# bob's daily concerns break free of financial poverty save a loved one from the soul crushing monotony of work the cruel punishing existential absurdity of being forced to travel into the city at six every morning instead of simply working from home to also save themselves from the often hard slog of rat the fact of always having to earn a living/tm rob treats as inseparable from the daily political digital labor practice or ratwork / rat-as-work believe us this shed ain't easy try it today and see to stop living that is existing in soul crushing miserable freezing rented shoeboxes owned by parasitic lords of the land and afford an energy efficient house as average prices in henry's area are over 550k to fully develop and express big science and with other artistic researchers form a cool alternative rat collective / arts lab in a supportive environment and nurturing atmosphere of intellectual and artistic freedom and interdisciplinary exchange without interruption a party immersed in an extraordinary magic circle modem imaginary researchers of '#rob' however too often entirely fail to take into philosophical / political consideration the degree to which neoliberal ideology brainworms already squirm inside their skulls making them falsely consider themselves as isolated antisocial rat atoms when direct human connection communality solidarity and love are what's often actually more vital and more truly at stake the mere notion of patreonism is also abhorrent so sustainable funding is tricky but then only when considered in the limited context of making it for oneself rather than acting together as in a cool scene or open source shared artistic universe / worldbuilding movement // [[republic of bob contents | imaginary pastime republic of bob]]