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"Where can I keep all this time that I'm saving?" Thank to Silicon valley, mankind is finally free of drudgery to focus on what's important in life. (www.staygrounded.online)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Is this the onion?

Edit: Came back after reading the article to say this pisses me off. Some of us ENJOYED browsing Blockbuster because it was something to actually do rather than wearing a groove into my  TV touchpad as I lay semi-conscious in bed. They besmirch staff picks without acknowledging that those people at least spent time to cultivate an opinion rather than mash buttons on rotten tomatoes because they don’t like what they heard about Cuties on Fox.

I love technology, but this writer is an idiot.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes to focus on my full time job...in IT...Who exactly is free from these toils?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Now you're catching on

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is worthy of the onion. I cant tell if this whole article is sarcasm or if the author really thinks this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hahaha he's almost too subtle with his sarcasm but I'm 99% sure he's, as the Brits say, taking the piss.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Poe's Law in effect in this thread. This is clearly satire.

I thought it was a good read - people don't think about the value in some of the things we've lost in the name of efficiency. It's like a corner store where you know the employees and see your neighbors versus a big box store with lower prices.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The example you mention is actually in the essay itself. But yes, it would be nice if the technology companies could work on a way to automate the stuff we don't enjoy doing instead of the stuff that brings meaning into our lives.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

automate the stuff we don't enjoy doing

washing machines

Dryers

Stoves you don't have to chop wood for.

Water that comes at the turn of a tap

Cars

electric shavers

etc

etc

etc

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The example you mention is actually in the essay itself.

Oh yeah, I guess it was, huh 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

are we wage cucking any less?

asking for a friend

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ugh yes, finally. More time to doom scroll the feeds, numb to the real world. I just need enough dopamine to keep swiping.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

That one seems pretty largely on you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Why is this so aggressively downvoted?