Steve Hughes on Jobs

Steve Hughes talks about working. From his dvd "Steve Hughes: While It's Still Legal".

[@YodaOnDMT]

In reality, you don't really get days off. *First day off:* Recover from work. *Second day off:* Prepare for work

[@sartanko]

Wether you work at a mentally or physically exhausting job, two days off isn't enough to recover so it just wears you down and pacifies you.

[@bensteinundknochen9404]

Yup, and my wife wonders why I stay up late on Saturday and sleep in a lot on Sunday: best way to delay the inevitable.

[@cyrilconnolly9451]

House work

[@vToneehh]

Ben Steinundknochen Suicide?

[@bensteinundknochen9404]

@@vToneehh Uh...how did you get suicide from that?

[@MariaChungWilloughby]

I love this guy. He tells the truth like George Carlin did.

[@D4n1t0o]

He's more Bill Hicks than Carlin I'd say.

[@somegirl558]

In a very smooth, caring manner and that takes real talent!

[@somegirl558]

@@D4n1t0o Bill Hicks is too self-centered to be compared to both.

[@D4n1t0o]

@@somegirl558 Bill Hicks was better than both, impo.

[@Metal-Possum]

@@D4n1t0o Well, that's like your opinion man. Also, Steve Hughes is still alive, which is a nice bonus.

[@MrBeckenhimself]

2 days on 5 days off. Fuck that's the best work schedule of all time. Brilliant. Sign me up.

[@thenandnow111]

'Its slavery, you have to get accommodation and food' What a brilliant line

[@somegirl558]

I still find this utopic believe it or not.

[@mmkw5621]

@@somegirl558 why

[@peterphoenix6471]

he's bang on the money about his observations. and "well if i wasn't working i'd get bored"....something i hear all the corrupt people of society say all the time...

[@sartanko]

Working class people actually think like this though, I hear co-workers say things like "what I'm I supposed to do? Just sit at home and do nothing?" And I'm screaming internally "Watch a fucking movie, read a fucking book, walk outside and look at the fucking trees or something".

[@vitali-opal-and-gem]

Boredom is not when you've got nothing to do, it's when none of the options that are available to you don't appeal to you. The system has somehow damaged the ability of creative thinking. Technology is also a big part of it

[@MrAnperm]

People with no creativity.

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

@@MrAnperm very few people "have no creativity." Almost every toddler will very happily build stuff with blocks or draw stuff with crayons or make up melodies just to hear themselves sing. The supposedly least-advanced people all through history had art and poetry and music. Creativity is fucking beaten out of most people by the drudgery of modern expectations, that's all.

[@eylab1541]

Exactly. I have never understood those people. I was out of work for 6 months. Being lucky enough to have savings to live off and thus not struggling financially, that was the most creative time of my life. I'd go hiking regularly, cook, read books, learnt about blogging and started a blog, started a KZbin channel, composed music everyday, took online courses, learnt about filmography etc. But when u work a regular schedule it's very hard to do that. I get home in the evening having worked at a job that tiring yet completely unstimulating and I'm too drained to do anything creative wih whatever little time i have left, plus i by the time you made it back and fixed dinner it's late anyway. So you just crash on the couch, and do something passive like watch tv. Then wake up and repeat it all over again.

[@MutualAidWorks]

"Hard work is simply the refuge of people with nothing to do" Oscar Wilde.

[@sartanko]

Yes, empty lives that can't be filled, so they fill it with work.

[@dinsel9691]

Only someone who has never had to work hard a day in their life will make such a condescending remark!

[@MrAnperm]

@@dinsel9691 Or people who have worked hard and don't see the sense in it, as Steve Hughes just illustrated.

[@enigma.records6783]

@@MrAnperm exactly!

[@enigma.records6783]

@@dinsel9691 only a wage slave would respond with such utter horseshit.

[@murderaddiction]

Fucking hell, I've been saying what Hughes says in this video for years. It is completely against human nature to do the same repetitive tasks day in/day out for eight full hours.

[@dredfunn]

I do the same repetitive shit 7 days a week...i'm also an artist who works from home

[@MrUnder30seconds]

yeh but open your eyes, its the bosses that enjoy their days at work.

