• CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    A decent amount of people really do just park their ass on the couch and cease existing. I’ve watched more than a few people retire and die shortly after from having nothing to live for.

    • jpeps@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      I noticed over covid that many people were telling me that they were happy to be working again after being furloughed (temporarily paused employment in the UK) because they’d been losing their minds with nothing to do. I couldn’t understand it, I was busy and really happy.

    • teagrrl@lemmy.ml
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      13 hours ago

      What tying your entire purpose in life to how much you can enrich capitalists does to a motherfucker.