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		irishcoffee 10 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Claude Opus 5 The US currently has over 100 million people over the age of 16 who are unemployed. What point do you think you’re making about mass unemployment, exactly? It’s been here for half a decade already.
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NegativeLatency 10 days ago | [–]

That’s mostly normal and fine though. For example my parents are retired and spouse takes care of our kid.

UltraSane 10 days ago | [–]

Now imagine 200 million unemployed people over the age of 16.

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