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I understand the nihilism. When you start earning vast sums of money very quickly, and see other people do the same, you start getting a sense that money isn’t

by xwdv 6y ago

I understand the nihilism. When you start earning vast sums of money very quickly, and see other people do the same, you start getting a sense that money isn’t really worth working all that hard for. I’ve been making about 5k or 6k a week regularly this past year in the stock market with little effort, through stock appreciation and selling options. It definitely makes me feel less motivated to do my job, but the one thing that keeps me going is that I know this situation is not forever and the market goes through feast and famine cycles, so I need to maintain a job. But certainly nothing more ambitious than that, I have no plans to ascend into management or whatever bullshit that has me taking more work and responsibility for slightly more pay. Once I have a resilient source of passive income I’m off to be a gentleman hacker. Working hard for money is a waste of life.

jsonne 6y ago
This is certainly part of it too and something I wish I expanded on more. When you can make so much money without really doing much hard work can seem like a suckers game.
- xwdv 6y ago
  It is actually a bit depressing. Society looks up to people who make a lot of money through hard work, but a person who makes a lot of money with little effort is kind of seen as a lazy douche, only looked up to by people who also want to make fast effortless money (r/wallstreetbets). But what really crushes me is people who work a lot harder than me and make a lot less money. I dated a younger girl recently who worked hard every week while also finishing her university courses. She prided herself on being a hard worker and assumes I work hard too since I make a lot of money. But the truth is I can make what she makes in a week by selling a couple option contracts while on my phone taking a dump. To me it pretty much feels like she’s a slave. All that youth being wasted chasing small amounts of money. Of course, I would never want to give up my income stream just to feel better.
razius 6y ago
That's way off mark, it's actually the opposite. It's people earning 7.25 per hour that are desperate.

by xwdv 6y ago

jsonne 6y ago

This is certainly part of it too and something I wish I expanded on more. When you can make so much money without really doing much hard work can seem like a suckers game.

xwdv 6y ago
It is actually a bit depressing. Society looks up to people who make a lot of money through hard work, but a person who makes a lot of money with little effort is kind of seen as a lazy douche, only looked up to by people who also want to make fast effortless money (r/wallstreetbets). But what really crushes me is people who work a lot harder than me and make a lot less money. I dated a younger girl recently who worked hard every week while also finishing her university courses. She prided herself on being a hard worker and assumes I work hard too since I make a lot of money. But the truth is I can make what she makes in a week by selling a couple option contracts while on my phone taking a dump. To me it pretty much feels like she’s a slave. All that youth being wasted chasing small amounts of money. Of course, I would never want to give up my income stream just to feel better.

razius 6y ago

That's way off mark, it's actually the opposite. It's people earning 7.25 per hour that are desperate.