Message from @Jake the Exile

Discord ID: 629830188875776030


2019-10-04 23:56:53 UTC  

But yeah, making certain parts of cars automated to reduce pilot error is good, and that's more feasible and that's what they're doing, we don't have Skynet for trailers

2019-10-04 23:57:09 UTC  

Even then its only mostly automated

2019-10-04 23:57:35 UTC  

You just have a few guys sit in a room in front of screens and when the truck gets in trouble they take over and drive till its out of trouble

2019-10-04 23:57:40 UTC  

Similar concept to drones

2019-10-04 23:58:15 UTC  

And you'd need people who are trained in the ways of the road and know where the corners are

2019-10-04 23:58:23 UTC  

And they'd need that oversight for all of them

2019-10-04 23:58:24 UTC  

oh well fuck, no wonder they get away with so much bullshit

2019-10-04 23:58:30 UTC  

But you only need 4-5 to manage 50 trucks

2019-10-04 23:58:34 UTC  

Thats the point

2019-10-04 23:58:43 UTC  

no reliable way of determining what was automated action and what was human interface

2019-10-04 23:58:46 UTC  

Most jobs get replaced by a few high skill controller jobs

2019-10-04 23:59:04 UTC  

Exactly joker

2019-10-04 23:59:16 UTC  

But those controllers would have to be experienced truckers who knew what the right call was

2019-10-04 23:59:23 UTC  

so they'd hire from your pool

2019-10-04 23:59:33 UTC  

Keep them on the payroll

2019-10-04 23:59:33 UTC  

Not to mention since its so videogame like it removes the visceral human element of physically dropping the bomb yourself

2019-10-04 23:59:49 UTC  

And they would hire 4-5 and fire the rest

2019-10-04 23:59:57 UTC  

Namely the most skilled and experience

2019-10-04 23:59:59 UTC  

imagine saying 'yes' to this elevator pitch, for fucks sake

2019-10-05 00:00:05 UTC  

A pool I don't fall into

2019-10-05 00:00:18 UTC  

I imagine it'll be more like you have shifts and everyone's fucking *part-time...*

2019-10-05 00:00:27 UTC  

So they can skimp out on benefits

2019-10-05 00:00:42 UTC  

But you still would more than half the amount of "drivers"

2019-10-05 00:00:44 UTC  

Keeps the unemployment low don'tcha know!

2019-10-05 00:00:45 UTC  

I mean, yes, but that's hardly the crux of the issue

2019-10-05 00:00:58 UTC  

Just have them all one for one hour a week and blammo you're not unemployed

2019-10-05 00:01:04 UTC  

Thats 8 million of the 16 million ish driver jobs gone

2019-10-05 00:01:09 UTC  

And they can save face and say they didn't fire everyone

2019-10-05 00:01:33 UTC  

But they wont do that because they don't care

2019-10-05 00:02:01 UTC  

These companies were started by old veterans of the industry who adore their employees, their kids take it over and run it into the ground

2019-10-05 00:03:53 UTC  

kids probably played sims tbh

2019-10-05 00:04:05 UTC  

As a side note

2019-10-05 00:04:14 UTC  

Hobby Lobby was the correct decision

2019-10-05 00:04:14 UTC  

decided that's just how micromanaging cunts works

2019-10-05 00:04:27 UTC  

You dont get to force a religious organization to breach their faith

2019-10-05 00:04:50 UTC  

First amendment exists partially to protect people from ignorant and intolerant militant athiests

2019-10-05 00:05:05 UTC  

Probably tbh

2019-10-05 00:05:21 UTC  

Most of them are college educated and have never worked outside of a corporate office

2019-10-05 00:05:51 UTC  

probably like that unmarked VIP that singlehandedly soured my fucking valet job

2019-10-05 00:06:30 UTC  

Even worse they have a habbit of marrying other people in the industry

2019-10-05 00:06:31 UTC  

I would argue that it was designed to keep the Catholics from running everyone else into the ground because they're Methodist or whatever, atheists used to be really rare but anti-religious sentiment did exist.