I'm 34 and jobless. I am deeply resentful towards the so called 'work ethic'. Here's why... | |
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Nine's User ID: 23438707 United States 02/21/2013 07:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Move to the northwest territories or alaska and do that. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29726503 You will find, like my friends who have tried this (one in alaska, another was Amish and didn't got the the store for food for 3 years, trying to grow all their food on their own). The alaska guy gave up. Too hard, too expensive, too lonely. The amish family gave up not shopping for food. To this day, he says half-joking, he drops to his knees and thanks the Lord Almighty for large supermarket chain stores. If you live in the US, very little effort, relative to the reward, is expended to get food compared to any time in the history of the world. Sorry, but like the bible says, if you don't work you die. Where the hell does it say that? 2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 32538141 United States 02/21/2013 07:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | All depends on what you are worth. Quoting: exploited 28778641 Worth depends on your skills and what you bring to the table, how much $$$ they can make with you. If you don't know shit, you will be treated like shit. I know lots of people who run businesses, and if you have skills, know your shit, and work efficiently, you make them big $$$ and they will hold on to you for dear life. If you are a whiny alcoholic with no skills, you are worthless to them. This world is a shit hole that needs a restart button Don't listen to this garbage from babylon You are priceless in God's eyes no monitary bull shit system can price tag a human being get a clue |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 34241302 Mexico 02/21/2013 07:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Move to the northwest territories or alaska and do that. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29726503 You will find, like my friends who have tried this (one in alaska, another was Amish and didn't got the the store for food for 3 years, trying to grow all their food on their own). The alaska guy gave up. Too hard, too expensive, too lonely. The amish family gave up not shopping for food. To this day, he says half-joking, he drops to his knees and thanks the Lord Almighty for large supermarket chain stores. If you live in the US, very little effort, relative to the reward, is expended to get food compared to any time in the history of the world. Sorry, but like the bible says, if you don't work you die. Where the hell does it say that? 2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat. What was Jesus' job? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 34241302 Mexico 02/21/2013 07:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | All depends on what you are worth. Quoting: exploited 28778641 Worth depends on your skills and what you bring to the table, how much $$$ they can make with you. If you don't know shit, you will be treated like shit. I know lots of people who run businesses, and if you have skills, know your shit, and work efficiently, you make them big $$$ and they will hold on to you for dear life. If you are a whiny alcoholic with no skills, you are worthless to them. It doesnt matter what you are worth, all can be treated like shit. Employer's (or their representatives) are as different as the stars in the sky. Most are erratic, stupid, son'e of bitches who could care less about your "worth". |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 33779702 United States 02/21/2013 07:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Move to the northwest territories or alaska and do that. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29726503 You will find, like my friends who have tried this (one in alaska, another was Amish and didn't got the the store for food for 3 years, trying to grow all their food on their own). The alaska guy gave up. Too hard, too expensive, too lonely. The amish family gave up not shopping for food. To this day, he says half-joking, he drops to his knees and thanks the Lord Almighty for large supermarket chain stores. If you live in the US, very little effort, relative to the reward, is expended to get food compared to any time in the history of the world. Sorry, but like the bible says, if you don't work you die. Where the hell does it say that? 2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat. If you're going to quote the bible, at least mind the semantics. You can eat without having to work. Jesus wasn't a fisherman but you get my point. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 766909 United States 02/21/2013 07:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | jobs in the US aren't even about work ethic, it's all about crazy workplace politics, the hot girls all sleep with their bosses, the biggest, dumbest bully gets promoted because he can beat you up, or the gay dudes get promoted by their gay bosses, or you are some precious special class with lots of melanin, so the ditzy college educated managers promote you. It's not about being a hard worker, it's about how well you fit into the snake pit. If you ARE a hardworker, the midlevel management almost hates you because all they do is fuck around all day and laugh at you behind your back, while they have sex in the breakroom and snort coke. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 34905845 United Kingdom 02/21/2013 07:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No matter what, we are all making bricks for the pharaoh. Sure you can work for yourself, if you have $, skill, luck, persistence, maturity, college degree, etc etc etc. Quoting: eyestoseeearstohear Just hang tight it will really get bad really soon and we will all be in the same boat. yep there chain is only as strong as there weakest link and if they dont look after the weak links then there house of card well come down on them |
Citizenperth User ID: 34912130 Australia 02/21/2013 07:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | work for them once.. they ring you EVERYTIME THEY fuck it up and want it done now and free..... it's like asking what is the meaning of life..... It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 34912334 United States 02/21/2013 07:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | working for yourself is not all it's cracked up to be... work for strangers every day,endearing yourself to dickheads, and every man and his shitzu is your boss...... Quoting: Citizenperth work for them once.. they ring you EVERYTIME THEY fuck it up and want it done now and free..... it's like asking what is the meaning of life..... I used to make websites for people. I got tired of hearing "my wife just took a class in web design, and she thinks.." |
