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The comment on the article reveals completely the lack of intelligence and elitism of the commenter.

It may be wonderful to think that the people who man lower-end jobs are somehow less deserving than you, and somehow should be executed. But without those people filling those low-end jobs, our world would fall apart. No matter what you think of them, you need them, whether you realize it or not.

And on the other hand, if the commenter was thinking "he will most certainly be happier dead than working at that job", that illustrates that he has never been in a position lower on the economic scale. While low-quality jobs are no walk in the park, it is possible to enjoy one's self and take pleasure in life without being at the top of the totem pole.

Either way, it is obvious the commenter is a fool.

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Or the commenter was simply a troll. You get them on almost every news site now. Commenting on every article with something that will most likely cause others to argue / start a flamewar. I'm not sure if that needed a response at all. People not used to internet commenters sometimes give in too easily and start feeding the trolls... it only wastes your time and gives someone more chance to have "fun".

You're right, but the article isn't really a response to that one comment, it's a response to all such comments.

This is the most obvious answer. Taking it too seriously and upvoting articles like this will only ensure /b/tards find out about it and initiate an even bigger trolling.

Trolls and griefers are a real problem, there is not so much that you could construct that can not be destroyed by a small number of motivated people, online as well as in real life.

Creation takes time, energy, intellect and inspiration, destruction can be done instantly, requires much less energy, zero intellect and pigheadedness will do just fine.

Trolls used to be normal people too .. http://i.imgur.com/wOY9d.png

I'm a recovering troll myself, so I understand the motivation. Most of them are really just looking for recognition.

I troll on Youtube, generally because I'm curious how people will react.

I see trolling as being akin to taking absurd actions in an RPG just to see what the game designers prepared for you.

As a student who worked in a fast food kitchen for 3 years, I can confirm that you can absolutely love a job that is bottom-of-the-pile.

Reminds me of the scene from the movie "American Beauty". After he gets laid off from his soul-sucking office job, Kevin Spacey's character applies at a fast-food burger joint saying "I want a job with the least amount of responsibility."

Sometimes the reason jobs pay more is because they are less enjoyable.

I don't like your first argument because it won't always be true. It seems more an more likely that most of those low-end jobs will be automated away at some point during this century. The argument for the worth of every human being needs to be based on something besides needing to have them around for your convenience. Fortunately, I think there are plenty of arguments that meet that requirement.

I disagree. It shows a lack of taste and tact maybe, but I wouldn't read anything else into it. It's just some guy trying to be funny on the internet.

IMHO It's not clever or witty enough to be very funny, so it's more in the 'infantile humor' bucket.

I actually worked a dead-end job a few years ago, and I didn't think it was so horrible. Even the people who are in our society's lower socioeconomic classes live like 15th-century kings.

I think this reveals something about the commenter's mindset: he probably would never enjoy that job, and he deducts no one else could. Similar to the qualia debate in philosophy, he is generalizing way too much. He's not really guilty of that, it's the way he is. He is incredibly rude and callous though.

I think you're reading way more into this than you should. He just made a stupid obvious mildly funny crass joke.

I often wish I could go back to my "low-end" job I worked at 15 years ago, and yet I still don't believe I'm unhappy. :)

The higher a monkey can climb, the more he shows his tail.

That said this article brought a tear to my eye.

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