slack is a way of life
if ("
slacking off"
!= "being un
productive") {
write a
Nodeto
ClarifySituation;
}
It's a
common misconception that
all "
slackers" and "
potheads" are people without
motivation -- the ones who
smoke pot and play video games and not much else. While this is
true of some, it must be
realized that more than a
passtime, or an
adjective for
loafers,
slack is a way of life.
Conventionally, when these slackers use the
word slack, they are not
necessarily referring to
idleness. Rather,
slack is a more
general term which
loosely means: "any
occupation that is not
shitty and
boring and is
probably some amount of
fun". This
definition allows for the
inclusion of "real work"
or "
maximum lounge mode".
let's see...
these are some examples:
SLACK | NOT SLACK
-----------------------+------------------------
|
Web design for fun | Searching in vain for
| drivers you need
|
Programming for fun | School- or work-
| assigned development
|
Sitting back, smoking | Sitting in your chair,
a joint | realizing it's only
| 9.20am
|
Playstation | Windows 95a
|
Sex | Meetings
|
Time with friends | Time with the co-
| workers
|
Listening to music | Rebooting
|
Watching clouds go by | Rotting under the
on a spring day | fluorescents
|
Here are the slackers I mean:
Slackers are
divided from the rest of
society not by their
uselessness, but more by their
selective and sometimes
self-centered ways.
Slackers are not
bound by the
mechanical ideals that
elevate the importance of
time and
work.
Slackers want the
world to be
custom and
comfortable.
Slackers are those
damn kids who were ready for the internet before it happened.
For further reading:
Special cigarette
In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell
that feeling like you weren't paying attention
Church of the SubGenius
We Are the Music Makers
work slack project
Choose Everything