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[–] zencat 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well they get a long ass winter break

[–] CeeBee 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's why we have the expression "busy as a bee"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For some reason I read it aloud as 'buzzy' in my head, and was confused about the word.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You gotta stay buzzy as a bee in this doggie dogg world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, this doggy dog world is cruel

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Our reward circuits go off when someone mentions taking a rest.

Bee reward circuits go off for things that we would consider work.

Basically, the whole time they are face-first in a flower slurping up nectar and gathering pollen, the thing going through their tiny brains is "Fuck yeah I needed this".

If you gave a bee the day off the general sentiment would be "What the fuck man, this is bullshit, I demand you let me go and collect nectar right fucking now!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bees live in their natural environment. They don’t have a separation between work and play, because their brains are engaged in the same world they evolved for. And if they don’t have brains whatever.

Humans have β€œwork” because we don’t live in the environment our motivational systems evolved for.

This is all laid out clearly in Genesis 1.6. When you go to close a project that has issues it prompts you about what steps you took. This is because the creators knew we aren’t naturally evolved to handle working with text based interfaces.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tell me more about this "Genisis 1.6"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Genesis 1.6 is where person goes when they want to find order. The order is described in words that hang in a black darkness. It is a window into the past, though it can provide insight into the problems of the present.

[–] misterwu 3 points 1 year ago

You guys are getting weekends off?

[–] mouldeez 3 points 1 year ago

At least they don't have to work nights.

[–] LemmyFeed 2 points 1 year ago

They also only have a couple weeks left to live once you see them outside on your flowers 😒