tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post2495183839846442631..comments2024-03-28T00:18:10.569-07:00Comments on Demeur: Work or lack there ofDemeurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-82527324822897483092011-12-21T10:01:07.484-08:002011-12-21T10:01:07.484-08:00How true you all are. I never thought about what t...How true you all are. I never thought about what to do once I hung up the full face.<br /><br />And a happy F*ing New year to you Harry. I was beginning to think you crawled into a hole and died.Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-88049965816788062112011-12-21T06:30:18.343-08:002011-12-21T06:30:18.343-08:00Very very very very very very few of us have jobs ...Very very very very very very few of us have jobs that require 40 hours of "work," whatever that entails. Just like every single facet of existence is couched in economic terms, we've made employment the pinnacle of that existence. It's just a way to pay the fucking bills. <br /><br />I'd much rather be reading, re-learning to paint, play the guitar, go darkthroning, you know, that frivolous stuff that makes this planet actually enjoyable.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-51272678242667509212011-12-21T04:56:40.643-08:002011-12-21T04:56:40.643-08:00We need to reindustrialize.
We have China do that...<i>We need to reindustrialize.</i><br /><br />We have China do that for us, they do it cheaper, unions here make it too expensive to make a lot of things in this country. <br /><br /><i>Hence the idea that BBC is a 'bum'; He's not, he's just a well balanced human being.</i><br /><br />No, I'm a bum, being a good bum is a fine art and a good way to get by these days. <br /><br />Let's see, if I was 20 would I be concerned about all this? Na, I'd figure out some path to take. <br /><br />Seems to me like all the young people (here anyway) have expensive cell phones so they must be getting money from somewhere.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-4651272069360359172011-12-21T00:32:49.439-08:002011-12-21T00:32:49.439-08:00A truly provocative post.
Anthropologists recon w...A truly provocative post.<br /><br />Anthropologists recon we evolved to do about 4 hours stuff a day. Given the natural environment we evolved in we 'work' for about 4 hours then eat, socialise, fornicate, sleep, wash, rest and have fun the rest of the time.<br /><br />I think we have been conned by control freaks.<br /><br />Since we now live in a consumer culture if we have more 'spare' time we need more money to fill it. <br /><br />It was only in the industrial revolution that the moralistic work ethic came about. Unfortunately we have it deeply embedded in out collective psyche now. Hence the idea that BBC is a 'bum'; He's not, he's just a well balanced human being.Toxic Drumshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422159950237560120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-52844840248675175392011-12-20T23:54:51.940-08:002011-12-20T23:54:51.940-08:00We have become too efficient for our own good, in ...We have become too efficient for our own good, in some ways. Bring back the guys (or gals) who'd pump your gas, clean your windshield, check your oil and radiator, and sometimes hand you a free set of decorative drinking glasses or placemats, if you got a fill-up.<br /><br />We need to reindustrialize. If we do that, even with all the robotics and other automation there will be lots more jobs. Better-paying ones.<br /><br />We probably should transition to a four-day work week. But (and this is what will make Getbux & Shaftemall Inc. execs crap their pants) at what's currently paid for five days. With some help from big gummint, of course.<br /><br />Jim, government doesn't have to resort to make work. We've got plenty of public-sector/public-service work that needs doing. For example, how about training and deploying 30,000 food and agriculture inspectors nationwide, so we can eliminate the 1,500-plus annual deaths from food-borne illnesses. Those deaths are all preventable, as are most of the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of cases of nonfatal gastroenteritis that occur annually.S.W. Andersonhttp://ohpblog.ohpinion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-13931824432844600792011-12-20T21:41:58.050-08:002011-12-20T21:41:58.050-08:00I've been thinking about this a lot lately too...I've been thinking about this a lot lately too. As our society becomes more efficient we're going to have to move away from the rigid capitalist mentality and more toward something more socialist and relaxed. Either that or the government will have to create lots of "make work" occupations just so we can keep up appearances.Jim Marquishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07192637469594429978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-76547742372784540242011-12-20T17:48:30.082-08:002011-12-20T17:48:30.082-08:00So, there's that little plick..
I don't r...So, there's that little plick..<br /><br />I don't recall ever having to work more than a eight hour a day job five days a week, except by choice. I might have had to, and just don't recall. <br /><br />Because my wife didn't work a few times I took on some part time jobs weekends and evenings. <br /><br />Oh well, now I'm a bum so don't have to work. I figure I'll keep getting my SS money until I die cuz the government will keep making magic figures to keep it coming to me. <br /><br />But I don't recon I'll be living all that much longer so maybe it's just for you to worry about.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-17323276881701713772011-12-20T16:39:11.077-08:002011-12-20T16:39:11.077-08:00fcuking googleblogger, I'm not responsible for...fcuking googleblogger, I'm not responsible for the double post.harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124211614993590653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-91408210665416674392011-12-20T16:35:27.885-08:002011-12-20T16:35:27.885-08:00And a merry fcuking xmas to you Mr De Meur.
&qu...And a merry fcuking xmas to you Mr De Meur.<br /><br /><br /><br />"harry"harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124211614993590653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-70006497173510862292011-12-20T16:35:12.279-08:002011-12-20T16:35:12.279-08:00And a merry fcuking xmas to you Mr De Meur.
&qu...And a merry fcuking xmas to you Mr De Meur.<br /><br /><br /><br />"harry"harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124211614993590653noreply@blogger.com