TehBamski@lemmy.world to Political Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoUpset at the wrong personsi.imgur.comimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1756arrow-down115
arrow-up1741arrow-down1imageUpset at the wrong personsi.imgur.comTehBamski@lemmy.world to Political Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square108fedilink
minus-squareWrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·25 days agoEh. If you can replace someone with practically any able bodied person off the street and a week of training, it’s not skilled labor. Can you technically argue that 1 week of training equates to becoming “skilled”? Sure, but it’s a dumb line to draw IMO.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·25 days agoIt’s dumb to draw any sort of line.
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·25 days agoI think it fits the dictionary definition. Don’t you? skill /skĭl/ noun Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience. “painted with great skill.” A developed talent or ability. “improved his writing skills.” An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body. “the skill of glassmaking.”
Eh. If you can replace someone with practically any able bodied person off the street and a week of training, it’s not skilled labor.
Can you technically argue that 1 week of training equates to becoming “skilled”? Sure, but it’s a dumb line to draw IMO.
It’s dumb to draw any sort of line.
I think it fits the dictionary definition. Don’t you?
skill /skĭl/
noun
Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience.
“painted with great skill.”
A developed talent or ability.
“improved his writing skills.”
An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body.
“the skill of glassmaking.”