▲ 1463 ▼ There is zero need for millions of office drones to be on the road daily. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by spicytuna62@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml 148 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] voracitude@lemmy.world 61 points 2 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (16 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 16 child comments replies: [–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 48 points 2 years ago (15 children) I personally like it too, but not daily. I average 1-2 days in office now and it's healthy for me. See my coworkers, they know my name, we catch up, have our meetings, then I go home for a few days again. I've just learned everyone is different, and the company definitely shouldn't be telling people how to work, people are grownups and can decide themselves. (And if they can't, then fire them instead of punishing everyone). However for this meme, another great way to get people off the roads would be....... trains permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 15 child comments replies: [+] KGB@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today -4 points 2 years ago (7 children) I like freight trains, but I wouldn't want to live anywhere that commuter trains would make sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 10 points 2 years ago (3 children) Why in the world not? I specifically moved to be close to mine, I hate driving for my commute permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Passenger trains can only operate efficiently in areas of extremely high population density. If I'm living somewhere serviced by trains, then everywhere I go, I'll be in a crowd. I'm enough of an introvert that this sounds like an extraordinarily uncomfortable proposition. I'd need an exorbitant financial benefit to even consider it, and that's not going to happen. Instead, I'm expected to pay a very high premium for the "privilege" of being miserable everywhere I go. No thanks, I'll stay out here in the sticks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're absolutely spot on, and it's evidenced by house prices here in the UK where they're next to or near a rail line. They are noisy fuggers and people do not like living by them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Unless you are near a train stop when it skyrockets permalink fedilink source parent [–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Small towns built around a train station are absolutely lovely though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I suspect those are mostly outposts. Rail junctions. Water stops for the old steam trains. Remote mining towns. Places that either provided services to railway operation, or primarily needed freight service rather than passenger. And I agree: I would love to live in a small railroad town. But I would move out long before that town had enough people to justify commuter rail service. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ECB@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Ah, no in europe where I live is fairly normal for rail service to small villages even. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zurohki@aussie.zone 0 points 2 years ago (5 children) Some people don't have the space at home to set up a working area and really want to just go to an office that their employer pays for, and that's fine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago* This is why coworking spaces exist. I don't know in other countries but it is working quite well in France, you can get a subscription to the closest working space and have a desk, meeting rooms ... To work remotely. I like that it gives a separation between home and work but without long commute. permalink fedilink source parent [–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (3 children) This, and I do a lot of gaming on my pc, have a nice setup etc, usually not great trying to work there (don't have space for another desk and can't really justify having two sets of monitors, keyboard etc permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Why do you need all that? I have my work laptop sitting at the back of my desk. Most monitors have two inputs. I've got an older 1080 with HMDI+DVI and a newer 1440p with DP/2xHDMI. So I have the laptop in HDMI on both screens (it needed a USBC to HDMI cable for one of the outputs), and a simple USB3 switch for the mouse+keyboard. So when I'm working I fire up the laptop, switch the USB over to that and swap the screens to the HDMI inputs. When I'm done working I can fire up the desktop, swap inputs and USB and in seconds I'm switched over. I've been doing it this way for years and years now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flashgnash@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's normally what I do, the problem is the context for me, I sometimes prefer just sitting across the room with a laptop so I'm in a slightly different environment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 2 years ago It can help draw a line I'd agree, but I've gotten used to it now I think. I used to have it worse. I operated out of the bedroom for the first few years I was remote and that wasn't good at all. The new house had a bedroom that was really too small to be a bedroom. So it became an office room. