I wish it was only 40 hours
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2025
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Daaaaaaamn this is fire. Rhetorically.
Well given the low likelihood that any of them have intelligent life the fact that you're able to ask means the chances are probably 100%
It's the best our stupid species could come up with after 200,000 years.
To be fair it used to be 60
It's a simulation. The nothingness of space is used as an isolation barrier to keep us feeling important. Just another guard rail to keep the experiment going.
Yeah but we didn't end up on the one with giant alien spiders, thank god
What if all those other galaxies are just like us? Like totally different, but also exactly the same. How terrible would that be?!
Since when do we have a 40 hour work week? I don't know anyone who works only 40 hours
Me
Do I know you?
Maybe.
Some European countries have a 40 hour work week maximum (volunteered overtime is allowed).
The US is still living in the 1800s when it comes to labor rights so we don't have the freedom of a living wage for 40 hours of work.
Coulda been born on a planet of ants that just work until they die.
Ants get shit done. Humans can barely function when you get more than 2 dozen of us together.
Ants are working together for the same goal though. Fuck this “can’t complain cause others have it worse” attitude.
See: AntZ by/with Woody Allen.
What?
Where did I lose you?
The part where you made a serious comment about a completely ridiculous fictional premise that was never intended to be serious.
People make “can’t complain cause others have it worse” comments all the time, by forgetting the “/s” alls you’re doing is feeding into that.
How many hours do you think the work week should have?
It's not that you can't complain because others have it worse. It's that any number (even 40) is just made up. If we worked 10, people would still complain.
- Retire at 50. Housing, clothes, food, water, power, should all be basic rights.
People will always complain.
OK. So if someone works 20 and complains, you would also go "oh, stop complaining, you have it easy". I'm really sleepy right now. But my point is at we point you have to draw a line between sensible and unreasonable.
No, I agree with you. I’m just saying that those who actually do the labour deserve fair rights, pay and benefits…I didn’t realise who I replied to originally was being sarcastic.
Ok man.
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