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@guybunchofnumbers123

2 ай бұрын

Betterhelp sponsor👎

@vox-ex

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I love you guys, but please reconsider the Betterhelp sponsor. The first few times it was whatever, but the cat has long been out of the bag on their anti-consumer practices. It can't be easy to just drop a major source of income, but Betterhelp is all but engaging in direct psychological class warfare by taking advantage of some of society's most vulnerable individuals in the middle of a mental health crisis, and selling their private information to social media companies. Gonna have to skip this vid. Of course we're all going to work until we die. The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house, and neither will sponsors like Betterhelp.

@creepycassette

2 ай бұрын

welp, time to unsub, i really like your channel been subbed for over 4 years and this sponsor as well as the declining quality is my time to peace out. Ik the times are tough but taking a crap sponsor like bh and claiming you are ignorant of their practices when everyone and their grandma already knows of the abuse is the straw the broke the camels back. ty for all the years of entertainment but too bad it had to end like this.

@ysgruppe

2 ай бұрын

Great video. One thing: it's pronounced Kayns.

@mrferris4379

2 ай бұрын

Dude stop pushing betterhelp. Have some ethics man

Why can't we be more like the French: your job is not your reason for existing and express your dissatisfaction with politicians with direct action.

@AdrianCarroll-fj5ce

2 ай бұрын

Mostly because protesting like the French would get a lot of people killed or jailed for decades.

@danielmalinen6337

2 ай бұрын

How could job even be the reason for someone's existence if the prevailing norm can be that you change your jobs 12 times a year depending on the changing demand and needs of the temporary workforce in the world of fragmented patchwork jobs and without careers.

@deadcard13

2 ай бұрын

There's probably a reason more people are talking about revolution.

@hanagreg

2 ай бұрын

The French have shit work conditions

@deadcard13

2 ай бұрын

Not gonna lie, the prospect of working well into my 80s makes me wanna put a few billionaires in the mud.

Anyone who says that retirement is a stupid idea is a masochist or never worked a hard day in their life.

@mn0g0nm

2 ай бұрын

AND they don't care about any of the ppl they can see around them in society actually working hard, barring pure ignorance, only a ghoul or a demon thinks labor for the sake of labor is good for us

@CrypticCobra

2 ай бұрын

Or just doesn't understand what retirement is and can only complrehend sitting on a beach and drinking margaritas as "retirement". They can't complrehend it as doing woodworking in your garrage, or literally whatever makes you happy day to day.

@Texugodelamancha

2 ай бұрын

or just someone who will never have to work a hard day in their life because there's someone else they exploit to do so. They think retirement is a stupid idea because their employees retire, meaning less juice for them to squeeze off.

@StevenArmstrong-yn1mm

2 ай бұрын

Like that baby faced smolhat Shapiro with his never blistered hands

@0mikr0n

Ай бұрын

So Ben Shapiro isn't allowed to retire now. Ever. He said it himself, retirement is stupid, so now we can hold him to that for the rest of his life.

Theres literally no point in living if youre only here to work. Like, there is none. Zero.

@Raiku49

2 ай бұрын

Except you're not just here to work, you also give half of your income to a corrupt government.

@catdogmousecheese

2 ай бұрын

You say that, but if I asked a hundred random people to assign a dollar value to their life I think the majority of those people would actually give me a number.

@discouragedone

2 ай бұрын

Assuming that life has any inherent meaning whatsoever

@Korloko

2 ай бұрын

@@catdogmousecheese Nobody would say $20/hr. A life is worth tens of millions.

@justinwatson1510

2 ай бұрын

That's why I refuse to have children. I'm not making a fresh batch of wage slaves for the parasitic bastards in charge.

I used to play Monopoly with my older sister. She would, invariably, crush me in the game. At that point, she would 'lend' me money to keep playing the game so she could continue to crush me. I just wanted to quit and go play with my GI Joes. I feel like I am living in the extended bits of the game and the 'winners' are forcing me to continue the game. I don't want to play this game any more. I want to play a different game now, thanks.

@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield

2 ай бұрын

We gotta flip the board

@9000ck

2 ай бұрын

@@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield or walk away. the old hippie dream is hard to obtain now though.

@USSAnimeNCC-

2 ай бұрын

A gamer where they make everyone play so they can continue feeling like winners when no one can win we need to flip the dam board

@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield

2 ай бұрын

@@USSAnimeNCC- "a strange game... The only winning move is not to play" = Capitalism

@deadcard13

2 ай бұрын

Any time my family pulled out the Monopoly board, I would 'lose' within 15 minutes. My siblings would all br screaming at each other over Baltic Avenue and I would be in the other room, laying on the sofa and watching Simpsons reruns.

The people who need to see this won't and those of us that do see it already agree with the sentiment.

@HashlandXXX

2 ай бұрын

I agree for the most part. But when I first started watching this content, I was young and unaware of many things. Hopefully there are still ypung people stumbling upon this, and maybe rethinking their future work life.

@ornofthetalon1

2 ай бұрын

Hashland has a point, but the young will quickly learn, even without these videos. Overall, your statement cuts to the heart of it.

Nothing more frustrating than knowing you're being exploited and being unable to do anything about it.

@JazzyJonas

2 ай бұрын

The fact, however, that more and more people are realizing this gives me a sliver of hope.

@jonplaud

2 ай бұрын

​@@JazzyJonas I hope so

@timmy-wj2hc

2 ай бұрын

Workers of thw world, UNITE!💪

@dangerousdays2052

2 ай бұрын

Become a right-wing grifter. EZ money.

