• Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk
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    11 days ago

    “Imagine diving down to the bottom, expelling all the air from your lungs, and just waiting for the river’s sweet embrace to take you. I hear it’s a surprisingly peaceful way to go. I yearn for that with all my being. Monday mornings, eh? Do these windows open?”

    • Hoimo@ani.social
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      10 days ago

      Drowning isn’t peaceful. There’s ways of asphyxiation that are surprisingly peaceful, but drowning isn’t one of them, not even when done well.

      But also, don’t die to escape from a job. You can escape normally. It’s usually really easy to do: they let you go home, just don’t come back. Go do literally anything else.

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        10 days ago

        I was proposing a hypothetical thing to say to a hypothetical boss who hypothetically inflicted such a commandment.

        Don’t worry about me, I’m a self-employed consultant working three days a week and now winding down to my retirement with a bunch of low stress side-hustles. But I appreciate the concern. I hope your weekend is surprisingly full of joy and wonder!

    • Hisse@programming.dev
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      11 days ago

      How would you know that it’s a peaceful way to go if people who have tried it all died and cannot tell us how it feels?