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koreth ( koreth@lemm.ee )  to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago

What is something people think is true "nowadays" that has actually been true for a long time?

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What is something people think is true "nowadays" that has actually been true for a long time?

koreth ( koreth@lemm.ee )  to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago
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  • queermunist she/her ( queermunist@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Nobody wants to work anymore!

    (when the fuck did people actually want to work?)

    • worfamerryman ( worfamerryman@beehaw.org ) 
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      Some time ago people merged contributing to society and being productive with work.

      Work is doing something for money, but there are things I would do for free if I didn’t need to earn money to survive.

      Teaching, community gardens, organizing social events. These are all things I’d love to do but I have to work like 50 hours a week to survive and safe for the future.

    • TheBaldFox ( TheBaldFox@lemmy.ml ) 
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      “ToO DarnEd LaZY!”

      • Crotaro ( Crotaro@beehaw.org ) 
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        I especially enjoy the 1979 citation there

        “Nobody wants to work anymore.” - disgusted businessman

    • Vithar ( Vithar@lemmy.ml ) 
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      The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

      Said by - Socrates

    • argv_minus_one ( argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) Banned
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      There isn’t a labor shortage. There’s a living-wage shortage.

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