Nine's User ID: 23438707 United States 02/21/2013 07:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Move to the northwest territories or alaska and do that. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29726503 You will find, like my friends who have tried this (one in alaska, another was Amish and didn't got the the store for food for 3 years, trying to grow all their food on their own). The alaska guy gave up. Too hard, too expensive, too lonely. The amish family gave up not shopping for food. To this day, he says half-joking, he drops to his knees and thanks the Lord Almighty for large supermarket chain stores. If you live in the US, very little effort, relative to the reward, is expended to get food compared to any time in the history of the world. Sorry, but like the bible says, if you don't work you die. Where the hell does it say that? 2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat. If you're going to quote the bible, at least mind the semantics. You can eat without having to work. Jesus wasn't a fisherman but you get my point. You asked a question. I answered. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 34905845 United Kingdom 02/21/2013 07:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | All depends on what you are worth. Quoting: exploited 28778641 Worth depends on your skills and what you bring to the table, how much $$$ they can make with you. If you don't know shit, you will be treated like shit. I know lots of people who run businesses, and if you have skills, know your shit, and work efficiently, you make them big $$$ and they will hold on to you for dear life. If you are a whiny alcoholic with no skills, you are worthless to them. This world is a shit hole that needs a restart button Don't listen to this garbage from babylon You are priceless in God's eyes no monitary bull shit system can price tag a human being get a clue :) |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 19258364 Philippines 02/21/2013 07:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's why I feel so deeply resentful towards the system, that I am as deeply reluctant to serve it: Quoting: Fuck it 5872656 First off, it is so stressful and monotonous competing with hundreds / thousands of other wannabe slaves, that you are forced to constantly upgrade skills and sell yourself more (beg harder). It is degrading to beg to be someone else' slave. Second, if you manage to get an interview, you are heavily interrogated. Third, if you make it through the interrogation procedure they now own you and they can talk to you like shit and force you to slave away as hard as they like. Not so? Disobey your boss or argue back, you will find yourself penniless and homeless in no time. Fourth, you are forced to work with people who may be absolute assholes and there's no escape. Fifth, you take the stress of a job home with you and your mind is swamped with work schedules. so you cannot truly relax - ever. Sixth, all of your freedoms are removed from the moment you leave school to the moment you retire. You are forced to work 8 hours per day - Monday to Friday - until your youth has gone forever. In fact, your freedoms are removed as soon as you start school. Seventh, you are deceived into thinking that you are entitled to two days of freedom, but you are so stressed from the previous 5 days of slavery you just want to sleep in on Saturday. Then you spend Saturday night getting drunk to blot out your miserable existence. Sunday is spent sleeping in and feeling like shit from a hangover. Eighth, constant toiling away and being handed heavy schedules age you prematurely, not to mention stressing the immune system. Ninth, you cannot live a self sufficient lifestyle legally independent of the system because if you build a log cabin anywhere, so you can fish / hunt or grow crops for food, the system's henchmen will destroy your home and imprison you. Tenth, you are a tax generating automaton who exists to swell the moneyboxes of the elite. There you have it -- the big pink elephant is not staring you in the face from the far corner of the room, it is sitting on you and crushing you with it's enormous weight, yet the world is in collective denial over this very obvious fact. Why? Because slavery is all they understand. That's why I hate the system and refuse to serve it. You can make your gay little list as long as you like. You are still a spoiled pile of crap. |
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Citizenperth User ID: 34912130 Australia 02/21/2013 07:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | here's an idea.. yer unemployed right? think of something you REALLY like, and offer to go learn, (learn) for free.... it'll open your eyes, instead of whinning on the web.... It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
Honeybee User ID: 18625828 Canada 02/21/2013 07:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If we are all just making bricks for the Pharaoh.....that is hilarious...I'm filing this in my memory bank....going to laugh over that one for a bit....:-) "Never has a slave work harder than the one who thinks he is free...." |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 13559462 United States 02/21/2013 07:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Find something and become a master at it. If it's the whole farming, fishing, homemaking ordeal you're after, there are plenty of colleges, communes, and organizations whose lives revolve around those very things. If you prove yourself worthy, they will take you in and show you their trade. |
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photog User ID: 34755801 United States 02/21/2013 07:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP is correct. Food, housing and water should not involve any financial system. You are NOT free if they do. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 9247375 So strike out as a homeless person. You can sleep under a bridge for shelter, eat from a dumpster and drink the rain water. You could move to Alaska or the Yukon and just live in the woods eating berries and living in a thatched hut. Problem with either of these scenarios is that you still have to work to get your food, water and shelter. But hey, it least you'd be free, right? I've never read a thread with so much pathetic whining as I have in this one. It's a sign of why the world is turning to pure shit. |
Lex User ID: 27557773 United States 02/21/2013 08:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | As a fan of language I enjoyed the visual: "You are a tax generating automaton who exists to swell the moneyboxes of the elite." All joking aside, the only solution I can offer is work a shit job for the sole purpose of underwriting a hobby or two that you really enjoy. Be it drinking, photography, or just sleeping all day and ordering a pizza. Anything will do. And yes, you are correct sir. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 31762674 United States 02/21/2013 08:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i have done, it is very difficult to secure enough work to make ends meet. it's all about the money. i want to be free of money, build my own log cabin and fish for and grow my own food. Sorry, but like the bible says, if you don't work you die. The bible was written in a time when people were more tribal and before soulless corporations, technology, outsourcing, massive bureaucracy etc...was established. I don't think the OP is against "work". Making your own log cabin is "work". Growing your own food is "work". He simply hates what the system has become and whether you want to believe it or not, most people aren't free. They are slaves. The are slaves to their paychecks. They are debt slaves. They are owned by banks. Most home owners are under the illusion they own their home. Chances are a bank owns it. Even if one finally pays the bank off after a couple of decades, you have to pay property tax. Pioneers chopped down trees and made log cabins. It probably took a few weeks before it was finished. After that, they had a home. People today have to work 20+ years to finally pay a bank off for their home. Face it, many people are slaves to Federal Reserve notes. |
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