Better Use Of Leisure Time (1950)

[@SeatherineJent]

I spent my leisure time watching this video.

[@sensitivespirit1118]

The Shark Princess Same here I like to spend leisure time watching these informal videos from different periods of history

[@nkley1]

You beat me to my same reply. 😂

[@SadhnaAchindraBharti]

Same here

[@baronsorgi1]

I'm spending my leisure time. beating off at the moment

[@eej1983able]

Ftw lol

[@linkedinlove106]

Ken's had so much leisure time he's starting to hallucinate.

[@MHostess999]

🤣🤣

[@koestenbraumstar1843]

imaginary friends dont steal your girlfriend, run over your dog and call you loser!!

[@blockwearingman]

😂😂

[@gator9339]

Ken's been smoking on his leisure time

[@sonampalmo3578]

Maybe a little Thorazine...

[@sofaslapper8715]

I'm assuming that binge-watching 1950s instructional films is not a good use of my leisure time.

[@MeowingKittyCat]

It's a great use of your time -- these films are very educational! ;)

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Actually, every film you watch makes you A Better Human Being!

[@MegaMackproductions]

Made you reflect on that so maybe it is after all.

[@sabrinaszabo9355]

Interesting, because people were literally told how they need to act. We’ve been going against our own nature for as long as they’ve been telling us to

[@flufflepuffle]

I binge-listen to them as I do housework!

[@hollymh6266]

Ken being utterly perplexed by the idea of having genuine hobbies is a Big Mood honestly

[@amaraberger7113]

factsssss

[@nicollevelez8149]

Yes!

[@scottgrunow5201]

I enjoy moping.

[@Kirsten_is_cursed10]

“Mother should hear you say that!” 😂

[@billyb4790]

What is a big mood? Is that a new pop psyche term?

[@InResponseOutreach]

I come from a dysfunctional and abusive family and these videos are helping me learn how to integrate into normal society

[@helpfulquotes198]

Woah! Same here!!

[@sabrinaszabo9355]

They’re not doing it right.

[@oksills]

@@sabrinaszabo9355 Wrong!

[@phoeberaymond8781]

Yea i dunno where id be without the internet

[@katlynlykstad5810]

These have taught me a few things my school, parents or society today hasn’t taught me. History raised me.

[@caidalee1994]

This actually makes me want to get back to my knitting, instead of staying on my phone all day. Thanks, video from the 50s!

[@ashdallis6701]

same here!

[@caidalee1994]

Silver Rain I do? I just recognize that I’m on my phone more than I should be, and my knitting is being neglected.

[@anabetancourt9316]

Even if you knit 15 or 20 minutes a day thats more than an hour a week. Little by little your project gets done! And you get that sense of accomplishment!

[@rebeccaservais8115]

I watched this while crocheting a hat.

[@renee3351]

@@caidalee1994 I agree. I had to refresh myself on knitting since it’s been so long I nearly forgot how!

[@malpal777]

what the heck these 50-60 life style videos are actually helping me live a better life

[@ARedMagicMarker]

Preston Garvey: That's the goal, ma'am.

[@Kelle0284]

Is your life in black and white yet?

[@rollandjoeseph]

Keep it going!!

[@missxmarvel]

No social media. Parents are dumb and you learn more form tv than from them.

[@JanieBee]

Who woulda thunk it. A time where people weren't told to do whatever they want all the time with no discipline they had more fulfilling lives lol

[@EmilyElizabethxox]

The 40 hour work week was implemented just 10 years before this was created. I had no idea people of the 19th century had to work 70 hour work weeks. This is quite educational even 73 years later.

[@charityneverfaileth22]

People pursuing medicine still work 70 hours a week.

[@manga12]

@@charityneverfaileth22 if not more, and some still give more then that and would even expect it of eveyone, the purist form of the Protestent work ethic" idle hands are the devils toolshed, but you do have to have some destress time or reflection time, even the christian religious communites know this they live a humble hard working life of routine but have down and reflection time as well as quite study time and time for excercise or games or singing.

[@marcelotoimil1032]

Don’t get into Sales if you want to work a 40 hour week. No vacations either…

[@Kirsten_is_cursed10]

@@charityneverfaileth22that’s why it’s called “residency,” they’re supposed to be living there

[@authenticallysuperficial9874]

​@@charityneverfaileth22and the leftists want to limit their income

[@faithcritchfield1066]

We are all Ken sometimes, completely clueless and in need of guidance from the friendly voice in our bedroom.

