The Picard ManeuverWe've clearly created a utopia.
MitchsicleI dunno…I sit more than 9-5.
At the desk tho?
But honestly, try to stand up for at least a min every hour.
It’s true I move around to get water and food and take a walk a lunch but the day lasts longer than 9-5.
A standing desk is an amazing investment. Your back and legs will thank you
DominusOfMegadeusThe scary part is that this doesn’t even sound bad to me anymore.
amniotic druidYeah, this has me feeling like that one meme “you guys are exploring the world?”
This is why I love my partner. She helps bring me back to the ‘it may not be the ideal world but it’s our world’ sentiment.
When the alternative is man Vs nature in a constant struggle to avoid violent or hungry death, or even worse - slavery, then we gotta count our blessings.
This is undoubtedly the more healthy attitude
There it is, the good ol’ false dilemma
That’s a lazy-ass dismissal to a serious problem. You could have at least put in some bitching about millennials spending all of their money on avocado toast.
Flying SquidThere are more options than “be a wage slave who has been so beaten down by the system that they have nothing left in their lives” and “be a hunter-gatherer hunted by lions.”
9-5 is the old slang. It’s really more like 8-6 or 9-7 now.
Just one less hour to be a person. That’s all.
That’s been my experience as well, or even way worse. We should have more unions.
One less hour to do enough math to see it’s two hours too.
That’s how the capitalists getcha. Back in granddads day, they just made sure you lost enough fingers in the machinery to keep from counting. Nowadays they gotta keep you too busy to realize they stole two hours instead of one.
bdonvrI do 6pm-6am 5 days a week
Which was an improvement from my previous position of starting at 12am-4amish going to 9am-2pmish 6 days a week.
Damn. Why do you work this way? Don’t you have regulations and stuff?
In Austria I already work 8-4 and we are currently talking about reducing it to 8-3.
This is mostly an American problem. Here in the EU it’s less of an issue. Even here in Spain, where we work 9 to 6 or 9 to 7, is always because, either we have a big break in the middle of something. And regarding kids, I don’t have them, but those who do in my company usually take the time off to go, pick then up and get them home or something if the school is nearby. Otherwise they arrange some home delivery or something, as I recall.
It’s all on a state by state basis. So ‘right to work’ states like Alabama, Texas, Virginia, etc, there are very few regulations. There the employer is viewed as the owner of the job and can basically tell the employee to work anytime. States with stronger regulations like California have much more stringent policies and there it’s if not less likely to work a lot of overtime people are likely to be paid for it.
PsaldornJust 5 or 6 hours less a week, that’s all
Just 20 or 25 hours less a month, that’s all.
𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟎 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥.
Sometimes I tidy the house during the week so I can do nothing on the weekends! It’s a miraculous discovery that gives life meaning!
I dont clean up during the week and still do nothing on the weekends
This is the way.
If the current definitions don’t fit the target, change the definitions until they do. Dystopia 101… which of course is redefined now to be Utopia 101.
False. Actually includes 7 hrs of shitposting at night.
mistrgamingive up
mkhopperTwo weeks?? Longest vacation I’ve been on in the past 20+ years was eight days, with the eighth day being unintentional due to an issue with the airlines.
Ever been sick? Vacation.
Exactly. You get to spend vacation days exploring your own house instead of the world.
No good seeing too much of the world. Lot of dangerous ideas out there. Best to keep your head down.
Due to a serious illness, I’ve used up all my paid sick days. My bosses told me, “we want you to get better, so you can take as many unpaid sick days as you want.” Thanks a whole fucking lot.
“we want you to get better get fucked, so you can take as many unpaid sick days as you want get fucked.”
Mine’s 22 days. And that wasn’t all my vacation for the year either, only most of it.
To be fair, you don’t have to sit around watching Netflix
While true, sitting around watching Netflix has the advantage that it takes none of the nonexistent energy remaining after a full day of work + chores + you only get two hours before bed.
True.
You could watch Disney+.
With all the energy left after an 8 hour job and all the money You make you can sit on the couch and imagine traveling the world.
I used to think that’s all I had the energy to do. Turns out reading a couple chapters, learning a bit of guitar, going on a short walk, journalling… all takes minimal mental and physical energy, but feels 10x better to do. I got stuck in shitty habits and convinced myself that’s all I could do.
DreamButtdamn when did everyone go full doomer?
They must have walked out their front doors.
Yeah, I remember back when depressive humor was funny because it was sad. Then, a few things happened in the last decade and now it’s funny because it’s true.
BizarrolandI think Gul Madred has Picard seeing exactly five lights right now
He promised me a life of luxury if I said it.
It was either 2016 or 2019. It was either making a politician out of Trump or COVID. That’s when I started to realise how fucked I am and stared anticipating death.
You have to understand that most of these people are NPCs who don’t have the psychological capability to do for themselves. They are sitting around expecting the world to change for them because that’s what they expect out of society: for all the important things to be done for them, and that’s due to them internalizing a lifetime of being told that’s all they’re allowed to do. Instead of, you know, thinking for themselves or rebelling on their own.
As things get worse, expect to see a lot more bitching without any meaningful action.
Also expect a lot of them to get defensive when you tell them such because they know what you and I are saying is true.
I used to meet a lot of these people in the office. They’d resign themselves to their situations and blame everyone else.
When I come across it now, I’ll listen and then ask what could make it better. 50% of the time it’s “does not compute” + excuses.
Choose to watch 2hrs Netflix every night or settle for a crappy job or relationship? Go for it, I’m not judging you. Bitch that it’s your only option? Nope.
Learned helplessness is a real issue for some people. It’s really sad to see and often difficult to help someone realize they can put their energy toward better things
It’s not the average Joe’s responsibility to have to fight for a system of equality, or their responsibility to know a correct solution. The US Government needs to be held accountable for the insane wealth inequality they’ve allowed under their watch. That’s what they’re paid to do.
There are plenty of people who are still into future building. But, indeed, a lot of the west is falling into decadence.
But I still see enough spark to hope it will reignite. With a better experience.
kttnpunkHave you been living under a rock? Everything is bad, at least here in the US.
According to this theory …wikipedia.org/…/Strauss–Howe_generational_theory
We are at the end of the crisis cycle. The last crisis cycle was WW2.
So shit is about to get really fucking real in a hot minute, but we should then move to a better time - an awakening.
Yea sorry bud
while others have criticized the theory as being overly deterministic, unfalsifiable,
This is where I stand on this. If you can’t provide evidence against something then it’s not science
Agree it’s probably bullshit, just a pattern. It only resonated with me because it seems to track with my sentiment, but I have little hope that it’s about to get shit and get better.
I do expect it to get more shit.
Work is a scam, take what you need and burn your bosses.
I get four weeks, plus about 12 public holidays.
Sucks to be you.
6 weeks here, plus public holidays
Also it is possible to actually like what you do for a job. Many people do.
Then, some people clearly do not. I suppose their work will be replaced with robots. And people who implement these robots are doing it enthusiastically.
Still, we would not want to disenfranchise people who see their work as nonfulfilling. This is a challenge.
moosetwin
[Jerma] "Humans Are NOT Suppose To Be Doing This!" - Amish Andy
Most people would unironically take that over the fresh hell post industrial capitalism has become.