America has made existing a crime, outside of public parks you're not allowed to stand and hangout or you're "loitering" so we all stay at home separated from the people around us in suburbs and condemn laziness (existing without making someone money) culturally, being a real human in America is rough
@DrumWild
Жыл бұрын
The duality of Fascists, where their enemy is simultaneously strong and weak, does it all no favors. You know, how those "lazy Mexicans" are coming here to both take welfare AND "steal your job."
@weregretohio7728
Жыл бұрын
That's why I love libraries. So often bored with nowhere to go, so I end up walking to the library. One of the few places left where you can exist without the expectation of spending money. Of course, the GOP's crusade against libraries is no accident, and it goes beyond censorship. Places like parks and libraries would never be allowed to exist these days if they hadn't already been created. Your therapist will tell you to go distract yourself by taking a walk, treating you like a small dog with excess energy rather than someone continually demeaned by a dying empire with a broken culture giving rise to corporate-sponsored fascism.
@D_Jilla
Жыл бұрын
@weregretohio a walk aint half bad either though.
@CorbCorbin
Жыл бұрын
Loitering has been a law in the UK, Australia(failure to obey a police request to stop loitering, can result in a max fine of $1250 and 3 months jail), in India it’s a law meant to keep women from offending public decency(likely anti-prostitution or the look of it), South Africa, Canada, Ireland, Singapore, etc. Loitering can be traced to Elizabethan “Poor Laws.” In the 1600’s, workers in between jobs and the unemployed were roaming the villages and city streets. The crime rate went up, so the laws were made to combat it. Not saying it’s a good thing, but stop blaming the U.S., or acting like it’s the only place such a thing exists.
@ChaosCorpse4tube
Жыл бұрын
Doesn't help matters being "human" if you are neurodivergent and people expect that same productivity level regardless of how much induced anxiety the medicine thrown at you causes. Of course, that, too, made worse by the fact that insurance only stubbornly covers part of it making nearly a third of your productive gains go right back into your medical care. Hope I live to see a day where people who fall into this category can lead respected lives both supported and by supporting themselves without unrealistic expectations all over the place.
@ryltair
Жыл бұрын
My manager keeps telling me that work is just work. No one's irreplacable and outside of your contract you don't owe the company anything. He hates the glorification of work and says that if people are busy all the time, then they need better time management. I like him :)
@WisecrackEDU
Жыл бұрын
A shockingly honest manager! We love it.
@Rampala
Жыл бұрын
You call it "having better time management" I call it "being fortunate enough not to have ADHD." 😅
@silverscalederg8632
Жыл бұрын
Mine only does back end stuff and only ever comes out to say hi. Everything is implied to be being done. Hell some of the people take naps in the break room. Does anyone care? fuck no. Everything gets done timely so they have the chance to do that
@silverscalederg8632
Жыл бұрын
@@Rampala I have both. I always got to keep moving. I reject these "easy babysitting assignments" because i can't sit still for 12 hours stuck in some room. Everyone still loves me because I go out of my department during off times to give people some snacks and coffee
@johnwalker1058
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like you have a unicorn manager.
@colorfulcaro
Жыл бұрын
In Spanish speaking countries people say "laziness is the mother of all evil" but you can respond with "and like with every mother we must respect her".
@macuriels
Жыл бұрын
I grew up listening to that saying, but had never seen the response nor had it occurred to me - loved it!
@cudelsx
Жыл бұрын
Ya me imagino lo que dice tu madre de usted
@dtavs_exe
Жыл бұрын
En mi vida he oido esa frase XD
@Lambda_Ovine
Жыл бұрын
@@dtavs_exe ¿Nunca has oido "la pereza es la madre de todos los vicios"?
@dtavs_exe
Жыл бұрын
@@Lambda_Ovine nop
@vaporeonice3146
Жыл бұрын
The concept of laziness has always struck me as kind of...circular reasoning? "Being lazy means a person don't want to work/be productive/whatever." "Sure...but WHY doesn't the person want to do those things?" "Because they're lazy!" I'm a psychologist, and a lot of my time spent talking to people is unpacking why they do or don't want to do certain things. What it usually comes down to is that the things they don't want to do (particularly with regards to work, and sometimes with certain attitudes towards exercise) are about attaining goals that aren't inherently meaningful to them, like making more money or having a certain kind of body. Meanwhile the things they do want to do (hobbies, relaxation, social media, playing video games) give them things that are inherently meaningful to them, like connecting with others, feeling rested, developing a skill, or feeling competent at something. From that perspective, it makes a ton of sense they don't want to do all those things that feel meaningless. Maybe we should be spending more time talking about why we're expected to do so many things that don't actually feel meaningful or rewarding to us.
@TheScholesie09
Жыл бұрын
This speaks to me so much, thankyou, I've always felt similar to this but never been able to put into words, I don't understand why "I don't want my life to be harder than necessary" seems to make me a terrible person in people's eyes, when I'm hurting nobody.
@shiinzu
Жыл бұрын
The story of my life, where almost everyone always tells me on how I’m wasting my talents not doing side business or as a software developer, creating the new startup sensation…
@liz2747
Жыл бұрын
So much this. Thank you. 💜💜💜
@chancelacina
Жыл бұрын
Yup anyone who takes psychology seriously sees through the "laziness" bullshit. And yes we should spend more time talking about how f'd up it is. It's actually at the core of the American pathology.
@chancelacina
Жыл бұрын
@@TheScholesie09 I was just thinking, "I want to raise my son to understand the difference between unnecessary labor and labor." Labor, when necessary, is can be tedious or fun, depending on how one looks at it. Unnecessary labor is something we should all revile.
