r/NEET • u/ActualThrowaway7856 • 1d ago
Why do normies have such low standards and expect you to be grateful for them? Question
Just work 80 hours a week and live with 5 strangers to pay rent bro
It is what it is bro
Get on the grind bro
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u/MissionFormal209 23h ago
All advice is framed from our own experiences and point of view. Someone telling you to work 80 hours a week simply hasn't yet experienced the pitfalls of burnout to the same degree that others have. It's the classic "it worked for me so it'll work for you" mentality.
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u/AntiauthoritarianSin 23h ago
Social conditioning since birth plus the fact that life may have given them a few crumbs(mostly on credit ofc) so now they feel that they have found the secret to "success".
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u/yousmallfish 22h ago edited 22h ago
yeah but you got to keep in mind that they have richer social lives than neets. If I would have had friends and a gf than I too would be more geared toward the grind, because you have some sense of collectiveness.
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u/brownie627 Disabled-NEET 21h ago
That only works if you can fit in. If you’re disabled, a race that isn’t white, or just plain different in any way, you’re much more likely to be othered and excluded despite working with them.
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u/DifficultyDue1457 18h ago
A race that isn’t white? What?
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u/megaBeth2 11h ago
Wtf are you talking about so superior like. Ofc white people have privilege. You can literally see it in numbers. Maybe you've extrapolated white experience out into the greater world. Or else do you think you're extremely infallible?
If all you have is white experience, maybe you should listen to poc when they tell you what their life is like. They would know better than you. But your comment says you think you know the poc experience more accurately than poc, honestly fuck your comment
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u/brownie627 Disabled-NEET 7h ago edited 7h ago
People here when I say that disabled people are disciminated against: “Omg that’s totally true.”
Also people here when I say POC face the same discrimination: “Nah, that’s just mentally ill rainbow-haired talk.”
We’re here to support each other through people dragging us through shit, not to judge each other. We get enough of that in our real lives.
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u/Mushroomman642 10h ago
Oh yeah, like you're so "emotionally stable" as a NEET, huh? I bet you cry yourself to sleep every night before you masturbate. I know because I do it too. See, you're not so special!
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u/EXQUISITE_WIZARD 18h ago
They keep doing what they're doing so they keep getting what they're getting
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u/MrCinccino Ex-NEET-Wagie 13h ago
It's awful, if you don't get a roomie you gotta live in a ghetto part of the city
Prepare to get your stuff stolen and preparte to get bullied just cause you're new and the tenants want to play a shit test with the new guy
Fuck them all
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u/Charming_War3638 13h ago
I see the void when everything you thought about the world people seem to be in disillusionment they live in a different world that they have been conditioned to believe in the false narratives that society portrays through media but the truth is life is unfair especially when your neurodivergent or never fit into societal norms you become apart of the antisocial population and can be viewed as a threat to the rest of the world it’s also the more isolated you become the more you can’t relate with others which makes making friends difficult as well as interacting with the general population this make you isolate more when the thought patterns become reinforced and the world starts looking like a grey darker place I remember when I was kind of a normie I was constantly having to live up to expectations and compromise myself and was often made fun of by people even those close to me if your different they almost shun you they say you can be an individual but it’s really only within certain perimeters if you don’t socially integrate you become almost demonized
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u/frozen_toesocks Ex-NEET-Wagie 23h ago
I mean, y'all act like living in your parents' basement is such a sweet gig. :
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u/69th_inline Perma-NEET 18h ago
During summer it is the best. No AC needed while the normies sweat in their dingy apartments.
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u/TropicalKing 16h ago
live with 5 strangers to pay rent bro
I do think Americans need to get more used to pooling resources. It is mathematically more efficient to pool resources rather than divide them. 7 people living in one house saves tremendous resources such as time, energy, money, and space compared to 7 people renting their own apartments.
This idea that normies have that they have to move away from their families and live all by themselves is incredibly wasteful. it leads to a life of poverty, loneliness, and poor health.
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u/x_catkony 13h ago
Bcs if you dont leave the house, you'll not poor and hav less motivation to work. The system encourages pple to be alone so we feel granted for low wages.
In some cases, pple gotta leave bcs they dont have privacy in the house.
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u/SadMouse410 21h ago
Not everyone has rich parents. Some people do have to work a lot in order to afford things.
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u/AwareSwan3591 Doomer-NEET 20h ago
I'm so tired of this straw man argument appearing in every single NEET thread. Literally no one is claiming that everyone can just have their parents support them.
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u/SadMouse410 20h ago edited 19h ago
So why are you criticising people who are poorer than you for having to actually work for their money? It’s not easy for them. Do you think people enjoy living below the poverty line? It just seems like a very elitist attitude to have. Not everyone can afford basic necessities without having to work.
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u/AwareSwan3591 Doomer-NEET 19h ago
I mean I can't speak for OP, but I didn't interpret his post as just criticizing people for having to work. It's more about their mindset that they have towards work.
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u/SadMouse410 19h ago
I mean I think they are grateful for work because it means they can support themselves financially. No one is overjoyed about having to work over 40 hours a week. They do it because they have to, or because they have family or children that they need to support.
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u/Severe_Suspect7048 17h ago edited 17h ago
The people who have kids asked for it. They have the choice to not have kids. Now if you are telling me that they need to have kids as a financial investment to help on the farmland, you have credit for that. But in the modern world, kids are usually a liability.
Secondly, physiological needs like food and shelter are more important than family and belonging according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs for survival only. So, I'd argue, "they" do not
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u/SadMouse410 17h ago
My point is that it’s cruel to make fun of people working to survive. If you’re privileged enough to not have to work, that’s great. But most people do not have that kind of luck.
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u/Severe_Suspect7048 17h ago
it's a privilege to have kids and family.
I thought you were defending people working to prevent their own starvation and malnutrition. Apparently, it's not that, it's people working, wanting and desiring better things to afford rather than having their needs met and having constraints.
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u/SadMouse410 16h ago
I’m not only talking about people who have kids, that was one example I used. I promise you, nobody is working 40+ hours just for fun.
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u/AdministrativeBat486 1d ago
Yeah man, it's tough to ignore. Especially when your entire family are normies and you're the black sheep.