Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or some kids crossing a street.
Rationality has left the building.
Why don't you want to think of the children?
Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers
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#12Some of the comments are assuming that all those who smoke pot are irresponsible or unable to do a job if they do smoke pot (this includes people who may only smoke at weekends/parties btw)
Decades of exposure to intentionally misleading propaganda is difficult to ignore. It becomes a part of the worldview, making it hard to even think outside that box.
Re: Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers
#13I can’t wait for Amazon to deliver a van through my fence.
Right, because anybody who consumes cannabis must be doing it all the time and willing to drive under the influence.
Re: Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers
#14Some of the comments are assuming that all those who smoke pot are irresponsible or unable to do a job if they do smoke pot (this includes people who may only smoke at weekends/parties btw)
Decades of exposure to intentionally misleading propaganda is difficult to ignore. It becomes a part of the worldview, making it hard to even think outside that box.
True. Once things become 'cultural facts' they're hard to change. Another is explaining remote work to older generations, a lot of them just can't equate it to 'real work'
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#16Some of the comments are assuming that all those who smoke pot are irresponsible or unable to do a job if they do smoke pot (this includes people who may only smoke at weekends/parties btw)
And also clearly have never been high enough to realize that they are more likely to be super paranoid and going 10 miles under the speed limit than driving through a fence or running over children. It’s not at all comparable to being drunk.
Your comment is an equally bad generalization.
It's easy to get distracted and then focus on that distraction while high. That's not conducive to safe driving. We don't want people mindlessly blowing through an intersection because they were fixating on how the wind was making the tarp on the truck in front of them flutter.
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#17Some of the comments are assuming that all those who smoke pot are irresponsible or unable to do a job if they do smoke pot (this includes people who may only smoke at weekends/parties btw)
We don't regulate alcohol use, and it's quite a lot more destructive for some. I don't get the specific puritanism for pot.
Edit: Regulate as in drug testing for past use in an employment context, like what the story is talking about.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Decades of exposure to intentionally misleading propaganda is difficult to ignore. It becomes a part of the worldview, making it hard to even think outside that box.
True. Once things become 'cultural facts' they're hard to change. Another is explaining remote work to older generations, a lot of them just can't equate it to 'real work'
One more is explaining age discrimination to youngsters.
Especially over the damn zoom time video since they don’t show up for work.
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#19Some of the comments are assuming that all those who smoke pot are irresponsible or unable to do a job if they do smoke pot (this includes people who may only smoke at weekends/parties btw)
And also clearly have never been high enough to realize that they are more likely to be super paranoid and going 10 miles under the speed limit than driving through a fence or running over children. It’s not at all comparable to being drunk.
Driving high is still driving impaired. The failure modes may be different, but that doesn't mean someone who is high is safe to drive.
I'm not sure what the point of your comment is though, as I don't think anyone is suggesting that these drivers will actually be high while driving. Rather, they are people that use marijuana recreationally and would test positive for THC, disqualifying them from many jobs (despite the fact that urine THC levels do not corelate with how "high" someone is).
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#20How about just having decent working conditions and paying a living wage? Amazon is cancer.
Those are also good ideas, but you don't have to exclude pot smokers in order to implement them.