If nobody worked?

My name is URL

The Christmas Bonus thread made me think that the reason such a hatred of the unemployed exists is because people are simply jealous of those that don't have to work for a living, I know I am.. if I could stop working and still be able to afford the stuff I have I'd do it

what would happen if nobody worked?

we'd lose some degree of luxury alright, but would it really be as bad as we imagine it to be?

some people wouldn't last in such a place, but is that a good thing rather than a bad thing?

obviously you'd need to survive and provide for you're family, but would self proficiency work on such a massive scale?

How long until we were all dead, as opposed to how long we'll last in the current system?

RandolphEsq

You could strike a balance between not wanting to work yet live comfortably by doing a job you actually enjoy so you can take personal fulfillment from your work, but also be able to provide for yourself.
My ideal job; Owner of a female modelling agency

segaBOY

What happens if nobody works?

This has been done to death

If nobody worked!

We'd all become subsistence farmers and have nothing except the shed that we called home and a couple of hectares of land to subsist off.

genericguy

My name is URL wrote: »

The Christmas Bonus thread made me think that the reason such a hatred of the unemployed exists is because people are simply jealous of those that don't have to work for a living, I know I am.. if I could stop working and still be able to afford the stuff I have I'd do it

i'm not jealous of the unemployed at all. i love my job (usually), and i'd go mental in three days if i had nothing to get up for in the morning. although there are days when i'd much rather stay at home with my guitars than face my boss.

but na, fcuk the unemployed, especially the hereditary unemployed.

AckwelFoley

If nobody worked?

I dont know, ask france.

metaoblivia

Self proficiency is all well and good until you have to perform surgery on yourself.

If nobody worked every couple would have 12 kids!

My name is URL

metaoblivia wrote: »

Self proficiency is all well and good until you have to perform surgery on yourself.

The doctors would still have to work then, and be trained by working teachers

and we'd need a police force too I guess =p

So some kinks need to be ironed out, but ultimately if they were, would it work?

wudangclan

if on entering this hypothetical situation , humanitys' behaviour and consciousness were the same as they are now ,we would eventually arrive to where we are now,a hierarchical society.

dr.bollocko

When is this happening?
Do I have to go in tomorrow?
I should have gone to medical school.

Riamfada

You all laughed when I wasted 4 years of my life on a useless archaeology degree but look at me now, ready to live in my roundhouse I built and fully adapt at skinning deer. The end of civilised ireland bothers me not

Archaeology: The wave of the future

wudangclan

dr.bollocko wrote: »

When is this happening?
Do I have to go in tomorrow?
I should have gone to medical school.

not till 2012,you have time.

john-joe

Advice for the unemployed;

Go to bed at the same time you would as if you had to get up for another work day

Set your alarm at the same time you used to when you had to get up

Get your unemployed butt out of bed as if you were going to your non-existent place of non-employment

Put on the same clothing you would wear to that make -believe non-office

Eat breakfast and have coffee

Then, at the appointed time, you go sit at your pretend home office, (your laptop set up on your coffee table), poised to have a productive day job hunting

A Doozer

But if nobody worked there would be no games, no xbox, no Chinese delivery or alcohol.

Dude!

AckwelFoley

metaoblivia wrote: »

Self proficiency is all well and good until you have to perform surgery on yourself.

pfft.. there's a youtube video for every thing now.

peasant

Errr, you are aware that self-subsistency farming is actually work ...very HARD work at that?

Any key?

My name is URL wrote: »

The Christmas Bonus thread made me think that the reason such a hatred of the unemployed exists is because people are simply jealous of those that don't have to work for a living, I know I am.. if I could stop working and still be able to afford the stuff I have I'd do it

what would happen if nobody worked?

we'd lose some degree of luxury alright, but would it really be as bad as we imagine it to be?

some people wouldn't last in such a place, but is that a good thing rather than a bad thing?

obviously you'd need to survive and provide for you're family, but would self proficiency work on such a massive scale?

How long until we were all dead, as opposed to how long we'll last in the current system?

I love working.I like my job.

wudangclan

peasant wrote: »

Errr, you are aware that self-subsistency farming is actually work ...very HARD work at that?

trust a peasant to say that :rolleyes:

Proxy

I agree with the post by RandolphEsq. It's about how you define "work". It's striking the balance between what you have to do and enjoy to do. If only that was easy Perhaps that's the meaning of life...

peasant

peasant wrote: »

Errr, you are aware that self-subsistency farming is actually work ...very HARD work at that?

Yes, but unpaid!

The point being

that if nobody "worked" there would be no taxes no social.......etc

etc

speaktofrank

snyper wrote: »

If nobody worked?

I dont know, ask france.

35 hours is th working week here

Good to strike a balance between having a life and working yourself into the ground.

My name is URL

Any key? wrote: »

I love working.I like my job.

I like my job too, don't get me wrong

I like my job because it's something I do to be able to have what I have, and I like the thought of doing what I do

It's difficult to imagine a world without employers, but if it existed we'd have different things to do, and probably like doing them too

Any key?

My name is URL wrote: »

I like my job too, don't get me wrong

I like my job because it's something I do to be able to have what I have, and I like the thought of doing what I do

It's difficult to imagine a world without employers, but if it existed we'd have different things to do, and probably like doing them too

Different things like sleeping in?
Entire days of sleep where people could "hibernate" mmmmmmmmmm

My name is URL

Any key? wrote: »

Different things like sleeping in?
Entire days of sleep where people could "hibernate" mmmmmmmmmm

Well whatever, if you'd sleep all day then you probably wouldn't last very long

maybe you're missing my point, I doubt that if you were put in a position where you need to grow your own food and provide your own essentials, that you'd be sleeping all day

wudangclan

My name is URL wrote: »

Well whatever, if you'd sleep all day then you probably wouldn't last very long

maybe you're missing my point, I doubt that if you were put in a position where you need to grow your own food and provide your own essentials, that you'd be sleeping all day

i think i'd go a little nuts tilling the field and digging the potatoes all day.

Any key?

My name is URL wrote: »

Well whatever, if you'd sleep all day then you probably wouldn't last very long

maybe you're missing my point, I doubt that if you were put in a position where you need to grow your own food and provide your own essentials, that you'd be sleeping all day

I'd say I'd sleep well and good.

Yes I doubt I'd survive. I'm not the most self-suffient.....:(