TehBamski@lemmy.world to Political Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoUpset at the wrong personsi.imgur.comimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1556arrow-down112
arrow-up1544arrow-down1imageUpset at the wrong personsi.imgur.comTehBamski@lemmy.world to Political Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareWrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·5 hours 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-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·58 minutes 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.”
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·5 hours agoIt’s dumb to draw any sort of line.
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.
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.”
It’s dumb to draw any sort of line.