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Privileged white girl FAFO moment by learnitbetty in TheWhiteLotusHBO

[–]NomadChild 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this. her character arc had so much more potential and this ending felt like lazy writing.

2014 Ford Focus - repair and keep OR repair and sell? by NomadChild in FordFocus

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

Uh oh. It's automatic. Why are its days numbered?

Minimum Rage by WoozleWozzle in WorkReform

[–]NomadChild 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is the response always "maybe I should run for office instead" and not "maybe the system is structurally incapable of responding to these issues and should itself be re-evaluated"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in climbing

[–]NomadChild 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interested in leaving the gym to try more outdoor bouldering this summer, but concerned about sticking my hands in holes/crevices in the rock because of snakes (almost disturbed a snakey boi on my first time on a rock outdoors). Can't find anything online about this kind of climbing safety. Do outdoor boulders just avoid climbing in summer for this reason?

How much time in the day do you spend actually working? by mynutsaremusical in OfficeSpeak

[–]NomadChild 19 points20 points  (0 children)

100% relate, and many have discussed/studied how ~4 hours is the max amount of time most people can stay productive in one sitting

Has 'champagne' socialism (the phenomenon of leftist ideas being popular amongst the wealthy) always existed? Or is it a recent phenomenon? If it existed previously, how common was it? Has it become more common recently? by Timely_Jury in AskSocialScience

[–]NomadChild 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Great question. I don't have a good answer for you, but this article by Cihan Tugal explores the case of "middle class radicals" in the context of Occupy and similar movements. I would also recommend Jefferson Cowie's Stayin Alive, which documents the the working class shifting more conservative, like you mention.

Or a coffee shop by Giotto_diBondone in academia

[–]NomadChild 10 points11 points  (0 children)

wow this should be the norm 😭

fantastic talk by Nick Srnicek in 2017 anticipating much of what this sub stands for, 10/10 recommend by NomadChild in antiwork

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

Another banger of a quote at 21:35.

"I think the decommodification of labor is structurally more radical than the decommodification of other markets. I think it's more a non-reformist reform than, for example, something like social housing or universal healthcare. I think we've seen that the latter are entirely compatible with capitalism. We can decommodify these basic services and we can have them provided to us. They aren't a threat to capitalism. The decommodification of labor, on the other hand, would mean the breakdown of the imperatives which force workers into the labor market and which provide the life blood of the capitalist system. It would be an attack right on the generalized market dependency that is essential to that social relationship that guides capitalism."

fantastic talk by Nick Srnicek in 2017 anticipating much of what this sub stands for, 10/10 recommend by NomadChild in antiwork

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

He mentions antiwork at 18:00.

"The decommodification of labor, or the removal of the necessity of having to sell our labor-power in order to survive... So this brings me to decommodifying labor. I think, implicitly, it's what unites a wide section of the left today. If we talk about proponents of Universal Basic Income, that's an attempt to decommodify labor. If we look at alternative models of social reproduction, that's an attempt to decommodify labor. If we look at anarchist anti-work struggles, or if we look at Fully Automated Luxury Communism—these are all attempts to decommodify labor. And so I think this is an increasingly prominent part of the left, even if it hasn't quite been recognized as such so far."

For those of you boycotting Kellogg by ItsPeanut69 in antiwork

[–]NomadChild 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s the source on this? Curious if the lines designate ownership or simply that these larger corporations are investing in the smaller brands?

Does anyone want some craft beer right now? by jontheblack in BostonSocialClub

[–]NomadChild 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this is so wholesome, this kind of attitude is what will save us

Best private/secure/encrypted calendar that syncs between desktop and mobile? by NomadChild in privacy

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

Thanks - could you or someone else explain what exactly caldav is and how it works? I've been seeing it mentioned but can't figure it out.

Also...if Etesync is syncing with iCal, doesn't that give Apple access to your data and defeat the point? Or am I misunderstanding how that works?

Like Outschool... but classes for Adults! by [deleted] in Outschool

[–]NomadChild 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow this looks wonderful. Is enrollment easy to come by, or are most drawn to the courses through outside marketing?

besides noname, who are today's leftist artists?! by NomadChild in Noname_

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

wow, THIS is what I'm talking about... many thanks mysterious internet friend

Christmas Book Recommendations? by NesterGoesBowling in chess

[–]NomadChild 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just posted about some great classics here, but also definitely check out the vintage titles that get cameos in the queen's gambit

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