How to move a sofa

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• capt_wolf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  I miss work for trade…

  You just took care of a guy and when the time came, he took care of you.

  “Today you… Tomorrow me…”

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  • thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨45⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    This is the way

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• TomMasz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No matter where you come from , once you can say “I know a guy” you’re an American.

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  • ashenone@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I may not know a gut, but I know a guy who knows a guy

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    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨49⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      It’s amazing how many different species of Knowaguy there are. I recently was introduced to a friend’s “Bridge Guy” - a dealer in surplus bridges who will cut you a suspiciously good deal if you seem cool. Not the most immediately useful, but like… Could be damned handy to have in my back pocket should the right circumstances arise.

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    • bravesirrbn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      You got a guy guy? Nice

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    • TomMasz@lemmy.world ⁨42⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      It still counts!

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  • Malyca@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Societies that run on favors are corrupt societies.

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    • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨57⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Societies that run on neighbours, friends, acquaintances, and that guy over there helping each other out in exchange for sharing pizza and beer afterwards are wholesome societies.

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    • FerretyFever0@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Depends on the favors. Moving furniture for others in exchange for a portion of a pizza isn't a problem.

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    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      A society that operates on an assumption of mutual support is generally called anarchy.

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• Broadfern@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  The American lower-working class economy is predominantly favor and goodwill-based, yes. Pain in the ass sometimes but also more fun imo. Community is important to keep alive.

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  • hayvan@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Not just American. It’s poor people’s economy everywhere. American working class has more in common with working class in every other nation than American wealth class. The real division in the world is class division, everything else is distraction.

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    • mirshafie@europe.pub ⁨57⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      This exactly. There’s an inversion when having money is more convenient than having contacts and doing small favors, and that inversion turns people into lonely cunts.

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    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨51⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Incredibly wealthy people also run their society based on favors and unspoken fees. The difference is, one of them could, under unusual but not impossible circumstances, help a friend and a guy move a fridge and share a beer. But nobody who’s not part of the incredible-wealth society can participate in its favors. And we all pay the fees.

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    • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨54⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      I don’t see what about this that makes it a “working-class” thing? I thought it was common practice to help each other out in exchange for pizzas and beer in any part of society where people have friends? I see it primarily as an excuse to hang out while doing something together.

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• snooggums@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Absolute poetry.

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  • Eq0@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    It has a deep seeded rhythm indeed

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  • Toto@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Reads like Burkowski

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• hOrni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  This was surprisingly funny and surprisingly positive for something to do with Americans.

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• bss03@infosec.pub ⁨35⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  If the guys that frequently move furniture describe you are “strong for your size”, that is a powerful compliment.

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• clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I am “the guy” at my kids’ schools. I love it. When they need a last minute volunteer for something, they know how to reach me.

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  • Blurntout@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Clay pigeon signal hits the night sky

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    • HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      PULL!

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• Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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• otacon239@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  My friend is a ring leader for these types of guys. He knows like 15 guys with a truck and at least another 30 with arms. He’s able to get a lot of projects done around d the neighborhood.

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• deacon@lemmy.world ⁨53⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  This could have been lifted from a Neal Stephenson book.

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• TipRing@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  IIRC, Japan_Nobunga is a slop account.

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  • cogitase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Some of the anti-immigrant sentiments smell strongly of a CHUD larping as a Japanese man.

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  • ceenote@lemmy.world ⁨52⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    It reads that way, but it’s a cute story 🤷

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  • FedX@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Yeah, your right.

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• MutantTailThing@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  PIVOT

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• _stranger_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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• nullspace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  This reads like folksy pandering of the highest order.

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• sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  I’ve got a guy 4 that

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• Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Reads like Cormac McCarthy a bit. I like it.

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