Those in the Imperial Core will never understand that what they consider unbearable hardship and boredom is actually a life of luxury that the vast majority of people on Earth cannot even imagine.

The international division of labor is 1000x more important and impactful than the domestic one.

  • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    married

    owns his own house (landlords don't like pets and tenants rarely take care of lawns like he does)

    cute dog

    physically fit

    <15 minute commute time (assuming he spends half an hour at the gym and the gym is right between his workplace and his home)

    1+ hr lunch

    <40 hr workweek

    physical exertion is pushing keyboard buttons and carrying a light backpack

    close to the gym

    takes the elevator to punch in while taking the stairs after his shift is over in order to squeeze more exercise, meaning he probably isn't suffering from some existential crisis

    plenty of disposable income

    has enough time and energy to keep his entire house in pristine cleanliness, enough money to hire a maid to do it for him, or has his partner clean for me so he doesn't have to do shit

    has a company laptop, meaning he either spends at least half his workweek teleworking from home or is at least middle management bringing home $120k+ a year.

    He's living the life. Literally the only improvement in his life is if he completely teleworks instead of partially telework from home, where he can save the <30 minutes driving to work plus gas money and have a 8 hour lunch instead of a 1.5 hour lunch. He even manages to avoid the pitfalls of labor aristocratic life (not really alienated because he has a married partner and a pet dog, not adversely affected by a sedentary lifestyle because he has time, energy, and money to go to the gym everyday, probably doesn't have a micromanaging shithead supervisor if he can get away with 1+ hour lunches).

    People are getting baited by the sad music, his house being clean, and his sad expression. Please have the awareness of reading between the lines instead of taking everything at face value.