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If I could be paid to do nothing, I’d do nothing and be happy. While I’m not trying to diminish the reality that most people DO want to work, it pains me a bit to see people insist that the opposite is never the case. Nope, lazy bums like myself definitely exist.
Edit: How does a random self-deprecating post make the front page when all the clips and memes I think are actually funny don’t? Bruh…
TheRealPumpkinQueen
I am mission oriented. Can't not work. But, if that work were to be to make dumb shit and go outside? Mission accepted.
stopitcharlesgetoutofmyhead
It's fair not wanting to feel like a number from time to time.
Spootanany
Doing nothing is far above and beyond being treated like shit for piss poor wages. Of course it looks attractive as hell
fireflowerfire
"oh no a poor person might live like the idle rich instead of being the soul breadwinner for a landlord's family" -conservatives
lookatthisphotographeverytimeidoitmakesmelaugh
ThePathofDestruction
I had to scroll too far down to find this reply. Shame on all of you
LackadasicalGoblin
I want to be a house husband... I hate being in public. I dotn want to do nothing, i just dont want to be involved with people >.>
escalinci
If you like housework, cooking, looking after children (if that's on the cards?), all of that is work.
RayMC
Well like he said, he doesn’t want to do nothing, he just doesn’t wanna deal with people. I’m assuming that doesn’t include wife and kids.
Footstepsofdawn
Plenty of boomers don’t want to work either. It’s people of all generations I’m willing to bet.
electrajet
but...but...muh scapegoat!
ASquidHatWithShades
I think for many, they'll desire to do something eventually. And imagine the cool "jobs" people will have when joy is the focus, not money.
SnarfyMcSnarferson
Same here @op. I'd rather spend my days gardening
MechanicalRomance
We only meed to be working for like 12 hours a week. Weve had laboyr saving decices and we habvent used them to actually save labour.
brassmule
paid*
frenofafren
SadisticLeisure
I swear, every front page post spells it incorrectly. Damn United States education system!
Astramancer
"Want" as in "are willing to" not "want" as in "have desire to"
flerdaflerpflerps
If i was given UBI to live exactly how I live now, i would quit my job and go to full time content creation
ZiegfeldDeVil
Darling, I do not dream of labour.
TheHorseShesElbowDeepIn
At some point we’ll have enough automation to either pay the least productive to just stay out of trouble or switch to Basic Income. >
TheHorseShesElbowDeepIn
> p.s. we may already be at that point.
BlakeMan7
I work in .biz automation and the main problem is you still need people who are smart enough to manage and use your automation software. >
BlakeMan7
> To do this effectively you need to have some sort of computer science background and know the .biz you are automating rather well. >
BlakeMan7
> That is much more realistic for some large company based in metropolitan area, you can hire that talent >
BlakeMan7
> Thing is, America is made up of hundreds of thousands of small, 50 or less employee businesses located in rural areas >
AlpacaMyBagsAndGoNow
The boomers can F right off. Theres so much more to life than working. Our world is so fucked anyways, do what makes you happy
AeternalDreamer
I mean, I have health problems that make it really painful to work. But I still have to work. I can't get on disability for what I have. :(
Arcygenical
I was basically out of work for the last 2 years, as my industry was mandated closed (Foodservice) so much of my joy came from cooking. How?
OriginalPiR8
I would suggest no one wants to work. We all want to offer our time for appropriate life affording compensation.
Yummybubblez
Why would anyone wanna work right now? Big businesses gave proven they're toxic as fuck to employees.
sharkmommychompers
If all my living expenses were paid, I'd have a cafe with free meals for anyone and everyone. I crave tantalizing tastebuds.
rhmrcScifiBandit
"Whats your dream job?"-i don't dream of labor.
rollercostarican
Some people want to work. They want a sense of accomplishment and purpose. I am not one of those people, but they do exist.
Shaodyn
We want to be productive, valuable members of a community, not meaningless cogs that have no real value.
Mickp81
I’m fine not being valuable. I really just want to watch movies and play video games. Unfortunately, life and my community have other plans
Shaodyn
The point is, we DON'T want to slave away at something we hate just to buy the right to be alive.
aap71
i for one do not. i in fact want to permanently get away with shirking
HedonistBeard
Note that the community isn't necessarily the society we live in, but could be just your own little family of one or more people.
Shaodyn
As someone else said, we want to do something we enjoy, not toil away at something we hate just to buy the right to be alive.
FallingStar7669
It's instinct. No one wants to work because 'work' wastes the energy that we need to survive. We accept it as a social necessity, but when +
FallingStar7669
+ it becomes clear that we aren't supporting society and instead supporting people who don't need support - billionaires - the social +
FallingStar7669
+ contract is clearly broken, and so, we see no reason to uphold our end of it.
Animorphs
Well said.
Itsonporpoise
LinkGoesHIYAAA
Exactly. We only work bc it’s what we were raised to think is expected, and not working is lazy. But realistically ev1 wants to work less.
FallingStar7669
Mmhm. And that is complicated by how you define work; some people genuinely enjoy certain labors and crafts, or suffering to benefit others.
