This might surprise some people given how all I do with my life is work, but I actually think hustle culture is toxic and impossible. It’s a crock of shit designed to exploit working class people by making them feel as if they just really really work hard, they can obtain immense wealth, but maybe that’s a conversation for a different day. Anyway, I saw this shit making the rounds on Twitter last week and it absolutely infuriated me.
Swollen eyes, a hunchback and claw-like hands: What remote-workers will look like by 2100 https://t.co/FrMfrVi8nW pic.twitter.com/Ejnt4rRO2t
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) June 16, 2023
Thankfully, most people seem to be calling this bullshit out. It’s absolutely hilarious that this got the misinformation tag: “Nobody has predicted that this is what home workers will look like by 2100. These images were created by an office furniture company ‘to visualise the effects of not having a proper place to work at home’ and ‘to reveal what the remote worker of the future could look like’.” A furniture company…a furniture company!
First of all, it makes perfect sense as to why a company that sells office furniture would want to try and get people back to the office. The reality is that people left offices in 2020 and the world did not stop turning. Years later, and all of the sudden, all the rich commercial real estate owners are missing those rent checks and they’re poking their CEO buddies to get people to come back to the office. It’s not actually about productivity, efficiency, or the work-life balance of their employees. I’m way more productive at home than I ever was at the office, but I do get the human interaction aspect of it. Sure, I’d like to go to the office on say…Wednesdays…or something, just to break up the monotony of the week. But, let’s not pretend that this has any real bearing on my level of productivity. Quit trying to scare people into disrupting something that is working for them.
Second of all, who says I don’t already look like this? Who says there’s not a ton of people out there that don’t already look like this? I have to remind myself to straighten my back up already or else my posture will suffer. I have some phat ass hips. My eyes feel swollen all the damn time. You’re not scaring me, furniture company. I faced the reality that this was my future along time ago.
Third of all, check out those biceps…our girl here is actually lookin’ real jacked. Maybe this transformation made her stronger. Maybe we should become hermits that never leave our computers in order to improve our physical strength. Boom – ya shit backfired, furniture company. I WANT to be this lady.
Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.
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