[@ShayBelladonna]

It’s a cricket 🦗

[@amandahudson431]

Why am I binge watching these?

[@ragazzasolare77]

Same 😂

[@CanadianFan]

@@ragazzasolare77 me too!! LOL

[@terenarosa4790]

I think it's the music and the lo-fi audio.

[@g.j]

Amanda Hudson same here 😂😅

[@saucierdavid8109]

Too much leisure time.

[@suzanneobrien6391]

Awesome. My mother always said "your bored, enjoy it, it is a luxury". Then she'd find something for me to do. What a great lesson that was. What she normally found for me to do was dishes, haul fire wood, dust, rake the yard......to this day I'm never bored.

[@Itsfine416]

Same here.

[@oldblackstock2499]

My daughter, she's grown now, made the mistake once telling me she was bored. Just once. Lol. I wish now I had suggested something fun instead of making her do some work.

[@theclumsyprepper]

@@oldblackstock2499 Work builds character.

[@oldblackstock2499]

@@theclumsyprepper yep, and she's a fine young woman and mother.

[@theclumsyprepper]

@@oldblackstock2499 You must be very proud of her.

[@caseyj9]

“Leisure time should give you a change, should help you learn things, and should have a long term goal”- my life is so much better with simple checklists like these ❤️ Thank you old time wisdom I needed this

[@lynnealuebben1967]

Not all things have to be goal oriented sometimes it's the journey or experience.

[@HotMonkeyDik]

Agreed. Before the name of the game was poisoning us and then selling the "cure"

[@krissykimono]

How considerate he is of how busy his mother is. That’s sweet.

[@chandranelson2772]

Bill uses his leisure time working a job. Wow, that’s leisure!

[@sarahwithrow7250]

Ken hears voices, and talks back to them. He has enough problems without being shamed for how he spends his leisure time.

[@BeingRefined]

😂

[@karenmcc2197]

😂😂😂

[@tessajones9393]

😂😂😂

[@barbaraedgley2634]

We are so blessed.most of us work a 40 hr week. True that it wasnt always this way. 12-14 hours of labor 6 days a week.

[@NoName-qm3oz]

Im 42 years old and this has educated me better then my parents ever did. Better late then never!

[@Hotarubi-dono]

If that's you on your profile picture you look younger than 42, actually you look really good

[@lucindamendiola8642]

I’m 33 and I agree with you

[@maryanne2025]

Amen

[@samanthajeffers9339]

That’s relatable

[@molliwilson5639]

By the way, Ken … you need some friends …

[@CG-lf8st]

This is so interesting to watch seventy years later. The middle class still enjoys 40 hour work weeks and the automation of household items like washing machines, but now people are feeling pressure to work side hustles or second jobs, couples are both having to work and find time for washing, cooking etc on top of that, we are spending longer commuting further distances to work, and home ownership is increasingly difficult and almost impossible on a single wage for many, let alone while raising kids. Not to mention sedentary jobs meaning we have to find find to exercise too. It's feeling like 'leisure time' isnt quite what it use to be, but I'm not sure how realistic this video was to reflect everyone's circumstances back then.

[@lsmmoore1]

It wasn't. Black and Hispanic folks often didn't have that luxury, thanks to having to deal with racism and the poverty that often comes of it. Even the lady who played Maria on Sesame Street did not have the luxury of having a stay-at-home mom (and in her biography she said she had asked why her mom didn't stay at home like all the moms on TV, and mom explained that she basically would love to stay home but can't afford not to work).

[@paulinekeown2472]

@@lsmmoore1 Thank you, the perspective in this video definitely comes from a privileged place.

[@hastalavistabunny969]

This video wasn't trying to target everyone. It was targeting middle class suburbanites. Poor people would spend their time doing more work and rich people absolutely know what to do with their free time. Targeting everyone would be impossible anyway.

[@nanodudek]

Well said.

[@bradfordlangston836]

​@@paulinekeown2472The vast majority of US citizens have washing machines, dishwashers, vacuum, and don't have to feed animals, sew clothes, chop wood, or build their own furniture. The average American works fewer than 40 hours a week. Nearly everyone has time to pursue their interests if they want.

[@ryanscott2363]

The moral lesson from this video is to keep ourselves busy, learn more, more creative, and be more productive during our liesure times. And I really love that! ☺️

[@barbaraedgley2634]

Growing up i loved reading & drawing as a kid. Kept busy

[@CurlyCath07]

A leisure activity must: -give your life change -enable you to learn while doing it or prepare yourself for better living - part of long-range goals that would give satisfaction Thank you, this video is helpful!

