▲ 1157 ▼ Every night (startrek.website) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 92 points 2 years ago (4 children) This is known as revenge bedtime procrastination and capitalism plays a huge role in it. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 child) And I will remain sleepless. I refuse to give up the only free time I can claw away. Its all a joke anyway, my bosses made a 140k position for some guy who doesnt do shit. Cant even work his computer. The world is a jest, and we its jesters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago It's not as bad as 140k, I think somewhere around 100k, but I have a guy like this too and he's the office joke. Worst part is the guy who can fire him knows but for some reason is still hanging on to him. He's not the reason I participate in RSP though, that's definitely my 4 kids and early wake up needs for work. Love 'em to pieces but I'll be damned if I don't get some quality silence or other mindful disconnect from reality before sleeping. Sometimes it's just sitting in the lazy boy with the lights down low and my air pods in (noise cancellation on, nothing playing). permalink fedilink source parent [–] owatnext@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago Wow... thanks for telling me why I'm like this. )= permalink fedilink source parent [–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yeah ok, I don't have DSPOD I think I have that. medicine still works some tho permalink fedilink source parent [–] FrostKing@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Could you tell me why Capitalism specifically plays a role in it? Not arguing, just curious permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah! A lot of this comes from a lack of agency in your daily life. You have to do all sorts of things just to stay afloat, leaving little to no time for yourself, so you take revenge at bedtime. The classic argument that salary and hours are no longer tied to productivity applies here; working less for more money reduces the need to spend your sleeping hours finding satisfaction. I wouldn’t say this is a uniquely capitalistic problem, though. Capitalism is just a huge factor in the reduction of individual agency (unless you’re a capitalist and actually have agency) and it’s the most common setup we have currently. You could have the same lack of agency in another setup and see the same problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FrostKing@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) So you would say a change within the system (whatever the system might be) is more necessary than a change of the system, because it could be a problem within any system? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago I think that’s a really good and very deep question. I think there are some changes within the system we could try. Universal basic income, for example, has a lot of promise in terms of getting people beyond the basics to what they can be passionate about. A four day (eight hours each) work week could reduce the need for revenge by giving back a lot of the time we should have. I think there’s good data for both of those things that shows an increase in agency. I don’t even know how to approach a change in the system. I would be concerned with just these changes because I am deeply cynical of capitalists and their lack of interest in sharing agency with the working class. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 child) And I will remain sleepless. I refuse to give up the only free time I can claw away. Its all a joke anyway, my bosses made a 140k position for some guy who doesnt do shit. Cant even work his computer. The world is a jest, and we its jesters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago It's not as bad as 140k, I think somewhere around 100k, but I have a guy like this too and he's the office joke. Worst part is the guy who can fire him knows but for some reason is still hanging on to him. He's not the reason I participate in RSP though, that's definitely my 4 kids and early wake up needs for work. Love 'em to pieces but I'll be damned if I don't get some quality silence or other mindful disconnect from reality before sleeping. Sometimes it's just sitting in the lazy boy with the lights down low and my air pods in (noise cancellation on, nothing playing). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago It's not as bad as 140k, I think somewhere around 100k, but I have a guy like this too and he's the office joke. Worst part is the guy who can fire him knows but for some reason is still hanging on to him. He's not the reason I participate in RSP though, that's definitely my 4 kids and early wake up needs for work. Love 'em to pieces but I'll be damned if I don't get some quality silence or other mindful disconnect from reality before sleeping. Sometimes it's just sitting in the lazy boy with the lights down low and my air pods in (noise cancellation on, nothing playing). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] owatnext@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago Wow... thanks for telling me why I'm like this. )= permalink fedilink source parent
[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yeah ok, I don't have DSPOD I think I have that. medicine still works some tho permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FrostKing@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Could you tell me why Capitalism specifically plays a role in it? Not arguing, just curious permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah! A lot of this comes from a lack of agency in your daily life. You have to do all sorts of things just to stay afloat, leaving little to no time for yourself, so you take revenge at bedtime. The classic argument that salary and hours are no longer tied to productivity applies here; working less for more money reduces the need to spend your sleeping hours finding satisfaction. I wouldn’t say this is a uniquely capitalistic problem, though. Capitalism is just a huge factor in the reduction of individual agency (unless you’re a capitalist and actually have agency) and it’s the most common setup we have currently. You could have the same lack of agency in another setup and see the same problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FrostKing@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) So you would say a change within the system (whatever the system might be) is more necessary than a change of the system, because it could be a problem within any system? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago I think that’s a really good and very deep question. I think there are some changes within the system we could try. Universal basic income, for example, has a lot of promise in terms of getting people beyond the basics to what they can be passionate about. A four day (eight hours each) work week could reduce the need for revenge by giving back a lot of the time we should have. I think there’s good data for both of those things that shows an increase in agency. I don’t even know how to approach a change in the system. I would be concerned with just these changes because I am deeply cynical of capitalists and their lack of interest in sharing agency with the working class. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah! A lot of this comes from a lack of agency in your daily life. You have to do all sorts of things just to stay afloat, leaving little to no time for yourself, so you take revenge at bedtime. The classic argument that salary and hours are no longer tied to productivity applies here; working less for more money reduces the need to spend your sleeping hours finding satisfaction. I wouldn’t say this is a uniquely capitalistic problem, though. Capitalism is just a huge factor in the reduction of individual agency (unless you’re a capitalist and actually have agency) and it’s the most common setup we have currently. You could have the same lack of agency in another setup and see the same problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FrostKing@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) So you would say a change within the system (whatever the system might be) is more necessary than a change of the system, because it could be a problem within any system? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago I think that’s a really good and very deep question. I think there are some changes within the system we could try. Universal basic income, for example, has a lot of promise in terms of getting people beyond the basics to what they can be passionate about. A four day (eight hours each) work week could reduce the need for revenge by giving back a lot of the time we should have. I think there’s good data for both of those things that shows an increase in agency. I don’t even know how to approach a change in the system. I would be concerned with just these changes because I am deeply cynical of capitalists and their lack of interest in sharing agency with the working class. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FrostKing@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) So you would say a change within the system (whatever the system might be) is more necessary than a change of the system, because it could be a problem within any system? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago I think that’s a really good and very deep question. I think there are some changes within the system we could try. Universal basic income, for example, has a lot of promise in terms of getting people beyond the basics to what they can be passionate about. A four day (eight hours each) work week could reduce the need for revenge by giving back a lot of the time we should have. I think there’s good data for both of those things that shows an increase in agency. I don’t even know how to approach a change in the system. I would be concerned with just these changes because I am deeply cynical of capitalists and their lack of interest in sharing agency with the working class. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago I think that’s a really good and very deep question. I think there are some changes within the system we could try. Universal basic income, for example, has a lot of promise in terms of getting people beyond the basics to what they can be passionate about. A four day (eight hours each) work week could reduce the need for revenge by giving back a lot of the time we should have. I think there’s good data for both of those things that shows an increase in agency. I don’t even know how to approach a change in the system. I would be concerned with just these changes because I am deeply cynical of capitalists and their lack of interest in sharing agency with the working class. permalink fedilink source parent