@luvkoaofficial

2 ай бұрын

Get organized! We can see revolution in our lifetimes! :))

I'm sorry you've been depressed, I think a good chunk of people in the world appreciate you and your effort with this channel the last few years

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

Hey thanks a ton that means a whole lot.

@Spaceghost12

2 ай бұрын

​@WisecrackEDU you shouldn't be so hard on yourself you are one of the biggest driving forces of modern thought and philosophy and you helped millions if not billions understand life even better. You created the public forum that people like Plato, Aristotle, and Hippocrates could even dream of. We need more people like you. Going back to the modern philosophy thing I trust you way more than Shapiro or Peterson you may as well be at the front of the mount Rushmore for modern philosophy. Over the years I got burnt out on their videos but I still click your videos as soon as I see them every time. You're the best and thank you for making these videos -a nomad Kansan

@TheMysticshroom

2 ай бұрын

It's true burns, you are giving voice to the feelings some of us can't put into words...hang in there bud, we like having you around

@jakestatefarm3477

2 ай бұрын

Yea what they said!!!

@themayhemera3046

2 ай бұрын

​@@WisecrackEDUwe do man we REALLY do!!

As a neurodivergent person it very much feels like I don't belong here. Like when people say this is the best time to be alive, I don't feel that way.

@cheshiresmith1600

Ай бұрын

Autistic and yee mood i cant Even do the job ive wanted to do all my life ( zookeeper) because i cant afford to do a 2 yr unpaid internship like fml i want to contribute but i also cant work Full time im so burnout

@Thesakuraharona

Ай бұрын

Neither do I. You are definitely not the only one in that depressed boat. Hang in there and do the best you can with what cards you were given. Friends and good family help ease it a bit

Did you know that during an 8-hour shift, the average office worker spends ~2-4 hours doing non-work tasks? (Social media, online shopping, gossiping with coworkers, etc.) Presumably, this is because there's either no work to do, or it's because the work is so draining that this non-working time is psychologically inevitable. And yet, these companies would never agree to reduce hours (even though it would likely boost productivity) because doing so would contradict the bosses' sense of authoritarian entitlement - of being a ruler over a fiefdom. The bosses own our time (and thereby us) so thoroughly that they're paying us to burn it. (Unrelated, but have you guys ever heard "Kill Your Masters"? Great song.)

@Kevin-the-Simple

2 ай бұрын

Forgot to mention that "Bullsh*t Jobs" did more to validate my feelings than any therapy ever did - and no, I am not exaggerating.

@DaVinciCreato

2 ай бұрын

"Unrelated" 😂

@mathgasm8484

2 ай бұрын

I am ruler of my fiefdom. I have my little bee farm that I work.

It's real double standard. They want folks to work forever, but try finding a job after turning 50 that isn't WalMart greeter or the equivalent. Older workers are often not valued and seen as unable to handle jobs that require physical skills or interacting with newer technology - and that's required of almost every job.

@w1ck3dz0d1ac

Ай бұрын

Unless you're a career politician...

@pingozingo

Ай бұрын

@@w1ck3dz0d1ac80 year old presidents shouldn’t be a thing lmao

The craziest part is how entry level jobs are the most exhausting while paying the least. Now, I get to listen to Wisecrack at work!

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

For sure. The most exhausting jobs I've had were the ones that paid the least.

My dad was the head civil engineer of a large us city from 1973 to 1999. He always stopped work at 4:30 everyday and never worked weekends. If he was asked to do more he said no. Today you can't say no. You will get fired and the employer will hire lawyers if you try to sue.

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

Your dad was living the dream.

@santiagobustos8905

2 ай бұрын

Civil/Drainage engineer here. The crazy thing is, as a consultant our clients are typically state or counties and they have very strict hours for THEIR employees, whereas we have to work whatever it takes to finish. I’ve been lucky enough to wfh 2 days a week but even then I’m working till I finish.

@elliotjordan2326

2 ай бұрын

@@santiagobustos8905 I think that's why. If any civil servant employee got hurt or developed stress because of long hours, the mayor and councilors might get enough criticism to hurt their next election run. So I think strict work hours were enforced so that it wasn't an election issue.

@aketchupman5103

2 ай бұрын

⁠@@santiagobustos8905 sorry to hear that, I’m a private firm civil that has the ability to do WFH 5 days a week. You can definitely find civil jobs that allow that. That being said I’m working till 7, 5 days a week, but I can’t afford the pay cut to work at the state😢

@elliotjordan2326

2 ай бұрын

@@aketchupman5103 sorry to hear that. My parents went way overboard to save money. For a 5 year stretch we didn't own a car. When I had summer jobs my dad demanded that I give him 2000 to 4000 dollars so he could save for my education. Sometimes we spent whole winters without ever turning on the furnace. What can I say but that they are brown parents from rural India. But I guess it paid off. I never had student loans. And my parents bought my condo.

I fucking loathe people who use the "my life is hard, _therefore_ *everyone's* life should be hard." Like... the whole point of society is to come together and make life less shitty for everyone going forward. I view literally _any_ other result as either an ongoing failure or what should be short-term garbage for long-term treasure.

@NecrochildK

2 ай бұрын

The way I frame it to people like that, I went through cancer in the late 90s. Chemo saved me from it, but destroyed my life and overall health in the process. That doesn’t mean I don’t want future cancer victims to have better treatments, it just means I regret that those advancements didn’t come sooner. Don’t begrudge people who benefit from changes to society that you missed out on, begrudge society for not bringing them about sooner.

So... I've always worked "service" jobs; either food or currently a warehouse gig. So my relationship with labor has always been...fairly direct. With that said, I 100% agree with the notion that this is not how we're supposed to live.

