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Cake day: October 18th, 2025

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  • 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.






  • zen@lemmy.zipto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerule
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    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it was met with backlash by the general public, including counterpetitions,[18] and the original petition to rename was withdrawn.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.