• RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    6
    ·
    13 hours ago

    You are having a purely emotional response to scientific jargon. What are you trying to do here? Nothing you state is true within the context of the field.

    • zaph@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      12 hours ago

      It’s an emotional response to point out how a word has been used to keep people from being paid what they’re worth? I think it’s an emotional response to cling so hard to a word that could very easily be changed and hurt no one.

      • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        12 hours ago

        It’s an emotional response to point out how a word has been used to keep people from being paid what they’re worth?

        No, why do you think that is the case? Most wages are paid out based on what the market fr that job pays not based on whether it is skilled or unskilled. My brother makes more in sales (unskilled) than my buddy who is a neurosurgeon.

        I think it’s an emotional response to cling so hard to a word that could very easily be changed and hurt no one.

        It’s scientific jargon. If you are having an emotional response to it that’s not the fault if the field.

        • zaph@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          11 hours ago

          No, why do you think that is the case? Most wages are paid out based on what the market fr that job pays not based on whether it is skilled or unskilled. My brother makes more in sales (unskilled) than my buddy who is a neurosurgeon.

          Because I’ve heard people use it as an excuse for why minimum wage shouldn’t cover bills and they vote accordingly. Language matters.

          It’s scientific jargon. If you are having an emotional response to it that’s not the fault if the field.

          Scientific jargon can and has changed to better represent what they’re talking about no reason this can’t either unless that makes some people too… emotional.

          • monarch@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            9 hours ago

            There is a reason doctors don’t call patients the r slur anymore. even if it started scientific that is not at all how it is being used.

    • stray@pawb.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      10 hours ago

      You are having a purely emotional response to scientific jargon.

      We’re humans who have emotional responses to things, and we should be cognizant of that when choosing our words. We should also be aware of how bad actors may use our words to manipulate public opinion via those emotions.

      We don’t use things like mongoloid or crippled anymore even though they were once considered perfectly acceptable medical terms. Unskilled is inherently derogatory, and the thesaurus is offering alternatives such as fundamental, foundational, or generalized. I like generalized labor the best so far, because it contrasts perfectly with specialized.