When I was teaching, I worked 95 hours a week. At school. With kids. And I freaking loved it. But my body gave out hard core. Had to get hip surgery and still going through physical therapy. That job I wouldn't mind doing until I die. But I know I will die very soon and definitely alone. You don't have time for friends, let alone dating. But if I'm doing a corporate sitting job, I'd rather retire after a few decades.

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

That's tough - you hear lots of similar stories from educators which is so sad.

@clawsongatch

2 ай бұрын

Hopefully you will be going for many More years. Sending you much love. Keep that big heart of yours going even if you can’t teach, there’s always ways to show love and support .

@stoodmuffinpersonal3144

2 ай бұрын

95?! isn't the work week supposed to be 40?

@kanto667

2 ай бұрын

Honestly I'm inclined t9 feel the same, been looking after my neices since i was 12 and my bones feel like they're gonna crumble, I am 27 now

@JoelReid

2 ай бұрын

95 hours a week? As a teacher I find that hard to believe. i am 30 hours in front of kids, and then 5-15 hours (depending on marking etc) outside of that time. I have a wife, 3 kids, and time to play computer games.

There is a whole study about "Hell Week" at Universities. And one of the biggest parts of it was how hard it was for staff to get Frats/Sororities to stop them. In the end, the Frats/Sororities would not stop regardless of what the consiqueces were. Why? The previous suffering active members experienced made their membership something to be valued. To see the next crop of Freshmen coming in and not being equally hazed some how cheapened what they earned. It is that same emotional feeling. As an "elder millenial" I wasted a shit load of time in the office and had to "fake it till I made it." And I do have that twinge of "It's just your turn." But I have learned that if we are going to create a better tomorrow, those of us who suffered indiginites need to not put them on the new and hopefull.

Americans need a nationwide labor movement.

@Frogman1212

2 ай бұрын

My coworkers just tune out every time I try and start a talk about inflation, housing, morality of taxes, etc. Like they think they're not allowed to say the government is bad🙄

@TheyCallMeGlitchDash

2 ай бұрын

​@@Frogman1212microplastics and fluoride have destroyed their minds!

@Atheos-1

2 ай бұрын

IWW, Workers of the world unite!

My full time overnight sanitation job at a grocery store is slowly breaking my body down at age 40. Roughly half of what's made goes to child support. I live in my van and I am dreading the oncoming summer.

@eifelitorn

2 ай бұрын

Matt Foley, is that you?

@gunnstash

2 ай бұрын

@@eifelitorn I'm not located near a river or any other body of water but having said that, you made me laugh today so thank you for that. 😁😂

I am a software developer, and company is great, so my work-life balance is amazing. However, I worked at the mall for all 4-years of college. I worked 4x as hard then as I do now at my desk. I remember how hard it was to work 40 hours a week at the mall in the summer, and I would go back to school and have time to 'relax'. I think a lot of older people have been removed from that work environment for too long to understand that doing terrible jobs really just eats away at you.

I come from an academic family. My grandfather said that the day he'd retire would be the day he'd die. He was a professor of nuclear physics, and was extremely passionate about his work, and he did, in fact, live up to his word. My parents are professors as well, in ChemE and Bio, and they share the same sentiment. I'm an aspiring professor of materials science, and I definitely want to be teaching and researching for the rest of my life. It's not just about money, but also passion for the field. That said, I don't think this should be universal. If you find something which you can sustain yourself on as well as find value in your life, by all means, do it until you drop dead. But with how hard it is for lots of people to make ends meet, I get it. You don't want to be working yourself to the bone for something you don't really value.

@VoteBidentoSaveDemocracy

2 ай бұрын

Honorable work on your grandfather's part. Unfortunately, I feel like most people don't have the opportunity to do a job they feel actually matters.

@me0101001000

2 ай бұрын

@@VoteBidentoSaveDemocracy I agree with you. And it's not just that the opportunity is not afforded from them, but kept from them by the capitalist class, as stated in the video. The capitalist class not only hordes wealth and leisure, but also sense of purpose and value of life. And now, I feel that even academia may not be safe anymore from this fate.

@leon3589

2 ай бұрын

Now imagine if that job didn't produce enough money to sustain yourself. Sometimes the job you love doesn't produce anything because it's not valued by society. Or because "you're not good enough". Can you imagine being told you're not good enough at something you love? Like any artist, or even some scientists in the past. Mozart, Monet, El Greco, Kafka, Tesla, Edgar Allan Poe, Beethoven, Bach (the fucking father of music), Van Gogh. You're lucky to have chosen STEM. If you had chosen to be an artist or in another less useful (to capitalism) field, or had you been born in a country where that academic field is incapable of giving you a basic standard of living, the story would have been very different. It's not that people don't believe that you shouldn't work doing something they love until they die. Rather, the market decides what is most valued for a (capitalist) society. So some people can't do what they love until they die, and they have to - for example - be a nurse to other rich peoples' parents whose sons don't want anything to do with them. Or bin men. Or farmers who don't own their own farm, or secretaries, or waiters, or builders, or they drive the bus that takes all other now-dreamless folk to their dystopian office building. None of these people are doing what they love. They weren't fortunate enough to be born into a family with enough wealth to do the things they love. That's the point, if you can do something that you love and make money with it, it's not that you've "found the way." It's that your life was privileged to allow you to do those things. That's something everyone wants. To live their childhood dreams. It's not like people choose to be house maids by their philosophy. It's either doing that or doing an equally shitty job to be the servant of others. And then they get told that "they should love what they do." They would; if they had had the power to choose what they really wanted - had they had the education and funds to pursue the path they wanted. This is not to shit on your take, by the way. I'm not even trying to contradict what you're saying. I'm merely complementing to the conversation. I think your family and path are VERY cool. I'm in a very similar boat but with engineering.

