Poll of the Day > Do you feel you contribute to society?

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Your job, your presence?

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Sure to some degree, but I'm not as worried about my contribution to society as I am in my contribution to my loved ones.

I work for a university and play a role in making campus landscaping look nice which draws students in to hopefully earn degrees and go on to improve the world, but I work so that I can support my family. I work to live, I definitely don't live to work.

More or less. I work for the government, so there are several layers of bureaucracy between me and the actual impact of what my department does, which makes it feel less rewarding, but it's important work and I feel like I make a meaningful contribution to those that I directly work with/for, so that's fun.

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adjl posted...

More or less. I work for the government, so there are several layers of bureaucracy between me and the actual impact of what my department does, which makes it feel less rewarding, but it's important work and I feel like I make a meaningful contribution to those that I directly work with/for, so that's fun.

Are you comfortable saying what part of the government you work for? I always find it interesting hearing from people in state/federal jobs because a lot of it mirrors the work I do with the university. We're like a smaller government that is only worth a couple billion dollars.

hockey7318 posted...

Are you comfortable saying what part of the government you work for? I always find it interesting hearing from people in state/federal jobs because a lot of it mirrors the work I do with the university. We're like a smaller government that is only worth a couple billion dollars.

I work with the First Nations and Inuit Health branch of the Canadian government, which is responsible for overseeing the allocation of FN monies to health provision in communities. I'm mostly doing administrative stuff at the moment, which is all very important to support the branch's work, but not as front-line as some of the other stuff that goes on, like environmental health sampling or running dental clinics. I'm going to be applying for a Masters of Public Health in the next year or two in hopes of being able to move into a more epidemiology-focused role, which will be be more interesting and impactful (not to mention paying better). I've also been doing some work with PHAC's (Canadian equivalent of the CDC) Covid response, which is similar back-end stuff that is important on paper, but doesn't feel as rewarding.

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Damn, I'd say your work definitely makes a difference. It also makes a lot of sense with your knowledge of covid related stuff. Very interesting work.

Good luck with the masters!

this society would see me dead if it could. i do not care to contribute to it. i only care about my friends and loved ones, and my creative endeavors

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sort of i guess. i have a pointless job where i make a lot of money and i try to use that money to help people who need it

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hockey7318 posted...

Sure to some degree, but I'm not as worried about my contribution to society as I am in my contribution to my loved ones.

I work for a university and play a role in making campus landscaping look nice which draws students in to hopefully earn degrees and go on to improve the world, but I work so that I can support my family. I work to live, I definitely don't live to work.

So the inner circle is where you focus.

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adjl posted...

I work with the First Nations and Inuit Health branch of the Canadian government, which is responsible for overseeing the allocation of FN monies to health provision in communities. I'm mostly doing administrative stuff at the moment, which is all very important to support the branch's work, but not as front-line as some of the other stuff that goes on, like environmental health sampling or running dental clinics. I'm going to be applying for a Masters of Public Health in the next year or two in hopes of being able to move into a more epidemiology-focused role, which will be be more interesting and impactful (not to mention paying better). I've also been doing some work with PHAC's (Canadian equivalent of the CDC) Covid response, which is similar back-end stuff that is important on paper, but doesn't feel as rewarding.

This is pretty cool, though does the beuarcracy drain you?

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chelsea_wtf posted...

sort of i guess. i have a pointless job where i make a lot of money and i try to use that money to help people who need it

Does that ever feel souless. I do charity but it feels negligible and a waste

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DrPrimemaster posted...

Does that ever feel souless.

yeah absolutely. feels completely unsatisfying

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I make people laugh

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I work for a state. I specialize in a particular type of contracting and I help people do it. Im relatively unique in my department.

I feel like I contribute, I supposealthough now that I havent been to the office in almost two years itsfeeling weird, to say the least.

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Yes, I contribute positively in a number of areas.

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Yes, unless you are a neet you are contributing in some way

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Zangulus posted...

Yes, but can you measure your contribution to society with literal inches?

I can measure my contribution to your mom with literal inches (though it'd be reasonable to simplify it to feet).

DrPrimemaster posted...

This is pretty cool, though does the beuarcracy drain you?

Sometimes. There have been many instances where I've done everything I can on my end, but stuff still goes wrong or takes longer than it should because it gets caught up somewhere else. A lot of the stuff I'm handling is just things like processing invoices for payment, though, so while bureaucratic delays are frustrating when I just want to get the work done, I don't have to deal with the added stress of knowing that somebody's health is being jeopardized by having to wait. That would be a lot more draining, I would imagine, though my region is doing relatively well in that regard (at least compared to communities elsewhere in the country that haven't had potable water for 25 years or face suicide crises every other month).

