• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Listening to podcasts and reading social media sometimes makes it feel like everyone but me has an office job

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      According to David Graeber, the rise of a type of office jobs he called “bullshit jobs” gave rise to podcasts and social media

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      1 year ago

      I was a construction worker and welder for 12 years before I switched to IT, after seeing what a retirement-age welder looks like.

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        tbf it doesn’t help that a lot of blue collar workers insist on being fucking idiots and ignoring safety procedures, there’s a bloody reason you wear special gear when welding

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        I work in IT. I’m sure a retirement age welder doesn’t look great but I’m starting a gym next Monday as I’ve seen the size my colleague who’s retiring this Friday got to after 36 years.