One of the big problems in our world is we give a lot more credit to people who spend their lives causing problems and then trying (often failing) to fix the problems they caused, than people who just did nothing at all Even though the latter amounts to the same thinghttps://twitter.com/ImpPercyPtible/status/1342282935639171072 …
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Wu wei, as my ancestors would say
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Be kinder to lazy people who don't do anything They usually make a lot less work for everyone else
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I love this principle in general, with the caveat that it not apply to household labor (Tis the large-meal-making Season, so the topic's close at hand, lol......sob)
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Scrooge's pennypinching extending to not having a cook, just a housekeeper and laundress (who steal his drapes and his clothes when he dies) and therefore having no food in the house but gruel is honestly one of his more relatable traits
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When Fred (who is supposedly "poor") is joshing around at his Christmas party "Well he didn't miss much by blowing me off" and his wife is like "He missed a really good dinner" and he's like "Is it? I'm not so sure about this new housekeeper"
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Not as endearing as you probably intended it to be Charles
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The ironic thing is that one of the things I'll go to bat for Scrooge for is him limiting his carbon footprint The house is pitch black all the time because "Darkness was cheap, and it suited him" He does, in fact, endeavor to save money on candles
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He does give Bob and Co. the day off. Like he's a crank about it but it's better than "No, I'm so sorry, you have to work on Christmas! I won't be here but I'm really sorry you have to work an 18 hour shift! Buh-bye!" All saccharine, no substance.
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In the play adaptation they have Bob point out to Scrooge there's no point in keeping the office open on Christmas because everyone else is closed so there's no one to do business with
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There's a movie adaptation - I think Scrooged - where he agrees to let Bob go home for the holiday but makes him take a bunch of paperwork to be filled out by the time he gets back, so he's spending the hours before Christmas dinner at his desk
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