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[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago

Super clever project, but goddamn does this need feel so dystopian.

[-] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Work 8 hours
Sleep 8 hours
Play 8 hours

Old-school dystopias were a fucking dream compared to the modern world I guess.

Al Bundy peaked in highschool, never went to college, was a shoe salesman at the mall. Al Bundy had an, at least, three bedroom single family home in a nice neighborhood, supported a family of four plus a dog on his single income, had ample free time to spend with family and friends and to spend on hobbies.

Al Bundy: Failure and constant butt of jokes in the 1980s, unobtainable vision of success in the 2020s

[-] MangoCats@feddit.it 13 points 3 weeks ago

So, through my lifetime that "Work 8 hours" somehow evolved into:

Leave for work at 7am. Show up for work by 8am. Get an hour for lunch, unpaid. Leave work at 5pm. Get home approximately 6pm, if you don't stop to buy groceries or something.

I suppose commuting and lunch are supposed to be part of those "8 hours of play"?

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 7 points 3 weeks ago

Eight hours of labour, eight hours of recovery, eight hours of preparing for labour/recovery.

[-] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm all for the "SLEEP 8 HOURS" bit though. I need more of that in my life.

[-] MysticKetchup@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

If anything this is an overly optimistic representation of consumerism given that they limit work to 8 hours and encourage 8 hours of play

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

No hours left for housework, eating, or shitting.

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