You are better.
Comment on ‘You can’t pause the internet’: social media creators hit by burnout
Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I currently scrub toilets for a living while I’m back at school for a mid-life career change. I work ten hours tonight, my feet are still a bit sore from my shift two days ago.
Suck it up, buttercup, get a real job. I’m not sharing all of this to sound like I’m better, I’m sharing this to show what a significant chunk of people do for a living, Joe Jobs.
Being a social media influencer isn’t a job for most people, it’s a vanity hobby.
Tikiporch@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
No I’m not, walking down that path leads to arrogance and unearned pride. I just live in reality, instead of falling prey to the lies of false riches in the social media popularity contest.
Seek for your own answers and Know Thyself. Please, all of you that are always on social media. Withdraw, do not fall prey to the Siren’s Tale of the Glory of Achilles. Instead, seek a good life, one that is quiet, and belongs to you.
Do not become a false god, you cannot live up to that burden.
romantired@shibanu.app 5 weeks ago
You’re not like everyone else!
Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Yes I am.
Zorque@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This is the most boomer take I’ve ever seen on this website. And that includes what few conservatives have filtered in.
TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
yeah I’m pretty shocked that a socialist website would value labor like that
petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
That entertainment is labor. What are you talking about?
Zorque@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Socialism is about more than unions, that’s just the most obvious aspect in a heavily capitalist society. It’s about the sharing of burdens, which includes more than physical labor.
Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Does social media create a physical product? Remember, computers need engineers to repair them and electricians to keep the power on. Physical infrastructure.
May I ask what your age range is, and what you do for a living, as well as how much income you make?
Narauko@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
By that metric do authors or poets or actors create a physical product? Do computer programers? Since the death of physical media, books and art are now far more frequently digital than paper or canvas. Applications and software is 100% digital. Newspapers are dead, so journalists don’t create a physical product. Is your argument that only physical labor producing physical things is “real” work?
Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
No, there is value in artistic expression and other intangibles. Our ideas are what give the tangibles scope.
What I AM saying is that people seem to think that social media influencers are more important than farmers or gas station attendants or grocers. No they are not. Most aren’t creating anything more than a hobby level. That’s okay if that’s what you want to do with your time, just don’t expect sympathy from those who feed you, keep your lights on, and ensure the comfort of all.
Zorque@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Just keeping up with the boomer takes…
Something doesn’t need to be a physical product to hold tangible value.
Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Where did I say that social media creates no value whatsoever? I’m just saying that without those who work in physical reality, creating tangibles with tangible things, make the mental edifices possible.
Also, you didn’t choose to share your profession with us. It makes me think that you’re attempting to create a social media presence of your own. Trust me, it’s pointless. I had a facebook fan page with 150-175 people on it. All foolish vanity, nothing more.
To win the acclaim of the mob is what the worst of us amongst human beings do. Do you want to be a politician in terms of expression?