RayMC
These comments certainly make me feel less weird, but I can’t shake the feeling a solid part of it really is laziness. I’m a college (1)
sharkmommychompers
I often talk about if money wasn't required, what would you do with yourself. Would you art? Explore? Create? Star Trek future please.
RayMC
student right now, though. I hear the real world is a lot of time spent sitting and doing nothing, so maybe I’ll feel differently then. (2)
magicgirl
Do you have hobbies? They'd be your work in utopia.
RayMC
Not really, no. One day, maybe.
5TUP1D
Depends on what you do for a living.
FloodingWaters
No one wants to work. That's why we must be well treated and compensated to get us to work
teknojo
You just have no desire to do the normal drudgery shit. No matter what you do for "fun" someone somewhere is getting paid for that.
Corrodias
My life is waaaaay less stressful with my job than school ever was. At least after a 6 month adjustment period.
3rdattemptaaaaaanditsgone
Shits fair. I feel like that a lot too. Who’s to say where your best self is? You could be the next Van Gogh if given the chance.
3rdattemptaaaaaanditsgone
Having the time to explore yourself and develop a skill or a hobby is important to the evolution of a culture. And no matter how small>
3rdattemptaaaaaanditsgone
Your contribution, you are part of that culture. You just don’t want to be a laborer. It’s fair. Paint. Tinker. Build. No one should judge.
RayMC
While the smartass troll in me wants to reply “bUt I wAnT tO dO nOtHiNg1¡!,” that would be a lie. Yes, picking up something & developing (1)
RayMC
towards it is absolutely what I’d do if I had ample opportunity & a sense of time management when (it seems like) there’s not enough time.
3rdattemptaaaaaanditsgone
Even if you did do nothing, it’s only temporary. You as a human have the same longing to move like the rest of us do, no matter how buried.
FantasticBean
I’d like to live in a Van and gogh
spacecowboyein
Nah I just want to live in a VR fantasy world and contribute nothing to society. But I realize to do so would make me a piece of shit.
3rdattemptaaaaaanditsgone
I get that you’re trolling, but it absolutely wouldn’t. If things were structured properly it wouldn’t make a damn difference if you stopped
3rdattemptaaaaaanditsgone
And that shits ok too. Humanity has advanced beyond the point of having to slave all day every day. There are robots now, remote work>
3rdattemptaaaaaanditsgone
And enough money and materials to make sure everyone is taken care of. It doesn’t matter if you don’t feel like participating. >
3rdattemptaaaaaanditsgone
Maybe one day you’d even change your mind. And who cares if you didn’t? You’d be able to survive with the necessities.
spacecowboyein
I mean, that's what I really want deep down. But we have not advanced to the point where no one needs to work. This isn't star trek.
spacecowboyein
But even if we did, I think having people who do nothing but take up resources is more morally problematic than you make it out to be.
3rdattemptaaaaaanditsgone
No, it’s not. It’s the natural extension of current societal beliefs. If every life is worth saving, this is what’s next.
ZachariahNelson
If I could do random odd jobs all day and still be paid a good wage I would. What an I doing today? Who knows but I get to do something!
tesseract4d2
I imagine the concept of a job/career is what makes people think they don't want to "work" I bet if you had i finite free time and no
tesseract4d2
Financial responsibilities, you'd enjoy things that are laborious. Personally, I'd love to do woodworking. Or learn to be a
tesseract4d2
Research librarian. Those things are work, but they aren't going to pay the bills for me at this stage.
userfriendly19777
Is it possible to be both lazy and like to work at the same time?
StrangePaegan
I've read that "lazy" isn't real but executive dysfunction is, aka maybe it's the ADHD.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Not everyone who's lazy has ADHD though.
StrangePaegan
I literally just pointed out that "lazy" isn't real but ok.
Deleteded
I think of that as, you want to do something that you find rewarding, which is why you enjoy work, but don't want to do soulcrushing work-
Deleteded
-that makes you hate your life until you're old and broken down with nothing but regrets
Nunyajonesinc
I want to work, but only so far as it benefits me. Fuck making some rich asshole richer while I can't make rent, get my teeth fixed and not
Nunyajonesinc
Eat absolute garbage
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
I want to work but can't. That being said, with all this free time I have, I have learned how to draw, write, 3D model, and created multiple
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
table top games that I have written the entire rule set out and not tested xD
RayMC
Not tested, eh? Sounds like a recipe for “that’s right, it’s the square hole!” :P
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
Haha. Im pretty rigorous when making rulesets. I just need models to play with! But my 3d modelling is .... not good for vehicles...
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
I have a Dog Fighting game and surprsing NO ONE a mech game
RayMC
I bet your modeling’ll improve! You said you want to work but can’t. If I may ask, why’s that? I understand if it’s too personal, of course.
ExtremeCowEnthusiast
Ive covered it a few times, but long story short, a physical disability and a few mental disabilities
5GFPLaqZ4nAy2QwrqOEI
way i see it, we should all strive towards a future where we don't need to work to survive, that we work just to better ourselves.
