is it better to be unemployed?

At least the Dude was independent and could support himself. Otherwise people who don't work and rely on the state should be put to death.

>>87233255
As a person who literally got my first job a week ago
I'd say yes

DUDE

>>87233255
How did he support himself?

if you are a trust fund kid with connections for drugs then yeah

if you are a social anxiety autist with no money then no

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>>87233255
>be me
>be unemployed
>live with gf rent free, she makes good money
>make my money off of cryptos
>not a lot but enough to get by in my situation

I don't mind it a single bit. I got 500,000 coming at me through the family trust in a few years. I know I'm a piece of shit.

I may live badly but at least I don't have to work to do it

>>87233381
He only "supported himself" because his landlord was a spineless wimp, Dude didn't pay rent

>>87233255
Only if you have money/resources or are one of the very rare people who genuinely, sincerely are happier livng outside of modern civilization.

Good job > decent job (IE only makes you want to die some of the time and pays enough for you to have money left over after you spend what you need to spend on staying alive/not going to federal prison) > unemployment > bad job

>>87233381
He was literally on welfare

Being unemployed with money is great. Free time + money = opportunity. You can literally do whatever you want.

Being unemployed without money, or just enough to get by, is awful. You're just wasting away without the means to do anything fulfilling. Far better to be a wagecuck and have the means to do what you want on weekends and holidays.

>>87233255
>don't work goy

wew

I hate my job. My only condolence is that I don't do shit and eventually I'll be able to move out of my parents place. I sit around around and listen to NPR all day while pretending to work. I keep hoping I'll get fired but it's been a few months now. I don't understand existence.

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>>87233255
>He doesn't work part time night shifts on weekends while still allowed to collext autismbux

>>87233255
it's better to be perpetually self employed, so to speak. Yeah occasionally you may need to work a job, but as long as you keep sight of what matters for you, employed or unemployed, you will find the light.

t. fellow drifter

>>87233628
Im just like you dude

But I just started using heroin

No. It's fucking dull. I was unemployed for 1 1/2 year. Had to move back in with my parents for a while. I got so bored I almost killed myself. Literally. It was depressing as fuck tbphwyf.

>>87234469
>But I just started using heroin
Have fun being dead, anon.

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>>87233940
>collect 'universal basic income' instead go...guy. It's not mass institutionalization or anything. I promise.

>>87234469
I'm just like you, too.
Then I took an arrow to the knee.

>>87233255
This movie is trash af

>>87233589

Its not revealed but I read they had earlier plot where he had inherited large sum of money from his business tycoon father

>>87233535
DUDERINO

>>87234549
The high is worth the risk

Anyone that's tried it before will tell you the same

Its almost like you're jizzing in a super model, but you're jizzing for 20 minutes

>>87234660
>The high is worth the risk

t. Schlomo Shillberg

>>87234660
It stops being that good after you use it for a while, doesn't?
Also, not sure if 20 minutes supermodel cumming is worth the risks. I've had some freaky sex with a hot girl before and it was great but not so great I'd want to feel dependent on it. Which I came to feel anyway... but that's another story. Suffice to say that becoming dependent ruined the fun.

Who /Walter/ here?

>>87234729
Ok there are a few side effects like you only shit every 4-6 days

and when that shit comes you have to lube up your asshole, put a rubber glove on and yank that turd out of there. It gets a little bloody, but like I said the high is worth it

>>87233712

>or

You can't get away from the .gov unless you have money and resources. "Own" land? You have to have the money to pay taxes every year or they'll take it.

>>87234660
>2017
>still knowingly starting heroin

Natural selection at its best. I hope you'll die soon or start selling your ass for 10bucks in a dark corner

>>87233719

This. A bad job will literally suck your soul away.

>>87234602
he was the heir to the inventor of the rubik's cube

>>87235258
You sound like a pussy ass str8 edge faggot

>>87234660
Christ, this is depressing.

>>87234939
You're going to die of constipation from an impacted bowel.

>>87235406
You're such a cool dude.

I bet you look like a badass sitting on the toilet yanking hard shit from your lubed up butthole.

