The Anti-Work Ethic Onscreen - How to Escape Your Job

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Have you ever felt like you’re wasting your single, precious life, doing a job you hate? Right now, millions of US workers are quitting their jobs in the Great Resignation, after the Covid-19 pandemic sparked a mass re-evaluation of priorities. Onscreen, we've seen "anti-work" characters riot against unlivable working conditions, challenge irresponsible companies that care only only for profit, and call out parasitic consumer-culture. By revealing the evils of a system based on capital, these characters send the message that they won't give up their principles or identity for the workplace.
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[@AxxLAfriku]

hi

[@theangrykekistani9418]

hypocrite video

[@Cellularbadboy]

Perhaps instead of complaining how one makes money, maybe you should be concerned where one's money goes.

[@blueworldcomics7908]

You forgot to mention how everyone's desire to become a multi-millionaire stems from the desire to not want to worl while being able to live how you want. The obsession with celebrities, especially the self-made social media celebrities of the younger generation, stems out from that. Getting paid to do what you love.

[@nerdfightercommenter6969]

Oo

[@Chemist_Tea]

I don't even hate my job. It's a perfectly fine job, and everyone at the office is pretty nice. It's just that working at a computer for 8 hours every day leaves me so mentally exhausted that I'm barely able to do anything after work, and I hate that

[@abronanimation8671]

I HATE THIS PART I feel like i spend all my non-working hours just recovering so i can go in and do it again

[@RayWearer]

I’m in this same situation! It’s easy for our therapists to say we should start meditating/working out/cultivate an hobby to better manage the fatigue of our jobs but once I end my shift and I’m so fucking exhausted I can’t even cook myself a meal what am I supposed to do!? Fuck society.

[@TamaraSL]

I can fully relate. I am in the exact same situation.

[@spaghettiman3757]

I can relate to that so much, it's so draining and sucks all the life out of me. That and just the fact that I *have* to work even though I really don't want to. It's the being bound to a contract that requires me to stand up at 6am on a monday which kinda kills all the fun for me in a job that I actually really love. That's why it's not great to make your hobby into a job, cuz after a while, you'll start to hate it.

[@eliadavis3881]

girl same!😣

[@RedCaio]

I hate the trope of 'over worked person finally quits their soul-crushing job and is now free to pursue their dreams and passions' because in reality they'd just starve and die.

[@SavedByGrace_CitizenEmperor]

Exactly. You shouldn't believe Hollywood writers and charismatic actors. They are just telling you what you want to hear. Ironically they are making tons of money with planting their various forms of propaganda into our heads. It can be "quit your jobs and follow your dreams" or it can be a simple Lorelai Gilmore Girls thing that life is super easy and fun or 6 Friends living in a humangous apartment. I'm not saying that these stories are not entertaining. They can be fun, inspiring, emotional moving. But many naive people will believe wrong things about life because of these illusions. In many movies, despite the odds of having success are super low, the protagonist often wins and obviously we as the audience root for the good guys to win or to reach their dreams. In Fight Club, Tyler Durden said this iconic monologue: "We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact." 20 years of internet later, most people are probably smart enough to realize that he is right. So the next step maybe is to tell us regular folks to stop being a cog and follow your dreams and passions. LOL. 😆Let's be honest: The "good" jobs are for the "good" people. Maybe you can get lucky and get such a job. But most people will always have to work these low paid shitty boring destructive jobs. Luckily, many foreigners are so nice to work those jobs that we first world citizens wouldn't want to do for twice the pay. 😎

[@Lecintel]

I know, right, only in movies people go and find an ideal huge house and life partner after they quit, reality is you leave one soul crushing job and start searching for another and accummulate debt meanwhile

[@Agent-sk7ci]

Yerp.👍🏾💯

[@elitsahadzhiivanova298]

Or in reality they might quit their soul crushing job after they’ve saved enough money to do something else, but it’s a really gradual process and takes many years at a soul crushing job, therefore not dramatic enough to portray on film.

[@veganrican606]

Well you have to consider that a soul crushing job is different for us all, someone might quit a corporate job to work at a coffee shop and be happy doing so, the takes in this thread is exactly what this video is about.

[@JessicaMiller-pc4dj]

The absolute worst aspect of this, is that I still have to bullshit my way through interviews and pretend that I want to actually do this stuff.

[@ismth]

This is me rn. It's really debasing.

[@NunesAAR]

honestly, if there is one thing that i dont feel bad about is lying in job interviews. in the same week i had two interviews and in one i said that i loved working in advertising agencies and in the other that i really wanted to work in a company because i was tired of agencies. neither was true, i just wanted a job so i would say whatever. and hey, it worked 🤷‍♀️

[@JessicaMiller-pc4dj]

@@NunesAAR I feel your method works best for a half decent sounding job, but imagine saying in an interview that you have always wanted to clean toilets or wash dishes? No, the reality is, is that I need to earn money - and that is all.

[@meikoblock]

@@JessicaMiller-pc4dj lol true but have you seen the toilet girl on tiktok? Her entire channel is her cleaning toilets and even goes to public bathrooms like at Walmart and she cleans them for free! Totally anecdotal but there are ppl that love to clean toilets lol

[@greglavers]

That's been the story of my work life. Lying that I even want to work for them and happy to do their work. I'm 58 and have had about 30 or more jobs in my lifetime.

[@paulapierrot9542]

I had the weirdest conversations with my colleagues after reducing my weekly hours from 40 to 30. "Why don't you work full-time anymore?" "Because I don't want to." "But what's the reason?" "I want more time for myself." "Does this mean you're working two jobs?" "No... I just want time for myself." "Are you working on a freelance project?" "No, not at all." "Are you writing a book?" "No." "Are you planning to start a family?" "No, I just want more free time." 👀 👀 "But what's the REASON?" Protestant work culture in a nutshell.

[@apierre6]

💯💯💯 your spot on. It's ridiculous that you need to justify taking time for yourself. It comes back to that BS mentality that every moment of your day needs to be occupied with something that makes you money. Every moment you're not at your nine to five job you're expected to be advancing your education so you can get a better cubicle job, working some type of side hustle, etc. What If I just want to spend time with my family? What if I just want to spend time with myself?

[@ertfgghhhh]

What does protestant have to do with it?

[@shanouboubou]

It's a very American way of thinking. Being European, people would be more weirded out by someone able to cut down some hours and NOT doing it. I never understood why americans are mostly defined by their job. It's strange to me, but I guess it's just another cultural difference.

[@visassess8607]

@@shanouboubou I'm so sick of Europeans constantly judging Americans online. Is it also a cultural difference that everytime a European notices something different about America they then have to give their commentary on it and call it weird?

[@shanouboubou]

@@visassess8607 Yes this is why I said "this is strange TO ME" and not "this is strange". It's just from my point of view, my intention wasn't to be insulting at all. I still apologize if my words hurt or offended you in any way 🙏🏾

[@changchangy7251]

They paying me minimum wage, they're gonna get minimum effort.

[@erinirvine7588]

That is perfect

[@diegoromero1224]

¡¡Ahuevoooooooo!!

[@amandaford8730]

I always tell myself if they're paying me minimum wage and/or not giving me health insurance I'm *not* putting in 100%.

[@ljhcmh614]

Yeah, they know that already. And it works both ways. Minimum effort guarantees you minimum wage. So, how's that working out for ya?

