Poll of the Day > Apathy and laziness are NOT the same thing.

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Learn the difference.

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I feel like youre projecting

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FatalAccident posted...

I feel like youre projecting

I am.


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Someone called you lazy recently?

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kind9 posted...

Someone called you lazy recently?

Correct

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Gimme the why for.

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kind9 posted...

Gimme the why for.

I washed a dish with cold water.


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Judgmenl posted...

I washed a dish with cold water.

You son of a bitch.

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kind9 posted...

You son of a bitch.

I know right?

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That sounds pretty lazy to me. It's laziness that was motivated by apathy, sure, but it's laziness nonetheless.

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You washed a dish? That is the opposite of lazy.

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You act like apathy is an upgrade but you're still known for shit-covered floors, AKA same shit difference words.

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Tell that to my mother.

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They're not the same thing, but I think they usually go together.

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Washing dishes doesn't sound like laziness to me, washing in cold water does sound like not caring too.

I mean I do think some people say their apathetic when they are actually being lazy, but I don't think this falls under that since work was being done and nothing of any effort was skipped.

Some people also call depressed people lazy too though. Or people with 'invisible' physical disabilities. Seems to be something that gets thrown out a lot. So I guess I don't fully trust lazy claims at face value tbf.

Hell I've been called lazy when I was doing more of the work than someone else, who was being given credit for it on top of that despite the person seeing me do it. It wasn't a misunderstanding, it was malicious because they didn't like me and wanted justification for their constant shit talking.

Is there a word for apathy but like you're interested but okay most of the outcomes from the situation so wouldn't mind just rolling a dice or focusing attention elsewhere?

Short story I heard that I like:

Teacher has a student who is a star athlete but does not do his work in class, the teacher asks the student "Are you ignorant or just apathetic." Student replies "I don't know, and I don't care."

Laziness can be the result of apathy, they are not the same thing. Apathy is a lack of concern. There are countless examples of being Apathetic without being lazy.

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Judgmenl posted...

Learn the difference.

Apathy can lead to laziness but sure.

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Laziness is awesome and smart

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Judgmenl posted...

Learn the difference.

I would, but to be honest, it sounds like too much work and I don't really care.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I would, but to be honest, it sounds like too much work and I don't really care.

Exactly!

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Washing a dish in cold water isn't that bad.
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hmnut7 posted...

Short story I heard that I like:

Teacher has a student who is a star athlete but does not do his work in class, the teacher asks the student "Are you ignorant or just apathetic." Student replies "I don't know, and I don't care."

More of a joke than a short story

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blu posted...

Is there a word for apathy but like you're interested but okay most of the outcomes from the situation so wouldn't mind just rolling a dice or focusing attention elsewhere?

I believe "ambivalent" fits that purpose quite nicely. I usually preface it with "largely" when I use it in such contexts, which contributes basically no semantic content but adds enough syllables to seem less flippantly dismissive in my eyes (while also being technically more accurate because there generally are outcomes and options I would rather avoid but that aren't likely enough to be worth explicitly ruling out).

ChaosAzeroth posted...

Some people also call depressed people lazy too though. Or people with 'invisible' physical disabilities. Seems to be something that gets thrown out a lot. So I guess I don't fully trust lazy claims at face value tbf.

This is very true. Avolition is a major symptom for quite a few different mental disorders, and it's often more socially acceptable (especially for men) to accept a label of "lazy" than to cite anxiety, depression, or invisible physical pain as a reason for avoiding the activity. It's tempting to jump right to calling people lazy, but in many cases that is itself lazy because there's often a deeper cause if you're willing to dig further into it.

Revelation34 posted...

Washing a dish in cold water isn't that bad.

It's certainly not Hitler territory, but it is generally less sanitary and doesn't get stuff as clean as using hot water would. In some ways, it's almost less lazy because you usually need to do more scrubbing to get a given mess off with cold water than hot, meaning it's really more stupid than lazy.

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