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Commercials seem to be normalizing an unhealthy work-life balance more. (lemmy.world)
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I've seen others recently, but the two I saw today are a Capital One commercial and a Progressive commercial.

In the first, the Capital One guy is talking to a couple of people. He is asked what he does for fun, and he does not know what to say. Then, they cut to him getting ready to sleep at the bank.

Another is the Progressive commercial where Flo talks with another woman about vacations. The other woman doesn't seem to know what a vacation is. Flo begins describing what one is. In the end, she says she doesn't really know, gives up, and says she's never been on one either.

I was thinking about them while driving and came to the title thought.

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[–] 45 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

Forget commmercials. Most people I know/met lately seem to think anyone who isn't working 60-80 hour weeks is a 'loser'.

working 30-40 hours now is considered 'lazy'.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Met a vet doc that disparaged a vet that leaves at 5: "8-5 and then she's gone. Nobody wants to work any more"

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Infuriating. The point of advancing society and dividing labor into specialties is so that we can create more for our world than if each of us tried to a little bit of everything (farming, crafting, medicine, etc.) beyond the small amounts we choose for joy or satisfaction. And then with that, we get to have more free time, because we actually only need so much to make our society work and improve at a reasonable pace.

    The people who think we all need to bust our asses got hoodwinked by the ownership class into producing even more for their overlords.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    You probably can't change their mind, but you can remember that their opinion doesn't define you. And also you have just as much power over them (that which they grant you), which you can use to try to instill in them a sense of living their own life instead of working for the glory of the Corpos.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    I think it's fine to work 60-80 hours a week if you're in a place in your life where you don't have anyone to go home to and you can actually make more money off it (either as a contractor with an hourly rate, or a business owner). Not for long though, because it gets lonely.

    Most people shouldn't work more than 40 though. Definitely if you have a family, go home and spend time with them. There's a saying in my language that translates to "work doesn't run away from you", as in, there will always be more work to do, but your toddler won't always be a toddler.

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