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I work for the government and build stuff for the military.

I also pay taxes

thats about all I want to contribute to society. Everything else can just leave me alone

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I feel like society doesn't contribute to me is more like it.

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Most certainly, my philosophy will change the world in 70 years after I die.

Zangulus posted...

Yeah, 6 feet is easier to say than 72 inches, because thats how far down shes buried. You fucked a corpse bruh.

That explains all the mud.

(In all seriousness, sorry if I touched a sore spot with that. 'Twas never my intent)

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Job, not at all. But I volunteer a lot for events and charity-based organizations. And I'm pretty socially/environmentally conscious on a personal level; don't litter, put away the shopping cart, little stuff like that.

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Yes, it brings me joy

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adjl posted...

More or less. I work for the government

Not in the slightest. The sooner I die the better the planet will be.

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You could literally erase me from the face of the planet and nothing would change. In fact, things would probably be better off. That's how useless I am

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joemodda posted...

You could literally erase me from the face of the planet and nothing would change. In fact, things would probably be better off. That's how useless I am

I doubt thats true, even if it feels that way

youre having an impact right now just by being part of the conversation

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I feel I contribute to corporations, the government and those I know personally, but not really society.

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Yes.

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I schedule people to get life saving diagnostic procedures and have knowledge of Military Clinical Healthcare systems that no one else in the NCR region has, so yeah.

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"Contribute to society" is a dumb capitalist idea, everyone has intrinsic human worth regardless of what they "contribute".

Anyways, I'm a web developer, so no, not really. I do stuff that is very niche and just adds some minor layer of convenience to people's lives. I don't understand how we all get paid so much but people in minimum wage jobs contribute stuff that is way more valuable to everyone's day-to-day life. I mean I can't really complain about the paycheck but like chelsea said it's totally unfulfilling

I make sure your make-up looks good before shipping

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CoorsLight posted...

Contribute to society" is a dumb capitalist idea, everyone has intrinsic human worth regardless of what they "contribute".

I don't see it as that. I see it as do you make the world a better place with your time.

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CoorsLight posted...

everyone has intrinsic human worth regardless of what they "contribute"

That is a hard sell. There are some genuinely bad people out there who only take, never give.

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DrPrimemaster posted...

Do you feel you contribute to society?

Absolutely not. I barely even feel I belong in most situations. Sadly life would go on with or without me so I guess I'm not entirely wrong in that feeling or thought process.


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EvilMegas posted...

I schedule people to get life saving diagnostic procedures and have knowledge of Military Clinical Healthcare systems that no one else in the NCR region has, so yeah.

I make Stephen laugh therefore I also contribute to life saving diagnostic procedures

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When I do manage to finish a story and get it out somewhere, I feel like I contribute to the world in a greater sense than I can grasp, though it does not stop me from trying. When I am at work, I feel like a replacement cog in a machine that was doomed to fail long before even my parents took part in the scam known as the modern workforce; and the mess of it all is getting worse no matter how much or little I give.

So you tell me.

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If you have money left over after maintaining your existence, you contribute to society.

All that cash represents the work you have done and have yet to be compensated for. If you pay someone for something with that cash, that person will make a profit on top of your compensation, which contributes to their part in society.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

If you have money left over after maintaining your existence, you contribute to society.

All that cash represents the work you have done and have yet to be compensated for. If you pay someone for something with that cash, that person will make a profit on top of your compensation, which contributes to their part in society.

Uhh, paying for subsistence also generates profit for somebody else. Often quite a bit, actually, since you can get away with charging higher margins than necessary because people don't have a choice but to pay you for them.

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Zareth posted...

I make Stephen laugh therefore I also contribute to life saving diagnostic procedures

This is true.

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EvilMegas posted...

I don't see it as that. I see it as do you make the world a better place with your time.

Eh yeah tbf this topic isn't really making any sort of value statement on whether it is important to "contribute". I'm just used to seeing that phrase to justify the idea that some people don't deserve to eat

No. Not at all. I am unable to function in society due to the fact I am mentally disabled. So therefore I cannot contribute anything to society as a functioning member of society.

CoorsLight posted...

Eh yeah tbf this topic isn't really making any sort of value statement on whether it is important to "contribute". I'm just used to seeing that phrase to justify the idea that some people don't deserve to eat

Stay off Twitter.
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Rev seems to think the idea is exclusive to Twitter, or originating from there, rather than considering that maybe like minds congregate for better or for worse.

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