• BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    This is the equivalent of “you don’t want to be like that Janitor over there” energy. Needlessly mean to a specific class or profession because they don’t see it as valued.

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      5 months ago

      Nobody respected the janitorial staff at my high school until they went on strike. Shit went downhill FAST.

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        5 months ago

        Maybe that should be a thing. Once every 2-4 years the janitors go on strike so kids develop an appreciation for blue collar work. It would be random within that timeframe though so it couldn’t really be prepared for.

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        5 months ago

        To be fair, gravity has that effect on untended shit.

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      5 months ago

      Yeah, teach sounds like a dick. A HS physics teacher doesn’t even make that much more than a GM at McDicks and probably less than a McD District Manager. Sounds like the teacher should’ve made better career choices, maybe they’d be a physicist instead of just teaching. You know what they say: Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.

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      5 months ago

      We don’t think janitors are bad. We think it sucks to be a janitor because cleaning isn’t fun.

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        5 months ago

        And being paid very little + we all know they get treated like trash because we think lowly of their profession.

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            5 months ago

            Don’t turn this on me, you weirdo. This is what 99% of people do.

            I know this because i’ve been in their shoes, people are fucking trash.

            • Mango@lemmy.world
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              5 months ago

              You hang out with the wrong people. Don’t give me statistics you literally just made up. Maybe you’re trash and people treated you like you rather than like a janitor.

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                  5 months ago

                  Find you a better crowd that treats people better. They’ll bring you up.

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                    5 months ago

                    Man, this is fucking rich, telling someone to hang with a better crowd, a crowd you couldn’t possibly know about, all the while insinuating they are trash and literally bringing them down.

                    Take a hard look at yourself, bud, and figure out which trash really needs to be taken out here.