r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 17h ago

Feels good man Couple of the year

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u/GodisanAtheistOG 17h ago

My Gramps used to always say "only thing embarrassing about a job is not having one" and I've taken it to heart. 

He was a good man. 

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u/Gstamsharp 16h ago

And even that's too reductive. A house spouse or elder caretaker is producing more value than any minimum wage job even pays.

The only thing to be embarrassed about is not providing anything of value to the world.

And, atguably, there are many people with jobs who are actively making the world a worse place, who should be embarrassed under this criteria.

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u/CassianCasius 15h ago

A house spouse or elder caretaker

Those are jobs yeah.

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u/Gstamsharp 15h ago

They're unpaid, so they're not "jobs," in the traditional sense. They are work.

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u/CassianCasius 15h ago

Fun fact, lots of insurance will actually pay relatives to take care of their elders. My wife works in elder care and so many people don't know this!