[@johnnyguitar8067]

100 years ago "HEYY! THAT'S MY DAD!!"

[@jn1mrgn]

Ken's new at this time stuff.

[@Michelle77Va]

Lol

[@ayeitskrista5871]

His dad is a vampire

[@MrSpruce]

His male ancestors all just look exactly the same - you can't blame him for jumping to conclusions!

[@kimmyc2862]

So confusing for me as I tried to figure out ages. Not a good use of my leisure time

[@jungefrau]

Fast forward to the 21st c when the gig economy and low wages mean we're back to working 70 hours a week to make ends meet.

[@ThatsSomethingDoable]

More like a broken education system that teaches nothing about what to do with money or build anything. This is why we have people claiming wages need to be 15 dollars minimum. Even though in my state, 15 an hour got me a two bedroom apartment, a car, and enough food for me.

[@farghom]

don't forget the loss of unions so also lost the rights 😁

[@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669]

It's actually the backbreaking taxes that causes us to work so hard. And now that democrats gave TRILLIONS of our dollars to Ukraine, and imported MILLIONS of illegals, there's little hope for the middle class to escape poverty. Thanks alot democrats.

[@MagnumLoadedTractor]

​@@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669 no matter how hated far right is people will vote for them just for the lower taxes

[@Dh-rp7gg]

We are in the 21st C

[@carolesmith4864]

Well, I just learned from this that I have too much leisure time. In fact, I might be lazy.

[@Sharon_Hocutt]

same

[@THAT.RANDOM.GUY_]

Odd thing Carole, I think it's contagious. ;)

[@g0i2023]

It's always better to know what you are.

[@koestenbraumstar1843]

churning butter for the fresh bread on the table i made from the tree i choppped down with the axe i made from the rock i dug up with my own hands in the dirt i tripped on during the bear attack.......whatever.

[@samclairs2442]

I have a full-time job, but I could say I’m still lazy since on the weekends I don’t do anything since I’m so tired after the working week 😆

[@sandwichbreath0]

I love how Ken is just immediately fine with a disembodied voice appearing in his room.

[@joeswanson733]

you know i too would like to encounter some disembodied voice... makes great company

[@shiptj01]

It was a simpler time.

[@donnaquixote7538]

I love how slow-paced these old flicks are. 😍

[@Sambocha]

exactly. everything now is just so fast that i don’t have time to take anything in. these are so much more relaxing. a lot of current movies and shows give me anxiety

[@SteviePaints]

Notice how well-spoken they are, and it's actually possible to understand what they're saying. Television changed all that. Now teenagers talk so fast and don't enunciate their words that it's impossible to understand them.

[@InResponseOutreach]

“Supposed you lived 100 years ago” me a hundred years later almost watching this lol

[@lleaves]

Good instructional film! Leisure time should be used creatively and constructively. Skills acquired from hobbies as a young person can prepare one for a career. Some people may laugh at this and similar films believing they are condescending but not everyone is fortunate enough to have parents that provide such guidance. Films such as this provided outstanding guidance for young people that could not acquire it any other way. Really an excellent film for young people even today.

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

Or- Here's a revolutionary idea- We let people spend their leisure time however they want to.

[@krunkle5136]

@@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45 Having something to feel proud of that you crafted with developed skill, is a need. Also it helps make us less of a society of mindless consumers.

[@zillobeast5257]

@@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45and when u let them do that they gravitate towards watching too much dragon ball and become a loser

[@delt19]

​😂😂

[@nicoleraheem1195]

I love how you received this! ❤

[@SDS-ee9js]

I love binge watching these videos in my leisure time

[@smallbee1234]

73 years later and this is still a valid lesson to learn.

[@ProxyNumber001]

The previous job i had was 12 hours away from this man's 72 hour and was full time paying dirt cheap. I was so burnt out i couldn't understand why i was unable to use my leisure time for things other than laying in bed neglecting every aspect of my health that continues to follow me a whole year later. This video and that lovely person's comment really put it into perspective

[@kaitlinowens7778]

Here's encouragement to make the best of your days, bit by bit always while healing from whatever preceded! What do you look to do now?

[@eizhowa]

I think he has forgotten his homework.

[@CJ-im2uu]

eizhowa Mom would have more time if Jr did his own laundry, share of house keeping would be a great way to spend his free time

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Yes, and the Extra Reading list

[@sarahelisabeth247]

The 'ton of homework' thing only came around in like the 60s when they were trying to beat Russia in the space race and therefore wanted all their future children to be smarter/more capable to beat Russia in the future

[@dallyh.2960]

"Went down to the drug store. None of the gang was there!" Does not translate well in 2020.