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>>87233940
>implying

>>87236785
*sheistering intensifies*

>>87233424
as long as you're not making minimum wage it gets better.

i have the freedom to act like a useless neet 16 hours out of the day on weekdays and now i can buy the things i want to buy

also a big confidence boost because you don't have the "lives with parents" stigma

>>87235286
Basically what is going on with me now. All I do is work at a shitty job and save money. Save for what? I have no idea. Single and have no friends

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Work is a biological imperative for a man.

Anyone who claims otherwise is either a lowlife or an oppressor.

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>>87237066
nice try

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>>87234660
You're ruining the white race, you weak faggot.

>>87237150
*sheistering intensifies*

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45 yo here. No kids and no wife. I have zero debt. I only pay property taxes, utilities, and medical/car insurance. I own a modest 3 bedroom house with a nice yard. I only work about 3-4 months out of the year, because that's all I have to work to maintain what I have. I see people my age working 60+ hours/wk who have nicer cars and bigger houses than me, but they are drowning in debt. My tvs are all just old crts. Nothing special, but they've worked for 20 years. The latest model of car I have is from 2003, and it's a grocery getter. It runs perfectly. Don't buy into the slave debt thing, just to collect more shit you'll use for a week, then sell at a garage sale a year later. My life is relatively free. I can pretty much do whatever the fuck I want when I want. If you want to have a family, good for you. I think I might want to get married during the next few years. But never do it because your friends or family and society tell you that's what you're supposed to do.

>>87236973
having a job =/= living with parents

>>87233381
Cuck

>>87237154
he would ruin it either way, let him ruin it in a way that doesn't allow him to reproduce

>>87233628
how guaranteed is this trust for you, any conditions? are you doing anything in life or just chilling?

You're more retired than unemployed anyways. Unemployment is more a state of mind than having a job or not. If you're not working and don't have to worry about money, you're set. No one calls children "unemployed"

>>87234660
empty

>>87237780
'''shills''' post shit like that to try and make the 'wageslaves' resentful. '''They're''' at 24/7 on r9k.

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>>87237066

>>87237844
I know most of them lie but some probably aren't. It's a big website, room for all sorts of people, even if slanted heavily one direction.

If you're getting free money, hell yes.
Otherwise it's better to be a wagecuck.
You might be tired, but at least you can sleep in your own place and not mommy's basement.

>>87238025
What if you have a decent job and get along really well with your parents and you're saving all your money? I need your anonymous approval

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>>87238025
>free money

No such thing.

Welfare (or UBI or whatever else they want to call it) is institutionalization. Plain and simple.

>tfw only work weekends but make enough ($15/hour) while living back home to be somewhat comfy for now

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>come home
>sore all over
>hands are still red and sting
i sure do love being a productive adult

>>87237676
You can do whatever you want except having a loving family. Or sex. You can dump on that all you want but only people who have shitty families talk shit about it.

I have a wife that let's me fuck her whenever and kids who are excited to see me. Feels better. I can have my privacy too. My wife doesn't bitch when I say I want to be alone.

I'm not saying you aren't content. But you implying that being alone is the best way to be happy is false.

>>87238165
have you bought 4chan's good boy pass?

>>87238242
Stop giving happy endings at the spa anon.

>>87238268
>implying I'll ever give dosh to Hiroshimoot
ublock baby

>>87238107
>What if you have a decent job and get along really well with your parents and you're saving all your money? I need your anonymous approval

This really ought to be the norm, but it basically only isn't because of how capitalism developed in the west. There's no reason to waste money on rent if you can help it, and I don't get why Americans seem to have such weirdly hostile relationships with their parents.

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>26 years old
>only make $23.50/hour
>most people my age are making AT LEAST $30/h to $45/h

Who else /poor loser/ here?

>>87238107
If you get along with your parents, that's fine.
I can't live with my father, I'll fucking kill him.
I like being alone anyways. Fuck friends and fuck pussy.

>>87238254
>I have a wife that let's me fuck her whenever and kids who are excited to see me. Feels better. I can have my privacy too. My wife doesn't bitch when I say I want to be alone.

Good for you.

> But you implying that being alone is the best

He isn't, stop projecting your shit on him.

>>87233381
classcucked to hell

>>87238371
>fuck pussy.
I would if i could, bitch!

>>87238399
That wasn't what I meant.

