These are great but aren’t colorful sunsets (at least in part) a side effect of air pollution? ;)
Or when blood has been spilled that night
Sailor’s delight
Would also add hugs to this list 🤗
I miss hugs. One of the nicest underappreciated aspects of human connection IMO
I like the implication that freely expressing myself involves flames.
It does for me 🔥
The other morning my dogs woke me up way too damn early, but it meant I got to watch a very fat pigeon on the power line behind my house, and I got to see the finch population rapidly increase around it. (I swear I saw one little bird and by the time I got out of bed there were 5 jetting around. Pigeon did not move.)
I agree that these are luxuries for a lot of people. Some of them can be found with mindset shifts (from “fuck you dogs” to “oh look, pretty birds” for example) but it’s also hard to shift your mindset to positivity when our society tries its damnedest to beat happiness out of you.
I agree these are the real luxuries but they CAN be supplemented by a little happy consumerism here and there. I love to have a good conversation with friends over a good lunch at a restaurant, or going to a nice dinner. Have meals out is a nice luxury also.
I agree although ideally we should create public spaces where you don’t need to pay for a meal to have good conversation if you don’t want to.
My good night’s sleep was cut short by listening to birds singing…what now?
Your morning just got longer. Slow morning 🤗
Omg naps… I get like 2 per year. 2 more if I’m sick.
I realized I needed to change my life when I broke my collarbone and those 2 weeks of not doing much were so outrageously enjoyable
Larry, I’m on Ducktales.
love my slow mornigs
I know you’re making a joke about the typo but low key slow mornings are for sure one of the greatest subtle pleasures of life
I agree lol. had one today myself
I don’t disagree, just a quite reminder that not everyone can afford this. The meme doesn’t say it but it gives “money doesn’t buy happiness” vibes and while this isn’t false, a certain amount of money is required for this.
Yeah this is lowkey a boogie meme - the majority of people don’t live in a work situation that allows for day naps!
How do we call something that the majority of people can’t afford ?
A luxury
We call it expensive, which is a subtlety that the title of this meme poopooing on “consumerism” is missing out on.
Hence, a boogie meme. Those of us down here in the dirt don’t have time for these luxuries; we consume imitations.
You’re in solarpunk territory. They want to rid us of money entirely. Sounds pretty nice but requires huge cultural and lifestyle changes.
How much money does one need for a long walk and listening to birds?
In capitalism, one must first pay for basic necessities like food and shelter before anything else. For some people who make low wages this requires an amount of time and effort that interferes with their leisure time.
That said, there are also some people who think they are in this category when in reality their stress is due to self-imposed standards of living that are higher than necessary. Or anxiety and other psychological problems that could be addressed through non-material strategies.
there are also some people who think they are in this category when in reality their stress is due to self-imposed standards of living that are higher than necessary. Or anxiety and other psychological problems that could be addressed through non-material strategies.
also encouraged and exacerbated by capitalism (the former - to create the illusion of a “middle class” for people to aspire to and vote against their own actual material conditions, the latter - by commodifying health care and pathologizing anything that harms “productivity”)
How much money does one need to not have to choose between spending their evenings on a long walk listening to birds vs delivering pizzas as a third job to avoid eviction?
Roughly $75,000+ a year to live comfortably as a single person in the US. Depending on location.
Do you answer all rhetorical questions? Is that your thing?
Yes.
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Time is money. If you work 2 jobs to provide for your kids alone, good luck finding the time and headspace to not worry about anything.
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Parks and forests aren’t evenly distributed. Not everyone can afford living near one or going there.
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Maybe I’m misunderstanding the picture, but I thought that’s why they were called luxuries - because not everyone gets to have them. Though they aren’t what we usually associate with a luxurious lifestyle.
E: just to be clear, everyone should have them, but many are too occupied with the daily battle for survival.
Yes, I read it the same way, that’s why I said that I don’t disagree. Still there is this other reading I wanted to “debunk”
Re-reading your comment I see that I must have meant to reply to someone else. I apologise, my social media timer sometimes makes me hasty.
In a world where most must sell their time for money to survive, free time is true luxury.
Sell your kids on the black market. Poof! Free time.
President Milei I didn’t know you were on the fediverse!
Good man Javier wants to buy all the kids for his special orphanage in a secluded island, such a good guy!
And some contemptible people who have more free time and resources than they know that do to with - they must focus all efforts on acquiring more resources AND making it harder for others to catch up.
It would be reason to pity the emptiness of some lives, were they not so destructive.
- I am not talking about people that find their work or their career fulfilling and keep working hard at it. That’s different than a billionaire who spends millions every year to bust unions and prevent raises to the minimum wage. (Or assassinate whistle blowers, as the case may be)
But my time for fun and play is spent on mass media and consumerism!
And healthy body
Aye… :(
what are you a millionaire?
Anybody know some good books? Have been pretty disappointed for the longest time
Got any preferred genres?
Mainly Fiction
That’s half of “Science Fiction” so I’ll start with that.
You looking for a series or something standalone?
Either or! A series might give me a lot more material.
Read the Vorkosigan Saga. Lois McMaster Bujold. The audiobooks are also outstanding. Long series with fantastic characters, each one distinct. It’s a big space opera. Totally worth it.
Ooh, I’m piggybacking on this. Been looking for a good sci-fi audiobook. Thanks.
Her Five Gods fantasy series is also exquisite.
The Both Die in the End
A double feature of Moby Dick - Herman Melville and In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex - Nathaniel Philbrick.
That should keep you busy for awhile.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. It’s quite uplifting.
Everything by Becky Chambers is pretty uplifting. She’s probably my favorite author right now.
@TheKingBee @toaster Completely agree. Am working my way through all her stuff and I’m loving it .
A friend literally just gifted me a copy of this because I’ve been feeling so burnt out by capitalism, and let me tell you, I devoured that book. It spoke to my weary soul. And made me want to quit my job (I already was wanting to quit my job)
I know hundreds but I don’t know your tastes.
Honestly, I’m into anything if it’s good. I just like really good art, but more towards fiction than non-fiction.
If you like sci-fi, I recommend Project Hail Mary. It was written by the author of the book that became the movie “The Martian” (also supposedly a real great book, and on my list). Same guy wrote the short story “The Egg” that’s a pretty good and quick philo-fi.
If you like sci-fi, I recommend The Expanse books and novellas.
The audiobooks narrated by Jefferson Mays are also good, as is the TV series, though they tried to cram too much into the last season, IMO, without actually finishing the story. The ending in the books is tons better.
If you’re into fantasy, look into The Wheel of Time series. It’s dense, absolutely packed with characters, and the world has a ton of detail. It’s also 14 (rather large) books long, 15 if you count the prequel, so if you like it it’ll keep you busy for a good long while.
If you’ve seen the Amazon series based on the books and were turned off by it, maybe give the books a try instead. The Amazon series doesn’t do it justice, in my opinion.
