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Daniel Wigton | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Parenting is the only real job nature ever created. All other jobs exist to aid parenting.

Sure there is a lot of nuance to that claim, some jobs are parasitic on society and some are far removed from the main goal of living, but it all comes back to replication eventually. That's why we get so upset about reproduction and education issues.
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Laeserin | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 People see parenting as something done instead of having a real job. Like being unemployed.
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Daniel Wigton | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 People... are ridiculous. I don't see much point in paying them any mind. What do "real jobs" do? Contribute to the GDP? Even the jobs that actually do something are looked down upon. The next most vital job after raising the people who make up society is feeding them, yet while "farming" is idealized "farmers" are ridiculed. Plumbers at #3 also aren't anyone's ideal.

The result of real work is life, the result of imaginary work is money.