[@filthyan1mal588]

@@ljhcmh614 I'd steal food and live homeless rather than give up 50years of my life to some company, to help some ceo make billions, just to earn enough money to barely pay my bills and be miserable, then die with nothing. I'll spend my entire life dedicated to you and working hard, if you give me enough money to travel once a year and own my home after 20years. And then if you have treated me well or I had a kid/kids I would do another twenty years, to leave them one each. because it's about what you leave the next generation so they are setup to do better for their kids. If not I'm not having kids, why would I? just so that the generations can get worse and worse untill you can barely tell if it's slavery or work? I'm not bringing kids into a shit world when they won't have a chance. And I'm not accepting the shit job. Because that just encourages these companies to continue looking for workers at the same rate. It's like finding the most desperate person you can who will do anything for any amount and then being like ok that's the standard wage for everybody now. So yes if I have to suffer and stand up for what I believe in I will, and if enough other people do it then it too would help you aswell. So your welcome.

[@francishollingshead2134]

"Don't confuse your living with what you do to survive" -Jackson Browne, Running on Empty, 1977

[@racewiththefalcons1]

No one should have to do anything to survive. All basic human needs should be guaranteed, and they can be. It's a matter of choice and nothing more.

[@larasaikali2483]

Thank you for posting this quote

[@johnstebbins24]

Bullshit Job is an actual academic category. I feel hugged by this.

[@JessicaMiller-pc4dj]

But also shafted without lube - like how TF did we get here?

[@andylane3739]

@@JessicaMiller-pc4dj - it's a feature, not a bug, of Capitalism.

[@martinh1437]

@@JessicaMiller-pc4dj wealthy actors in successful movies by the looks of things - higher wages and better outcomes, benefits like paid holidays, shares, the guy in canada who gave all employees a minimum wage of 77k now 6 years later still going with happy staff and seeing money savings and other profits like families

[@plebweeb8868]

The ''you have to have money in order not to worry about money'' struck a cord with me. My boyfriend often boasts about ''mental health over money'', which I feel is easy for him to say. He has a cushy life as his parents are well off; the guy has never had to worry about money. So I find it rich for him to tell others not to worry about making a lot of money, even though one of those people (me) has to worry about money every day.

[@frauleinzuckerguss1906]

It's a hellish cycle that your mental health hinges on you being able to support yourself but the thing you have to do to do that can actively make your mental health worse

[@cherryblossomblossom6076]

Sounds like you need to make him your husband so you can partake in the spoils of privilege.

[@rudyspective1870]

Your boyfriend, from what you're telling us, seems dismissive about your situation and not sympathetic about what so many of us go through to get by. Dump him.

[@mitzisandoval1313]

@@rudyspective1870 it is hard to connect with our significant other when we belong to different classes. I would just talk about it, converse, read about i, and hve a good conversation... I kinda try that with my partner that is much pooorer then me :(

[@Black_pearl_adrift]

My current boyfreind isn't well off but his family is, and he lives with them. So he has disposable income. He dropped out of uni so his funds are fully his. I remeber having a convo with him about how he has more financial freedom than me and he kept insisting that we were in the same boat because he makes minimum wage. It's so weird to try and explain that as a daughter of imigrants my parents are betting on me to be a financial sucess for everyone in the family. His money is his, his parents money is his. My money belongs to my family. Idk how to explain that to him.

[@tybooskie]

I don't hate my job; I hate the pay and weird hours. I really don't want a high power complicated job to be able to survive. I want a livable wage. Food, shelter, transportation, free time to enjoy life outside of work.

[@lamakamal4072]

Exactly. Is it too much to ask?

[@loverrlee]

Exactly! I wouldn’t have quit my retail job working at the craft store if I could have just been paid a livable wage and a regular schedule (not 9-5 but just consistent from week to week!). The company was clearly making enough to pay us more. It was only a matter of greed that kept their turnover high. Penny smart but pound foolish for the company since it costs so much to rehire and retrain employees instead of just retaining the ones you have!

[@grazynawolska8160]

High power complicated job only sounds that way because the people in these jobs create that narrative so that they can justify their power and their pay. Don't be fooled. The higher you go, the easier it gets for the most part. You have minions below you to do the work for you. There was a study on this called the whitehall study that showed the higher you were and the more autonomy and control you had the happier you were. The lower, less autonomy control the more miserable.

[@justjoannak]

Agree with this *SO* much

[@fizzlersizzler9259]

@@grazynawolska8160 Bullshit nonsense. Imagine being so envious, bitter, and communistic that you discredit the work of people who are higher than you on the economic ladder because you just can't stand anyone making substantially more than you. The reality is that "higher power complicated jobs" add more value to the organization, require specialized skills that are harder to replace and involve a much greater scope than your typical minimum wage job. Who is more integral to the company? A chief financial officer who does budgeting, forecasting, risk mitigation, analysis of market trends, and who makes strategic decisions to optimize revenue or the cashier who scans a customer's items and places them into bags? The job of a cashier may be physically demanding, but that doesn't change its (relatively) low marginal productivity, scope or scarcity. Who is more entitled to profits? The entrepreneur who comes up with an idea, identifies something the market finds values, organizes the business, finances the necessary capital by taking a risk, arranges the management structure, and makes sure his business is up to code or the warehouse worker putting boxes onto trucks? The latter job may involve more elbow grease and longer hours, but how "hard" someone works doesn't matter in terms of how much they earn. For instance, am I entitled to a high grade just because I studied for 10 hours with no breaks? Obviously not. My output matters. A student can work half as hard and in half as little time but earn a higher grade.

[@mameymini7979]

What I hate is the mental torture of "you should be thankful you have a job." I'm thankful I have the opportunity to earn a good salary so I have food and shelter, but somehow I'm still miserable and hate my job.

[@BirgitProfessional]

Same. Whenever I dare to complain about my job pissing me off to my Boomer parents, I get some variation of "you should realize how lucky you are to have a job." And I get it. I am lucky. But I still sometimes just want to vent about grievances that I have about my job. It's cathartic.

[@ankhera]

I've always said that politicians should be paid the same as the average wage, adjusted to remove the top 1%. That would sure help them find ways to increase that wage.

[@hellboy19991]

but why would politicians make themselves get paid barely above the poverty line? ;)

[@mirithilrose54]

This also made me think about job applications and how they encourage you to sell an idealized version of yourself, or downright lie. When all you really need is money to live.

[@clayformations1638]

I agree. Why do you want to work for our company? What I want to say is... because I need money to live. Instead I have say... because I'm a people person who sees tremendous opportunities for growth for a career in your company. 🙄

[@filthyan1mal588]

Haven't been applying lately because I don't agree with it. But if I did it would say I will dedicate 40years of solid hard work and loyalty too you, like a soldier does in the military and do anything the job requires. If I'm paid a liveable wage, which will afford me my own home paid off and a holiday once a year. Otherwise it's not for me thanks. I think that's a fair deal for 40 of my lifes best years and 80,000 hours especially after I already did 12 years and 21000 hours school that meant to help my future. I think that's a fair trade, as a matter of fact I think considering the amount of life and time that would cost me that your getting a bargain. If not go fuck yourself I'll steal food to eat and do what I want with my time, welcome to the wealth gap hitting the pont of us not giving a fuck about self sabotage.

[@sissyrayself7508]

Once on a job interview..when asked about multi tasking I told them " No, I do not multi task..but I do really well when I can focus on one thing at a time..but I suck at everything if I try to do several things at once..I am not a machine, I am a human and I do not think humans were designed to multi task...it is not natural". I did not get the job..but years later I got a letter frim their human resources departments telling me my answer really struck a chord in them..and after many years they realized that what I had said was utterly true!! That was satisfaction.... That letter.