@TheLaziiness
Жыл бұрын
As a black guy from the hood, I feel like I’ve never been allowed to be lazy no matter how much I wanted to. There’s nothing for me to fall back on if I don’t make money and my parents don’t have much to leave me when they pass on, so if I’m lazy and want to just “exist” I’m gonna starve. Humans should be allowed to just exist and not have to monetize our existence fr
@Shinkajo
Жыл бұрын
Do you have kids?
@lv1543
Жыл бұрын
No. Now get back to work
@Dutchbrother07
5 ай бұрын
You can’t expect other people to work hard feeding, housing, and clothing you while you “just exist.” It doesn’t work that way
@atari_k1
5 ай бұрын
Fuck the comments here man, you deserve to exist as a human being without your life being monetized. I wish you rest and peace in your life
@Mega0re0
5 ай бұрын
@Dutchbrother07 Explain to me why though? Who decided that I HAVE to always be productive to justify my existence in the world? Seems like you have to justify your obsession with destroying leisurely activities. Make it make sense.
@AliFareedMC
Жыл бұрын
“If necessity is the mother of invention, laziness is the father."
@SiEmG
Жыл бұрын
noice! is that said in the video? too lazy to watch it
@drmadjdsadjadi
Жыл бұрын
Nothing we have invented is necessary. It is ALL without exception due to inherent laziness. We can and do work very hard at being lazy. Without fundamental laziness, we would not have ANY inventions. Think about it - dishwashers were invented because someone didn’t want to wash dishes by hand. Elevators were invented because someone didn’t want to walk upstairs. Electricity was invented so someone didn’t have to light a lamp. Computers were invented because someone didn’t want to calculate by hand. Pencils were invented because someone didn’t want to have to concentrate on remembering everything. It is all about laziness and nothing else and thus laziness is the ultimate virtue.
@KootFloris
Жыл бұрын
@@drmadjdsadjadi I agree. I got creative by wondering, how can I make this easier. Now I consider myself being paid to walk in the park. Why? Because there I get creative ideas, and perspectives all those hard working people have no time to develop.
@AliFareedMC
Жыл бұрын
@@drmadjdsadjadi I have a good one, Cave people discovering Fire because they don't want to eat raw meat lol
@drmadjdsadjadi
Жыл бұрын
@@AliFareedMC Yes, you are right! They were too lazy to endure food poisoning! 😂
@pchabanowich
Жыл бұрын
This called to mind the Buddhist antidote to the panic-stricken: ''Don't just sit there - DO something!'' which runs ''Don't just do something, SIT there!'' Love this presentation.💐
@milascave2
Жыл бұрын
pch: In Zen they talk about "effortless effort." I went on a zen retriet once. I was totally exhausted by all the effort it took to do almost nothing.
@ThatGuyMN
Жыл бұрын
So glad Helen is back!! Laziness is peak humanity!
@bwackbeedows3629
Жыл бұрын
@@AcidProphet She does? Woah, that's crazy, can we roll the footage?
@AcidProphet
Жыл бұрын
@@bwackbeedows3629 its actually a serotnin molecule. Very cute 😊
@DSAhmed
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, she's the better looking host, but there's something about baseball-cap guy's snark that i dig.
@LuisSierra42
Жыл бұрын
@Marshal Marrs that's like your opinion man
@hidesbehindpseudonym1920
Жыл бұрын
I was going to say, that lady looks like Helen from cheddar
@rodylermglez
Жыл бұрын
It's not laziness. Everyone is too damn neurotic, always rushing with the inhumane march of the clock, too busy exploiting others and themselves, forced to become obsessed with hustling in unhealthy ways and all just to barely survive.
@xczechr
Жыл бұрын
Speak for yourself. Some of us have a healthy work/life balance.
@drillingig2368
Жыл бұрын
@@xczechr Keeping it real, respect.
@Jasondurgen
Жыл бұрын
@@xczechr obviously there are outliers
@justingreen2432
Жыл бұрын
@@xczechr A few questions for you? Do you like your job? Your coworkers and Boss?
@nekaylasmith
Жыл бұрын
Thank you !! ❤
@qwertykins76
Жыл бұрын
In my adult life I have learned that what people call "laziness" 90% of the time is actually emotional exhaustion from legitimate high stress in a person's life. Edit: Oh yeah and insufficient diet/sleep leading to low energy is extremely common. A lot of folks eat the bare minimum every day and then wonder why they have no energy to do anything.
@franekkkkk
Жыл бұрын
Yeah staying at home isnt healthy and it’s not something most people like. You don’t want to be lazy. Not even the capitalist way. Just human way. We are social animals. Laziness can also be caused by loneliness and mental health. I think that reason might be less recognised then it should.
@undrwatropium3724
Жыл бұрын
Look what they feed us. Cheap, sugar filled shit with chemicals added
@SheynaVVV
Жыл бұрын
Me!
@stephenwalton1411
Жыл бұрын
I've been burnt out by my life for over a decade and can't agree more. So often I want to pursue my hobbies and interests and just sleep, because I am so emotionally and mentally exhausted. It actually pisses me off. It's not like I actually want to sleep all day.
@MrMarinus18
11 ай бұрын
A lot of "laziness" is actually rooted in other emotions like loneliness, fear and grief. The constant needs to be "productive" has made emotional expressions not linked to working or consuming very difficult.
@Mikearice1
Жыл бұрын
i've always thought that there was a sense that other people feel like they own you and your time when they insist that you should be productive. There's an underlying sense that you owe everybody else for existence, so you don't really own yourself. Screw that.
@Mona_Lisa8181
Жыл бұрын
Yep 👏🏾
@gamerrex5940
Жыл бұрын
Indeed, but when someone is being self-destructive then a person who cares about them will definitely intervene. For example if one's friend becomes so addicted to their phone that they are reluctant to do anything else.
