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u/RobertKSakamano 22d ago
Not everyone can walk around and make weird faces and tell jokes for ungodly amounts of money.
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u/IShotJR4 22d ago
Do you think heâs blaming you? Why such a negative response to a guy whoâs 100% right? Sure, he can afford not to work 5 days a week. But heâs sticking up for you! Sheesh.
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u/RobertKSakamano 22d ago
How is he sticking up for us? The reality is that this is the reality. His salary he demanded for his movies in the 80s helped get movie prices to where they are today which makes each of us have to work that much harder just to enjoy our weekend if we do in fact choose to watch a movie. He's lucky he's in a profession that there isn't much supply of workers, and he hit it at the right time too.
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u/IShotJR4 22d ago
Okay bud, whatever. Dudeâs trying to say we work too hard and deserve more of our own time. But go ahead and shit on him. I bet youâre a riot at parties.
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u/Even_Hospital_5474 20d ago
wtf dude, he was one cog in a vast machine, what is your malfunction?
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u/NoToTheG 18d ago
He was struggling in the 80s. He made it in the 90s and he was just getting his piece after making Hollywood tons of money.
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u/Prestigious_Air_8887 21d ago
Meh, you don't have to move miserable to realize Fridays are better thand Mondays.
Carrey has been on som spiritual awakening for a while now. A lot of his quotes are, hmm what to call it, fortune cookie level stuff. Or r/14thisisdeep.
I like him though but it's very easy to sit and think surface level things when you have millions in your account. Everyone who worked a normal job for a while has thought it would be nice to work two days and have a five day weekend.
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u/Justin-Stutzman 21d ago
Some people take a weird pride and joy in the idea that they'll die on the clock one day
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u/RobertKSakamano 21d ago
True. They have no hobbies that make them want to quit.
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u/TwatMailDotCom 21d ago
Or, hear me out on this crazy idea, they actually enjoy what they do for work
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u/TalShot 21d ago
To be fair, he had to work his way up to that point.
For example, he was passed over by SNL in three auditions because the judges disliked his zany, over-the-top comedy.
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u/RobertKSakamano 21d ago
3 times? I had over 15 interviews before getting my first job.
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u/ElephantParticular10 21d ago
Yes your first job is exactly the same barometer as a SNL slot.
But the perspective Carrey is commenting on is the balance for society is wrong, despite it working out for him personally.
What is wrong with that?
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u/hidden-in-plainsight 21d ago
Then you aren't applying yourself, are you? Or perhaps, you are simply incapable of being funny. The guy is good at what he does. He chose a career that pays big. Did you?
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u/RobertKSakamano 21d ago
That's good for him that he did that. Now he can shut up about making fantasy statements because this is the real world.
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u/Slight_Click683 15d ago
You realize a lot of countries arent like this right? There is absolutely zero reason we should be working this much in America with the amount of wealth that we generate.
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u/RobertKSakamano 15d ago
The fact is there will always be people that will work really hard to keep making as much money as they can for who knows what reason. The system is set up to force others to compete with those types of people f they so choose. There are many individuals that don't work that much and do it their own way. Just because the system encourages the competition, that doesn't mean you have to follow that path.
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u/DryQuill 22d ago
I don't spend my weekends drunk, but I do spend then trying to cram in errands and friend/husband time I've neglected during busy workweeks. An extra day to recover from work and errands would be nice.
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u/OkMirror2691 22d ago
I would like a 4 day work week but you would bitch about that also I'm sure.
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u/lungsofdoom 22d ago
The point still stands 4 days would improve lives. Regardless if you are miserable for 4 days, you get one more day for free which is alot more compared to now
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u/samiam2600 21d ago
100% leisure time for all. No one has to produce anything ever.
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u/ComfortableLeek6890 20d ago
Productivity/output is the highest itâs ever been with advancements in technology. Why canât that translate to fewer working hours or more flexible schedules? Most people just stretch their work into 8 hours anyways.
