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So just how lazy are people nowadays? (1 Viewer)

dwarfboy said:
I had a friend as a child that would ride a John Deere riding lawnmower all over the neighborhood instead of his bicycle.  Everybody else rode bicycles which were much faster, especially going downhill and we had some seriously big hills.  The lawnmower's top speed was a little faster than regular walking pace so we always had to wait for him to catch up.
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:lmao:

 
I will use my remote to turn off the light switch that is JUST out of reach from my recliner rather than get up and turn the switch off.. 

 
Jim11 said:
I see a lot of people using motorized vehicles at the grocery store, who don't look like they're disabled. Some pretty obviously need to, but many don't appear to.
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My favorites are the ones who run the battery charge dry and only then have a holy healing moment where they can jump out & walk full speed, leaving the dead cart behind to clog up the aisle.

 
Laziness from some dude on reddit:

I was once on a US military ship, having breakfast in the wardroom (officers lounge) when the Operations Officer (OPS) walks in. This guy was the definition of NOT a morning person; he's still half asleep, bleary eyed... basically a zombie with a bagel. He sits down across from me to eat his bagel and is just barely conscious. My back is to the outboard side of the ship, and the morning sun is blazing in one of the portholes putting a big bright-### circle of light right on his barely conscious face. He's squinting and chewing and basically just remembering how to be alive for today. It's painful to watch.

But then zombie-OPS stops chewing, slowly picks up the phone, and dials the bridge. In his well-known I'm-still-totally-asleep voice, he says "heeeey. It's OPS. Could you... shift our barpat... yeah, one six five. Thanks." And puts the phone down. And then he just sits there. Squinting. Waiting.

And then, ever so slowly, I realize that that big blazing spot of sun has begun to slide off the zombie's face and onto the wall behind him. After a moment it clears his face and he blinks slowly a few times and the brilliant beauty of what I've just witnessed begins to overwhelm me. By ordering the bridge to adjust the ship's back-and-forth patrol by about 15 degrees, he's changed our course just enough to reposition the sun off of his face. He's literally just redirected thousands of tons of steel and hundreds of people so that he could get the sun out of his eyes while he eats his bagel. I am in awe.

He slowly picks up his bagel and for a moment I'm terrified at the thought that his own genius may escape him, that he may never appreciate the epic brilliance of his laziness (since he's not going to wake up for another hour). But between his next bites he pauses, looks at me, and gives me the faintest, sly grin, before returning to gnaw slowly on his zombie bagel.

 
I hope she doesn't accidentally run him over.  Or she doesn't  have a heart attack, slam on the gas, and the race is on.  Oof!

 
Whenever I think of laziness, I think of the term 'poopsocking'.  For those who don't know, the word poopsocking came about from the online videogame Everquest.  People would be so into the game and end up so lazy that they would poop in socks instead of getting up to go to the bathroom.   Now the word is used as a verb to describe playing a long session in a video game, ie:  "On Saturday, I'm going to poopsock through the first 10 levels of Dark Souls 3."

 
I will say that I have back problems and sometimes walking at all hurts like hell- most of the time you would never know it though. I have no handicapped stickers, etc and work full time. Many times you can see me working around the house and not think I have a back problem. Heck, yesterday I was clearing some small branches from my yard that took a lot of bending down. My back happened to be better than normal (though I feel it today).

Now, with all of that said, it might be more work to get in a truck drive it to a mailbox, get out- get the mail, get back in and drive back and get out. BUT you don't know the nature of the injury.

AND with all that said.... yes, I can see people who otherwise are perfectly healthy being that lazy.

 
Chadstroma said:
I will say that I have back problems and sometimes walking at all hurts like hell- most of the time you would never know it though. I have no handicapped stickers, etc and work full time. Many times you can see me working around the house and not think I have a back problem. Heck, yesterday I was clearing some small branches from my yard that took a lot of bending down. My back happened to be better than normal (though I feel it today).

Now, with all of that said, it might be more work to get in a truck drive it to a mailbox, get out- get the mail, get back in and drive back and get out. BUT you don't know the nature of the injury.

AND with all that said.... yes, I can see people who otherwise are perfectly healthy being that lazy.
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A lot of people with "back problems" have them because they don't move and they're fat.  At some point in time, the only way to improve the back is to move and lose weight.  If people were willing to suck it up and accept that the first couple of months might be rough, but in exchange for long term relief, this wouldn't be much of an issue.  However, few folks are willing to put in the short term discomfort.

