• TheFriar@lemm.ee
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    23 days ago

    Spending your time “productively” is a capitalist brainwashing tool. They already exploit you in your working hours, five days a week, all day. They came for our off hours with the advent of newer technologies. They came for our third spaces because they implied you were allowed to live your life outside of spending or producing capital. And they’re here, already vying for your small sliver “you” time because that doesn’t churn the gears of this life sucking system.

    Fight the fucking system. Do goddamn nothing and enjoy it. Don’t let them guilt you into thinking your life is wasted if you’re not “producing.” Fuck them.

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      23 days ago

      I mean, I should have washed my towels because I ran out of clean towels last night but here we are at bedtime and it’s not been done. That’s got as close to nothing to do with capitalism as it gets but it’s certainly got a lot to do with being productive and it’s something I should have done today but didn’t

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      23 days ago

      I don’t think spending time on my hobbies and interests as unproductive.

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        22 days ago

        So do your hobbies. Why would that ever be something you think I’m railing against? I’m saying, when we do nothing sometimes, it’s a revolutionary act. That obviously does not mean “only ever do nothing.” If you enjoy doing something, do it. I didn’t think that needed to be clarified after an anti-capitalist rant.

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      22 days ago

      Working on my hobbies is fulfilling and makes me happy. If I like painting train models all weekend, who are you to argue against it? Doing nothing is boring and sad.

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        22 days ago

        Jesus, who’s are people possibly taking this to mean “do nothing or else!”

        Don’t let the concept of productivity ruin your desire to relax. I’m pretty sure I said your time is yours, don’t let anyone tell you how to not spend it, especially this amorphous concept of “productivity.”

        There’s a pandemic of “productivity” and hustle culture, people are turning their entire lives into ways to make more money. That’s way more sad than doing nothing.

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          22 days ago

          That’s a perverse sense of “productivity” then. I like spending my free time getting a lot done, but none of it is a “hustle” or an attempt at making money.

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      22 days ago

      There’s a middle road to be met with this comment. You don’t do productive things for capitalism you do it for your mental health. Also, being productive can mean many things most of which have nothing to do with feeding the machine.