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Anti-work subreddit goes private after rough Fox News interview

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

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Post by raxxorrax »

bakuninsbart wrote: post #57
eurasiantiger wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

”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'm anti-work in the sense, that there are too many bullshit jobs, income discrepancy is way too high and across the board, jobs require a large amount of in my opinion unreasonable things of their workers, like believing in the vision on the surface, showing up everyday at specific hours etc. Nonetheless, I like working, even in the range of 50+ hours a week, I just also think that our society would be much better i…

A smart engineer is a lazy engineer. This isn't a statement about how laziness isn't a vice. It is about having a sensible goal.

I believe we have enough useless productivity enhancers that really lack perspective.

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Post by dorkwood »

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.

I've seen "no eye contact" mentioned a few times. I think this can be explained by the fact that this person either didn't realize, or wasn't told, that they need to stare directly into their webcam for a television interview.

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

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Post by alexb_ »

anothernewdude wrote: post #59
alexb_ wrote: post #26

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?" an…

Doesn't matter. Fox News selected this guy for a reason.

Fox News actually didn't select her - the mod team elected her as the best representative. Think about that.

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Post by [deleted] »

kova12 wrote: post #45
Datenstrom wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the missing context I haven't been following the news around this in any detail. Also, I agree it was politically a bad move and she should have expected it and prepared better. Just him mocking aspiring to be a dog walker really revolted me. I deeply appreciate everyone who does things for me so I can be doing other things that interest me no matter what they might be.

walking dogs for living is surely a valid life choice, it's just not a type of career you would expect from leader of a movement.

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Post by zivkovicp »

supperburg wrote: post #55
tonyedgecombe wrote: post #41

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>The market decides how hard you are expected to work That's like saying house prices in San Francisco are set by how much people are willing to pay. It's true but hides the real problem which is housing is unaffordable for many in that area.

It doesn’t hide anything. If the price is too high then something is wrong. In your case it’s restraint on supply and in labor the problem is people who don’t know the value of what they have and never put any consideration into making themselves difficult to push around. They jump into precarious financial circumstances, but expensive things and pump out babies and when it comes time to negotiate they have zero leve…

Harsh words, but true. +1

The best thing for most people to realise is that "life's not fair, deal with it".

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

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Post by tenuousemphasis »

alexb_ wrote: post #63
anothernewdude wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't matter. Fox News selected this guy for a reason.

Fox News actually didn't select her - the mod team elected her as the best representative. Think about that.

The mod team which she could remove anyone from at any time, since she is the most senior moderator.

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Post by lloydatkinson »

The working theory is the mods, including this one, were paid off to be a total disaster to try prevent the movement gaining further traction. Everyone in the subreddit voted no to a media appearance. That mod decided otherwise with a second interview with another mod not yet aired.

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

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Post by xg15 »

alexb_ wrote: post #26

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?" an…

I didn't really follow the whole affair, but I found it interesting that Fox apparently specifically requested this particular mod for the interview - and that the mod had already given interviews in the past.

I haven't seen those past interviews, but if she behaved like that in the past, could it be that requesting her was the brunt of Fox' strategy?

Like, they might have known she would make a fool of herself (and the movement) without them even needing to trip her up with loaded questions.

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Post by hypertele-Xii »

NoPicklez wrote: post #32

The part that Fox hit the nail on the head was asking them what they really wanted to do in life. They responded saying to teach Philosophy, now all jokes aside, what's stopping this person from going after that? This movement that this person supports isn't going to get them to where they want to be in life, or atleast have a go. Like all things people have their own interpretation of what "anti-work" is. For me it'…

> If this person had said, I work x number of hours a week dog walking so I can follow my passion of x, then that's completely fine.

What if one can follow their passion of x without walking the dog? Would that then not be fine with you anymore?

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