@VoteBidentoSaveDemocracy

2 ай бұрын

@@me0101001000 Conservatives have been attacking academia since at least Nixon. But without major improvements to the system, I think you're right that overworking will become the norm. We're already seeing that with the rapid rise in adjunct professors

@elCamaradaR

2 ай бұрын

shitty comment

Bullshit job: 80% of my job is printing paperwork, putting that in a folder, and walking it somewhere. "cake is bad and pie is good" - I have to make a carrot cake this weekend. Carrot pie would be gross.

@user-vz4gg6cs4l

2 ай бұрын

Do everything to get out of that job tho

@pennywaldrip3774

2 ай бұрын

@@user-vz4gg6cs4l Are you kidding - I was promoted to this job!

@AnDOnlineify

2 ай бұрын

I had that job. Couldn't find a lot of those folders and had to search everywhere for them

@Scuba4Steve

2 ай бұрын

I like carrots in my chicken pot pie.

@themigmadmarine

2 ай бұрын

The enchanted broccoli forest has a good carrot and cottage cheese savory pie recipe in it

I mean, the solution to all of this is quite simple. It’s just that there are just enough rich guys who don’t feel like having us implement it. “A four day work week? Reasonable wages? For us to pay taxes? But then I’d only make millions of dollars instead of billions of dollars! How’s that fair?!”

@jeff35741

2 ай бұрын

You do know no one is making you choose to a job.That works five days a week. The whole idea of a shorter work leak is basically saying.Let's cut people's hours they are allow to work and cut their pay. People. Are paid reasonable just because you think your skills are worth more than they are doesn't mean you deserve to be paid more.

@thecour8379

2 ай бұрын

​@@jeff35741 Fair, fair, but the nonsense jobs and corps ask for these days for basic pay and ahitload work schedule isn't worth. That why I in school now to find a Career and be free from Retail.

@blank9789

2 ай бұрын

@@jeff35741 Did we not just watch the same video discussing how a large majority of the work we are doing is utterly meaningless and ultimately unnecessary? Why then are our hours worth so little? purely to "encourage" us to make up the difference with more hours of work. Or do you truly believe that the average U.S. citizen is can survive on a 20 hour work week when the average income is only 59K ? Or is it nothing more than a "choice" to have a place to live too... the average statistic for "comfortable living" in any major city 96K and that isnt even mentioning those who call places like New York City their home with the average required salary for a comfortable living going so farrrr above the average of the country that it is 138K of all things. Or is it "right" to just expect people to move from the places they were raised simply because they can no longer afford to be treated as human beings there.

@jeff35741

2 ай бұрын

@blank9789 Actually, most people do not have office jobs. Someone working customer service at a cashier is not just sitting in there for hours. Then you just go off on an argument based off of envy and you think you deserve more

@wandervoltz

2 ай бұрын

Our obsession with growth will lead to our downfall. How many yachts and summer homes does the ruling class need? How do they define "satisfaction"?

I just finished my med internship and I worked 12 to 14 hours a day, from Sunday to Sunday, without holidays for 365 days exactly and having to stay working the whole night every two days knowing that my work started the next day 5 am. I don't want to work ever again and I'm just starting because now I need an speciality. Can't imagine working like that for more than two years before cracking.

@mathgasm8484

2 ай бұрын

Invest your earnings after paying off med school. Buy your freedom.

@cayceescorner6829

Ай бұрын

Most doctor/pa/np positions will have you working all day, everyday. Think you can get all 40 of your patient notes done while seeing/listening to 40 patients daily? Think again. You will take notes home after work. It’s certainly intense. And that’s not including on call or rounding, should one have to do that.

13:45 maaaaan, bad dreams aside (my dreams are weird but not Bad per se), it's rough being in that state where you procrastinate on things you WANT to do, because you want to be in the right frame of mind to fully enjoy them, until you realize it's not going to come

How did that old George Carlin quote go: “It’s called the ‘American Dream’ because you have to be asleep in order to believe it…” Carlin just laughing his ass off and saying “Told you so…”

5:43 my bulls**t job I work as the laundry guy at an old folks home and every day I am wrist deep in sh*t

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

That's tough.

@NostalgicVideos254

2 ай бұрын

I wish you meant that figuratively 😶hang in there

@__-tz6xx

2 ай бұрын

I will know we are in the future once a humanoid robot replaces your job.

@vanessamaldonado5877

2 ай бұрын

So you are basically covered in bullshit, given the old boomer folk you take care of are the cash-cows of the conservative movement who faithfully vote for tax cuts for the rich and social spending cuts......

@jayjellobean

2 ай бұрын

Awwwwe man.... Be good to yourself! That really sucks and, guaranteed, you are not fairly compensated.

1:35 I hate working at a golf club. But I tolerate it enough to keep working as much as it pains me. It’s a tedious job. Some times the job you work is the job you hate because this isn’t your ideal job. I’m studying to become a filmmaker and this summer I’m going to officially start a KZread channel to post my first film for all to see. Let’s just say it’s Secure, Contained and Protected. But I’m very proud of it and I’m proud that I have the talent to make films.

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

Send us a link to your movie when it's up!

@heyliim2817

2 ай бұрын

I'd love to see what you're gonna be doing!

@KuyaClint

2 ай бұрын

Aye nice! Is it gonna be one of those SCP monster horror-type videos? Looking forward to it!

