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by busterarm 3383 days ago
Have a friend whose family owns a tree nursery in Texas. They tried very hard to hire Americans. Most of the people they talk to just aren't up to the job. Most people they did hire quit the first day because the work was too hard.

After the fourth American cut the tip of their pinky off in the first couple of hours on the job and sued, they stopped trying.

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I've long suspected that it may eventually become problematic, that an entire generation's median capability set is "able to suck slurpee through a straw".

I think I'm in the minority, though...