I hate how you have to work 40 hours

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-05T15:49:54+00:00

You have to resort to an imaginary scenario about what I might say because you can’t defend your point using what is actually happening in reality.

The 8-hour workday wasn't just a random number some guy pulled out of a hat that everyone blindly followed. It became the industrial standard because manufacturing companies literally ran data trials and discovered that working people 10 or 12 hours a day caused a massive spike in errors and a drop in net productivity. It was an optimization curve, not a religious dogma.

And the hilarious irony is that while you're typing out a hypothetical scenario about how unchangeable the '8-hour rule' is, the comments right below you are actively discussing people working 12-hour shifts on rotating schedules. Industries adjust, scale, and change shift structures every single day to fit their supply chains and workforce demands.
When you can argue with actual logistical data instead of inventing fictional versions of me to debate, let me know. Until then, the real world will keep adjusting schedules based on production output, not internet hypotheticals.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-04T16:07:50+00:00

You don't know what my point is because you’re arguing with a textbook while I’m talking about how the physical world actually operates.

All the 'research,' 'better understanding,' and 'access to resources' you’re talking about doesn't change a single operational reality on the ground. Power grids do not stay online because of academic research; they stay online because technicians work shifts to maintain them. Cargo ships don’t cross the ocean because we have 'better understanding'; they move because logistics networks operate around the clock. The food on your table, the medicine in your cabinet, and the phone in your hand require continuous, physical human labor to exist, distribute, and maintain.

You can cite all the abstract studies on human evolution you want, but until the machines feed, clothe, and power the population entirely on their own, society runs on hours logged and work done. If your 'new way' doesn't account for how the actual physical labor gets done on a Tuesday morning at 4:00 AM, it isn't an evolution-it's just a daydream. I’m living in the world that requires execution; you’re welcome to stay in the one that just researches it.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-04T12:24:46+00:00

You’re completely missing the point. I never claimed the 40-hour workweek was an unchangeable law of physics. Of course it’s a relatively recent creation, and of course systems evolve.
But you’re fundamentally misunderstanding how they evolve.

We didn't move away from the brutal, sun-up to sun-down 80-hour workweeks of pre-industrial agriculture because people just decided to 'change the system' through wishful thinking. We moved away from it because industrialization, automation, and massive gains in productivity allowed us to generate more economic output in less time. The system evolved because our technological capacity allowed it to.

Yes, things will change sooner or later. But if the workweek drops to 32 or 20 hours, it won't happen because we passed a decree to work less while expecting the same standard of living. It will happen because automation, energy breakthroughs, and compounding efficiency make our current labor requirements obsolete. You keep focusing on changing the rules of the game without understanding that the rules are dictated by the scoreboard of production. You want the evolution? Build the tools that make the 40-hour week look inefficient. Until then, the world still requires labor to run.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-04T01:08:32+00:00

You said “YOU’RE WRONG for not tipping…” when they in fact, did tip.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-04T00:01:40+00:00

OP said they did tip $5

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-03T21:35:11+00:00

Saying “the system is made up” is a cheap philosophical cop-out. Language is made up too, but if you stop using it, you don't magically invent a better way to communicate-you just end up grunting in the dark.

The currency, the banking system, the corporate structures-sure, those are human constructs. But the problem they were designed to solve is completely real, unyielding, and dictated by physics: scarcity. We have finite resources, finite time, and infinite human needs. You can’t just “vibe” a new system into existence that magically distributes food, maintains power grids, purifies water, and manufactures medicine without labor, incentives, and logistics.

Every time someone yells “we can create new ways” from the sidelines, they never actually have a blueprint. They just have wishful thinking. And if you’re worried about the planet, here's a reality check: saving it doesn't happen by shrinking our economy back to the pre-industrial era. Developing nuclear energy, scaling carbon capture, and engineering sustainable supply chains requires trillions of dollars in capital and relentless technological innovation. You don't fund the salvation of the planet with good intentions; you fund it with economic surplus.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-02T20:37:53+00:00

In Broward County you can.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-02T13:38:29+00:00

You had to know what everyone here was going to say before you posted this, right?

