Comments by "TheDionysianFields" (@TheDionysianFields) on "Learning from dirty jobs | Mike Rowe" video.

A job smashing stuff where you don't even have to think? Sign me up. I still have no idea what the debate or discussion is here. The main reason people don't like manual labor is because they're weaklings. Get in the gym ffs. Dirty jobs have been my life and when I watched this video I was baffled at how this guy even has a show. He seems like a fraud and nothing he said really makes any sense. But I guess this kind of thing sells to people who don't know any better...and people who will never in their life have to work a dirty job but just want to troll the lower classes. Pfft.
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@gordonbossley4185 I have big respect for those jobs, too. And I've done many of the filthiest ones out there. So I hope you're right and that Mike's not being exploitative and...capitalistic. But judging by his life path, he hasn't had a single job that could result in a speck of dirt on his hands. So that already makes me skeptical. No matter what, there are many jobs that simply can't be dignified (repetitive factory work being at the top of the list). We'll all be better off when the robots take them over.
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@gordonbossley4185 "Exploitation - there's a fine line between collaborating with willing participants for personal gain, and taking advantage of others?" If the pretenses are false it could result in a strain of exploitation. But you're right, there are much bigger moguls to fry. I'll defer to your overall assessment for now.
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@antayafairless9028 How could I be projecting unless I'm a weakling? And if I was a weakling, why would I write what I wrote? Yes, some people are disabled. I don't expect them to do physical labor and that's why I didn't make any statements pertaining to everyone. I also never said it was my business what people do for a living. I find the OP's story to be lame. I expressed that and gave my take on the overall issue...as much as I could decipher it. I also gave an honest opinion of the guy in the video. My work's done. And it wasn't even that dirty until you came along and muddied things up just to aggravate me.
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@Tactical_Arborist_1776 Or maybe I would.
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@mauricewalshe8339 What about it?
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I'd love to see Naval Ravikant eat this guy alive. Humans aren't meant for BS repetitive labor. I've done the dirtiest jobs in the world and I can't wait for the robots to take over!
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I like a hard day's labor...now and then. I like to get fully into my work and come out looking like a coal miner...now and then. To spend myself utterly and completely, and to resultantly pass out before making it to the dinner table. It's a great feeling...now and then. But the idea of doing this sort of thing day in and day out, even at a lesser magnitude...the idea of perpetual toil as some kind of badge of honor...of work as a reward in itself? Well, it smacks a little too much of the infamous phrase: Arbeit Macht Frei. But don't let me dissuade you. Go and do whatever it is you have to do, even if that means pushing a boulder up a hill and the letting it roll back down interminably. Toil on in filthy glory...or not so filthy glory. Me, I choose to let the robots take over the dirty and repetitive jobs...and to never look back or feel bad about it. Although, now and then...
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