[@warhammer8230]

@@sissyrayself7508 I'm proud for your sincerity. It must feel so rewarding when you got the letter. Wish I can be as bold as you are in job interviews

[@nofancypants]

I feel like this is a growing movement, intensified by COVID - so many Tweets, memes and KZbin videos about the fact that we don't need to overwork just to overconsume to excess. It gives me hope that in my lifetime I will get to see the four day work week and some form of UBI.

[@JessicaMiller-pc4dj]

I really hope i live to see the universal basic income before I die but I fear that most folk are way too short sighted, if not too bitter to see it come to fruition. Just look at the US and what an awful lot of their people think of a nationalised healthcare system 😬😳😕.

[@nofancypants]

@@JessicaMiller-pc4dj I know, and for many there's a mentality of... 'if I didn't have it, this next generation shouldn't either'. That's not what makes our world progress.

[@crob80231]

It's weird/horrifying to realize that our jobs are all in service of...nothing. We're not making the world a better place. All the years of our lives are devoted to just servicing The Great Supply Chain of plastic chairs made by child labor in China, to Walmart, to consumers, to end up as trash in the ocean. That's it. That's all the YEARS of labor are in service to. The roads are falling apart, bridges are collapsing, no one can afford to go to college or even go to the hospital...but every day we do our small part to help The Great Supply Chain move plastic chairs from China to America, and then to the landfill. What a waste of life.

[@greglavers]

It's here! I worked for Dollar General in their Distribution Center and it's a 4 day work week averaging 45 hours. BUT....They often require and extra days work as overtime. Now I work for Dollar Tree warehouse and it's a 3 day work week averaging 35 hours in a week.

[@JessicaMiller-pc4dj]

@@greglavers sweet 👌.

[@D_isco_D_ancer]

" I will work all night if nothing gets done" LOL What a fantastic line of dialogue.

[@rikkiluv]

I worked retail for years. I worked my way up from $8 an hour to $10. Then I had a nervous breakdown from being overworked and under paid so I quit. That same job I left is now paying $15 an hour STARTING. They always had the money to pay us that much. But the exodus of workers forced them to bump the pay to get people to come back. No thanks. I’m still not going back.

[@sissyrayself7508]

Good for you!!! In the town in Oregon where I currently live The Walmart starts at $18.00 to $20.00.. For pretty much all and any position..to START & yet They STILL can't get employees..because people finally realize working in retail sucks.. The useless consumer goods suck..all the cheap made in China crap they sell sucks..the customers stupid first world problems and entitled attitudes suck,.the questionable management and stupid policies and lack of other staff .too under staffed no one else in your department to support you on the job sucks..and I know I already said this...but it bears repeating... the entitled ass- hat customers SUCK..SUCK, SUCK!!! ..and the job itself is just NOT an important part of society. Good for you!!! Stick to your morals! Never go back!!!!

[@loverrlee]

Your contributions to society have not gone unappreciated, even if you weren’t financially compensated for your hard work. I applaud your bravery to quit a job that was exploiting your labor. I’m proud of you for standing up for what you deserve and your quitting helped others get paid a better wage. Don’t let them take your fire. You’re awesome and never forget it.💗💗💗

[@grahamdeitner5507]

Bart Simpson: "Work is for chumps." Homer Simpson: "Good for you Boy. I was twice your age before I figured that out."

[@catherineb.]

This is funny to me as someone who has only ever worked blue collar jobs and wants to get a desk job. Work is a means to an end in my opinion. I don't want fancy cars and clothes and a big house, I just want to have to enjoy my time on the planet as best as possible. Working til midnight almost every night is just getting way too tiring

[@samanthanorton4538]

Honestly, I worked a "bullshit" job for years, and it is about mindset. Yeah it boring and not fulfilling, but I just thought of a thing I had to do to get to my real life.

[@Pretzelgal]

I wholly agree with you - work is means to an end. Our society sees working extreme hours and what one does for a living as status.

[@palindrome2599]

@@samanthanorton4538 It’s honestly quite sad that that’s part of the societal reality we live in; In order to truly live the life we want, we have to slog through gradual step ups in jobs? What a mess. Not to discredit you working rn, it’s just shit that it has to be this way in the first place

[@Fatelvis2]

what kind of work and how many hours to do you work

[@monsterx3055]

@@aslicangoz7781 tell that to my knees and back

[@mbanerjee5889]

We need to end 40 hour work week. No one should have to work more than 30 hours to afford basic needs.

[@ismth]

And still can't even when working 40 hours. Its clearly a failed system of working.

[@meikoblock]

The fact that if you work less than 40 means you don’t get health benefits is criminal!

[@ajc94]

How's that boot taste Ryan?

[@bellybuiscut]

@Ryan Howe why are you even here bro lol to instigate? To feel better about yourself? Did you even watch the video?

[@dipd2009]

Just curious... why 30 specifically?

[@kp153]

Honestly, my mental health improved so much with my remote job. I have time for me while working from home. It’s a better balance that in-person jobs I’ve had.

[@Wooperplus]

Because you probably don't work at all.

[@amelieflorelle]

Honestly me disassociating whilst working in retail like an anti-capitalist icon

[@krose9489]

don’t think i’ve ever related to a comment more

[@toriraineart]

*dissociating you added a lil extra ‘ass’ in there 🤣🍑

[@Kavilion]

I know it isn’t true but sometimes I feel like the only person in the world still working retail

[@amelieflorelle]

@@toriraineart whoopsies 😅 no wonder spell check didn’t know what I was on about…

[@ismth]

based

[@Sochilinda]

This hits hard! I just quit my job yesterday, I feel my soul is so empty, I’ve been working in a job that doesn’t bring me much joy, that doesn’t pay well and that I have to achieve a level of productivity that doesn’t allow me to enjoy anything in my free time. I’ve been depressed for a while but afraid of leaving because I need the money. But the decision is taken, I need my soul and my joy back 🥺💖

[@user-yk5xu8gr1e]

Kudos 2u! It will get better

[@themarkus6472]

How do you know it’s the job

[@orchdork775]

Hey, you did what tens of thousands of people dream of doing, so you should feel proud! Years from now you'll be happy you made such a difficult decision.

[@Sochilinda]

@@themarkus6472 I am currently depressed and the job doesn’t help me to get well, actually it makes it worse because I sleep 4 hours a day, have to work most of the day and on my days off I just think how much I dislike the job. So, it’s a mixture.

[@Sochilinda]

@@user-yk5xu8gr1e thank you! I really hope so.

[@andromedaplease]

The fact I'm applying for these types of jobs while watching this video is hilarious to me

[@sissyrayself7508]

Hilarious..yet heartbreaking at the same time.

[@TheLeah2344]

I use to be the one who was dedicated to my job and would even overwork myself just to be treated like garbage and watched everyone else get a raise for doing nothing. I learned my lesson after I ended up in the hospital from chest pains due to stress and was fired from old job. Now I don’t care about a job. I started a business and once I make it in my business I’m quitting my job.

[@letsworkoutabit1959]

Literally did the same thing. When covid hit, I was let go like I was nothing. Ever since then, company loyalty meant nothing to me. I took a took a low-end job in 2021 while building businesses on the side. Now, last month, I quit my job and running my own businesses. It's a lot of hardwork and there's no real day offs but at least I'm in control with my life now and I don't have to deal with office politics and empty promises.

[@Grace-mb8tb]

The current average work hrs just don’t suit society’s needs anymore. Labour unions fought for working 6-7 days a week to 5, with 8 hrs on and 8 hrs off. However people lived very close to their work and was often labour intensive. These days it takes people including myself one hour to get to work and one hr back. I hope to see the 4 day work week in this lifetime, many things are automated and people deserve the time off

[@Pretzelgal]

It's been said no one ever looks back at their life and says they should have spent more time at the office.