[@domkelly1972]

how is it against human nature to forrage for food for 8 hours a day? is that not what ancient humans did. i am curious as to your definition of human nature, what does it look like, whats the example, what is it you want to be doing? do you think ancient humans sat around watching you tube or do you think there lives were unbelievably tough and violent whilst constantly looking over their shoulder for danger. Not even knowing for example that sex lead to having babies. honestly there is no evidence they understood the connection. . Dying more often than not from dental problems at the age of 25. but thats i fthey even made it to that age.. what human nature are you talking about?

[@vToneehh]

Dominic Kelly You’ve never heard of göbeklitepe

[@brux7650]

But don't you do the same thing i bet you anything you spend hours a day on youtube or the internet in general looking at pointless shit day in and day out

[@vrijbuiterspartei2715]

Finally someone who understands. 😊

[@reubenchadwick]

So much love for Steve.

[@duxnihilo]

When he said "Bird!" I almost choked!

[@SonnyGTA]

I watch this all the time!

[@bubaganoush55]

@2:07 "I wake up and look out the window ... yeah ... 'bird' ... cheep ... cheep" LMFAO !! That's Gold !!!! 😁😅😂

[@licenselessrider4486]

Every single sentence in this bit is the truth. We're all enslaved, we're living on a nightmare planet. This is why society is collapsing

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

@Anne O'Nymous da fuck they gonna "take over"? They already rule everything, ya daft ninny.

[@StuTheDon17]

That's one way of looking at it.... Another is we're working to feel comfort and safety. Those 2 things aren't guaranteed in life. So we know if we sacrifice our time to a job we don't necessarily like, the pay off is we can live in a house that protects us from the weather, animals and other people. Try not working. See what happens with your life. You'll end up on the streets, freezing to death and forever sleeping with one eye open.

[@cloudhigh6582]

​@@StuTheDon17 Definitely. We're all trapped. Existential crisis

[@AutomaticDuck300]

I work 6 days a week most weeks. Some people at my workplace work 7 day weeks some weeks. No joke. It just makes me feel dead inside.

[@egghead2048]

it should be limited to 4 days a week, then i wouldnt be so pissed about jobs. im not even lazy, i just feel enslaved.

[@AutomaticDuck300]

I totally see what you mean, I am creative and hate feeling trapped so I'm always single. When I'm employed and/or in a relationship, the depression kicks in, Not just annoyance, full on depression. I refuse to believe that all there is to life is getting a bullshit "career" where you work for someone else all your life, get married where it may or may not work out, have kids who hate you, get a mortgage on a house when the value will probably drop, get a car which you will spend your whole life paying for, then all you get is a few kind words at your funeral. and people say "Well, that's life so you'd better get used to it." No, doing something that makes you feel alive, helping people, seeing the world, living your dreams, being able to do what you want when you want, THAT is life. Corporate is a slow death to me, of mind, body and soul.

[@Aqull]

Schmutz Lord Not is shouldn't. Some people need the money, and limiting the job to 4 days a week would make a lot of people go homeless.

[@egghead2048]

Aqull theres plenty of jobs that would justify 4 days, with its payment.

[@Rattlepiece]

Aqull See that's the problem with that mentality. There is absolutely no reason you should get less money for working "only" 4 days a week. That's what the machine tells you and it feeds the endless propaganda.

[@claddaghclare22]

Very funny but scarily true!

[@snoookie456]

One of the most genius bits in stand up. The dude is a poet.

[@joeripep8009]

3-4 days p/w is me for the week ...Love it " so spot on

[@bibby5000]

This is exactly why I work part-time... and I'm 32. It allows me to make music and do stupid shit in my free time. Couldn't be happier :)

[@ChaniagoAbd]

can't do that if you get married/have kids though

[@bibby5000]

@@ChaniagoAbd sod that

[@eylab1541]

You figured it all out mate. Seriously.

[@bluesrocker91]

@@ChaniagoAbd Both of which you did entirely of your own free will...

