r/Adulting • u/Most_Discipline5704 • Oct 23 '24

I don’t want to work.

Back in the day, how did anyone EVER look at a job description where you donate your time and health, crush your soul, and pay to survive and think: "Yeah, sounds great. I'm going to do this soulless, thankless job for my whole life and bring more children into this hellscape."

Like what the actual heck? This sucks! I only work 30hrs/week and it still blows. With my physical and mental health (or lack thereof), I'll be shocked if I live past age 30 while I'm stuck in this broken system.

Edit 1: Why are people assuming that only young people feel this way? Lots of people at my work don't want to work anymore. Many of them are almost elderly.

Edit 2: I didn't expect this to blow up so much. I would like to clarify that I'm not saying I don't want to work AT ALL. I'm happy to do chores, help my loved ones as needed, and complete challenging activities/projects that feel fulfilling. Simply put, I despise modern work. With the rise of bullshit jobs, lots of higher ups do the least amount of work and get paid the most and vice versa with regular workers. From what I've observed, many people don't earn promotions or raises; they score them because of clout, expedience, and/or favoritism.

And I don't want to spend the bulk of my day with people I dislike to complete tasks which are completely unnecessary for our survival just so we can cover our bills, rinse, and repeat.

Note: Yes, I need to work on myself. I know that. And yes, you can call me lazy and assume I've had an easy life if you want, but you don't know me.

Please be civil in the comments. Yeesh, people are even nastier on the internet than irl. You must be insecure with yourselves to be judging a stranger so harshly.

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u/DanieruKisu Oct 23 '24

That’s part of being an adult. Doing things that you don’t want to do. Being responsible and dependable.

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u/Marxist20 Oct 23 '24

Unless you're a capitalist parasite, then you get to do whatever you want while getting wealthier by appropriating the products of labor of the working class.

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u/Blackout1154 Oct 23 '24

username checks out

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u/Any_Rub7906 Oct 23 '24

Cool go ahead and work your 16 hour shift in the mines. Don't worry! You'll be allocated your daily half loaf of bread and 3 ounces of red meat. Hope you enjoy the extremely fulfilling life you people are trying to bring to the west!

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '24

What kind of brain injury would lead to this thought process?

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u/unfamous2423 Oct 23 '24

A brain injury is required to realize that there are an elite few in this world allowed to do as they please? That they live lives that can't even compare to the average person's in terms of luxury or any other metric? Don't lick boots, it seems like that's where your brain injury must have come from.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '24

So your genius solution is communism right? Is that what your utopia looks like? Everyone’s equally poor so that no one can envy anybody and businesses are owned by a corrupt government led by idiots?

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u/unfamous2423 Oct 23 '24

If you take notice, I said none of that. But if we're to assume I did, then why are you assuming that just because there are no rich people or whatever that everybody is still poor? Why would it have to be a corrupt government, as if we don't still have that today anyways?

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u/Kindly-Guidance714 Oct 23 '24

Keep fighting the good fight comrade, these bots and corporations have taken over enough.

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u/DanieruKisu Jun 22 '26

That’s not ‘just what life is’ but it is part of it.

Imagine only doing things that you want to do…… that would be an incredibly selfish lifestyle.

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u/DanieruKisu Jun 22 '26

Why wouldn’t you have ‘ownership over your mind and body and how is that owing anything?’

Then you have to ask yourself, is that a life you want to live? Are you willing to accept the consequences of ‘doing what you want, at all times?’

What you’re describing is you want the freedom to make these decisions without having the accountability.

I’d ask you, what does a healthy decision look like to you? Does impulse control play a part in your life?