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[-] Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 hours ago

The point isn't the stress level of the hobby, it's that you're expected to drop your hobbies to manage your stress, not your much more stressful job.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

That always bothered the heck out of me. Healthwise, jobs are basically society-mandated cigarettes with a ton of "virtue" on the packaging.

  • Toxic friends? "Leave them! They're so bad for you!"
  • Addiction? "Quit that. It's so bad for you!"
  • Chair all day? "Get away from that, go get some fresh air!"
  • Terrible job? "Woah woah...let's not be hasty. Do you have another terrible job lined up to take its place?"

But yes, you have a hobby that makes you feel alive but doesn't pay money? Here comes the lecture about "being an adult means..." and "Sometimes you need to make room for important things."

It's no surprise of course. Human success and happiness is not something our socioeconomic systems strive for, in the eons-long game of competing empires. ๐Ÿ™„

this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2026
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