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[eudaimonikos]

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[eudaimonikos]

Mid-twentieth century on, I'd say.

[sathan]

What else were you working on?

[eudaimonikos]

Oh, just work stuff.

[sathan]

How predictable.
Did you study all history of the mid-twentieth century onwards?

[eudaimonikos]

Only the bits that seemed like they could be relevant.
Mostly Senegalese history, to be honest.
You don't pick up as much about that.

[sathan]

Is that the only reason?

[eudaimonikos]

We aren't really allowed to do anything unrelated to work.
Have to fill out that timesheet, you know?

[sathan]

How quaint. And not very believable.

[eudaimonikos]

Why is that?

[sathan]

No one is ever that singularly dedicated to what they do.

[eudaimonikos]

We don't have anything else.
No families or homes or hobbies.
Sure, people skiv off here and there, but you've gotta be careful about stuff like that.
It's risky.

Besides, I'd been gunning for promotion for a long time. I thought I had something to prove.

[sathan]

And just what is your work?

[eudaimonikos]

I moved on from that a few years ago.
I'm in management somewhere else now.


Well, not now. NOW I'm bartending.

[sathan]

That's quite a change in direction.

[eudaimonikos]

Yeah. Easy job to get right when you arrive, and it's fun!

[sathan]

No job here is difficult to get. They don't ask for experience.

[eudaimonikos]

Really? They asked me.

[Well, they asked if he'd ever done it before and took his word for it. He thinks that's what all human job searches are like now.]

[sathan]

Perhaps they doubted you.

[eudaimonikos]

That would be entirely fair.

[sathan]

And did you prove them wrong?

[eudaimonikos]

Sure, it's not very hard.
And I enjoy it - it's nice to talk to people.

[sathan]

And how thrilling are their conversations?

[eudaimonikos]

It's nice to chat. Not every talk has to be life-changing.

[sathan]

No, but so much can be tedious.