[@JulieBall-dg2ci]

Right? LOL!

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

They used to serve milk shakes at drug stores back in the day.

[@blockwearingman]

ah young ppl still go to shops

[@ShiddyKong]

yeah ever since the drug store incident of 2019

[@danner253]

@@icecreamforcrowhurst That's the strangest idea to me lol, guess I would have to see it myself to get it.

[@ReccquiemBST]

I came here from a YTP. The ironic thing is I actually learnt something from this. Not many people in today's world realise how easy everything is now and what we all take for granted, especially today.

[@Hadvar]

cs188 babyyy

[@ReccquiemBST]

@Rain Don't forget to bake the clothes!

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

@@ReccquiemBST Don't forget the nude picture tonight!

[@AmericanIdiotPolitics]

dont forget to identify the turds!@@ReccquiemBST

[@sandiegotijuanacollins420]

@@ReccquiemBST Scrub Bread,

[@richardgadberry8398]

0:09 EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATOR: PAUL HANDJOB, Ph.D. PROFESSOR OF SUCCIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF WAWA

[@albertmerlew]

"theres nothin to do no-one around, all my friends are busy" damn how relateable

[@maysmith5893]

Narrator why are you spending your leisure time worried about how I spend my leisure time.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

He's working and getting paid...

[@gabbylopez9091]

Agreed!

[@mbjjunior8629]

Very helpful, practical, and relatable.

[@empressultima9410]

"Young man you get off MINECRAFT and get to bed. After you get to bed, you get off that bed and get to work. LOL."

[@dylanlarson4658]

You can build the back porch. After you build the back porch, you can build the stable. After you build the stable, you can _Build a buggy, drive a big tow truck!_

[@dylanlarson4658]

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[@mfbfreak]

For once, one of these old films actually makes a lot of sense. There's one thing i have to comment on: never feel pressured to make a business out of your hobby. I do photography too, and people sometimes ask for a print (an actual boomer style darkroom print!) of a picture i took. I reckon i could make a couple bucks off of it if i wanted to. But it's absolutely fine to have a hobby just for the fun of it. Monetizing it can rapidly turn a hobby into a chore. Also, doing nothing can be a goal in itself. If i plan too many activities - even fun ones - on a weekend, i just feel like i direly need a weekend after a weekend on monday.

[@CreativelyWarped]

"Never feel pressured to make a business out of a hobby" Your comment really resonates a lot with me. There was a time I really enjoyed making videos but over time as I attempted to make a business out of my hobby, I fell out of love with making videos. It became a real chore. I did learn a lot from the experience all things considered.

[@waffle8364]

what about doing what you love? making money off that instead? isn't that a hobby? I mean... sure. There are things you want to do that doesn't involve schedules or pressure to get things done but you only have hobbies if you're doing something you don't quite enjoy

[@eneco3965]

​@@waffle8364You wouldn't have those hobbies if you didn't enjoy them

[@l.5832]

I will never do my hobbies for money. A neighbour tried to hire me to sew him some shirts. I politely declined. It would ruin my hobby to have to do it to someone else's specifications. Same with embroidery. I loved doing vintage tea towels for gifts. Someone said I could sell these and the very thought would take all the pleasure out of it.

[@janeflip1]

I did wedding cakes and gave them as wedding presents. No one could complain if it wasn’t perfect!

[@bartschlief2574]

I spend my leisure time watching these videos, its definitely a hobby now😂

[@neverjethot]

You don't have to work 12 hours a day now that we have ballpoint pens.

[@imcintyre01]

John Everett technically George Washington era had ball point pens, fountain pens feather pens...they were still in the prototype stages.

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

@Rain probably something ridiculous like talking into an electric block and have it write down what you say for later.

[@lexigrimhaive]

Far too many don’t understand the sheer amount of time and effort it takes to write things with a quill and ink. It’s honestly something of a miracle we have any kind of written down historical records at all!!

[@brittybee6615]

I think it’s funny; you know how now we all type on computers and type dates out like “09/11/23” but back when they had to HANDWRITE documents, I’ve seen manuscripts with dates put in like “On this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred…blah, blah, blah” all in beautiful penmanship. I didn’t even think about how much extra time using the old pens would take.

[@TheLemon420]

Every time I watch one of these I realize how much we needed a society like this.

