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Re: Anti-work subreddit goes private after rough Fox News interview

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Post by eurasiantiger »

joecot wrote: post #13
Datenstrom wrote: post #8

The personal attacks and especially acting like dog walking is some lowly profession is just disgusting. Anyone doing anything "ambitious" is only being held up by the support of many others making just as meaningful contributions. A dog walker provides a great service to a community that impacts many peoples lives by keeping their companions, which provide emotional support and boost their productivity, healthy and…

It's not so much that the problem is being a dog walker, it's that she's a dog walker who only works 20-25 hours a week and believes people should work even less . And that her response to Fox News's question about whether they were being lazy was "Laziness is a virtue". This mod made previous posts about how she literally sleeps on the job[1], so this isn't about a noble career choice, it's just about laziness. She…

”Essentially the issue here is that the subreddit started years ago not as a discussion of worker rights reforms, but of people wanting to figure out how to work as little as possible, period”

What else are worker rights in the 2020s? We only have one life, why not enjoy it like the men in suits?

Re: Anti-work subreddit goes private after rough Fox News interview

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Post by joecot »

eurasiantiger wrote: post #21
joecot wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not so much that the problem is being a dog walker, it's that she's a dog walker who only works 20-25 hours a week and believes people should work even less . And that her response to Fox News's question about whether they were being lazy was "Laziness is a virtue". This mod made previous posts about how she literally sleeps on the job[1], so this isn't about a noble career choice, it's just about laziness. She…

”Essentially the issue here is that the subreddit started years ago not as a discussion of worker rights reforms, but of people wanting to figure out how to work as little as possible, period” What else are worker rights in the 2020s? We only have one life, why not enjoy it like the men in suits?

I personally agree that our goal should be not having to work to live. Making a "living" should not be a thing. People should work because they want to work, or because they want a higher amount of resources and comfort than the basic level provides. That said, that position is one that Fox News would be happy to make a field day of for their viewers, especially if they get someone who can't coherently argue for it, and that's exactly what they got.

Re: Anti-work subreddit goes private after rough Fox News interview

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Post by renewiltord »

ddtaylor wrote: post #14
datavirtue wrote: post #9

Movement? It's a reddit. My favorite reddit, and the only reason I go to Reddit anymore. That is the problem and that's why the fear level of the elites (about unionization) is elevated enough to start running hatchet jobs on a forum.

> It's a reddit. My favorite reddit, and the only reason I go to Reddit anymore. I have never been to that subreddit, what's the regular content about?

Second oldest topic: complaining about work

Re: Anti-work subreddit goes private after rough Fox News interview

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Post by alexb_ »

The entire thing was a disaster, start to finish. If you're going on Fox News, at least clean your room, put on something other than a sweatshirt, and come PREPARED. You have to know that Fox is going to ask you horribly loaded questions that aim to make you seem like the biggest fool on earth.

But the funny part is, they didn't even do that. The questions asked pretty much amounted to "What are your aspirations?" and "What do you do for a living?" And when the answers to that are "I want to teach Philosophy" and "I sleep on the job that I work 20 hours a week while I punish dogs by refusing them water"[1] then maybe you shouldn't be speaking like what you are doing is too much work.

She could have mentioned the growing wealth inequality, the need for unions, the causes behind the "great resignation", the shifting attitudes of not taking bullshit, but instead she had to say how "Laziness is a virtue!" as if anybody ever is going to agree with that. I would say it's a strawman of the typical reddit moderator (who does it for free, by the way), but if a strawman is made of flesh and blood, is it really a strawman anymore?

Who were the mods at /r/antiwork kidding. I guess this is the egotistical delusion that happens when your head mod is a self admitted rapist.[2]

[1]https://i.imgur.com/XsHDFFN.jpg [2]https://i.redd.it/9zbv77ga04e81.png

Re: Anti-work subreddit goes private after rough Fox News interview

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Post by [deleted] »

joecot wrote: post #13
Datenstrom wrote: post #8

The personal attacks and especially acting like dog walking is some lowly profession is just disgusting. Anyone doing anything "ambitious" is only being held up by the support of many others making just as meaningful contributions. A dog walker provides a great service to a community that impacts many peoples lives by keeping their companions, which provide emotional support and boost their productivity, healthy and…

It's not so much that the problem is being a dog walker, it's that she's a dog walker who only works 20-25 hours a week and believes people should work even less . And that her response to Fox News's question about whether they were being lazy was "Laziness is a virtue". This mod made previous posts about how she literally sleeps on the job[1], so this isn't about a noble career choice, it's just about laziness. She…

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Re: Anti-work subreddit goes private after rough Fox News interview

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Post by alexb_ »

anonygler wrote: post #25
barbacoa wrote: post #2

Link to interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yUMIFYBMnc

Oh my god stop that person from wobbling in their chair.

Worth mentioning that they have autism, which is why they aren't making eye contact and are rocking in their chair. Although that is probably a better reason to not be on the show at all if you are trying to present yourself as a large-scale movement to millions of viewers.

Re: Anti-work subreddit goes private after rough Fox News interview

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Post by anonygler »

alexb_ wrote: post #28
anonygler wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh my god stop that person from wobbling in their chair.

Worth mentioning that they have autism, which is why they aren't making eye contact and are rocking in their chair. Although that is probably a better reason to not be on the show at all if you are trying to present yourself as a large-scale movement to millions of viewers.

It’s a zoom call. Autistic people are capable of basic discipline. They’re clearly not medically disabled.

Re: Anti-work subreddit goes private after rough Fox News interview

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Post by alexb_ »

anonygler wrote: post #29
alexb_ wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Worth mentioning that they have autism, which is why they aren't making eye contact and are rocking in their chair. Although that is probably a better reason to not be on the show at all if you are trying to present yourself as a large-scale movement to millions of viewers.

It’s a zoom call. Autistic people are capable of basic discipline. They’re clearly not medically disabled.

Look, I'm not trying to defend her. But do you think that autism goes away when it's a zoom call or something? I think that it's a perfectly fine explanation for no eye contact/rocking, as both are common symptoms of autism. Think it's a bit rash to immediately assume they are "clearly not medically disabled".
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