I know they have to say this, don't get me wrong. But God it annoys me.
'Working people'. 'Hardworking families'. The latter, making it sound like 2-year-olds only matter if they're already slaving their guts out.
Work is good for us, yes. But so is leisure.
'Working people'. 'Hardworking families'. The latter, making it sound like 2-year-olds only matter if they're already slaving their guts out.
Work is good for us, yes. But so is leisure.
https://twitter.com/UKLabour/status/1453635534497193987
The world's happiest places are consistently the most egalitarian.
And the world's most egalitarian societies place an emphasis on WELLBEING and FREE TIME.
Because we're not on this planet to sit in grim as hell offices all day long being bullied by arseholes for poverty pay.
And the world's most egalitarian societies place an emphasis on WELLBEING and FREE TIME.
Because we're not on this planet to sit in grim as hell offices all day long being bullied by arseholes for poverty pay.
We're not on this planet to spend our whole lives slaving away doing something we hate only to drop dead in sheer exhaustion the moment we can finally afford to stop.
The meaning of life? It's love. In all its forms.
The meaning of life? It's love. In all its forms.
- Love of others
- Love of self
- Love of animals
- Love of the planet
- Love of what we do
- Love of friends
- Love of family
- Love of anything and anyone that matters to us
- Love of self
- Love of animals
- Love of the planet
- Love of what we do
- Love of friends
- Love of family
- Love of anything and anyone that matters to us
This bloke below gets it. And maybe, just maybe, the pandemic has helped plenty of others get it too.
If those numbers reach critical mass, exploitative bosses and corporations out there may be in for a long overdue shock.
If those numbers reach critical mass, exploitative bosses and corporations out there may be in for a long overdue shock.
See also: this video which I often show my students.
In which when he thinks he's about to die, the main character starts living for the first time in his life.
And when he realises he's going to live, he immediately starts dying again.
In which when he thinks he's about to die, the main character starts living for the first time in his life.
And when he realises he's going to live, he immediately starts dying again.
Here's the same video played forwards too.
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