• GBU_28@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      They don’t mention a job once. “Field” can refer to study, or anything else.

      Imagine how mediocre you’d have to be to reply like that.

      You don’t think weren’t “gifted, motivated” people in Soviet communist Russia?

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      1 year ago

      Holy shit guys, I get the anti work rhetoric, but you’re essentially saying “don’t work hard for anything, just live by coasting”. I really hope this pendulum stops swinging and finds a happy medium

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, I don’t really give a shit anymore. After covid, and seeing how my country treated it as political, and how people are disposable, why would I want to try? I have a job, they think I’m good at it, and it keeps a roof over my head.

        I’ve been making other people large piles of money off of my work my entire adult life and I just don’t care anymore.

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          I’ve had jobs where I didn’t try before, and I just got super bored. My above comment isn’t even necessarily regarding jobs, it’s regarding putting in effort in life. It applies to personal projects etc too. I have an issue with procrastination because of my childhood, and I find it really satisfying when I can actually focus and get a project done.

          If you get enjoyment out of doing fuck all, then more power to you, but myself and many others actually enjoy doing things.

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      1 year ago

      Or you could read it as critical of capitalism.

      “motivation, purpose, social skills, creativity” arguably all valued more under socialism/communism (admittedly there’s a lot of semantics going on under the hood here). Which is why so much tallent goes to waste as grist in the capitalist mill.