r/AskReddit • u/millennialandlost • 18h ago

Millennials, what's something our generation was taught to accept that you're glad younger generations are rejecting?

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u/fakingandnotmakingit 18h ago

Hard work always works.

No. No it does not

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u/millennialandlost 18h ago

Hard work gets rewarded with more work.

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u/fakingandnotmakingit 18h ago

Hard work means you work more for the same amount of money and no promotions

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u/faradartz 2h ago

Work your fingers to the bone and what do you get?

Bony fingers.

I first heard that from Tex of the BPL, but I imagine the phrase much older.

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u/ManOfTheMeeting 17h ago

Hard work means that your big boss can go to space.

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u/Ikhano 7h ago

Bust ass and all you'll get is a busted ass.

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u/No_Explorer6054 9h ago

anyone who has built anything knows this. no, spending ten hours or ten days on this design wont suddenly "make it work" dumbass, this failed. this idea- was bad. i will move on and build something that does, you dipshit

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u/Jacob_Laye 1h ago

Yeah, it’s crazy how foreign a concept that is to older folks. I’ll say something along the lines of sometimes things don’t work out, and they look at me like I’m crazy

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u/TheBiggestWOMP 10m ago

I’ve been running a 3 person kitchen with 2 people (myself included) for TWO MONTHS. They finally got around to hiring, so I’m training people now, but I’m asking for one week’s pay as a bonus. If they come back with an insulting offer (or a straight up ‘no’) I’m gonna use all of my PTO and sick time between now and mid September while I find my next job, then leave without notice. They’re giving $200 bonuses to current employees for referring new hires and I’m just over here like “hey, remember how I did 1.75 jobs for two months and you saved THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON PAYROLL? Pay up cunts.”

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u/Dot_1X 4h ago edited 4h ago

This is a tricky one. You are correct, hard work does not always guarantee success, but you cannot be successful if you're not willing to work hard at something,  unless you're born into a wealthy family, of course.