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Robot Replaces Workers At Fast Food Restaurant

Discussion in 'Current Events' started by hen81, Oct 19, 2011.

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  1. P. Lotor

    P. Lotor Banned Past Donor

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    nah you just tax the rich to pay for it
     
    P. Lotor, Oct 21, 2011
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  2. GrayMan

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    Since when is this news? How many of you use the self check outs at the grociery stores?

    Yes the guy who was taking orders lost his job but the steel workers, computer programmers, chip manufacturer empoyees, repair techs all got more work to make and repair this equipment. What job would you prefer?
     
    GrayMan, Oct 21, 2011
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  3. venik

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    Let's dig to bedrock with spoons, because we'll employ 100x more people.

    Oh and let's break windows, you have to hire someone to replace them!

    Let's wash our cloths by hand, and hire people to do it!

    Let's hire someone to greet everyone at every doorway at every business, and make it law to do so!

    The sky is the limit of our inefficiency!

    The best of all ideas I've ever had. Let's pay people to watch TV!
     
    venik, Oct 21, 2011
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  4. SiliconMagician

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    The even better question is, which jobs pay more taxes?
     
    SiliconMagician, Oct 21, 2011
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  5. BleedingHeadKen

    BleedingHeadKen Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yes, it's very difficult to understand how you plan to go about collecting taxes if you swear you won't use violence against those who refuse to pay.
     
    BleedingHeadKen, Oct 21, 2011
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  6. BleedingHeadKen

    BleedingHeadKen Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    People who desire to rule over others always claim to have the best idea, but once in power, they are more concerned about keeping it. That's the truth of power. It's not that they are morons. In fact, many are quite smart and well educated.
     
    BleedingHeadKen, Oct 21, 2011
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  7. BleedingHeadKen

    BleedingHeadKen Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Get rid of keyboards. You'll have to write out your forum posts, give them to a courier, and he/she will deliver them to a bureaucrat who will enter them on the wall for you.
     
    BleedingHeadKen, Oct 21, 2011
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  8. eleison

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    well if people are making $200 per hour, then everyone would be rich. It would be like people paying themselves to dig ditches. Why stop at $200? Why not pay everyone 1 million dollars an hour? Everyone would be millionaires then. Would that be cool?
     
    eleison, Oct 21, 2011
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  9. Ethereal

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    Just pay them each $100 an hour to dig holes and fill them back up again.
     
    Ethereal, Oct 21, 2011
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  10. Ethereal

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    No. There is a magic number at which the minimum wage ceases being awesome and starts being detrimental. What number, you ask? Well, no one knows for sure, but it's probably around $15 an hour.
     
    Ethereal, Oct 21, 2011
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    You'll know you hit it when Mc Donalds starts to lose their profits.

    :) Maybe we should raise it and see. It would be informational and fix the obesity/malnutrition problem at the same time.
     
    GrayMan, Oct 21, 2011
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    This is quite possibly the funniest thing I've read this week; always nice to start the weekend with a laugh.

    Using McDonald's as an example of America's "greatness".

    Oh my aching sides.
     
    Uncle Meat, Oct 21, 2011
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    It will be hard to actually hit that point. As minimum wage goes up, they will find ways to reduce labor, such as robots to take your order.

    They may even show an increase in profit for a while if they move faster than minimum wage.
     
    hiimjered, Oct 21, 2011
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    *in pelosi voice* Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
     
    venik, Oct 21, 2011
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    ATM's don't replace people. There weren't any 24 hour banks.
    Computers are making more jobs, not less.
     
    porcuswine, Oct 21, 2011
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  16. P. Lotor

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    Yes. Lets do it!
     
    P. Lotor, Oct 21, 2011
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  17. P. Lotor

    P. Lotor Banned Past Donor

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    Tell that to our Luddite president and his Luddite liberal followers.
     
    P. Lotor, Oct 21, 2011
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  18. P. Lotor

    P. Lotor Banned Past Donor

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    McDonald's will just fire people and replace them with robots. The minimum wage is a garbage idea.
     
    P. Lotor, Oct 21, 2011
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  19. Ethereal

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    What's funny about feeding and employing millions of people?
     
    Ethereal, Oct 21, 2011
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  20. P. Lotor

    P. Lotor Banned Past Donor

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    the hamburgler?
     
    P. Lotor, Oct 21, 2011
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  21. BleedingHeadKen

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    Yes, more sarcasm until you get it.
     
    BleedingHeadKen, Oct 21, 2011
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  22. Serfin' USA

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    lol... That is an interesting thought, but seriously, automation eventually requires at least a few humans for upkeep.
     
    Serfin' USA, Oct 21, 2011
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    what if the robots designed themselves and maintain themselves?
     
    P. Lotor, Oct 21, 2011
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  24. Serfin' USA

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    Indeed... I work with a lot of mechanics and PLC programmers.
     
    Serfin' USA, Oct 21, 2011
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    That would be pretty awesome, but I've yet to see anything designed that well.

    I'm sure as technology improves, we'll get closer to that, but I'm not too worried about robots taking the jobs actually worth having.
     
    Serfin' USA, Oct 21, 2011
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