#current pay levels

[thewalrusespublicist]

So didn't realise that people didn't know about the John Lennon 1980 'dear one' thing. As we're all here though I wanted to mention that the phrase 'my dear one' potentially has a bit of a story arc when it comes to John's relationship with Paul. For those familiar with British English, 'my dear one' sticks out as it's not a used term of endearment at all. So where does it come from? It could be a non-straightforward Victorian throwback, but more likely its hearkening to the use of the phrase in Eastern meditation to denote your nearest and dearest. Great, already off to a sweet start (and lines up with Yoko having Paul on the next-of-kin list with Julian and Mimi when John died).

It POTENTIALLY gets a bit more layered than that though once you add in the idea of hugging meditation. Contrary to what Paul says (sorry Paul, I do believe you on most things, just not this) despite being 'Northern men' TM the Beatles were a huggy bunch. John mentions it in the 1967 Hunter Davies interview:

''We used to be embarrassed about touching each other. We’d do an elaborate handshake just to hide the embarrassment… or we did mad dances. Then we got to hugging each other. Now we do the Buddhist bit… arms around. It’s just saying hello, that’s all.''

As pointed out in @thecoleopterawithana and @monkberries amazing posts, the Buddhist bit is hugging meditation which became popular in the 1960s. In hugging meditation, you

''have to make him or her very real in your arms, not just for the sake of appearances, patting him on the back to pretend you are there, but breathing consciously and hugging with all your body, spirit, and heart. Hugging meditation is a practice of mindfulness. “Breathing in, I know my dear one is in my arms, alive. Breathing out, she is so precious to me.”''

We know physical touch was important to John. One of the plusses of being with Yoko was being affectionate with his best friend, he tells Paul that touching is good whilst hugging him and in the Get Back sessions he delightedly asks Paul about a vivid dream where he was touching Paul (whether platonic or romantic this always read to me as a blatant subconscious desire for increased intimacy with Paul). The desire for intimacy is still present in the 'Real Life/Love' demo in 1977 where John muses about holding a mysterious has-a-baby-expecting-another-lives-on-a-farm someone in his arms as if it was only yesterday (another piece of media I still cannot believe we have on tape).

With John's evident desire for physical intimacy in mind and the focus on holding dear ones in hugging meditation, I don't think it's too far to think that John would associate this term of endearment with a certain level of both physical and emotional intimacy. Whether its a slightly bittersweet ironic recollection of those times together in the late 60s or a sincere statement of their current relationship, Paul as his dear one could be seen as continuation of John's suppressed, resentful but ultimately present desire for reignited intimacy with Paul on multiple levels (again romantic? Platonic? Choose-your-own-adventure there, I'm not in charge of you).

Or I could be talking shit. Who knows? It's just fun to think about!

[kaiserouo]

still punch

[nigesakis]

im not above begging pleading kneeling whimpering crying throwing up

[fromtheseventhhell]

Fandom when Arya, who has never wanted to be a sailor or a warrior, doesn't become a sailor or a warrior

[marnz]

you know, I complain a lot about my union because forming a coalition and building solidarity means you will disagree and navigate a lot of conflict, but I will say that it's also some of the most rewarding and important work I've ever done.

[carcarrot]

having another one of my job-related crises

[6ebe]

Applying for 50 jobs within 12 months and not getting a single offer is almost an accomplishment woah I’m so talented x

[dkettchen]

normal entry level jobs: we want you to have 2 years of experience & will pay you £22k a year

tech recruiter job ads: this is listed as an entry level job but inexplicably promises a salary of £60k + benefits

[uglynicc]

Not me making drastic career change decisions at 11pm on a Saturday night lol

[starsarestories]

I have a problem where when I try to write a book, I accidentally base characters off the marauders, valkeries and skittles... I don't even do it consciously, it just..happens.

[excelsior9173]

job hunting is the most exhausting, demoralizing, and dehumanizing process i think i’ve ever experienced

i constantly feel useless, like i have no applicable skills and it’s honestly terrifying. but it’s also irritating because how am i supposed to gain any of these skills if no one will hire me and let me learn? all i want is to learn. but nowhere seems willing to even give the chance to develop. it’s all mandatory experience required and if you don’t have it fuck off don’t even bother

i am also incredibly frustrated by employers who don’t reach out even if it’s a rejection. at the very least it feels like a decent thing to do, just a quick “sorry, we didn’t select you for the position, good luck in your search!” would be sufficient. if they’re feeling real nice they could explain why they don’t think you’re a good fit. at least that would help me figure out what exactly i seem to be missing

i am just. so tired of sending applications. i am tired of looking at job postings. i am tired of thinking i’ve found a decent opportunity only to see experience requirements and being immediately rejected by a fucking ai system

anyways. sent one in to be a parks labourer, and also a receptionist at a car dealership. really hoping something pans out. i’ve applied for well over a dozen positions now and i know that that’s really not a lot in the long run but i’m so burnt out at my current job i desperately need a change and i’m getting impatient. plus i need a bigger paycheck so i can support my sister and i better. i don’t want her to stress about finances while she starts university. i need to make more to take care of us.

[sagaciouscejai]

debating whether manual labor or office work is "harder" or "worse" is like... idk.

People have different preferences in their own type of work. Not all work in each camp is the same, and the two camps have a good chunk of overlap at times, especially with modern work requiring you to interact with customer bases or fill in positions or be multi-faceted on a baseline regardless.

Then, factor in how much different a "bad job" in one position is compared to a "good job" of the same job. The quality of the work space, the co-workers and the management and the clientele and the product and the pay. Even more so factor in the slow poison of capitalism and greed, especially over time and it's variable levels of decay based around how new a company is and its leadership starting up.

Lots of factors to compare and contrast. Even boiling it down to the basics of "physical labor" and "office work" like the criteria of what's better or worse in that case wouldn't really fit the reality of what people are living. How many points does the hell of breaking your physical body go compared to being tortured mentally by a distinct lack of physical activity for large swathes of one's day. Does the dim lighting of a storehouse compare to the blaring florescence hovering above cubicles?

IMHO arguing about this is fine but it probably shouldn't be taken so seriously, and not to the level of exclusion from fucking labor discussions. We are all trying to fucking deal with the hell of our work being profiteered by those above us and our works actually feeling like something worth doing in the first place. You need everyone on board, even if the needs and worries and woes of these types of work are very disparate.

[mantisgodsdomain]

Anyways very funny to see food allergy posting on our dash. We've recently learned there's a decent chance we're either sensitive or allergic to capsaicin, the thing that makes food spicy, which is very very funny to us specifically because we recently spent several weeks in Germany and spent the whole time halfway to starving to death because they didn't have anything Spicy and we are now discovering that apparently spice is "hostile to our body" and "not something we should be eating" despite it being a staple of our diet for most of our life

[bottomvalerius]

mm the immediate rush of getting a job interview only to be seized with the fear of the Change lmfao

[anomalouscorvid]

head in hands. i really shouldve gotten a useful item at aestival

[howdoesone]

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