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Perhaps you need to dig deeper to figure out what exactly it is about working for a living that you hate so much. If it just happens to be "all of it", what wou

by jm__87 8y ago

Perhaps you need to dig deeper to figure out what exactly it is about working for a living that you hate so much. If it just happens to be "all of it", what would you be doing instead if you didn't work? Edit: I should also mention that I too work for a living and I enjoy it for the most part. I get paid to work on interesting problems and spend time with coworkers who I like. There are annoying things but overall it's a net positive in my life. So I know, given my own experience, that it is absolutely possible to just enjoy working for a living.

Aaargh20318 8y ago
I hate the fact that I can’t use my limited time on this planet as I see fit. I like the work I do but I hate that i have to do it. > what would you be doing instead if you didn't work? Whatever I feel like doing at the time.
- JoeAltmaier 8y ago
  Confused. Nobody is 'holding a gun to your head'. So don't work? Oh! The money is sweet. Now we're starting to understand. Money is needed to get resources from other people, in order to do those sweet things that we 'feel like' doing. So the work resentment seems simply to be a rather primitive envy, to have things without making them or working for them.
  - Aaargh20318 8y ago
    > in order to do those sweet things that we 'feel like' doing You mean like not dying ? So basically, it's work or die. We have a word for that, it's called slavery. But wait, in our capitalist system I get to choose my own slavedriver, wow, that changes everything... NOT. If you get a dog, you're expected to take care of that dog for it's entire life. Yet, if you produce a child it's somehow acceptable to abandon it after 18 years and expect it to take care of itself. It never asked to be born, yet it has to deal with the financial consequences of a decision someone else made. It's like taking an 80+ year mortgage and expecting someone else to pay for it after 18 years. If you're going to have kids, you should take care of them for their entire lives.
    - jm__87 8y ago
      Then what do you do when your parents die? And someone else is supposed to take care of your parents while they are taking care of you? At some point, people need to take care of themselves. Maybe some aren't ready at 18 to be out there on their own, but you need to take responsibility for your own life at some point. On a related note, you should know that depression causes cognitive distortions. You should really take a look at this if you haven't seen it already: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck%27s_cognitive_triad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck%27s_cognitive_triad Do you find people often disagree with your views on life? Is it possible that your reasoning is potentially being made on imperfect information since depression filters out all the positive aspects of everything?
      - Aaargh20318 8y ago
        > Then what do you do when your parents die? The money should be there (e.g. in a trust fund) before conception. > And someone else is supposed to take care of your parents while they are taking care of you? Yes, their parents, obviously. Nothing really changes relative to now for people who want to reproduce, instead of paying for themselves they pay for their children. Only people who are childfree benefit, which is a nice incentive to reduce the population. > you need to take responsibility for your own life at some point No, I do not. I didn't create this life, how can I be responsible for it ? > On a related note, you should know that depression causes cognitive distortions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism
        jm__87 8y ago
        Sigh, well if you really want to be depressed, I suppose it's a free country. Speaking as someone who used to be depressed, all that depressive realism stuff is total BS. When you completely filter out all the positive aspects of everything and focus on the negative only, you're just not seeing the complete picture.
        Aaargh20318 8y ago

by jm__87 8y ago

Aaargh20318 8y ago

I hate the fact that I can’t use my limited time on this planet as I see fit. I like the work I do but I hate that i have to do it. > what would you be doing instead if you didn't work? Whatever I feel like doing at the time.

JoeAltmaier 8y ago
Confused. Nobody is 'holding a gun to your head'. So don't work? Oh! The money is sweet. Now we're starting to understand. Money is needed to get resources from other people, in order to do those sweet things that we 'feel like' doing. So the work resentment seems simply to be a rather primitive envy, to have things without making them or working for them.
- Aaargh20318 8y ago
  > in order to do those sweet things that we 'feel like' doing You mean like not dying ? So basically, it's work or die. We have a word for that, it's called slavery. But wait, in our capitalist system I get to choose my own slavedriver, wow, that changes everything... NOT. If you get a dog, you're expected to take care of that dog for it's entire life. Yet, if you produce a child it's somehow acceptable to abandon it after 18 years and expect it to take care of itself. It never asked to be born, yet it has to deal with the financial consequences of a decision someone else made. It's like taking an 80+ year mortgage and expecting someone else to pay for it after 18 years. If you're going to have kids, you should take care of them for their entire lives.
  - jm__87 8y ago
    Then what do you do when your parents die? And someone else is supposed to take care of your parents while they are taking care of you? At some point, people need to take care of themselves. Maybe some aren't ready at 18 to be out there on their own, but you need to take responsibility for your own life at some point. On a related note, you should know that depression causes cognitive distortions. You should really take a look at this if you haven't seen it already: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck%27s_cognitive_triad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck%27s_cognitive_triad Do you find people often disagree with your views on life? Is it possible that your reasoning is potentially being made on imperfect information since depression filters out all the positive aspects of everything?
    - Aaargh20318 8y ago
      > Then what do you do when your parents die? The money should be there (e.g. in a trust fund) before conception. > And someone else is supposed to take care of your parents while they are taking care of you? Yes, their parents, obviously. Nothing really changes relative to now for people who want to reproduce, instead of paying for themselves they pay for their children. Only people who are childfree benefit, which is a nice incentive to reduce the population. > you need to take responsibility for your own life at some point No, I do not. I didn't create this life, how can I be responsible for it ? > On a related note, you should know that depression causes cognitive distortions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism
      - jm__87 8y ago
        Sigh, well if you really want to be depressed, I suppose it's a free country. Speaking as someone who used to be depressed, all that depressive realism stuff is total BS. When you completely filter out all the positive aspects of everything and focus on the negative only, you're just not seeing the complete picture.
        Aaargh20318 8y ago