 
James Daulton said:
A lot of people with "back problems" have them because they don't move and they're fat.  At some point in time, the only way to improve the back is to move and lose weight.  If people were willing to suck it up and accept that the first couple of months might be rough, but in exchange for long term relief, this wouldn't be much of an issue.  However, few folks are willing to put in the short term discomfort.
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I have several injuries in the past- mostly related to a car accident and then sports injuries. Then another major accident just a couple of years ago (totaled my truck by rolling it) which has really caused a lot of problems. Last weekend- I was determined to get a ton of yard work done. I trimmed three small trees and it killed my back. The motion of using the tree bolt cutters (don't know what they are actually called) just put me out of action for the rest of the day. I have extra weight but a big problem has historically been that my back problems would cause me to have to basically not do anything for a while. I have been losing weight though. It has helped my knee for sure but my back really hasn't been helped (yet) with the weight loss. My back is always in some level of discomfort/pain. It is more of what scale it is and at times it can lock up where I can't do anything. Other times I just need to lay down for a bit and let my muscles relax a bit.

I do agree that there are a number of people that fit that description. Though it is hard (impossible?) to really tell what came first- the back pain or the weight without knowing the persons story.

 
Chadstroma said:
I have several injuries in the past- mostly related to a car accident and then sports injuries. Then another major accident just a couple of years ago (totaled my truck by rolling it) which has really caused a lot of problems. Last weekend- I was determined to get a ton of yard work done. I trimmed three small trees and it killed my back. The motion of using the tree bolt cutters (don't know what they are actually called) just put me out of action for the rest of the day. I have extra weight but a big problem has historically been that my back problems would cause me to have to basically not do anything for a while. I have been losing weight though. It has helped my knee for sure but my back really hasn't been helped (yet) with the weight loss. My back is always in some level of discomfort/pain. It is more of what scale it is and at times it can lock up where I can't do anything. Other times I just need to lay down for a bit and let my muscles relax a bit.

I do agree that there are a number of people that fit that description. Though it is hard (impossible?) to really tell what came first- the back pain or the weight without knowing the persons story.
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I wasn't directing my response at you.  I'm quite certain that a percentage of folks with chronic pain have a similar story to yours'.  I am also quite certain that for a large percentage of people of this country, their chronic pain is largely self caused.

 
Chadstroma said:
I have several injuries in the past- mostly related to a car accident and then sports injuries. Then another major accident just a couple of years ago (totaled my truck by rolling it) which has really caused a lot of problems. Last weekend- I was determined to get a ton of yard work done. I trimmed three small trees and it killed my back. The motion of using the tree bolt cutters (don't know what they are actually called) just put me out of action for the rest of the day. I have extra weight but a big problem has historically been that my back problems would cause me to have to basically not do anything for a while. I have been losing weight though. It has helped my knee for sure but my back really hasn't been helped (yet) with the weight loss. My back is always in some level of discomfort/pain. It is more of what scale it is and at times it can lock up where I can't do anything. Other times I just need to lay down for a bit and let my muscles relax a bit.

I do agree that there are a number of people that fit that description. Though it is hard (impossible?) to really tell what came first- the back pain or the weight without knowing the persons story.
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Why is it no one ever talks about the benefits of being lazy?  I would never trim my own trees and my back feels great!

 
Scoresman said:
Whenever I think of laziness, I think of the term 'poopsocking'.  For those who don't know, the word poopsocking came about from the online videogame Everquest.  People would be so into the game and end up so lazy that they would poop in socks instead of getting up to go to the bathroom.   Now the word is used as a verb to describe playing a long session in a video game, ie:  "On Saturday, I'm going to poopsock through the first 10 levels of Dark Souls 3."
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Sounds exhausting.

 
Scoresman said:
Whenever I think of laziness, I think of the term 'poopsocking'.  For those who don't know, the word poopsocking came about from the online videogame Everquest.  People would be so into the game and end up so lazy that they would poop in socks instead of getting up to go to the bathroom.   Now the word is used as a verb to describe playing a long session in a video game, ie:  "On Saturday, I'm going to poopsock through the first 10 levels of Dark Souls 3."
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I refuse to believe this is true.  Just no way, has to be an urban legend.  No freaking video game is that fun.  I'd stop screwing Kate Beckinsale and use the toilet rather than poop in a sock.

 
James Daulton said:
I refuse to believe this is true.  Just no way, has to be an urban legend.  No freaking video game is that fun.  I'd stop screwing Kate Beckinsale and use the toilet rather than poop in a sock.
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When my brother was around 11-13, one day my parents found a couple of  glasses filled with urine next to the door of his closet.  He had been playing a game ( I think it was NHL 94) and didn't want to stop, so he would just pee in the glasses.  Not quite pooping in a sock but still,.........

 
I wipe from back to front instead of front to back because damn it, I'm not all that flexible and don't want to overexert myself.

 
Half the people posting in here have "Dragon" voice to text because they are too lazy to type.

Moving walkways in airports and half of people just stand on them instead of walking on them. At least stand off to one side so the rest of us can walk past your lazy ####.

