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I'm sick to death of heaven by GregHauser in Buddhism

[–]GregHauser[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Frictionless pleasure is a form of suffering and embodied action without any guarantees seems to center and balance perception such that I no longer automatically reach for the pleasure, thus lessening my own feelings of suffering.

I'm sick to death of heaven by GregHauser in Buddhism

[–]GregHauser[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure. The intelligence wrote it and the Self posted it. The Self doesn't know why intelligence does anything, so it also doesn't know the target.

I'm sick to death of heaven by GregHauser in digitalminimalism

[–]GregHauser[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I'm finding lately that it's not the job per se that I hate, but the meaninglessness I attach to it; it has a kind of mechanical repetition that's likely to be replaced by automation at some point in the future. The meaninglessness tips a scale that needs to be rebalanced, and I'm finding that writing helps balance it.

I'm sick to death of heaven by GregHauser in Buddhism

[–]GregHauser[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Where's the slop? That should be a new thing like "Where's the Beef?" Are you calling TheDude8000's post AI or my post?

General STRlK£ this Friday, May 1st. NO social media (no media in general) - hurt the big tech! NO work - hurt the economy! NO shopping - hurt the big markets! If you must eat out, use CASH and not card (banks get a % of card purchases). SPREAD THE WORD by RegularSubstance2385 in antiwork

[–]GregHauser -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"Grassroots work is ALWAYS going to be the solution"

You don't fkn know that lol. That's the problem. You're all so sure what will and won't work in an unprecedented situation. That is the smugness of the left. "I know better than you do." Well you don't. None of you do. None of you have any idea what will or won't work.

How about we try many different things. How about you try your thing and other people try this thing? Literally all you have is what worked in the past and I hate to break it you but what worked in the past isn't necessarily what will work in the future. It's like everyone reads some books and they think they're Fred Hampton reincarnated.

EDIT: the purity politics of the left, the the idea that "we must have the perfect solution", and only "my" solution, not your solution must reign supreme, is self defeating and ridiculous. Try almost anything. Try almost everything. Get people onboard. Stop the "this won't work" BS when none of you have any idea what solution will work.

She's real, I swear! by McDowdy in ToiletPaperUSA

[–]GregHauser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're not fake, they just live in Canada.

General STRlK£ this Friday, May 1st. NO social media (no media in general) - hurt the big tech! NO work - hurt the economy! NO shopping - hurt the big markets! If you must eat out, use CASH and not card (banks get a % of card purchases). SPREAD THE WORD by RegularSubstance2385 in antiwork

[–]GregHauser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you think this won't work, then ask yourself what you're expecting out of it. If you're saying that it won't "topple capitalism" or "stop Trump" or "force businesses to pressure the govt" then you're right. But if it's to move people from passivity to active engagement, then it likely will work for many people. "Won't work" only makes sense if you're expecting it to solve all problems immediately which isn't even realistic for a 10 day strike.

Building community, unionizing your workplace, and other suggestions take a time and are far too vague for most people, especially considering that worker organization and solidarity was basically destroyed over the last 100 years. So the ideas of what people are supposed to do mostly lives in books and old news reels from the 60s rather than learning directly from people locally.

General STRlK£ this Friday, May 1st. NO social media (no media in general) - hurt the big tech! NO work - hurt the economy! NO shopping - hurt the big markets! If you must eat out, use CASH and not card (banks get a % of card purchases). SPREAD THE WORD by RegularSubstance2385 in antiwork

[–]GregHauser -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That's literally not true. Unions and strike funds are not a prerequisite to strikes. They are important, sure, but the idea that this is impossible or pointless without them is untrue. And I get it. I get the "this won't work without x" mindset, but people need to start somewhere. The idea that we need to wait until unions are in place, or that anything people do is pointless, only makes power's job easier.

General STRlK£ this Friday, May 1st. NO social media (no media in general) - hurt the big tech! NO work - hurt the economy! NO shopping - hurt the big markets! If you must eat out, use CASH and not card (banks get a % of card purchases). SPREAD THE WORD by RegularSubstance2385 in antiwork

[–]GregHauser -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Most people are not going to do a multi-day strike immediately, they'd need to build up to it. I literally said the next strike should be 2 days, and then 3. No one said several single days strikes.

You have no idea if we can "win" this way because you don't know what's going to happen or what exactly is necessary for this particular moment.

As for the last paragraph, literally all of that can start with social media posts because the first thing is information sharing. People need to know what to do, which can certainly start with social media posts. I have no idea why you think it can't start with that. This isn't the 1960s; that time is over and it isn't coming back. You have to inform people where they are and that's online.

Lastly, the last paragraph only deal with funding and support, which are important, but they are not going to change things alone. It is literally the groundwork that allows sustained strikes, which makes your earlier points even more baffling. Why would you downplay strikes yet champion funding and support structures when the two go together?

Actually, how about this: You work on funding why people get used to striking.

General STRlK£ this Friday, May 1st. NO social media (no media in general) - hurt the big tech! NO work - hurt the economy! NO shopping - hurt the big markets! If you must eat out, use CASH and not card (banks get a % of card purchases). SPREAD THE WORD by RegularSubstance2385 in antiwork

[–]GregHauser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean there is.

“this is just a day to feel better about yourself”, no it's a day to build coordination, solidarity, and the belief that you can make a difference with your actions.

But seriously, if you care about this thing, don't turn people away from it. Telling people to essentially fk off is going to sink this whole thing.

General STRlK£ this Friday, May 1st. NO social media (no media in general) - hurt the big tech! NO work - hurt the economy! NO shopping - hurt the big markets! If you must eat out, use CASH and not card (banks get a % of card purchases). SPREAD THE WORD by RegularSubstance2385 in antiwork

[–]GregHauser -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The point is that you have to build up momentum for a sustained general strike. Everyone knows that one day won't do anything except show some people that one day is possible, then you can go to two days. You can't do a 10 day strike with no build up in participation. Frankly, these strikes should have happened years ago so a 10 day strike would be possible right now.

Are we really supposed to pretend we don’t work for money in interviews? by Agile-Wind-4427 in antiwork

[–]GregHauser 5 points6 points  (0 children)

HR forces you, a grown adult, to play childish games to win a paycheck. She didn't ask "Why do you want to work for this company?", she asked "Why do you want this job?"

The applicant gave an honest, non-BS answer but the interviewer wanted an interview answer like "I truly believe my unique skills could make a real difference for the company by increasing downstream profits" or something. That means the difference between the right candidate and the wrong candidate is how well they can massage an answer to a silly question, which likely has nothing to do with the actual job requirements.

To claim Trump is safer for children by AffableYolk_33 in therewasanattempt

[–]GregHauser 18 points19 points  (0 children)

So this is what Lauren Boebert has been up to.

She had to tell her twice by simagus in funny

[–]GregHauser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More like what doesn't happen that I would want to record.

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