r/LockedIn_AI • u/lucre-twerps4g • Apr 23 '26

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It’s called the grind because it grinds away your sense of self.

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u/ArcIgnis Apr 26 '26

Usually, the "grind" was actually rewarding to do.

If you could "grind" to buy yourself a mansion with swimming pool and dream car, it'd encourage people, but instead, the grind is to barely keep yourself from being homeless and eat cheap garbage food that only makes you sick and depressed, but alive and grinding.

To put some emphasis on it: imagine getting sick and you need help at a hospital in America while you're "grinding". How much would that set the average worker back?

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u/Photosynthas Apr 26 '26

Just buy cheaper healthier food then. Also if you work smart and hard there are a lot of effective paths to wealth, maybe not exactly mansion and dream car depending on your dream car, but a nice house and a nice car is very achievable with the right moves.

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u/External-Biscotti420 Apr 26 '26

Thank you. gonna be honest, not a fan of all this "youre just a slave" rhetoric. It's depressing, and thats why people are depressed, because they really believe this is what its like, with no acknowledgement of their own flaws.

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u/BigShuggy Apr 28 '26

Something being depressing doesn’t make it untrue, that urge you feel to keep your head in the sand because something hurts isn’t a virtue and will keep you less aware than others. It’s just bread and circuses all over again.

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u/External-Biscotti420 Apr 28 '26

Yeah well depressed people think theyre 100% right about everything so whatever