@Dutchbrother07
5 ай бұрын
You don’t owe anyone for your existence, but you owe a whole hell of a lot of people for the things that keep you alive
@karl_margs
Жыл бұрын
When I start to feel lazy and worthless as a result, I just look at my cats who are way lazier than me, but that doesn't reduce their value in any way. Therefore I can also be lazy and inherently valuable.
@lordfreerealestate8302
Жыл бұрын
The concept of "laziness" can be ableist, too. People with depression, chronic illness/pain, invisible disabilities, anxiety, ADHD, autism, etc are frequently mislabeled as lazy, unmotivated, or "not trying" when they are just SICK. The mentally ill, neurotypical, and disabled are still expected to adhere to the "always be productive" trope even if it's harmful or impossible for us. And if we can't keep up, we're labelled "burdens". It's even harder for us to survive in this kind of society than the abled.
@NWPaul72
Жыл бұрын
Idk about you, but I've learned that that "burden" label was something I did to myself. I heard all the condemnations from my own mind as if they were coming from the world. Of course, when they did come from outside, they were debilitating. If you're suffering from depression, you have my sympathy, it sucks so hard and it's so difficult to find someone to relate to, or even feel safe telling how you feel. I can tell you that finding work that doesn't compromise my principles has made a huge difference for me. I don't have the bad bad days anymore and if I feel like crying, I just do it. It never lasts long. Just know you can come out the other side, it's been done. I made it. I have pretty much lost my tolerance for the intolerant and impatient, however.
@gloria7190
Жыл бұрын
For all of my life I suffered with depression and chronic fatigue, And very bad chronic pain and I could not fathom how other people lived their life with so much energy. Then ended up to the psychiastrist Who put me on meds and I istantly became active. The only problem is the medicaments gives me awful nightmares and I can’t sleep. Still, I am dependent to them otherwise I couldn’t do anything productive . Sorry for typos eng is not my language
@unafides
Жыл бұрын
I used to be a work myself to burnout, fingers to the bone type person. Got a majority of my self worth out of it. But now long COVID and severe PTSD have caught up with me it's shocking to see how people treat me differently. I'm not their *friend* anymore, I'm a disabled. And I know this treatment because I spent years working as a DSP for adults with IDD.
@Foogi9000
Жыл бұрын
I wish to numb it all honestly, I take meds for Adhd, Psoriasis, Depression, etc. But nothing seems to help, I feel like a broken toy who is just barely wobbling along. I've gone through therapy and while I am further along mentally than I was a few years ago I still feel stuck. I've been using Weed to cope but I don't like how I feel afterwards and there have been too many times where I've taken it too far.
@rebeccadelbridge2998
Жыл бұрын
YES
@alecholland
Жыл бұрын
I revel in my laziness. It’s my therapy
@pennywaldrip3774
Жыл бұрын
It's funny how the people who already have money are never lazy, even when they aren't doing anything. And a person already working 3 jobs and not wanting a 4th IS lazy. And those of us who only have 1 job and are happy with that... endless cycle. Helen, it's great to have you back. Your reading is quieter than your other speaking.
@silverscalederg8632
Жыл бұрын
They "work hard" going to meetings or going golfing with their buddies
@manicpepsicola3431
Жыл бұрын
@@silverscalederg8632 exactly
@unafides
Жыл бұрын
And even those who do work hard, like Elon Musk, it's pathological. He has more money than his grandchildren could spend and he still works like 80 hour weeks. When are we going to pathologize *that* and stand in moral repugnance demanding the treatment of this madness.
@pif5023
Жыл бұрын
@@unafides yeah, we are essentially modeling society on pathological behavior. Elon Musk is actually “lazy” in his social life.
@pif5023
Жыл бұрын
Imagine people who inherit wealth and consider themselves “productive”, imagine all of the rationalizations they can come up with to motivate that. That is the kind of norms and even laws we are seeing today. Kings in antiquity at least cut it short and defaulted to “God said so”.
@Blackjack09721
Жыл бұрын
The funniest thing is that people who usually are that hyper critical of your actions, usually are not consistently being productive or proactive. They just need to feel like they have to lecture you for whatever reason. Lol, if you ever call them bums or bring up a salary difference between them and someone else, they get highly offended instead of just doing introspection. That comparison and competition nonsense with strangers is why a lot of people are highly stressed.
@catachandevilfang
Жыл бұрын
I just quit a contract job that was killing me today. This is a perfectly timed video.
@Karlwasright
Жыл бұрын
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 now the true living can commence.
@drksideofthewal
Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah
@TheKitsuneOnihane
Жыл бұрын
Love how everything always returns to "moderation is key"
@oldcowbb
Жыл бұрын
because this is tautology, "the optimum amount is optimum"
@RodrigoBarbosaBR
Жыл бұрын
I feel more and more that we are living in a mix of Brave New World and Idiocracy
@Nobody-zn3yv
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for creating this when most people (students) are on summer break and feel completely useless, doing "nothing" for days at a time. In hindsight a brain torpor should be rewarding for those on break given the fact that they had to push their physical and mental state to the limit throughout the entire school year.
@HealthyNugs
Жыл бұрын
I pushed past those limits in high school, and the result was a two decade burnout. Going back to college soon. Therapy and rest were absolutely crucial to better mental health. Take care of yourself in your youth, and you'll be much better off as you age!
@adinsilverstein2788
Жыл бұрын
Speak for yourself. Two weeks’ strike and a shooting mean I’m not off for 3 more weeks.
@me0101001000
Жыл бұрын
There is a phenomenon I was taught called the 42% Rule. It says that you should be resting about 42% of the time, on average, per day. That's roughly 10/24 hours. Or if we're talking full days, 3/7 days. Dividing up physical, mental, and social rest gets complicated, of course. But generally, the best ways to get adequate rest in all forms is getting good sleep, with the remaining time spent getting good exercise, eating healthy food, doing things you enjoy, and of course, ordinary rest and relaxation.