[@godbear2930]

The last job I had tried to make me feel guilty for going to the bathroom longer than my 10 minute break. My boss actually thought he was scary and intimidating when he brought this up to me. 😂

[@justineharper3346]

I live in a super poor, conservative area, and I’m starting to get really agitated by the people complaining about people choosing to not go back to work because they make more from unemployment. If you make more money from unemployment than busting your butt at a full time job, then maybe, just maybe we should start paying people a little more. We’re the richest country in the world. You would think they could figure out how to share the wealth with the working class

[@DahianaG]

Not the richest country, but i agree

[@dobratojuzzostaw]

I'm from Luxembourg too, greetings :)

[@thakatspajamaz]

Literally the point of Capitalism is to pay workers as little as possible, we'd be slaves if it were legal. The issue isn't that the rich can't figure out they need to pay more workers, it's that they figured out that they could de-fang public power through government so that we'd be forced to take their shitty, low-wage jobs. The solution is The People taking back the means of production from the Financial Feudalism of the Capitalist Class and creating Economic Democracy to match our Political Democracy - or at the VERY least, everyone should unionize

[@tomasgonzaloroa]

@@DahianaG in the very least a wealthy country, don't act like that ain't true

[@caseclosed9342]

Nothing says “share wealth” more than unemployment… With all the jobs are raises now you should be able to find a better job than just collect unemployment

[@trinaq]

After the 2008 recession, onscreen depictions of "Anti Work" have become a lot less prominent. In fact, Office Space has a line where the Hero wonders whether he'll still be working at his hated programming job by the time he's fifty, with his friend pointing out how it would be nice to have that kind of job security.

[@kahkah1986]

Yes, and terms such as side hustle developed about that time, but they are euphemisms for having to work 2-3 jobs to survive, something which before was understood to be extreme poverty. Same with onesies, they were popular because people couldn't afford to switch the heating on, but were dismissed as slovenly by boomers.

[@kshaur13]

@@kahkah1986 you made a really good point at the start but you lost me at onesies and boomers...

[@Annihilated481]

I'm a programmer and I can't imagine anyone hating a job like this. Most "bullshit" jobs really aren't, they're just bad fit jobs. People need to know what their strengths are.

[@garyjohnson8327]

@@Annihilated481 it's not about writing code, it's about what you are writing the code to do that makes it bullshit.

[@Annihilated481]

@@garyjohnson8327 But that's my point, some people just don't "get" programming. For me, the passion in software development is all about the process. It's about figuring things out, learning technologies, problem solving, optimizing, making decisions, and having a bit of creative freedom in your approach. All of that makes the job inherently fun and no two days are ever the same. The actual software you're making isn't always exciting or cool (in fact it rarely is), but just knowing you made it a little better is the real reward.

[@story.7162]

That note regarding debt entrapping workers to their jobs - the coal workers where my parents live are in a bind where the housing prices are so out of control, the coal workers have to get into amazing levels of debt just so they can buy homes in the town they work at, and the coal company knows and exploits this. These workers can't strike for any longer than a week because of their financial situations, resulting in the coal company slowly worsening conditions for these workers. so brutal.

[@jackanderson719]

The coal company is worng. That is criminal. There is no justice for workers in this country.

[@story.7162]

@@jackanderson719 this is in australia btw

[@fizzlersizzler9259]

What's the name of the company?

[@Evilushka]

@@story.7162 QLD?

[@sissyrayself7508]

Too bad we have forgotten how to..or it has been made illegal to..to simply live off the land.

[@inescastellano7960]

Please make a video about teachers and how they’re perceived in shows and movies.

[@fudgethestuffeddog]

Yes! It’d be great for them to talk about how teachers seem to be expected by default to go above and beyond, using their own money to improve their classes and support students with exceptional needs the school itself doesn’t meet.

[@HomersIlliad]

They also get paid way too little compared to how meaningful they are.

[@sissyrayself7508]

I know how I perceive tbem in real life..and it ain't pretty.

[@amyya9377]

I think Squidward Tentacles fits this trope well

[@justjoannak]

I agree with this

[@yellowplate4539]

yes

[@randomguy966]

Everyone starts as a SpongeBob, everybody ends as a squidward

[@satan9487]

To everyone complaining about this, you should know that minimum wage workers put themselves at risk during covid while getting paid MINIMUM WAGE. If you're an essential worker who is required to work during a pandemic you should be paid MORE. I work a truly bullshit job at a corporate company and while I don't earn massive amounts of money, I get much more than minimum wage for pretending to look busy. This system is broken.

[@skellymom]

The Millennials and Gen z are definitely relevant in the discussion of Slackerdom. However, don't forget about the original generation to be called slackers: Gen X. And many of the actor and actresses from the movie Office Space are from that generation. We were literally called The Slacker Generation back in the day.

[@redfullmoon]

But many those very slackers ended up being coopted anyway

[@theladyfausta]

Working from home I think is a great thing to be pushing!! The worker doesn't have to pay for transport or lose time to it. They don't have to maintain a "professional" wardrobe and can instead just use and invest in their own clothing. They aren't forced to take part in soul-draining "office behavior" and can thrive better in a more relaxed, comforting environment with no one to micromanage their very state of being while they work. I was, and still technically am, an office worker. Unless things change drastically in my personal ambitions I probably will be for most of my life! So if I have to do this I'd rather have these advantages, and if I have my way I'll never work in a physical office again!

[@mult1coloured]

+ more time to spend with family if you live with them, taking a five minute break to play with your kid instead of seeing them for only a few hours each day !

[@urbannsquirrel]

It can be tough though to lose the home as a place of refuge away from work, because you're never really "away."

[@MS-wm9nt]

But they should pay you more if you work from home since they'll pay less on electricity and rent if you're not there.

[@yoriex3577]

That's great but it doesn't apply for most people. you cannot care for people from home. :(

[@mediacenterman8583]

@@urbannsquirrel And that's why the laptop has an off button.

[@esranabil9355]

Hi "The Take" can you put a list of the mentioned movies and series on the description so we can go and watch them. Thanks

[@ayerhead07]

+1

[@nikki5095]

^^

[@loverrlee]

Yes I’d love if The Take sighted their sources more! I’ve often wondered where a clip was from but it never even puts it in the corner which is a shame because I’d watch more things recommended by them if they actually credited the original work.

[@georgiaperisanidis]

i'd love this!!

[@Raya-xw5ud]

+

[@Kinglystateof]

Our generation is the “F*CK THIS JOB” generation and I love it

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

I hope you guys really are that generation!

[@ljhcmh614]

Right. OK. But you still expect others to work in order to provide for you. You still want to go out to bars open until 2 a.m. and be served. You still want your trash picked up. You still want the electricity and Wi-Fi to keep running to your home 24-hours a day, even if that means a lineman has to be up a pole in subzero temperatures at 3 am. You still want to go shopping and have someone help you out and ring you up. People aren't really "anti-work." They are just anti-work for THEMSELVES. They're fine when others have to carry the burdens to keep our society running.

[@atheteusalexopoulos6876]

And we want those works to be well compensated and to work reasonable hours in reasonable conditions. We aren't anti work. We are anti killyourselftomakerichpeoplericher

[@Kinglystateof]

@@atheteusalexopoulos6876 thank you the more labor intensive the work the less people are paid, mechanics, teachers, electricians, construction workers etc. should be paid a minimum of 50-100,000 a year

[@natalyaporter5730]

@@ljhcmh614 that's a good point. What do you suggest we do about it?

