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Sometimes I'm really jealous of those who spout bullshit for a living (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by King_Simp@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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In working on an article right now [won't say on what because that's not the focus], but I'm having to read and cite a lot of stuff for it. And it'd be so nice to just not have to. Just be able to go in front of a camera and be like "Stalin personally ate 5 million people" and get paid to do so. Or be like those guys who can barely read the communist manifesto [a 48 page pamphlet] but proudly announce they've debunked communism.

I mean...I wont...I'm too principled and honestly I would still have no motivation for it because I hate doing bullshit. But it would be easier if I didn't hate it...

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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeonmi Park specifically bothers me for this reason. She has it so easy by virtue of being from the DPRK and being willing to slander them

[–] tendentious@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 week ago

I totally get this but imagine how stupid and intellectually incurious you'd be. One of the most exciting things in life is learning new things and challenging your preconceived ideas. Reactionaries have no love for life's most stimulating intellectual pursuit.

[–] Aqloy@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago

I love to research and read and study! Academically, sure, but I really love to do it for fun on topics that interest me. I write big long essays to consolidate my learning for myself, but the greatest joy is leaving my bibliography as an ugly pile of unformatted slop at the end!

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

I used to lie and bullshit a lot as a teenager with low self esteem and honestly yeah, it's way easier in the short term. Sometimes you get publically embarrassed but I imagine a professional would just kill the part of their mind that cares about that.