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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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TrashCat · M
What jobs might you be referring too...
Picking vegetables in a field? For minimum wage or under the table?
I read all of your rant,btw.
Don't worry about your kid. He can get into one of RFKjjrs "Wellness Camps"
anonnn777 · F
@TrashCat Any job that actually earns a living. Social media/OnlyFans only works for the top 1% that make it big. If they were real sustainable jobs, these people wouldn't be begging for money.

I do not understand why people truly believe that it's unfair for them to be expected to work and earn their own living, yet they fully expect others to work in order to support them. Some of these people have parents and spouses that are working themselves to death to support their lazy and entitled selves, yet they don't care at all and feel it is owed to them, just because they exist. TBF, the parents and spouses need to quit enabling this BS and show some tough love, but it's still awful to take advantage of your loved ones (if these people are even capable of caring about anyone but themselves at all) like that, and ridiculous to believe you're too good to put in the work to support yourself like everyone else has to.
TrashCat · M
@anonnn777 Like I said...what jobs might that me? Picking veggis?
Unless tou have a silver spoon in your mouth, college is unaffordable to most people now
anonnn777 · F
@TrashCat You don't need college to be self-sufficient. That's the biggest scam sold to Americans. There are plenty of jobs. You'll actually have to work, yes, but they will pay your bills. Tons of blue collar options like cleaning, factories, warehouses, etc. I know lots of people who have worked their way up at Walmart, grocery/misc. stores, restaurants. Will you necessarily get rich? Maybe not. But will it pay your bills? Yes. I've even known someone who worked his way up in a fast food chain to general manager.

Do you think that everyone these beggars are trying to grift money from are silver spoon rich people because they work for a living and don't beg for money online?
swirlie · F
@anonnn777
To your point, Bill Gates co-Founder of MicroSoft, does not have a college nor a university Degree. He dropped out of his first year at Yale after only 6 months and never went back.