Outsourcing is the new slavery. I've been working in call centers for the last 3 years, and on top of that, I live in a third world country...yeah...I'm fucked.
Workplace Wellbeing Is a Scam?
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I think middle class society in the West has already reached this stage. I was talking about this the other day with my wife, after stewing about it bitterly for hours into the night. The most common form of interpersonal interaction has changed from genuine offers of assistance to displays of status and evaluations of said displays. It's unthinkable to do something as basic as ask your neighbour to "borrow" an egg o…
> The most common form of interpersonal interaction has changed from genuine offers of assistance to displays of status and evaluations of said displays. I don't actually mind the lack of cake. There's never going to be "too much cake", even if the communists got what they think they want. I'm not much of a gift-giving person, so if a neighbor brought me cake, I'd feel like I owe them something in return, which is a…
"I often miss the college dormitories." Me too, for many of the same reasons. I think my social life was most interesting during my dormitory days!