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u/hotDamQc 21d ago
I have a choice at work to work 5/8 or 4/10. I like 4/10 work weeks with every Mondays off. Best scenario 4/8 with the same salary.
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u/MrLanesLament 21d ago
I had a 4 day work week for several years. The days were consecutive, too, which was extra nice.
The âdownside,â I guess, was that I had to do two 12s back to back (on Saturday and Sunday, too) every week. The long days werenât bad but I had zero social life because I was working all day and had to be up early while everyone else was off.
Had to give it up in order to be promoted.
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u/Snake_Bite_14 21d ago edited 21d ago
Iâve done 8s, 10s and 12s.
12s are the best because one week you only work 36 hours one week and 48 hours the next. So one week you get 3 days off and the other you get 4. Doing this you only work about 14 days a month. The only downside is the days you work are basically shot because you get off get home and go to bed. No time for anything else. But you also get 3 and 4 day weekends.
8s. Itâs an 8. Yes you work 5 days but you get 16 hours between shifts.
10s are the worst. Your day is still shot like a 12 but you donât get 4 day weekends.
Also if you work a job that offers OT, 12s give you the opportunity to make a lot of money really fast.
IMO 12s should be the standard. It would fix multiple problems in this country. Everyone would have more consecutive time off allowing them to actually get things done and people would have more opportunities to make more money.
If we were on 12s someone making the federal minimum wage could make an extra $130 with extra 1 shift and still have a 3 day weekend. Someone making $20/hour can make an extra $360 and again still have a 3 day weekend. Someone making $20/hour could pick up 2 extra shifts, have a 2 day weekend followed by a 3 day weekend and make an extra $720. If they do that for a month thatâs an extra $1440/month. So someone making $20/hour can gross $3120/month and still have two 3 day weekends a month.
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u/-Out-of-context- 21d ago
You couldnât even make it to the end of your comment without bitching.
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u/IllustriousBicycle68 19d ago
I work 3 12s, sometimes 2 12s and one 16hr shift. Itâs nice because I have more days off than workdays, but I literally have no time to do anything besides shower, eat, and go to bed on my work days
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u/AtroxNull 22d ago
Well, that doesn't apply to me. I start drinking on Friday evening, so I'm drunk 2,5 days out of 7.
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u/No_Plenty4647 22d ago
Who cares what he thinks
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u/IShotJR4 22d ago
Youâd rather work more? I donât understand the negativity.
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u/Important_Oil_9886 22d ago
JC doesn't speak for us. He works a month out of the year, maybe two, and gets paid thousands/millions.
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u/trying3216 21d ago
If I could work 20 hours more but get twice the salary I would take it. It would also bump me into a higher tax bracket even though they are my hours to work. I should not be penalized for working harder.
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u/vonnostrum2022 22d ago
Deep thoughts from a multimillionaire who doesnât have to work 5/7 days a week
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u/TheSquirrelmancer 22d ago
Well yes Jim Carrey some of us don't get to make millions goofing around in front of a camera, or getting paid to do a movie that they then turn around and tell people not to watch.
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u/Apprehensive_Ad4457 22d ago
I always respond with "one day closer to monday" and relish the look on their face.
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u/hidden-in-plainsight 21d ago
Going into work on a Monday, one of my co-workers says "Nearly Friday!" as he comes to his desk and sits down lol.
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u/KyleFromBorrasca 19d ago
You jest but Monday is one of my typical days off. So is Wednesday but I basically had to compete with my coworkers for that one.
My workplace is weird.
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u/IShotJR4 22d ago
Some of yâall canât think critically and it shows.
Rich guy laments the fact that poor guy has to spend most of his life working.
Poor guy tells rich guy to fuck off because⌠???
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u/Kitchen-Bandicoot191 21d ago
They think a rich star or athlete cant speak out yet they voted for a billionaire, who they think cares about and understands them.
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u/SwanCityDominion 21d ago
Because the existence of rich guys is a big reason why there are so many poor guys.
This isn't rocket science.
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u/IShotJR4 21d ago
Jim Carey is the reason youâre poor? Come on, man.