>>87238254
It could be for him, but the "might get married in the next few years" just sounds like wishful thinking and that on some level he regrets not having explored it before. A guy who still has multiple CRTs is probably not getting married in a couple years. It's his life though.
>>87238336
Median household income is about $52k, or about $25/hr. And that's household income, not individual income. Household incomes are mostly what's reported on, and plenty of people households are dual incomes nowadays. This means 52 year olds included.

>>87234660
The high decreases as you go on. Eventually you just take it to feel normal. This is because your body stops producing natural endorphins.

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>>87238336
m8 I make $14.50 an hour and I'm a year younger than you

>>87238254
For (You).

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this meme actually changed my life

>>87238254
Sounds more like somebody living their live alone makes you insecure to me.

>>87238587
*sheistering intensifies*

>>87238587
>i get a job
>it's an office job
>it's 10 minutes from my house and I get to sit on the internet all day
>I talk to my boss like once a month

I'm still basically a NEET but now I'm getting paid

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>>87238399
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc0-wSQd-LQ

>>87237676
do you get a lot of pussy living like you do?

>>87233255
Live however the fuck you wanna live. Fuck everyone else.

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>>87238661
>tfw boss is a chill middle-aged mom who lets me go on hour-and-a-half lunch breaks and chat about random shit
>tfw only bad thing is I can't post from my phone because the area is range banned for some fucking reason so I've just started reading pdf books during work

>>87238702
lol

>>87238800
Nice, I've just been reading a lot of google news and other articles and doing Duolingo. Pretty much the only thing IT blocks is gaming-related websites, though I assume 4chan and porn sites are blocked, I'm not testing either. I do my job though, but even when I ask for more work I get like barely anything to do, and now I even review my coworker's work.

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>>87238966
Is it odd that I've spent the last month at work just reading about every single dictatorship in existence during the 20th century?
Shit's fascinating for some reason, I wanna rule my own little shithole.

>>87239039
what's interesting is thinking about the motivation. If you just want money there's easier ways.

I am too depressed to keep a job, but having a job is still better than too much idle time, which means time to think and thinking is soul crushing, but then again so are most jobs I guess my point is I want to die, and it's probably not better to be unemployed

>>87239165
you can not have a job and keep yourself busy

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>>87239185
I keep myself busy with internet memes.

>>87239349
if you're unemployed you should be creating at least ~1 meme a day on average. I only have 1 meme to show from my time of unemployment, it's a black mark on my record, but it's had staying power so I can put it on the resume

>>87239185
Okay. And I'm sure if I just focus real hard, I can snap out of the depression, right? I've just been doing it wrong for the past 15 years!

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>>87239444
These trips are the only smattering of joy I've felt in years

>>87239349
I shitpost almost everytime

>>87239444
have you been doing the same thing for the past 15 years?

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>>87239419
I do whatever the fuck I like. Fuck society's rules.

>>87239444
Ahahahahahaha. Fucking faggot.

>>87239520
Good man.

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>>87234660
Sounds nice, thanks for the recommendation.

>>87238336
I'm 28 and make $8.15/hr

You got a good thing going for you. Stop complaining.

>>87234660
ty is it safe? will try some heroin now thanks dude!

>>87238966
I used to work in IT and I went on 4chan all the time.

Protip - there's a Chrome extension called "Decreased Productivity" which changes the CSS of websites to make them look more boring. Perfect for browsing 4chan.

>>87234824
>>87234660
it FEELS like you are cumming for 20mins inside a supermodel

its just your brain tricking you

might as well tie a belt around your neck, you'd get high too

its not the real deal and any sane person would know

>>87238336
>tfw 26 and get 10$ an hour

>>87239945
life sucks anyway I would take dying from overdose before kindergarten than living a long life in the prison people call society

>>87240025
Faggot

>>87240025
ok well what are you waiting for then

>>87234469
This is going to take a chunk out of your income.

>>87238254
>Only married people have sex

Are you shitposting from 17th century New England?

>>87239945
>it FEELS like you are cumming for 20mins

That's the whole damn point isn't it?

>Muh objective reality

Literally everything is subjective. For all you know the life you're living is a simulation

>>87233255
>>87234602
Yes, it is. Lewboski's source of income is *very* briefly mentioned and you may not catch it if you weren't following closely. I had to watch the movie like 5 times before I caught it.

