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the20year1: Our median individual income is around $28k/yr ,
the median plumber rate is $80/hr
the20year1: Most of
the skilled
trades are dying for workers
the20year1: I doubt it,
the gas line I mentioned runs from colorado
to PA
truffles: so
these jobs
that no one wants are only available in Ohio?
the20year1: 7.5% unemployment rate, according
to bls
the20year1: My contractor says
the same
thing, no one wants
to work, he approached a half dozen guys who keep complaining about
there being no jobs in
town. Offered $15/hr starting pay, none would do it
truffles: benkay and
the20year1 must be
trollin now
benkay: modern hippies would rather not work
than
take a job
that keeps
them off
the reefer
the20year1: Trans-state oil lines
that run underground, you go from station
to station checking readings, making sure lines are being maintained and built
benkay: i got out of
the atom-smashing business a while ago
truffles: like
thats some pretty job omg
benkay: yeah man if you like putting your hands on
the line every
time you go
to work
the20year1: One is a line manager for one of
the largest power co-ops in
the US, he can't keep anyone
benkay: precisely. over educated and unwilling
to work manual jobs.
the20year1: they have dozens of jobs available, no one wants
them
benkay: and zero americans electing
to not get degrees.
the20year1: I know
two guys
that have
told me more
than once, if I wanted
to weld/tend oil lines i could start off making $60k-$70k a year
the20year1: the
thing is ,
there are
tons of great jobs out
there
that don't require college degrees
Duffer1: truffles an amount
that can sustain you without forced reliance on a welfare system
truffles: everyone cant get
that nice office job like u benkay
benkay: it's like counting labor camps in
the employment numbers
benkay: but hey
they're 'employed'
benkay: the whole notion is fucked.
there's a generation out
there laboring at fast food operations under a few
tens of
thousands of dollars of debt undertaken for useless degrees.
benkay: there are some slim pickings of useful information out
there.
benkay: dig into
the conspiracy
theory areas yourself
Duffer1: they stop counting
those
that stop looking (are forced off benefits)
the20year1: unemployment I believe has been changed
twice
the20year1: laborparticipation is
the one standard
that hasn't been changed since
the 80s
benkay: you guys eat
these government employment statistics up wholly credulously
KRS|Gotyawallet: Dyffer1 good point- i was shocked after going
to college
to see just how worthless a degree was..i felt like i wasted my
time, but I'm happy
to have been educated.
benkay: and it's not
there now?!
the20year1: Locally, a
typical waitress could go out, and buy a lower end house with a FHA mortgage for her median income, alone
the20year1: Significantly lower cost of living, easier
time getting a job
the20year1: most of
the people i know who were adults during
the 80s did extraordinarily well
KRS|Gotyawallet: makes me wonder how my parents did so well..even considering
the high unemployment of
the early-mid 80's
the20year1: granted
the late 70s weren't
too easy on inflation
the20year1: Digital currency is
the bigges
threat because it's so easy
to do, compared
to physical stuff
KRS|Gotyawallet: thinking everything up until now, but with
the addition of digital currency
KRS|Gotyawallet: I don't
think
the FED has ever been under so much attack as
this day and age
mircea_popescu: if
there's anyone left with a working brain over
there
Duffer1: you know.. just
to make it weird
KRS|Gotyawallet: folks within
the FED are probably starting
to poop
their pants a little on
the liquid side 1Q14
kakobrekla: Dogs preferred
to excrete with
the body being aligned along
the North-south axis under calm MF conditions.
ozbot: Frontiers in Zoology | Abstract | Dogs are sensitive
to small variations of
the Earth's magnetic fie
pankkake: and its silver
to gold
TeslaCoin
KRS|Gotyawallet: they dont want
to put
the name 'bitcoin' out
there right away because it seems
they are offering investment plans on how
to invest in it
pankkake: why
the fuck are
they using edison
pankkake: KRS|Gotyawallet: lol
the investor comments on
the bottom look so like
the ones of scams
kakobrekla: also i
thought
their integration of webkit is going
to save
them
kakobrekla: i would have
to go way back
to get a non sucky version
mircea_popescu: not like you have
to use
their most recent brainfuck, or
there's any incentive
to do so
pankkake: it's a fucking option, put it behind an "Avanced do not go
there"
kakobrekla: you know what is
the reasoning for
that option removal
pankkake: the Chrome devs refuse
to put an option, and close any bug on
the subject without discussion
truffles: i started using opera
to get away from firefox, it required
too much !
kakobrekla: they decided
to remove
the option
to show full url
tards.
mircea_popescu: fun fact : with internet kid at plastics factory. kid notices large HTPP spelled out somewhere, decides
they've misspelled
http VanCleef: i dont like
them because
they are commiting crimes against nature
VanCleef: i'm cool with racism as long as we can be homophobic
too
mircea_popescu: but outside of
the agent, his purpose and his circumstances,
they're just
that, cheese.
mircea_popescu: yes well. cheese is a particular way
to process milk. racism is a particular way
to process difference.
pankkake: less so? as in, if racism justifies slavery it's better
than racism alone?
truffles: i see something wrong with it, but less so if its a means
to an end
mircea_popescu: there's nothing intrinsic
to intelligence
that prevents racism (as you define it) nor is
there in fact anything wrong with racism in principle
truffles: but were
they doing so cuz
they felt it or cuz of actual goals
KRS|Gotyawallet: i saw something on bitcoin
tonight on
tv- it was amazingly positive- its one of
those off-brand "news" broadcasts. I shall see if I can find it.
KRS|Gotyawallet: could be a number of different reasons, imo most of
the
time it has something
to do with
their personality
type
KRS|Gotyawallet: yeah
truffles you are right about
that, i'm not sure what
to make of it myself
KRS|Gotyawallet: Tropes Are
Tools, not clichés. -
this will help me
take a more critical approach
to media
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mircea_popescu: <KRS|Gotyawallet> its like information overload. <<
try reading
tvtropes sometime
truffles: sometimes some really smart ppl r so closed-minded or narrow minded and it kinda surprises me
too much
KRS|Gotyawallet: yea
they do help, anything
that floats
to
the
top of
their froth seems
to be worth looking at for a final decision as
to whether its worth my
time or not
truffles: trolls prob would help u with filtering, putting
them on ignore discourages
this skill
KRS|Gotyawallet: i started smoking
these e-cigs (vaporizors)
this one is english
toffee. i like it so far
KRS|Gotyawallet: its like information overload..i'm having
trouble digesting so much news and information sometimes. hard
to keep up with and exhausting. i'm afraid i might miss something so i work real hard at it.
the world moves pretty fast.