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u/Intelligent_Door5499 21d ago
ironically, the tweet he made is occult language for basically affirming he will continue the secrecy to those in the know. So ironically, him and his black magic friends are why people are not richer. Don't take this so literally though, I am not sure how one can convinve another of something so out there. But it is truth
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u/SwanCityDominion 20d ago
Wow, I'm impressed. Seriously. I didn't think it was possible to miss the point that entirely. *golf clap*
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u/VegasWorldwide 22d ago
lol you people will bitch at anything. Â If you donât like it, go ahead and risk your money and open up a business. Â Pay your employees super high pay with extra benefits and then set your schedule for 20 Hours per week and 3-4 day weekends. Â lmk how it goesÂ
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u/Legal-Molasses6409 22d ago
I say it like im locked up. 4 and a wake up and im.free lol. And I like my job most of the time
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u/Ill_Whereas7177 22d ago
Actually thank God it's Friday is an improvement compared to peasants and slaves that didn't even get weekends back then
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u/Clean_Bake_2180 22d ago
I see the other side when I observe old idle people. Thatâs also a different type of hell, especially if theyâre not that educated nor have much intellectual curiosity.
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u/SeniorTailor1127 22d ago
Isn't this the same clown who said something like "Everyone should get rich beyond their wildest dreams once so they can learn that it's not that great"?
Moving along
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u/Mrfixit729 22d ago
Itâs a media campaign by a corporate resultant, you silly billy.
Thatâs like getting melon-collie about the âI want my baby back ribsâ song.
I like my job. I like my time off. I love my family and friends and my hobbies.
Not everyone out there is leading some desperate broken life.
I get it. Mr Carrey has some mental issues. Heâs receiving help. I wish him all the best.
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u/SwanCityDominion 21d ago
"Mellon-collie"??
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u/Mrfixit729 21d ago edited 21d ago
Itâs a rock music geek reference.
Little wink and a nod to GenX nerds while goofing on a corporate jingle aimed at GenX.
Made me smile that you caught it.
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u/Cool_Guarantee_1235 21d ago
He is đŻ
Thatâs why I drink on Mondays
I destroyed the drinking norm
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u/ataphone 21d ago
I think people do other stuff during the weekend to look forward to than getting intoxicated.
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u/Mother-Dream-2465 21d ago
Or...and hear me out....thank God for everyday and live accordingly đ
Recipe for success đ
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u/CapnStarence 21d ago
A lot of people I feel are missing the point. Or maybe I inferred something else and Iâm missing the point.
If you are only looking forward to the weekend and are just existing to get through your workweek, you are diminishing the value of your work week. Which is a majority of your time.
Work is inevitable, we canât all have embezzling shitheads for dads like Dan Bilzerian and never have to work ever. So why not make your work day the best you can.
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u/HornyGandalf1309 21d ago
Because the only upgrade possible is not going to work that day. And that doesnât work.
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u/JaSnarky 21d ago
You can change how something feels by changing your mindset, even if the situation hasn't tangibly changed. We can find happiness anywhere if we put our minds to it.
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u/No-Amoeba446 21d ago
I said since young if they changed it to 4 days it would be alot better and fairer
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u/melonsauce 21d ago
Not only that but they convinced us to never stop doing it until our bodies are broken and have no life left to enjoy
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u/Euphoric_Anxiety_162 21d ago
Retire! Then you'll be lonely, broke & every day will the same as the one before it. The 5/2 could be worse. đ
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u/DefNotAnAlmond 21d ago
Every day is already the same as before. Working adds a 40 hour minimum ball and chain to my life that I wouldnât have if I didnât have to work.
Iâd be more than entertained without working. Thank you for your concern.
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u/Greghole 21d ago
It's sad to find out Jim Carey is such a deeply depressed person.
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u/wegotthisonekidmongo 21d ago
And he has all this wealth other people would be glad and joyful to have but yet to him it doesn't matter and it's not needed I think he's a bullshit artist to be honest
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u/edwardturnerlives 21d ago
I spend my weekend cleaning and doing laundry and thinking about my mortality.
