Comments by "Kameraden" (@Alte.Kameraden) on "Why Japan's Homeless are Nothing Like Your Country" video.

  1. To be honest, if I saw this 10 years ago I would of felt sad. But honestly anymore, I don't have as much pity as I used to have. I spent 14 years running a Brake Press, it's very hard work, and I absolutely enjoyed doing it. I didn't get paid a lot either but it was enough. I've since moved up into management of the same company. However, it's a mind game more than anything. I didn't view it as work. I viewed it as getting paid to exercise, I got paid to take a flat piece of metal and turning into something beautiful. I got paid while doing it. To me it was a game, how good of a job could I do, and how much could I get done at the same time? I preferred perfection, and I was good at it and loved it. Issue with people I think they look at everything the wrong way. I remember my father was shocked how many parts I'd make in a day. He expected a few hundred. I told him 700-3000 in a day counting what it was. He was shocked he was a Union man, and never fathomed such numbers. Some of the material I dealt with was 1/4 to 3/8th inch steel as well. As I said paid to exercise, and when someone says you don't need to remember math.. they're liars. I find it funny citing a character from a video game but.. Adan from Fallout 3 had a wonderful quote when in reference to labor in general. "I'd like to be free, but I'm not. And the harder I cling to that idea, the more miserable I'll be that I'm stuck here. And this work is hard enough without extra misery. Speaking of which, I should get back to it." It's a state of mind. Doesn't matter what job you're doing in my opinion.
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