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Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by astrange on Friday May 12, 2023 @09:08PM (#35924421)
It seems to be that "bullshit jobs" isn't actually a good position for a leftist to take. You're basically saying workers don't do anything useful.

Even a more thought out form doesn't do anything class analysis didn't already do.

Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by loup-vaillant on Saturday May 13, 2023 @07:00AM (#35927231)
> You're basically saying workers don't do anything useful.

Not quite: bullshit jobs are when the workers themselves say their own job isn't doing anything useful. And apparently they comprise a sizeable portion of all workforce.

Of course, jobs people say are useless, jobs the workers themselves say are useless, and actually useless jobs, are 3 different sets. But I think we can confidently say something is wrong when so many workers say their own job is useless, even if they aren't: working a job you think is useless just isn't healthy.

Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by astrange on Saturday May 13, 2023 @05:36PM (#35932994)
This is what is known as "cope", ie, they don't feel emotionally satisfied.

Americans in particular always have pretty narcissistic ideas about what their jobs should be. You can see this from all the examples of hippies trying to start communes, which then fail because everyone appoints themselves official poet instead of farmworker.

Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by loup-vaillant on Sunday May 14, 2023 @01:50PM (#35939825)
> This is what is known as "cope", ie, they don't feel emotionally satisfied.

Yeah, I'm gonna need a citation for that one.