Nothing in Life Matters at Work

KNOW THE WORK RULES APPROPRIATE Nothing in life matters AWWW,YOU’RE SWEET. INAPPROPRIATE Nothing in life matters HELLO, HUMAN RESOURCES?!

A two-panel office cartoon contrasts an “appropriate” interaction, where a relaxed employee says “Nothing in life matters” and receives a sweet response, with an “inappropriate” interaction, where a gloomy employee says the same thing and the coworker immediately calls Human Resources. The joke is that identical words become socially acceptable or alarming depending on the speaker’s appearance and behavior, making it useful as a reaction to bleak or unsettling statements. EN: A two-panel office cartoon contrasts an “appropriate” interaction, where a relaxed employee says “Nothing in life matters” and receives a sweet response, with an “inappropriate” interaction, where a gloomy employee says the same thing and the coworker immediately calls Human Resources. The joke is that identical words become socially acceptable or alarming depending on the speaker’s appearance and behavior, making it useful as a reaction to bleak or unsettling statements.

• @dustinthehead / 10173 2022-10-31