Work

Sleeping on the street is socially acceptable in Japan, where nightly overtime is normal.

Inbox: 263. Water bottle: full.

"To be honest, I don’t know how to spend the time when we are suddenly given 10 days of holidays," said one worker.

“We should not be haunted by the spectre of being automated out of work."

Plus, the delay of the porn ban, and the fact that sitting at desks is slowly murdering us. Lots to get through.

"When this dickhead went in to pay, I keyed his car. I have no regrets."

The first instalment of a weekly diary about stupid fucking work.

As a literal statement it's never held water, but it ultimately boils down to the option to have both a career and children. Now, late capitalism has rendered that near-impossible.

Who knows, you might be one of these people.

A new comic by Will Laren.

Joel Lewin worked at one of the world's most prestigious financial newspapers. But while he was writing about Tesco's shares he was also shoplifting there to feed a heroin addiction.

"Many captains start to party too much, and so they become lazy, lose their job as a result and go bankrupt because they've started living a life they couldn't afford."