wonderingwanderer

Does the same argument apply to calling ~~janitors~~ custodians "sanitation engineers"? I've seen that some places.

Like, if the word "custodian" is too offensive, then maybe it's just because the job sucks and comes with stigma, and anything you call it is going to sound derogatory after a few years...

I get that it's a critical job, and the people in those roles should be treated with dignity and respect like everyone else. The social stigma is wrong, for sure. But simply changing the title doesn't solve anything...

It's on a bunch of reading lists. In my early twenties I had a libertarian phase (cringe, I know, but I've evolved into a democratic socialist), and I saw it recommended several times on lists like "books every sovereign citizen should read" or shit like that.

I bought a copy but I got bored in the first twenty pages. Probably because I could already tell that the guy was a piece of shit but the book was trying to make him sound cunning, and that didn't jive with me. I've always hated big corporations, even before I realized socialism is actually good.

That's a good movie!

human adverts become the new low rent influencers, with people professionally walking around sticking adverts everywhere

People have already been doing that for decades...

It starts to prickle your skin, "watch this short 30 second ad to disable the itch for 30 minutes!"

Five minutes later, starts to prickle again.

Or:

You're talking with your mother about such-and-such, suddenly your shirt starts blaring an obnoxious influencer screaming "HEY LOSER! DOES YOUR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR RELATIONSHIPS?!?"

Is it gonna sing me a song?

It sounds like you were just watching 2001: A Space Odyssey

Antidepressants don't fix existential dread. They manage serotonin deficiencies. That's a hardware issue, whereas existential dread is a software issue with no possible solutions.

When you realize that nothing objectively 'matters', to 'the universe'... you are now free, to decide what matters to you, instead.

That's great, but... what if nothing matters to me either?

Some buildings trap heat and can actually be hotter than outside, with no airflow and often the humidity of dozens of sweating humans.

Yes, outdoor labor is strenuous and working in the sun is draining. But at least the air moves (usually)

Be careful what you wish for.

Aren't you always out posing as a leftist? And now you're saying workers should have to pay for the tooling that their employers force them to use?

You're no friend of the working class.