It’s not necessarily on purpose or being a burden on anyone. Last year I spent quite a while as a NEET living off my savings while job hunting. Yes it’s generally tied to those who are voluntarily unemployed without savings or responsibilities, but that’s just among those taking pride or joking about it. It’s just an economic category, and it’s one that I and many others fear we may be forced into in the near future.
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Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 weeks agoIt means they are a burden on everyone around them on purpose.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
that isn’t what a neet is dude.
you were just normal unemployed.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
There’s some others in this thread that really need to read your comment, but they are to busy making excuses for strangers.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
NEET is people who actively do not pursue employment, aren’t in school, and who refuse to work at all. Most often they are just young people who are totally dependent on their families/parents. Sometimes they are just rich people who don’t have to work and fuck around. Often they are socially isolated and don’t have active social involvement with anyone.
NEET literally means “Not in employment, education or training”, it’s just not usually used by people who are in school or short-term unemployed.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I am 60 and a NEET, have been so since I was 40 but I am a self funded NEET.
Rakonat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Don’t know if it’s necessarily on purpose. Some people lose their job or have to withdraw from schooling against their desires and spiral into depression. So burden, yes. On purpose, probably in the majority or more infamous cases, but far from always.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
like an aged pensioner ?
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
They have already contributed to society. Do you hope to work till you die on the production floor?
silverneedle@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
A lot of them are depressed, autistic or have a visible disability. It’s really hard for them to find a job, especially in this economy. Many of them don’t receive the support they need because they’re adults. I don’t think NEETs like being NEETs. So your statement is pretty ableist considering the reality of people.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
And a lot of them are simply taking advantage of their families and friends. If you identify yourself with a cutesy acronym that specifically describes how little effort you are putting into your life I refuse to take you seriously.
silverneedle@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
What the fuck are you even on about
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
No, actually, I have an offspring who claims this label. They are smug about it in fact. They are not autistic, or disabled. They are goddamn lazy and content to let others take care of their every need. This is my experience with NEET. I wish them exactly what their choices in life return them. My disappointment was extremely heavy for a few years. That child had every opportunity, all the support and encouragement one could ask for. They are 25 years old now. This was their choice. I hate it for their SO who has been manipulated into accepting it and is now burdened by it. So, fuck you.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 2 weeks ago
This acronym was not selfchosen, it’s mainly used in work statistics by the state, and the reasons to fall into that group are very diverse. Mental Illness, physical illness, having to care for family members, bad economy, no available jobs that would pay the bills in rural areas and so on. The amount of people living this way out of their own choice is pretty limited. It’s the same faulty way to think about this like it is done about homeless people and illegal immigrants, and it only makes it harder for them to change their situation.