lieuwestra

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nothing wrong with speaking from experience.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

10 euro coins are pretty common across Europe, but only legal tender in the issuing country.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago

So half the country, or a quarter of the continent judging by the map. I would guess 90% of people living there were already deeply embedded in local culture before the term climate change was invented.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Sure, but they are different just like France and Poland were different in WWII. Very much on the same side in a fight against expansionism.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

You're a VP candidate. Normal things get handled by the city. Does he think CEOs worry about printer paper too?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Google might not, but it's shareholders want to minimise losses. A voluntary breakup will be better for them.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

"you kids break it up or I'm gonna do it for ya"

  • your mom probably, also the justice department
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The problem lies in the fact that we need to categorise these subjects to write more effective policy. And it doesn't matter what words you use, they always get these connotations as familiarity grows.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (16 children)

Technically skilled as in requiring education (financed by the state), unskilled can learn on the job within days.

But politics has a way with twisting those words into a us/them dichotomy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This is the free market don't you know? You could start your own business and undercut them on price.

/s

[–] [email protected] 85 points 2 years ago (31 children)

Skilled labor is economists jargon, so the meaning of it does not match the dictionary definition.

No one is saying there is literally no skill involved in unskilled labor.

view more: next ›