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> you can tell people you work with or work for to fuck off. As said. A disgrace.
by TotlolRon 16y ago
> you can tell people you work with or work for to fuck off.
As said. A disgrace.
- boucher 16y agoI think you're confusing having the power to say something with having the obligation to say it.
- TGJ 16y agoIf I had the power/money to tell someone anything I wanted, I think that I could muster a few brain cells to come up with something more meaningful or creative.
- scott_s 16y agoIn some circumstances - if you're being exploited - it's the appropriate response.
- jacquesm 16y agoYes, but how many people reading HN are truly exploited. Only if you let them... Exploited to me smacks of child labor and indentured servitude. I highly doubt there are child laborers and true slaves reading HN. But they do exist, and in larger numbers than you probably thought possible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery#Current_situation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery#Current_situation That's more than the population of many countries.
- scott_s 16y agoexploited to make use of meanly or unfairly for one's own advantage <exploiting migrant farm workers> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exploited http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exploited Some people are exploited in ways that are horrific compared to how other people are exploited. But until we have words specifically to describe white-collar workers, I'm going to use the available words that I think are most apt.
- rick888 16y ago"Some people are exploited in ways that are horrific compared to how other people are exploited. But until we have words specifically to describe white-collar workers, I'm going to use the available words that I think are most apt." I realize that some white-collar works are truly exploited. However, most of the people that I see complain about being "exploited" just don't have the balls to quit their job.