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 Kali wrote:

 Albatross wrote:
People like you are the reason I vote Conservative. Get off your arse and get on with it.

Work is the cancer that eats at your soul. We have no need of ceaseless toil and certainly no want of it.

Thanks, I'll bear that in mind. Could you bring our food over now please, we've been waiting over half an hour....

 Albatross wrote:

 Kali wrote:

 Albatross wrote:
People like you are the reason I vote Conservative. Get off your arse and get on with it.

Work is the cancer that eats at your soul. We have no need of ceaseless toil and certainly no want of it.

Thanks, I'll bear that in mind. Could you bring our food over now please, we've been waiting over half an hour....

I thought he was making my Americano....

 eskimo wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:

 Albatross wrote:
People like you are the reason I vote Conservative. Get off your arse and get on with it.

Hear hear!

Poor effort troll

I'm not trolling, I mean it. You basically just sound lazy. There are people who are physically disabled and unable to work that would give anything to be able to go out and earn a living to support themselves and you're (correct me if I'm wrong) sitting around all day playing computer games and sponging off your folks. In my opinion you should be ashamed of yourself, young man.

 eskimo wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:

 Albatross wrote:
People like you are the reason I vote Conservative. Get off your arse and get on with it.

Hear hear!

Poor effort troll

It's not trolling if they actually mean it.


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 Kali wrote:

 Albatross wrote:
People like you are the reason I vote Conservative. Get off your arse and get on with it.

Work is the cancer that eats at your soul. We have no need of ceaseless toil and certainly no want of it.

I suggest finding a job you actually enjoy doing. It's incredibly liberating.

 cincydooley wrote:
I thought he was making my Americano....

But would that be a manifestation of spit in the coffee or a fully realized moment of actualization by Kali?


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 Albatross wrote:
I'm not trolling, I mean it. You basically just sound lazy. There are people who are physically disabled and unable to work that would give anything to be able to go out and earn a living to support themselves and you're (correct me if I'm wrong) sitting around all day playing computer games and sponging off your folks. In my opinion you should be ashamed of yourself, young man.

Not politically correct but the intent is spot-on.
I must agree I am of a similar mindset and feel a certain measure of pride in effort is in order.
Now everyone get off my lawn!!!

 Talizvar wrote:
But would that be a manifestation of spit in the coffee or a fully realized moment of actualization by Kali?

To be fair, he didn't WANT to spit in it. He is just an actor helplessly reacting to his world.

 Albatross wrote:

I'm not trolling, I mean it. You basically just sound lazy. There are people who are physically disabled and unable to work that would give anything to be able to go out and earn a living to support themselves and you're (correct me if I'm wrong) sitting around all day playing computer games and sponging off your folks. In my opinion you should be ashamed of yourself, young man.

Wouldn't that require the ability to feel shame?

I'm not convinced it's a trait many millennials posses.

Or Boomers.

 Albatross wrote:

I'm not trolling, I mean it. You basically just sound lazy. There are people who are physically disabled and unable to work that would give anything to be able to go out and earn a living to support themselves and you're (correct me if I'm wrong) sitting around all day playing computer games and sponging off your folks. In my opinion you should be ashamed of yourself, young man.

I'm one of those, and am currently still trying to find a job I can actually do in my area. It's not easy but I will keep trying.

Of course, until then I shall play games too.

 MrDwhitey wrote:
Or Boomers.

"The generations before and after mine were some of the worst generations of all time, except the baby boomers, who are ACTUALLY are the worst generation of all time." - Every generation.

 Talizvar wrote:

 Albatross wrote:
I'm not trolling, I mean it. You basically just sound lazy. There are people who are physically disabled and unable to work that would give anything to be able to go out and earn a living to support themselves and you're (correct me if I'm wrong) sitting around all day playing computer games and sponging off your folks. In my opinion you should be ashamed of yourself, young man.

Not politically correct but the intent is spot-on.

Politically incorrect? How so?

 Albatross wrote:

 Talizvar wrote:

 Albatross wrote:
I'm not trolling, I mean it. You basically just sound lazy. There are people who are physically disabled and unable to work that would give anything to be able to go out and earn a living to support themselves and you're (correct me if I'm wrong) sitting around all day playing computer games and sponging off your folks. In my opinion you should be ashamed of yourself, young man.

Not politically correct but the intent is spot-on.

Politically incorrect? How so?

Because it was honest and could potentially "huwt his feewings."

 Albatross wrote:

 Talizvar wrote:

Not politically correct but the intent is spot-on.

