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“The whole truth is that we are all clinging to a lovely blue ball floating in a sea of blackness. Everything else, including and most especially the "truth" you're looking for? Is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

#i want this to be the quote on my headstone #i want to live forever but if (and god forbid) i die this is what I need engraved in stone under my name #it's from a mid-season 5 episode of The Blacklist

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manynamedshe

“They’re not smarter or faster they’re buying up others’ lifetimes to do their chores”

thequeerwithoutfear-deactivated

[images: series of tweets from @realavocadofact. tweets read, “they’re not elite they’re rich”, “they’re not better they’re better supplied”, “they’re not smarter or faster they’re buying up others’ lifetimes to do their chores”, “there is nothing wrong with you; you’re doing your best in a game rigged against you, probably not enough people and fruit tell you that”]

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I see this reaction a lot, and I gotta say, it always makes me a little sad. Whenever the conversation of exploitation of labor comes up, inevitably someone finds themselves struggling with the guilt of “It is so important to me not to contribute to exploitation but I cannot do this thing myself and need someone else to do it for me, so how do I even approach that?”

Exploitation isn’t in the hiring of a service worker. Exploitation is in the respect you show them for their ability to perform the service you need from them.

I have been on a cleaning service staff before, and also been someone who hired a cleaning service, and I can tell you for sure that a lot of cleaning crews (especially worker owned ones) absolutely LOVE their clients and are genuinely happy to be able to make their lives better. The clients they don’t like? Those are the ones who disrespect the workers.

When I was involved with a cleaning service, we had everything from little old ladies living alone to McMasions with five cars as clients, and I can assure you that whenever there was someone who clearly hired us because they were overwhelmed or unable to keep their space clean, those were the households where you put a little more elbow grease in and did a deep clean even when it wasn’t paid for, because you could see how much these people were trying and struggling, and they were always so kind and generous and often embarrassed when talking to you about the job.

I only hired a service a couple if times in my life, but whenever I did, I worked with the same people as often as I could, tipped as well as I could afford, and tried to be the kind of client I would want to have, and that’s how I often ended up with my baseboards cleaned too, or my fridge scrubbed and organized or a restorative clean done in a high use room even when that wasn’t what I had scheduled or paid for.

I’ve heard the same thing from all manner of service workers over the years. Many of us like our jobs! We enjoy the work. It’s the customers that can do a number on you.

I think a lot of people are afraid that by needing a service they are inherently exploiting or harming the people who perform that service, and they really aren’t. But it does benefit a capitalist system for us to all be burnt out and overwhelmed because we’re too afraid to hire the help we need. Be upfront and honest with service workers about what you need and why you need it, and treat them with dognity and kindness while they perform your service, and I promise you they will always be happy to answer your call.

headspace-hotel

HIRING A PROFESSIONAL TO CLEAN YOUR HOUSE ISN’T MORE EXPLOITATIVE THAN GOING TO A DENTIST OR ORDERING A PIZZA

We all fucking depend on each other, it’s about respect and treating one another as fellow humans instead of seeing them as below us

#exploitation is first and formally taking advantage of someone for your own gain with little or no regard for their gain #the way we primarily witness exploitation in a capitalist society is building a business‚ hiring workers‚ and #and taking most of the profit for yourself‚#paying the people actually doing the work and generating the income as little as you can to maximize what you get to take home #you organized a workforce and instead of paying yourself a reasonable wage and the rest to the people actually making the money #you exploit their work and take as much benefit as you can while giving back enough for them not to revolt #hiring a service to do work for you‚ that you're paying them to do at the expected rate‚ cannot be considered exploitation.#even if you're disrespectful and make their jobs a nightmare because you're elitist or racist‚ if you pay them what they expect to be paid.#.. which is probably more than the standard rate because of an asshole fee‚ but you pay it anyway without argument‚ it's not exploitation #if they're doing a service for shit pay and the money you're paying goes to a corporation that pays them unfairly—#—you can maybe consider yourself to be enabling exploitation‚ depending on the context‚ otherwise it's still not you‚#it's the corporation exploiting them.#even taking advantage of someone willing to do the work for a lower than standard rate because you need the help and can't afford the rate #isn't exploitation if they're doing it willingly‚ it's charity #if you can afford the standard rate but don't want to afford it in the vain of being smart and saving money.... that's exploitation.

