• otterpop@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I thought the same but over the years my perspective has changed. It’s not actually healthy to think like that about people you spend a third of your time with

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      3 days ago

      I’m civil at work but once I leave the job odds are I will never speak to those people again. Coworkers are not friends, for the most part. There’s maybe a handful of people from previous jobs that I still talk to.

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      3 days ago

      Doesn’t help the fact that we are faced with the threat of systemic violence if we do not maintain a job and are thus forced to spend a third of our time somewhere we don’t want to be in the first place.

      Forced interaction will never be healthy interaction.

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        3 days ago

        Yeah, that’s for sure. I’m a FIRE adherent so hopefully I am going to be able to choose where I spend my time soon and escape the broken system