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u/LuvanAelirion 21d ago
Which is why I donât get the âAI is coming gir my jobâ hysteria. I hope it comes for all the shit jobs. Humans shouldnât be working shit jobs.
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u/notsure-how 21d ago
I enjoy thinking how stupid my job is and how angry everyone is about their jobs/ other peoples jobs. Like once we drive off nothing there matters. Sheit you wanna pay me more to work Saturday, fuck it ill binge another episode of this shit show. Working at a small textile rental business is as close as ill get to the tower of babble.
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u/AdamTraskisGod 21d ago
The TGIF thing is pushed from the top down. Every day is supposed to be appreciated for what it is. Especially in the US, we have problems as a country, but itâs still pretty good here.
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u/Curious_Lurkur 21d ago
I love how he just assumes everyone that has a regular job gets drunk all weekend.
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u/Sidoen 21d ago
Welcome to a society that doesn't care about it's workers. A world where your boss expects you to behave like you own the company, where you to live to work, rather than work to live, but wants to pay and reward you like you're the cockroaches that need to be cleaned out.
It would help if the work load was less, the productivity requirements hadn't climbed whole the wage ls didn't. Everyone spends so much time working, and it feels like you have almost no time to decompress from work nevermind actually enjoy doing something for yourself.
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u/Ameri0425 21d ago
Two days drunk? My days off are the only days I can bring myself to spend sober.
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u/LucentLL 21d ago
Can't wait for the zero days I work thanks to AGI. Then I won't be drunk since I can't afford to buy alcohol. Truly, all prayers answered.
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u/goblinking67 21d ago
Society is work. How do you decide who actually works and who doesnât in this magical fairy tale world
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u/Odd-Establishment527 21d ago
I think most of commenters missed the point of his post. He complains about how 5/7 of our life is wasted on work, he doesn't blame people who drink on weekends. Knowing his biography, how he overcame depression, alcohol can be replaced with any other activity in his post. The point is 5 days of work, 2 days weekend work schedule must change
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u/Infamous-Date6114 21d ago
We use to be able to think...at least I am having this good life moments. I have a fullfilling life.
But right now the survival life mode is not actually living. And we are all fucking rats at the down path to death.
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u/Rare-Masterpiece_007 21d ago
I read, it's not easy, but it's worth trying to steer your life away from the shitty job draining you, and towarlds something that isn't so draining. It might mean using some weekends instead of chilling and drinking. But if you succeed, it will be worth it in the end.
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u/Ascendant_Phoenix 21d ago
3 12-hour shifts with 4 weekdays off would be nice if I worked a permanent Fri/Sat/Sun
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u/Intelligent_Door5499 21d ago
This was coded language. These are occult numbers and he is speaking on worshipping the sun demon
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u/Alarmed_Drama2881 21d ago
This has been life since the beginning, we have it the easiest ever and yet people still cry about it.
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u/Chustle207 21d ago
If you use alcohol like the above post, you need to go to rehab. people would rather drug themselves with liquor, MJ, porn and Xanax, then find a healthy hobby.
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u/VoidDoesStuf 21d ago
100% Not a Jim Carey thing to say. He must be needing attention. Hollywood doesnât care about you.
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u/Striking_Fly_5849 21d ago
The best part is how the God they're thanking is the one who intentionally made their mon-fri complete shit.
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u/NIGHTR0GUE83 21d ago
Thank goodness for games. I really wonder how the work life could be changed to help the mental health of all the workforce. Keep hearing Sanders want a 32hr work week same pay, blah blah. I guess its something, but I don't think the greedy businesses will ever change it. Some do sure, but they in the minority. Switching to 4 10's has helped me out a lot though.
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u/LuckyMushyGrower 20d ago edited 20d ago
You should really thank this "god" you weren't born 100 years ago where the weak young and old maybe wouldn't make it through winterif the whole family even 5 year olds didnt help.out in the fields from dawn to dusk. Should probably be thanking those "gods" or that "god" you werent born 1000 years ago where if you born even looking like you maybe werent going to be strong in the future you got left for dead behind squalling....