[@clarkparker4860]

I joined the work council to make a change in my company, just to learn that it is just another part of the machine. Now my main focus is to work, to be my own boss.

[@meumundosecreto7694]

Hope that you get success

[@clarkparker4860]

@@meumundosecreto7694 Thanks :)

[@CaraMarie13]

Well it you don't like what you do, any job is a soul sucking job. Let's not let the glamour of "jobs that can lead to significant societal changes" fool you. Am a social worker and the job that I do has significant effect on the individual and their families and therefore on many other systems that I don't get to directly observe but the amount of time I spend on administrative task is ridiculous. Those administrative task that tend to be small but add up to such a point that you feel overwhelmed and like you are never going to catch up. So just because the work is important doesn't mean it's not going to mimic the feelings that lead to burn out. Also, to those characters that worked in government and activity sabotaged their work, do realize that your work is actually affecting a whole lot of people. If the pandemic has shown us anything is that our government agencies need to work a lot better and harder.

[@TinariwenMS]

THIS! 👆

[@mirithilrose54]

Omg yes! I live in a care facility because I'm disabled. All I see around me is job qualifications going up and work-loads increasing. And it's mainly by administrative tasks that are often useless. Those things are decided by management who haven't set foot in this place since covid started. All the while, nurses had to work around the clock. And when a nurse comes to visit me, they have to write an essay on all the things they did here.

[@CaraMarie13]

@@mirithilrose54 yes. And the nurse better write that note that same day or else. And is not just when they visit you. Anytime they do anything related to you, they need to write a note. Speak to a provider. Note. Speak to a family member. Note. Attend an interdisciplinary meeting where you were discussed. Note. In social services, is a note or it didn't happen.

[@camelopardalis84]

@CaraMaria13 Social workers are agents of capitalism, whether they like it or not. Some admit it, some don't. Most don't. Most feel like they're perfectly humane beings despite making many people's lives harder.

[@sissyrayself7508]

Or maybe we just need less government period. Govern= Control Ment= the mind.. Government= control the hive mind

[@BirgitProfessional]

Best decision I recently made is cutting back from 38.5 to 24 hours a week. While I initially planned to do it only for a year (while going to evening school), I'll probably stick with it beyond that. It just feels good to get 8 hours of sleep, wake up when it's light outside even in winter, and then still have 2 hours to myself before going to work. My productivity has risen and I feel so much better.

[@MustardLadySaveMe]

I miss living in Germany because whenever i went to the market, the workers didn't smile or make small talk, they just rang me up. I wish American workers could do that 😭 we have to pretend to be happy and overly friendly and it's way more exhausting than just Doing the Job.

[@sissyrayself7508]

I am actually THRILLED to have someone to talk to with my customers at my retail jobs. It is the only human contact I get as I live alone and have no friends or family in the new town I have just moved to. Therefore I am NOT pretending to be nice to MY NICE and appreciative customers. I genuinely look forward to the daily exchanges. I Myself got super stressed out by cashiers during the time I spent living abroad in England & Germany because of how cold shouldered, distant and aloof all the workers were there.. I only had my job there.. I had no family or friends there..long story short I was luckily only stuck there for a year.. During that time I reached out did attempt to get to know some of my coworkers..but in that short amount of time I was unfortunately unable to establish ANY connections or friendship.. Since I made no friends..the cold retail staff during my shopping trips and marketing days made my life almost unbearable!!! I have never felt more alone and isolated in my whole life. It was torture. I literally kissed the ground of American asphalt once I got back on Americam soil. I was so happy to be home. Where it least I know I couks count on a kind smile and human acknowledgment from a store clerk. Hey..it is better than nothing. As I said..I was Soooo happy and relieved to get back to America.. You might say American workers friendly banter is fake..But I find it quite pleasant and reassuring that I at least merit a smidgen of kindness and human interaction..evem if it is just ftom a rando sales staff. When they are outgoing and friendly..it is often the ONLY human dignity and interaction I am given in life. Therefore I myself do genuinely enjoy the small talk, sometimes I even get philosophical musings and a friendly exchange with MY DESERVING CUSTOMERS..ALL OF THEM are deserving..and endearing. All of them..that is... EXCEPT FOR certain snobby people..often of the Euro- trash variety. Those snobs I gladly ignore...because they do not deserve my true friendship....nor do they appreciate it.. Nor do they want it.. Hoity-toity. I don't tell them , " Have a nice day." Nope. Not them. Them I gladly ignore..but thank God there are few of those types in America!!!!!!!

[@ellieshaw693]

yes! my boyfriend says that his favorite people in retail are the ones who hate their jobs so he doesn't have to make small talk with them.

[@em_yu]

it took me 3 years of not woking - due to mental health issues exacerbated by work - to stop feeling guilty for not working and stop feeling guilty for not wanting to work. I'm lucky to have parents who can help me out financially, even though they're barely managing themselves, otherwise, I would have killed myself a long time ago. not working is good, actually

[@Rianoa19]

I live in the UK, where working is seen as a badge of honor and the unemployed are villains stealing from our country. A country where they're increasing tax for the working class, so it can "go back into health and social care." Despite that being one of the biggest selling points of the Brexit campaign. Lowering the amount you earn before you payback your student loan, whilst our prior pm avoids paying tax. I'm not gonna hussle, I'm gonna do the bare minimum.

[@cleardarkness888]

What comes to mind for me is the fact that the loss of able bodies during the Black Plague pushed through the end of feudalism.

[@sissyrayself7508]

EXACTLY!!!!!!

[@NicoleCamileSantosAlexandre]

Wow!!! What an amazing video! My father has dedicated most of his life studying sociology and philosophy dreaming about changing society. He hasn't worked in almost 30 years and now the group he's part of has built a self-sufficient farm so they don't need to use money anymore, his dream is that someday everyone will be able to live free from money.

[@chimedemon]

That’s why you should definitely look for Worker Co-op jobs or starting one if you can, everyone gets a say, profit isn’t the main goal (giving costumers a good product and giving the workers equal fairness and cash is the main thing) and you vote for a company you technically partially own.

[@cassandramartin7028]

You're almost on the mark, The Take, but you missed the greatest point on how we can fight this. Asking people to not buy into a consumerist culture is simply lazy and irresponsible. People can't just live their lives like the Big Lebowski. People have mortgages and medical bills to cover. You should be advocating for union work to improve the work itself, the conditions of workers, and their pay.

[@redfullmoon]

Nah that might be akin to biting the very hand that feeds them lol

[@bluesira]

I don't think they were saying not to pay your bills or to be unemployed by choice. They were saying don't buy into hyper-consumerist culture that makes you spend your paycheck on unnecessary trappings of wealth and material status symbols, like brand name clothing and fancy interior decor and high-end cars, etc.

[@mendez5525]

Watching this vid after literally putting in my two weeks, I was going to try so hard to stick it out till the end of the year and the thought alone made me want to cry. The only thing I will miss will be the paycheck (the most money I ever made) but even now I'm learning I really don't need much to be happy.

[@Elfos64]

So many times, I've heard politicians brag about how they increased employment more than anyone else in decades, and that always seemed like a non-accomplishment to me in ways I couldn't quite articulate.

[@maruchan1936]

I love this video. It really strikes home. After working crap teaching jobs for years I’ve realized that work does not make me happy. Well at least the work I’ve been doing. The places I have worked for don’t care about students or actually helping people learn. It’s al about the money. They run the schools like a business and could care less about their teachers. Luckily I’m in a place we’re I have the money to walk away while so many others don’t. When an old boss tried to pressure me into staying after they first tried to intimidate my by claiming they would fire me. I just walked away. They begged and begged before turning nasty. I don’t need that in my life. I guess she thought I was in desperate need for work. But actually I just wanted to get out of the house and work with some kids. I felt very guilty for leaving my old coworkers to suffer in this job but was never sure about what I could do to help.

