6/25/2026 at 7:53:27 PM
by tomjakubowski
6/29/2026 at 8:12:40 AM
They are so idle, I wrote them to say their RSS is not working, and they never got back to me.I cancelled my subscription because I am too lazy to go on their website to read their articles.
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Here’s some propaganda for the prospective idlers among us:
https://www.inspiracy.com/black/abolition/abolitionofwork.ht...
by sph
6/29/2026 at 7:21:49 AM
From Wikipedia, a quote that seems relevant to this forum with its anti-grind-culture ethic:On the practice of idling, [founder] Tom Hodgkinson writes:
A characteristic of the idler's work is that it looks suspiciously like play. This, again, makes the non-idler feel uncomfortable. Victims of the Protestant work ethic would like all work to be unpleasant. They feel that work is a curse, that we must suffer on this earth to earn our place in the next. The idler, on the other hand, sees no reason not to use his brain to organise a life for himself where his play is his work, and so attempt to create his own little paradise in the here and now.
by mellosouls
6/29/2026 at 8:14:37 AM
> a quote that seems relevant to this forum with its anti-grind-culture ethicAre we reading the same forum?
I have noticed that my anti-work (or anti-AI, or left-leaning) comments tend to do better when EU and East Coast are awake, and get downvoted when West Coast is most active.
by sph
6/29/2026 at 9:53:52 AM
I meant the quote is anti-grind-culture rather than HN, though I wouldn't ascribe a solid view to the latter, just the startup culture it is based in can often be very grind-nonsense.by mellosouls
6/29/2026 at 9:24:50 AM
I used to be a subscriber. It is good but I have more than enough to read without it.Also one of the few places that has published a letter from me :)
For tech people its had some interesting articles promoting retro-computing and FOSS as more "idle" alternatives.
by graemep
6/29/2026 at 5:21:03 AM
My partner has been a subscriber for years. It's great. Stewart Lee's music reviews have been a highlight, but there's great long form content in most editions.by onion2k
6/29/2026 at 4:03:11 AM
Cracking magazine, and the frequent Idler online interviews generally thought provoking. Excellent cast of occasional contributors too.by dickiedyce