Remy: Fortnight (Taylor Swift Parody)

[@Liberty4Ever]

I'm sending this to my friend who is a recently retired federal employee (a nearly indistinguishable and meaningless transition) whose wife is a state government manager who is still working from home.

[@OmegaTou]

If you think you hate government bureaucrats, you don't hate them nearly enough.

[@1dullgeek]

There are two things bad about federal employees 1. They get paid either by taxing me or inflating away the value of the dollars I earned 2. They make laws and bureaucracy If the employees that are skipping the office are those on the enforcement side of policy, this is actually an improvement.

[@owlfrog]

I work in a mortgage company and we work with HUD for FHA-insured loans. Today I had to explain to a borrower that HUD is in the office one day a month and that is the only day we can get them to sign anything on FHA mortgages, which was going to cause the borrower potential issues with closing. Should have sent them this song.

[@lisaroper421]

😢

[@tabcat]

One of these days I'll have to listen to the songs Remy is parodying.

[@va3svd]

Watch the actual video of Fortnight and then rewatch this. It becomes 20x funnier.

[@eselberg]

@@va3svd nice try taylor

[@va3svd]

@@eselberg So I say that as a dad in his late 40s who had no idea that that song even existed until the Remy video. I liked Remy’s version, and only then did I watch that woman’s song, and then Remy’s was 20 times funnier. That’s my experience.

[@Liberty4Ever]

Austin Bragg as the face tattooed GrubHub gig worker make me spew milk out my nose and it's been decades since I consumed milk.

[@Utred2012]

What about white lightning?

[@Liberty4Ever]

@@Utred2012 - That's a two year old Remy video. A fellow fan, I see.

[@Utred2012]

@@Liberty4Ever I was merely wondering if the decades since consuming milk accounted for white lightning, or merely an (understandable) non-interest in the commercial stuff.

[@davidanalyst671]

I think they were doing something with post malone? I dont have a clue

[@jumpanama]

As someone that worked for the DoD over Covid this was basically 2 years of my life. I'm sending it to all my ex coworkers 🤣

[@RandomHandle120]

Government employee here when COVID was in full swing. My experience was pretty much a fully paid, nearly year-long vacation. I woke up in the morning, spent 10 minutes checking my email to see if anything was going (9 out of 10 times there was nothing going on), had breakfast, went out to the park to work out, took a shower, had lunch, took a nap, and the rest of the day was spent either watching TV or working on my personal software projects. Best year of my life!

[@AbrasiveScotsman]

It was horrible. Seriously. I can't stand the feeling I'm not earning my pay.

[@DugrozReports]

OP: this sounds amazing. I have so many "I will do that someday" projects!!!

[@merpius]

​@@AbrasiveScotsmanthis feeling is common in the private sector. You won't last long in the public sector with that feeling.

[@davidrhenderson1950]

Please pay us back.

[@OmegaTou]

My tax dollars at work. I want a refund.

[@carlthecaveman]

My wife walking through the room: "Why do you look so angry?" Me: **Thinking about the entire three months a year that my earnings go to support a bloated corrupted federal bureaucracy.** A parody this mellow shouldn't ignite such a righteous fury in me.

[@ledzeppelin1212]

Four months if you count inflation!!

[@cleverwitticismhere6922]

Remote work actually was a good thing for my department. We always had good metrics, so it's easy to notice whenever someone is slacking. As long as our remote numbers remain the same or better than our on-site numbers then they're perfectly content to let us remain remote indefinitely. Probably not a good method for work that is more ambiguous and difficult to track. Remote work isn't for everyone. Some people just don't have the discipline for it, but I really appreciate the flexibility as well as saving both time and money.

[@MrEddieLomax]

Yep, I work at chip design for mostly video/audio designs. It is the work itself that pulls me along, so when I'm doing design/test it is more productive at home, commuting and a desk are really negatives then, I wonder how 100% remote would degrade the social side of things though...

[@brent4073]

This much waste happens when the govt has full access to the money printer..

