Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a professor, I became one

Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by scotty79 on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:29AM (#42063792)

That's very reminiscent to arguments that western culture is just one of the possible cultures and is no better or worse than culture of pre-technological bushmen.

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Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by stavros on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:52AM (#42064172)

I agreed with you on the first bit, the second bit kind of ruins it for me.

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Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by scotty79 on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @05:33PM (#42070580)

I'm not really arguing for or against anything. It just seems structurally similar.

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Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by stavros on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @05:40PM (#42070676)

Sure, in the way that "exercise benefits me, therefore I should do it" and "murder benefits me, therefore I should do it" are structurally similar.

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Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by scotty79 on Thursday November 07, 2024 @04:10AM (#42075006)

Sure, to some approximation. Doesn't work for me because one involves unwanted interaction and the other does not. But if you said "chatting up people benefits me therefore I should do it" instead of exercise I'd agree 100% about structural similarity to the statement about murder.

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