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Why anything that comes to your mind to do in that situation has to be "work"?

• copperx 12y ago
  Because in America, publicly enjoying unplanned leisure is taboo.
  • hollerith 12y ago
    I've been living in America (East Coast, Bay Area) for the last 54 years, and I don't recognize the America described in about half of the HN comments I've seen recently (including this comment).
    • sirdogealot 12y ago
      That's not something you could perceive by looking at the general public. That's something you can learn by being involved in the north american corporate workforce. When I took my very first job at mcdonalds I was told "If you've got time to lean, you've got time to clean." That work ethic is very prominent in american culture. If you're not working, you're not achieving your full potential. And that needs to stop.
      • hollerith 12y ago
        When you put it that way, I guess I agree.