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elzbardico on Sept 25, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Workers who cut countertops are dying of silicosis

One strange thing the older among us are pretty sure to notice is how in average the tech industry worker moved from a quasi-hippie political point of view towards boot-licking default.

In the old slashdot times, such a comment would probably have +5 insightful badge attached, here in HN in 2023, it is downvoted to hell.

whimsicalism on Sept 25, 2023 [–]

e: oh i misunderstood what you were saying, keeping my original comment for posterity

I think this is poe’s law in action :) I did not read the reply as earnest.

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