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michaelabuckley.bsky.social @michaelabuckley.bsky.social · 16h

This begs the question: which technical term is most mangled in common usage “emotional labour”, or “learning curve”?

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 18h

“Emotional labor” itself morphing from a specific term related to the service industry into a term referring to emotional attachment and investment within personal relationships was a bad development.

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build-er-berg workshop @werrrp.bsky.social · 13h

people On Here really, _really_ hate it when you suggest that it's bad to treat all human interaction, including with friends/family, as "emotional labor" that eventually demands compensation in some form or other

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 18h

“Emotional labor” itself morphing from a specific term related to the service industry into a term referring to emotional attachment and investment within personal relationships was a bad development.

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Daemon Primarch MetaBlueSky ♨️ @metabluesky.bsky.social · 17h

And then it morphed further into 'take my vaguely worded 80s word salad and pay me for more incoherent 'contributions' before I offer you more steaming piles of shit.'

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 18h

“Emotional labor” itself morphing from a specific term related to the service industry into a term referring to emotional attachment and investment within personal relationships was a bad development.

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Mike "looking for research fellowship" Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 17h

There's a lot good in this comment thread

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 18h

“Emotional labor” itself morphing from a specific term related to the service industry into a term referring to emotional attachment and investment within personal relationships was a bad development.

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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 18h

Yes, it was supposed to be about people like flight attendants having to be nice to jerks at work

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 18h

this basic fact strikes people with sheer terror

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 18h

the issue is that self-actualization requires other people, and other people have the capacity to influence your view of yourself and you cannot control them

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Matthew Blanchette @mattpb.bsky.social · 5h

Now, here's the germ of a story:

Strategic Butter Reserve @euphoria5l.bsky.social · 18h

"you don't owe anyone your emotional labor"

yes you do! that's what a friendship is!

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 18h

I feel lots of things that felt like, were billed as, self-actualization read in retrospect as canaries in the coal mine for the fraying commitments we owe to each other as members of a society.

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 20h

Relatedly, I recall a lot of "the joy of canceling plans" jokes and memes from the 2010s and now folks are talking about a loneliness epidemic, and, well...

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 21h

People will scoff at virtue signaling and then wonder why today’s billionaires don’t build museums, libraries, hospitals, and universities like Gilded Age ones did.

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 16h

fuck

farqfox.bsky.social @farqfox.bsky.social · 17h

Comic dog saying:

Pls rewards of being loved??
NO mortifying ordeal of being known
ONLY rewards of being loved

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 14h

Damn what's wrong with the Czechs.

David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 14h

reading about the motorist rights party that just won a load of seats in Czechia

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 14h

Like they seem to have gone notably insane by even Central European standards.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 14h

I understand the optics here but this is also literally why Charles met his end in Whitehall, either Article I means what it says or it doesn't and the Constitution is dissolved

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 15h

So the Dems need to be clear again that any FMer carrying out direction to implement mil paychecks in the absence of appropriations will be subject to anti-deficiency act criminal penalties, because to be clear even with the reconciliation slush fund BS there is no way to legally so this, period

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hot dogs are charcuterie sandwiches @riothobbit.bsky.social · 11h

my take on ww2:

1. a whole lot of nazis died, which is good.
2. not enough nazis died, which is bad.

i am a man of nuance and complexity, finely tuned to the intricate threads of cause and effect in history.

Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 11h

My contribution to the WW2 discourse is that pissing on the memory of the war as a fight against fascism is undermining the antibodies of the body politic against Trump. You are literally the RFK Jr. of ideology.

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Matthew Blanchette @mattpb.bsky.social · 5h

Strom Thurmond was a goddamned paratrooper! And I HATE that guy!

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 11h

My contribution to the WW2 discourse is that pissing on the memory of the war as a fight against fascism is undermining the antibodies of the body politic against Trump. You are literally the RFK Jr. of ideology.

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Chairman Goa Tse-tung @jctenton.bsky.social · 11h

thankfully have not seen The Discourse but assuming it is "you fight against fascism yet your own country is not perfect, curious" and lol shut the fuck up and read literally any book please, christ

it was a fight against fascists and not a fuckin coincidence the civil rights movement happened next

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Chairman Goa Tse-tung @jctenton.bsky.social · 11h

also i'm sorry but the nazis were way worse than anything the US has done up to this point. the US did a lot of awful shit but it was not nazi level. that is just a fact and if you can't understand that again, please read a book

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Maxim Dorky, the Delaware Decapitator @maxim-dorky.bsky.social · 10h

I'll just say that at least one of the Nuremberg defendants used the argument "How dare you judge us, look at what you did to the blacks and Indians" as a desperate defense to escape the noose. It didn't work.

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 10h

The fact that Goldman is saying they seems to indicate the caucus is pretty in on this

Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 13h

No “clean CR” exists when Trump defies Congress and unilaterally guts programs—from law enforcement to pediatric cancer research to clean energy projects.

Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.

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Matthew Blanchette @mattpb.bsky.social · 5h

Hey, Sami Hamdi, how you feelin' right now?

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 17h

look i'm just gonna say: everyone involved in this shit needs to go to jail

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Matthew Blanchette @mattpb.bsky.social · 5h

Including the people who voted to make this happen, or refused to vote to prevent it from coming to pass.

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Democrats @democrats.org · 17h

You are loved, celebrated, and supported regardless of where you are on your journey.

Graphic that reads, 'Proudly celebrating National Coming Out Day.'

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 18h

This is good, actually. This is the kind of thing we need to build a pro-court expansion majority.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 21h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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