@AnvilPictures

2 ай бұрын

@@KuyaClint here’s a hint see if you can solve it. It’s Unassuming

@Thesakuraharona

Ай бұрын

Good! I wish you the best of luck.

My job is a warehouse middleman that doesn’t produce or sell its own product to customers. We’re an automotive company that just holds a bunch of car parts and sells them to repair shops. I couldn’t think of a more useless job when the whole building just destroys the earth and we gouge the market.

Older people, “we worked in the worst conditions, and were thankful for the opportunity”, “How was home life”… “My father beat the family and my mother was a chain smoking alcoholic”. Yah, I want that for me and my children.

@jebidiahcarlyon3543

2 ай бұрын

Also them: "Don't worry you wont be able to think about any of that because you will be too physically exhausted for any kind of self-reflection"

@darkhobo

2 ай бұрын

And yet they actually worked like 20 hours a week. Drunk. Didn't get shit done. And made 25 an hour in 1975 money

@arc4859

2 ай бұрын

Perhaps don’t get your political opinions from memes

@Dutchbrother07

2 ай бұрын

Hard work doesn’t force people to beat their families and abuse substances

@HashlandXXX

2 ай бұрын

Also old people: "we've earned the right to be angry, drug addicted, and abusive. Once you're old and traumatized, you'll understand. And you'll have earned that right as well." It's like hazing, but really is unchecked generational trauma.

I've been at my job for 18 years, and have 12 to go yes it is union and I have a full pension after 30 years, but I've always said it's a means to an end. My main job is husband and father this is just another tool so I can do that nothing more or less

I am community support worker. So in essence, my job is to help make sure that the people society has discarded don't die and hopefully help them to improve their situations. We do this by getting them connected with the few remaining institutions and organizations that don't actively want them to die. Yet, I still feel like my job is useless and B.S. although I know I have some small impact. Doesn't help that we are always understaffed, not given adequate resources to do our jobs, paid poorly, treated poorly, and we are except from certain labor protections due to a long history of distrust and outright hatred of charity work that involves outreach/support/social work. BS job or just neglected? P.S. I live in Canada, not the U.S.

@LeoMidori

2 ай бұрын

Not bullshit, you're doing something that our society is creating. If society were better at providing for everyone we wouldn't need people like you, or your role would be very different.

@maferchfla8551

2 ай бұрын

I dont feel like that is a bs job. the job has a clear purpose in itself (and it is even a kind one), but the conditions under you work are the ones that make you feel hopeless. unless, you only paperwork and it has no real tangible impact.

@ColdBaltBlue

2 ай бұрын

As a fellow Canadian, I definitely agree that our outreach programs are severely lacking. We’ve sold out to the American way of life while doing the classically Canadian thing of sweeping our problems under the rug, pretending they don’t exist, and then only taking the bare minimal actions when it becomes glaring.

@Yukosan13

2 ай бұрын

Definitely neglect, but ever since 2008.. I feel like all employers neglect their workers.. they learn that skeleton crews make them money (even charity make profits) that what I learned in the US.. But hey, my town is a hellish place to work at.. low wages, next to no benefits, all the youth leave or get stuck here.. it's always growing but there's too many who accept the scraps of the rich..

It does feel like work is killing our generation. The system seems inherently broken. Hope your doing good, and thank you for the wonderful work!

@grantoden8242

2 ай бұрын

at the very least in the least much of the boomer generation had something to show for it. Now, late stage capitalism is demanding more and more while giving people less as an outcome.

The best example of this is the cotten-gin. It was made to reduce human labor, but merely ended up exploding the need for it.

I absolutely hate my job at a Toyota factory. Many days I think seriously about injuring myself, perhaps grievously, to get out of it

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

Is it a union factory?

This video makes me feel I am not alone

As a chimney sweep in rural Sweden I consider my job not being a bullsh*t job....but, all the extra mindnumbing pointless bureaucracy the municipality makes us do is bullsh*t.

I first saw office space when I was about twelve. It's hard to tell whether it deeply resonated with me, or deeply changed me.

@briez9648

2 ай бұрын

Same, it fucked me up in a good and bad way.

You spelled "indentured servitude" wrong

@lukedegraaf1186

2 ай бұрын

You spelt "slavery" wrong.

@WGPower_Nonchalant_Cafe

2 ай бұрын

@@lukedegraaf1186 spelt is One of my favorite grains ...

@lukedegraaf1186

2 ай бұрын

@@WGPower_Nonchalant_Cafe Spelt is a past tense and past participle form of spell. [mainly British] 2. uncountable noun. Spelt is a type of wheat that was widely grown hundreds of years ago and is now popular as a health food.

@lukedegraaf1186

2 ай бұрын

@WGPower_Nonchalant_Cafe well, I just learned me something! Thanks 😊

@WGPower_Nonchalant_Cafe

2 ай бұрын

@@lukedegraaf1186 thank you Chad GPT 3

Today would have been Akira Toriyama's 69th Birthday. Thanks For this

@kni9ght

2 ай бұрын

He was a legend until the end, the world is less bright without his light

@USSAnimeNCC-

2 ай бұрын

Dam that close and I thought he was already 69 too

@mak3yasmiil3

2 ай бұрын

Big Tori

@beanpasteposts

2 ай бұрын

Dang, he was so close 😢

@timmy-wj2hc

2 ай бұрын

RIP

I've seen multiple studies agreeing that 4 day work weeks not only work in the real world, but also increase productivity by a significant amount. I wasn't sure why they were passing it up, but the possibility of companies sacrificing profit for the sole purpose of staying on top is rather frightening.