She asks him what he does and he mentions royalties from a few books along with being an original member of the Seattle Seven... so The Dude truly wasn't unemployed, he was self-employed author. Just as the character he's based on Jeff Dowd was a writer/director.

>>87240412
you still know it only feels like it

when I do hard drugs I am aware it feels good but deep down inside i know it's fake

Ironic to see all these alt right cucks on social benefits or leeching off someone else. too smart to work for the shekels right???

>>87240058
>reading comprehension

>>87238254
I agree with you. I'm happy with my wife and kid. But I would also say that other people may enjoy a different lifestyle. "Being alone is better" is false for men like you and I, but others may not find that to be the case. Only individual life experience can help someone make this choice.

>>87234660
i ride dirt bikes and that high lasts me a minimum of 48 hours if i've had an exceptional ride, which i generally do.

>>87233255
Self-employed > unemployed > NEET > wageslave

It's so easy to be self employed these days I don't see why any person intelligent enough to be reading this message at this time needs to put themselves through wage slavery. There are too many resources at your fingertips to make a living without having to have some asshole tell you what to do all the hours of the day. And I'm not talking about gambling shitcoins.

What do I do for a living? A few things:

>buy decent laptops on facebook marketplace for less than $100 each then flip them on ebay or craigslist for $150-200. I make about $50-100 a week doing this
>go through thrift stores, peddler's malls and flea markets and buy hardcover fantasy novels for $1-5 and resell them for $15-100 dollars. I usually make about $30 a week like this.
>go through the above and find cameras and lenses. Usually get them for a buck and can sell for $30-50. I make about $30 a week from this.
do the same for
>keyboards
>video games
>dvds
>vhs

I familiarize myself with what is popular and sells. Not just the surface casual fag stuff but the deeper fantasy novels like stuff by Piers Anthony or Jack Vance.

You have to find your niches. Some people repair sewing machines they get at yard sales for $20 and resell them for hundreds. I'm not in that action because they are heavy to fuck around with and I have bad back from a wreck.

If it's not this it can be something else. I know a guy who makes money driving Amish people up north and back.

This is the new world of employment. A lot of little jobs here and there that add up. Sometimes you hit a big donk and make a few hundred or even thousand dollars for just a couple of hours of work. I sold a Canon f/1.2 lens for $800 last year I paid $5 for. You can't depend on these things but they certainly help you stretch it out through the lean times when they do come along. The trick is to not spend money on shit you know you will eventually come across for pennies.

>>87233628
>be unemployed

>make money off of cryptos
>not a lot but enough to get by in my situation

If you make enough money from something to get by then you are employed.

>>87233381
the dude was most likely on disability

>>87234556
you think corporations want hyper inflation?

>>87234556
>>87243358
specifically banks. explain to me how da jewish bankers benefit from all the debt theyre owed instantly becoming worthless?

>>87243005
That sounds boring and unfulfilling. How many hours do you dedicate to searching for stuff to flip a day?

The true redpill is the stock market. Normies are scared of it because it's big and confusing but all the information you need to navigate it moderately successfully is out there. In this day and age it is possible to make a relatively stable income if you are careful and keep your wits about you.

>>87233381
Foud the statecuck
Get fucked waggy

>>87241215
adreneline rush isn't even close to heroin high, there is a reason extremely wealthy people take expensive drugs like heroine and cocaine.

>>87235286
See, I just got my ideal job as a welder after school. I' 39 FYI. It's low wage ($16 ph) but I really enjoy the work and I have to start somewhere. My hope is to move up to structural/pipe welding in a few years. The most important thing is that I love the work and get real satisfaction from it that it doesn't feel like a job. Should have done this right out of high school.

>>87243589
Yeah, eventually try to get trained in underwater welding, which would prep you for the obvious next step space welding.

>>87237676
39 yo welder here again and DON'T get married. She';; suck away your time, money and freedom while looking for ways to annoy the fuck out of you. Stay single and jerk off but fuck a 10/10 escort every once in a while as an ego boost. That's what I should have been doing.

>>87243488
>How many hours do you dedicate to searching for stuff to flip a day?
Not too many since I already have the knowledge, and it was gained slowly over years.