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fish-sidekick

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#lol #bdsm

beardedmrbean

Next up someone is going to claim that the Narnia series isn't kids books.

Kids books is probably not the best way to word it, you can enjoy them at every age, including your childhood, as you get older you may find new truths in them, but they're still good for any age.

#smh

iguessyouregonnamissthepantyraid

i love this team so much. this dude ballerina twirled around the first defender who came at him and then hurdled backwards over the next one, an entire grown ass man, like it was nothing. like he's in a goddamn sports anime. unbelievable

iguessyouregonnamissthepantyraid

can you imagine the kind of bonkers athleticism you have to display to get an entire sideline of professional athletes to react like this

WHAT

oh sick someone paved this whole road with good intentions. i wonder where it leads

aspiringsorceress

#lol #the good place #tgp #chidi anagonye

@doctor-lypten

#elon musk #jeff bezos #richard branson #billionaires

sometiktoksarevalid

#im on a very intense lsd trip right now and wasn't paying attention #now I'm paying attention

solradguy

Gallery illustration featured in Heavy Metal (Fall 1997), 20 Year Special. Art by Oscar Chichoni

#oscar chichoni #art

lastoneout

I know "money can't buy happiness" is a bullshit lie meant to keep the underclass from demanding better things, but at the same time looking at people like Elon Musk and Mr. Beast who seem to have never enjoyed a single minute of their lives...I do think that while money can make you happy, being ultra-wealthy makes you uniquely miserable in some profoundly fucked up way. It's like AI psychosis, having all the people around you never tell you no and always talk you up but also being the kind of people who don't actually like you and instead just want something from you just breaks your brain.

beatrice-otter

Money can't buy happiness.

But it can fix a lot of the stuff that's making you un-happy.

These are not the same thing, so it really matters that we understand what the definitions are for what we're dealing with.

Being happy has both internal and external causes, and it also has both internal and external deficits. If you don't have enough nourishing and tasty food, you will almost certainly be less happy. This is an external cause. If you are being abused, you will definitely be less happy. This is an external cause. If you have a lot of time to spend with wonderful people who care about you, you will probably be happy. This is an external cause.

But at the same time, a lot of the causes of happiness are internal. If you are a spiteful person, you are probably not going to be very happy no matter what your life circumstances are. On the other hand, if you are a cheerful person, chances are you will be happy even in circumstances that are objectively not great. These are internal causes. They'll be the same no matter what.

And the thing is, money can affect some (not all!) of the external factors of happiness, but does almost nothing about the the internal factors. Money can buy good food that you like. Money can buy escape from an abusive situation. Money can fix terrible living conditions. Money can give you the freedom to quit a shitty job with a horrible boss. Money can buy you time to spend with friends ... but money can't buy actual friendships. Not ones that are solid enough to increase your happiness in the long run. Sycophants are not the same thing as friends.

As for the internal factors that influence happiness ... there is a little bit you can do with money to affect them. Money can pay for therapy, which can help with the internal factors, but only if you're actually willing to do the work ... and if the problem is "negative personality," 'willingness to do the hard work of changing your outlook' is much more important than whether or not you have a therapist. (Obviously, if it's an actual problem like a mood disorder, that's different, and you are more likely to need a therapist--and a doctor who can prescribe meds. But there are a lot of people out there who don't have any kind of mental health problem, they'd just benefit from an attitude adjustment.)

When people say "money can't buy happiness" they're assuming a default state of being safe and having all your physical and social needs met, or at least within shouting distance of being met. Your life doesn't have to be perfect, but you're not being abused, your job is no more than averagely bad, you've got a safe and secure place to live, etc. And once you hit that point ... adding additional money will not affect your long-term happiness. The things that will affect your happiness are things like your relationships and your attitude. Which is why so many rich people are absolutely miserable--they genuinely think you can buy happiness, that an extra mansion or a fancy car or surrounding themselves with sycophants who will kowtow to their every whim will make them happy. And it won't! It just won't. Momentary pleasure isn't the same thing.

But there is a point where money can buy happiness, and that point is when you don't have enough of it to fix basic problems of safety and food and housing, etc.

#there's an error in that first post #they're right that having nothing but yes-men who only care about you in as far as they think you'll make them rich‚ will break your brain..#what they're not understanding is Elon demands this. Anytime he is proven wrong he melts down.#He demands his people treat him like royalty and he uses his money to convince them to do it.