We all know we'd get a lot more done if "fun" was banned (and your job/work being "fun" doesn't count)

Most fun things are distractions, a waste of resources, and should be discouraged, 'frowned upon', made not "cool" and even banned.

Who agrees ?

 

Ebenezer for one!
Max.

 

Ned Sparks

 

I disagree. People who work hard need to be able to have fun when they're not working. Without a reasonable work/life balance, there's either too much work or too little life.
EDIT: That didn't come out right. Meant either too little work or too little life.

 

We all know we'd get a lot more done if "fun" was banned (and your job/work being "fun" doesn't count)

Most fun things are distractions, a waste of resources, and should be discouraged, 'frowned upon', made not "cool" and even banned.

Who agrees ?

You must be a Manager or Admin, why not just go back to a 16 hr day. twice as much productivity. While your at it, steal any benefits, charge double at the country store.

kv

 

My fun IS my company and family. Why do you want to ban that?

 

 

Its true, I am pretty dull. But very happy.

 

If it weren't for fun I wouldn't have any children or grandchildren... A dour and grim disposition will leave you lonely and disheartened.

 

A dour and grim disposition will leave you lonely and disheartened.

Or a member of the Ayn Rand Society.

 

Fun jobs.
https://www.kptv.com/news/who-wants...cle_9039dc70-0d5e-11ea-931f-43a329960d0c.html

To help get it there, volunteers are needed to remove oil and fat from the whale bones that have been sitting in Yaquina Bay for several years.

 

I have wasted too much time on "fun", like video games and fiction TV

 

I have wasted too much time on "fun", like video games and fiction TV

So because you appear to be lazy, you want to ban fun for everyone? Doesn’t seem to be fair.

UPDATE: A tad harsh. The following posts are much more helpful.

 

I have wasted too much time on "fun", like video games and fiction TV

If you have trouble with discipline and/or managing your time, you should use the "fun" stuff as a reward for doing an appropriate amount of "not fun" stuff.

 

I have wasted too much time on "fun", like video games and fiction TV

Learn to multi-task. Do one thing while thinking about another. Being married is an incentive for excellence in this.

 

In the ancient olden days, computer games were textual word solving problems as there were no graphic computer monitors, only data entry terminals and printers. Graphics consisted of the 256 ASCII characters molded into a high-speed chain that struck 80 characters per line in a short buzz before advancing the paper one line space. They were exercises in logic and problem solving, not hand-eye coordination and reflexes. It was a fun way to have some nerdy downtime unlike what is sold for most "computer games" now. When Microsoft introduced Solitaire it was not for gamesmanship but to teach people how to use that new-fangled mouse thing in a fun and enjoyable exercise. Corporate productivity plunged meteorically. We have yet to pull up from that plunge.

 

Colossal Cave is the first text computer game. It was developed on a Digital PDP 10. I’ve provided a link to its Wikipedia description for your reference.

 

Yup and the first one I played on an HP mainframe terminal. HP simply named it "Cave".

 

Yup and the first one I played on an HP mainframe terminal. HP simply named it "Cave".

Played it on a Harris H-series Vulcan OS computer.

"you are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike"

 

Played it on a Harris H-series Vulcan OS computer.

"you are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike"

Plugh!