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Legend has it we still don’t know (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by nifty to c/[email protected]

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[–] Anticorp 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There are plenty of jobs that don't require a college degree but require a lot of skills. Would you consider an electrician to be unskilled labor? I don't know anyone who would. But if you can perform all the duties of your job after some simple instructions then that's usually considered unskilled labor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yes I would because that's how the terms are defined. It doesn't mean it doesn't require skill, it just means that's how some nitwit decided to divide the categories.

Edit: to be exceptionally clear, these categories have NOTHING to do with how you define the word "skill". I didn't pick the words, but you can't force it to fit a definition of skill because this is the accepted meaning. Sorry.

[–] Anticorp 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Defined by whom? Merriam-Webster lists the definition I was using as the official definition.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unskilled%20labor

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I may have responded to you without reading carefully enough. It seems we are in fact making the same point on the reread.