[@elysiangirl]

genuiely needed this. 21 years old and ive used my teens on moping and doing nothing. im getting better though. i just know that once im older i would kill to get as much time as i do now!! i gotta use it wisely!!

[@n1msu]

Possibly one of the most underrated videos available to watch today, on both sides of the pond.

[@JakobMoscow]

I literally thought that plane was a farm sprinkler....and was like 'well, I guess that could be a hobby' lol

[@Stellar_Drift]

I thought the same lol

[@amethystrocks6433]

A plane? That's what that thing was? It looked like a long stick on a swivel. 😂😂😂

[@ricksanchezsflask8794]

Don't worry, Ken. The older you get, the less leisure time you have because your body wears out, you may have family, or you're always working to support yourself.

[@joeswanson733]

well ken im assuming in this movie the character is 18 or so. maybe even 17. goes to college or trade school finish between 20-21 years old. then has to work and the time flies by

[@Liusila]

Not for everyone. My work time has been getting easier since my studies (I’m 32). Agreed on the body problems, but the aspiration is to be able to do a little less as you accumulate a little more money later on. Maybe.

[@bnk091182]

Anybody else wondering why the hell we're going backwards in society? We have allowed ourselves to forget our past accomplishments and we're heading straight back to 70 hour weeks. Geez . . .

[@joeswanson733]

well if you want to work more hours to get ahead that's your choice but like you siad your union ancestors fought to keep the work hours more manageable. 40 hours. but these days with rising cost of livnig it seems like you have to work more hours just to stay afloat.

[@NeverAgain.BeNiceToPeople.]

Form more unions

[@stacy_bee]

@@NeverAgain.BeNiceToPeople.Amen to that🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@tj-co9go]

Neoliberalism

[@DeathPredator]

Nah, little wonder to it. Bad currency.

[@Vladimir_Lemon]

Thank you cs188 for directing me here. This was a pleasant watch!

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

You seem to get some *pleasure* from this

[@AmericanIdiotPolitics]

SAME.... now I'm going to get a JOJ and go do pot at the library while I work

[@fezabolt]

That's life... scrub clothes, carry water, carry clothes, bake bread, carry bread, scrub bread, feed the chickens, carry the chickens, scrub the chickens, bake the chickens, scrub water, bake clothes... til time to DIE.

[@skeetch201]

only real ones know

[@ourgoldenspires]

@@skeetch201 approximately 188 of them (hehelol)

[@PBSkid08]

Ken’s pretty kinky too

[@ronnieperez8519]

Bake the chickens actually makes sense lol

[@krunkle5136]

Or have dirty clothes and starve 🙃

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

Some of us put our leisure time to good use.... By binge- watching these old time videos!!

[@indigothecat]

A broken clock is right twice a day. People still had hobbies back in the day, lol, but they are correct. You will feel much better if you use your leisure time at least somewhat constructively.

[@Sarahsvintagekitchen]

Hmmm, 200 years ago they worked 72 hours a week. Not much change there then.

[@edwardgaines6561]

The Vintage Kitchen Oddly enough, technology has TAKEN our free time from us. Mostly from slave-driving bosses.

[@JulioLopez-xz5kx]

Get a better job.

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

@@JulioLopez-xz5kx doesn’t help

[@whateverIwasthinkingatthetime]

​@@JulioLopez-xz5kxGeT a BeTEr jOb

[@Briarxoxo]

Person: Gee, Ken! You’re so good at photography! What made you want to start? Ken: well, I got this camera for Christmas one year. That, and a disembodied voice dragged me over how I was spending my leisure time and told me I needed a hobby.

[@Mr.Obongo]

Twas his schizophrenia

[@zaidmaaita3759]

It's nice how that camera reminded Ken of a good activity.

[@ferdsmand_]

I FREAKIN' NEED THIS ADVICE

[@camf33]

Ken travels to the 2000’s and says.. I don’t have enough leisure time.. I can’t squeeze family, a job, streaming, gaming, playing with phone, going out, spending time with my hobbies, geez.. Lol

[@peonypuff]

Im obsessed with these olden day tv shows 😂 help

[@BADBIKERBENNY]

My leisure time is Saturday and Sunday. Monday to Friday is spent working in construction. By the time I get home, I'm dirty and tired. I just want dinner and relax before preping for tomorrow.

[@CampingforCool41]

Napping seems like a great use of leisure time.

[@andydixon2980]

I'm spending my leisure time watching this.

