A fedizen posted this quote from "Why it's OK to be a Slacker" by Alison Suen as not-quoteable, but it's too spot on to not spread:

Leisure exists only to serve capitalism:

Under capitalism, leisure is often commodified as goods or services that an individual consumes, be it a new gaming system or a weekly cleaning service. Freedom in this context is reduced to a freedom to shop… …We rest in order to optimize productivity. Relatedly, in our overworked culture, one typically spends one’s free time on recuperating from one’s labor. We are too burnt out to engage in taxing, yet enriching, pastimes. We are more likely to binge watch Netflix or scroll through our phone in bed during the weekends instead of training for a marathon or learning a new, challenging skill.

#capitalism #labour #slackers #slack

IMPORTANT #SKA NEWS:

the new #Slackers album is good! Yes, this shocked me as much as it may shock you. Nevertheless. Please do the needful.

https://theslackers.bandcamp.com/album/money-is-king

Quality over quantity, but that's been how they roll this century, not going to complain!

#skankin #rocksteady #reggae #music

Picasso Two Face with Jim & Vic
The Slackers
This Is Ska Festival
Dessau-Roßlau - 19.June.25

#picasso #twoface #theslackers #slackers #thisisska #tis #festival #ska #rocksteady #rock #reggae #livemusic #photography

The Slackers
This Is Ska Festival
Dessau-Roßlau - 19.Jun.25

#theslackers #slackers #thisisska #tis #festival #livemusic #photography

For all you slackers out there, we are offering a flash sale on State of the Map US tickets! Enjoy 15% off General Admission using the code SLACKER-LOVE. Act fast because we've only reserved 15 tickets for this sale! Snag your tickets here: https://bit.ly/sotmus2025tix

#StateoftheMapUS #OpenStreetMap #slackers

This article is so interesting. It was written in 1990 about how Gen X is entering the workforce and how we aren’t buying into the boomer propaganda about work.

This is why I still am still shocked to see the people I went to high school with boot licking like they do. This is why their simping for capitalism was so shocking to me in 2020. Especially after people told me for years that it “must be so nice to sit home all day!”

Then I watched them flip out when they could stay home with their family and collect an extra $600 on top of unemployment. The TANTRUMS OMG LOL

Living: Proceeding With Caution | TIME https://time.com/archive/6715389/living-proceeding-with-caution/

#GenX #WorkLifeBalance #slackers #latchkeykids

This Is The Way

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/12/the-us-plutocrats-politicians-want-more-matt-leblanc-shows-us-better-way
#MattLeBlanc #Slackers