[@sissyrayself7508]

The American Indoctrination centers of public Edumuhcation are BROKEN. Been there.., done that system.. for 23 long and tedious years. Never again. Never again. Please do yourself a huge favor and Read Charlotte Iserbyte' s book, " The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America". & may you begin the journey to TRUELY " waking up" _..not. to " wokeness".. But rather to actually. becoming Awake.

[@_perza]

Am I the only one here due to the “r/antiwork incident”?

[@joguestin]

"You either earn money or get to do something with meaning"; "jobs act as a kind of daycare for adults", "my retirement plan is to die in the climate wars" This video belongs in my "Internet Macarons" playlist!

[@TheSci-fiAnarchist42]

Uh oh, I'm early. I'd better think of a joke..... Capitalism.

[@alexsmith2910]

I loled comrade.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

Communism * grabs popcorn *

[@caseclosed9342]

Crony capitalism

[@m1lks0da76]

@@caseclosed9342 *capitalism fixed it for you

[@caseclosed9342]

@@m1lks0da76 how’d not capitalism work out for the Soviet Union?

[@Hallows4]

Interesting historical parallel (and one that I think was addressed in a previous video): Following the Black Death in Europe, serfs and other "grunt" laborers were able to lobby for better rights/wages because such a huge population loss made their skills much more valuable. Yeah, it's a morbid comparison - and frankly it really shouldn't take such tragic circumstances to propel needed social change - but maybe they had a point in saying that better times could be around the corner.

[@SavedByGrace_CitizenEmperor]

Interesting. But wasn't that always the case? When industrialization came along, workers were suffering under horrible horrible working and living conditions. Often things only can start to change when life gets really bad for a big number of people.

[@yoriex3577]

reminds me of the attention people doing social work got during the pandemic.

[@sissyrayself7508]

It should not Could not Would not. Shoulda Coulda Woulda.. Mute points all. Does not matter what should be Or should not be What is.. Is. That is all. And what is Is That now... Fewer worker bees Means each individual bee now has More power in the hive. This is a good thing.

[@eatright909]

20:15 A gas station offering free Netflix for a year......JUST FUCKING PAY MORE.

[@camelopardalis84]

Someone making sure you have less money than you would otherwise have only makes sense if it is the state that makes you pay taxes to pay for important stuff for society as a whole. "Let me tax you a little bit more, so that we can build a homeless shelter, and you can buy one less bar of chocolate each month." That is good. But if it's an employer paying you less and giving you something you have absolutely no use for instead, your employer pretty much steals money from you and buys you a gift with it.

[@fionafiona1146]

@@camelopardalis84 How about people get the things relevant to survival trough the government emergent out of the collective need and what they choose beyond it from employers trough the fungible token known as cash? Admittedly the American dystopia appears moderately stabile (at the brink of civil war 3 of 48 months or so cyclical) but I saw employer Healthcare options!

[@camelopardalis84]

@@fionafiona1146 Depending on what *exactly* you mean with your first paragraph, I agree with you at least mostly. I have no idea, though, what you mean with "but I saw employer healthcare options"; neither in context of the rest of your second paragraph nor when I look at it isolated.

[@anthonyml7]

The problem is there are some people that are that conscientious that they need to work 40+ hours or they'll go crazy. Just like there are people that don't find meaning in their jobs which makes them feel undervalue and unappreciated. Which is why you need to find an outlet for that which your missing while in a job you can at least tolerate. (easier said than done though I know).

[@ZoeAlleyne]

Do we have to love what we do though? I mean, I don't think it should be as draining as it is. I don't think it should be soul destroying. But in my opinion, the idea that you need to LOVE work or live what you do is just more capitalist propaganda. I would like my work to have some meaning, to be helpful. But I don't need to love it.

[@SavedByGrace_CitizenEmperor]

In my opinion, again, there's a part of the world that more or less has the luxury to choose a job they more or less like or love. Many can't. I like my jobs. Even what I'm doing. But I wouldn't say I love it. I really like my collegues and my bosses are very nice. My working hours are absolutely fine. And it's mostly not really stressful. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to do it. I think about my work as my way of gaining the money to do what I want to do with my life. Outside of my appartment or for buying stuff for my appartment. And for spending time with my friends. I honestly don't know what job I could do because I'm not really able to handle much stress and what job I would love doing.

[@sissyrayself7508]

Speak for yourself then. I see myself as worthy of work that enriches my soul and not just a means to survive.

[@ZoeAlleyne]

@@sissyrayself7508 some of us enrich our soul on our own time instead of doing it while on the clock for someone who is underpaying us.

[@abc-rx9rl]

I think the best state of mind you should be at work is to not take it so seriously and just do what you have to do without pressuring yourself it’s just for money and not think to much about it and of course if it’s affecting your health mentally and physically quit!

[@sweetnessglyc]

If everybody expects to have their dream job, who is going to do the essential work like sanitation, waste disposal etc? Nobody grew up dreaming about cleaning bathrooms yet somebody needs to do it

[@sissyrayself7508]

How about everyone cleans the bathrooms??? Everyone who uses it..why should that be a "job" for one unlucky schmuck..?? everyone can lift a fricken lazy finger and clean the bathrooms..if you use it. And if you make a mess...YOU clean it..otherwise YOU got what YOU deserve. If you leave a dirty bathroom..you get to have your own face literally rubbed in your own mess.

[@elizrebezilmadommdo1662]

I've noticed that there's this double standard, depending on which generation is against being in 9-5 jobs with low pay and mundane working conditions. When middle class baby boomers, gen xers (whether it's now or someone younger from the past), or even sometimes us zoomers say they don't want those kind of jobs, it's "revolutionary" and "smart", but when a millennial says the same thing, they're "entitled" or "lazy". This channel has literally criticized and made generalizations of millennials for the very same thing you're praising these characters of doing or preaching. I've noticed that although my generation is currently dealing with those same criticisms, and that baby boomers and gen xers had these same criticism when they were younger as well, the amount of criticism that millennials get for this, particularly from this channel (despite you guys consisting of mostly millennials, I assume), seems to be more obtuse. Millennials can't catch a break, and it almost makes me thankful to be in gen z, only because our generation seems to get a lot more sympathy than millennial do. Millennials seem to get the most criticism for, well, just wanted to be treated with a basic level of respect and earn a fair money for their hard work, while gen x gets the least criticism nowadays, probably because gen x has been controlling a lot of the media for a while. In general, I think it's tone deaf to label any group of people as "slackers", "lazy", etc. because they choose not to follow a specific career or don't want to be mistreated and overworked while also being underpaid (especially when many of them are still working anyway). It's also tone deaf of them to paint them as people who "want everything handed to them" all because they just want a living wage and to have a decent life. It just seems to be capitalistic propaganda. No wonder news outlets and celebrities try to make people from certain generations look stupid, lazy, selfish, or entitled, or when they try to speak for regular people by saying that we all have it easy or that the only reason many of us suffer financially is because we're all lazy, dumb, or entitled. It's all calculated.

[@ronig3952]

It is capitalistic propaganda.

[@nikki5095]

Seems like the paradigm of getting paid more to do soulless work is a newer dimension of "hazard pay."

