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In my personal experience, size of salary correlates strongly with thumb-up-assedness. The more that the digit is busy in the posterior, the more digits in my paycheck. By contrapositive, the hardest jobs that I did, were also the least-paying.
Of course a desk job would be a lot less physical than slugging around a 30lb bag of tools from boat to boat.
Combination of factors. Now more than ever adults over 25 are moving back in with their parents. Hundreds of thousands more have gone to social media to become “celebrities” or “models”…IG, Only Fans, YouTube etc.
have you heard of the antiwork movement. that’s what it is. talk to anyone who has hired someone born after 1997. not to generalize, but many are obese, entitled, lazy, and are not on a path to secure their future well-being. wealthy boomer grandparents (who they trash) and comfortable genx parents enable them to live rent free and responsibility free.
And when you ask them what qualifications they have to demand high wage. They got angry.
You are in the wrong century. Here in the 21st century women are considered actual, capable, thinking human beings who don't need a man to "lead" them anywhere. How about a partnership instead?
Someone has to be in charge and the husband is the natural choice.
That doesn't mean he should not listen to his wife, simply that he must have final say.
"Mike Rowe warned Monday that the labor force participation rate is the most "chilling" economic metric, citing millions of "able-bodied men" who are not working or looking for jobs."
I honestly don't understand this. The argument down political lines usually goes something like this:
Red: They are getting money from the government. Covid relief is still ongoing, and people would prefer that over working. Its crippling the country. Blue: Corporations are not paying people what they are entitled to and thus people aren't working for these deplorable places anymore.
The comments under the article are pretty much all over the place, with many loons. Reminding of a forum I know and love :-)
So which is true? maybe a mixture of both? I just have a hard time believing that people won't work and think they can make more from the government. Which I haven't seen. My brother can't work (medical). He gets $800 a month. Even in good times it doesn't let him live all too comfortably at all. Nor should he. He has a 1 bedroom apt in the a "low rent" help area. Has to work with community support often to get meals on wheels, recycled clothing, etc.
I don't know any able bodied/minded males that won't work. I'm sure they are out there though.
Thoughts?
I do know a few guys who have kids who are in their 20's/30's and the kids seem to just want to chill That was from the early days of Covid. Some are doing gig work (Uber), or cash work, and covering the bills. But what kind of existence is that?
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Originally Posted by Taggerung
Men are simply not motivated to work. The reasons for this are complex, but to put it simply, they don't feel that the rewards are worth it anymore. I mean, who can blame them? Men today have no community, no access to productive activities, no opportunities for love and affection, no mentors, and no 'initiation rites.' So what are they doing instead? They are becoming neets, spending 12 hours a day in front of a screen.
For the generation that were just entering the workforce in the financial collapse, I can somewhat understand the frustration. If they are paying attention to the news, they should turn it off. We are entering a very strange time in this country.
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i don't think most of them are looking for work. it's not that hard to locate.
Very true. I'm not sure I have been anywhere recently that isn't hiring, and by hiring, they probably don't care what you look like or what your skill set is. But it requires that THEY LOOK FOR WORK. That first step off the couch is sometimes the hardest.
Listen, hun, if you want to draft women go for it. I am not opposed to that. I actually think the time has come. But if men would stop starting wars men wouldn't be dying in them. Women have virtually no power on a global scale. We aren't starting the wars you are dying in.
Just curious; how old were you when you decided you hated all men and would devote your life to bashing them?
Many people are fed up with our capitalistic trickle down system of economics. Oligarchs making billions and paying zero taxes and hoarding real estate while the working class makes $80,000 and lives check to check but can't buy a home. Many white collar and blue collar workers feel the system is rigged against them.
I'm 60+ and still working and I somewhat agree with them. I chose to work with the rigged system rather than fight it, however I understand their plight.
have you heard of the antiwork movement. that’s what it is. talk to anyone who has hired someone born after 1997. not to generalize, but many are obese, entitled, lazy, and are not on a path to secure their future well-being. wealthy boomer grandparents (who they trash) and comfortable genx parents enable them to live rent free and responsibility free.
I'm sure these people you refer to can find work out in a cornfield scaring away crows.
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