5GFPLaqZ4nAy2QwrqOEI
or something. maybe because am into robots and AI. :/
5GFPLaqZ4nAy2QwrqOEI
ahhh frak it. here is a pic of sleeping cats instead.
override367
Very few people don't want to do anything with their life, which is not the same thing as work. I'd love to design and paint miniatures
override367
I am not talented enough to make a living doing that nor can I afford to stop working to build up the talent. There are billions of -
override367
entrepreneurs that would go into business if they had the means to do so. The next ten Amazons or Teslas are living in the mind of some -
override367
janitor or data entry clerk right now
override367
I actually believe that given how productive America's economy is and how many jobs are "bullshit jobs", that UBI would work great.
override367
Offices don't need 7 fucking vice presidents
AlmostCertainlyNotPickles
We're struggling to transition into a post-scarcity society. With manual labor being automated, you'd think it'd free up people's time.
escalinci
Housing and healthcare are staying scarce, somewhat due to speculation, especially in the USA, but they're fundamentally not abundant.
AlmostCertainlyNotPickles
Housing and healthcare are being kept artificially scarce. There are rooms and houses going unused because no one pays to use them>
AlmostCertainlyNotPickles
AlmostCertainlyNotPickles
escalinci
Technology stopped enabling denser housebuilding really in the 1930s, you get diminishing returns after 6 storeys.
Deleteded
That's what it was intended to do, but people said "no, you must labor as people always have" I have people in my industry that think you-
Deleteded
-don't work enough if you're only working 40 hours a week.
AlmostCertainlyNotPickles
There's a bit of cognitive dissonance. People are worried that necessities are being produced with so little human involvement that no one>
AlmostCertainlyNotPickles
Kemi337
We already exist in a post-scarcity society. The scarcity is artificially maintained for profit.
Kemi337
Food is destroyed, medical supplies sit until expired, so much waste is generated because allowing it to be sold cheaper would hurt profit.
AlmostCertainlyNotPickles
With scarcity being manufactured so the elite can maintain control, it's technologically possible for us, but our society is stuck outside.
bonkersbabytail
Considering you've never been paid to do nothing, maybe once it happened for a long enough period the desire for the opposite would 1/2
Varenvel
Politicians?
Sendrax
As a seasonal worker, doing nothing gets old.
bonkersbabytail
Prevail. But who knows, I'd like to give it a try
Soberyn
I have a shit ton of hobbies. I would 100% never return to work and just learn new things and hone my skills. And create LOTS of cool stuff.
bonkersbabytail
Yes, but that is working. If you do your hobbies long enough you'd very naturally start making money off of it. Not 100% certain obv 2
bonkersbabytail
but honing your skills at something youll likely start showing people, and more people and naturally you'll find a niche of customer at 3
bonkersbabytail
some point. Again, it's not certain, but I've seen it with people many. Very anecdotal, but I'm not a scientist, so :(
Goatfer
I havent been able to work for even part time for 24 months. IT SUCKS. You gotta keep yourself busy or thoughts become obsessions.
Kuvajainen
As someone who has been paid for nothing(like everyone else in Finland), it really does work that way! When you have the time to recover/
Kuvajainen
And/or heal you get the drive to do better. Also just laying around without an occupation gets old pretty fast even if you have hobbies!
FussyZeus
This. If you're just given what you need to survive, even if for awhile you wanna do nothing, eventually you will. It's human nature.
UglyTitties
I'm in this situation atm. Just been cleared to work after being sick for 1,5 years. I get my money from the government, but fuck am I bored
SarcasticComment
Just to warn you. I'm currently stuck in a daily 1 hour meeting that is pointless. Work is also bored scrolling imgur.
vnqx
Nobody wants to work...but for enough money, you can convince them.
puffcorn237
My friend works extra out of boredom because him and his fiance have no shared hobbies and live in a new city with no friends
Ismellofhockey
It's not just the money. If ever you find work that allows you to have a positive impact and makes you feel valuable, you'll want to work.
vnqx
If you truly don't care about the money, it's a hobby
Ismellofhockey
The pay definitely needs to be rewarding enough. It's part of making you feel valuable.
girlfartjapan
People want enough money to be convinced working without earning enough is the only reason to go to work
GrassssssssTastesBad
I disagree. I think humans need stimulation and many find work fulfilling. Enough money gives people the freedom to choose jobs they enjoy
Deleteded
There are brainwashed people with no imagination that would continue working if they didn't have to because they don't know what else to do
loma45
Ah yes, "anyone who disagrees with me is brainwashed". What an enlightened view.
Deleteded
Not what I said dipshit.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
I have an interesting job that I like and get paid a lot for. Why wouldn't I keep working?
inthrees
That’s not true though. Man is generally industrious.
Sheepdroid
Or have we all been told so over centuries of exploitation? Who knows.
inthrees
It’s pretty well documented. Man likes doing stuff. The problem you’re referencing is who gets the benefit of the doing.
Deadmanwalkn
People like doing stuff *that they're interested in and at their own leasiure* No one wants to slave away day in and day out
inthrees
Why would you ever think I felt that second way?