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[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 13 points 9 months ago

Past advancements in medicine has destroyed a lot of jobs... in funeral business. Some jobs should be let go of, if it makes everyone's lives easier ultimately

[-] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

I disagree with your analogy. The death rate has held steady at 100% for quite some time now. The only difference is how wrinkly the corpses are.

[-] irmoz@reddthat.com -3 points 9 months ago

Their business is certainly less frequent, though, surely

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 0 points 9 months ago

Who out there not dying?

[-] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Lamp lighters, cotton pickers, wooden teeth makers, wool socks knitters, muck rakers, medical leech farmers... the list of jobs and entire industries destroyed in the name of "progress" goes on and on. We're going to be totally out of jobs any day now!

[-] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I always go with buggy whip manufacturers and ice delivery people.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 0 points 9 months ago

Well, we are trying to find even more banal jobs to fill in the blanks. Who out there thought influencer would be a job some day?

With UBI, people would be more inclined to pursue their own interests. They would have more time to set up that little shop selling handcrafted items. There would be more variation and competition. Even more niche products could be created and sold, because there is no fear they will ever go bankrupt.

[-] VicentAdultman@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I remembered Mr Omar from Everybody Hates Chris trying to get the mayor that wouldn't care for safety elected so his funeral business gets more, well, dead people.

[-] mathterdark@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2023
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