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Vive La Loafing!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bonjour-to-sloth dept.

theodp writes "Bonjour Paresse, an anti-corporation slacker manifesto whose title translates as 'Hello Laziness,' has become a national best seller in France and made a countercultural heroine of its author, who encourages workers to adopt her strategy of calculated loafing in response to dimming prospects of success for rank-and-file employees. Could a translation find a Silicon Valley audience?"

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  1. Imagine... by Burpmaster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of people slacking off! Oh, I guess that wouldn't do much, never mind.

  2. Re:One name ... by OverlordQ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's Wally, no e.

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    Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
  3. Ever heard of "Bob"? by scalpod · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Quit your job for Bob!"

    www.subgenius.com

    This message has been preached for years but do you think the pinks are listening?

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    If "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and "it was beauty that killed the beast" then "please stop staring at me".
  4. Nothing New...To Those Who Are Of BOB by tomwhore · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Alpha and Omega
    http://www.subgenius.com/

    " Follow your FOLLIES and COMPULSIONS and become rich like us.
    Explore the "Zen" of stupidity! Channel chronic procrastination into life-saving paranoia and precise anatityl MAKE WASTE!!
    Find out who your Personal Saviors may be and who are the False Prophets in your life!

    YES, YOU MAY BE THE SUBGENIUS, MASTER OF THE STOOGLEY ARTS! Perform the Salute!

    The most 'NO WAY' new wage religion of them all!!
    Brain-trust of our species!!"

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    Poor little clams! Snap! Snap! Snap! Poor little clams! Snap! Snap! Snap! Poor little clams! Snap! Snap! Snap!