@ThisFinalHandle
Жыл бұрын
I'll assume that 42% rest is on top of my 80% sleep.
@interstellarsurfer
Жыл бұрын
I do all my best resting at work. 😉👍
@turnopsverdsen9578
Жыл бұрын
I go by the 90-10% rule. I spend 90% of the day resting, and 10% getting out of anything that would interrupt my rest.
@kf8113
Жыл бұрын
So if you sleep 8 hours a day, that gives you 2 hours of rest in waking time?
@WumboGuy
Жыл бұрын
I feel like this is treating people too much like an equation that can be solved. As though math can easily quantify how much a human being needs to rest. Every person is different and needs a different amount of rest depending on their individual health concerns.
@MissMemDK
Жыл бұрын
Welcome back Helen! You're doing so great. It must have taken a lot of courage to tell us the things that you did about your own personal struggles. The writing and editing of the video seemed very compassionate and respectful towards you and to all the rest of us that are struggling a bit in life. It was kind of beautiful actually. To Helen and the whole team, from the bottom of my heart; Thank you.
@dracodragon105
Жыл бұрын
BetterHelp has been hit with a class action lawsuit from the FTC for illegally sharing user data with platforms like facebook and have had complaints of low quality or sketchy therapists.
@imorokr
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you mentioned the book Laziness Does Not Exist. I was listening to it and thought it had some pretty interesting things to say (until my loan expired on libby). I remember being really surprised to see all the negative reviews on goodreads. A lot of people legit seem to have taken it personal and even claim the book is dangerous. lol
@cactus_vixen7093
Жыл бұрын
I think often people do forget being lazy can be productive, taking a few hours to soak in a bath to your favorite jams can genuinely improve your life, let you reflect, and be more healthy. There are good ways to be lazy, and so often people forget that
@Dusty.Spinster
Жыл бұрын
Helen I’m so glad you are back!! I literally cry on Sundays because the anxiety of doing nothing is absolutely crushing.
@TheDanishGuyReviews
Жыл бұрын
What do you do to alleviate it? I've tried turning my hobbies into something to be proud of. I didn't do "nothing" yesterday, I read an entire chapter of a book!
@KittySnicker
Жыл бұрын
It’s insane that hustle culture is so ingrained in my mind that I only have a moment of lucidity when I watch a video like this. Having said that, I drop my work at 5 and I’m very productive during the work day. I realized that checking my email all evening didn’t actually improve my productivity. After work, I’m a couch potato watching KZitem.
@alezibezerra
Жыл бұрын
In Brazil is law that any worker has a right to 30 days off per year. We've had this since the 50's.
@golddeagle7
Жыл бұрын
It's good to see helen in a video. Hope you're comfortable in your pace and look forward to more from the wisecrack team.
@Immudzen
Жыл бұрын
My quality of live has definitely improved in Germany. 6 weeks of vacation. Reasonable working hours. Sunday just meeting with some friends at a bakery and chatting. WAY less stressful than my life in the USA.
@HeisenbergFam
Жыл бұрын
Laziness in a nutshell: "im gonna do my chores later" *a week later* "it wont hurt if I do chores later"
@The482075
Жыл бұрын
Ahh procrastination. I'll talk to you about it later.
@Pseudo-Fraxineus
Жыл бұрын
laundry imitates life. life imitates laundry.
@talideon
Жыл бұрын
Procrastination has little to do with laziness. People who procrastinate will often do so by finding other tasks instead. They'll be plenty busy.
@FreydisHeimdallson
Жыл бұрын
@talideon The neat thing is that you can actually harness the power of procrastination! Nothing is so motivating as avoiding something else you really don't want to do, ha ha. The way you do it is you consider your most loathed uncompleted task. Think about it in detail. Envision yourself doing it, how much it's going to suck. Fully embrace the revulsion and let it wash over you. But lo! You can't get to that just yet, because this other thing that you hate but not as much needs to be done! So... you'll do the thing you *loathe* later. You know. You've got to do the thing you (merely) dislike! Heard an interview with a guy who thought it up and wrote a book about it (it's probably called something like "The Power of Procrastination"; can't be arsed to look it up). He in fact used this very technique to get the book done, instead of doing his taxes lol. ...There's some flaws to the technique. XD But I find it does help! --You know, so long as it isn't your single most loathed outstanding task that you're trying to get done; it's not much help for that, ha ha!
@Roadiedave
Жыл бұрын
One of the most anxiety inducing feelings is when you plop down to do some quality nothing, and whatever form of domestic partner you have chooses that time to start cleaning something. It is honestly my theory of why the Sabbath was created, why it must be kept holy, and why violating it gets the death penalty. We've been at the grind all darn week, Helen! Don't even so much as think about folding something! God chose this day to be lazy. So let us be lazy, Gosh dangit!
@vintage_hart6392
Жыл бұрын
That's what I've noticed to. Not to sound sexist but most women I see don't know how to relax. Not knowing how to be calm and relax makes you moody and super emotional. Lmao they're just making their life harder.
@Roadiedave
Жыл бұрын
@@vintage_hart6392 Correction: They're making MY life harder. If they're up working. I'm expected to be up working too. If there's literally nothing I can do, then I'm either getting yelled at for being in the way, doing it wrong, or just kinda spinning around in circles trying to look busy. Great time to have to take a poop for the next 3 hours. I had to tell my ex wife game time is game time ONLY. Work time is work time. Chores time and honeydos should never interrupt lazy time. I work very hard to be so lazy.
@Roadiedave
Жыл бұрын
@@vintage_hart6392 I also loved the heavy sigh communication method. She knew damn well I was down for the time, but still had to start stuff. I swear she would put stuff off just to keep me off the couch. And the "I never's" blah blah blah! When whatever it i could have been done at any other time before I sat down. Honestly, it's manipulative and controlling as f*ck, and my ex is hardly the only girl or person I know who does that.
