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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 57 points 1 week ago (4 children)

the issue with giving someone eternal office work as a punishment is that you cant have them fired without ending the eternal office work, and being dead presumably they cant starve to death, so if they just start slacking off and ignoring their "job", what are you gonna do?

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 week ago

That's the whole point of Sisyphus. He could stop at literally any time, he could slack off. No one forces him, except by virtue of the fact that there's nothing else for him to do. That friction between "I don't want to do this anymore, it's pointless" and "but doing nothing is more miserable" is one of the biggest absurdities in the myth.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same thing you do when they stop pushing that rock. Force them.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Watch me fuck up these Excel numbers and projections for the next 6 quarters.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Have you not heard of "fluffy fingers"? Its what HR represenatives do in offices to enslaved employees. It's when you tie the employee up with handcuffs and ropes, and tickle their feet for their whole lunch break.

.......not that I ever got fired from my job of HR representitive for inappropriate behavior......

[–] pinkystew@reddthat.com 0 points 5 days ago

Are you hiring

[–] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Have you watched the show Severance? Excellent dive into that question and more.

Thought it was pretty funny when the name of the company was mentioned - I work for a company with almost the same name, just a letter off. That show struck a little close to home.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago

Never heard of it to be honest