[@Weirdomanification]

Also, access to immense amounts of coerced tax revenue, which makes bond buyers comfortable with low interest rates.

[@Scrogan]

Doesn’t really matter how they got it, what matters is it’s ultimately other peoples’ money.

[@crimson90]

Remy is a gem-a true American.

[@Ranguvar13]

The hugging scene is so precious, hahaha! Thanks for the best parody music videos anywhere, Remy and team

[@KC9UDX]

I'm so happy that federal buildings are going unused, but

[@kevingrierson2331]

The government rents the spaces in these buildings. People working from homes saves millions a year. But I agree, the less of these buildings being used, in theory, the better. Especially if these workers are working away from Washington DC.

[@va3svd]

I love every one of Remy’s songs, but this parody video is the best yet. The shot of him and the Grubhub driver on the profile of his face was beyond hilarious.

[@largefarva4712]

Another reminder of why we need to work so hard.

[@triplea657aaa]

My sister works for the government and she actually works hard and has been getting massive recognition and promotions because she actually DOES work...

[@va3svd]

She sounds great. It must be amazing being blessed with a sister like that, and a girlfriend from Canada you met over the summer who’s so amazing and beautiful to boot!

[@notme222]

It's important to remember that the problem isn't the workers, it's the structure that isn't accountable for results. The best public employees will find themselves frustrated because they'd like to help more and can't.

[@d.johnson]

"I want to grill them" lost it

[@FifthConcerto]

Essential employees, ladies and gentlemen. The most worthless pieces of shirt in the world.

[@edwise8927]

my job requires me to deal with multibel gov agencys and they take month to do little things like sign one doc. when i get through to them somtimes there like "oh let me look adn it takes 10 min to take care of it. im like you couldnt do this all these month we were waiting on ya? it just makes me so mad

[@S3018146]

As a bureaucrat that has been through the working from home malaise, this is poignant. Just so very on point. I choose to work from work now.

[@AbrasiveScotsman]

Watching this while trying (largely unsuccessfully) to work from home. Honestly it's pretty soul destroying working a job so inconsequential that no one cares if you come in or not. I'm trying to get out and find a job where I'll have to work harder just to retain my sanity...

[@greorbowlfinder7078]

Wanna work hard to maintain your sanity? Have you tried teaching?

[@AbrasiveScotsman]

@@greorbowlfinder7078 I never noticed the unintentional alternative parsing of that last sentence. ;-) The _only_ thing I am currently working very hard on is retaining my sanity _because_ there isn't enough important work for me in my job. I''m not one of those guys who can just put his feet up and embrace the suck. It feels like a waste of life. Oddly enough I am in teaching, albeit at a University. Non-tenure track and haven't had a promotion in nearly a decade, despite repeatedly being promised one to string me along and keep me around. University is largely credential-selling these days and it makes me feel like a dodgy used car salesman. I've seriously looked at retraining as a school teacher because I think that would be more valuable. However., I've a wife and kids to provide for and my salary failing to keep pace with cost of living increases means our savings are almost gone. I really don't understand the people who celebrate "working" in their pyjamas. Maybe it's easier if you were raised middle-class? My Irish Catholic nana raised me to _work_

[@nco_gets_it]

I'm just amazed that some of these people have time for the shenanigans while teleworking...my job has expanded a lot since I started teleworking. I just don't get it...

[@mattolfson9230]

Boy! Speaking as a state employee (don't judge me, bro) ... I wish. It's the exact opposite; one optional remote day per fortnight (2 weeks).

[@Death_by_Tech]

Of all people who I thought would understand that the office buildings being empty is an opportunity to save money rather than a useless expense it would be you!

[@GregPiperWriter]

They pay to rent the buildings with your money.

[@Foul_Quince]

The vocal mix on this is so much better than on the actual record!

[@enochofmi]

Michigan's state capitol is still dead. Barely any reason to look both ways crossing the street downtown in the middle of the day. Also, when Covid started I was working for the state government in a support role. The folks we supported got kicked off the job, but we didn't so our job was to monitor a phone line which we knew would never ring. Then they gave us all federal money by giving us a "partial layoff." Basically we worked 4 days a week and ended up getting a raise from PPP.