Its also important to point out that Praxis can be turned into Poiesis, ive lost count of how many times my family has turned my hobby or internally motivated thing into something i should do for them or into a career. I wanted to start learning how to cook better and then my family made it feel like something they were using me for. I made a youtube video with a friend and then they said it was terrible when compared to others or not funny enough for a wider audience, or when they heard about the money that could be made they only saw dollar signs. I also have an aunt and uncle whose grandson really wants to get into baseball and they "joke" all the time how he will give them a nice retirement someday, and it really bothers me.

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

That's a reallllly good point.

@telegraphjames4542

2 ай бұрын

Capitalism and money suck the life and joy out of everything

@shawnwales696

2 ай бұрын

Dump them, that attitude is just wrong. I cut contact from negative people, I've never been happier.

@Hel1mutt

2 ай бұрын

@@shawnwales696 thanks, unfortunately in my current situation i am dependent on them

I used to work bullshit jobs in marketing and communications. Using my artistic skills to make email templates for ID card printer salesmen, newsletters that nobody read, videos for things I didn't care about, etc. I got laid off again last year and can't bring myself to go back to it. This past year, I've been doing boudoir photography and taking video for porn actors, OF models and other sex workers. I love supporting those folks but I can't support myself on my own, yet. And I don't know if I can keep it up until my knees give out someday. But I'm giving it a go. 🤷

@Loud2013

2 ай бұрын

That's freaking awesome!! All the best to you 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I, too, would like to start a garage band and gossip about my friends' polyamorous relationships

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

I bet your could use that gossip to come up with good song lyrics.

@GalaxyPedlar

2 ай бұрын

I would like to have a polyamorous relationship and friends to gossip about it.

I worked for FedEx Ground as an Operations/Area Manager for years and I'll say I averaged on 15 hours a day and during our "peak" season, the holiday season, we'd work 18 hr days 7 days a week, for a month or two straight. The "bonus" was either an extra free vacation day or like 500 bucks....sweet. I started as a package handler and moved up to a delivery driver before getting into management so I was closer to the hourly workers than other managers, just a side note, so I had more respect, which made my job easier when I knew my work area was taken care of. I did all this while also working on my MBA in Supply Chain management, obviously lol. But ever since I turned 18 I was hustling. Did 4 years in the Army. Did all the things I was supposed to, for what? I will say, since 2021, I have been able to set myself up to live off my VA disability and I've never been happier playing in my garage band. Thanks for everything you do Michael, you don't have a bullshit job.

@Interdacted

2 ай бұрын

Woah our building only does 3 hours a day 5 days a week

@xz0mbae

2 ай бұрын

@Interdacted I will say since I've left they switched to a 7 day flex schedule so they can operate 7 days without having employees work that way. It was hard back when I started in 2005 to get people to commit to 5 days a week straight. It took many years for them to realize being a package handler was many people's 2nd job and didn't want to commit to fedex. I remember having to write up employees for "moonlighting" which is basically leaving early to go to their other job. I'm glad there have been changes but it took 15 years for that to happen and I'm only so patient lol.

@xz0mbae

2 ай бұрын

@Interdacted it also depends if you're a station or a hub. I was what they call a "hub rat" where most of my career were in hub environments.

@xz0mbae

2 ай бұрын

@@Interdacted I should also say 3 hrs a day for 5 days sounds like a package handlers schedule whereas a manager's will be at least a 12 hr day 5 days a week during non peak days.

@Interdacted

2 ай бұрын

@@xz0mbae Sounds about right, I think the theory behind it is "they're conducting not operating."

This video put a word on what I am looking for in life: praxis

I work in healthcare and I've always maintained that I work to live, not live to work. That mindset was codified last year when we had a code blue who didn't make it come in and people realized that the patient who had come in was supposed to be a physician at a new location set to open up within the month and the first words put of almost everyone's mouth after he was pronounced was "damn, they're going to have to get a new doc over there now." No "Oh wow, he was only ___ years old" or anything that humanized him, he was looked solely as a product or commodity that needed replacing. Fuck this work grind mindset, it's total bullshit.

Ladyballers! Catch the movie that critics have hailed as "yes, technically a movie" and "a movie that was clearly produced at one time!"

I just want to be creative..truly But when creativity blume in me, i have to smile at all the beautiful ideas while stuffing it back where it comes from cause i have to work on other people dreams

If I work my whole life, I'll probably kms myself. And I'll kms myself by working myself to unalive

Greed is the reason, the rich are evil

That movie bit, about how one's too exhausted to devote mental energy to something complex, that's real bro.

Hey mate you are amazing just so you know. This channel and you convinced me to take a philosophy master's on animal rights outside my main degrees (biochemistry and soon to be nutrition and dietetics). You are a great teacher and you bringing philosophy down to us common folks is a noble and amazing job and i just wanted you to know that you guys have helped me so so much to not fall into (worse) depressive episodes and i know this comment cannot truly help but i hope you see this and keep trying and get to feel proud and find that little voice that here and there says to us that maybe just maybe there is some meaning in what we are doing after all. I wish you'll get to experience healing not for us but for yourself cause you are a wonderful person that deserves more than life! Love from Greece!

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

Hey! This is so nice and we really appreciate it!! Hope things are going well in Greece!

If corporates have their way yes.

@yol_n

2 ай бұрын

I didn't know corporates can lobby that people don't retire. Do they control my bank account? That means I can't set a money to the side for my retirement?

@Based_Gigachad_001

2 ай бұрын

​@@yol_n Not everyone is as well off as you.

@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield

2 ай бұрын

Corporates don't want to pay you. AI will be cheaper. And better at what you do than you can be. Not sleep. Or complain. Give it time. It's gonna be far sooner than you think.

