#the fact that even the media we consume nowadays reflects this weird grind culture thing

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I saw this post the other day that said something about how back in The Day, most sitcoms were about a group of friends or a family, and very little was ever said about their jobs and what they do for a living. And now all sitcoms are set in a workplace and very little is said about people’s lives outside of work and I just wanna say; Ever since I read that post, I have been ripping my hair out.

Because like. Yeah. That’s basically it, isn’t it? In the 80s and 90s it was all about hanging out with your friends at the coffee house or spending time with your family after work and on the weekends, and that was the most important thing in these characters lives, and now it’s just. Work. Friends outside of work? Don’t exist. Family outside of work? Don’t matter. “Workplace romances” is such an overused trope nowadays because these characters don’t meet anyone outside of work. And it’s never really fulfilling work, either. Normally it’s an office or someplace where people wish they were doing something else.

Kicking, screaming, biting ect ect.

#IM SO MAD ABOUT THIS #like this is literally the most upsetting thing in the world to me #the fact that even the media we consume nowadays reflects this weird grind culture thing #don’t meet anyone outside of work #all of your main milestones and celebrations in life revolve around work #your friends and family don’t matter as long as you have a place to work #I AM GOING TO CRY #remember that episode of Friends where Chandler realises he hates his job and just randomly quits #and then Monica is confused for a second and the. he says something along the lines of #oh well. it’s just a job. I’ll get another one. #and this all happened because they forced him to work through Christmas Eve so he couldn’t spend it with his friends or Monica.. ??? #remember how in TV shows a character working through Christmas Eve would prompt them to just randomly walk out..? #and realise their worth as an employee..? #and now it’s just A Cute Christmas Episode #because all these characters do is work #THIS IS UPSETTING #ray rants and junk #personal #the office #b99 #parks and rec #abbott elementary #superstore #also I don’t remember the original post or who made it unfortunately but they put it much more elegantly than I have here lol