[@shockingdocumentaries4255]

Hobbies and doing things just because you enjoy it are great. Shunning having down time, bragging about working over 70 hours a week, and using that as excuse to demean a young man for relaxing and enjoying those years before he becomes a workaholic, ISN’T. This uses something that can be healthy and twist into a SLAVE every minute should be filled mentality. The best thing about having actual down time where I’m not being a busy bee is, having time to actual think about what I want to discern if what I’m being exposed to will help me get more of that. This does but only because it helps me see why my hobbies have become stressful at times and how I got the idea that I should only feel good if I’m trying to do too much. And feel guilty just relaxing in the moment. Plus this makes me feel like their are RULES for what I should do with my off time. I can make my own decisions thank you. The videos that show how other people spend their off times, the progress they are making with their goals like having time for the things they love most and balancing that with time for themselves, family and friends; are better inspiration and more pragmatic approach to adding joy in our lives. I thought this video would be along those lines. It never occurred to me that hobbies could rules designed to make you feel bad about relaxing in whatever way you choose during your LEISURE TIME. Now that I do though, I can see not only is this the same mentality that created slaves and worked them to death, it’s the same mentality we have now. Except most are working 2 or 3 jobs to reach those 70 hour workweeks, but still can’t afford to live from one paycheck to the next. God forbid they get pleasure from relaxing and doing nothing because they are too tired to bird watch.

[@goodfriendacres5633]

There's a definite difference between relaxing and "moping." I don't think anyone in the 50s would disagree that relaxing and reflecting is a healthy use of leisure time. However, moping and inwardly lamenting that your time is useless because you have no one to spend it with and nothing to do is not healthy. And young people with plenty of energy and nothing constructive to do often start playing pranks and getting into trouble for the fun of it because they have not learned a hobby or been allowed a small age appropriate job to earn some spending money. There's nothing wrong with relaxing and reflecting on life. I think it's a skill like many others...learning to be still and peaceful and content with the stillness. But many extroverts can't tolerate it for very long.

[@marana6709]

You know you've been watching too many videos like this one, when you start to recognize the actor from another video. 🙈🙈

[@GreatVibrationsAffirmations]

😂 yep

[@Nofretari]

I enjoy working out, reading, cooking and canning.

[@koestenbraumstar1843]

i feel tired just reading this.....ugh

[@BADBIKERBENNY]

I like to ride my motorcycle.

[@stanleycostello9610]

Reading, cooking and baking, listening to music and, above all, thinking.

[@teresastaggs7923]

Braggarts 🤣 . Just joking.

[@patrick7mary]

Clara! From the Andy Griffith show, the Mom, lol…. Aunt Bee’s friend who always won 1st place for her homemade pickles, lol. 😂❤❤❤

[@Hadvar]

These are considerations I've been working through internally; it's nice to hear someone else say them.

[@ilanamillion8942]

These videos are great! It just goes to show that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@Muskimus]

I came here from cs188's "Better use of toilet time" YTP. I really like this video, it's actually very nice. I'm a big fan! Keep up the good uploading :D

[@SkewardlySkewZaneShennanigans]

So did i

[@WhoisVinnie]

Same here

[@krunkle5136]

Same

[@matherman1111]

Did the title change to "too much fiddling with free time"?

[@Mel-gg3xg]

These videos are soothing unlike some other modern videos that make you feel like your wasting your life if your not doing something"istagram worthy". Everyday leisure things and no pressure to buy this, do that, go here.

[@piccalillipit9211]

I try to make sure that nothing I do is "Instagram worthy"

[@lindahandley5267]

What would those parents think of their kids spending 100% of their leisure time 'gaming' in their bedroom, getting mad and destroying their room?

[@lindahandley5267]

@@Eet_Mia My sons are grown men now, were not goth and they are well-adjusted, talented in music and great human beings in general. I think their father and I did a pretty good job raising them.

[@lindahandley5267]

@@Eet_Mia Oh *WHATEVER!* It sounds like YOU are a 'goth' child! *Duh!* 🙄

[@lindahandley5267]

@@SmokestalDude420 Maybe so, but so are outdoor sports.

[@lindahandley5267]

@@hhjhj393 That makes zero sense.

[@EveryCarpet]

@@Eet_Mia I'm... goth???

[@indigothecat]

Can't wait to get moved into our new non-HOA home! I'm gonna do all sorts of gardening and landscaping. :D

[@Vbe796]

You can also do that in a community WITH an HOA

[@americanmilitiaman88]

By not doing homework or wasting time studying you can add hours of liesure time.

