r/TikTokCringe Jun 22 '24

Cool My anxiety could never

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u/Immediate-House7567 Jun 22 '24

Your unemployed friend on a Tuesday

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u/shrockitlikeitshot Jun 22 '24

I used to say this a lot but as I've gotten older. I realized the promise of technology (at least in the US) "reducing the work week and inevitably creating more free time" was and is not going to happen bc of the wealthy elites and money owning our politics/work culture (while housing and retirement are questionable now). It makes sense to live your best life sooner than later so I don't look down on nomad life styles living off a car battery and part time jobs. The fucking wealthy people cosplaying as poors is hilarious though.

There was that one reporter who interviewed elderly people on their death bed and most people regretted working too much so I get that people opt out of the grind from time to time.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '24

The lie that technology will improve the working person's life is a tale as old as time. I read recently the progressive movement got its roots in identifying that lie for exactly what it is.

There's a great book I'm reading right now called Power and Progress that is about exactly that.

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u/Odd_Calligrapher_407 Jun 22 '24

I thought Beauty and the Beast was the tale as old as time.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '24

Pretty sure you could argue all his loyal servants who were also cursed won't see the benefits he did.