@natesmodelsdoodles5403
Жыл бұрын
I find it hilarious that all those assholes that call laziness a sin have somehow forgotten that God took a day off, and then told literally everyone to make sure that they take that day off, too.
@skyisreallyhigh3333
Жыл бұрын
I just finished Graeber's "Bullshit Jobs" yesterday. Really good read and glad to see it being quoted here.
@jamesrapier
Жыл бұрын
Oh yay! She's back!
@Rampala
Жыл бұрын
Like bread dough, you must rest before you can RISE.
@ThisFinalHandle
Жыл бұрын
You'll also need a starter.
@danielsantiagourtado3430
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. We all need to take a breather every now and then.😊😊😊
@nathanielross295
Жыл бұрын
“Men of lofty genius are most active when doing the least ‘work.’” -Da Vinci
@Atheismm
Жыл бұрын
Wisecrack keeps making topical video about things I’m currently discussing with friends and family. There’s something in the zeitgeist, hope they keep it up.
@markvetter4711
Жыл бұрын
Welcome back, Michael was looking tired. I feel zero guilt for my laziness, I work my butt off 40-50 hours a week. I also spend a lot of time taking care of my home, and yard. When I’m just out of energy, and spend an afternoon relaxing at the beach, or reading a library book, or both. My kind of multitasking😂. I also spent eunuch time in Europe that my boss said “you are so good at your job, lose the European attitude, and I’ll get you a management position. That attitude is exactly why I don’t want a to be a manager.😁
@andresymedio625
Жыл бұрын
Welcome back Helen! so good to see you! what molecule is that on your arm? just curious! I was just talking about this very same topic yesterday evening! awesome video as usual. also, here in Colombia we have a saying "el pobre es pobre porque quiere" which translates as "the poor are poor because they want to". which is an argument for some people. Usually the ones with privileges or those who have forgotten where they come from. And yeah it adds shame and many more negative connotations to being poor, being lazy and so on....
@thiagolscardoso
Жыл бұрын
We can criticize USSR for a lot of things, but we have do admit they change for better the standards for the working class in the whole world Look how Europe has a way more healthy way to deal with work than USA. Just because the western Europe countries were afraid of the ghost of communism right next to them. (I'm from Brazil, that's why my bad english)
@Janehaver
Жыл бұрын
After going through a long burnout recovery, I embrace my laziness wholeheartedly. Love it.
@karlstrauss2330
Жыл бұрын
Ever since I read and started applying the principles in Tim Ferris’s’ 4 Hour Work Week, I’ve increased productivity while watching mindless cat videos on KZitem and playing hours of video games guilt free.
@Avitymist
Жыл бұрын
I live to enjoy life, not to work.
@isakkallsmyr9854
Жыл бұрын
Damn, Helen coming back after vanishing for years with an absolute banger of a video about why it's totally fine for me to keep procrastinating my deadlines
@carpo719
Жыл бұрын
This was very timely, and I'm expecting many of you out there feel the same. I've been discussing this with myself in my head for quite a while now. I work hard when I work, I deserve to be lazy when I want to be lazy. But how much is too much? Should we spend all of our time improving our financial situation if we can't even enjoy it? I believe the host is well aware of her own issues with it, as she mentioned not being able to even find the time for new music. I hope that after reading the script out loud a couple of times she will decide to spend more time looking for music and less time listening to information or podcasts. Not that there's anything wrong with information, I'm a sucker for it. But I've learned to balance my time with the freedom to just think. And I'm glad I do. That said, there are definitely people out there who are lazy and don't want to do anything. The kind of people who want others to take care of them, and that is unacceptable. If they are performing a service, or learning something beneficial to mankind, that's different.
@ctomsky
Жыл бұрын
This. Literally all of this. We're too busy to question why the system is so fucked. Too busy to think for ourselves about WHY we're doing any of this at all.
@WikiSorcerer
Жыл бұрын
Acknowledging and allowing our limitations to exist is a right.
@KingAwesomeOutputs
Жыл бұрын
I was just thinking to myself last week. "Michael has really come into his own as the Wisecrack host. I miss the physics person and psychology person. But Michael is killing it right now so not much to complain about"
@ariathegamemaster
Жыл бұрын
Being diagnosed with chronic fatigue has helped me relax me feeling bad for being "lazy"
@deannal.newton9772
Жыл бұрын
After watching How Money Works, it turns out "passive income" isn't an actual real thing. Also I wasn't really told that laziness was a bad thing because my classmates in the 4th grade told me themselves that I was lazy, even though they were the ones who told me to leave them alone in the first place. Which I did and apparantly I'm being punished for doing exactly what they told me to do when it comes to leaving them alone and now I had to constantly prove to myself and other people around me that I'm not lazy when it comes to my grades. If I have good grades, then I'm not lazy, if I help out my family, I'm not lazy. At the same time, it seemed like ever since I was 6 all I ever did was "work" like school, bowling league, choir practice and I've been doing it all until I graduated high school and I think it made me too much of a serious person and I also think that my school was giving us so much homework that I wouldn't have enough free time for myself. So when I finally got to college, I wanted to have as much free time for myself as I can because I lost it all in my early years and with my Bachelor's in Accounting I've been mostly focusing on getting a job that allows me to have as much free time as I want. So while I am against laziness when it comes to the lack of critical thinking as well as empathic laziness, I'm also for rest when it comes to a hard day at work or school.
@seth96mills
Жыл бұрын
I use my productivity to listen to audio books and podcasts too, but I find it just as important to put my energy into my friends and family and truly being there for them and that can be very fulfilling, even tho I’m tired after and don’t have time to absorb all that info or work that extra shift.
@kimberlymichellethomas9964
Жыл бұрын
Welcome back, Helen!! Another great vid and challenge to chew on - thank you Wisecrack Team!
