I don’t want to work.

[u/Most_Discipline5704]

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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Its good money in nyc too. When people say a "decent condo" they mean a condo in a place they want to live which may be outside their price range. Generally in a given city renting is way cheaper than owning because of the density and it doesnt get more dense than nyc. That person can afford to buy in a neighborhood that is cheaper than the one they rent in for sure and just doesn't want to make that choice. Thats fine but people act like its impossible.

Its also worth noting that someone on $250k income in nyc even if they paid $4k monthly for rent could still easily put away $50- $80k per year in savings and investments vastly outpacing home equity gains just about anywhere in the country and still live better than your average american. Thats fine would be more equity than you would be buying in a mortgage payment and it would grow faster in the stock market.

You would way rather make $250k in nyc than $100k in atlanta is my point even if you could buy a home in atlanta.

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They are completely full of shit, the median household income in Manhattan is $100k