Someone can be "lazy" at some things which are considered to be low-importance or altogether unnecessary, while saving energy and feeling motivated to accomplish other tasks. It's a popular misconception that to call someone "lazy" assumes they generally can't be bothered to do stuff. Shades of Gladwell, I'm more inclined to believe that character traits are context-specific.

by deadoll

For example, when someone's vegging on the couch, the last thing they want is their brain to be wracked with how to change the channel. Little steps add up too: a click here and a push there quickly becomes a painful, overall drag once it's repeated often enough. I've found my mind winces in anticipatory pain anytime I'm not automating something that could, and should be.

I was happy to see the frank responses of being too lazy to use SLURLs. It can be hard for some to admit because you don't want to sound like a social slouch, but earnesty shows where your priorities lie and how you hope for a smoother path. Similar to how many great inventions were supposedly borne to reduce work. Why bother if you can avoid it altogether?

Books on the market emphasizing the lazy way to success are popular (just search Amazon). These texts often talk about how zoning out and being like a cat (which is to say, stretching out sleeping a lot) is fundamental to creativity and insight. There's an inherent danger of separating these messages from their contexts — e.g., if you get a great idea while power-napping, you'll likely need a great deal of energy to actually get it done — so blanket extremism isn't the way to go.

Speaking of blanket, I'm too lazy to write the rest