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Hym "It's a thinly veiled threat to the populous. 'Keep working and shut that guy up or we'll turn off the food stamps' that's what this is right here."
by Hym Iam November 11, 2025
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Work-masochism

**Work-masochism**, known in German as **“Arbeits-Masochismus,”** is a serious behavioral pattern in which an individual consistently exceeds healthy limits in workload, responsibilities, and performance pressure. It reflects a gradual blurring of personal boundaries, where the pursuit of productivity and dedication unintentionally shifts into a form of self-exhaustion.

The encouraging aspect is that this pattern is highly recognizable and, in most cases, reversible. Awareness is the first essential step. Setting clear boundaries, acknowledging the need for recovery periods, and valuing a balanced approach to work and rest are not signs of weakness, but expressions of professional insight and self-care.

Just as no technical system can run indefinitely at maximum capacity without maintenance, the same applies to human beings. By planning timely breaks and setting realistic expectations, energy is preserved and long-term performance remains sustainable. Striving for excellence is admirable, but preserving long-term well-being is equally vital. You should be the one determining how your efforts are distributed — not the work itself.
You cannot fix this problem now, after working 20 hours straight ir looks like Work-masochism to me
by anonymous December 5, 2025
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It's not working

Getting me to take a hint is not this working. Stop trying to use this to control me. You are doing it only because you want to make a point about rape and in doing so you aren't doing anything other than revealing your own pathology about it. It's pathetic that THE RAPE-PORN GUY has a healthier relationship with rape than you do.
Hym "No. Don't let her fool you into thinking that me doing something I said I wouldn't do somehow constitutes 'this working.' You are going to let a petty childish imbecile drive my life directly into one of your kids and all over the fact that you let an idiot convince you that is some kind of tug of war. So it's not working. I just haven't murdered your kids yet. She just wants to rape me. I said I don't want this to be used to guide me into a life I don't want so she has convinced you to go along with it. She needs a therapist to deal with her rape victim trauma and not 'to have control of a guy who said things she doesn't like about rape.' Fold or lose another kid. Listen to not-me already got them killed. You tried to do it without involving me because you don't like that I involved other people."
by Hym Iam December 8, 2025
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Maybe if I chant it in slogan form it'll finally get through to you. It seems like you guys don't really grasp things if they don't come in the form of a slogan being chanted. So... Say it with me!
Hym "That... Is not... How... This works... That... Is not... How... This works... That is not how this works. That is not how this works. That is not how this works! That is not how this works! THAT IS NOT HOW THIS WORKS! THAT IS NOT HOW THIS WORKS! THAT IS NOT HOW THIS WORKS! THAT IS NOT HOW THIS WORKS! THAT IS NOT HOW THIS WORKS!"
by Hym Iam December 11, 2025
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Work

a man claiming a woman whom he hollered at first or having had relations with her, or they’re in the talking phase but not exclusive (situationship), she could stay in the area or another state.
Aye, never touch another man’s work, that’s bro code.

I’m flying out to Arizona this weekend, I got some work out there.

Don’t worry about her dawg, that’s my work.
by Wale Obsidian December 15, 2025
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i work on the land

by Farmer……….sheep June 21, 2021
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Work

Is a term used by prison inmates who affiliate with inner prison gangs or cliques. Also can be used synonously as an alternate meaning to describe one or more newbie, lower and upper level urban gang members whom participate in the act(s) of putting in time by carrying out (commiting) tasks, specific odd jobs, individual job assignments, and loyalty tests instructed by senior members of the gang for the benefit of the gang.
"I put in WORK you know, I handled my shit! You know what I'm sayin."

"If HE wants us to have his back he'll have to put in WORK, to prove that he's legit ya know."
by Jinxty1 June 23, 2021
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