It's not boring at all. You never know what you will find, and the research into a subject is usually fascinating.

I would like to get into the stock market and see if I can make just $300 a week in it. That would be enough in my state. How much capital do you think I would need to get to that point in a year?

>>87238254
>But you implying that being alone is the best way to be happy is false.

Don't listen to this fucking liar. There's NOTHING wrong with being alone if you enjoy it. I miss being able to do what I want when I want. Marriage is slavery.

>>87243638
>39 yo welder here again and DON'T get married.

This can be an option but if you find a good woman that is smart and has a career it could effectively double your income.

Like, I have a pretty steady career and I make a decent penny. But I can't help but feel jealous of my siblings who have wives essentially cutting all of their commodities in half.

It really depends on what kind of man you are, I for one know that an extended relationship with a woman would fuck me over, but for some people you can be set if you find one that will actually put forth the effort.

>>87233628
>be unemployed
>live with gf rent free, she makes good money

So you have a sugar mama? Are you at least pretty?

Also
>500,000 coming at me through the family trust in a few years.

Don't plan on living off this for the rest of your life. even if you only spend around $15,000 per year that will only last you 33 years. work on getting a job and save this money for retirement (or buying a house or car if you eventually want to do that after your sugar mama inevitably dumps you.)

>>87243662
>Marriage is slavery.

Kids, kids are "slavery" essentially. Even though there are obvious benefits to having kids and there really isn't any better sense of satisfaction that creating and driving your offspring to success. There is the obvious downside of you taking the blow of not being able to do anything for 18+ years for one kid.

>>87243637
>trained in underwater welding

You joke but underwater welders make insane $$$.

>>87239165
You should just read novels, it gets your mind off things while also putting in wonderful dreams that can inspire

>>87243684
>it could effectively double your income.

No it wont. I'd have serious $$ in my bank account if not for this person I'm chained to.

>>87233255
Trying to cheat the system is perfectly in line with the ruling ideology of today's economics. Stay at home, I say. There's no one with the moral high ground to tell you otherwise.

>>87233381
>Hurr durr I work N shieet so dem poor people can afford an iPhone and shit
Reminder that if you pay taxes, you're literally a cuckold

>>87239165

If you were an idiot and did nothing after high school.

I recomend getting into food service, and not like mcdonalds or fast food. Like get culinary training or get a job as a prep cook, line cook, something entry level. You will learn basic stuff that the majority of people have no idea how to do and you will get paid for it.

It got me out of a stupor, and I am a classic case 4chan man. Got out of high school, didn't go to college, wasted potential etc. From there on just move forward, it is the only way you can go.

I assure you that death is the literal worst option. As it gives you no opportunity to progress and see the future.

Of course, these are my own personal motivations. They may not work for you, but just giving you an example of a person that was in a similar situation and the first initial steps I did to get out of it.

>>87233628
>>87243260
>not a lot but enough to get by in my situation

Oops, >>87243713 here, didn't see this part. He's right, you are kind of employed. Still, use your trust money very sparingly cause you never know when things will go south with your gf, and you want to have some money to live off of in your old age.

>>87234660
OK I'll get the bait and be the only conscientious person here..

Cmon mate don't do it. I've been on that position and it's not worth it, even if now it seems so to you. Life changes, sometimes even for the better (incredible eh?).
But most importantly, ask for help, cause you'll never come out only by yourself. There's no shame in that.

Please do it man, it will be better than this, promised, whatever your current conditions are.

> Inb4 lereddit post

>>87243853
Yeah that is the risk you have to take.

Both my siblings have double income so their vacations, commodities, furniture all cost fucking half. Not only that, but having smart traveling companions that research and know what to do.

You have to be smart about the situation and assess the person you are with and actually see if they are the right person for you and will strive for the same goals you have. I unfortunately get blinded by love and lust so I can never have the benefit of seeing a persons real potential without getting a heavy emotional attachment first.

>>87243989
People with seemingly everything do heavy drugs man. Nothing really compares to it. It is understandable someone would go through the risks to take them as nothing else can compare to them on the same level. People know the risks and they willingly take them, and the absolute finality of death doesn't phase them. Not like they really understand it though.

