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This is the type of article that should really be nominated for deletion from Wikipedia. Someone made this phrase up less than two years ago and tossed in a cou
by dangrossman 15y ago
This is the type of article that should really be nominated for deletion from Wikipedia. Someone made this phrase up less than two years ago and tossed in a couple smart-looking citations to news articles and books that do not actually ever use the words "work aversion disorder" to make it sound credible. It belongs in Urban Dictionary at best.
I don't know what the motivation for submitting this to HN was, but if there's a discussion to be had on feeling averse to working, I don't think this wiki page adds anything to it.
- ChuckMcM 15y agoI agree with you its silly. But as parody on the various 'syndromes' I think it is humorous. I had a manager at Intel who said "If it was fun it wouldn't be called 'work.'" which is both true and not true. Its true that work implies that there are things to do that are not something you'd rather be doing, but like going skiing which is 'fun', there is the drive up, the lift tickets, the planning. So those are elements that are 'not fun' that lead up to 'fun'. When you are working on something that either you are passionate about, or is really fun, then the 'not fun' parts can more easily be powered through.