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railroad baboon is my favorite one

basically a baboon to assist a paraplegic man in pulling signal switches for trains to stop. look it up. I think it’s the most wonderful thing.

>>741
>The standard weekly wage was between six and seven pence per-cat, which was barely enough to maintain their morale.
This is hilarious

Jack was an employee of the railroad. He belonged to James “Jumper” Wide who worked as a signalman until he lost both legs in an accident. Wide earned the nickname “Jumper” due to his habit of jumping from one railway car to another and sometimes swinging from railcar to railcar. One afternoon in 1877, near Kleinpoort in the Eastern Cape, he attempted to leap to another car and fell underneath the moving train. The massive metal wheels of the train severed both his legs.

Jumper was devastated. Not only had he lost his legs, but he would be of no use to the railroad. He took a post as signalman at Uitenhage station, where he made himself two pegged legs he carved from a piece of wood, and built himself a small trolley he used to get around. Still, he was limited on how well he could perform his job.

One afternoon he was visiting the marketplace in Uitenhage where he saw a baboon leading an ox wagon. He met the owner who demonstrated how smart the primate was. Soon, Jumper was convinced the baboon could serve him well. He pleaded with the owner to let him have the baboon. The owner didn’t really want to give up his favorite pet, but he felt sorry for the crippled man.

He gave the baboon to Jumper and thus began the most unusual friendship in the railroad’s history. The two lived in a cottage a half mile from the railroad depot. Each morning Jack would push Jumper to work on the trolley. He would push the trolley up a hill and once on top of the hill, Jack would jump on the trolley for a fun ride as it rolled quickly down the other side of the hill. Once at work, Jack operated the signals that instructed train engineers which tracks they would take.


The working relationship between Jumper and Jack worked well and the two forged a strong friendship. Many locals would go to the tracks to see if the story of a baboon working the signals was true. Most marveled at how well Jack performed his job.
He knew the difference between the “home” and “distant” signals, and also the engine whistles; and although he was always under the eye of his master, he never made a mistake or required telling twice. Jack was one of the sights of Uitenhage for many years, and his astonishing feats of intelligence was the wonder of all who witnessed them.

Then one day, a prominent lady on route to Port Elizabeth observed Jack working and was horrified at the prospects of a baboon running the signals. She notified the railroad auPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

This was how humans used to work until after the Industrial Revolution when we switched over to pure artificial pesticides.

Instead of chasing away birds from the parking lot., keep them. They help take away trash.

Cannot pay humans to clean up shit because they just half ass and make more mess.

Angloids aren’t workers and must be annihilated

I blame porkies of creating material conditions of where im always hang over during workers day so I cant join marches.

May Day fell flat for me, it was mostly middle-class libs and leftists protesting Trump/Elon.

Nice day!

>>851
>I really should have heard about this through Palestine Solidarity. These people are so disorganised, it's really distressing.
Trades Councils (which organise May Day events) are geriatric even places where they are vibrant, let alone outside of the metropoles. They can't use social media for shit and are very bad at publicising their own events to their own audience (trade unionists) let alone outside of it. Good tip for local anons is to look up "X District Trades Council" (if you live in a small town it will be your local government district) and they will likely have something on their facebook.

>>857
Shay is alive?

>>848
>>851
Went for ps solidarity group, It was pretty small, maybe only ~100 people. sad.

>>859
As I said anon >>856 (me) unfortunately trades councils are shit at what they are meant to do nowadays. If you have the wherewithal to sit through a dull meeting once a month and pick up the huge amount of missing load I'd suggest trying to get involved to bring things together. They usually won't offer resistance because they want someone young to do these things. Still it will mean you are own your own though.

>>296
maybe get some shit on your cv to increase credibility but i wouldn't give it too much thought

Could you try unionizing? Might help protect against getting fired for actually trying to help people.

>>188
>ITT we share our experiences with the NGO industrial complex while still deluding ourselves that entryism is a valid strategy for anyone except feds and hawks.
I don't do that. I just work here for the money and flexibility.
Also: especifismo > eNtRyIsM

>>189
>Work tips to keep this thread bumping and for me and anybody else are much welcome🙏
Actually take the time to make your work station ergonomic. It is not a meme. Your health with thank you. Also do kegels throughout the day.
>>283
>Also I use all their milk.
bassed

Will doing an internship at the imperial bureaucracy (i.e. a Western government ministry) forever tarnish my credentials as a TRU-leftist(TM)?

>>757
Eh, better wait until tomorrow…

It's a matter of sheer volume - just apply to everything. It is normal to send HUNDREDS of applications in today's market.

>>763
And you can be sure at least half of those will be going to fake job openings for data harvesting!

>>764
Yup lmao
This is Hell.

Day 3 … failing to even get started due to lack of motivation.

>>570
Silly.

tbh i think ur getting brainwormed by capital. even if it is amateur I think if you put love into it theyll understand. although a fucking short film is a lot of work. Although Id do more research to see if the pathway of classes and teachers themselves will be helpful to you specifically bc a lot of artists say its a scam but the ones saying its a scam are also the artists advertising their personalized online course to get you ready for an industry they have not been part of for 5 years bc its more lucrative being an online teacher than in the actual industry

>>752
like theres a lot of materiel you can show by doing a short film. like storyboarding, how your concept evolved from rough to final, color, etc etc. You should probably ask is it an actual short film or more like an animatic? I think they want you to show your skills of critical thinking and problem solving more than your talent bc well talent is the result of critical thinking and if you somehow show evidence of that thinking and solving in your process, no matter how shotty it looks itll gain some merit. although your complaints still do make sense since who tf has time for that. its demoralizing.

oh shit uyghur why did you decide to become an artist? you should have studied medicine like you were told

>>759
Fucking this. I love it when people who have a knack for medicine or engineering or have family connections to those fields decide to throw it away for some non essential career and get pissed about costs and "slop".

We need to stop putting professional arts&craft on the same level of necessity as medicine and engineering.

>>187
You need to have money to pay for daycare, and petty bourgs have class solidarity with each other. They are able to selectively choose small and local businesses for daycare.

Is keftypol really just a bunch of 14 year olds?

I think that "millions of people should unionize and strike" is not really a plan.

>>299
Are you implying you need to be petty booj to afford daycare? It's like 250/month for one kid at the cheaper ones where I live. 125 from each parent. Some self described "reserveless proles" spend that much on weed or booze each month. nearly all families get daycare these days because both mom and dad need to work during the day to make ends meet and they can't get jobs where they never see each other and take turns watching the kid. This is especially true when the kid is old enough for daycare (1 or 2 years old) but not old enough to be a "latchkey kid" (5-10 depending on how much you trust them).

>>742
don't expect anons here to actually understand how real life works for most people

Stop applying for bullshit parasite jobs. Lower wages and no contribution to social-aggregate product, the semi-proletarian retail service worker is distinct from proletariat. Assembly line wages make far higher wages because they actually produce value.

>>749
cash app me

Isn't this LabourStart?