[@suemeyer8989]

CB1942EO I see you can’t spell leisure correctly-maybe more time studying.

[@FedUpSouthernGirl]

Well it is an " I before E except after c" kind of stupid word where they teach you to remember the rule that only applies to like three words.

[@priscillajimenez27]

...

[@adararelgnel2695]

More like, by not going on your phone or social media....

[@iqbalindaryono8984]

​@@FedUpSouthernGirlSo why would it be a problem if it only applies to 3 words?

[@ebbiesweetngood9966]

They fixed this leisure time problem. Im married and still work full time, make dinner, clean house, and care for kids. I remember growing up and my dad made enough towing for my mom to stay home.

[@maryrosed8475]

Does your husband not help out in the house? You both work chores should be 50/50.

[@mastersnet18]

EbbieSweetn Good wages back then were enough for one family to live on one income. Feminism came and watered down everyone’s wages so that now two incomes are almost a requirement.

[@PrincessDiana1220]

mastersnet18 that’s what I always tell people. Damn feminists.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

People used to be happy living in little wood houses. Now they want McMansions

[@amydecker6207]

My dad never made enough for my mom to stay home. Amd we lived tight. We hung laundry nine out of twelve months, gardened and preserved food, and took exactly one vacation growing up. And at times my poor dad worked 96 hours per week.

[@zoeholly7748]

just made a long list of hobbies I'm interested in, thanks to the instructional video!

[@anitracoulter7937]

These videos are my new best friend.

[@nkley1]

The narrator spends his leisure time in his time machine heading back to 1950 to make KZbin videos about better use of leisure time.

[@elana81RDH]

"Say Ken, how would you like a little flat rectangular screen? You can sit and stare at it for hours and watch mindless 12 second videos of cats playing the piano. You don't need to use your brain or muscles or anything! How does that sound, Ken?"

[@narutorandomness457]

Don’t temp him, he’ll say yes 😂

[@nee7226]

Feeling nostalgic for a time I've never seen🌸💚

[@koestenbraumstar1843]

i like wearing knee socks!!!!

[@LeprechaunJackson]

**watching this video at **2:30**am in my "leisure time"**

[@edwardgaines6561]

Leprechaun Jackson You poor blighter!

[@madeleinebaier5347]

Watching this video at 4:11am. I'm retired. I have all kinds of free time!

[@TheNameisJayM]

Same thing, same time.

[@melvynn11]

@@madeleinebaier5347 ... and Insomnia, apparently!! (so do I)* haha

[@meganreibel6266]

Leprechaun Jackson it’s a year later and I’m watching this video at exactly 230am when I read this comment haha

[@danner253]

I actually really like this. Since getting my first job I've been very focused on making use of my free time. Always make sure I'm not wasting it, since lazing about once in a while is nice, but when I actually use it, I find the quality of my day is much higher. I have many hobbies right now haha

[@That.Lady.withtheYarn]

I spent my time crocheting for my little business.

[@LakeFX]

TIME. LEISURE TIME. SEIZURE TIME. ADVENTURE TIME.

[@malmal2148]

Have you ever stopped time?

[@coolrift8934]

@@malmal2148 Did you ever stop to think how much time you let slip away from you?

[@Lookink54-ut]

SUMMUS Some of us, K E N M I C H A E L S for example, spend most of our leisure time just... wanking

[@Anon-w7n]

SommoS. Some of us... K e n M i c h a e l s f o r e x a m p l e . . .

[@MoneyBagsDaGoat919]

Spend most of our leisure time just...WANKING

[@barbaraedgley2634]

We had chores, school work after school, a little TV, not tons of leisure time. Hanging out with siblings & next door friends .

[@happysofttm3375]

"scrub the water"

[@richardgadberry8398]

Bake clothes.

[@Techn0Dazza]

Bake chickens.

[@BAKU2K2]

Scrub the chickens

[@nonamenovember5530]

F*ck the chickens

[@smalliesxd]

@@BAKU2K2I choked 😂

[@Holistic_Momma]

This was great. Definitely a good motivator

[@normapadro420]

I like this video. I use my time wisely as well. If I'm not learning new things online then I shut things down. I search for educational things, because everything else is a waste of time.

[@pgh45rpms]

"Mother" is Hope Summers, who played Clara Edwards -- Aunt Bee's close friend -- on the Andy Griffith Show.

[@abhisheksingh9731]

Looks like we are back to 150 years in leisure time.

