For some people, they spend their entire lives inside the matrix. Only when they get old, they realize that none of the work they did matters. Unless it was for the good of humanity.
I realised nothing I do really matters a few years ago. Why bother worrying about shit that just doesn’t matter? It was the most enlightening thing I’ve ever realised.
The client will always wait. These hustle addicts forget all the times they had to reschedule to accommodate ((wow 2 c and 2 m? Seems excessive)) others. Life happens and we work around it.
This is exactly it. When I was a bit younger I worked hard. I couldn’t understand why others were not as hardworking as myself. Luckily I learned pretty early on that this is not the way. I was able to travel the world for a bit. After that, I took a leap of faith, quit my job, and just moved. After I quit my job, I started to think about how people would think about the work I did and what I left behind. And I realized, they probably won’t think much about it at all. Some other person will come in and pick up where I left off. They will probably cuss me out because of some of the things I had to do. At the end of it, there is no legacy I will leave behind. No one will care. No one will remember.
These days, I am still pretty good at my job, but I don’t really go above and beyond. So what if you get some award at your company. They don’t mean anything. I go to work. Do my job and that’s it. I try to chill and take it as easy as possible. I get paid to produce a certain amount of output and that is what I give. There are people that will still get rich off of the amount of work that I do, but I don’t care. I have enough to get by in life to where I am content. Luckily, if I am ever in a situation like this post, I can tell them to go fuck themselves and quit.
100% agree with you. I think travelling is maybe key to this realization also. Just seeing other cultures makes us question our own and if its really the best way to live life. :)
Ive had many jobs through life and in the rear view mirror, they just were a way to pay the bills. I dont think about those jobs or the people i worked with at all. It didnt give very meaningful life experiences either. A lot of office work.
I only found that funny when watching reality shows like east coast choppers or something.
We need to build this bike for our very busy customer Kid Rock. He needs it in 10 days, because he needs to ride his new bike then. Alright gang, time to work 16 hour days.
Then they keep hammering in how very important it is and he’s not gonna pay if he gets it 2 hours too late.
I know it’s all just fake theatrical reality tv, but even as a child i never got the whole urgency they tried to push. All i thought was: so what, lol, fuck them
Yeah, they create urgency in tv shows to make the viewer feel its more exciting. I think another example of this is Hells Kitchen. :)
Also the editing of that show is hilarious. They take out of place facial expressions and put it in scenes where they never happened, to create a viewer experience that is more exciting.
It is entertaining but I wonder how many people dont realize this when watching…
I always wondered how they make shows more than what they are trying to sell. I find it interesting when they suddenly wear different clothing between shots and things like that. I’m rewatching king of queens right now and i find it fascinating how they change things up between episodes, because continuity doesn’t matter (or didn’t back then) and it’s more about having fun. They had a cold opening where Carrie was trying to park her car. They had a top view of the car to see the failed attempts. You could see her or the drivers lavender coloured shirt, same as from the hood perspective. Doug asks her if he should do it from the passenger seat in a flannel shirt. She declines over and over. At the end she finally got in, and you see it from the top view and the driver was wearing the flannel. But in the story it was her. Things like that make me wonder if they had an alternative joke where he did it, or if she wasn’t able to do it irl.
I think most viewers never notice. My girlfriend notices all of this immediately, she should have become a detective. :) I never notice it myself. My brain simply doesnt pick it up… Maybe thats a good thing.
Fair enough but I think the good of humanity should be taken broadly. First of all any kind of primary production is basically the base of the pyramid for everything else, if you make art or entertainment thats anything less than 100% cynical in nature you’re contributing a tiny amount to the general wellbeing of a huge number of people. Really anyone that makes or provides anything people enjoy in some way. I’d say it includes basically everyone except the many layers of superfluous management.
“Client wont wait” - lol :)
For some people, they spend their entire lives inside the matrix. Only when they get old, they realize that none of the work they did matters. Unless it was for the good of humanity.