[@heatherhopfinger3942]

Remy when an office building closed down in St Louis Mo there was graffiti and it was destroyed on the inside still standing so a parody of Still standing would be imperative for that building

[@wilsonkline8169]

This is really good.

[@ryanwilliams989]

The fact that there is already an excessive amount of demand awaiting its absorption, despite how everyone is frightened and calling the crash, is another reason why it is less likely to occur that way. 2008 saw no one, at least not the broad public, making this forecast, as I'll explain below. The ownership rate was noted to have peaked in 2004 in the other comment. Having previously peaked in the second quarter of 2020, we are currently at the median level. Between 2008 and 2012, it dropped by 3%, and by the second quarter of 2020, it had dropped from 68 to 65.

[@StellaMaris-lv2uq]

Investing in both real estate and stocks can be prudent choices, particularly when backed by a robust trading strategy that can navigate you through prosperous periods.You're not doing anything wrong; the problem is that you don't have the knowledge needed to succeed in a challenging market. Only highly qualified professionals who had to experience the 2008 financial crisis could hope to earn a high salary in these challenging conditions.

[@maryHenokNft]

I agree, that's the more reason I prefer my day to day investment decisions being guided by an advisor seeing that their entire skillset is built around going long and short at the same time both employing risk for its asymmetrical upside and laying off risk as a hedge against the inevitable downward turns, coupled with the exclusive information/analysis they have, it's near impossible to not out-perform, been using my advisor for over 2years+ and I've netted over 2.8million.

[@maryHenokNft]

She's known as *Gertrude Margaret Quinto* One of the finest portfolio managers in the field. She's widely recognized; you should take a look at her work.

[@BiancaSherly-qt6sb]

thanks for sharing this, I am in conversations with your advisor, and she really has substance, having interviewed her properly and reviewed her model, I am hoping she takes me on quite seriously too

[@user-ls1uj5tr2m]

What's worse, these guys or the porn bots?

[@musicalcharge]

Guess I'm old now, I had no idea what the original song this parodies was.

[@merpius]

The solution here is to both a) get rid of the empty offices entirely; no "once every fortnite" and b) get rid of the unproductive employees. Having productive employees working from home is a savings, not a cost. Having unproductive employees working from anywhere is a cost, not a savings.

[@justinajones3000]

This was soooo well done!

[@bananamancoolguy7670]

I can't believe these awesome vids don't go viral. should have a million views at least. come on youtube!

[@TickedOffPriest]

I am not sure what is worse, paying them while they produce no utility... Or them not making our lives miserable.

[@lawrencebarrett4997]

I don't think working from home is a problem. I would actually love to see gov. workers leave DC and start living in small towns across america. If they can do nothing while working remotely, then its not like they were doing anything useful while in the office.

[@KentoLeoDragon]

Never seen the original video and probably never will. Don't need to as this video is no doubt better than the original.

[@macsnafu]

Well, that sounds pretty good. I'll have to look up the original song!

[@grantjohnson4810]

Don't waste your time.

[@nicholasstephens1349]

Catchy❤

[@dragoon1027]

Its ACKTCHUALLY one day a week not every two weeks. The actual managers/leaders are in basically everyday though. Its the mid level people who are skating by. Of course I'm bottom of the totem pole and come in 4/5 days a week.

[@ItsGroundhogDay]

It's not even just the government. There was an entire class of people who wanted the scam to keep going because they wanted to continue their vacations. And not elites. Anyone who works in a cubicle whose work can be done from anywhere. For millions, this continues to this day. They'll be shocked when they're replaced by someone in India or even Indiana.

[@angelozachos8777]

Genius 😂 Love this guy - REMY 👍🏼⭐️

[@jefferydebbink282]

I work a real job that fires me if I don’t show up for work, and I have to be in the office minimum 3 days a week. I accomplish more in a day than most federal employees do in a month.

