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Re:The Riddle of the Well-Paying, Pointless Job (2019) by Jiro on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:12AM (#36357950)
If work was enjoyable, people would do it for free. And if someone else would do it for free, nobody's going to pay you for it.
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Re:The Riddle of the Well-Paying, Pointless Job (2019) by Sohcahtoa82 on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:38AM (#36358462)
> If work was enjoyable, people would do it for free.

If work was enjoyable, and their bills were still getting paid.

Can we stop pretending that the overwhelming majority of people aren't working because they have to?

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Re:The Riddle of the Well-Paying, Pointless Job (2019) by slothtrop on Friday June 16, 2023 @02:29PM (#36361462)
Who "has to"? The meth tweaker on the street still eats every day. But participating in society is a vector validation/belonging and cash for other niceties.
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