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 48 points 2 years ago (15 children) I personally like it too, but not daily. I average 1-2 days in office now and it's healthy for me. See my coworkers, they know my name, we catch up, have our meetings, then I go home for a few days again. I've just learned everyone is different, and the company definitely shouldn't be telling people how to work, people are grownups and can decide themselves. (And if they can't, then fire them instead of punishing everyone). However for this meme, another great way to get people off the roads would be....... trains permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 15 child comments replies: [+] KGB@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today -4 points 2 years ago (7 children) I like freight trains, but I wouldn't want to live anywhere that commuter trains would make sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 10 points 2 years ago (3 children) Why in the world not? I specifically moved to be close to mine, I hate driving for my commute permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Passenger trains can only operate efficiently in areas of extremely high population density. If I'm living somewhere serviced by trains, then everywhere I go, I'll be in a crowd. I'm enough of an introvert that this sounds like an extraordinarily uncomfortable proposition. I'd need an exorbitant financial benefit to even consider it, and that's not going to happen. Instead, I'm expected to pay a very high premium for the "privilege" of being miserable everywhere I go. No thanks, I'll stay out here in the sticks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're absolutely spot on, and it's evidenced by house prices here in the UK where they're next to or near a rail line. They are noisy fuggers and people do not like living by them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Unless you are near a train stop when it skyrockets permalink fedilink source parent [–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Small towns built around a train station are absolutely lovely though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I suspect those are mostly outposts. Rail junctions. Water stops for the old steam trains. Remote mining towns. Places that either provided services to railway operation, or primarily needed freight service rather than passenger. And I agree: I would love to live in a small railroad town. But I would move out long before that town had enough people to justify commuter rail service. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ECB@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Ah, no in europe where I live is fairly normal for rail service to small villages even. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zurohki@aussie.zone 0 points 2 years ago (5 children) Some people don't have the space at home to set up a working area and really want to just go to an office that their employer pays for, and that's fine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago* This is why coworking spaces exist. I don't know in other countries but it is working quite well in France, you can get a subscription to the closest working space and have a desk, meeting rooms ... To work remotely. I like that it gives a separation between home and work but without long commute. permalink fedilink source parent [–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (3 children) This, and I do a lot of gaming on my pc, have a nice setup etc, usually not great trying to work there (don't have space for another desk and can't really justify having two sets of monitors, keyboard etc permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Why do you need all that? I have my work laptop sitting at the back of my desk. Most monitors have two inputs. I've got an older 1080 with HMDI+DVI and a newer 1440p with DP/2xHDMI. So I have the laptop in HDMI on both screens (it needed a USBC to HDMI cable for one of the outputs), and a simple USB3 switch for the mouse+keyboard. So when I'm working I fire up the laptop, switch the USB over to that and swap the screens to the HDMI inputs. When I'm done working I can fire up the desktop, swap inputs and USB and in seconds I'm switched over. I've been doing it this way for years and years now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flashgnash@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's normally what I do, the problem is the context for me, I sometimes prefer just sitting across the room with a laptop so I'm in a slightly different environment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 2 years ago It can help draw a line I'd agree, but I've gotten used to it now I think. I used to have it worse. I operated out of the bedroom for the first few years I was remote and that wasn't good at all. The new house had a bedroom that was really too small to be a bedroom. So it became an office room. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] KGB@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today -4 points 2 years ago (7 children) I like freight trains, but I wouldn't want to live anywhere that commuter trains would make sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 10 points 2 years ago (3 children) Why in the world not? I specifically moved to be close to mine, I hate driving for my commute permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Passenger trains can only operate efficiently in areas of extremely high population density. If I'm living somewhere serviced by trains, then everywhere I go, I'll be in a crowd. I'm enough of an introvert that this sounds like an extraordinarily uncomfortable proposition. I'd need an exorbitant financial benefit to even consider it, and that's not going to happen. Instead, I'm expected to pay a very high premium for the "privilege" of being miserable everywhere I go. No thanks, I'll stay out here in the sticks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're absolutely spot on, and it's evidenced by house prices here in the UK where they're next to or near a rail line. They are noisy fuggers and people do not like living by them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Unless you are near a train stop when it skyrockets permalink fedilink source parent [–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Small towns built around a train station are absolutely lovely though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I suspect those are mostly outposts. Rail junctions. Water stops for the old steam trains. Remote mining towns. Places that either provided services to railway operation, or primarily needed freight service rather than passenger. And I agree: I would love to live in a small railroad town. But I would move out long before that town had enough people to justify commuter rail service. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ECB@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Ah, no in europe where I live is fairly normal for rail service to small villages even. