The Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed 1053
SimuAndy writes "David Dvorkin, a programmer and writer of some repute, has published an essay on The Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed. Well worth the reading time as a small break in a busy day."
Another Benefit of Being Unemployed (Score:5, Funny)
I have time to become intimately familiar with all of the Slashdot memes like FP!, GNAA, In Soviet Russia, and CowboyNeal. I know all of the rules for them and when they're just being faked by copy-cats. Sure, sure, I can stop any time.
Re:Another Benefit of Being Unemployed (Score:5, Funny)
Benefits of being unemployed (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Another Benefit of Being Unemployed (Score:5, Funny)
The guy has no job and you say... (Score:4, Funny)
He has no job, way to rub it in, you inconsiderate clod!
Odd Todd (Score:5, Funny)
This man is my idol, and anyone who has ever been unemployed should appreciate "staring at the wall for an hour after waking 'early' up at 10:17, drinking a pot of coffay." I donated a few bucks to help his cause, and you should too, after all, he is unemployed :)
Re:Can't outsource me now! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Another Benefit of Being Unemployed (Score:1, Funny)
Irony deficient (Score:5, Funny)
and in two years... (Score:2, Funny)
CATO (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Another Benefit of Being Unemployed (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Another Benefit of Being Unemployed (Score:3, Funny)
I did my homework and Im a proud member of Slashdot Nation.
unemployment (Score:5, Funny)
Woohoo! Four day weekend!!
For perks of being unemployed without the guilt... (Score:5, Funny)
Who said the Slashdot editors weren't smart ? (Score:5, Funny)
Way to go after your core readership guys !
Re:I am now back at school (Score:0, Funny)
How did his surgery go?
Re:A thinly veiled political rant, actually (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Another Benefit of Being Unemployed (Score:3, Funny)
Puss (Score:4, Funny)
Re:This is News for Nerds? (Score:2, Funny)
How many Slashdi are:
Employed In Tech
Employed In Retail
Employed In Fast Food
Contractor
Unemployed
Cowboy Neals My Surgar Daddy
The most important benefit (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Another Benefit of Being Unemployed (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A thinly veiled political rant, actually (Score:2, Funny)
Re:A thinly veiled political rant, actually (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Been there, am doing that (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The reality of popcorn for the jobless (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Another Benefit of Being Unemployed (Score:5, Funny)
I am living the dream. Finally I can, without fear of being offtopic, do what I have always dreamed of but have never dared...
FIRST POST!!!!!!!!111!!111!1!!!!!!
I can now die happy.
Thank you
Re:A thinly veiled political rant, actually (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Al Franken said it best (Score:2, Funny)
Oh man, that's wonderful. "Public investment." So maybe that's where it started. Have you noticed that these days, all spending is an "investment?" We're not pouring money into failing schools! We're investing in our children! No, no, they're not farm subsidies, we're investing in middle America!
Well, that said, I'm going to go invest in a Coke, and maybe on the way home tonight I'll stop by the video store and invest in some porn.
Re:Another Benefit of Being Unemployed (Score:3, Funny)
Mmm... you know you've been stuck at home too long when not only do you swear at inanimate objects, you also apologise to them afterwards.
Follow up story: (Score:2, Funny)
* No one complains about your lack of showers! (well, nobody important that is.)
* More money available for important things!
* No risks for pregancy!
* Plenty of room in bed!
* No need for showing your feelings!