Wow...a lot happened while I was making that post.
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Originally Posted by Repugnant Abomination
I think you're missing the point though. My argument is that you shouldn't base your self worth on how much you work and how much money you make. The monetary value society places on jobs is based only on the necessity of the job and how much more money it's able to create. I don't find much value on that. As long as I have enough money to live a (what I consider to be) comfortable life, I'll be okay. The fact that someone else is working 70 hours a week and busting their ass doesn't make me think any better of them. In fact I think they're foolishly wasting their lives and not enjoying it enough.
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Exactly what I was trying to say. More eloquent, less emotion.
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Originally Posted by Repugnant Abomination
Again, I think you're wrong here. I don't write short stories for acceptance...But first and foremost I do it for myself, because I enjoy it, and I think it's really important. It's not to fulfill my needs of acceptance, which I do have those needs, but I get them fulfilled through personal relationships.
But I do think I am of the philosophy, like the French for example, that believe you should work less and enjoy life more.
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Again, what I was trying to say. I gain acceptance through interactions with other people. I immerse myself in film, both as creator and spectator, because that's what I enjoy to do. I don't expect people to like/accept me because I've seen a particular movie, in fact I generally look for acceptance in spite of that.
And I'm certainly not saying that "working people are so dumb." To each his own. If you choose to live a life based around work, that's great. That seems to be how most people think. I just don't like to be judged because that's
not how I think.