>>87243936
>It got me out of a stupor, and I am a classic case 4chan man. Got out of high school, didn't go to college, wasted potential etc. From there on just move forward, it is the only way you can go.

This is 100% correct. I should have either done a trade right out of high school or joined the fucking army and put some money in my pocket and traveled more. What I really would have liked is to have done TESOL and taught English around the world, basically getting paid to travel the world. As I get older I find that what's most important to me is learning new things and having new experiences.

>>87243989
>Life changes, sometimes even for the better

Not on its own. You have to knuckle down and work hard to make it happen. I traveled through rivers of shit t get where I am today. NO ONE can be counted on or trusted and you end up looking at yourself in the mirror at the end of your life. Decide what you want, do whatever it takes to get it and fuck everyone/everything that stands in your way. Listen to this songs lyrics and take them to heart my friends. https://youtu.be/egY8rUpxqcE

>>87238107
It just means you are Asian. Nothing to be ashamed of.

>>87238107
eventually you will realize you are getting old and there is nothing you can do to avoid death. Also you will live to see the beginnings of the age of genetic augmentation and bio-mechanical enhancements so you/we will all see the potential future of humans living much longer than we did.

So we all have that to look forward too.

>>87244057
>>87244125
I agree with both. I was just trying to say, that's its not as hopeless as it seems to be. Even if now this sounds crazy, life CAN be enjoyable, if you work on it. And you'll inevitably experience death someday, so why not trying life anyway. You have nothing to lose.

Some drugs are the best feeling in the world, that's for sure. But it's short lived and still not worth it if that means sacrificing the rest of an otherwise enjoyable life.

>>87233628
>500,000
>couple of years

what'll that get you? a car?

>>87235406
you sound like a dead man walking

bye, nothing of value lost

>>87244423
Anon..

what...

It'll buy...

ugh

Why don't you know things about things?

>>87238254
or so you think

>>87238336
>most people my age are making AT LEAST
that's where you are totally wrong.

most people in our demographic are not making that much.

I havent worked in like 3 years. ive gone back to school and dropped out.

i havent left this room for more than 1.5 hours in the last few years

get on my level

>>87244462
things like inflation?

500,000 is a measly sum to try and live off of. even more so with each passing year

why dont you know thing?

>>87244602
>>87244462

He is referring to investing it. But retiring off of 500k is fucking laughable.

>>87233255
yeah

>>87233255

Yes. But, it's better to be unemployed with money. You don't want to be poor, living with your parents. You want to have the freedom to be yourself and do what you want without being forced into slavery to sustain yourself.

>>87244621
soo the guy with no income invests his meager sum and hopes for the best in the interim

that's pretty fucking funny

>>87244602
>what'll that get you? a car?
This is his post. There is no mention of inflation.

Yes, 500k will get you a car. It will get you many cars, in fact, if you are not picky about them.

>>87244621
>He is referring to investing it.
No he isn't. See above. Literally the only thing mentioned was a car.

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>>87238336
>most people making 30-45/hr

>>87233628
>only 500k
my man, we've gotta talk
tfw have 1 million coming to me

>>87244582
I'm 33 and have never worked. And there was a period of about 8 years where I didn't even leave my property. No one can top my power level.

>>87238382
>so says the communist, the known supporter of the government class

>>87244680
>>87238336

I think you meant most upper middle class are making 30/45 an hour. But they don't make hourly they get paid in salary and have careers.

Every level Software QA makes around $23/hour. Thing is you really got to know what kind of positions are out there and you could broaden your horizons about income.

Of course, the more you get paid hourly the more redundant, harder the tasks will be. That is the only reason they pay so high for entry level.

>>87244726
What are you talking about, eventually it is going to get to the point were automation takes away so many jobs that there will be need for a standard income so everybody will get paid for a job.

The only people who will get paid will be people who have jobs that can't be automated yet. Also, and just so you know absolutely every job can and will be automated eventually, it is an inevitability that greed will make manifest.

>>87243005
Flipping shit doesn't mean self-employed. Especially when you're only making $200 a week

>>87243005
I used to work at a thrift store and they called themselves "pickers" probably inspired based of Pawn stars and American pickers.

They came there every day and bought and sold stuff at swap meets in town on saturday by opening up kiosks. It sounds fun itself but this is basically a next level hobo.

