‘Mouth Breather’

Like yeah I don’t get this one. We all breathe through our mouths (and noses), because we have to. Yet I read this sometimes as it is used like an insult. So what are you saying? You’re insulting someone for doing what billions of other human beings have to do naturally?

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    16 hours ago

    I self identify as a luddite. I don’t fear progress, but I also do not trust that advances in technology will be used to make life better for any but the wealthiest.

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      12 hours ago

      The luddites were early union organizers among seamstresses and weavers.

      You think it was people acting against progress because the winners of that conflict rewrote history.

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        9 hours ago

        That conflict has never ended and the owner class is still using the machines to squeeze every drop of production out of the workers while paying less for the work every year. It’s not rewritten history it’s ongoing propaganda, and you are arguing against a point I never made.