look can we stop with the boomer crap? that is a myth and disproved so many times. lets work together instead of insulting whole generations of people we don’t know
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mriswith@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Boomers still think fast-food jobs are part-time things that teenagers do for some pocket change. They literally do not grasp the idea that there are adults working there to pay rent and buy food.
thedruid@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Bosht@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s not a myth. If it wasn’t so disgustingly true across the board I’d be in agreement. Class war over generational and all that, but I’ll also call out the systems and people that are actively (STILL) shitting all over progress. Their generation is at fault in large part to why we’re so utterly fucked and continue to be (see Reagan). The majority of our gov is run by geriatric fucks that refuse to align with their constituents and cling on to their positions until they’re literally in wheel chairs. Those are fucking boomers. They’re in charge still, and they’re the ones holding the reins on voting in any iota of progress in any number of categories, one being minimum wage. Fuck them.
thedruid@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Its a myth. but hey, lets not facts get in the way of anything. y know, like individual circumstances, actual ages of the people in charge running the government and tech companies, etc.
if you believe the myth, then you’ve been led around by the nose by big tech. y know the the predominately gen x’ers who run the tech world.
BTW I’m a gen xer. born in 68. know more about tech than most millennials( though probably less than many here of any age) and less about cars than most gen x’ers. Know what that says? Means I spent my time differently than others in my generation, same as every generation. Stop with the myth.
Bosht@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes, generalizations are usually bad, and there are exceptions to literally any group. Doesn’t mean it’s a myth. The term wouldn’t exist if it was a myth, and wouldn’t be so widely used if there wasn’t a large amount of truth attached to it. I’m also not discrediting the issues we have with corpo bullshit. Thats obviously it’s own issue, but I will point out that part of the reason corp interests are in our politics at all is again because of the same group voting in the ability for lobbying by those corps.
gamer@lemm.ee 1 day ago
If a majority of boomers think Thing1, but you are a boomer who thinks Thing2 instead, you are not disproving a myth, you’re being an outlier. If you were to pick a random boomer off the street, there’s a very good chance that he thinks Thing1 instead of Thing2. So “boomers think Thing1” is a perfectly valid (if a bit casual) statment that adequately represents the underlying statistical facts of the situation.
It can be frustrating as a Thing2 boomer, but that’s just how it is. The world thinks Amercans are hateful, disgusting ghoulish greedy misanthopists, and it feels bad to hear that as an American who didn’t vote for Trump, but I accept the logic behind the generalization.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 day ago
ok boomer
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 day ago
L+ratio
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
You should look into the Pew Charitable Trust paper about why they are abandoning generational studies. In short they are inaccurate and wrong for every generation except one. Want to guess which generation bucks the trends?
rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
Is it Gen Z or the Boomers?
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Boomers are the only generation to really show generation wide changes whereas most people have more in common with people within 5 years plus or minus of their age.
Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I cannot remember the last time I saw a high schooler working at a fast food joint.
peregrin5@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Don’t worry. With Republicans working hard to repeal child labor laws, you should see more in fast food and also in the mines soon!
hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Every food service place in my area fired their under-18 staff. Apparently it was a manager fad to declare minors “too much trouble” and so the only high schoolers I see are bagging groceries or camp counselors for little kids. My kids are 15 and want to start working but the best job in town that allows them is serving dinner and doing laundry at the fancy retirement community.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Agree with them “Sure. Then they should be closed during school hours, right?”
listen1377@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well, maybe they shouldn’t, and should go find another job that pays more, you know, like normal people?
HookedSiren@lemm.ee 1 day ago
How out of touch are you?
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nobody works there because it’s their life dream. If they work there it’s because of some benefit like having some money vs no money.
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who should be working there then? Like, someone has to. Who do you think belongs there?
SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Personally, I don’t mind doing an reasonable amount of work - it can be cathartic like exercise or give a sense of purpose. The problem is, the employers want people to be like hamsters on a wheel, driven to exhaustion and then disposed of for the next rodent to be worked to death.
Workers are being abused - ghost jobs, inconsiderate scheduling, impossible requirements, no overtime pay, manipulation, and so forth has corroded the social contract. At some point, there is just no point in working.
I belong there, as would many other people, if society was willing to treat us fairly.
HookedSiren@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I agree. I wasn’t trying to shit on the job itself, but point out how fast food workers are treated. If fast food workers were treated like human beings, i bet people would love to work there.
listen1377@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don’t care. I don’t eat fast food. Let them go bankrupt for all I know.
trum_pam_pam@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If I don’t do something, than fuck everyone who does it, let 'em burn. Definitely big brain time.
ghterve@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No, nobody has to. The problem of them under paying would solve itself if nobody was willing to work for them at those low wages.
HookedSiren@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Maybe if we had UBI or something, which is why the powers that be are so against it, because being homeless and hungry are powerful motivators to put up with more bullshit.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Collective action? Now that sounds like communism to me…
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jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Why should a full-time employer be permitted to pay an employee less than it costs to merely survive? It’s like you WANT to live in a culture where humans are exploited and thrown away when they break.
listen1377@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Because it’s not a full time employment. It’s hourly.
ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 1 day ago
You sounds like you’ve never held a job before and these terms are brand new to you. You’re using them wrong.
Jerb322@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I get paid by the hour, 50 years old. And the same job for 20 years. Full time.
Zetta@mander.xyz 1 day ago
I’m hourly and make a good living wage, are you implying that hourly means you don’t work full time or should be entitled to a livable wage?
Grilipper54@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
If you work 40 hours a week and paid hourly that is full time. You don’t have to be salary to be full time employee.
can@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Just go away. We don’t want you here.
You’re either a troll or lack all empathy for others. Neither are anything to society.
listen1377@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Maybe you should go? I don’t give a shit about what you want.
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Damn. Look everyone, it’s a shit stain of a human
peregrin5@lemm.ee 1 day ago
You’re right. I’ll quit my job tomorrow and apply to be the next Elon Musk. Give me 6 million in seed money now please.
listen1377@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Why should I? Go earn it. I did.
peregrin5@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Yeah i will earn it at my Elon Musk job. Now gimme.
ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 1 day ago
They dont even realize that teenagers dont even have jobs anymore mostly