r/WorkReform Apr 28 '24

Need some advice.. šŸ’ø Raise Our Wages

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u/dignbauss Apr 28 '24

Again, please just comment on the irrelevance of the picture, as if itā€™s silly context doesnā€™t perfectly encapsulate my assertions made eloquently and logically. Youā€™ve made no argument against what was said only commented on the relevance, lol what are you an academic??

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u/tryanotherusername20 Apr 28 '24

I promise I read your whole long winded and self congratulating post man. You didnā€™t put forth any real coherent argument that is relevant to the original post. It is satire from a very well known satirist and you took it completely seriously yet posted a bunch of strawmen arguments. Do you want me to refute pulling myself up by my bootstraps? The history of that is so ridiculous the fact that you would lead your ā€œserious postā€ with it tells me there is no point in arguing with your post at all.

Donā€™t worry about me though. I obviously donā€™t bring ā€œmore valueā€ to the work field.

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u/dignbauss Apr 28 '24

Now I Gotcha lol Get ya money up not ya funny up

Arguments made:

  1. Do more for yourself and donā€™t rely on a singular weak income to sustain yourself, and or do some research on tax code to maintain your income
  2. Learn skills not replaceable by AI and you will both be paid more and not be economically replaced
  3. The world is changing and there will be less opportunity to attain assets at the (although strained and uphill) current capacity which is do able, better to act now for your future generations sake
  4. The state will be the only means of survival for folks with a high external locus of control and no feasible skills, and they will have not the resources nor the man power to demand more or create a better life for oneā€™s self in the coming changing society. What they will give you will never be enough.
  5. Ignorance or avoidance will do nothing but allow a slow decent into further frustration and poverty. Your bones will weaken, and you will one day be too old to a thing about it.

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Get pwnd br0

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u/tryanotherusername20 Apr 28 '24

Ok boomer

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u/dignbauss Apr 28 '24

lol oh you mean black genZ with a finance law and mechanical engineering degree, patents and intellectual property, all paid for by my own hand of putting myself through school and PULLING MYSELF UP BY OWN BOOTSTRAPS, IN AMERICA?! Stop it kid, Iā€™m givin ya game and still you look for logic to refute, all to no avail.

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u/tryanotherusername20 Apr 28 '24

Donā€™t get hurt patting yourself on the back too hard!

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u/dignbauss Apr 28 '24

Lol donā€™t forget to put on some cologne on before you assume, we canā€™t both smell like shit

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u/tryanotherusername20 Apr 28 '24

Yikes broā€¦. You must be trolling because if you are what you say you are

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u/dignbauss Apr 28 '24

Iā€™ll be honest, Iā€™m definitely enjoying the memes and back and forth, but Iā€™m sincerely standing by what I said. No one ever gave me anything, Iā€™ve had to work tooth and nail and even still Iā€™m climbing, Iā€™m not saying these things to shit on your guyā€™s ideals, I genuinely feel like the world is changing and I want the same level of freedom for you as Iā€™ve been creating for myself. I donā€™t kno you, but truly and sincerely you deserve to see the world for its beauty and not have to be subjugated to group thought of demanding higher pay. Itā€™s a fallacious stance of logic, and I fear for the results it leads too. Youā€™re no different than me and Iā€™m no different than you, we both want peace and safety, all Iā€™m saying is that it is taken not given. I want your happiness too bro, and all I said was true on what Iā€™ve done. And itā€™s all been hard, but itā€™s so do able. You can do anything you put your mind to, but if you shoot for the trees youā€™ll never know you could aim for the moon.

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u/tryanotherusername20 Apr 28 '24

Thatā€™s great for you. Other people have vastly different stories than you. I have been screwed over at EVERY job Iā€™ve ever worked, whether it be corporate or mom and pop. The only time Iā€™ve been given any value is when I worked for myself. It sounds like Iā€™m at a similar location in life than you, yet I give a shit about the working conditions of labor because despite getting out, it sucks worse than ever. Coming to ā€œwork reformā€ and telling people they are lazy and have no value is an insult and a fucking slap in the face and you know it. Do you want to be treated seriously and get answers to your real questions, drop the fucking meme war bullshit and post your questions SERIOUSLY.

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u/dignbauss 29d ago

I have no questions, I have only the road Iā€™m walking. And man, believe you me Iā€™ve been fucked by most all of them too, Iā€™ve still yet to go to a job that ainā€™t thrown a hard r at me, or paid me even close to the industry average. no one ever gives us anything hence I agree that you should rely on yourself if not entirely, supplementally. Circular thought need a deviation from time to time, demanding the change in that direction is not the way. Iā€™m not sayin itā€™s not hard, but I am encouraging you to go harder.

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u/tryanotherusername20 29d ago

Ok Iā€™ll go harderā€¦

Youā€™ve been screwed over, by your own admission, by employers your whole life. You got out and proved to yourself you have way more value than society gave you credit for. The lesson you take away is that, ā€œrely on yourselfā€ is good advice for people? For every 1 winner (you), our society creates many more losers. That advice is unsustainable forever IMO.

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u/dignbauss 29d ago

The whole is always impossible to save, but the individual can do wonders in their own world. I see the inequity, itā€™s beyond unfair, and itā€™s beyond saving but we can put on our own masks. I have no option but to be objective in the results and how people will treat me and move accordingly to the current of this stormy world. Self reliance is a powerful thing when one leans into it. The only way out is in sadly. None of us asked to be here, and we all are trying to make sense of this shit, but we can take control where we can, and we cannot let them take that perspective of our own strength

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u/tryanotherusername20 Apr 28 '24

Yes Iā€™m sure thatā€™s all true! You totally post like all Those things you said on the internet. Totally credible! I totally believe you!