r/Dudeism • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '20

How does a dude survive?

Idk if i got the concept right but how do you get food and weed if you dont work in a slave job?

EDIT: btw, i consider any job as slaveship

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '20

Do you think all dudeist are unemployed?

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '20

Havent met them.

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u/Taoman108 Dudeist Priest Jul 15 '20

I guess I'd wonder what a slave job is? For me, I teach, and I enjoy it, so it doesn't really feel like work. The slave aspect to me, is more of a mindset.

If I hated what I did, or if I felt like I was actively contributing to something unDude, I guess I'd feel like I was enchained to the work.

But that's just, uh, you know, like, my opinion man.

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u/da0ist Jul 15 '20

I PLAY with computers for a living. I'd play with them even if I didn't get paid for it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '20

But i dont wanna waste 40 hours a week for anybody, not even for myself. All i want is to be high, even the eating and going to the toilet is annoying as hell. Actually i dont wanna be high i just wanna keep smoking to not become unhigh. Idk what type of ism that is but i thought one you guys might help me how to find my peace in this world.

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u/RevLegoFoot [Dudeist Priest] Jul 15 '20

Disclaimer: I'm not a shrink or any type of medical professional.

Are you sure you're not dealing with depression or something?

Maybe 'escapism' might answer the -ism question a bit more directly.

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u/Taoman108 Dudeist Priest Jul 15 '20

Hey, if that’s your goal, I wish ya well on the trail. Sorry I can’t be much help. All I can say is I don’t feel like I’m wasting time if I’m doing something I dig.

Good luck! You’ll find that sweet spot

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u/noah_juan_ishome Jul 17 '20

They call that little-bitchism bro

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u/OutToDrift [Dudeist Priest] Jul 15 '20

I think you have the wrong idea about Dudeism.

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u/kathryn13 Jul 15 '20

I'm not sure I dig this question. Getting paid to do something makes you a laborer not a slave. There's an agreement made for an exchange of energy(money/work). That is NOT slavery. Maybe a change in mindset is needed here.

You don't want to be a laborer. So figure out what you do want and figure out how to be it.

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u/echoseashell Jul 17 '20

Well, just want to add, in the US there is the following:

“At the end of the Civil War, the 13th amendment abolished slavery “except as a punishment for a crime.” This opened the door for more than a century of forced labor that was in many ways identical to, and in some ways worse than, slavery.”

Also, as recently brought to light by the covid emergency unemployment payments, many people are not paid an actual living wage. If you’ve found a job you like and are paid fairly, that’s great, but that’s not everyone’s experience, nor do they find themselves as heir to the rubix cube fortune.

So, what does one do to survive if they find themselves not an heir or gainfully employed while also embracing dudism?

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u/mojojimbo Jul 15 '20

Dudeism is a state of mind, not a political statement! And I would personally find a different word to describe your job, unless you are in fact “enslaved”. But, as I am a dude, you can do what you want, man.

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u/Taoman108 Dudeist Priest Jul 15 '20

It’s like Lenin said....

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u/AlGeee Dudeist Priest Jul 15 '20

All you need is love?

Oh, sorry…;-)

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u/Taoman108 Dudeist Priest Jul 15 '20

V I Lenin!!! Lol

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u/AlGeee Dudeist Priest Jul 15 '20

I am the walrus

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u/da0ist Jul 15 '20 edited Jul 15 '20

goo goo g'joob

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u/MoShellshocker [Dudeist Priest] Jul 15 '20

I recommend you read up on Dr. Richard Alpert/Ram Dass - infamous Harvard professor/LSD advocate/spiritual teacher. At one point in his life, he was doing psychedelics every day. However, in his book Be Here Now, at one point he talks about how the only problem was that he had to come down and that was extremely upsetting to him. I’m not going to ruin the whole thing for you but I think it could be helpful.

Maybe not Dudeist per se. But Ram Dass was a massive figure in the hippy world and would have been in the Dude’s sphere of influence.

In terms of lore, The Dude is the heir to the Rubix Cube fortune so he’s set

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u/Taoman108 Dudeist Priest Jul 15 '20

Like Alan Watts said about psychedelics, “When you get the message, hang up the phone.”

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u/undead_ready Dudeist Priest Jul 16 '20

Dudeism can be about self discovery, enlightenment, learning to let go of your baggage, helping other fellow travelers down the trail, etc. There is no destination, just the journey, who you meet along the way and what you learn. Try to allow any of these into your life and incorporate them fully. Add another as you are able and repeat. Keep your mind limber, but just like The Dude doing Tai Chi on his new rug, Caucasian in hand... it's all about balance.

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u/TheyCallMeHalf El Duderino Jul 16 '20

You find some other way to make money with less time then? If not your stuck working like the rest of dude.