We've clearly created a utopia. : memes

[-] I_Has_A_Hat@startrek.website 79 points 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[-] okamiueru@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago

How do you feel about unions?

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 13 points 9 months ago

Why should lazy people get the same pay as me when I work so hard? /s

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[-] mojo@lemm.ee 17 points 9 months ago

Also if everyone is 9 to 5, how does anyone do any errands if they close at the same time they do?

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago

Well, personally I've found that to be a bit of a problem, so for some of us it is that we don't, unless we take like half a day off.

[-] pukeko@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not to mention schools release at like 2:30. Need your kid taken care of after that? It'll be a few hundred $/mo for an after-school program. Sorry working parents.

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[-] Denalduh@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

My last job was 9 to 5 with an hour paid lunch. Unfortunately they had to shut down once covid hit.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

9-5 doesn't include a paid lunch. It's 8 hours without a break

I work 8-5 when I'm lucky.

[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

God yes me too. I didn't even realize until I came out of university. A 9-5 job is a 9-5:30 job over here (we have a mandatory lunch break of at least 30 minutes if you work more than 6 hours a day, 45 if more than 9). Now calculate in the commute and if you're lucky you're at a 8:15-6:15 job.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

I've never even been offered 9-5... It's always been 8-5.

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[+] TheSparrowPrince@lemmy.world 73 points 9 months ago

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[-] db2@sopuli.xyz 30 points 9 months ago

One less hour to do enough math to see it's two hours too.

[-] Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 15 points 9 months ago

That's been my experience as well, or even way worse. We should have more unions.

[-] Chev@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

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.

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[-] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Just 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.

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[-] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 33 points 9 months ago

If you understand the way things are right now is broken, you should understand that you ALWAYS have a choice to stop being cynical, fight for your freedom and fight for what's right.

I wasn't ONLY talking about reddit in this post a while back. https://lemmy.world/post/858027

Choose to be creative. Choose to be sincere. Choose to be a human again.

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[-] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 9 months ago

2 weeks only? should change the headlines to "americans were made"

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[-] Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago

Image Transcription:

The image is titled "HUMANS WERE MADE TO".

Below the title are 5 images and 6 lines of text. The first image is that of a person sitting on a chair at a desk. The text beside it reads "Sit at the desk 9-5".

The second image is the Netflix logo, the text beside it reads "Come home every night to watch Netflix".

The third image is a person wearing a backpack, shorts, boots, and a hat. The text beside it reads "Explore the world for only 2 weeks out of the year".

The fourth image is that of a box containing an assortment of items, the text beside it reads "Have zero creativity".

The fifth image is that of a person sitting on the floor with their knees drawn up to their chest, the text beside it reads "Have every single aspiration beaten out of them".

Underneath the images is a final line of text reading "THERE IS nothing MORE TO LIFE."

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[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 10 points 9 months ago

You are doing great work.

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[-] marx2k@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

To be fair, you don't have to sit around watching Netflix

[-] Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] monkeytennis@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

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.

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[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 20 points 9 months ago

The scary part is that this doesn’t even sound bad to me anymore.

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago

Yeah, this has me feeling like that one meme "you guys are exploring the world?"

[-] DTFpanda@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] pascal@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago

Man it sure sucks to be American in this time.

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[-] iforgotmyinstance@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Work is a scam, take what you need and burn your bosses.

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

damn when did everyone go full doomer?

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 18 points 9 months ago

They must have walked out their front doors.

[-] Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

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.

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[-] mkhopper@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Two 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.

[-] Jerkface@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Ever been sick? Vacation.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 8 points 9 months ago

Exactly. You get to spend vacation days exploring your own house instead of the world.

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[-] Mitchsicle@lemmy.ca 15 points 9 months ago

I dunno…I sit more than 9-5.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

At the desk tho?

But seriously, try to stand up for at least a min every hour.

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[-] rjthyen@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago

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!

[-] emberwit@feddit.de 8 points 9 months ago

I dont clean up during the week and still do nothing on the weekends

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[-] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 11 points 9 months ago

Exploring the world for two whole weeks every year sounds awesome

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Y’know…I’m reading The Way We Never Were by Stephanie Coontz.

For much of humanity’s time in modern civilization, everyone worked. Constantly. From childhood to old age. The worst period was from industrialization to the labor movement. Literally worked to death. Probably one of the worst periods in human history with massive disparity and horrendous working conditions. The modern era is luxurious for many compared to what we used to have.

[-] afox@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

I appreciate the balanced perspective you brought to the table. Modern life is fantastic in so many ways. This post hits so close though because despite the reality most of us yearn for something more. Not wealth per say; freedom to work to live vs most seemingly living to work. The vast imbalance is horrible and most of us aren't having the best time. Says a comfortable software engineer who is is doing... OK but seriously as a society we should have figured out some semblance of proper balance by now.

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[-] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

You guys are exploring the world for 2 weeks? Lucky.

[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 9 months ago

WRONG! Humans were supposed to be threshing wheat and hauling logs!

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