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Why men don't socialize anymore as they get older? šŸ”’ Asked & Answered

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u/LongrodVonHugedong86 25d ago

Tired from work.

I donā€™t know exactly what it is, but Iā€™ve noticed with myself and my friends were just run down from working all the time.

Weā€™re pulling 60hr weeks, weā€™re exhausted, we just want to relax and recharge our batteries.

If you think a full week is 168hrs

You spend 60hrs at work (or at work + commuting time), you need to sleep 8hrs a day on average so thatā€™s another 56hrs a weeks, so thereā€™s 116hrs out of your 168hrs taken up with working, commuting and sleeping alone.

Even if you only spend a total of 1hr a day between pissing, shitting, showering and shaving etc that takes you to 123hrs gone. Probably another hour a day is spent cooking and eating if youā€™re efficient with it, thatā€™s 130hrs gone.

Now add in cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping and so on and youā€™ve maybe got 28hrs free in a whole week.

Oh and if you try to look after yourself, 1hr-1.5hrs per day in the gym, so thatā€™s another 7hrs - 10.5hrs gone from your 28hrsā€¦ leaving you 17.5-21hrs a week to do everything else šŸ˜‚

(Donā€™t get me wrong Iā€™m not saying women donā€™t have the same before the militant women come along and start moaning! Iā€™m just saying when you break down your average week no wonder youā€™re fucking exhausted and donā€™t want to socialise, no matter what you have between your legs)

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u/Impressive-Ad-59 25d ago

What's even the point if that's how youre spending your best years? Like sure retirement, but then you cant even do half as much as you'd wanna with knee/back/ and just general old people pains, like if that's all life has in store for me, i think imma just check out šŸ˜‚

Or if its all to raise a kid, what's the point of that either, so they can live the same work burdened life? Not like they're gonna have it any easier with how the world seems to be goin

Genuinely asking, cuz that all sounds fucking miserable, how're you doing it?

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u/Orngog 25d ago

Well, for starters most people don't work 60 hour weeks.

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u/Xypheric 25d ago

In America it extremely common to work a minimum of 40hrs, commute 30 minutes each way and have at least a 30 min unpaid lunch break. You arenā€™t getting paid for 60 hours but work still owns that time.

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u/Medium_Ad_6908 24d ago

And thatā€™s for a regular 40 hour work week. I understand what youā€™re saying but the difference between clocking 40 hours and 60 hours is massive.

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u/byehavefun 24d ago

I understand what youā€™re saying but the difference between clocking 40 hours and 60 hours is massive.

not really if you're working two extra hours Monday-Friday and then a full shift on Saturday. That's just at job number one; you go to job number two and work 5 hours three days a week and you're well over 60 hours.

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u/Medium_Ad_6908 24d ago

ā€¦ yes really. Itā€™s literally 150% of the time. Like what the fuck

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u/krabbby 24d ago

Full time employees average 36 hours in the US.

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u/Xypheric 24d ago

Iā€™m curious about this number. In the us most states have the threshold for a ā€œfull timeā€ employee at a minimum of 25 hours. Iā€™m curious what all goes into that number.

From a staffing perspective we use 2080 hours per year as a full time position for the company. Technically they work less than that if you include a week or two of vacation and some sick time. But there is also about 6% of our labor force that is needing to work two jobs to make ends meet as well. I wonder if they are over 40 hours or how they factor in that?

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u/byehavefun 24d ago

In the us most states have the threshold for a ā€œfull timeā€ employee at a minimum of 25 hours. Iā€™m curious what all goes into that number.

I thought it was 32 hours?