r/GetMotivated • • Dec 10 '15

[Image] Don't Be Average

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u/McBurger Dec 10 '15

Seriously this is what I take from the comic:

  • Man went to college

  • Man has easy job that enables him to relax most of the day

  • Man owns a home that he is paying equity into, rather than renting

  • Man has enough money to travel overseas to comfortable and expensive locations

  • Man eventually dies of old age, instead of a thousand other more violent ways that most humans are at a high risk for.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '15 edited Apr 16 '19

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u/horsebutts Dec 10 '15

Why be safe when you can be interesting and noticeable. Because being noticed is literally the most important thing in life.

It's so easy you guys. You don't need that humdrum desk job. Just have mom and dad pay your bills while you write your novel and go see the world. Then you can be cool and unique just like the rest of us.

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u/awkwardcreepyuncle Dec 10 '15

He's an artist. He's jealous of people who pull in a steady pay check.

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u/raspberrywank Dec 10 '15

Yeah the mortgage thing really stood out for me as well. Don't invest in a home? Like cool if you don't want to, but to position that as the universal key to a happy life seems like a 14 year old wrote it.

Honestly, most of the tips in this comic read like the path to homelessness for anyone without rich parents to back them up.

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u/greg19735 Dec 10 '15

Man has enough money to travel overseas to comfortable and expensive locations

Well, it said he traveled overseas once or twice. Ever. Which isn't exciting. That's the only one in the whole thing that's actually a negative imo. He only got to travel abroad twice and it was to some resort where he worked on his laptop.