Although a furniture painter did pay me to just load stuff on to his truck so that was nice. But I definitely would not want to be living that life.

>>87245083
Also this, being a picker doesn't mean you are self imployed. That is like one step away from being a hobo/panhandler which professional panhandlers actually make like $200+ bucks a day.

>>87233255
yes. thats why they have to pay yo to go to work

I'd just like to thank all the wage slaves ITT for enabling my comfy NEET lifestyle. Without your hard work it wouldn't be possible for me to do nothing but the things I like all day. So thanks!

>>87245367
>it wouldn't be possible for me to do nothing but the things I like all day.
I still get to jerk off and play video games too.

>>87245401
But do you get to go on NEET walks at 3 in the morning with your dog and watch the sunrise then lift some weights for and hour before sleeping all day?

>>87245493
Sounds like a dream man

>>87245493
>3am walks
>a good thing

i get to work with people i love everyday, impress my boss and leave after 8-10 hours with a feeling of accomplishment and money. most people wouldn't be able to do what i do, our rff system takes about 2 weeks of training and product knowledge takes about 3 days in addition to that

>>87246070
Sounds like a cuck

>>87233424
I got my first job 3 weeks ago as an assistant's assistant at a lawfirm but someone there might pay for me to go to lawschool.... so its cool getting snacks and alphabetizing things for $18 in the meanwhile I guess

>>87245367
You're welcome my man, I don't mind paying for your lifestyle because I was a NEET for over a year, and I know it sucks.

Just remember that you can't be a NEET your entire life, and the longer you wait the harder it'll be to get out.

>>87246097
you sound unemployed

>>87243989
>>87244375
No point trying to help them, there's something missing in their lives that they try to make up for or hide from, and they are unable to relate to the experiences of others. Only way he'll stop is if he causes serious harm to himself and realizes this isn't fun and games all the way. I've been in the same boat (though not opiates), only way out is to learn for yourself.

>>87245493
A lot of NEETs can't go on walks at 3 am because they live with their parents and going out at that hour becomes problematic.

>>87245192
If you're going to the same thrift store every day and buying something you're not picking right. I might visit a place 20 times and buy nothing in all those visits. I don't go every day either. I've found it isn't worth the effort. Everyone things you have to right there as soon as stuff gets put out but the truth is even pretty valuable things can sit for months with thousands of people walking right by it.

>>87245083
I make $250-350 a week most weeks. Some far less, some better. I try to sell two laptops for $125 to $150 with maybe $20 invested in them. That will usually get me over the $200 mark. Then other stuff might add up to another $100 or more

I'd like you to tell the government I'm not self-employed so I don't have to pay taxes pls.

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>>87233255
>work immediately after college
>9 to 5 job
>college friends are drifting away
>coworkers are nonexistent except on workplace
>kissless virgin
>experimenting on Tinder
>third world muslim countries so ons is hard as fuck
>social life is nonexistent at this point
>weekends are spent jerking off to sleep or watch some shit that doesn't stimulate me anymore
>this week is spent contemplating to visir brothel but felt like that was the final line to cross
Honestly I don't know at this point. Sure when I was a student life was more fun but if I'm not working it felt like I would be bored too death. Also having money is good, not to mention the social stigma at work. At least The Dude has stable friends that routinely invite him for bowlings so he's living his life. I recently smoked to alleviate the depression but that's not a good thing at all.

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i've been a NEET my entire life

>>87247054
Yeah that's what moved me too. Only after experiencing it, I've got it. It's just that if there's a chance to make him avoid what I passed, I have to try. Because nobody should experience that ever, really.

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i have been working for 2 yrs now, it's a responsible yet low-paid job (government), but once i get home i'm still a miserable, jaded cunt. wat do? i can't buy a good car or start building my own house without diving into a loan and becoming a slave to jews.

>>87245367
what will you do when your parents inevitebaly die? or get raped and killed by a pack of feral niggers?