[@bluesrocker91]

Same here dude... I'm 32, with no dependents. I do part-time temp jobs, and the rest of the time I play in a band and record my own music. I knew very early on that the whole mortgage, family, two cars and a credit card thing wasn't for me.

[@timp5008]

.. "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein ...truer words never said and that is work

[@richardtollow764]

I stick this on now and again when it comes up. Love it. Brilliant delivery, and bang on. ‘Work?!?!’.. ‘How long does this last.?’ -‘ ‘til ya fukn ded’..

[@jpteknoman]

once, slaves were getting a roof and food for working. now, slaves get enough money to rent a roof and buy food for working the only difference is that now they are free to chose their master and if you think about it, a job interview is like you are a merchant who tries to sell a slave to a rich landlord... and you are the slave being sold. worst of all, you don't make any money from the sale

[@starlyghtdrifter66]

I know it's been two years, but thanks for writing this, this blew my mind so hard. Thanks really.

[@starlyghtdrifter66]

@Nathan T dear Nathan, thank you for the question. I guess I could say I have and haven't. I was born in a poor family in Brazil, our public education sucks, I was never meant to be more than another blue collar. Today I am a professor in Japan, working light hours (6h a day average, for 5 days in the week). I still have a boss to answer to, and I still had to sell myself for free to the university when I took the interview. But I do have freedom to choose what to teach within my area, I do research in identity and language learning and try to help students to get the same kind of empowerment language proficiency has given me. Not rich but I get by ok. Still, I know I am still a slave. Maybe some day I can open my own business and try not to be a slaver boss, trying to share the profit with all members equally. That's my dream. But I guess one could say I have come a far way, so a man can dream. How about yourself?

[@wessley4606]

So youre saying its better to be on benefits and deal/hustle that to work an honest living otherwise it makes you a slave? Maybe you just have a slave mentality?

[@guguigugu]

we do have disposable income now so we can do what only the elites used to be able to - travel, sports, art, leisure... but if you are working only to afford food and rent with nothing left over - yea youre no more than a slave to your boss.

[@Hezath]

This is one of the best things on KZbin. Can't believe how few views it has.

[@StrangePerson260292]

Look. Bird. Beeep. Fucking love this guy

[@tbiytc3330]

Never understood people who get bored. :O

[@eddiec2913]

in a universe full of infinate wonders ... mankind invents the concept of boredom

[@RaimonTarou]

it's because their brains are fucking empty

[@MrUnder30seconds]

yeh its ok if you do drugs eh

[@questionade4229]

tbiytc The reason anyone gets bored is because they are boring

[@JM1675]

I had a killer job when I was 22 living abroad for the first time. I was working at a hostel as a receptionist. I only did 2 consecutive night shifts a week and had time off to travel through the country during the other four days. Them were the days.

[@davidlrogers]

"wouldn't you be bored?" as literally everyone is trying to retire with the goal of never working again

[@jujichop69]

Boring people would be bored, but if someone wants to flips burgers for the majority of their existence, switch off a machine and let them do it. There's too much to do in life to ever be bored, if you have even half a brain cell.

[@firedrake7663]

There’s nothing boring about having all the time in the world to do whatever you want. Nothing at all.

[@coolioso808]

I know, right? Even in jobs that people might generally LIKE, it's still the massive repetitive grind: 5 days on, 2 days off, over and over again. And what do people look forward to? The days off, the vacations, and retirement! But we can't dare talk about working less or the ruling elites and their minions (brainwashed masses) will jump down our throats "But then society will be full of lazy bums!" Well, how about we run the damn experiment and see what happens. Use technology and provide everybody with the basics for survival (food, water, shelter, healthcare) and let people do whatever the hell they want as long as it isn't hurting others, and see how that goes. Give it, let's say, 100 years like about the same time the modern industrial era got to work.

[@EmmaFaceOnFire]

Everyone sit down, shut up and listen to this guy.

[@murderaddiction]

Temp agencies. Find one, tell the agents some bullshit about how you need to support a family (that you don't really have), get a job the next day stacking shit onto pallets, then quit when you can't take it anymore. I used to hate myself for being lazy, but then I decided I hate "productive" people even more for being able to delude themselves into doing the same thing every day for nothing in return.

