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Anon gets an ultimatum
Submitted 9 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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FireRetardant@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I wish one of my close buddies would get this. He is nearly 30 and has never held down a job. He feels like life is pointless, has no money, cannot afford anything. He kinda wants a job, but all he can imagine are super unique positions like being a jeweler, a historic weapons restoration or other obscure jobs. I hate to burst his bubble but his jobs are often unrealistic for his experience and education level but he refuses to do some basic position.
For example, he has never owned or fired a gun and doesn’t have a gun lisence but expects a museum will hire him to work on historic firearms. He refuses to attenpt to get any other positon. He is just waiting for his mom to get enough money to move to a different city so he can go to another college program to try to get this job. He won’t even do the first step in my opinion which is getting a gun lisence and getting actual experience with real firearms.
Num10ck@lemmy.world 9 months ago
these people are enabled by loved ones. he’ll start trying as soon as he has to.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 months ago
In my experience, entry level retail work is absolutely soul-crushing and the pay is barely worth showing up for.
People imagine getting a job and moving out of their parents’ homes, living Melrose Place style in an apartment full of hotties, having a social life, hooking up, and building adult relationships. But OP’s experience seems more like the exception than the rule. A lot of these places have incredibly high churn, no upward mobility, and are a huge physical/emotional suck that leaves you feeling exhausted the moment you’re home.
Good for getting a leg up literally anywhere else, as they prove you can “be normie”. But horrendous for any kind of actual professional career advancement outside of a casual recommendation going into your next job. And the pay is so bad that it often doesn’t even cover the basic cost of living (car, food, utilities, etc). You’re still going to be living with your parents. You’re not going to have any kind of fuck-around money. There’s no promotion path that gets you out of this hole. Its not where you want to spend one more minute of your life than you absolutely have to.
iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
I had a friend when I was in college. Her older loser brother who lived in her mom’s basement called one day. He asked if he could stay with her. She knew him and didn’t want to have him staying with her and her boyfriend, taking their sofa, eating their food, and so on. She said “sorry but no”.
Apparently he called everyone he knew looking for a place to crash because their mom gave him an ultimatum. Nobody would take him.
After he tried everyone, he killed himself in that fucking basement. 😖
buttfarts@lemy.lol 9 months ago
I hate to say but everyone who said no dodged that bullet. If they took him in and eventually asked him to leave he’d off himself in that person’s house instead.
Wilzax@lemmy.world 9 months ago
If someone would sooner kill themselves than find a job of any kind, that’s a really sad way to live. I’m so sorry for those that knew him and who have to suffer either grief or guilt that they’re not sad that he’s dead. But I’m also sorry for that person whose executive dysfunction drove them to avoid any kind of self improvement and made them suicidal rather than determined to change themselves. I wish for anyone who might end up like this again that they find the courage and means to get therapy, and that said therapy prevents this.
Unhealthy minds and unhealthy brains are probably the scariest parts of the body to be unwell.
Leg@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Jesus Christ. What a tragic life…
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
[deleted]Trollception@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Mexico says hello
JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Tf is NEET?
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Not Employed, in Education, or Training.
Huschke@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I swear, the older I get, the harder it is to keep up with these acronyms.
TheBat@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Unemployed but not a student either.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Yup. Not employed, trying to get employed, or working to improve employaibility. If you’re old w/ a nest egg, we call it retirement. If you’re not, we call it mooching.
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 9 months ago
“Not in Education, Employment or Training”
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
That’s great anon, really. But there’s also /c/wholesomegreentext now. Let’s keep this one focused on 4chan insanity instead. I need my fecality fix.
kamenlady@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Idk, the text looks pretty green to me and i don’t mind the occasional palate cleanser, in between an enduring fecality fix.
Just like a glorious slice of gari, in between some yummy sushi.
Liz@midwest.social 9 months ago
Plus, like, Lemmy ain’t big enough for that kind of specialization yet, in my opinion.
buttfarts@lemy.lol 9 months ago
I need some light racism with overtones of misogyny from angry asocial loners.
samus12345@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Fake it 'til you make it. Good on Anon.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yeah its a hard door to break down but well worth it
Getawombatupya@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Turns out if you go out of your way to not be a sexualising deliant, people won’t have a safe word around you. Go, Normie.
aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
[deleted]Allero@lemmy.today 9 months ago
Quite an upgrade from a parent-dependent antisocial NEET.
ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 9 months ago
both are true.
LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Hell yeah anon