2026-11-05 20:28 UTC
They’re not bullshit jobs, they’re like adornments on buildings. They’re not strictly necessary, but they’re signs of a thriving society that can afford a little wastefullness to make things more pleasant
Like greeters were often people who couldn’t physically or mentally perform a full job, and baggers aren’t just laziness - they move the checkout line faster, as well as give the cashiers someone to talk to when it’s slow
If you’ve never had it, it’s not a marker of anything, but when you watch the removal of all the nice little frills from society, it feels really damn dystopian.
It feels like all encompassing decay
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@lime@feddit.nu 2026-11-05 20:32
i thought you were going somewhere else with that, since most adornments on buildings are skeuomorphs: vestigial likenesses to features that were once needed when constructing buildings but no longer serve a purpose.
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@wieson@feddit.org 2026-11-05 21:13
It’s so alien to me, that you enjoy these services haha. To me they’d feel invasive and overbearing.
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@searabbit@piefed.social 2026-11-05 20:48
Like greeters were often people who couldn’t physically or mentally perform a full job I really like that you point this out because a thriving society takes care of their vulnerable and disabled populations in this way. A lot of disabled people in the US want to work, but mostly due to disability asset caps along with the actual disability, they can’t.