@captainheat2314

2 ай бұрын

​@@yol_nby keeping wages low and inflation high they can stop you from saving enough in the dozens of years

@yol_n

2 ай бұрын

@@captainheat2314 I didn't know private corporations could print money.

No gravestone anywhere has an engraving reading "I wish I spent more time at work".

Great video Wisecrack!! SO MANY quotable moments. "If you do externally motivated work all the time, you're missing out on being fully human, and won't be able to develop your individual virtue or participate in collective politics."

After 20 years as a touring Dj/live act I nearly went deaf and got into education. Took a job overseas and happy with the change. Teach 1-4 hours a day, edit a few hours a day and work on my own books too. Play guitar read and relax. It’s a good setup. Expat life is rewarding.

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

That sounds incredibly chill! Happy for you dude.

I saw office space years ago and it is still one of the greatest movies.

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

You have seen the truth.

You nailed it - especially with that little comment about being too tired to watch a good movie, so you watch something dumb.

Better Help sucks bro! They exploit their workers, and don't care about patient outcomes, just their profits.

@JohnClark-tt2bl

2 ай бұрын

And they sell their customers data to companies like Meta.

@Ford_prefect_42

2 ай бұрын

They know. They did a great live stream about it. But why not steal money from an evil company in order to talk about things that actually help our mental health?

@HumanFellaPerson

2 ай бұрын

@@Ford_prefect_42 ahh, because they're still promoting it... how is that stealing money from a big corporation, when you're literally advertising for them?

@Ford_prefect_42

2 ай бұрын

@@HumanFellaPerson notice he never says "better help helped me". He only talks about how therapy is good. Literally everyone who watches this channel knows better help sucks. But they're keeping Wisecrack funded, so we smile and nod and refuse to use their product. Again, watch the live stream. It's very good

Repeating the comment i left in the sneak peek for the sake of engagement. Regarding the Garden of Eden passage: there are cool interpretations of John Milton's rendering of this story in Paradise Lost. In Tzachi Zamir's Ascent, he describes a distinction between the work done in the prelapsarian state and the punishment of toiling to get sustenance after the fall in a way similar between the Aristotelian distinction between poiesis and praxis. The prelapsarian work is labor in the image of God: creative, artistic, giving beautiful arrangements to the garden, preparing meals to the visiting angels. It's only after the fall that work becomes a punishment, something grueling, that makes our brows sweat and needed for survival and not expression.

"O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space-were it not that I have bad dreams."

This is one of the best videos of this year so far. I've been thinking a lot about the nature of work lately. This helps me to put my thoughts in order and realize I'm not the only one who thinks I have to deal with a lot of bullshit every day when I could be doing something way better instead.

Never thought I would disagree so vehemently with Burns but here we are. As with leisure, there are certain other things which fulfill us and sustain us, which give us purpose, enrich our lives and relieve the burden of toil, and cake is one of those things. After all, was it not Bertrand Russell who said "Cakey in my belly, yummy yummy yum"?

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

I did intentionally cut that part out of the Russell quote to serve my own interests.

For everyone that is like "U GOTTA PAY YOUR DUES"... have you tried... not? Do you actually know what happens when you don't?

another day, another wisecrack banger

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

Love you buddy.

Fantastic watch! Thank you for seeing and understanding our struggle. Def would like to see you make more videos on topics like this or similar.

Read "Abolition of Work" by Bob Black and look into Antiwork anarchism

You taught me something new today w praxis and poiesis- love that ty❤️

I appreciated this video, I’m grateful you made it and it gave me something to think about

The Protestant Work Ethic and its consequences have been yadda yadda you get it

"Job" (as in employment), means you are working, first and foremost, to make other people money. Sure, the people who make money from your work will call you lazy if you are don't working all the time. Valuing quality of life, time with family, friends etc, isn't being lazy. It is not willing to slave yourself so someone else can get rich.

This topic got me thinking about The Incredibles and F is for Family. In the Incredibles Bob is very happy because he is a superhero who saves lives and stop crime. But all that went away when he stops a train to save the passenger's lives and saves a man from trying to delete himself. This ends in a huge lawsuit and Bob had to go into hiding and work a job he hated. Sure it helped pay the bills and provide for his family, but he was still unhappy because he didn't get to use his powers to help people. F is for Family is something I can relate to as a Gen Y. Frank Murphy grew up in a house with an alcoholic and abusive dad. When he was a teenager he always wanted to learn how to fly but got a draft notice to fight in Korea when he graduated Highschool. When he got out he met someone, accidentally got her pregnant and started a family. But he never got the chance to get his pilot license and fly. He had to get a job ironically working at an airport where the pay wasn't bad but not good either, his bosses treated him like a tool or crap and the customers didn't appreciate him. As a Sonic employee and former bus boy this hits me hard. The reason why I think about these movies and shows because one character had his dream job taken because people go mad at him for the wrong reasons in my opinion and the government had to step in, while the other never got to achieve his dreams because of his own mistakes or other factors he didn't really have control over. And like this video says, our ancestors were hunters and gatherers. We were built to do stuff for our survival. Obviously most of us can't go back for two reasons. 1: Our surplus population is too large and we will instantly go to war over better hunting grounds. 2: Most of us are way too domesticated thanks to this artificial zoo we call civilization. For me I want to learn a new skill so I can find a job I can be happy and maybe be content. But I have to get a certain amount of hours because rent and food is more expensive than it was in the 90s and early 2000s. It be nice if I could just work 15 hours and cost of living wouldn't be a problem. But we can't because of bad politicians and other factors we don't have control over.