This right here is why I love being a nurse. Every day I go to work it matters
I realised nothing I do really matters a few years ago. Why bother worrying about shit that just doesn’t matter? It was the most enlightening thing I’ve ever realised.
its vertigo important.
The client will always wait. These hustle addicts forget all the times they had to reschedule to accommodate ((wow 2 c and 2 m? Seems excessive)) others. Life happens and we work around it.
This is exactly it. When I was a bit younger I worked hard. I couldn’t understand why others were not as hardworking as myself. Luckily I learned pretty early on that this is not the way. I was able to travel the world for a bit. After that, I took a leap of faith, quit my job, and just moved. After I quit my job, I started to think about how people would think about the work I did and what I left behind. And I realized, they probably won’t think much about it at all. Some other person will come in and pick up where I left off. They will probably cuss me out because of some of the things I had to do. At the end of it, there is no legacy I will leave behind. No one will care. No one will remember.
These days, I am still pretty good at my job, but I don’t really go above and beyond. So what if you get some award at your company. They don’t mean anything. I go to work. Do my job and that’s it. I try to chill and take it as easy as possible. I get paid to produce a certain amount of output and that is what I give. There are people that will still get rich off of the amount of work that I do, but I don’t care. I have enough to get by in life to where I am content. Luckily, if I am ever in a situation like this post, I can tell them to go fuck themselves and quit.
100% agree with you. I think travelling is maybe key to this realization also. Just seeing other cultures makes us question our own and if its really the best way to live life. :)
Ive had many jobs through life and in the rear view mirror, they just were a way to pay the bills. I dont think about those jobs or the people i worked with at all. It didnt give very meaningful life experiences either. A lot of office work.
I only found that funny when watching reality shows like east coast choppers or something. We need to build this bike for our very busy customer Kid Rock. He needs it in 10 days, because he needs to ride his new bike then. Alright gang, time to work 16 hour days.
Then they keep hammering in how very important it is and he’s not gonna pay if he gets it 2 hours too late. I know it’s all just fake theatrical reality tv, but even as a child i never got the whole urgency they tried to push. All i thought was: so what, lol, fuck them
Yeah, they create urgency in tv shows to make the viewer feel its more exciting. I think another example of this is Hells Kitchen. :)
Also the editing of that show is hilarious. They take out of place facial expressions and put it in scenes where they never happened, to create a viewer experience that is more exciting.
It is entertaining but I wonder how many people dont realize this when watching…
I always wondered how they make shows more than what they are trying to sell. I find it interesting when they suddenly wear different clothing between shots and things like that. I’m rewatching king of queens right now and i find it fascinating how they change things up between episodes, because continuity doesn’t matter (or didn’t back then) and it’s more about having fun. They had a cold opening where Carrie was trying to park her car. They had a top view of the car to see the failed attempts. You could see her or the drivers lavender coloured shirt, same as from the hood perspective. Doug asks her if he should do it from the passenger seat in a flannel shirt. She declines over and over. At the end she finally got in, and you see it from the top view and the driver was wearing the flannel. But in the story it was her. Things like that make me wonder if they had an alternative joke where he did it, or if she wasn’t able to do it irl.
I think most viewers never notice. My girlfriend notices all of this immediately, she should have become a detective. :) I never notice it myself. My brain simply doesnt pick it up… Maybe thats a good thing.
My girlfriend is the same. She just sees the “whole” and misses the details. I notice the details and sometimes miss the “whole”
Yeah. I would say it male and female programming but the Lemmy crowd may jump on me. :p
Man and woman maybe, because of gender roles, but not male and female.
Fair enough but I think the good of humanity should be taken broadly. First of all any kind of primary production is basically the base of the pyramid for everything else, if you make art or entertainment thats anything less than 100% cynical in nature you’re contributing a tiny amount to the general wellbeing of a huge number of people. Really anyone that makes or provides anything people enjoy in some way. I’d say it includes basically everyone except the many layers of superfluous management.