Comment on There is only one type of job. Doing something someone else doesn't want to do.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 3 months agoOk, but I’m going to stretch some logic here. If they are unable to do, wouldn’t that mean they are unwilling to learn?
Let me just quit my day job and learn the electrical code to install that new breaker panel I need. Gotta brush up on the gas fitting code too cause my furnace needs work. Then ill drive myself to the hospital where i will be my own nurse and my own surgeon.
The ability to learn is also linked with time, energy, and accessibility to resources.
So… that’s the point. You don’t want to do all that…
I would love to be able to become a master of all trades. I cant put food on my table consistently unless I stick to one.
But you don’t really want to because that would be really hard.
What if it takes 100 years for you to train for the job? So if you tried and failed, does it count as “not wanting to do that”?
wheelchair bound guy isn’t running power lines in your neighborhood. literally CANT.
And all he dreams about is working 40 hours a week running powerlines.
well it doesn’t need to be back breaking I like networking and having an accomplished, finished task or job.
but the title was literally “job”, and you set a challenge saying it’s for someone who doesn’t want to, of course you’re going to 1000 examples why you’re incorrect, it’s nothing personal.
It’s not incorrect everyone is just playing semantics.
Just as a sanity check for you, I think you’re right about the people who choose to post on this thread.
“Something someone can’t do”, is a subset of “job”, because a “job” literally is something you get money for, because other people don’t wanna do it for some reason.
But the antiwork community is not here, and to be honest, your user of the word “type” in “only one type of job”, muddles the meaning of the sentence a bit.
Not everyone is capable of learning or figuring it out.
Think about childhood dream jobs like rock star or astronaut.
Rock star: You need musical talent and stage presence, enough to entertain lots of people with your music. Me, I can sing in the shower and play some simple tunes on an instrument, but I’d starve if I tried to make it as a simple busker.
Astronaut: NASA requires a master’s degree in a STEM field, at least 1000 hours as a jet pilot, and that you pass a physical. Not everyone is capable of earning a master’s degree. Not everyone will be capable of learning to fly planes. And the physical – ever heard of a blind astronaut? Or how about conditions where your bones are brittle? Hop on the rocket - SNAP! Oops, broken legs. Etc.
No, for all jobs there is only limited supply. If more people want the job than there are jobs available, some of the people who want the job must necessarily end up not getting the job.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 months ago
I am disabled. No amount of learning will enable me to cook my own meal. But I would sure like to do it.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Still just messing around but would it actually be a job if someone else wouldn’t do it for free?
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Just change your thought to can’t or won’t do, and you are good to go!
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You make your own thought! =P
Kedly@lemm.ee 3 months ago
How high are you?
tjsauce@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yes, paying someone makes it a job
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Paying them because they don’t want to do it.