=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── Like, you COULD work instead, but like why would you when you could go bowling or watch a movie. Works best I think if the days cycle through the week too so your employees can't make permanent obligations during the weekdays. If you're so concerned that they'll start working for another company or start a grassroots political movement, just make it so that they can't reliably have empty spots in their schedule. Maybe two days, one cycles forward the other back. So like, Monday and Friday one week, then Tuesday and Thursday, then Wednesday and friday, then Monday and thursday, then Tuesday and wednesday, then Friday and Wednesday, then Monday and thursday, etc etc. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/423 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── A job where you only have to work one day per week of your choosing (but semi-permanent) and are automatically placed on a team with others in the company who work that same day and accomplish whatever goals they think fulfill the company's vision. If they don't have any ideas then they should work on collaborating with others until they do. Let's get things done! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/2279 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ There's a lot that can get done in a work week. That's like, five whole days! What kinds of things can you get done at work in a week? .... Oh really? That's... well, not ideal. But like... what are you doing then while at work, NOT working? Oh, it's just bullshit work you're doing? [nuts, cursing mentioned, one sec] So, like, if you aren't doing stuff... Maybe that means you're kept from your full potential doing things that don't matter to you? Huh that's not a great deal. But, uh... If you had five days to live, what would you do? It's not like you can see the world, but hey I've already done that. It's not like you can save it either, that's not something you build - rather, it's more like a garden. But I guess you can lay the foundation, give cause for the fight, and that's decent enough of a start, at least when you've only got five nights. ... I guess I got some writing to do, haven't I? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1367 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── how about we get a 4 day work week with the stipulation that you have to spend 4-6 hours on sunday or friday at a "community center" sorta like a church or library or wherever. except, maybe not a library because they're supposed to be for quiet contemplation, but something like it. some third thing that doesn't exist yet because we haven't had a reason to make it. some third thing, or perhaps even a place, where we could organize ourselves into a community. y'know, sorta like a church. that thing that conservatives are really scared of losing. because it's not about power, or about the stories, to them it's about the interconnectedness. not all of them, not of course, but for some they are as I portend. and what's wrong with friends? surely this way everyone gets what they want. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse_boost/4984 --- ◀─╔═══════════════════════════[BOOST]════════════════════════════────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Sorry if this makes me a lazy leech on society or whatever but I think we should chuck the Puritan work ethic, hustle culture, grindset mindset, all of that crap. I think people should have time for rest, leisure, self care, family, friends, and civic engagement. We should be letting people enjoy life, not expect them to spend every waking hour working for the sake of work because idle hands do the devil's work or whatever modern paint job you want to put on that 400 year old bullshit. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #5 fediverse/4016 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── why do we have to work so hard to work they should be ready and waiting, jumping at the chance to utilize our expertise, our labour, our creativity, our kindness they treat us like we owe them our time and motivation but without us, they are empty shells ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4099 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-jobs-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ I don't think anyone should work at a job they hate, no matter what. They will perform worse. They will harm themselves. They will shackle their dreams to a false promise of persistence begot rewards. They will spiral into depression, despair, depravity, and addiction. If you hate your job, fucking QUIT. If you hate every job, fucking RIOT. If nobody will hire you, SELL DRUGS. [I'm not actually advocating breaking the law, please don't arrest me] or like, move to the country and become a farm-hand for a retiring salmon farmer who can't quite reach into the trees to pick the salmon fruit or dump the bucket of vegetable scraps into the black soldier fly larva pit anymore. That's always rewarding. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4744 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cat-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ me to my cat: "don't eat so much that you puke, okay?" me to me: "yeah I can take on another task, I'm almost done with this one and then I'll just do that one and maybe this one'll get back to me at the same time as this one which conflicts with this other thing so maybe I'll just puke, okay?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/5841 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── I find maybe one or two days a week to work on my projects. About one or two days to be spent publicly. The rest of the time I'm handling myself, my chores, my girlfriends, and various mundane things. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/5136 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── not really, I guess. Nobody will hire me because I don't really want to get hired. Sounds boring, doing the same thing every couple days. I'd rather stay at home in my [underwear/pajamas] and waste the day away with kittens and care. why? why? what are you doing? she asks. The less you can do, the more power will be granted to you. Save it for another time, when things actually matter. but today, does, matter, because today dictates your latters. Tomorrow is predicated. on today. and today is all that you have. [this paragraph in the style of alec baldwin] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #10 messages/527 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── could give us some experience organizing small, short-term projects to accomplish specific goals and tasks in an ad-hoc way that relied less upon procedure and more on "I think so-and-so knows something about that, they were looking into those files and posted a breakdown of how they work yesterday" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/4881 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── one section of the government consistently and succeedingly telling another part what to do is a coup-like behavior. if the rules mean nothing, then what is your job even for? hence, why the rules mean something. Because your job is important. It's building up our capabilities as the human race. you don't have to work to live. you shouldn't, and you won't. it's not your place to labor. know why? because nobody's job is impossible. You can just... work together to get things done. Then they're done! and you never need to solve them again! enough time of that and we'll have turned earth into a space station, not a moon style structure. like... wouldn't it be neat if coruscant could do hyperdrives? I wonder if hyperspace is real. Ah, well, that's for the future, they can pass it along if they get a chance. Anyway for now I think I want a chance to dance. OLED screens are incredibly cool to me. The idea that a pixel could "turn off" and put less photons into the atmosphere is wild to me. I love it! -OLED ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3549 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: video-games-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────┘ if the choice is between working on your game / mod and playing a game / mod, always work on your game / mod. your work will outlast you. your time spent in a state of pleasure will sustain you. sometimes there's not a choice. sometimes you need to play, and that's okay. to play is natural, it's one of the first things humans do. we also work. children build sand castles. adults build stone castles. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/2844 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-violence-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-831 those billionaires are using their money as a weapon to "vote" toward what companies they think capitalism would most grow from. Unfortunately for us, they often aren't very efficient because they're only looking at what sells. human interest is not the only factor to optimize for, and yet that's the only one they're incentivized to. kinda makes me think that the only reason to replace them would be to institute something that could not be incentivized because it was more objective or decentralized. (the only reason they'd accept) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/5672 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ companies aren't allowed to hire artists because they're busy making things and would reduce their focus levels graphics technicians don't design the media, they just implement. gross, where's the creativity->? oh, here in the boardroom, great -.- everyone gets a boardroom... jeez, how many companies do we need? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/2359 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1248 everyone does, it's natural to rest. I slept like a rock last night because I rode my bike all day yesterday. Not ideal, I didn't have any useful dreams! There's a difference between downtime and freetime. Freetime should be spent toward something you care about, downtime is time spent recovering from the things you don't. I think in a better world, we'd only have freetime. Perhaps then we wouldn't need to feel so down in our time. I will use my freetime to build a world where we live as we define, that is my goal, that is what I care about. you do you tho 😋 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/5165 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┐ ║ if the settlers of catan could claim land they don't deserve, then I claim my │ ║ home │ ║ │ ║ can you imagine... some people would actually rather live in a corporation │ ║ than a mobile home. maybe we can do better? │ ║ │ ║ "hey we're going to ask for a % of your wage in rent and in return we'll │ ║ deliver groceries to you and grow roses instead of lawns (except for some to │ ║ run and play in) and also we'll show up if you need a hand with anything" │ ║ │ ║ "also this apartment block was renovated after all the liberals moved out │ ║ because we made it totally trash to live here and now that they're gone we can │ ║ make it nice again" │ ║ │ ║ what if we had punk-house-streets instead of punk-houses which are islands and │ ║ which slowly drown │ ║ │ ║ just... pool resources and buy things one-at-a-time. Try out organization │ ║ methods. Watch out for controversy creators and reactionary infiltrators. │ ║ Build your most important projects with your most trusted friends, and offer │ ║ your clinical, professional, or creative talent to those who dont need you as │ ║ much. │ ║ │ ║ or w/e works │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴──────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/3522 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: death-mentioned-capitalism-decays-before-it-dies │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ if you want to commit regicide, you talk to the butler. managers are workers too - they just are positioned a bit closer to power than you. different skillsets sure, but work is work. a manager didn't take your freedom, an investment banker did. similarly, an immigrant didn't take your job, a capitalist did. ... though just as some immigrants would be more than happy to take your job, so too are some managers more than happy to oppress you. find the ones that fight on your side. they've gaslit themselves into believing they are opposed to you, but it's just not true. we are all liberated at once, or not at all. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4344 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ look if you're gonna look at property values in Ireland, you might as well first visit a blue state. seriously if your life is in danger, just... drive to denver or portland and hang out in parks and stuff. Talk to people. Find others who are listening. I'd only listen if I really cared about what was going on. And hey, maybe you'll find a place to stay for a while while you wait for the dawn. 5 hour energy, as many as it takes, no more than 3 days. If it'd take take too many, go somewhere else. too bad I only have a bike. /sigh consider carpooling with a friend you've known for years I mean, what's a few days sick leave in the face of the fall of democracy? literally just... in... case... be where you need to be. this is why you have resources. To spend them on rehearsed organization drills. Why are you spending all your money on TVs? Well... TVs can be useful. Even if you don't speak linux someone else might. We share things now, y'know? sorry if you never again see your own phone. [shit...] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #19 messages/395 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── minds are not algorithms, they're soup community is made by introducing people to one another. like stitching together a weave pattern in the tapestry of life. (3 dimensional though, because it exists in our hearts and minds - this thing called society) kind of guy who says he's going on work trips but actually goes on vacation (because work is his life, it's where he derives vigor - the family is the difficult part.) yeah those kind of guys shouldn't be married tbh. They're just gonna take vigor from her heart. engineers need guidance sometimes, which is why they shouldn't be given no oversight. they can design whatever they want, but like here's what people need, so they should consider working on those. but, y'know, checks and balances, so what would the engineers be most open to sacrificing for that trust? perhaps... funding? the quartermasters are in charge of the "stuff", so they get to decide how it's produced. and used. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse_boost/5643 --- ◀─╔═════════════════════════════[BOOST]══════════════════════════════────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ "Ana" harvests peaches in CAs Central Valley. This day reached 99°. It's hard for workers at non-union companies at this time of year. If they speak up & ask for their legal break, labor contractors sometimes send them home. This means less hours & a smaller paycheck. #WeFeedYou │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────╝─▶ |