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today -4 points 2 years ago (7 children) I like freight trains, but I wouldn't want to live anywhere that commuter trains would make sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 10 points 2 years ago (3 children) Why in the world not? I specifically moved to be close to mine, I hate driving for my commute permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Passenger trains can only operate efficiently in areas of extremely high population density. If I'm living somewhere serviced by trains, then everywhere I go, I'll be in a crowd. I'm enough of an introvert that this sounds like an extraordinarily uncomfortable proposition. I'd need an exorbitant financial benefit to even consider it, and that's not going to happen. Instead, I'm expected to pay a very high premium for the "privilege" of being miserable everywhere I go. No thanks, I'll stay out here in the sticks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're absolutely spot on, and it's evidenced by house prices here in the UK where they're next to or near a rail line. They are noisy fuggers and people do not like living by them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Unless you are near a train stop when it skyrockets permalink fedilink source parent [–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Small towns built around a train station are absolutely lovely though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I suspect those are mostly outposts. Rail junctions. Water stops for the old steam trains. Remote mining towns. Places that either provided services to railway operation, or primarily needed freight service rather than passenger. And I agree: I would love to live in a small railroad town. But I would move out long before that town had enough people to justify commuter rail service. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ECB@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Ah, no in europe where I live is fairly normal for rail service to small villages even. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 10 points 2 years ago (3 children) Why in the world not? I specifically moved to be close to mine, I hate driving for my commute permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Passenger trains can only operate efficiently in areas of extremely high population density. If I'm living somewhere serviced by trains, then everywhere I go, I'll be in a crowd. I'm enough of an introvert that this sounds like an extraordinarily uncomfortable proposition. I'd need an exorbitant financial benefit to even consider it, and that's not going to happen. Instead, I'm expected to pay a very high premium for the "privilege" of being miserable everywhere I go. No thanks, I'll stay out here in the sticks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're absolutely spot on, and it's evidenced by house prices here in the UK where they're next to or near a rail line. They are noisy fuggers and people do not like living by them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Unless you are near a train stop when it skyrockets permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Passenger trains can only operate efficiently in areas of extremely high population density. If I'm living somewhere serviced by trains, then everywhere I go, I'll be in a crowd. I'm enough of an introvert that this sounds like an extraordinarily uncomfortable proposition. I'd need an exorbitant financial benefit to even consider it, and that's not going to happen. Instead, I'm expected to pay a very high premium for the "privilege" of being miserable everywhere I go. No thanks, I'll stay out here in the sticks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're absolutely spot on, and it's evidenced by house prices here in the UK where they're next to or near a rail line. They are noisy fuggers and people do not like living by them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Unless you are near a train stop when it skyrockets permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're absolutely spot on, and it's evidenced by house prices here in the UK where they're next to or near a rail line. They are noisy fuggers and people do not like living by them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Unless you are near a train stop when it skyrockets permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Unless you are near a train stop when it skyrockets permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Small towns built around a train station are absolutely lovely though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I suspect those are mostly outposts. Rail junctions. Water stops for the old steam trains. Remote mining towns. Places that either provided services to railway operation, or primarily needed freight service rather than passenger. And I agree: I would love to live in a small railroad town. But I would move out long before that town had enough people to justify commuter rail service. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ECB@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Ah, no in europe where I live is fairly normal for rail service to small villages even. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I suspect those are mostly outposts. Rail junctions. Water stops for the old steam trains. Remote mining towns. Places that either provided services to railway operation, or primarily needed freight service rather than passenger. And I agree: I would love to live in a small railroad town. But I would move out long before that town had enough people to justify commuter rail service. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ECB@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Ah, no in europe where I live is fairly normal for rail service to small villages even. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ECB@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Ah, no in europe where I live is fairly normal for rail service to small villages even. