i've been over this.

i'm an educated person.

i could probably get a government job. i haven't really tried very hard. it would probably be enough to buy a house, and pay off my loan.

but, if you're going to force me to work against my will, i'm not going to do that.

rather, i'm going to get a part-time job in a fast food restaurant.

why?

because i don't want to waste my brain at work.

a capitalist will compare these two jobs and conclude that the government job is preferable because it has higher pay. but, i'm not a capitalist. so, the important & quantifiable thing to measure is not money, but time. when i look at the government job, i see a heightened level of responsibility. i'd need to buy respectable clothes. i'd probably have to work on the weekend. i'd have to socialize with co-workers.

and, i don't want any of that. at all.

the fast food job, on the other hand, will offer me flexible hours. it will give me the option of working part time (and reducing my hours to the minimum necessary to pay rent). and, it will let me leave my job at work - so i can focus on what i actually care about when i get home.

is any of this getting through to anybody?