@TopsideCrisis346
Жыл бұрын
I notice whenever Marxists talk about the Christian work ethic, they tend to conveniently forget the concept of the Sabbath - "... six days you shall work, but you shall rest on the seventh day..." The idea being, that GOD HIMSELF codified a day of rest, relaxation, and spiritual reflection in His Law - a day He observed Himself, according to Genesis. Proper rest is vital, not only to overall productivity, but to personal and spiritual growth. Leisure time allows us to remind ourselves what we are working FOR, to enjoy the fruits of our own labor. If we can't actually enjoy what we work so hard to attain, it's very easy for Marxists to convince us we're not really gaining anything at all. #wakeupfromwoke
@madhavdhilip
Жыл бұрын
I've been so down lately. This video makes me feel so much better about myself. Thanks.
@cthulhu8164
Жыл бұрын
The beautiful catch-22 of capitalism: Buy a new TV, and a new sofa, and a Netflix subscription, so that you can sit at home, buy takeaway, do nothing but watch TV shows and adverts while at the same time making you feel useless for "wasting" your time by consuming exactly what they tell you, exactly how they tell you.
@iilikecereal
Жыл бұрын
Ironically, I'm watching this at 1.5x speed during my lunch break
@MrMash-mh9dy
Жыл бұрын
It's definitely something rooted in the past and with religion more than anything. Americans really seem to forget the Puritans were a cult and had to leave because their religious beliefs were so extreme, even in the 1600s in Europe, to justify the religious extremism now and in the past here. The truth also is many of the Puritans died from disease or starvation and very few survived. It surely wasn't because they were "lazy" or didn't believe. It's just another way people used religion as a tool for their own benefit and later on, it was an easy way to make people think work of any kind was good work...even if it killed you as you did it.
@mattcbo
Жыл бұрын
I love learning about society, hope we can change it within my lifetime. Educate your brothers and friends.
@thisusedtobemyrealname7876
Жыл бұрын
I live in Finland. I do my job according to my contract. If there is overtime it is negotiated a week before I have to do it. After work is my own time, which is precious to me. I spend it with my wife, dog, hobbies and friends. I make ends meet and pay my bills. I do not think about work in my own time. I could not care less if that is called "lazy" by some people or the society in general. Constant need to be "productive" is a cancer which our society needs to grow out of.
@johnmcdevitt4750
Жыл бұрын
I've suffered from mental illness for years, and after losing my job, several family members, my best friend and ending my relationship during covid, I had a nervous breakdown. During my breakdown, my roommates called me lazy and moody. They put me down in our home to people I didn't have the mental fortitude to even greet. I try not to be resentful. How could they understand? But it feels terrible. I see a psychiatrist and a therapist, and I've made great strides in the last year. I'm slowly reacclimating to society, but that hasn't shifted their opinion or the way they speak to or about me. It's gotten to the point that I'm generally avoided by people. Wisecrack has been here through all of it. Forging understanding through critical thinking. I wouldn't be half the individual I am today without your videos, so thank you! They really do make a difference.
@matxalenc8410
Жыл бұрын
I am so sorry! I bombed my last year of school after my mother died, and even when I went back to fix my bad grades, some of my teachers would mock me about my laziness - even though I had high marks before her death. It is so infuriating and disgusting how people use it as an excuse to be, honestly, almost a little dehumanizing in how they treat you. I hope things get better, and you can leave that environment. I decided to just go to another school. I pay out of pocket, and take one class per semester, but at least I don't have to deal with the massive disrespect.
@johnmcdevitt4750
Жыл бұрын
@@matxalenc8410 That's terrible coming from an educator, but, unfortunately, not completely unexpected. But the way you navigated that situation is inspiring. I too often overcompensate to try to prove myself, but fighting a perception is a losing battle and there's no shame in walking away from a bad situation. I wish you all the luck in your studies and I'm glad you found a place that provides dignity and respect to it's students. Thank you for taking a moment to level with me.
@matxalenc8410
Жыл бұрын
@@johnmcdevitt4750I wish you all the luck with your roommates, and I'm happy you're able to get the help you need to get to a better headspace. Hopefully, you'll find yourself in a better situation, too.
@freezkeer
Жыл бұрын
"Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing." - Lao Tzu “When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.” ~ Lao Tzu
@thedudewhoeatspianos
Жыл бұрын
Honestly, the part where that girl hugged the donkey was the most important part of your argument.
@Rich_P_Anya
Жыл бұрын
Ugh stop
@thedudewhoeatspianos
Жыл бұрын
@@Rich_P_Anya someone hates donkeys
@amit_patel654
3 ай бұрын
I think it depends on what your goals are. Don’t work just for the sake of working, but have an endgame in mind.
@MrGksarathy
Жыл бұрын
As someone who's dealing with basically lifelong ADHD and its associated executive dysfunction issues, I have a fairly complex relationship with laziness. Many times, I find myself unable to put in the effort to clean my house, cook food for myself, or generally engage in healthy habits while I spend my entire evening mindlessly scrolling. It also gets in the way of me having fun in more diverse ways and finding new things to potentially enjoy. As a result, I constantly wrestle with questions of how lazy is too lazy? How do I avoid falling into the capitalist productivity myth? How much is my own brain chemistry responsible for my issues with getting the bare minimum done for self-care? How do I fix any of this? Is it okay?
@yetibus
Жыл бұрын
Only a 13 minute video? Pfft, so lazy. Now i have to go find another video to continue procrastinating. Ugh.
@danielsantiagourtado3430
Жыл бұрын
Your videos are incredible! Thanks for this!😊😊😊 Leave a hearth!❤❤❤❤
@thelittlehooer
Жыл бұрын
"If you want something done, ask a lazy person, they'll find the most efficient way of doing it" I think Bill Gates said it.