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 0 points 2 years ago (5 children) Some people don't have the space at home to set up a working area and really want to just go to an office that their employer pays for, and that's fine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago* This is why coworking spaces exist. I don't know in other countries but it is working quite well in France, you can get a subscription to the closest working space and have a desk, meeting rooms ... To work remotely. I like that it gives a separation between home and work but without long commute. permalink fedilink source parent [–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (3 children) This, and I do a lot of gaming on my pc, have a nice setup etc, usually not great trying to work there (don't have space for another desk and can't really justify having two sets of monitors, keyboard etc permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Why do you need all that? I have my work laptop sitting at the back of my desk. Most monitors have two inputs. I've got an older 1080 with HMDI+DVI and a newer 1440p with DP/2xHDMI. So I have the laptop in HDMI on both screens (it needed a USBC to HDMI cable for one of the outputs), and a simple USB3 switch for the mouse+keyboard. So when I'm working I fire up the laptop, switch the USB over to that and swap the screens to the HDMI inputs. When I'm done working I can fire up the desktop, swap inputs and USB and in seconds I'm switched over. I've been doing it this way for years and years now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flashgnash@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's normally what I do, the problem is the context for me, I sometimes prefer just sitting across the room with a laptop so I'm in a slightly different environment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 2 years ago It can help draw a line I'd agree, but I've gotten used to it now I think. I used to have it worse. I operated out of the bedroom for the first few years I was remote and that wasn't good at all. The new house had a bedroom that was really too small to be a bedroom. So it became an office room. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago* This is why coworking spaces exist. I don't know in other countries but it is working quite well in France, you can get a subscription to the closest working space and have a desk, meeting rooms ... To work remotely. I like that it gives a separation between home and work but without long commute. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (3 children) This, and I do a lot of gaming on my pc, have a nice setup etc, usually not great trying to work there (don't have space for another desk and can't really justify having two sets of monitors, keyboard etc permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Why do you need all that? I have my work laptop sitting at the back of my desk. Most monitors have two inputs. I've got an older 1080 with HMDI+DVI and a newer 1440p with DP/2xHDMI. So I have the laptop in HDMI on both screens (it needed a USBC to HDMI cable for one of the outputs), and a simple USB3 switch for the mouse+keyboard. So when I'm working I fire up the laptop, switch the USB over to that and swap the screens to the HDMI inputs. When I'm done working I can fire up the desktop, swap inputs and USB and in seconds I'm switched over. I've been doing it this way for years and years now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flashgnash@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's normally what I do, the problem is the context for me, I sometimes prefer just sitting across the room with a laptop so I'm in a slightly different environment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 2 years ago It can help draw a line I'd agree, but I've gotten used to it now I think. I used to have it worse. I operated out of the bedroom for the first few years I was remote and that wasn't good at all. The new house had a bedroom that was really too small to be a bedroom. So it became an office room. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Why do you need all that? I have my work laptop sitting at the back of my desk. Most monitors have two inputs. I've got an older 1080 with HMDI+DVI and a newer 1440p with DP/2xHDMI. So I have the laptop in HDMI on both screens (it needed a USBC to HDMI cable for one of the outputs), and a simple USB3 switch for the mouse+keyboard. So when I'm working I fire up the laptop, switch the USB over to that and swap the screens to the HDMI inputs. When I'm done working I can fire up the desktop, swap inputs and USB and in seconds I'm switched over. I've been doing it this way for years and years now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flashgnash@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's normally what I do, the problem is the context for me, I sometimes prefer just sitting across the room with a laptop so I'm in a slightly different environment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 2 years ago It can help draw a line I'd agree, but I've gotten used to it now I think. I used to have it worse. I operated out of the bedroom for the first few years I was remote and that wasn't good at all. The new house had a bedroom that was really too small to be a bedroom. So it became an office room. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's normally what I do, the problem is the context for me, I sometimes prefer just sitting across the room with a laptop so I'm in a slightly different environment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 2 years ago It can help draw a line I'd agree, but I've gotten used to it now I think. I used to have it worse. I operated out of the bedroom for the first few years I was remote and that wasn't good at all. The new house had a bedroom that was really too small to be a bedroom. So it became an office room. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 2 years ago It can help draw a line I'd agree, but I've gotten used to it now I think. I used to have it worse. I operated out of the bedroom for the first few years I was remote and that wasn't good at all. The new house had a bedroom that was really too small to be a bedroom. So it became an office room. permalink fedilink source parent