[@tomislavandric3515]

Well said

[@elz4564]

This man restores the faith

[@chasebarringer2551]

I love this guy. He's like an Australian Bill Hicks.

[@vtpoet5300]

This isn’t comedy, it’s truth. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@UrzuaTroskenia0369]

The sad thing is retirement though hyped, is so depressing when you realize you gave your best years that could have been used for true passion, some old timers wise up, but others get turned to autonomous meat machines, and worse an old brute that rode societal welfare to old age to be an fink on others.

[@coolioso808]

Just imagine this alternative scenario: We are born into this world, our parents have the means to make all their needs met for them and their family. Our parents are only required to work 2 days a week at something they want to do and feel is meaningful work that helps society. Technology and automation are put to good use to do any repetitive, menial jobs that humans don't want to/don't need to do. We all grow up with families that have ample time to spend with us playing, laughing, learning and growing. When we reach the age of 5 we go to school but we only go for 4 hours, 4 days a week. School is a good setting for young people to meet others, socialize and create meaningful relationships. At school, every lesson is rooted in care for each other and our environment. No BS is taught. True critical thinking is taught and encouraged. Every learning style is embraced. And as a kid you know you don't have to go to school, you only go if you want to learn something/experience something/creating something. As you are nearing the end of school you know you are not headed for wage slavery. You are headed for endless opportunities to contribute in whatever way you want. You want to build and play music? Great! You want to teach an activity class? Great! You want to help engineer the latest tech. for automated restaurants? Great! You can do any and all of those things because you only have to work 2 days a week so you learn what you need to learn so you feel confident in that work. The rest of your time you spend making great memories with friends and family. Crime is nearly non-existent. War is non-existent. Poverty is definitely non-existent. Life expectancy is nearly 100 worldwide. Nobody really even needs a word for retirement because people's entire lives are so free the idea of retirement doesn't even make sense, people just know to slow down when their body tells them and they enjoy more time with family. I'd like to see THIS sort of discussion on the MSM.

[@somegirl558]

Lol, I totally dig this!! It is always the overly ambitious that cause prejudices, wars, constant competition and all sorts of conflict in this world! 👏🏻 to him, to this and to Australia, the most underrated spot on earth. You did stuff and got it done? Good, sit the f. down! Great, just great.

[@philphichell3668]

Why we tolerate this is beyond me! but are more often than not a selfish and short-sighted species..short term gain for long term pain.

[@SaltVinegar2010]

Phil Phichell Because most people care more about what dress Kim kardashian wears than they care about being slaves. That's the reality unfortunately.

[@philphichell3668]

absolutely

[@PlantbasedRunners]

It's Slavery, but you have to get your own accommodation and food lol pmsl, truth!!!

[@guitarman0365]

greed is what is holding humanity back greed and comforts of modern living. This is why people are willing to be slaves because we have better lives now than any point in history. Also kind of hard to just live off the land now anyways because someone is going to own it. There are laws against true freedom. the world is set up so nothing is free, something must always be traded and that requires you needing something to trade, thus sets up the inevitiability of a form of currency and something to bargain for that currency. The human desire to live as more than just basic animals is why we will always be enslaved. Our own intelligence and superiority over other species is what ironically leads to our own destruction because we are too complex to be amused or satisfied by just what is already offered with the basic life on earth starter package. The need for more stimuli is why we will put our selves through something that is not really needed.

[@billburwood7047]

i nearly choked on my biscuits while watching this

[@christianmorrell7701]

I think Steve described Monday perfectly!!!

[@PrimitivePresents]

George Carlin is my favourite comedian, glad your comment appearing in my newsfeed brought me to this fellow.

[@theylive23]

Two days work a week and bring all the prices down. Everyone has a part-time job, everyone can afford everything they used to be able to afford...sorted. We're not here on this planet to fucking work all the time, people.