@Brownyman
Жыл бұрын
Like most things it seems there is a healthy middle ground between laziness and working oneself to death that people find balance in.
@Hackmeister-TV
Жыл бұрын
I am lazy as f. And i won't change a thing about it. Because i am lazy and i love it. Deal with it society.
@Kinessmata-Akkadian
Жыл бұрын
People often forget that laziness can also come from literally having mental or emotional stress, past events altering the way you see things, and so on. Yeah, messing around having fun on video games can be rather "wasteful" of my time, but I use that time to also hang out with my friends, helping them with any real life problems or stress they might have, so I feel like I'm still doing something productive.
@1005corvuscorax
Жыл бұрын
As an Xer, I've been in "quiet quit" mode my entire life. Show up to work, do my job, leave on time (sorry boss, I won't come by your office after my shift so we can "brainstorm") and don't think about my job when I'm not there. I'm not one of those who lives to work, and I've never understood those who are like that. I'm completely ok with being "lazy".
@mekannatarry1929
Жыл бұрын
Millenial, and I'm the same, plus I'm the guy that'll usually get the job done the quickest and most efficiently after getting into the swing of things. And as soon as I get off the clock, I do not want any reminder of my job outside of the building, cause that just reminds me of how much time I have left before clocking back in lol. Lol "quiet quit", the fact that doing your job isn't enough, hell they even tell you that in applications now XD.
@gbo887
Жыл бұрын
I’m pretty early can I get some attention! I need it it’s my bday! 😂😂
@WisecrackEDU
Жыл бұрын
happy birthday!
@nicolejohnson5225
Жыл бұрын
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
@TheBeatle49
5 ай бұрын
I support laziness 99%. Im even lazy about laziness.
@taipolar333
Жыл бұрын
Helen's back!
@Vitlaus
Жыл бұрын
“That’s like, your opinion man.” - The Dude
@Cybertech134
Жыл бұрын
The idea is that you need to be able to work and support yourself so society isn't the one doing it for you. Laziness is evil when you expect others to pick up your slack.
@samuelademeso9041
Жыл бұрын
True, but we shouldn't forget laziness can be the result mental fatigue from dealing with society bs 24/7, trust me you find evil even in a productive society
@zeliavoss
Жыл бұрын
You're right, I'm going to go lay on the couch and do nothing for a few hours.
@orion10x10
Жыл бұрын
"They made us hate ourselves and love their wealth" - Kanye West, (2005 Kanye)
@WisecrackEDU
Жыл бұрын
We miss the old Kanye.
@nsnbc6093
Жыл бұрын
I still fuck with Kanye
@SoloLegends
Жыл бұрын
Careful with better help everyone, they are being sued at the moment for selling/giving user information to marketing firms. Not really the sort of thing you'd want a therapy service to be doing. Just google it as I can't inject a link here. Therapy is a great idea and really helpful for most people, just go somewhere other than Better Help or a lot of the other online service one who do the same thing. Just investigate before signing up.
@Maxrepfitgm
Жыл бұрын
As a rule, I'm not buying anything advertised by KZitemrs.
@amycontreras410
Жыл бұрын
Great video! This is really important to put out so we can stop this harmful aspect of American culture. However, it's very disappointing to see the sponsorship from BetterHelp. They're known to be predatory. They've been caught selling patient info and have really harmful "therapists" that face no repercussions. I'd highly advise that you look into their harmful business practices and not support such a terrible company.
@afterdinnercreations936
Жыл бұрын
You can't monetize doing nothing. Companies and corporations can't make money if you're not working.
@Rampala
Жыл бұрын
Landlords have certainly found a way...
@NickCombs
Жыл бұрын
TIL empathic laziness is a thing. I always just thought of it as being callous, but it does make sense to rephrase it when we're talking about not doing empathic things.
@Isaac-ul8yz
Жыл бұрын
I just don’t like doing things I have to do just to be alive, especially when it benefits people above me more than myself
@hellNo116
Жыл бұрын
I didn't know how much I have missed Helen till I saw her. God I thought she have left wisecrack. Glad to have you back
@EvilCronos13
Жыл бұрын
I'm listening to this at 1.5x speed while working out....I feel as though I'm being spoken to directly
@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield
Жыл бұрын
Glad to see you back! But more happy to hear you are happier and healthier
@MrCTozer
Жыл бұрын
I LOVE the USA (lived in NYC for 3 years) but IMHO you guys need to chill the f**k out & absolutely take more holidays! (Chris from New Zealand, writing from Trujillo, Perú at the end of a six week, fully paid holiday in June 2023)
@MSHNKTRL
Жыл бұрын
oh, Buddhism has codified "Stupidity" and "Laziness" as cardinal sins whose ultimate fault lies with the stupid and lazy person. Total geniuses, these guys are: if the student is having trouble, than the teachers just blame them and say "PRACTICE HARDER!" and when that doesn't work, they silently throw you away and focus on more gifted suckers. .....and from the other side of their mouths is the advice to Just Relax.
@aiiecastillo4320
Жыл бұрын
In the past 2-3 months, I've clocked 320+ hours/ month working 2 jobs and studying just to qualify for a different profession. I finally broke down last Saturday and cried for half of the day over how tired I am. I realized I was trying too hard to be productive and subconsciously subscribed to Hustle Culture. I realized that lifestyle isn't for me. I don't know if crying beside my Alexa was a good idea, but I'm guessing it lead me to this video. Thanks for validating that I am not a robot that should be productive 24/7.
