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TDS is a MAGA projection.
this may be an Unpopular Opinion (even on tumblr) but like the 8-hour workday is just Too Gotdamn Long
like even sitting in an office for eight hours a day isnāt particularly pleasant (or healthy, as we are beginning to see) but when weāre talking about doing *actual work* for that same amount time it gets pretty fucking brutal
doing literally *anything* (even leisure activities) for eight hours straight tends to be less than enjoyable but when weāre talking about things like construction, landscaping, factory work, and hell, even foodservice and retail, eight hours is a fucking ETERNITY
i might just be a lazy weak-willed bitch but honestly i think iām not entirely wrong
this was being worked towards by leftist labor unions way back in the day after the time of FDRs new deal. people in the 40s and 50s were already starting to realize that we no longer actually needed an 8 hour work day or even a 5 day work week.
even with the comparatively primitive factory tech of the time we were already creating a huge amount of excess production back then and companies were making massive amounts of profit. So it already stood to reason that companies should either let their employees work less and thus each employee could work a shorter shift without lowering the yearly compensation of each employee, or in cases where businesses provide an active service they would shorten the shift but hire more people to cover the necessary operating time. but of course that would mean less money for people at the top so companies fought back hard and we ended up with nixonās bullshit and so on and now its considered the norm for us to spend the vast majority of our lives doing work that really just amounts to waste.Ā
The IWW realised this and were fighting for it all the way back in the 1930s. This is a take with a lot of historical and theoretical grounding, OP, so youāre standing in good stead.
Iād also like to add itās also been studied and scientifically proven that after 6 hours, we have an extremely noticeable drop in productivity. Sweden saw nothing but benefits from a 6-hour work day, including worker productivity, happiness, and half the amount of sick-leave used when applied to nurses.
https://onlinemasters.ohio.edu/the-six-hour-workday/
Just gonna add that the IWW is still kicking and basically anyone who is not an employer can join.
"screen time screen time screen time screeeeEEEEEEEE" before the smartphone, kids were so bored they'd play with explosives, vandalize local infrastructure and harass old people for entertainment.
fund libraries. fund makerspaces. fund youth sports. enable kids to actually go places without having to ask someone to drive them everywhere. excessive reliance on digital spaces is a symptom of having nothing else to do.
Things that will never make me think less of someone: Enjoying media, entertainment, or aesthetics with ideologically reactionary elements
Things that will IMMEDIATELY make me think less of someone: Insisting that the ideologically reactionary media, entertainment, or aesthetics they enjoy are actually Le Hecking Epic Wholesome Leftist Praxis
To draw upon a semi-recent Discourse topic, if you encounter a claim along the lines that, idk, for example, the imagery and cultural idea of Knights as it exists in pop culture is entrenched with a long history of islamophonia (due to how much of this cultural imaginary comes directly from the narrative of the Crusades) and your response is "I still think knight imagery is cool, I don't enjoy things based on how ideologically correct they are" I'll respect you infinitely more than if your response was "Actually liking knights is leftist because there's nothing more leftist than protecting those weaker than you"
"I don't engage with this thing to have my politics parroted back at me" will always be 1000x more graceful and productive than trying to argue that everything you like is Fundamentally Leftist, Actually.
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017; 9:30 pm
They let me call James. He didnāt answer. I didnāt really expect him to. James never answers calls from numbers he doesnāt recognize so I left a message. Maybe Heāll call back. I really want to talk to him. I miss my best friend.
Monday, March 13, 2017; 9:30 pm
My therapist thinks talking to Harley would be a good idea. He thinks it should be supervised though. Heās afraid that if I meet with her alone I might relapse. I donāt think thatās true but I donāt really have a choice anymore. Now that Iām here, now that Iāve admitted to having a problem with addiction, Iāve given up the right to make up my own decisions. Iāve proven that I canāt be trusted to make good decisions. Until I prove that I can be a good lap dog, I canāt make my own decisions.
I feel like a child. Iām almost sixteen. Iām practically an adult. I should be able to decide who I talk to and how. Iām not some kid who needs a babysitter.
