• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Isn’t that a good thing, though? We’re not all being worked to death? (I mean people are in some places, I’m just talking about Lemmy here.)

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, as someone who almost died from covid + pneumonia (and my doc thinks also comorbid RSV) from rampant exposure in various residential care facilities, someone who was over-worked, exploited in a toxic work environment, burned out, and then forced out of a job from long-covid…

      People acting like having free time is a bad thing/that it’s admirable having work/productivity consume every waking minute can shut the hell up… That’s not healthy or a good thing. I don’t get how they think it’s bragging to boast about how much of their limited lifespan has been given away to their employer rather than spent on something they have chosen to do out of desire.

      I am proud of the hard work I did and the people I helped as a caseworker for adults with severe mental illness. But if I could go back in time, I would not have been killing myself for all those years. It’s given me a new perspective on life, and I intend not to waste the rest of it.

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      1 year ago

      Isn’t that a good thing, though? We’re not all being worked to death?

      No, it’s not a good thing. You’re making a false dichotomy. Reality should ideally fall somewhere in between.