Leonard Helplessness
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- Joined
- Nov 28, 2018
Work is fulfilling and satisfying on a very deep level, and those feelings —though often subtle and difficult to detect — go far, far beyond the simple joy of receiving your biweekly paycheck. Lou has never experienced this feeling and does not understand it, so he attempts to fill this void in his being with as many material pleasures as he can fit in his face and stomach. It will never be enough; he will only want more. He is like a hummingbird drinking from a feeder full of aspartame-infused water, guzzling all the more desperately as it starves to death inside.I often think the core message of "Arbeit macht frei" is actually good, but the phrase had been tainted for eternity by its historic context. Finding and holding a job would definitely set Lou free in multiple ways, but he wants to stay a man-baby forever.