>>87246783
No need to work for others when I already have money Mr. wagecuck

Old thread but I'm reading it with my coffee and I loved this movie
>be restaurant manager, decent money but 70+ hours a week, all hours of the day
>hate it, quit in a despondent rage with no backup
>get into construction and work part time at FedEx since they're close by
>average week I work maybe 36 hours between them, sometimes less
>paycheck is sometimes more than what I'm used to from my last job
Jobs are a meme, I'm thinking of honing my welding skills at the community college

>>87237721
If that's the rebuttal neets make then he made a great point

For two years after graduation I had shitloads of free time and only worked minor part time jobs. I now have a full time job that I worked full time hours at for a month and now come in really late, take long lunches, and leave early so I am basically part time.

Mental clarity, fulfilling activities are more important but I am speaking from a privileged position of someone with few pressures

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>>87233255
I'm unemployed right now and I like it but it's only because I have my own place.

Being unemployed and living with parents must be living hell.

I worked two jobs for almost four years while living with my parents and with the savings I bought a small house in rural Nebraska. My mortgage payments and property tax are low so my SSI and SNAP covers my expenses well.

The only downside is that I had to get rid of my car.

>>87250157
This x100. Your work life balance is infinitely more important. There are dregs who make their work into life and their lives are so miserable looking. I used to devote myself to work every single day but what's the God damn point if I have no time to do what I want? Why work at all? I'm much happier taking less work, luckily I found higher paying work, so I need less of it to live and thrive

>>87234469
RIP anon
Heroin is for life.

>>87239444
the only way out of depression is to refuse to take mental ques from your own body.

self-restraint, cold showers, no fap, exercising past pain, that sort of thing.

>>87250560
>self-restraint, cold showers, no fap, exercising past pain, that sort of thing.

now that's some broscience you got there

especially the cold showers, see you in winter brainlet

>>87250631
Not him but it's generally true. Depressed brain tells you to skip breakfast, skip showering and shitpost all day, refuse that mental cue and have a bowl of cereal, take a shower, shave and go outside for a run. It's more about taking control back, ADs help but I've never liked them.

>>87243321
>>87233771
He invented the rubik's cube and was in a successful band in LA.

He doesn't live off working citizens because he's a parasite to society.

Unemployment is bad for the economy, so no.

>>87251503
Good goy

>>87234660
stop comparing opiates to sex

work that you love > being unemployed > being a wagecuck for the sake of being a wagecuck, doing work you wouldn't do if it wasn't for the money

DUDE DUDE LMAO

>>87234469
lots of money and a heroin addiction. you're a deadman walking anon. get off the stuff.

>>87253842
Nothing to live for anon; might as well OD

>>87234660
that fades REAL quick anon. soon it doesn't even feel good anymore and you do it just to not feel bad. I have experience in this area. i don't know if you're trolling but please PLEASE just put it down now. it's all downhill from here, and the hill is long and there are rocks at the bottom. just get off before you're a runaway train.

>>87237066
>>87237150
>>87237888

No, >>87237066 is right. Work doesn't necessarily mean being a 9-5 wage slave. But physical labor, creating, improving, shaping things is hardwired into men. If you aren't working there is something wrong with you.

>>87247731
Dude get your cherry popped already, you become a MAN then when you physically fuck another human.

>>87243656
>>>/biz/

>>87240412

>life is a simulation meme

>implying i don't think and therefore am

>>87243936
Bruh, your assumptions are wrong. I went to college. I spent 6 years in the military. Went to college again. You just invented this idea that I did nothing after high school. My psyche is broken. It has nothing to do with DERP YOU DIDN'T TRY HARD ENOUGH

>>87243713

Actually, if he invests the 500k wisely and draws down 4% each year, that's about 20k for the rest of his life.

>>87258949
What pays out 4% reliably?

>>87259179

The thinking is that a stable portfolio should generate, on average, about 7% per year. The 3% compensates for inflation and the 4% is what you withdraw annually to live. It's not a perfect system, you'll have years where your returns will be 2% and years where your returns will be 11%, but on average, it should work, assuming your investments are well balanced and have low expense ratios.

>>87259179
The S&P 500 after inflation

>>87233381

The Dude was on NEETbux bro.

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who here has a daughter?

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>26
>six figs in tech sales
>live in a highrise apartment alone
>either go out/fuck grills from bumble or drink with coworkers out of habit because i only moved for work
>still hate most people

i dont understand.

>>87260851
Sounds like the premise to Fight Club. So just develop a second personality who is a terrorist