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my friend (i say friend but actually more like acquaintance) has referred to his parents as “poor” when they have close to $1mil in super and multiple property assets. I swear some people think poor means “not a billionaire” 

@lagoonhag  god that’s infuriating. it’s so galling that these people cry about being poor when they’ve obviously never experienced financial difficulty in their life. This guy is the same in that he rents a relatively run down house and doesn’t personally have much money (due mainly to him just legit being very lazy and entitled) but like..I know for a fact his parents pay his rent and bills when he can’t/won’t. 

I really don’t feel like we as a society are talking enough about this

Achievements of people born into excessive wealth mean nothing I’m sorry

I’m not.

A lot of people clearly think that “hard work” and “good work ethic” means being willing to be underpaid, work unpaid overtime and running yourself into the ground for your employer. 

A man from uni was ranting about how “Australians are afraid of hard work an d have no work ethic” and the example he used was his friend in queensland who quit a fruit picking job after 2 weeks because he was working 12 hour days for $12 an hour in cash. 

Social media and the whole culture surrounding it stresses me out

I also hate the idea that you have to base all your social media posts or interactions around your job and professional image (if that makes any sense). I understand not posting certain obvious things on social media, but I mean things like just liking certain pages or posting memes that are completely harmless or fun but might make you seem “unprofessional” lest your employer/potential employer sees it. eg: I was told I should take down a video that I had of a metal band that I saw live in my own free time, and which was posted on my personal fb page, because “it gives the wrong impression if a potential employer sees it.” It’s like we’re not allowed to use social media just for fun anymore, every aspect of our lives needs to be curated to market ourselves to employers. 

Fuck. I didn’t get it until the comment

This…I actually…really needed this. Like.For real legit thank you.

me too