• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
    98·
    10 months ago

    My takeaway from this is that when I decide I’ve had my fill of life, I should end it in a way that’s -very- costly to whichever corp I’m most pissed off at when the time comes.

    • Chee_Koala@lemmy.world
      33·
      10 months ago

      We had to say goodbye to my father a couple years back, so it is now my mothers ‘job’ to cost the pension paying company as much as possible. It’s hard work, but it honest living.

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
      22·
      10 months ago

      Mr. Dent, do you have any idea how much damage this bulldozer would suffer if I just let it roll straight over you?

  • ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.worldEnglish
    74·
    10 months ago

    I actually agree with “the slog of our day to day lives is making us unproductive” but I think the cause is depression at a societal level. I can barely get myself to do anything outside of work, when I get home I am absolutely drained and it kills me inside. I want to accomplish things but I just can’t.

    • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      34·
      10 months ago

      We both know that’s not what Helen is talking about however.

      So you don’t really agree. You have far more valid complaint that is beyond her shit take.

    • idiomaddict@feddit.de
      8·
      10 months ago

      I’ve realized that there are lots of ways societies can become great, but they all involve discipline. The people as a whole need to be trusted to show up when they say they will, not steal things as soon as they can, and actually do the things they’re tasked with.

      I have basically zero personal discipline, which is a pretty big problem for me personally, but I think it’s even worse for a society. If I stay in bed instead of doing homework or going to work, I might flunk or get fired. If I steal from my job or pretend to work while half assing it, I get fired and/or arrested. If everyone does it, we can’t individually punish everyone, we just either have a less reliable society, which leads to decreased social trust, or we have different social and legal requirements for different classes of people, which has not been working out great so far.

      I guess what I’m saying is, if capitalism by default drains people of their initiative and discipline, maybe it’s just not a very effective system.

      • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        10 months ago

        But someone who has passed econ 101 will tell you that capitalism is great, has no issue, solves every problem and we’re wrong because we’re not formally educated.

    • wintermutehal@lemmy.world
      7·
      10 months ago

      I hate we’re going through this, but it does help to know I’m not alone. I try, I really do. I am near done with grad school and work full time, but in my free time I’m too drained to do much more than just zone out for hours.

    • KyuubiNoKitsune
      13·
      10 months ago

      I think that one could be partially valid based on the subtitle, we just have too many chores and BS that we have in our lives that there is no balance. I don’t agree with the headline but I can see some validity in it.

  • EdibleFriend@lemmy.world
    33·
    10 months ago

    Guys, quick question. If I go hire a prostitute to punch Helen its like…not as bad as a man punching a woman right?

    Time is a factor here.

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
    23·
    10 months ago

    Americans are being told to die sooner, meanwhile the Japanese are one step away from becoming cyborgs.

    • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      10 months ago

      Anyone who’s had a pacemaker, prosthetic joint, cataract surgery, one of those pumps to manually inflate an otherwise impotent penis, a tooth filling, a peg leg, etc… is a cyborg.

      We crossed that line a LONG time ago.