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[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (26 children)

At some point in the last decade, the ~~ostensive~~ ostensible goal of automation evolved from savings us from unwanted labor to keeping us from ever doing anything.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (11 children)

as a luddite you should know that automation‘s goal never was to save us from unwanted labour. But of course this would have to be accomplished first, before your second assumption can ever come true.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Yeah I agree. That's why I said it was their ostensive goal. Their actual goal has only ever been profit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

ah, now I get it. You meant ostensible goal

Edit: I also had to look it up )

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh huh TIL. I also looked it up, and it seems like a real doozy of a word. I had no idea. Looks some some dictionaries say that the two words are interchangeable, whereas others distinguish between them, and in the latter case, I used the wrong one. Language is fun!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“'Inflammable' means ‘flammable’? What a country!”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha, what’s this from again?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s a classic, from way back when The Simpsons was good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Nice to reminisce.

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