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Sorry, but I have totally no clue what you are talking about. Laziness is preserving energy, which seems pretty vital to survival for me. Have you ever seen a

Sorry, but I have totally no clue what you are talking about. Laziness is preserving energy, which seems pretty vital to survival for me. Have you ever seen a "lazy" lion just laying there, doing nothing most of the day? The reason why he's not running around all day doing active stuff is because of survival, energy preservation. He will put his energy where it is most important, food and sex. He's even so lazy that he lets the ladies hunt for him. So I don't understand in what kind of world you are living where laziness is not a real thing.

cc81 9y ago
Laziness is a thing (at least we describe something with the word) but for a lot of people in that situation the laziness is not a good strategy for preserving energy. They will procrastinate to a point where the total amount of work is much more than just doing something immediately. For example instead of doing the dishes immediately they will wait until they pile up with dried food stuck to them making the total effort much bigger.
eeZah7Ux 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laziness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laziness "Laziness (also called indolence) is disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to act or exert oneself. It is often used as a pejorative; terms for a person seen to be lazy include couch potato, slacker, and bludger." To clarify: I'm talking about "laziness" as a pejorative - e.g. something to be ashamed of. Your example is about good prioritization and saving precious energy and there's nothing bad about it especially when food is scarce.
always_good 9y ago
So playing video games all night to procrastinate some homework and then stressing about the procrastination is just preservation of energy? Did you use an animal example because every human example sounds ridiculous alongside your premise?
- koonsolo 9y ago
  There are plenty of human examples. Too lazy to clean the foor: Roomba. Too lazy to walk: bicycle. Too lazy to bike: car. Too lazy to walk up stairs: elevator. Too lazy to chop wood: central heating. Too lazy to cook: microwaved meals. Too lazy to calculate: calculators. Too lazy to paint: photography. Too lazy to go to shop: online ordering. Too lazy to get out of your seat and change the channel: Remote controls. But sometimes instincts can work against us, that's for sure. Look at fear or anger, and sure, laziness.

cc81 9y ago

Laziness is a thing (at least we describe something with the word) but for a lot of people in that situation the laziness is not a good strategy for preserving energy. They will procrastinate to a point where the total amount of work is much more than just doing something immediately. For example instead of doing the dishes immediately they will wait until they pile up with dried food stuck to them making the total effort much bigger.

eeZah7Ux 9y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laziness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laziness "Laziness (also called indolence) is disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to act or exert oneself. It is often used as a pejorative; terms for a person seen to be lazy include couch potato, slacker, and bludger." To clarify: I'm talking about "laziness" as a pejorative - e.g. something to be ashamed of. Your example is about good prioritization and saving precious energy and there's nothing bad about it especially when food is scarce.

always_good 9y ago

So playing video games all night to procrastinate some homework and then stressing about the procrastination is just preservation of energy? Did you use an animal example because every human example sounds ridiculous alongside your premise?

koonsolo 9y ago
There are plenty of human examples. Too lazy to clean the foor: Roomba. Too lazy to walk: bicycle. Too lazy to bike: car. Too lazy to walk up stairs: elevator. Too lazy to chop wood: central heating. Too lazy to cook: microwaved meals. Too lazy to calculate: calculators. Too lazy to paint: photography. Too lazy to go to shop: online ordering. Too lazy to get out of your seat and change the channel: Remote controls. But sometimes instincts can work against us, that's for sure. Look at fear or anger, and sure, laziness.