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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Feeling_Rice_4933 on 2025-04-26 17:19:12+00:00.
After saying some antiwork-ish comments, people always respond with 'that's the way life works', 'we all do it', 'just get used to it', then strut away as if they've said something impressive. Huh?
You giving up on changing the terrible job and wage expectations of today, or at least improving yourself to where your no longer bound by them (via personal business or FIRE, etc) and just quietly surrendering yourself to the tide, is not some great feat to be praised. Its not something to encourage others to do. It is so easy to play dead, (though, catastrophic for you mentally). I know others here will understand my point and not understand why I'm going into an explanation, but I'm just so confounded as to why people say things like this with pride.
Obviously, I'm not talking about people who are down on their luck and having a hard time, and are understandably coping with life's difficulties. But I'm speaking about those strange individuals who walk up to you after smelling a scent of anyone, doing anything, other than working 12+ hours a day and grinning ear-to-ear about working.