Darkness makes it harder to work with me.
For it blinds your eyes but doesn't effects mine.
Simple but important is my unpaid job,
For I become the slave once and for all
I work all the way till I die,
until my main part is no more subtle.
That's how my life sequence is joined.
Tell me what am I ?
I think you are:
a needle (sewing not knitting)
Darkness makes it harder to work with me
It's hard to sew in the dark
For it blinds your eyes but doesn't effects mine.
The eye of the person sewing cant see in the dark, to sew. But the eye of their needle isn't affected by whether it's light or dark.
Simple but important is my unpaid job,
Sewing/stitching is simple but so very important - without it no clothes, many functional and ornamental objects, safety equipment, etc.
For I become the slave once and for all
The needle is a tool that serves people/society
I work all the way till I die,
All it does is work
until my main part is no more subtle
Subtle can mean sharp - when the needle becomes blunt (or equally when the sharp tip breaks off), is when you throw it away.
That's how my life sequence is joined.
That is its life. Also "joining" is what a needle does when it sews.
Is the answer:
light (possibly specifically candlelight)
For the size doesn't always matters
light doesn't have to a size per se
Darkness makes it harder to work with me.
this one is obvious
For it blinds your eyes but doesn't effects mine.
darkness doesn't stop light.
Simple but important is my unpaid job,
again, obvious - it lights stuff up
For I become the slave once and for all
People carry light around and use it at will
I work all the way till I die,
It works until it dies out
until my main part is no more subtle.
as above, until the light or candle burns out
That's how my life sequence is joined.
That's how a candle is burned up
Tell me what am I ?
You are a
Button
Darkness makes it harder to work with me.
Buttoning up a shirt in the dark is a real pain
For it blinds your eyes but doesn't effects mine.
The eyes of a button are not for sight
For I become the slave once and for all
A button is tethered to a shirt for the lifetime of the garment
I work all the way till I die,
A button is only useful for as long as it's tethered
until my main part is no more subtle.
A button coming undon
That's how my life sequence is joined.
When it falls off, it no longer has purpose.
Possibly:
Road reflectors (cat eyes)
Darkness makes it harder to work with me.
Mainly used to show the road on darkness, and if it doesn't work, it is harder to drive
For it blinds your eyes but doesn't effects mine.
A little distraction, but its 'eye' is not affected
Simple but effective is my unpaid job,
it is simple and effective
For I become the slave once and for all
Once installed, usually remains forever
I work all the way till I die,
if has a battery (e.g. solar), it can gradually die
until my main part is no more subtle.
That's how my life sequence is joined.
Not sure
Are you a
Darkness makes it harder to work with me.
Star-nosed moles dig tunnels underground
For it blinds your eyes but doesn't effects mine.
Star-nosed moles are already blind, and they use their noses to find things
For I become the slave once and for all
A common trope of slavery is mining tunnels, which is essentially what they do.
I work all the way till I die,
Star-nosed moles will dig their entire lives until they die.
until my main part is no more subtle.
Gardeners will often notice a series of tunnels in their gardens, which is the life work of our little friends.
That's how my life sequence is joined.
Perhaps referencing conjoining tunnels together in a network?
Maybe the answer is
the Sun
Darkness makes it harder to work with me :
sun is often the opposite of darkness
For it blinds your eyes but doesn't effects mine :
you can't look at the Sun
Simple but effective is my unpaid job :
produce energy and doesn't touch money of it
For I become the slave once and for all I work all the way till I die, until my main part is no more subtle. That's how my life sequence is joined
The Sun will "burn" until it runs out of energy/mass
Are you a
Writing Utensil
Darkness makes it harder to work with me. For it blinds your eyes but doesn't effects mine.
It's hard to write at night because you can't see what you are writing however it can still write perfectly fine
Simple but important is my unpaid job,
It's important for the human civilization to be able to write.
For I become the slave once and for all
Not sure about this one but maybe something about being used by the same person only for writing or drawing(?)
I work all the way till I die,
You use it until it loses it's ink (or graphite)
until my main part is no more subtle.
Until it can't write properly
That's how my life sequence is joined.
That's the life sequence of a writing utensil
What about :
a yawning
Darkness makes it harder to work with me
when comes the night people start to yawn
For it blinds your eyes but doesn't effects mine.
yawning makes blind your eyes
Simple but important is my unpaid job,
simple thing and important but we don't pay much attention to it
For I become the slave once and for all
when you start yawning you won't stop
I work all the way till I die,
the only way to stop is sleeping
until my main part is no more subtle
when you don't stop yawning it's no more subtle
That's how my life sequence is joined.
It's over until the next sequence
How about
A vehicle
Darkness makes it harder to work with me.
Harder to drive at night
For it blinds your eyes but doesn't effects mine.
Headlights still work at night. Still, they do not illuminate the area fully. Also, you can get blinded by headlights of other drivers.
For I become the slave once and for all
You could say the vehicle is the driver's slave
I work all the way till I die,
...like any piece of machinery
until my main part is no more subtle.
A dying engine makes loud sounds
That's how my life sequence is joined.
Not sure, maybe a vehicle will go to a metal scrapyard, where parts might be salvaged/recycled and used in new vehicles.
Is the answer
A potato?
Darkness makes it harder to work with me.
A potato has eyes but do not see
For it blinds your eyes but doesn't effects mine.
A potato has eyes but do not see
Simple but important is my unpaid job,
A potato is food
For I become the slave once and for all
It is food for my body
I work all the way till I die,
A potato grows
until my main part is no more subtle.
A potato plant grows green then gets brown when "ripe"
That's how my life sequence is joined.
A potato grows from a potato
Tell me what am I ?
A potato
This is not so much an answer, but I want to generalize Colton's point in this way: I can understand there might be hidden clues and meaning twitching in a riddle. However, a riddle should be strict enough to not allow ALMOST ANYTHING to be an answer. Here I present the answer
"Any tool or thing that can be used as a tool, thus any thing (non-living)"
Darkness makes it harder to work with me.
It is harder to work with any thing during the night, 'cause you can't see.
For it blinds your eyes but doesn't effects mine.
See previous point
For I become the slave once and for all
When you use a thing, you could refer to it as a slave
until my main part is no more subtle.
It is easy to define a "main" part for each thing, and it is in most times philosophically valid to describe it as "subtle" when it's working, and not when it's not, since when it's not useable anymore it will exhibit defects.
That's how my life sequence is joined.
Considering "sequence" is "a series of events", it could be widely synonymous to time, and the "joined" part just means "time goes on"
Thus, I think this riddle should REALLY need to be more specific.
Is the answer
To do with sewing or stitching?
Darkness makes it harder to work with me.
Sewing in the dark is very difficult!
For it blinds your eyes but doesn't effects mine.
Possibly a reference to the eye of a needle
Simple but important is my unpaid job,
Holding cloth together is very simple, but very important
For I become the slave once and for all
A stitch once in place will always hold material together...
I work all the way till I die,
...until it breaks
until my main part is no more subtle.That's how my life sequence is joined.
Not sure on this but possibly referring to a row of stitches holding together
Tell me what am I ?