Politically incorrect? How so?

I didn't get that either.

The year I spent healthy sponging off my parents (I was 18 and had just fethed up my A-levels, was relatively unemployable and lazy/entitled as feth ) is one I'm ashamed of.

Got up off my ass, got a degree, worked for six years whilst also furthering said education.

Then gak happened and I'm back there, but this time I have an excuse! Even with that "excuse" I feel shame for not working.

 MrDwhitey wrote:
The year I spent healthy sponging off my parents (I was 18 and had just fethed up my A-levels, was relatively unemployable and lazy/entitled as feth ) is one I'm ashamed of.

Got up off my ass, got a degree, worked for six years whilst also furthering said education.

Then gak happened and I'm back there, but this time I have an excuse! Even with that "excuse" I feel shame for not working.

Well, I happen to think being disabled is actually a pretty bloody good reason for not being in employment mate! Kudos to you for trying to find something and best of luck!

He now has that look that only comes with the pride of labor. Or…he pooped. Either way, I’ve never been prouder.

Ron Swanson

 cincydooley wrote:

 Albatross wrote:

I'm not trolling, I mean it. You basically just sound lazy. There are people who are physically disabled and unable to work that would give anything to be able to go out and earn a living to support themselves and you're (correct me if I'm wrong) sitting around all day playing computer games and sponging off your folks. In my opinion you should be ashamed of yourself, young man.

Wouldn't that require the ability to feel shame?

I'm not convinced it's a trait many millennials posses.

Let's not turn this into a golden age fallacy blame it on the millennials thing. That's not what this is - there are those without shame in every generation.

Guys, guys ,guys maybe lady just relax.

I know a few things about life now that I mad it to 27 and he will need to grow up adventually because it happens lol

1: parents die he ends up homeless and gets a job
2: keeps a bad job has very little gets tired of not having stuff and gets a better job
3: they put out a new game system every year which costs hundreds and need to buy all new games so need a job.

So like my grandpa always said " A boy will stay a boy, until life gets to hard for him to stay the way he is then he will become a man"
So he just never hit any hard parts in his life yet for me I was like that til 21 when my mom got leukemia, dad start to take a nervious break down and was out of it and my whole family was freaking out blaming me cause I was the one who hung around home alot. Then my girl was preg and we almost lost the baby 3 times. In those 6 months I grew a spine and got my gak together just like everyone else will. But only when life gets to hard for how they are and they need to change.

So... you're saying that if he's lucky, he'll suffer (or come near to) tragedies so that he conforms to a societal standard people consider that of a respectable person?

 daedalus wrote:
So... you're saying that if he's lucky, he'll suffer (or come near to) tragedies so that he conforms to a societal standard people consider that of a respectable person?

no not if he is lucky it just one of those things like puberty it is coming you just never know when. Something will happen in your life you can't handle and you will change, thats how things work.

War
Disease
Famine
Lost of a love one
People needing you to be the "dad/man in charge financially or protectively"
This is how everyone always grew up my grand dads time it was you worked in the mines soon as you where what 16... then the army cause ww2
My dads time because there wasn't enough money to help support him so he needed to get a job and his own house
Thats why kids who work on farms or in a military family seem to grow up faster. When you need to deal with adult stuff you learn to be more adult.

 daedalus wrote:
So... you're saying that if he's lucky, he'll suffer (or come near to) tragedies so that he conforms to a societal standard people consider that of a respectable person?

Adventually, yes.

Sometimes having something bad happen to you can be a good thing if it serves as a catalyst for substantial life changes.

I can tell you a story about how my life changed dramatically if you have a minute to spare. I never went very far from the city where I was born and raised. I was very set in my comfortable routine: hanging out with friends, shooting hoops, relaxing at the playground. Some other kids started to move into the neighborhood to make problems and we got into a fight which freaked my mother out, so she send me to the west coast to spend some time with my family there. I didn't want to leave my friends and tried to make her change her mind, but she practically pushed me into the plane with my suitcase. I finally accepted that it was out of my control and listened to my iPod. The flight was pretty nice, it was before they made you pay for everything, so I got free drinks and they had a good movie on the plane. Is this what the west coast was going to be like? I might be okay if that is the case. I had always heard that west coast folks are all stuck up and that I wouldn't fit in, but I decided that I would just see if they were ready for someone like me. My family had send someone to pick me up, but he looked like a cop and I didn't want any trouble yet so I disappeared and caught a cab. I made it to my families house, paid the cabbie, told him that I would smell him later, and decided that this place was pretty nice and that I would make a great Prince of Bel Air.

