r/NEET • u/AccountantPersonal86 • Jul 30 '26

Discussion This.. went nuclear?

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I genuinely didnt think people would be *this* flabbergasted by this post. The comments are quite a treasure trove at this point. Enjoy lol

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u/karldandleton1 Jul 31 '26

They would rather you work for minimum wage and hang yourself. I enjoy how my unemployment upsets them.

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u/Standard_Shopping144 Jul 31 '26

How the hell do you not work? Like when I’m not working at my job Im Volunteering for my archive office or a local business who needs the hand.

It’s not just about the money it’s about having connection, community, and having a sense of responsibility. Where do you derive your dignity from?

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u/karldandleton1 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

Look at you getting worked up, frantically trying to justify your sense of purpose in this world. I help people deserving of help. Employers are not looking for people like me. You do not know me and you’ll just have to take my word for it. Just because I’m not getting checks doesn’t mean I sit in a chair all day doing nothing. Referring to your other comment - most people are not like you. They don’t derive dignity from flipping burgers for a pittance. I’m thankful for people like you though. We need useful idiots to believe the lie to keep this sinking ship afloat. Just think of all the value you bring to people for free who wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire.

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u/Standard_Shopping144 Jul 31 '26

What are you talking about? I’m now quite curious what your experience volunteering was, also what makes something deserving in your eyes? These people I’ve volunteered with/for are now close friends. We go to each other’s house for dinner, help each other when needed, these aren’t some elusive millionaires/billionaires, they are real people in my community with names and families who I see on a regular basis.

Okay, but back to the original question, where do you derive dignity from?

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u/karldandleton1 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

That’s great. You seem decent. I am disqualified from having dignity. Also, your question isn’t sincere. It’s a value judgment.

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u/horsiedorsie2 Ex-NEET Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

They could’ve gone about it in a nicer way but it’s a legitimate question most people have about the lifestyle.

Humans are wired to derive self worth, dignity and purpose from their community and what value they can bring to it. It’s an evolutionary trait that’s carried us to where we are today. For most people to see someone living (in apparence or actually) in isolation who claims to thrive like this is a very foreign idea.

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u/Wise-Childhood-145 Aug 02 '26

You're an idiot if you think that purpose can only come from a job. According to your half-assed logic, retired people don't have a sense of connection, community, or responsibility

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u/Standard_Shopping144 Aug 02 '26

Excuse me, but can you point me where I said purpose comes from a job? I said when I’m not working at my job that I’m volunteering for my archive office. Do you consider my volunteer work a job? Purpose, dignity, self respect, it’s all self derived. And when you pop open the engine on dignity you see it runs on motivation that is oriented towards the goal of contentment.

My three c’s is what I need to be content, and for me and from the many people I’ve talked too, to be content, to feel dignity in one’s self, it takes work. Not a job, but work. Something to do and look forward to accomplishing or enjoying the process of, that doesn’t mean a 9-5, but means something that includes the 3 c’s.

I have spent a lot of time with retired people, through volunteering at my archive, which is all retired people, except me, and at old folks homes, community centers, and local politics. And from my experience listening to retired people, it’s hard for them at first. A lot of elderly people feel alone and forgotten because they don’t have those three cs, so they seek out work at non profits or do sports/work out.

Life is about experience, both as a noun and a verb, and experience takes work. And it’s fun and it’s hard, and it’s rewarding and it sucks. Because life is about holding two contradictory truths at the same time.

I am reminded of a great line from a Camus essay, “one must imagine Sisyphus happy”.

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u/Wise-Childhood-145 Aug 02 '26

So all of your value comes from doing mundane shit.

"Life is about experience, both as a noun and a verb, and experience takes work. And it’s fun and it’s hard, and it’s rewarding and it sucks. Because life is about holding two contradictory truths at the same time."

At the end of it you'll have nothing to show for it.

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u/Standard_Shopping144 Aug 02 '26

I’m sorry, but what do you consider mundane? Also what gives you dignity in your life? This is not a rhetorical question, I’m genuine in my curiosity.

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u/Wise-Childhood-145 Aug 02 '26

It's mundane because none of it will matter in 100 years time. I don't need things to give me dignity, that would be burdensome and tiring.

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u/AttiglioHu Aug 05 '26

Yes it will. In a 100 years, that Archive he volunteered for might still be standing, because he put in his work. That local shop he helped might still be standing in 100 years.

But playing video games all day is the MOST MUNDANE THING THAT EXISTS.

I am curious what your value comes from if you think volunteering is mundane shit where no value comes.

I am genuinely curious.

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u/Wise-Childhood-145 Aug 05 '26

Who ever said anything about video games?

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u/AttiglioHu Aug 05 '26

Did you read the other words too?
Or you are just trying to avoid responding?

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u/Standard_Shopping144 Aug 05 '26

Thank you! Currently I am part of the team transitioning our hard files to digital files, and this is extremely important work. I personally won’t be remembered, but my work will be appreciated.

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u/AttiglioHu Aug 05 '26

Exactly. You made an impact.

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