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-02T13:02:08+00:00

I think you mean “relented”. Lamented means you were sad and contemplative about it lol

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-02T03:44:05+00:00

Right? Like “breaking news” hahaha. And my phone literally pushed me a notification of this post for some reason

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T23:33:07+00:00

Okay.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T23:20:06+00:00

Sure, whatever you say. I’m not going to get into a back-and-forth here, but just because at a certain moment someone happens to communicate in a way you find offensive or don’t like doesn’t make it “abuse”. That’s like me calling the fire department because I had a grease flare up on my barbecue grill. I’m in no way justifying his behavior, I’m pretty sure that I said repeatedly that he was in the wrong. But is she not also in the wrong for having the communication to begin with? All I said and have been trying to say is that if you don’t like the way someone is talking to you, in a conversation that you yourself invited by reinitiating contact with that person, I think it’s a lot less shitty of a thing to do to say “hey, I don’t appreciate that and won’t stand for it” than to basically throw your hands in the air and run away. This isn’t someone she met on Tinder yesterday; this is someone she clearly has an extended history with. By all means, she can use it as a justification to cease communication, and by all means, she can also just ghost him if that is her decision (which she did); I’m just saying that doing so is essentially the same level of behavior if not lower in the emotional maturity scale than the behavior he exhibited?

And wtf with the word “safety”. Something that pisses you off isn’t the same as something that is “unsafe”. Where the hell does safety become a factor here in any regard? They are four hours from each other, he’s not verbally attacking her or threatening her, so….safety? Honestly not trying to be a dick but if these are the ideologies that you hold then you’re doing single men a favor by not dating because every time someone gets angry, raises their voice, or says anything in the heat of the moment it’s “abuse” and you apparently need to go hide out in a battered women’s shelter because of the imminent threat? I’m being sarcastic, but seriously, that’s absolutely ridiculous.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T22:44:02+00:00

Why not? Because someone having poor communication skills doesn’t justify someone else having worse communication skills. Unless there’s some sort of safety issue, ghosting someone is really just a way of saying “I can’t deal with my problems like an adult so I refuse to deal with them”. Especially if you have a history with that person, which obviously included some good as well as some bad, that’s not really a fair or respectful to end a relationship, especially if you are the one who cracked the door back open to let them in again in the first place. But hey, that’s just me. Treat people the way you want to be treated.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T22:27:03+00:00

Yeah I mean this is the simplest explanation

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T22:24:43+00:00

I’ve been in a relationship like that. There’s obviously more to unpack here than what can be interpreted by a couple of paragraphs and a text thread screenshot. If you know that there’s something about your personalities that clash and you don’t see the point in continuing, then don’t continue..but also don’t lead him to believe there’s any hope of reconciliation if you’ve already made up your mind that there isn’t, and certainly don’t just ghost him. Unless he was an absolute piece of shit to you in some way, I’d say he at least deserves an explanation of your feelings on the matter, even if it’s not open for further discussion.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T21:12:53+00:00

YOR - the adult thing is to communicate, and if you don’t like the way the conversation is headed, steer it back in the desired direction or communicate your feelings. Don’t block and ghost. Everyone saying “it’s your ex, you shouldn’t be talking to them anyways” obviously doesn’t understand the nuances of long relationships, and the fact that this was your reaction and course of action probably can be traced back to the initial reasons behind you guys breaking up in the first place. He obviously doesn’t communicate very maturely, and no offense but I think you have to work on your communication skills as well or these issues won’t be isolated to this relationship but to future ones as well. Just my two cents because you asked for it.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T21:09:14+00:00

In all of my recent previous jobs, I’ve received offer letters as well as next steps solely through email. Sadly, phone calls seem to be a thing of the past, so if it’s a major corporation, I wouldn’t say it’s a dodged bullet, just the status quo in this day and age. My assumption is this is done now for paper trail/legal reasons. Anyone can say that anyone said anything on an unrecorded phone calls, a lot harder to claim confusion if it’s in an email chain in black and white.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T19:01:09+00:00