[@johncuervo3019]

That's bullshit. How will you eat if you don't work everyday? Someone has to garden and farm and those farms and gradens need attention all the time. It takes equipment to operate them so who is going to build the equipment? Live a primitive life and see if you ever get a day off. Only difference is that when you grow your own food then the work is far more rewarding and you can have extra to sell for a profit

[@spamhere1123]

​@@johncuervo3019 Farming food is not nearly as hard as people think it is--as long as you're not trying to make a business out of it. Then it's a nightmare. Trying to grow food on thousand-acre farms hoping to sell huge numbers of crops to make a profit in this world of corporate greed = horrible job. Growing food for yourself with perhaps a bit of extra to sell or give away = maybe a couple of hours a day. The problem is the modern world--we can't live without our conveniences, so huge numbers of people have to be employed making and maintaining these conveniences, and NOT growing their own food, so someone else has to. So the whole 2 work days thing will never work until the population drops by about 80% of the current, tech regresses, and national governments collapse into nothing more than rural offices. Nobody is self-sufficient enough these days to survive on 2 days of work a week.

[@thecassman]

I agree man, same with me, my employers keep saying i ought to sort it out soon... I also bought a house a couple of years back and i'm constantly barraged with suggestions to get a Will sorted out... I'm 26...

[@TurnToJesus1]

This guys a genius. Think I'll have to look for his DVD's.

[@Jeronimo.67]

Two days on five days off... been doing that most of my life.

[@SonnyGTA]

So dead on point!!!

[@ShrimpyBoy101]

I want to buy this man a beer.

[@Raymint]

Did 4 day weeks ever use to be the standard? It seems logical to me, not dedicating your entire week to one thing that absolutely must do or suffer social isolation and the complete and utter in ability to survive. Imagine hunting 5 days a week, 9-5. And you need a certain qualification to hunt a broader perimeter.

[@markandrade7547]

When I taught tennis for a living I worked 7 days a week since I worked when other people didn't. Loved the lifestyle of working an 8-14 hour work day to earn 8-12 hours of pay. During the indoor season I took off the holiday days since our schedule was the same as the school district.

[@AtheistDemon87]

this guy is awesome ...needed a good laugh too

[@TheStoneageRomeo]

Completely brilliant.

[@graphtjb0099]

Steve Hugh is correct in part. I do get bored without work. I do pick up friends like this. I could blame others but it really is my own problem and solution.

[@Lauren-se5bu]

Pissed off at work so came here for some satisfaction.

[@domkelly1972]

i love my job.. its great... i dont know how you evolve into growing or killing your own food but for sure if you want a tough job , try growing food for a family... way tougher than driving a bus.

[@r.salisbury133]

Feudal peasants had more leisure and vacation time than modern wage slaves.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

No they didn't.

[@plumduff3303]

Brilliant

[@RideBikes_Walkplaces]

That wake up look out the window 😂😂😂

[@Nautilus1972]

I was waiting for him to talk about Steve Jobs ...

[@matter509]

hilarious 'you guys are free! - see you back here at 7.30'

[@stephenjames459able]

PHUCKIN' AWESOMENESS!

[@Showmetheevidence-]

Love this guy

[@loafersheffield]

Reminds me of George Carlin, but with more hair and less cynicism.

[@MrBeckenhimself]

He's fucking spot on.

[@UrzuaTroskenia0369]

Brilliant!

[@barryjstark5383]

all true....

[@jacobharris1741]

I LOVE IT!

[@colintiller8325]

What’s tomorrow? Last fuckin day mate!! 😂😂

[@fantasypgatour]

He's speaking my mind mann, even 4 day weeks would be ok but 2 days would be better. Fuck this system we're just working ourselves to a fancy grave.

[@tommeehan4061]

That beer “Little creatures” is fucking amazing.

[@TigersEyeSoph]

Wolves in the Throne Room, I approve.

[@miketube6662]

Spottt onnn mate

[@DunderHead.5000]

For some reason I read the title as 'Steve Jobs on Hughes' the first time.

[@mac2309zzz]

I thought this was going to be a rant about Steve Jobs! Looks quite good anyway so I'll stay and watch...