[@genevieve8873]

Clara Edwards from the Andy Griffith show is " Mother" lol

[@strivingformindfulness2356]

Hey, Ken, are you going to finish that apple that you placed on your desk at 5:41, or are you going to ignore it so it gathers fruit flies, and rots away? 😂

[@vicaroo001]

picking up rotted fruit is a worthwhile use of leisure time

[@lindsayschuster302]

Theres a great big beautiful tomorrow Shining at the end of every day Theres a great big beautiful tomorrow And its just a dream away

[@tj-co9go]

2:20 year 1850: 72 hours a week, 12 a day 2:45 year 1900: 60 hours a week, 10 hours a day 3:25 year 1950: 40 hours a week, 8 hours a day Using the rate of reduction from 1850 to 1900, we should work 22 hours a week now Using the rate of reduction from 1900 to 1950, we should work 10,8 hours a week now Taking average of both gives 16,4 hour work week However, it did not happen for some reason However, if the decrease of work is exponential (as it increased in the latter 50 year lifespan), we can derive a second order equation that gives us that we should work NEGATIVE hours today. To be precise, - 3,5664 hours a week I made a graph with the coordinates (0,40), (-50,60) and (-100,72) to calculate this. Made it into a second equation, ie a*(x^2) + bx + c. It can be intuited that c = 40. I derived, calculating by hand, that a = - -0,0016 and b = - 0,48 I used far too much of my time for this 😂

[@Ajay-pj2hv]

Great work! You have some serious talent to express and calculate real life situations into mathematical figures But you should also include the possibility that while new advancements do reduce our work time, after a certain point of time the graph will start to plateau because we are right now in phase of refining the technology that we already have. Like mechanical calculators or computers we had in 1980's were a big jump in work efficiency and time. But the computers we have right now (while being much faster) are just refined computers of that time Other great example is pager and first few telephones that completely changed connecting with people and loved ones. Before we had to send mail through post office...... and the smartphones we have today (while being efficient by astronomical measures) is still just refinement of pager and first telephones.

[@tj-co9go]

@@Ajay-pj2hv that's what my training as an economist prepared me for I would need more data points, though, to make a more convincing estimate

[@dianabranson5944]

The cost of everything is so high and wages so low people have to work as many hours as they can to be able to afford food, clothes, cars etc.

[@JunaidWolf3]

Lets send Ken back 6.5 million years ago and see what his life was like

[@koestenbraumstar1843]

Neanderthals screaming "get off my lawn"

[@kurade1096]

ooga

[@Mr.Obongo]

Homo-erectus child running in fear from terror birds as they devour his parents.

[@farghom]

Hahahah

[@Vbe796]

@bluemoonbuffoon mic drop

[@tangerinefizz11]

A good use of leisure time is thinking. A lot of good ideas and insights come from just thinking.

[@rebabean]

Wow, there should be an updated version of this shown periodically between programs! Like on Saturdays, the way they used to.

[@NeverAgain.BeNiceToPeople.]

Yeah, we need good things on tv! How do we kick out these greedy companies' commercials that make one want junk food or useless junk, and show helpful informative stuff instead? 😢

[@archykhn4513]

The media is all about illuminati now

[@whateverIwasthinkingatthetime]

Noone in this programm's target audience watches television anymore

[@heyokaempath5802]

He reminds me of Eddie Haskell on Leave it to Beaver

[@rocket767]

are you referring to his demeanor or his physical appearance?

[@ShayBelladonna]

These videos are about the community's older people, whom many ignore and stop talking to. My grandmother is gone, as are her sisters, but they taught me so much when I was around them, so this feels like a continuation of what they taught me 🫶🏾

[@LittleFrenchHen]

Its actually relaxing watching this video. Although I did wonder what Ken would make of todays kids being glued to a screen thinking they were being "busy"

[@trosclair434genus4]

My favorite statement “it keeps me busy, but that’s not work” seems like people forget this most nowadays

[@AlanHollow]

I went down to the drug alley. None of the gAnG wAs tHeRe!

[@cckiller0053]

Okay I'll bite *eats apple*

[@nathanielscreativecollecti6392]

Amazing. Honestly this advice needs to go out everywhere.

[@sodality3970]

Seventy-two years later , it's appalling how the world has changed , especially for young people .

[@valeriereneeharper]

Do you think the kid is still alive now, as an old man? Wonder what he thinks now

[@mlhedengren]

I’m actually surprised how little has changed. So much changed in the seventy years before this video, but we will have a forty hour week and most of the same activities.

[@DeltaT45]

Im up in the middle of the night & was just recommended this. Help