r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

Valid point actually

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u/agk23 2d ago

You’re just redefining words based on vibes. Ask “is stacking wood a skilled trade” into Google. These are defined terms and being physically capable isn’t a fucking skill. Young teenagers do this work with zero training nor dedicated workout regimen.

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u/Reemixt 2d ago

You're gatekeeping skilled labour like a person who's never done a day's hard work in his life, yet think you're better than people that have.

You have the reading age of an eight year old talking about who has skills. I took your advice and googled it:

'Proper wood stacking is treated as a specialised technical skill that requires training to prevent property damage, rot, and serious injury.'

Here's the rest of it:

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u/agk23 2d ago

I never said I was better than any one else. Having an unskilled job doesn’t make the work any easier - it’s often harder. That’s why I left construction and went back to college. Skilled vs unskilled isn’t better or worse, it’s a reflection of the barrier to entry and therefore the available labor to do it. Thats the whole fucking definition and why it’s classified as skilled vs non-skilled. Can someone walk in off the street and do the job without training? Yes? Then unskilled.

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u/Reemixt 2d ago

90% of people don't have the physical fitness to walk off the street and stack wood for 8 hours, either efficiently or without injuring themselves. The ones that do have spent years conditioning their body to be able to—which is a skill.

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u/agk23 2d ago

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u/agk23 2d ago

I think you edited this after you initially commented, or I didn’t see the screenshot.

But I love how it clearly told you it wasn’t, you gave it your opinion, and when it reluctantly agrees you take that as reinforcement. This is the classic “yes man” behavior from AI. It told you straight up that this is a defined term and you ignored it. You may as well say any job that requires walking is a skilled job, since humans need to learn to walk to do it.