[ SECRET POST #3431 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #3431 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.


__________________________________________________



02.
[J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion]


__________________________________________________



03.
[Wil Wheaton]


__________________________________________________



04.
[Mughal-E-Azam]


__________________________________________________



05.


__________________________________________________



06.


__________________________________________________



07.

















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 07 secrets from Secret Submission Post #490.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Controversial Opinions/Thoughts

[diet_poison]

ok, this is ridiculous. I think you're way too cynical to look at this objectively at all.

Re: Controversial Opinions/Thoughts

[(Anonymous)]

It's more ridiculous to think it remotely makes sense to give everybody free money to live comfortably off of, and expect people to be able to sustain that lifestyle or maintaining quality of life on a societal level purely based on working they don't have to do.

That is so absurdly stupid I cannot believe some people are seriously arguing this.

Re: Controversial Opinions/Thoughts

[diet_poison]

Who in this thread is advocating "free money to live comfortably off of"? Basic income =/= luxuries. I can't believe this has to be explained over and over again.

Re: Controversial Opinions/Thoughts

[(Anonymous)]

They kind of have a point, though. If everyone received a living wage for doing nothing, do you really think anyone in the entire country would ever scrub out a public toilet ever again? Or work a soulless retail job with shitty customers being shitty to them all day long?

The fact that proponents aren't really seeming to take into account is that a huge, huge chunk of people hate their jobs. As in, would drop them immediately if there weren't pressing cash issues.

It really is a nice thought, but there's honestly no way that it would work and keep our economy even remotely afloat.

Re: Controversial Opinions/Thoughts

[(Anonymous)]

People would work if there was enough incentive for them to do so.
Extra money for luxuries or hobbies or holidays and/or something fulfilling to do with their life, for example.

A lot of people are in jobs they hate because it's that or not having money at all. If there was guaranteed income regardless of working, more people would have the opportunity to seek out jobs they find fulfilling rather than a job solely as a means to pay the bills.
Or just spend time with their families, in the case of peeps who currently have to work three jobs just to get by.

And I'm pretty sure that most of the jobs that'd be dropped immediately would be the ones people tend to take for granted (especially soulless retail jobs).
Less people doing those jobs (because they'd have a choice to do otherwise) would result in more people realising how important those jobs are, through a lack of it.
And that would hopefully increase their appreciation for the people doing those jobs, instead of taking their presence for granted and taking stuff out on them.

Re: Controversial Opinions/Thoughts

[diet_poison]

Agreed about retail. And it'd be an incentive for big service-industry employers to actually treat their employees well. Better for the company to be in need of its employees than vice-versa, because the company holds so much power as it is.