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How come some people genuinely think society should pay for them just to exist and do what they want all day?

I mean, what makes these people think they're so special that they shouldn't have to get a job doing something that isn't fun enough in their minds, yet the rest of us should in order to support them? I keep finding more and more people like this, and it perplexes me how one can be so delusional and full of themselves.

A good handful of people I know (all of them in their late 20s or older) have quit their jobs to do Twitch, OnlyFans, YouTube, TikTok, or something of the like. A few of them constantly complain about being broke and elicit pity from others, and also beg for money. One of them spends like there's no tomorrow and then proceeds to whine about having no money and begs for it like it's owed to them. Another one publicly bashed their former job with a story that smells very much of BS and is also a perpetual victim. They all have this massive sense of self-importance, like the world should be very concerned with them and look to them for their infinite wisdom with their "influencer" BS, and they all seem to feel entitled to be financially supported by others. Some of them also up and decide to live in a vehicle to travel the country with no job and then have no idea what to do once their money runs out. I even know adults who fully expect their parents to fund their very expensive hobbies and let them live at home rent-free indefinitely. Shit, I know people who are pushing 30 who refuse to get a job because "nothing interests them" or "they're not ready." Like, excuse me?? Do you think people work in places like the sewage treatment plants, in hot and miserable factories and warehouses, or doing highly dangerous jobs like being linemen because they find it interesting? No, it's because somebody has to do it! Also, how are you nearing 30 years old and "not ready" to be an adult and get your shit together? You'd better get ready, because the gravy train won't last forever!

There are even people trying to convince others that they are mentally or physically impaired far beyond what anyone with common sense would believe they are just so someone will pity them and support them. I know someone in their late 20s who actually WANTS to be admitted into a group home thinking they'll just be taken care of, yet gets pissed at their parents asking them to do things and likes to say "I'm an adult, I don't answer to anybody." You absolutely answer to someone if you're living under someone else's roof and being supported by someone else's money, and you WILL absolutely answer to someone, no questions asked, if you move into a group home (not to mention they're not a rest home for people who don't feel like working, that's not how it works). Do they think a group home will allow them the freedom to do whatever they like? Lol.

Oh, and I'm eternally sick of mental health constantly being used as an excuse for this shit. At this point, a lot of these people are milking that for all it is worth. I don't buy for a minute that the same people that can't work "because anxiety" can go to concerts with no problem. The mental health industry absolutely has ownership in enabling this BS, too. Everyone and their brother is suddenly diagnosed with anxiety and depression, and it's starting to lose its meaning at this point.

I don't mean to sound like an ass, lol, but this crap just astounds me. It's even more concerning that there are enabling parents that raise their kids to grow up thinking this is okay, and expecting others to take care of them, and/or believing their comfort and wants are more important than those of others' and that they're entitled to money and things they refuse to work for.
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You're exactly right! Some people just don't want to work. They think it's too inconvenient for them. This whole society has changed and it's not for the better.
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@LadyGrace Completely agreed, and it's mind-boggling how socially acceptable this freeloading is becoming. They truly believe it's their God-given right to have others overwork themselves in order to support them so they don't have to do anything slightly unpleasant. I'm so sick of hearing the BS excuses that everyone like this (or anyone with any sort of behavioral flaw) has a mental disorder that is completely out of their control and completely excuses it. What a crock! What happens if everyone who doesn't feel like doing anything unpleasant just decides not to? We will no longer be a civilized society if that happens. I mean, somebody has to do the jobs. If everyone who decided they'd rather play video games or watch TV just did that, then what? These people actually think they're more important and therefore deserve this luxury while everyone else pulls their weight for them. This is becoming such a narcissistic, self-absorbed society and I'm honestly scared for the future. The fact that people are teaching their kids that this is okay an setting these examples is scary.