Nothing felt more dystopian then working in fast food. Throwing away food every 15 mins as homeless starved out side our doors. Being degraded by people who just needed to eat because it was "Apart of my job". Cramping my hands to make sure my little icon doesn't fall behind other icons representing whole stores filled with other individuals with families friends and communities who desperately need there jobs but if I slowed down I would lose mine. My boss hated it when I drew Parelle's to our work place a cult but it was more of a kind of denial hate then and anger one. Like a reminder.

Ironically two weeks before I was planning on officially retiring at the grand old age of 65 and some months I found out I had breast cancer. That was in October, the ensuing months with surgery, radiation, now life altering medication there is no way I could consider going back to work. My so called retirement has not gone as planned.

I work at liquor store part time while going to school full time

Amazing video as usual, really insightful.

19:59 made me cry, never i have felt so seen and understood

I'm a analyst at US car manufacturer. We like to think most of our work is considered strongly by leadership but i can never shake the feeling that our analysis and forecasting will always follow the initiative of expert judgment (i've been in this business X years and know whats what yapping) when we live in a time of no new norms.

I'm stealing time from my boss rn

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

We salute you.

On the other unrelated subject. I cannot believe just how much this channel has grown and expanded in its pursuit of social philosophy, it has become easily recommendable to friends and acquaintances that are interested in discussing this subject

People work too hard and then they turn to drugs or alcohol whenever they're not working. Then they start to think working a lot is good for them because it keeps them from destroying themselves.

The most meaningful, enjoyable job I had was being a private transportation driver. There was some hard days, but the easy days balanced it out. My sense of purpose was Solid, the downtime was sweet, and the pay was good.

Ben Shapiro said *no one in the US should retire at 65. Meanwhile, in Israel, retirement age is 65...*

wise crack thank god has stayed great since i started watching. also michael has only gotten better with his wording and concepts. one of the few channels ive loved since it began and have never stopped loving it. Yall are doing great work, keep it up but dont let it you, yall are much more then just these videos

Thank you for making this video ❤

Another great video! My father has been sick and going to work nonstop, which I find unbelievable. It's this goddamn hustle culture.

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Sick folks shouldn't have to go to work.

2000 baby here who very recently saw office space; i loved it, seeing John C Mcingley in anythin is a plus but the movie could be so much better if it wasn’t so centerist/scared to fully commit. like why was stealing from this corporation bad? genuinely!? besides getting caught what’s the issue!?

I work two separate jobs that take more effort than responsibility. One is with waking people up and giving medication; the other is looking around an almost empty building for hours. I'm lucky to have a job with decent pay that isn't taxing physically, but 6 night shifts in a row mean difficulties socially and with appointments

One of your best videos yet.

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, very cool of you to say.

I’ll tell Ben what if he gives me his job and I earn his money then I will not retire I would love to earn millions of dollars to tell people they’re suffering is just over the Internet 😊

New wise! Awesome 👍

My entire identity was my work, which was highly paid engineer and I went to school for it and got my master's. Since having a bit of free time, I've been able to explore different "hobbies": volunteering, reading, writing, coding, and my life has become much richer and more colorful.

A ten your old asked me, a 63 yeàr old what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I replied that I wanted to go camping when I grew up. I live in the woods now.

@WisecrackEDU

2 ай бұрын

Hell yes that rules.

ESL teacher living abroad. I think I've already been replaced by AI in some situations and I'm not 100% on teaching as a field existing in another 10 years. I love the job, but it's going to turn into BS pretty quickly. If not, it's going to be considered BS by those who make decisions, and that's just as much of a death knell.

“The less you eat, drink, buy books, go to the theatre or to balls, or to the pub, and the less you think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc., the more you will be able to save and the greater will become your treasure which neither moth nor rust will corrupt-your capital. The less you are, the less you express your life, the more you have, the greater is your alienated life and the greater is the saving of your alienated being” banger of a quote

I worked in restaurants service and management for 15 years, the last five while I was getting my degrees. I genuinely enjoyed it most of the time, and I worked with a lot of people who were passionate about cooking well and serving people, making kids smile, giving people a special day. And I also had to work with the people who made it a terrible experience for everyone. Now I can’t even work full time in the field I’m degreed and certified for because I’m disabled from pulling 18 hour days for 4 years straight.

1:19 “Office Space” made me a Communist.

@jorahkai

2 ай бұрын

Did you also move to China?

@PatagoniaAries

2 ай бұрын

Turned me into a fascist

@joshbanks9261

2 ай бұрын

The old ways of China has changed now they have become thriving capitalists who are about making profit. The competition in College is intense as well with the huge population. Most of the old communist countries have changed or are more of a model of socialism yet a bit more authoritarian rule. The idea that someone who sits behind a computer spouting bs talking points who really aren't journalist telling a warehouse worker or day labor that retirement is stupid basically just installing the conservative idea work till u croak. Retirement is about enjoying your golden years. Office space basically caused myself to live a life of wild chances rather than sit in a cubicle for the rest of existance. Moved to China in 2004 and been living a wild life in SEA ever since. Glad I got out of the corporate rat race.

Love you wisefam! Algorithm bump!

I remember when I was in the laborers union a couple years ago building fences in the SF Bay Area and I would get up for work at 4:30, commute to work, start work at 5:30, and then get back to the shop between 3-6 sometimes 7 depending on the job and where it was, then commute back home in traffic and get home usually between 5-7. I would be absolutely exhausted Monday to Friday with no life which is one of the reasons why so many of the guys would drink since that was the only thing to look forward to. And after a year when I left I couldn’t believe how little money I had from working so hard and having no free time while being miserable. I never looked at work the same.