I'm guilty of standing on a skateboard as I walked my dog. To be fair though the dog would just run the whole way and there was no way I could keep up otherwise.

 
Fry: Uh, greetings Moon Man, we come in peace. I am Fry from the planet Earth.

Sal: Wise guy huh? If I wasn't so lazy I'd punch you in the stomach.

Fry: But, you are lazy right?

Sal: Oh, don't get me started.

 
GAlmgren said:
Laziness from some dude on reddit:

I was once on a US military ship, having breakfast in the wardroom (officers lounge) when the Operations Officer (OPS) walks in. This guy was the definition of NOT a morning person; he's still half asleep, bleary eyed... basically a zombie with a bagel. He sits down across from me to eat his bagel and is just barely conscious. My back is to the outboard side of the ship, and the morning sun is blazing in one of the portholes putting a big bright-### circle of light right on his barely conscious face. He's squinting and chewing and basically just remembering how to be alive for today. It's painful to watch.

But then zombie-OPS stops chewing, slowly picks up the phone, and dials the bridge. In his well-known I'm-still-totally-asleep voice, he says "heeeey. It's OPS. Could you... shift our barpat... yeah, one six five. Thanks." And puts the phone down. And then he just sits there. Squinting. Waiting.

And then, ever so slowly, I realize that that big blazing spot of sun has begun to slide off the zombie's face and onto the wall behind him. After a moment it clears his face and he blinks slowly a few times and the brilliant beauty of what I've just witnessed begins to overwhelm me. By ordering the bridge to adjust the ship's back-and-forth patrol by about 15 degrees, he's changed our course just enough to reposition the sun off of his face. He's literally just redirected thousands of tons of steel and hundreds of people so that he could get the sun out of his eyes while he eats his bagel. I am in awe.

He slowly picks up his bagel and for a moment I'm terrified at the thought that his own genius may escape him, that he may never appreciate the epic brilliance of his laziness (since he's not going to wake up for another hour). But between his next bites he pauses, looks at me, and gives me the faintest, sly grin, before returning to gnaw slowly on his zombie bagel.
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OMG...that is beyond awesome!

 
GAlmgren said:
Laziness from some dude on reddit:

I was once on a US military ship, having breakfast in the wardroom (officers lounge) when the Operations Officer (OPS) walks in. This guy was the definition of NOT a morning person; he's still half asleep, bleary eyed... basically a zombie with a bagel. He sits down across from me to eat his bagel and is just barely conscious. My back is to the outboard side of the ship, and the morning sun is blazing in one of the portholes putting a big bright-### circle of light right on his barely conscious face. He's squinting and chewing and basically just remembering how to be alive for today. It's painful to watch........
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What's the big deal? I have been zig-zagging back and forth down the road for years when my sun visor isn't quite big enough to block the morning/evening sun. Yea it pisses some people off and even shocks a few drivers now and again. But hey, it's worth it.

 
DallasDMac said:
Let me set the scene first. My subdivison is one street ending in a cul-de-sac. 18 houses total. So there is no through traffic whatsoever other than the occasional landscaper, bug guy or yard service. Typical cookie cutter setting. Small lots (.25 acres or less) with houses close together side by side. Community mailbox area.

So, I am outside doing my weekend yard work and I see my neighbor across the street open his garage door. You have his house, then two more, cross our single street, and you are at the community mailboxes. Probably less than 200 ft from his house to the mailbox. But he gets in his big ol' Ford pickup, backs out, and drives to the mailbox. I just figure he's picking it up on his way out somewhere. But nope, he gets his mail, turns around, drives back, pulls in his garage, and closes the door.

Seriously? How lazy do you have to be that you open your garage and drive the distance of three houses to pick up your mail? And before someone harbors any thoughts of hidden disabilities, he has no handicap plates, no disabled tags, nothing like that. Works full time. So no, he doesn't have that excuse to fall back on. Fact is, he's just pathetically lazy.

This probably isn't the laziest thing I've ever seen if I take the time to think back on it. But it was good enough that it provided impetus for the thread. So, what's the laziest thing you've sen lately? Or ever? Knowing the FFA, there has to be some good stories in here.
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TLDR

-QG

 
tjnc09 said:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3560500/Lazy-dog-owner-caught-driving-car-walking-dog-confronted-concerned-woman-filmed-interaction.html

Woman walks dog ... while driving her car :wall:
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Like I said a few posts back, it had to be a pitbull.  Actually the real reason women walk pitbulls from a car is not out of laziness, it's because they can't stop a pitbull when it sees a shi tzu that it wants to eat for lunch.  The pitbull will drag many women as it heads towards its meal.  I've seen it at the dog run a few times, it's very scary for the lady who can't stop the pitbull.

 
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