worker who has been trained on a job site is worker who has become skilled in work at the job site.