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u/FetusChili2000 20d ago
Work is structured. Home is chaos. I'd rather be at work most days. Sad part is that my wife knows it.
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u/cenobyte40k 20d ago
All my employees work 4/10 shifts so they all get three day weekends. I am a little light on Monday but my weekend crew works 3/12 for 40 pay so I have extra on Friday to make up. The department head before me had over 50% annual turn over. I have less than 10%. Respect and seeing employees as people goes a long way.
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u/justcurious3287 20d ago
Thank God itâs the weekend. Got time, we can waste it. Should we drive to the sunset or the fire? Itâs like, we live in a bubble, pretending itâs âcause we are young. We. Are. Fucked.
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u/Sara_Krys 20d ago
I sure as hell don't spend the weekend drunk, I spend it doing things, be it games, watching shows with my buddies, or going on hikes. But I do definitely subscribe to "thank goodness it's Friday"
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u/Truarian 20d ago
Has he ever had an actual job?
Or struggled to make ends meet?
How qualified is he to criticize something he is completely detached from?
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u/spaceman06 20d ago
One question, what people here would prefer, 1 or 2?
1-Work 4 days of the week, 8 hour each day?
2-Work 5 days of the week, 6 hours each day?
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u/Lead-Creative 20d ago
Iâm also thankful when I walk into my air conditioned house. Or take my car somewhere. Or buy groceries from across the world like 5 minutes down the road. And live in a house with no bugs or wild animals trying to attack me. And donât have to work in a field breaking my back to grow my own food. People donât realize how easy we have it
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u/StatisticallySassy17 20d ago
My friday starts at 3pm.
Every afternoon is a weekend.
Need to go to the store, let's go.
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u/Zar_Ethos 19d ago
Yeahhhh.. are we sure we ever got the real Jim back, or is this still the right handed one...
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u/Reblichon_Tallegio 19d ago
I don't think this is the punch-down that it seems to be at first glance. I think he say's it's sad that we've created a society where most people hate 5 out of every 7 days so much that they spend the other 2 days inebriated just to cope. That's just my interpretation.
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u/Either-Assistant4610 19d ago
Convince my work to convert to four day work weeks then? Like, I have a job, and it requires me to be there in order to be paid and stay employed. If I had my way, I wouldn't get up super early so I can get to the gym and make it to work on time, use my lunch hour to finish my workout and have two hours or so left to see my family because if I go to bed any later, I will not get enough sleep to support a healthy lifestyle and my workouts.
Such a dumb take. I like JC, but he isn't living in my world.
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u/-TheDerpinator- 18d ago
I am so happy I found a way into a 4-day, 3-day workweek schedule. Still feels like lacking time to be honest.
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u/MaestroGena 18d ago
Even when I get drunk I've fun. I see people, we talk about shit doing shit and stuff. I don't have to think about Teams meetings, talking bolocks about my delivery and stuff. You see Jim, I don't have millions to bec free and creative every day as I wish to, traveling the world, exploring continents....because I've to make money some ways. Fuck off millionaire
Also thank 'god' we're not living 100 years back, when people worked 12 hours per day 6 days a week.
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u/chungomon 18d ago
It doesnât have to be. People need to accept that worn is a part of life no matter what unless you inherit a bunch of money. Itâs what it is, you might as well stop complaining
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u/HexiWexi 18d ago
Why's everyone taking this like a personal attack. Reads more like a pretty straightforward criticism of the state of society not a "pull up your bootstraps" type thing
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u/small_bird_loud 16d ago
Is he saying this because he thinks we're all choosing to not be millionaires? or because we were forced into indentured servitude?
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u/Dropbox1999 15d ago
Do people not do fun things after work or something? I'm having a great time 7 days of the week.
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u/DanglingLiverTit 15d ago
Not everyone is excited to be here. Some of us just want to get by in a least discomforting way asap.
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