If Phil was still here, she wouldnāt even be a problem. This is all his fault! He left me to deal with everything all on my own. How dare he take the easy way out and leave me here to deal with everything! I could barely deal with anything when he was by my side. Now I have to deal with all of my stuff as well as being the dead guyās boyfriend. Does he have any idea what he did to me? Not only am I Quinn the queer but now Iām the guy whoās boyfriend killed himself. I heard the rumors. People think Phil hated dating me so much that he took his own life. I bet James started that one too.
What the fuck is Jamesā problem? So what if Iām gay? So whatĀ if I date boys? We have been friends forever. That should be enough to get him past it. Itās not like I hit on him!Ā
Wait, is that what heās afraid of?
I need to talk to James.
Sunday, March 12, 2017; 9:30 pm
Spent the morning, after group, painting with Rain. Today I worked on a painting about Harley. I honestly didnāt think she had impacted me that much. I decided to spend my individual on talking about her. Turns out, Iām not mad at her at all. I used her and her drugs as an escape. I didnāt want to deal with Philās death and what it meant. She was a distraction. I really should apologize for what I did to her. I mean, we did date. Whatever that means. I mean, she really didnāt mean anything to me. Dating her just made it easier to get what I wanted. She kind of used me too though. As soon as she found out I was going to therapy. she wantedĀ to use it as a way to get her more drugs.
Honestly, I donāt even really remember why we started dating. I think she just told me one day that we were and I went along with it because it kept me numb for less money. Where had I been getting the money from in the first place? I didnāt have a job. Oh Shit! I canāt believe I must have been stealing from my parents.
Actually, now that I think about it, I donāt really remember ever having to pay for drugs at all. Was Harley trying to date me the whole time? Why would she do that? Weāve known each other since kindergarten. She never showed any interest in me before. I really should talk to her.
Saturday, March 11, 2017; 9:30 pm
Nights are the hardest. I still wait for his goodnight text even though I donāt even have my phone in here. It doesnāt feel right. Like he should still be here. Why did he have to do this to me? Why do I feel so personally attacked by it?
BecauseĀ he should have thought of me! I was his boyfriend! I was constantly thinking about him. I even went to the school counselorĀ to get him help! Not that it did him any good. But I tried. He didnāt even try. All he had to do was reach out and I would have been there! I wanted to be there for him so bad. Why wouldnāt he let me be there for him?Ā
I loved him.
I love him.
Saturday, March 11, 2017; 1pm
Rain told me she was proud of me for opening up in group while we were in her studio. She said it isnāt easy to do. She thinks we might both get out of here soon. I donāt know about that. I havenāt even been here a month. My therapist said I would probably be in here for at least three. Do they let you out early if you're progressing fast?
Saturday, March 11, 2017; 10 am
I talked about Phil and Harley in group today. I wasnāt expecting to cry so much.
Friday, March 10, 2017; 9:30 pm
I took my journal to individual today. He said he wanted to read what Iāve been writing this week. He said I only had to show him what I was willing to share when I hesitated. I showed him today and yesterday. I didnāt think he needed to see my story and poem. Heās proud of me. That Iām letting myself feel again. Glad that Iām getting it out. Even if it's not with him. He says its good to vent, even if it's just to a piece of paper or a canvas.
Friday March 10, 2017; 1 pm
Rain let me spend the morning in her studio with her again. This time, she let me paint. I painted Phil. Not how he looked. How he felt. It was harder than I thought. Heās been dead for like five months and I guess I still havenāt really grieved him. I cried all over that canvas. Both paint and tears. I didnāt realize how much I missed him. I needed him more than I could have known at The End of Summer Bash when I had drunkenlyĀ gotten our braces stuck together.
They say you never forget your first and there is no way I could ever forget Phil. He was my first boyfriend, my first relationship. He taught me so much. About myself, about the world, about how to deal. I loved him. I still do. Just because someone dies doesnāt mean everyone just stops feeling. Why does everyone act like you get about a month to grieve and then everything should be normal again? Nothing is ever going to beĀ ānormalā again. MyĀ ānormalā is never going to be the same. Being with Phil was my normal. Now heās gone. All of itās gone.
