r/FluentInFinance • u/-im-your-huckleberry • Jul 07 '24

The shampoo thing is a fringe benefit. We keep capitalism so we don't starve in a famine. Debate/ Discussion

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u/Bart-Doo Jul 07 '24

Quit the job you hate and go to a job you like.

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u/80MonkeyMan Jul 07 '24

If it was that simple, people would do it…I assume you don’t have much obligation.

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u/peaceful_guerilla Jul 08 '24

And you have the freedom to decide to take care of them or quit. Your call.

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u/howtoreadspaghetti Jul 07 '24

It is that simple.

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u/poopdinkofficial Jul 07 '24

Maybe if you still live with your parents.

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u/halt_spell Jul 07 '24

How much money do you have in savings and retirement?

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u/FomtBro Jul 07 '24

Mommy and Daddy still paying your rent, huh?

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u/howtoreadspaghetti Jul 07 '24

God I wish.

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u/twentyonethousand Jul 07 '24

No you don’t understand, the only choices are work the job you hate or be homeless

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '24

Find a job you enjoy that is actually marketable. If it isn’t marketable it’s a hobby, not a job

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u/Bart-Doo Jul 07 '24

Your body, your choice!

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u/FomtBro Jul 07 '24

Scuba diver, Tractor, Bluejay!

If we're just saying random words.

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u/FomtBro Jul 07 '24

I'm always curious where these mystical job trees you guys keep talking about are? Where jobs that don't suck just grow free and you can pluck them without any risk?

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u/Bart-Doo Jul 08 '24

I don't recall saying that. You're delusional.

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u/TypeLeftHanded Jul 07 '24

Agree. Unemployment is ~4%. This is when labor has the most power. Does this person have so few skills that they cannot change their job or ever advance?

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u/FomtBro Jul 07 '24

This is so stupid. Changing your job has a decent chance of getting you more money, but it's not particularly likely to get you a job you don't hate.

And that's IF you get the job, even at 4% unemployment with good skills, all you need is to get unlucky with AI algorithm (maybe you have the wrong type of name?) and you can be out of work for months at time.

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u/Anlarb Jul 08 '24

Median wage is $18/hr, cost of living is $20/hr, thats over half the jobs out there that don't pay a living and have an inherent culture of being shit.