Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem playing in the background at Tenforward
Ininewcrow
joined 2 weeks ago
I thought this was the start of a joke
Your work is valuable and profitable
When you work for yourself, all that value is for you to benefit from ... that's why you like working for yourself and it feels enjoyable.
When you work for someone else, almost all the value of your work benefits someone else and you receive very little back. You are also aware that you are just one of many, many people around you who are being held in the same situation. This is why you don't enjoy working for someone else.
Which I understand and appreciate ... any other time of year or maybe on birthdays, I'll take a bit of time to try to remember what the person likes and what gift they might enjoy. Usually, we'll be doing something and the person will mention something like 'I like that', 'I wish I had that' or something ... then it's easy to just buy the thing and gift them that shortly after.
But during Christmas, it's really hard to try to figure out what a bunch of different people like or not like ... it usually ends up that you'll mess up on most people and get it right with a few. Which is why I settled on just cash.
such a wonderful image .... tinsel lined void
Santa: ... you have been a good and sometimes a bad kitty ... but here is a gift anyway
Cat: ... no ... (swats gift onto the floor)
Doggo trying to lead you to the toilet: .... HEY BUDDY! I KNOW WHERE WE CAN GET A FREE DRINK!!!
More like
... do you have a pile that you see every day but never touch
or more like
... do you have a pile
For such a small character .... that's a really big NO
Same here ... if I'm gifting to someone under the age of about 8 years old, I'll them a little toy and some cash ... anyone older than that is just getting straight cash.
I'm not spending time to try to figure out what people like or dislike or whether or not they're following some latest trend ... take my cash and do what you want with it ... and for teens, they combine all the cash they get and get one big thing they want which works out best for them.
You give rattles and shiny things to toddlers to keep them from damaging the furniture or falling down the stairs.
I just had this talk with my wife ... we were talking about a bunch of other things but a highlight that came out of it was this nugget
'The world is mostly full of good people ... it's only a minority of loud, ugly stupid idiots that make it seem terrible'