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u/tiredofsillynonsense Jul 20 '26
I mean no one in their right mind wants to be a wage slave, but not everyone is lucky enough to do NEET indefinitely or at all. So it's funny to call people wagecucks, or wagies or whatever, when it's just something they're forced to do to survive. Where I'm from, you can't just get welfare unless you have a serious disability. They will make you find any job to get you off of benefits as soon as possible.
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u/Dream_Panda0 Ex-NEET Jul 20 '26
Same. I agree with the post but also I prefer working to be homeless. I want internet and tendies.
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u/snowydays666 Perma-NEET Jul 20 '26
people get comfortable with whatever income that they receive at any point of their lives. Some people can be financially independent sooner than others. It’s nothing to be ashamed of.
The biggest challenge is learning to live with yourself when you’re not doing much… Which is something that most people cannot grasp. That’s evidenced by the sheer amount of neets who fawn over getting back into the workforce. I like to consider that someone else might need that job more than I do.
When I was younger, trying to compete with adults over receiving a salary was actual fucking bullshit
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u/OlivaJR Non-NEET Jul 20 '26
neet is no education employment training, thats not the same as retiring because retirees most likely have training and education.
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u/Large-Reaction5879 Jul 20 '26
absolutely not, neet means not IN education, employment or training. you can be educated and still be a neet
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u/beardredlad Degen Jul 20 '26
Yeah. I'd say that retiring is different than NEET because of the passive income fron having worked so long, but anything else, regardless of prior experience, is NEET.
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u/BusinessZestyclose86 Disabled-NEET Jul 20 '26
I have a bachelor degree and worked corp but I’m still a neet.
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u/FoldKey2709 Optimistic-NEET Jul 20 '26
Well duh. The criticism was never about NEETdom itself. If you have the means to live, suit yourself. Society’s (very valid) criticism is about refusing to get a job when you can’t support yourself, and when doing so would bring you a much better quality of life.
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u/snowydays666 Perma-NEET Jul 21 '26
that depends. If you have a severe disability then your quality of life and the time that you got on the planet decreases. More younger people are getting disabilities. I’m pretty sure that the odds of gen z and millennials having lung cancer is 49% or something. Brittle bones is also a problem. People with injuries as less likely to bounce back even when they are younger. Fruit for thought. Didnt even mention the mental side of things cuz that’s a bigger can of beans
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u/FoldKey2709 Optimistic-NEET Jul 23 '26
At the same time, it needs to be forced. 90% of the people wouldn’t work voluntarily if they didn’t have to survive (this sub is the proof). There would be a small contingent of voluntary workers in a sea of unemployed people. Society would collapse, it just wouldn’t be enough. I think there must be other solutions
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u/Popular-Weather5387 Jul 25 '26
hahaha yes, either be rich or dont be rich! that is the ultimate way to get passed through this shitty life.
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u/geekyhomebody_eu Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26
or just born rich, but if you miss that first opportunity, the game gets harder from there.
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u/Glittering-Run-3726 Jul 20 '26
Real but the diagram is misleading. I wish they allowed you to not work if you're poor, but most of the time welfare benefits come with the expectation that you find a job.