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1. Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 00:19:02 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

   I was staring out the window today thinking about how bleak it would be to be a child watching your father "work from home", plinking away at a laptop while he shoos you off saying "later, I'm busy right now"

   The mystery of him heading off to work in some kind of special ceremonial garb and coming back tired and worn out is important to the mystique of a father.

   • robbie (robbie@justbros.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 05:38:36 JST robbie

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     The laptop part is depressing (first hand experience as a wfh father), but I dunno about the rest of it.
     
     Pre-industrial revolution and I would have lived above my business and walked downstairs to open shop and my son would have worked with me once he was old enough (7?)
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 05:39:39 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿

     @LukeAlmighty Because laptop work doesn't look or feel like it's real hard work. It's not something that makes sense to a child, they end up getting a weird idea of what hard work looks like, a warped value of a dollar.

     There are benefits to working from home, but being a chubby, sedentary guy who never leaves the desk isn't one of them

   • LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿 (lukealmighty@gameliberty.club)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 05:39:40 JST LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot
     What?
     I love the idea of working from home exactly, because if I have a kid, I will be mere seconds away from him.
     If he has an issue, I can take a 5 min break and jump to a rescue, and when I am tired, I can see him. That is much better then an empty room for 9 hours a day.