[@ledzeppelin1212]

I'm glad there's some accountability at your work.

[@lisaroper421]

Remy is the GOAT

[@richardparadox163]

As a Swiftie who lives in DC, I appreciate this

[@theondono]

Last time I was this early government employees at least cared about looking busy

[@josephchan4767]

A very well done script 😢😢😢

[@jimbo9305]

I'm all for work from home, as long as the job is getting done. I doubt the job is getting done though. And more to the root of the problem, the government never should have been doing the job anyway.

[@justingolden21]

Welcome to government where nothing gets done and you pay for it. And if something DOES get done, it's worse than having nothing done.

[@myrtlealley]

I'm doing my part by not doing my part

[@Skilliard]

There's been plenty of studies that flexible work arrangements boosts productivity. The media narrative that work from home hurts productivity has been debunked so many times, but it continues getting perpetuated. Anecdotally, there are a small handful of workers that abuse the privilege, but there are people that slack in the office, too. The answer isn't forcing people into cubicles, it's holding people accountable for getting work done. Managers need to check in with employees regularly and verify that progress is being made, find out if there's any blockers, etc. Rather than across the board return to office policies, low performers need to be held accountable. If you really cared about saving taxpayers money, we'd be complaining about the government renewing leases on offices they aren't using. Work from home would be a huge money saver if office leases were allowed to expire.

[@AbrasiveScotsman]

I think it depends on the sector. Jobs with a necessary human-facing component can be tricky remotely. I teach in a University and our remote learning classes during COVID absolutely sucked. It has had a knock-on effect when returning to in-person teaching as well as all the undergrads have stunted social skills now. I have a class where I let them interact with the slides using their smartphones and they are unbelievably enthusiastic about this. But in the very same lecture when I ask them questions, all I get is a sea of blank faces - no one is brave enough to speak up.

[@LG-pt5kt]

​@@AbrasiveScotsman Oh I can answer this one. Do you know what happens to the odd student who interacts with the material in front of other students? They get into polarized conversations where they get painted as a villain for not already knowing an answer. They get given all the work load in group projects. The teacher threatens their grade because the teacher's ego was bruised by an inexperienced kid who doesn't know how to debate effectively or "politely".

[@AbrasiveScotsman]

@@LG-pt5kt I won't say that doesn't happen in Uni, but it doesn't happen in my class. I just like to know they're awake 😜 There really does seem to be a lot of resistance to speaking up in class. We know a lad who's one of the most autistic kids you could meet, so not exactly outgoing. He was pulled aside by his classmates at Uni for asking questions in class and "making them look bad".

[@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever]

As a computer programmer the quality of my work improved with working from home because it stopped the constant interruptions that destroyed my train of thought. But working from home hurt my career because no one could "see" me working

[@harveypolanski755]

Bingo!

[@TheRealMeaney]

How did you get Post Malone in this?

[@PaulTheBeav]

What song is this a parody of?

[@whousa642]

The only reason to subscribe to reason

[@ProductBasement]

I bet Tom MacDonald would have been the delivery driver if you asked him nicely

[@va3svd]

The real question is whether or not Ben Shapiro would’ve.

[@ProductBasement]

@@va3svd for ReasonTV? Probably not

[@va3svd]

@@ProductBasement Meh, he’s been linked with other Reason intersects like Mike Rowe and John Stossel. True, he doesn’t lend himself much to other rightist- or liberty-aligned organizations other than DW, but it’d be awesome to see him in a Remy video. AFAIR, Remy has been featured before on DW.

[@_steffix_2156]

1 година тому ,( до речі цей коментар був написаний 10.05.2024 о 18:48 )

[@jamesgriffyn]

Thas a rad Grubhub deliveryman

[@bozimmerman]

Austin Bragg. You may remember him from Andrew Heaton's comedy sketches. Funny dude.

[@12vscience]

I got layed off from two jobs during covid. I wonder how many government employees did.

[@NickScarman]

I think this is the best one yet lol.

[@NickScarman]

This is a masterpiece!

