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In other words, if you do a job that requires no education, training or experience, you get paid a low wage. This guys comes across as really entitled, he’s 2
by albertgoeswoof 9y ago
In other words, if you do a job that requires no education, training or experience, you get paid a low wage.
This guys comes across as really entitled, he’s 24 years old, lives at home and doesn’t spend any of his money anyway. He even claims he’s “stuck” because he’ll lose his benefits if he quits.
Why am I supposed to feel sorry for him? His life is pretty sweet.
- jameskilton 9y agoWhy do you immediately think you're supposed to feel sorry for him? Yet at the same time you come across as entitled enough to insult this guy for sharing his story. Wise words I learned long ago: "Never pass up a chance to keep your mouth shut".
- foepys 9y ago> His life is pretty sweet. No, it is absolutely not. I cannot see how being forced to live with one's mother, unable to quit the current job to get higher education is "sweet". It's things like these that keep poor people poor and make rich people richer. What happens if he wants to start a family? It's impossible to responsibly raise children in those conditions if he doesn't do it with someone that is a lot better off than him. Social mobility is quite hard for men, so the chance is very slim that his children will not grow up poor, too.
- grawprog 9y agoNo his life sucks. But he's a whiny piece of shit. He doesn't have to live with his mother, he doesn't have to accept government benefits and he doesn't have to work at Amazon. He just doesn't want to try so fuck him. I work under harder conditions, more hours a week for about the same money as this asshole. The difference is I don't cry like a fucking baby to the internet about how hard my life is. He just sounds fucking pathetic. It's called dealing with your shit. Everyone needs to fucking do it if you can't that's your problem. Everything he said was just a fucking excuse as to why he can't make his life how he wants
- tzakrajs 9y agoBut he is saving money when many people are only making it paycheck to paycheck. That luxury is not afforded to all.
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- albertgoeswoof 9y agoHe doesn’t indicate that he wants to do either of those anywhere in the article? And he could go to uni if he wanted to, quite easily- any student loans he borrows to cover fees wouldn’t start being repaid until he earns 21k/year, so it’s zero risk for him to borrow for a degree. He saves 1k/month, a room or even a studio flat in Southend is about 500/month, so he could move out anytime if he stays at his current job.
- guskel 9y ago>What happens if he wants to start a family? I mean, that's not really something you're entitled to.
- eponeponepon 9y agoQuite the statement there - you're saying that any given organism is not entitled to at least attempt to fulfil its entire purpose?
- jotm 9y agoWhat if he could not get that education because he did not have the money? And now he can't get it because he's working full time? And if he quits, once again he does not have the funding to get that education, and if he gets a new low wage job, he doesn't have the time. How do you suggest one escapes this circle?
- jmckib 9y agoStudent loans?
- albertgoeswoof 9y agoHe can live at home and borrow for his education. He might even get a bursary if his parents income is low enough. In the UK you don’t have to repay student loans until your income hits a threshold of around 21k, so it’s effectively a tax on future earnings. If he knows this, either: - he thinks he’ll earn more than the threshold without studying in the next few years - he doesn’t want to / can’t study further - he’s happy with his current income and situation
- draw_down 9y agoJesus.