The rituals of lawn care and snow removal, physically demonstrating commitment to the community, gradually being lost to efficiency.
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing @jeansordenim I think it's gradually being lost to laziness, actually. slovenly people who CBA ≠ ppl devoted to efficiency.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PorphyCoon
@PorphyConob well in the old days you could always pay a neighborhood kid to do it, I gather - keeping the effort & the money within nbhd
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@PorphyConob now you just pay a monthly fee to the HOA or whatever and it just magically happens, people from far away nbhds do it
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@PorphyConob expectation is how we overcome laziness - both children and adults. no time for genetic change in "laziness" of course
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@PorphyConob so if there's been a change in "laziness" it's an environmental change, and I think it's a change in social expectation/habit
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing This part we agree on, we disagree that it's "efficiency" driving it.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@PorphyConob I'm using the polite term for what immigration does
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