@LastWish90
Жыл бұрын
As a European (German) I can only say that even here laziness or part-time jobs because taxation is so high here that once you've reached a certain level of income like 40-60% of what you earn goes straight back to tax, social insurances, like health-, care- and unemployment-insurance, which is a good thing on hand but also costs a lot of money so If I, for example, earn 200€ more next year (union tariff) I only get 110€ more after everything and the more you earn the higher the taxes, although insurances are kept once you earn like 5000-5500€/month which is like 10% of people. So many people especially if they do not live alone, do not work full 40h weeks or maybe they also have somebody they need to take care of (children, elderly, disabled) and can't work more. I already notice it myself tho that I try to get the most out of the day, cramming many things in between other tasks because the day is so "short" leaving at 7:00 and coming home at 16:30, do your household things, shower, eat and it's 18:00 - 19:00. So I sometimes hear podcasts while commuting, watching some series or video on 1.25 or higher speeds do get more out of it quicker, do multiple things at once while not fully concentrating on any of there things etc. So what's left of the day, if you want to get 7-8h of sleep 3h ? that's too little for my liking, but we still have 28 paid holidays by law, many people have even more and I hope we can get to a point where you only have to work 6-7 hours a day, without any side having to make too many sacrifices in terms of productiveness and salary. When I think that I always hear some of you guys in America work 2 or even 3 jobs at a time, getting less or no vacation at all I'm terrified, you need to get some more rights over there. I can say from experience that it really helps me feel less exhausted if I just lay around for a few minutes and do absolutely nothing compared to when I would be laying around and watch videos or scroll through social media. So yes, laziness is important
@fsho5260
Жыл бұрын
I think the most important academic baseline text for this subject would be “The Protestant Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism” by Max Weber. Incredible stuff when paired with newer works by other authors.
@patrickholt2270
Жыл бұрын
Spot the class differential: laziness is criminal for poor people, who must be punished with welfare cuts and lower pay to force them to be "dilligent", but admirable for rich people, reflecting their "well earned" sophistication, networking and well-travelledness. Indeed their attendance at country clubs, golfing and flying to conferences in private jets gets treated as useful work and saintly virtue. Rather than being forced to work by impoverishment, they are to be rewarded with more tax breaks, subsidies and free stuff at corporate events. They are given financial incentives - bribes - to get them to "work", while workers are fined.
@johndotcue
Жыл бұрын
I work enough to make good money and I see my coworkers (along with myself) having a shit time with life mostly due to our work. So what’s the point of working hard anymore? We’re all unhappy anyways, and if we do try hard enough, we still end up unhappy somehow, due to many work related reasons. Plus, our boss is also secretly lazy. He pretends to be busy, but we see him at his office from time to time doing nothing but looking and posting at social media.
@vagabanda11
11 ай бұрын
Professional lazy man here. It's always been my hidden superpower. It's always pushed me to find smarter solutions for my problems. Its why I love mathematics.
@pillmuncher67
Жыл бұрын
The most idiotic argument for laziness is that being lazy for a time makes us more productive at the times when were not being lazy. Being lazy should be an end in itself, not a means for something else. Otherwise it's not really being lazy, is it?
@ShaedeReshka
Жыл бұрын
Europe went through feudalism on the way to capitalism, and many structures and cultural practices linger from the feudal era in Europe. That's why there's a traditional pushing back against labor and for living outside of work. Battles won for more leisure during feudal times didn't come to the US, which eradicated the local culture in North America and established a new capitalism from scratch. Labor in the US is still working to build its foundations for defending the right to live, even as efforts made in the past are being eroded (which is happening also in Europe). It also doesn't help that much of US history was scrubbed from our culture in the post-war era and replaced with a new artificial narrative built from social engineering projects led by corporate and political elites to re-assert total domination over the economy after some victories were won from the communist and socialist movements that culminated with the New Deal. So the US is working from a disadvantage due to its lack of history, its genocide of native culture, and its cultural genocide of its own labor force. That's why so many workers in the US look longingly to Europe despite the fact that Europe is also capitalist and workers are suffering from many of the same core issues there as in the US, only in a less extreme form. Of course, with the geopolitical changes occurring in the world today, that could quickly destabilize and change. The US and Europe both are on the precipice between choosing some form of socialism or fascism.
@FitLovejoy
Жыл бұрын
The way this sounds is that we've redefined a normal work-life balance as "being lazy".
@daveindezmenez
Жыл бұрын
This video has made me think about a few observations I've made over my life. Those who call others "lazy" are usually wanting others to do work for their own benefit without regard whether those who would be working for them would themselves benefit. In other words "Stop being lazy and get to work to make me more money!" These are the same people who populate private country clubs playing golf, sail around on fancy yachts, and take European vacations on a regular basis. The apparent inaction that is often perceived as laziness is often something called "thinking", something these sort of people are very much against or else those doing the thinking might recognize the raw deal they are getting. The ones being exploited, who don't realize it because they are working every waking minute, and who chastise others who don't follow the same example are best described as idiots - gullible rubes who are willingly led around by the nose by the liars who promise them that "if they only work hard enough" they can improve their lives but almost never deliver on that promise. If you look at the actual lives of the Puritans you can see just how stupid the Puritan work ethic actually was. What was said in this video pretty much rhymes with my life experience.
@RJ_Ehlert
Жыл бұрын
When I worked at a grocery store, operating a food counter, my essential job description was being immediately available for a customer when they came up. However, I couldn't just wait for customers. That would look lazy like I was getting paid to do nothing. So I had to constantly pretend to clean the same small area for several hours.
@Leo99929
Жыл бұрын
There's a difference between laziness and efficiency: Laziness is the least effort right now regardless of how that impacts your life in the future. Efficiency is optimising your effort to result ratio. If you get everything done with half the effort and time, then spend the rest of the time napping, that's not lazy. That's efficiency. If you don't do the work that needs (and is comfortably doable) doing because you can't be bothered, that's laziness. Example: An efficient person might do the dishes whilst they cook and clean up immediately after. A lazy person might let them sit there getting dried on because they don't want to do it, ultimately making life harder for themselves requiring more effort in the long run.
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