Why is everyone vehemently against easier lives?

The summer blues...@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 46 points –

Conveniences, automation, safety plans, etc. Everyone loves winging it and having piles of chores, but then they complain about life being hard, but then they don't change anything

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Automating labor without ensuring it doesn't impact people's ability to obtain needs and wants is objectively worse than them continuing to work

I'm not talking about work as in jobs, I'm talking about housework. Everyone has at least five jobs, taking care of their home is four of them.

I'll complain endlessly about the state of modern society, with social media and constant screen bombardment. But the other day:

The dishwasher was running.

The robovac was running.

The washing machine and dryer were running.

The magic litter box was cleaning itself.

I sat back and cracked a beer.

Yes, this is the way. Watch TV. Play a game. Play an instrument. Sleep. Write stories. Draw. Do online courses. Make a game. Create jewelry. Visit a park. Lay around and do nothing. LIVE. Why spend this time manually doing what a mindless robot can do?

Now go further. Use Amazon Subscribe & Save to buy non-Fresh groceries automatically every month. It can be set as frequent as every week to every 6 months. Set and forget. Sell your car. Spend more time for yourself instead of trying to impress God.

Eh. Fuck Amazon and fuck Jeff Bezos. Use your free time to go to a farmers market and buy staples from somebody who's not a shithead.

Use my free time to go to a farmers market to buy produce from finance bros who bought from costco and are selling it at a markup acting like they're "foreign" alongside "handmade" jewelry bought in bulk from Temu and AliExpress? I'd rather use the service that gave me a job and the opportunity to grow even more. I didn't need a degree or diploma to work at Amazon. (I graduated high school, it's just that the diploma has a gross embarrassing ugly birth name that I wish to cut out of my life) I didn't need references or anything else that would have brought my horrible past into relevancy. And I'll be able to take college courses all free, and I get $$$ this holiday season on TOP of overtime pay. All of this opportunity given to me, a rando who went to hiring.amazon.com and picked up an available shift. I have no merit. (well I do but I hide it lol) I'm a loser. A mistake. Scum. Yet I'm making $22/hour bringing in $1000 a week after taxes with 55 hours. Tell me more about this shithead who is much worse than actual scammers on the street manipulating your empathy to sell overpriced "organic" "fresh picked" produce bought from costco.