• houstoneulers@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Idk man, it seems pretty sad that you can’t just say “hey i’m headed home to rest”. Or just declare a time you’re gonna go home early.

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      11 hours ago

      Social pressure is hard. They’ll say “nooo just another round”, instead a “I have to go or my wife will castrate me in my sleep” is much more effective

      • melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        7 hours ago

        responsibility to yourself is not socially important. responsibility to others, and their ability to hate you for failing, comes off as much more substantial. bonus points if they aren’t someone who can be reached to explain something to, effectively beyond the reach of someone making an argument.

        this echoes nothing else terrible in our culture, and I’m not sure whether it’s the vulnerability to this reasoning or the institutions based on it that came first.