It’s about authoritarianism! You’re busy wondering if he’s wearing pants, but the point is he is not doing whatever he wants. His dad programmed him to do what he’s told.
His dad programmed him to do what he’s told.
Well THAT sentence caught my attention. My wife and I are very much in an “It Ends With Us” mindset when it comes to that kind of indoctrination. Which, by the way, often comes from otherwise loving and well-meaning parents who are indoctrinated themselves.
My son seems to have a lot of the same tendencies as me, and a life full of anxiety over all the rules around you is not what I have planned, to say the least. It’s quite possible to be the awesome fun parents and also raise a person who isn’t an asshole, as long as you remember to prioritize those things and put in some effort. (the word “effort” sounds negative there, but the secret is that spending that time on your kid will almost always be the best choice for your own future well being. Close family relationships are a big deal to our brains, turns out)
What fucks with me is that you can’t control all the variables. School and peers can outweigh the ideas you try to put forward. I feel like I’m working on deprogramming more than I actually have a chance to teach already and my kids are only small.
I mean… I can’t tell if he has pants on or not in that final panel. Maybe he won? 🤷♂️
One of the many perks of remote work!
joke’s on you, i work from home and a t-shirt is all i need ^^
oh bother
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He ain’t wearing no pants
Neither do I
Schroedinger’s pants. He may be wearing them or not, depending on your interpretation.
Here’s a conundrum: what if most people wanted to organize the society in a certain way? They are doing what they want. Are they not allowed to do that? People who make complaints about not being able to do what they want rarely seem keen to grant others the same privilege.
Also, the guy in the comic is doing exactly what he wants - it’s just that he probably wanted a job more than he wanted to not wear pants. The issue isn’t not being able to do what one wants, the issue is that people don’t want any inconvenience for doing so. The more you learn to tolerate inconvenience, the more free you are to do whatever you want. But you can’t have your cake and eat it too.
You can’t both resist a system and then demand to be able to enjoy the fruits of the system you are resisting.
On the bright side with remote work you can work without pants.
It’s like the mullet of remote work: business on top (suit), party on the bottom (underwear or sweatpants if it’s cold).
Edit: I overlooked that he’s in a cubicle but my point still stands (sits?).
Yeah, I liked this one. The first layer is “haha, he’s not wearing pants, rad lad”, then the next layer hits; “oh shit, he is wearing pants, and he’s definitely not doing what he wants…”.