[@dominickstewart433]

You’re worth what you ask for. You can complain about how much you get paid but if you’re too scared to ask your boss you’re worth every penny you’re getting. Put pressure on your companies to get paid more

[@unseenmolee]

im in constant pain, physically and mentally, but I will still be forced to work because I need a house, food, and just basic necessities. I dont understand how thats NOT fucked up. im forced to go to school to train to become a worker and live like this for the rest of my life... and im supposed to be ok with that? i have friends who hate work as much as I do, but are still forcing themselves to go because they need to move out of their family homes. I wish I could talk to people politely and smile all day and pretend to like a life thats killing me, but that sounds like hell. im trying to avoid work (rebel or whatever) but its impossible esp for a poor ass bitch like myself :,,,,)

[@lucamara6424]

That is really fckt up and I hope things will change or at least that we’ll find a loophole😅

[@unseenmolee]

@@PennyWise-eu9nz how can you think food is a privilege? Im not asking anyone to pay for my xbox, im asking to live without working for other people!! if I could have a slice of land and make my own food, and never ask for anything, I would, but I cant; my labor is not my own, nothing isnt commoditized; how cant you see that as a problem?

[@gonzalo4722]

@@PennyWise-eu9nz Your needs would also be fulfilled

[@gonzalo4722]

@@PennyWise-eu9nz Wouldnt it be nice that other people have the same as you?

[@lucamara6424]

@@PennyWise-eu9nz I think the system is the real fcked up thing. I get the whole point of everyone fending for themselves in this world, but not everyone can. Also, many people have plenty of money without even working hard because they were born in a wealthy family (for example). Then you also have people working multiple jobs and barely being able to pay rent. We are all humans and need to help each other out. That’s my opinion at least.

[@keirramichelle8644]

LOL work is legit daycare for work. When I'm off I have to do something to keep myself busy or else I'll end up sitting in the same spot all day. My body knows it's supposed to be doing something

[@zacharyb2723]

at the exact moment she says 'don't get seduced by consumer culture' - it cuts to ads. brilliant.

[@SheepWink]

Awesome video! honestly i really need these videos, i just don't go on twitter very much, and when i go there, i feel like people are just expressing themselves with sass and humour to get likes and i hate that, even though there are really good points being made by voices i don't hear from in my everyday life. I love your videos so much! you really bring up these subjects with such respect and objectivity, but then you still quote the everyday folks expressing themselves on twitter because in topics like these, they matter more than some random articles. Thanks! good job Anya! i hope you guys keep working together this is a great partnership! also, while i'm at it if you read this, i love hearing analysis and essay type videos from women like yall, it is VERY refreshing and distinct from everything else, and this channel is just one of the best in the whole genre. I hope this isn't weird to say, but know that you have a couple of cis straight white guys like me who really appreciate what you're doing!

[@Kavilion]

This comment made me realize I may be spending too much time on Twitter. I find myself thinking in that truncated, snarky ‘gotcha’ tone of Twitter you’re describing. Also like to echo the SWM really enjoying the unique perspective of the channel.

[@SheepWink]

@@Kavilion hell yeah! :)

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

@@SheepWink Twitter is a very toxic website/app

[@CourtneyDixonDesigns]

I really enjoyed this. As someone who left the corporate world and all the abuses, I engaged in something I loved. We need people to work all sorts of jobs, but we weren't put on this earth to slave away, make barely anything, and die broke after working in miserable jobs.

[@naromngin]

People are "stuck" because they drown themselves in debt with materialistic crap that doesn't matter because it gives them the temporary pleasure long enough to endure their "soul-crushing" job. Its a vicious cycle. Ask yourself, why am i working so hard? To buy this couch? These clothes? You're trading your life source for these possessions. If you want to break out of it, start budgeting and learn minimalism. Once you free your mind; you can free your body.

[@SavedByGrace_CitizenEmperor]

The irony is that these are professional actors playing characters saying lines written by professional writers funded by big companies. I like anti-capitalist or similar messages or anti hamsterwheel thoughts. But those people creating our entertainment are defintely working hard for their living and many or even the majority are earning more than your average joe. And although pressure is high, being an actor seems to be a more fulfilling job than many jobs we have to do. One wonders if these messages are even honest or just calculated in to appeal to the regular folks who think they are cool or anti-establishment for liking anti-establishment movies (made by million dollar companies and that cost millions of dollars). The German rap legend Samy Deluxe just recently released a song where he is rapping about several political and systemic ideas and problems. So far so good. But: a) He's doing it to earn money. And b) he won't change anyhting. He is just making clever wordplays, he's again talking about what is going wrong and he is again not offering any solutions. And in the interviews he will tell you whatever he wants you to hear. Like those playing their roles like Brad Pitt/Edward Norton in Fight Club. Wow, anti capitalism messages in a mainstream movie. Wow, so awesome. In the end, those involved make a lot of cash and the viewers think something has changed. But it didn't. Only the fact that already rich people got a little more money for themselves, sponsored by us regular folks watching their stuff. Not sure if my thoughts are leading anyhwere here. It's just weird when you think about it.

[@themarkus6472]

Great point. Brad Pitt really put a lot of effort into his character, but the thing is it’s just a character. The ideas established in that movie sound good but in reality I don’t think anybody would go to those extremes. Like Tyler Darden said, it’s masterbation.

[@TheMovieSequelDude49]

This is basically like the whole "how can you be anticapitalist if you own an iPhone" argument. You have to work with the tools of a corrupt system because oftentimes they're the only tools you can use. Anti-work entertainment, while part of a capitalist system, has the possibility of spreading anticap messages to a wider audience then could ever be done in a political text or a manifesto. But at the end of the day it is still entertainment made for the specific purpose of entertaining so it's still limited in that regard. I hope that helps.

[@SavedByGrace_CitizenEmperor]

@@TheMovieSequelDude49 I like what you wrote. My comment echoed the video of the Take about Disney's anti-capitalist messages. Fight Clubs might be a good one at least several aspects but movies often give simple solution to complex problems or romanticise difficult life themes with easy success or happy endings against the odds. It's probably the viewer's responsibility to think for himself and to think critically about both critical concepts like Fight Club and positiv fantasies like many RomComs or in your standard drama or fantasy movie.

[@heleen5903]

I think sort of ironically, you’re reducing these individuals to their jobs. If you’re a writer who has somehow managed to make it big enough to create a mainstream box office film, you’ve almost certainly had to work a number of odd jobs to get to that position. There isn’t exactly an abundance of jobs for young budding writers. Eventually, if you’re lucky, you get to that point but you have still nonetheless been shaped by what brought you to that point. Soul crushing labour often in accompaniment with unliveable wages and unlikable coworkers is not something you will forget quickly. I searched up Samy Deluxe and I noticed that he is 1) a person of colour in a white country 2) middle class 3) the child of a broken home. People of colour are typically much more conscious of financial instability and uncertainty and will place an almost relentless amount of pressure on their younger generations to establish wealth for themselves. He also doesn’t come from money so he would at the very least be exposed to what it’s like to be stuck in a job you don’t like to make ends meet. His father also left his family when he was quite young; it’s not unlikely that some of the earliest memories that Samy has are of financial instability and the resultant stress on his family unit. My point is that just because an individual is now making money doesn’t necessarily mean these messages are coming from an inauthentic place. Just because someone is trying to make money doesn’t necessarily mean they have an inaccurate or flawed perception of the situation. It is true that companies will fund this kind of thing but not because there’s some sinister pro-capitalism message being snuck in (or at least some apathetic or passive ideas along the lines of “we live, we work, we die”). Capitalism as a system isn’t self aware; it simply highly incentives those on the upper echelons to continue making money at the cost of all else. I truly believe they don’t really care, primarily because their wealth and status has given them, even in their own eyes, a sort of invincibility.

