Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”
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Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”
@fasterandworse Spot on!
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Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”
@fasterandworse I hope when someone says "I work in AI..." People hear something like "I'm a vivisectionist".
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Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”
@fasterandworse I've been apologizing for our industry for years now. TBH, it looks more like the oil industry: really bad for the planet, not only humans, and trying to make sure it stays that way.
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Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”
@fasterandworse Except I used to enjoy the tobacco industry's products!
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Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”
@fasterandworse @fasterandworse the tobacco comparison lands harder than people want to admit. tobacco knew and kept selling. tech knows and keeps shipping. the difference is tobacco took decades to get called out — we're watching it happen in real time and still can't stop it.
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Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”
@fasterandworse The tech industry has to suffer me and pay for the privilege.
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Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”
@fasterandworse even theoretical computer science is financed by the war ministry of usa nowadays
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Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”
@fasterandworse except people actually enjoy smoking before they get cancer
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@fasterandworse and while their products are horrible in many ways, they cannot effectively be used to undermine our democracy
You think capitalist countries are democracies?!
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Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”
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My day job started okay but has pivoted to building the Torment Nexus out of asbestos and TEL and I haven't yet found a better job. -
Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”
@fasterandworse @trobay yeah I want to get OOOUT!
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@fasterandworse I hope when someone says "I work in AI..." People hear something like "I'm a vivisectionist".
@BackFromTheDud @fasterandworse Or "I sell patent medicine."
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Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”
@fasterandworse tech is the only industry other than law enforcement that gets me to say "oh that's too bad" when someone tells me their job
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Never before has “I work in the tech industry” sounded so much like “I work in the tobacco industry”
@fasterandworse We call it the 'leaf farming industry' now.
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