Thursday, March 9, 2017; 9:30 pm
I finally opened up in my individual therapy. I guess Rain showing me all of those paintings really got to me. She would probably be proud of me or whatever. I just kind of want to get out of here. I canāt hold onto Phil forever. Heās dead and I need to truly move on. Apparently, thatās healthy thinking. Theyāre proud of the progress Iāve made or whatever.
Thursday, March 9, 2017; 1 pm
Rain showed me where she goes and I was not disappointed. After group, she grabbed me by the hand and pulled me down the girlās dormitory hallway. I told herĀ I wasnāt allowed back there but she just laughed and said it would be okay. We went down all the way to the end of the hall and, when we got to the last door, Rain stopped and told me to close my eyes. She wouldnāt budge until I did. I obliged and she pulled me into the room. After the door closed, she told me that I could open my eyes.
The whole room was covered from floor to ceiling in fantastical paintings. I was shook. I asked if she had painted them all herself and she told me she had. That everyĀ painting was a feeling she had hadĀ while being here. She pointed to a giant, red and orange bird and said that was the anger she felt at her ex for manipulating her. She pointed to one that looked like a chaotic ocean storm saying that was her feeling of addiction. She named them all and the feelings they represented. She was so excited to show them to me and I can understand why. They were amazing.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017; 9:30 pm
I showed Rain my story. She laughed and called it creative. She promised to show me what she really does every morning after group tomorrow. I canāt wait. I bet its something really cool.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Rain disappeared after group again today. Itās become kind of expected now. Iām still curious about where she goes but Iāve stopped asking. No one else knows or cares and I figure sheāll tell me if and when she wants me to know. Maybe she just goes back to her room. I can understand that. After group, I really donāt feel like being around people anymore either. Or, maybe she is secretly digging a tunnel out of this place. Or, maybe she is sneaking out in order to rob banks. Or sheās doing one of the guards or orderlies to get the good drugs. Oh! I could make a really good story out of this! I think thatās what Iāll do today.
As soon as group therapy was over, Rain disappeared. She clung to the shadows and avoided every security cameras. Se knewĀ the layout so well that she could have done it in her sleep. In fact, she had, many times. This time, she was awake and she knew what she had to do.
This was it. The very last time she would have to do this. This would set her up for life. All she had to do was get out of the facility, get into the bank unseen, grab as much cash as she could, get out of the bank without setting off any alarms, stash the cash, and get back into the facility before anyone noticed she was gone. Piece of cake.
She snuck past the sleeping guard with ease and found the car her partner had left for her. The first leg went off without a hitch. She droveĀ about two blocks away from the facility and changed from the blue scrubs they made her wear into a much more comfortableĀ black catsuit. She took her time making sure that there wasnāt a single hair coming out from the bald capĀ she put on and the pulled on a pair of leather gloves over a latex pair. Then she pulled down a ski mask over the nylon over her bald cap.
Rain silently slipped from roof to roof until she was poised over the airconditioning vent that would lead her to the prize. She shimmied her way above the vault and meticulously carved a square out of the vent with a blow torch. Hoping that her hacker contact had done their job, Rain lowered a rope into the vault. Soon after, a suitcase hit the floor and then she touched down.
The security cameras were dead so Rain quickly got to work. She unladed bags from the suitcase and beganĀ filling them. When all of her bags and even the suitcase were filled, she tied them to the rope before climbing up it. She quickly lifted the money into the ceiling before replacing the metal square and tacking it down.
Back on the roof, Rain heard the familiar whir of a chopper. She hurried to the designated pick up spot and waited. When the bird was directly above her, Rain tied the bags to the ladder that was dropped.
As the helicopter disappeared into the distance, Rain remover her gloves, ski mask, nylon, bald cap, and shoes. She fished a pair of heels from the stairwell as she descended. She stepped out onto the street and looked up. She marked that there was no way to see her garbage can fire from down here.
She walked cooly to her getaway car and drove back to the facility. She changed back into her scrubs before sneaking back into the facility.
The guard was awake this time but she had planned for this. Rain slipped the crisp hundred dollar bill from her bra and handed it to him as she passed. She quietly slipped into her bed and slept easy knowing she would never have to worry about anything ever again. Rain knew she would never get caught. Any evidence against her had been burned. Plus, she had the perfect alibi. No one could get out of this facility. Well, no one but Rain.