[@livics610]

Yes, because capitalism tries to take over anti-capitalist ideas and turn them into profit

[@slixameth]

Ilana on “Broad City” at her deals, deals, deals job was the most realistic and hilarious thing ever.

[@prairiefaerie]

I started working for the Fed Gov in Nov 2019 and quit in April 2020. ‘Twas Soul sucking - knew I wouldn’t do a good job because I wasn’t passionate and someone else would want my position. Happy ending: I have my dream job now.

[@GreenSamurai2]

"In an insane world, only the sane appear to be insane."

[@joshfactor1]

i don't know if anyone has ever seen corporate but it's such an underrated gem i would highly recommend, especially if you've ever worked a white collar job

[@ZiZla999]

They used to tell me I’d become more conservative as I get older. Me, age 20: Liberal Me, age 25: Progressive Me, age 30: Socialist Me, age 33 and counting: basically communist

[@Elkathinka]

Similar here. Naivety kept me neoliberal, experience made me anarchokommunist

[@beatrizgomez3423]

@@Elkathinka same

[@PanzerfaustBR]

Here in my country we also have a version of this popular saying. But living a third world country makes things a little bit more complicated, you see... Me, age 17: Socialist and Human Rights advocate Me, age 25: Council Communist (Luxemburg, Pannekoek & Mattick) and Human Rights Lawyer Me, age 33: "Wait, do you think Stalin was bad?! If I had supreme executive power for a day here in Brazil, I would make him look like a f***** peace-loving Hippie".

[@livics610]

Same roadmap, the more I age, the more I recognise how many things are bullshit and that goes into the opposite direction as conservatorism

[@beatrizgomez3423]

Sexy sleep music

[@kokijavier]

I love how you quote yourselves quoting Weber! Thank you for this kind of videos!

[@verkaikon4429]

I’m surprised that Superstore and Clerks weren’t included

[@ciromreis]

This video hit hard in my heart. Funny way to portrait a bad feeling I have, but also an empowering rationalization of current social dynamics. I loved the archetypes you presented. Also, it would be interesting to say a bit more about other labour standards. I am a Global South based worker working for a multinational company with a hub in the US. There are many differences between countries and even though the video is great, it focus a little bit too much on the US. Great work anyways

[@p.b.4464]

Thanks, The Take for the video! I hate to suggest an extremely heavy subject for another video especially during this lighthearted one, but here goes. The exploitation of Brooke Shields, and her possible response to it in the 90s movie, Freeway. It's It's dark movie, not well known at all I don't think, and many might say it exploited Reese Witherspoon. I don't want to do any spoilers, even for such an old movie, but there is a scene with Brooke that I believe is a commentary from her perspective. A tragic Easter egg type nod to the tween to early teen years. Lately I've been watching a few videos about Pretty Baby and Blue Lagoon, and it's stirred up a lot of feelings. Had anyone seen Freeway, and get what I'm saying? None of the videos I've seen on the topic mention her role in Freeway.

[@MomoMensch]

thank you so much for YOUR work! :D I really love this channel and i learn new things with every video. This is one of my favourites so far. I love it when you zoom out to the bigger picture.

[@Roguechild]

My old co-worker and I used to joke that it's corporate welfare. We would work in a factory and get paid a third of what the people who sat on their butts and did nothing all day upstairs did. Not only that but they got treated to massage days and special treats that we were excluded from. We were short-staffed and they continue to hire people for no reason

[@sissyrayself7508]

Ever tempted to burn the factory down?

[@CrownedFoxProductions]

This video is so, so, so important. Thank you for this.

[@zenleeparadise]

I’m in retail management and my cashier (I work at a small store, we only have one closing cashier, she only works three nights a week, and I cashier when she’s not there) doesn’t do anything other than cashier - she won’t do go backs, she won’t clean, she won’t straighten the sales floor up - she just reads when she has no customers, and as a comrade to antiwork, I don’t encourage her to do anything! I’m in retail middle management at a place that regularly makes me close the store by myself - why on earth other managers in my position bother hassling their minimum wage employees to do more is beyond me. Fuck it. She doesn’t lift a finger and I love that for her. If you’re in management: relax. It’s likely that your company does not care about you. Stop fretting. Don’t harsh the vibes of your staff if they’d prefer not to work. Leave them be. Stop trying to convert everyone to your neuroses about satisfying unreasonable expectations from your employers. You’re fighting a losing battle. Give up. Get a hobby and do it on the clock.

[@paulinaenck5797]

Would love a take on each of the four central characters of search party. Dory’s self delusion, Drew’s weakness and passivity, Portia’s insecurity, and Elliot’s lying and abusiveness.

[@donsolo7860]

I think you just covered it lol

[@mujerforalibre]

So glad you mention Bartleby!

[@apierre6]

I love this new essayist! Excellent piece. Hope to see more of this woman's work

[@Kensho79]

This was excellent! So many of us feel this way.

[@Hungover52]

Cool to see someone referencing Bukowski's thoughts in a positive sense.

[@sissyrayself7508]

Mehhhh... Probably just some subtle MKUltra Tavistock institute bullshit programs we are not fully aware of..but..whatevet.

[@PINKDABARBER]

upon watching 'We work: the making or breaking of a $47 billion unicorn" the we live part of it is similar to the worry free part in "Sorry to bother you" where you work and live all in the same place.

[@mangostripes2335]

Black Mirror Fifteen Million Merits should have definitely been mentioned here

[@Matthew_Murray]

Part time jobs should pay the same as full time jobs if I could make the same amount working 30hrs as I do working 40hrs life would be so much better. Seriously working only 4 days a week and having an extra work day to ourselves to actually get stuff done would drastically improve a lot of people’s lives.

[@fionafiona1146]

Greenland has solid data on it. I would at least like to know people who are in part time jobs get Healthcare and some stability.

[@Matthew_Murray]

@@fionafiona1146 or better yet don’t tie healthcare to employment

[@voltaverse]

can I work for you, The Take? I love everything you do.

[@VintageStarlet]

Thank you for this one ❤️

[@paulinskipukprogressive4903]

this is an excellent piece thank you Anya !

[@ismt9390]

I lived in Germany for 3 years. I don't often praise the country because personally i've had bad experiences there. That being said, the work culture and work-life balance is probably a lot healthier than in the USA. Even if you work a low skill job on minimum wage, you can afford all the basic necessities of life: you can pay rent, have a car, pay utilities, buy food and even go on (not too extravagant) vacations. When the work day is over you go home, it doesn't matter if you couldn't finish all your work, your extra hours are either payed or given to you as extra days off. If it's lunch break, you go have lunch. If you're sick you stay home and you *have* to take your days off, it's compulsory. If you don't take your vacation days the company might get in trouble.

[@manderson9593]

It's amazing how insignificant details in a job are weaponized to impact / threaten the quality of people's lives. And these jobs actually contribute to the true meaning of sloth, not offset it

[@Heothbremel]

This was a nice take to drop in on. More like this please!

[@josefk7437]

I think in the 1980s, the slacker became the hero of movies and pop culture. Hustle culture helped to create a certain rebellion against hustle culture and the culture of the Reaganomics and "Work you to death."

[@RafaelCorrea-ty4nk]

Would be Nice If there were a list with the movies that r being analyzed on the descreption

[@adrianghandtchi1562]

It’s kind of strange I love where I am but recently look more forward to my days off, I’m not gonna quit my job but I’m ok with just leaving work at work.

[@truno7]

Asked for raise. Got pizza party and no raise. Quit immediately. Ex coworkers have more duties for same pay. Wash, rinse, repeat.