[@struthmedia8315]

We recently spoke to Steve for 3.5 hours and we covered many, many topics. Possibly one of his most candid interviews to date. We discuss modern medicine, mind control, admiralty law, childhood trauma and more.The editing process is taking some time but it will be out before the end of the week if all goes well. In the meantime, here is a small, small taste: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIrNnZ1sfqiGsMk

[@UlpianHeritor]

LOL the analogy was hilarious at the end. Kind of milked it pretty hard though.

[@chrisbingley]

Britain tried a three day working week back in the 70s. Things fell apart pretty quickly, and it's now known as the Winter of Discontent.

[@aserdwafetefsd6828]

post the dvd!

[@mendmywings7238]

So true! X

[@apexlegends-legendaryletsg4975]

truth teller here.. love this guys comedy.

[@Bustermaniax]

I don't mind working 5 days a week.. I have a rather interesting job...But I've only been out in the real world, working for about 6 years though... Wonder how i feel about it 10 years from now. I

[@ericscaillet2232]

Well depending on your task one would work around the clock,this is referring to the survival jobs mostly.

[@Bustermaniax]

@Reee Sponder well it's 2 years later, and I'm pretty much in the same place. Same apartment, more responsibilities at work for minimally more pay. Still ok with working 5 days a week though. Higher salary would be nice though. One 41.5k a year minus taxes isn't rich living here in sweden if raising a family Starting to look at houses and making babies pretty soon. So check back in another few years xD

[@OysterWallace]

STEVE HUGHES REPPING WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM!

[@skypink5821]

He's fucken amazing!

[@theamberbugs7978]

Anyone know if Steve Hughes reads Bertrand Russell? This is uncannily similar to "in Praise of Idleness"

[@josh999x]

Strikes me as the modern version of Paul Lafargue's The Right To Be Lazy.

[@PlantbasedRunners]

Funny Every Single Time....

[@Magicalfluidprocess]

He’s bang on

[@davidfowler3082]

Yeah

[@the_stagnant]

This guy's great! And he's wearing a WITTR shirt!

[@0Zolrender0]

Gold

[@Metalor]

Little Creatures make FUCKING good beer!

[@PlantbasedRunners]

Funny Every Single Time lolol

[@MarekUtd]

0:37 He's drinking my favourite beer.

[@tomahawklegend]

Prime Minister, mate.

[@supersilverangel1448]

Too true

[@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32]

This is why I work overnights, 3 days work is worth a week in days, and you can get 3-4 days off if you don't care about the money.

[@AaronMk91]

tfw Kropotkin was right all along.

[@ILikeBrownies01]

I love Lieutenant Dan!

[@vikitheviki]

"You've gotta work harder" ROFL

[@budsio]

My dad worked hard his whole life. All he got was more work.

[@JJSPARROW1978]

Would you settle for 3 days? 3 days on 4 days off. 3 days on 4 days off.

[@kimberlypowell4435]

I'm a stay at home mom with 6kids n it's hard work but I don't have to work n would dread even the thought of it. Being a mom is hard but at least I get to b with my kids! Always felt sorry for my hard working dad. He's gone all the time n misses alot of things cuz of it. He basically works n we reap the benefits....it's so sad. Work weeks should be shorter with same pay! They miss out on life!

[@extraterrestrial16]

the issue seems to be in the framework of purposefulness, we cant seem to live without it..lol and which pisses me off even more is how they purtray it like with the lower classes, its like well it gives me purpose etc etc etc.. and well thats great for you, but whom said that was the way to be...relying on something like that to give me purpose...???

[@MrDirtJumps]

1:32 an the Americans that get this bit....well I dunno does anyone realise what he is actually saying here?? The slaves were set free because it worked out cheaper that way.....and the maths works out!

[@mxllaveli2635]

That went way over heads

[@tinyturnip7676]

This is for everyone. These fucking corporations are scourging the earth.

[@MrDirtJumps]

Joe Jr. YAY!!! You win...the prize of knowing you have wisdom :D

[@tinyturnip7676]

I accept cash.

[@KnuckleHeadMusicUK]

+MrPitBikes "Slavery but we gotta get our own accommodation and food. "

[@40nights40daystv]

“Like a little creature” 😂

[@peterkwon4229]

he looks like an angry Weird Al

[@Tru_Gamer]

GOD!