I got up to "Some other kids started to move into" and skipped to the end.

Yup.

Well done.

'Paid the cabbie, told him I would smell him later...' I proper lol'd!

Well, that surpassed anything else that could come to be in this thread.

 Hordini wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:

 Albatross wrote:

I'm not trolling, I mean it. You basically just sound lazy. There are people who are physically disabled and unable to work that would give anything to be able to go out and earn a living to support themselves and you're (correct me if I'm wrong) sitting around all day playing computer games and sponging off your folks. In my opinion you should be ashamed of yourself, young man.

Wouldn't that require the ability to feel shame?

I'm not convinced it's a trait many millennials posses.

Let's not turn this into a golden age fallacy blame it on the millennials thing. That's not what this is - there are those without shame in every generation.

Very true. The system that enables or produces these people is what needs to be looked at.

 MrDwhitey wrote:
I got up to "Some other kids started to move into" and skipped to the end.

Yup.

it was 'Born and Raised' that tipped me off still, masterfully done.

It's like the bandwagon made heavy presumptions and think this person has been playing video games for 10 years and never done anything interesting or achieved anything. But then again, what can i expect when people don't read the whole thread.

cincydooley wrote:

 eskimo wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:

 Albatross wrote:
People like you are the reason I vote Conservative. Get off your arse and get on with it.

Hear hear!

Poor effort troll

Well, I've already been suspended once this month.

If I told you how I really felt, I'd be on to number 2.

Feel free to express your opinion about a person that isn't a correct representation of me via a pm

MrDwhitey wrote:The year I spent healthy sponging off my parents (I was 18 and had just fethed up my A-levels, was relatively unemployable and lazy/entitled as feth ) is one I'm ashamed of.

Got up off my ass, got a degree, worked for six years whilst also furthering said education.

Then gak happened and I'm back there, but this time I have an excuse! Even with that "excuse" I feel shame for not working.

Sucks to hear. Can i ask what the direction/ job was? Maybe you'd like to share what happened? I've enjoyed reading peoples responses to the topic, or at least the first 2 pages

This is a fine reason why i made the topic. I'm sure along the line you made some money and had some good times, but for me it could be different. I could invest my time and loose what advantage i have in the sport i do and loose my money which is being used for travelling. These are things that can't be brought back without significant sacrifices. Although money upon being """"""""successful"""""""" (major quotations needed) can be recuperated easier.

I wanted to see if people had anything close to them they'd given up to get a "dream" / job / career done. Or people like me hadn't any real interests that could be put into a job/ career/ business, and ended up just cruising through life doing what they like to do on a basic paid job. And/ or what they hadn't expected to happen happened and it was an enjoyable surprise/ random opportunities arose from nothing. Plus any other interesting stories people could share.

I hate to break it to you, but its how you represented yourself:

I ask because i wanted to have some kind of direction or reassurance by the time i hit 30. I'm not there yet mind! I did some "travelling" for 3 months and it certainly helped my thinking, and not my wallet. I've never "moved out" and don't have "qualifications". Actually right now, i don't have a job.

The strange thing is, i do like just doing the things i enjoy (sport dedicated, xbox), and never having enough time to do everything. I remain focussed on that, and careers/ work/ education, never really get much of my focus. I just find it impossible to imagen a life which is different from what i do now. In my experience, hearing from and watching others, it's primarily luck that has people in a position of happiness/ content that i'm jealous of. (except one or two who i know worked hard).

I don't have any interests that are viable to work in; low wage and pure chance of having good work buddies. I like my local area, it has what i want/ need, friends, etc. But i know for certain this can all change, by sport can come to an end through injury as an example.

I mean, the summation there is, "I live off my parents and I'd rather play video games than work hard and it doesn't even matter because it's not my fault because I'm just unlucky."

I hate to break this to you, but being happy and successful often require sacrifice, and if you're unwilling to make an sacrifices, I don't know what else we can tell you, especially since you seem so content living off your parents.

 cincydooley wrote:

 Albatross wrote:

 Talizvar wrote:

 Albatross wrote:
I'm not trolling, I mean it. You basically just sound lazy. There are people who are physically disabled and unable to work that would give anything to be able to go out and earn a living to support themselves and you're (correct me if I'm wrong) sitting around all day playing computer games and sponging off your folks. In my opinion you should be ashamed of yourself, young man.

Not politically correct but the intent is spot-on.

Politically incorrect? How so?

Because it was honest and could potentially "huwt his feewings."

On the nose...