a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agoWhat's the best piece of advice you were ever given?message-squaremessage-square126linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the best piece of advice you were ever given?a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square126linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up48·5 days agoNever make fun of someone’s job. No matter how “beneath you” it is, somebody has to do it, and we should all appreciate that they do it.
minus-squareJollyG@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·5 days agoWhat about looksmaxing influencers? I can make fun of their job right?
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 days agoI think the jury is still out on whether or not that’s a job, so I think it’s allowed for now.
minus-squareDicska@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoMy brother keeps bringing up parking wardens and no matter how I’m trying to put myself in their (employer’s) shoes, I’m unable to convince him.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·5 days agoNo, your brothers right. Fuck those assholes. Hey, there’s always exceptions to the rule. 🤷🏻♂️
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 days agoEveryone’s got a job, so they can feed themselves at least Also, they don’t make the rules, they just implement them. They’re not the cause, just the symptom. Go for the cause.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-24 days agoAh, the old “I was only following orders” excuse. You can’t accept an immoral job, and then just dismiss the immorality by saying “I was only doing my job.”
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoComparing parking enforcement to nazis is crazy.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 days agoIt’s all about the Slippery Slope. It’s a short, fast trip, all on the same slope.
Never make fun of someone’s job. No matter how “beneath you” it is, somebody has to do it, and we should all appreciate that they do it.
What about looksmaxing influencers? I can make fun of their job right?
That’s not a job.
I think the jury is still out on whether or not that’s a job, so I think it’s allowed for now.
My brother keeps bringing up parking wardens and no matter how I’m trying to put myself in their (employer’s) shoes, I’m unable to convince him.
No, your brothers right. Fuck those assholes.
Hey, there’s always exceptions to the rule. 🤷🏻♂️
Everyone’s got a job, so they can feed themselves at least
Also, they don’t make the rules, they just implement them. They’re not the cause, just the symptom. Go for the cause.
Ah, the old “I was only following orders” excuse.
You can’t accept an immoral job, and then just dismiss the immorality by saying “I was only doing my job.”
Comparing parking enforcement to nazis is crazy.
It’s all about the Slippery Slope. It’s a short, fast trip, all on the same slope.