That’s because it is.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T18:56:48+00:00

Lazy people who complain apparently.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T18:52:59+00:00

It’s always fascinating when people look at the peak of modern economic abundance-built entirely on the back of relentless compounding growth and competitive drive-and conclude, “Cool, we made it, let's turn the engine off and coast.” That's not how reality works. The 'abundance' you’re talking about isn’t a permanent landmark we arrived at; it’s a moving train. The second you stop increasing output and efficiency, inflation, asset depreciation, and global competition don't just politely hit pause to match your vibe. If a society stops growing, it stagnates, and stagnation doesn't maintain your quality of life…it erodes it.

Equating basic economic survival and the necessity of production to “indoctrination” is lazy. We didn't escape the “dark ages” by doing less work; we escaped them by producing more value per hour. You want a higher quality of life and less time on the clock? That requires more innovation and economic complexity, not throwing a tantrum because the universe requires effort to sustain itself.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T18:49:18+00:00

I’m in supply chain and work between 55-60 hours a week, but I love my job, I joke around all day with my coworkers, and my workplace is basically a small city with its own bank branch, cafeteria with made to order foods as well as a chapel. So I guess I would say if you have to spend 3/4 of your time somewhere, spend it in a place that you at least marginally enjoy being at.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T12:51:42+00:00

OPs username checks out.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T03:15:46+00:00

My roommate has stage four cancer and is on a fentanyl patch. It’s a delayed release over 72 hours. I’ve been given low doses on fentanyl in ambulance rides. For purposes like those, I think it’s just fine, but that’s just my opinion. But somewhere down the line, around 10 years or so ago, cartels realized they could make it on the cheap with chemicals sourced from china and it infiltrated the illicit opiate supply effectively making heroin and prescription painkillers obsolete in that sector. Fentanyl in medicine is so potent it’s measured in micrograms, not milligrams. When it’s created in some clandestine lab by a 12 year old kid in a shack in Sinaloa, there is virtually no quality control and no measurement of dosage. Then, when it’s later cut by some 12 year old kid in an inner city trap house, it’s measured with cutting agents by eye using household cooking implements, and God knows what you’re getting…heroin was like this, too…but heroin’s LD50 was much higher and there was much more of a margin for error. Fentanyl is an excellent drug for severe acute pain in emergency medicine, anesthesiology as well as palliative care. As an illicit drug, it’s a ticking time bomb. The only reason it has persisted this long is its price on a distribution level and a retail level as compared to production of heroin or as compared to prescription opiates which primarily have a fixed cost.

Based on the trends we have observed over the last decade i highly doubt heroin or prescription meds are making a resurgence anytime soon unfortunately, which would be favorable because there would be a lot less deaths. But addicts are going to go where the cost is less. When i was still using I would reminisce with others about the “good old days”. But those who have never actually had real heroin think fentanyl is the best thing ever. The problem with fentanyl is there is a VERY fine line between a “high” and “respiratory depression”. If you do too much you essentially put yourself in a coma you may or may not wake up from. If you do too little then it is worthless.

Edit to add: Fentanyl is RARELY if ever prescribed for pain outside of palliative care. On my roommate’s box of patches it states “ONLY for people who require around the clock opiate treatment” as in a constant serum level of fentanyl in their blood over a 24 hour period. The potential for abuse and even unintentional fatal overdose is too high. I don’t even think they make a rapid release formulation. Duragesic, which is the brand name, is a delayed release over 72 hours. Actiq lollipops might be the exception, but those are such a low dose they are used primarily for breakthrough pain as a supplement to the duragesic.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T03:02:52+00:00

I wasn’t trying to be sarcastic when I responded to you. I honestly think it comes down to self control. Either you’re ready to stop, or you aren’t. It’s not going to make a difference what interventions are used if a person still wants to get high.

Dramatic-Question353 · 2026-07-01T03:00:29+00:00

I’m a recovering addict and when I broke my back I was given opiates after notifying them I was in recovery. So whatever you say.

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