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Thank you. This is no better than that terribly disingenuous argument that "nobody wants to work". No, we'd love to work. But we also value not starving to deat

Thank you. This is no better than that terribly disingenuous argument that "nobody wants to work". No, we'd love to work. But we also value not starving to death and having some semblance of work-life balance.

throwaway48476 1y ago
Someone dug into newspaper archives and found an example of the "nobody wants to work anymore" phrase every year for the last 100 years. The phrase likely predates the printing press. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32161426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32161426
- mangodrunk 1y ago
  Thanks for sharing. Here’s the snopes article confirming the articles referenced: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nobody-wants-to-work-anymore/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nobody-wants-to-work-anymo...
- encrypted_bird 1y ago
  This doesn't surprise me in the least. It's the same thing with older people claiming moral degeneration with younger generations.
  - dylan604 1y ago
    Or every generations' younger crowd that think the olds are senile fools that have no clue about anything today and mainly tolerated and polite to as long as they are in the room, but then immediately make fun of them as soon as they leave. As if there's no wisdom that could be shared from their experience. The folly of youth thinking they are invincible is equal to this so called claiming of moral degeneration.
    - encrypted_bird 1y ago
      Yes, that too. I fully agree. Both ends of the age spectrum have valuable contributions; one denigrating the other provides no value.
krapp 1y ago
>But we also value not starving to death and having some semblance of work-life balance. But the free market has decided you're barely worth the cost to keep alive, much less happy. What are you, some kind of communist?
- encrypted_bird 1y ago
  Democratic socialist actually. I believe markets are fine but that there needs to be strong worker protections. (I know you were joking, but I figured I'd answer honestly anyway. Hehe.)
- drivingmenuts 1y ago
  I think the free market is trying to decide if we’re even worth the cost of, well, anything.

throwaway48476 1y ago

Someone dug into newspaper archives and found an example of the "nobody wants to work anymore" phrase every year for the last 100 years. The phrase likely predates the printing press. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32161426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32161426

mangodrunk 1y ago
Thanks for sharing. Here’s the snopes article confirming the articles referenced: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nobody-wants-to-work-anymore/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nobody-wants-to-work-anymo...
encrypted_bird 1y ago
This doesn't surprise me in the least. It's the same thing with older people claiming moral degeneration with younger generations.
- dylan604 1y ago
  Or every generations' younger crowd that think the olds are senile fools that have no clue about anything today and mainly tolerated and polite to as long as they are in the room, but then immediately make fun of them as soon as they leave. As if there's no wisdom that could be shared from their experience. The folly of youth thinking they are invincible is equal to this so called claiming of moral degeneration.
  - encrypted_bird 1y ago
    Yes, that too. I fully agree. Both ends of the age spectrum have valuable contributions; one denigrating the other provides no value.

krapp 1y ago

>But we also value not starving to death and having some semblance of work-life balance. But the free market has decided you're barely worth the cost to keep alive, much less happy. What are you, some kind of communist?

encrypted_bird 1y ago
Democratic socialist actually. I believe markets are fine but that there needs to be strong worker protections. (I know you were joking, but I figured I'd answer honestly anyway. Hehe.)
drivingmenuts 1y ago
I think the free market is trying to decide if we’re even worth the cost of, well, anything.