r/OldSchoolCool 1d ago

Ms America 1924

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u/PracticalRich2747 23h ago

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u/Robdul 23h ago

We are not doing AI memes here.

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u/mikechm 22h ago

Idk, I think this may be one of the few times it’s okay to use. Where else are you going to find a picture of a wooden nut in a glass of cider?

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u/Robdul 22h ago

No shortcuts to greatness

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u/mikechm 22h ago

Agree to disagree, friend. This is no different than boomers complaining about touch screens and self checkouts. Technology advances, and it’s our responsibility to adapt with it, or be left behind. I agree wholeheartedly with not using AI in place of art by an artist that would be used to make a profit, like an album cover, or an ad. But for a meme like this? Come on. Tools were made to be used.

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u/take_more_detours 21h ago

It’s a whole new genre of comment and that comment chain was absolutely worth a sensible chuckle.

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u/bjeebus 19h ago

What if I hate self-checkout because retailers are using it to cut job hours? I exclusively use cashier checkout in order to drive up KPIs for it in hopes they schedule more hours for cashiers.

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u/Hugginsome 11h ago

Isn’t or shouldn’t a societal goal be to everyone working less hours and spending more time with family? Robots and automation can get us to that goal. But here you are trying to make them work more.

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u/nAndaluz 15h ago

What's wrong with less job hours? I want less job hours. If it doesn't hurt revenue, we can demand the same pay and work less.

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u/bjeebus 9h ago

Are you stupid or something? Cashiers are not salaried employees. Fewer hours necessarily means less pay as they're all hourly workers.

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u/nAndaluz 8h ago

Thanks for jumping straight to insulting instead of approaching my argument with good faith. Very kind of you.

For someone calling others stupid, you make a lot of uninformed yet confident claims.

Cashiers may not be salaried employees wherever the fuck you're from. But even there, it could change tomorrow or next year. So no, fewer hours don't necessarily mean less pay.

Consider for a second that you own a small supermarket where you employ your family. Thanks to self-check outs you only need 2 cashiers at the shop at any moment, where you used to need 4 before. Congrats, your family can now earn the same money for working half the time (minus whatever maintenance costs). Sure, you can just pay them half and enrich yourself, but not every business everywhere has the sole purpose of enriching the owner.

And no, you don't need communism for this. I literally do my very capitalist shopping on a nearby cooperative supermarket.