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The Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the glass-is-half-full dept.

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."

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  1. Another Benefit of Being Unemployed by inertia187 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Becoming a Slashdot Addict

    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.

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    1. Re:Another Benefit of Being Unemployed by Billly+Gates · · Score: 5, Funny

      I was more of a slashdot addict when I was employed. Now I have more time on my hands to do other things then sit here all day.

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    2. Re:Another Benefit of Being Unemployed by KingRamsis · · Score: 5, Funny

      the other day I caught myself telling a coworker "you are trolling the meeting you should be mod'ed down" ofcourse I got a blank empty void look on his face.

    3. Re:Another Benefit of Being Unemployed by ebay+troll · · Score: 3, Funny

      Excellent insults. Very pleased with seller's wit. Also informed buyer of availability of "0$" to refer to Open Source. Looking forward to doing business again.

    4. Re:Another Benefit of Being Unemployed by andyt · · Score: 5, Funny

      Uh.. for the sake of those of us who haven't quite learned every new acronym, what is FP? :[

      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 :-)

  2. The guy has no job and you say... by JusTyler · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well worth the reading time as a small break in a busy day

    He has no job, way to rub it in, you inconsiderate clod! ;)

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  3. Odd Todd by corz · · Score: 4, Funny
    The greatest of all unemployed people will always be Odd Todd.

    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 :)

  4. Irony deficient by watchful.babbler · · Score: 5, Funny

    Surely I'm not the only one who finds a dark amusement in seeing both "The benefits of being unemployed" and "Where do I find an honest headhunter?" showing up simultaneously on the Slashdot front page.

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  5. CATO by C10H14N2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, the CATO institute would probably have a paper on the moral duty of the unemployed to increase downward pressure on wages and how the recently homeless have merely chosen to realize capital gains by selling their houses to pay for food. The Heritage Foundation would no doubt follow up with a paper on how eliminating the capital gains tax would then be in the best interest of the future homeless population. It's the compassionately conservative thing to do.

  6. unemployment by Unominous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The boss told me that if I'm late for work again tomorrow, I shouldn't bother turning up on Monday.

    Woohoo! Four day weekend!!

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  7. For perks of being unemployed without the guilt... by goodbye_kitty · · Score: 5, Funny

    For all the perks of being unemployed without the guilt, frustration and lack of income that it brings with it...Do a PhD! ......back to the grind, another day of back-breaking research ahead...ooops...dont feel like working, i think ill go home and sleep instead....better tell the boss...wait...there is no boss...hehehe....my paper is not due till next month, ill just do it the night before.

  8. Who said the Slashdot editors weren't smart ? by tmark · · Score: 4, Funny

    After all, they're smart enough to realize that articles about being unemployed are likely to be of great interest to a large proportion of those people spending the most time reading Slashdot.

    Way to go after your core readership guys !

  9. Re:A thinly veiled political rant, actually by inertia187 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I blame the French.

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  10. Puss by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have worked steadily every single day of my life since I was four years old. That coal mine taught me to be a man, and it put hair on my chest.

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  11. The most important benefit by techno-vampire · · Score: 3, Funny

    He left out the mst important benefit of all: the grapes are sour, anyway.

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  12. Re:A thinly veiled political rant, actually by craigtay · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you can call a 500 billion dollar defeceit "recovery" then I guess we are ahead of schedule.

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