I can confirm that normies do not, nay, CANnot understand this. It doesn’t compute for them. Because I have tried explaining, in depth, with metaphors (“you know how feel about cleaning the cat’s litter box? That’s how we feel about virtually every necessary life task!”). Nothing works.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 57 points 1 week ago (9 children)

cleaning the litterbox is actually less unpleasant:

doesn't have to happen at a specific time
if I fuck it up, it doesn't spill over into other tasks
it's an act of service towards someone else and thus easier to motivate me than something that's for myself

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

if I fuck it up, it doesn't spill over into other tasks

Somebody has never accidentally spilled the entire litter box onto the floor.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 week ago

sweeping afterwards was always part of the job

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