[@eurospec]

This was beautiful

[@invictus2336]

Please please please find a way to do a parody for "Mambo Number 5" when QE Number 5 happens.

[@notme222]

He already did that song for MTG so I highly doubt it. But I see the fun of it.

[@invictus2336]

@@notme222 Ah darn oh well. Going to find the video you are talking about. :)

[@creedonjm]

I missed the release of this one!

[@bball6584]

When i saw the "fortnight" i was thinking Fortnite Video game XD

[@grantjohnson4810]

Better lyrics than the original, but the melody is still just as repetitive and bland as the whole album.

[@greorbowlfinder7078]

Bubble baths are far more productive than any meeting in a federal job. Don't judge.

[@TXGRunner]

Never heard this Taylor Swift song. I couldn't get through it, it's that incoherent and boring. Remy's version is far better musically. Of course Remy's lyrics are way better.

[@onetwothreeabc]

Masterpiece.

[@samkominowski6394]

So funny MTG remy also makes political videos

[@drew786]

Paying government employees to stay home is probably better than paying them to do their jobs. The only thing better is not paying them at all.

[@drizl5]

#LibertyRadio

[@alyssadraculesti]

SO SO SO TRUE

[@OregonOutdoorsChris]

Please don't make remote work a political thing. Those of us who have private sector jobs and are required to do our job still, despite being remote, really are getting the best of both worlds here. Just because the government sucks, don't ruin it for the rest of us.

[@ntvirtue]

All desk jobs should be WFH. Then all that office space can be converted to residential housing.

[@kevingrierson2331]

Especially since these buildings cost the government, thus the taxpayers, millions per year, per building.

[@brichard9485]

Cherokee County Georgia has doubled property taxes and wants to raise sales tax in The Last 5 Years, in order to hire and retain the best talent we're told the ballot includes only approving of the returning incumbent not even a writing for any position don't think of making any changes at your property without making proper tributes of hundreds of dollars.... I know someone who was forced to hire a street sweeper hire a street sweeper to clean dirt off of the Gravel Road they live on and it's not even County maintained! I wish I were making that up...

[@mercster]

The worst thing is, zoomers think any company that actually want their employees to come into the office to work, is fascist. We are in a character malaise era.

[@EternallyRound]

I have to rewatch every Remy vid a few times to find the Easter Eggs like Noah Rival.

[@harveypolanski755]

You would think libertarians would be happy to reduce unnecessary spending on office buildings. Knowledge workers stare at screen at screens and type just as efficiently from home as they can from a government office.

[@GregPiperWriter]

We need to make this Remy 's full time job

[@notthefbi7932]

Maybe this is where some of the billions Newsom can't find 🤔

[@matthewsgauge]

Once a fortnight? I thought it was once a month.

[@grizwoldphantasia5005]

Oh, man, those cameos!

[@TRyan3]

ty

[@robhutchins2721]

This is why don't like the work from home menatility, too much temptation to multitask for your own benefit.

[@averagejoey2000]

just graduated from college and landed a job with the federal government as a deck officer. can't wait

[@MR.SHOCKING]

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[@andrebenoit283]

lol. Gov't workers are ruining this for the rest of us too.

[@wassollderscheiss33]

I actually ran 10km while being in a meeting (paying me $70/h).

[@jaredross9]

Remy, I'm very disappointed, why did you allow Austin in your video?

[@JackDecker63]

👍👍👍👍

[@EternallyRound]

Is that Post Malone making grubhub deliveries?

[@ArjayMartin]

Better at 1.75x speed...

[@LordThree]

No dice.

[@joshuahieter325]

Ngl, this is probably your worst parody simply because of the quality of the original song

[@va3svd]

But they parodied it beautifully.

[@onrean]

Watch at 1.25 speed. Much better.

[@grantjohnson4810]

2.0x is barely tolerable.

[@dervakommtvonhinten517]

how is tailor swift so popular? the melodies ive heared of her so far are bland and boring.

[@PersonWithFace]

Meh