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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
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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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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.
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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The scary part is that this doesn’t even sound bad to me anymore.
Yeah, 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.
Work is a scam, take what you need and burn your bosses.
damn 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.
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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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.
Ever been sick? Vacation.
Exactly. You get to spend vacation days exploring your own house instead of the world.
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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!
Exploring the world for two whole weeks every year sounds awesome
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.
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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You guys are exploring the world for 2 weeks? Lucky.
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