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[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 63 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The best part is you can quit any time you want.

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 10 points 4 months ago

I quit every single weekday!

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 22 points 4 months ago

Teied that quite a few times, always end up fucking my life even more ! Truly an addict here. It's like I need it ro survive.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 16 points 4 months ago

The last time I quit, my boss called me the next day wondering why I didn't come to work. "I told you yesterday I fucking quit because you never listen to me."

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes...but there is such a thing as a work addict. My father is in his eighties, hasn't had to work in decades, but still works like more than forty hours a week. I have no doubt that if he stopped, he'd be dead within the year.

My wife is also a workaholic but she's the equivalent to the alcoholic that wants to stop drinking but cannot. She just can't help herself to the point that she'll turn her own leisure time into a job.

I used to be the same but heart surgery and cancer cured me of that bullshit.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 12 points 4 months ago

Sorry to hear about your health problems, but happy you were able to switch off as a result.

[–] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was with the post until the end. Both workaholism and the coercion of capitalism are real, they shouldn’t be conflated.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

Definitely saved this one for my addict friends.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Just took five weeks off work on paid sick leave. Best thing I ever did for myself.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I hate eating and love grinding. God I grindso fucking hard they call me Tony hawk at work cause of all the the grinding I do. Living in a nice home and doing things you like is gay and lame. The woke loser libs want you to think we should have free time for things that make us happy so we can enjoy life. Pfft, ya know what I say? GRIND! FAMILY? NO TIME OR MONEY for that, GRIND! HOLIDAY? THATS GAY! GRIND HARDERRRRR! NIGHT WITH FRIENDS??? NAH NERD GRIIIIIIIINNNNNDDDD

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Making the rich richer at my own expense makes me so goddamn HAAAAAAAARD!!!!1!

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Tell me about it buster. I'm fucking diamonds over here DIAMONDS 💎

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Alternatively they be like "You got to be hardcore and be willing to put in 18-hour days just like I do!"

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Are you really that dedicated if you're working less than 28 hours a day?

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago
[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Scary thing is that we literally can’t go more than 2 mins without air

We’re all so addicted

[–] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Huh, i'm a full on addict it seems.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Fell off the wagon again, fml

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

One psychologist one told me that addiction is when you do it 8 hours a day

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

*Clocks out one minute early.*

[–] 6mementomori@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

that sounds exactly like legitimate work addiction

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Listen. All you need too do is have a near death inhabitating health emergency and you can retire in your forties and then maybe live another twentry-forty years on a fixed income.

Shits simple dog.

[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

I worked so hard for so long that I'm like this and it's awful.

When I get time off, I don't know what to do with myself. Right now I have a full time night/ weekend job and I'm attending university with 5 courses. This summer I'm considering picking up another job because I won't know what to do with myself.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Are these work addicts or realists though?

[–] StaySquared@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

That's not a work addict. That's a wage slave.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Uh, yeah... Having been both homeless and starving, I'm going to keep working to avoid those fates from occurring again. You do you though.

[–] efstajas@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's a stupid meme, don't take it seriously...

[–] Danksy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

It is indeed a stupid meme