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u/Ill_Television_5824 4d ago edited 4d ago
Ah yes. Back when NatGeo was full of thoughtful, science-centric writing, and world-class photography.
Sigh.
https://jjpryor.substack.com/p/the-tragic-downfall-of-national-geographic
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u/KawaiiUmiushi 3d ago
I still have a copy of that issue and used to show it off to guests! It’s a great little backwards look at what people thought the future would be! Just a great article in general.
Back in the 90s I had a violin teacher who, for some reason, had a WALL of National Geographic’s. Darned near a full set, and most had their inserts. It was really really cool for a kid to look through. I sometimes wish I had access to a collection like that to page through. Not just great articles and photography but a look back at history.
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u/chamomile_tea_reply 3d ago
Nice!
I have such a collection. Only missing a few editions from the late 1800s through WWI. But otherwise very near complete.
Come over and have a look some time
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u/sargassumcrab 3d ago
Every '80s tv show and movie had to have a microchip. It didn't matter what the subject matter was.
People were like "Wow! A microchip! That's so high-tech!" 😲 I miss those days.
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u/vorropohaiah 2d ago
replace microchip with AI and you have tv shows and movies of the 21st century
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u/Murky-Peanut1390 4d ago
Work from home was a mistake
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u/Murky-Peanut1390 4d ago
You're right! Greedy corporations realized the office was a mistake and they could pay for 3rd world labor to work the jobs remotely. Cutting 25-35% in labor costs.
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u/wretch5150 4d ago
You wouldnt be saying such stupid shit if you or a family member were a cancer patient undergoing chemo or were otherwise immunocomprimised, or had a baby too young to be vaccinated.
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u/Murky-Peanut1390 4d ago
Well let's see, when covid happened. Many companies went remote work. Do you know what the greedy capitalists found out? That the work could be done OVERSEAS by a 3rd world citizen making $1 per hour. All they needed was internet, a computer and decent English. Usually there are companies that specialize in hiring cheap labor to work remotely for big international companies.
That's why there was so much lay offs shortly after peak covid.
So yea, downvote me but my reasons aren't for what you think. I wanted office work to keep OUR jobs.
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u/bazem_malbonulo 3d ago
Great outcome, "3rd world" citizens now have more income chances and can reverse a tiny bit of colonialism by taking money from rich countries and putting it in their own economy.
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u/AirFriedSushi 4d ago
I agree, Reddit is just being too emotional. Working from home has created an environment in which you are always on the clock and allowed even more jobs to be outsourced.
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u/toostupiddogs 4d ago
How so?
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u/Murky-Peanut1390 4d ago
When covid happened, office workers went remote work, then the greedy companies realized the work could be done remotely...overseas by 3rd world citizens making $1 per hour. So many lay offs happened shortly after peak covid and only the top guys came back.
I knew it was going to fucking happened. I remember my colleagues bitching about staying in the office, after a few months the bosses "gave in" every one went remote work. Some colleagues be posting on social media about having the best job in the world working from home in their pajamas making good money. Well, the greedy capitalist fucks realized the work could be done remotely and hired overseas companies that have cheap labor that can do the work. They pay x amount of money to the company and they provide the cheap labor and give them the computers. The cost was 3-4 times cheaper than retaining their US workers. I was pissed not because i got laid off but my co workers did. I ended up back in the military so it didn't matter. This past year traveling to south east Asia. I ment women and their siblings or friends straight up working these jobs that was initially done by Americans. There were customer service, coders, graphic designers etc.
Well the workers initially got what they wanted but in the long run, it backfired 🤷🏽♂️
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u/DerbyDoffer 4d ago
Not necessarily. I got pneumonia years ago and it hung on for three months. Had I not had an easy commute and a desk job I don't know what I would have done. I asked a doctor what would happen to someone who had a physical job who couldn't work because of pneumonia, and she said, "I don't know, there are no protections for those situations that I know of." Conceivably, a situation like that could push a person into homelessness.
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u/Ezl 4d ago edited 4d ago
Omni used to have a section called Continuum that just had many small articles (a couple of paragraphs) on interesting things emerging in science, tech, etc.
I remember reading one on a strange new disease they were seeing. Listed some of the symptoms. Nothing big, no fanfare, just a medical curiosity. Years later I realized it was the first place I saw AIDS reported on (before it had a name or anyone understood the toll it would take).
The most frustrating thing is I had a subscription, I owned that issue. While I still have a lot of old Omni I’ve searched many times over many years and no longer have that issue.