>work 38 hours for $805 a week after tax
>no responsibilities or bills
>spend money on new PC and vidya
>no time nor energy to enjoy said vidya
Fuck how do you fellow wage slaves do it?
I spent nearly $1,250 for my i7 4790K and GTX 980 gaming a few months ago and around $2,500 on vidya since and I haven't even bothered to install 99.9% of them.
Alcohol. Allows me to tune out and enjoy what little vidya tiem I have at the end of the day.
A week is 168 hours long. if you're working 38 hours, you've still got 130 hours to eat, sleep, game. 8 hours for sleep per night leaves you over 10 hours a day to eat and game. If you can't find the time, you're doing something wrong.
Handhelds
>>315273320
>no time nor energy to enjoy said vidya
Exercise you fat fuck
>>315273632
Not to sound conceited but I would rather not play with a 3DS or any handheld gaming system in public. Maybe mobile games then?
>>315273605
Something tells me time isn't the problem. I don't know, maybe because of the image and the fact he didn't bother to install the games.
You have to organize your day intelligently. Also make sure you're sleeping enough. I always felt like I'd have no time in the day after work and the gym so I'd stay up late every night to try to squeeze stuff in but I eventually realized that getting 5 hours of sleep actually wasted time in my day.
I would take longer to do things and often have to take a nap during the day.
I now go to bed at 930pm, wake up at 530am, work from 630-300, gym from 400-530, which leaves me 4 hours to do whatever I want.
>>315273320
What job? Also do you have any friends or anyone to talk to/hang out?
>>315273870
So you're an insecure manchild that is fine with playing mobile shit in public because society views that as ok, as opposed to handhelds?
Be not retarded? I work 46 hours and i still find time to play vidya. Though it's never new vidya.
>>315273320
>38 hours a week
>no time
What the fuck, man? What do you do all week that you're so busy?
>>315273939
Mid-level manager of a sales company.
>>315273895
Not depressed or anything, I do enjoy life at and outside work (socializing/photography etc.) but I can't play vidya as I used to be able to.
>>315273929
>One of the few people out there that realize getting more sleep allows you to get a hell of a lot more out of the day, even if it is just vidya
Take naps on your days off to. Get some shit done in the morning, get yourself some lunch then take an hour to nap. You'll be banging on all cylinders all the way up until bedtime.
>>315273320
>38 hours a week
How is that much?
You literally work from 8 am to 5 pm, leaving you at least 9 hours for vidya.
I work from 7 am to 10 pm, nigga, quit your bitching.
>>315274063
If you feel the need to enjoy vidya maybe you just need to find a game that'd reinvigorate your passion for it. Keep looking and be strong out there.
>tfw filthy yuroslav
>tfw work a whole month for half of what OP makes in a week
quit your bitching you faggot, buy some redbulls and power through your whining
>>315274123
Seriously, I just woke up from 8 hours of sleep and I feel amazing. Got to work half an hour early and I'm poised to finish and leave early too.
I wish I had figured this shit out when I was in college.
I guess vidya feels more like a chore to me when I can be doing stuff like funposting on /v/, street photography, drinking tea at the cafe etc.
I mostly play RPGs, so is there some vidya out there that can reinvigorate my love for it? Maybe try a different genre?
>>315274580
The Witcher series?
>work 40 hours for $100 a week
That's how much I get per week from my neetbux.
>>315274647
Are you from India?
>>315274629
I think I own all of them, including TW3, but never installed it. I've just been buying stuff on Steam, but I prefer to buy physical copies for my shelf (which I have bothered to built yet).
>>315274647
dude you should consider stealing copper cable and drilling holes in public toilet doors at this point who the fuck accept such a shitty job?
I'm in the same position, I work 7-6 every day ,six days a week. I go to the gym three days a week and I have a girlfriend. When it come down to things I have it pretty good, but I always feel tired. I buy games I want to play and never have time
>>315274738
Russia
>>315274647
Ceaser ?
>>315273605
> literally living your life by the clock.
Fuck that nonsense.
>>315274817
whats your job?I don't think anything is worth that little.Can you atleast buy much?
>not leeching the system until they cut you off
and if they dont, ill leech forever and die a happy leech
>>315273320
>Fuck how do you fellow wage slaves do it?
Weed. Lots of weed
I'm just about to be out the door for an interview today. Hopefully I'll get this management position and leave my current job for more cash to blow on vidya.
>>315274817
well you can live a decent life in Russia with 400$ per month. 4chan is geting retarded with converting all the money in $ and complaining they don't make as much as amerikeks. Cost of life is different.
>>315275070
I thought Russians were still fucked over by the embargoes?
>>315274924
Not him and not from Russia, but living in Eastern Europe. Minimum wage here is ~300 euros, but it's not enough for living. So basically, you're fucked if you don't have a better job or a person who can support you.
>>315274924
Sysadmin.
>Be Mexican
>earn 1820$ per month
>Buy new vidya but instead emulate ps1 games and gamecube games
E B I N
>falling for the i7 meme when you don't even hardly play games
heh.
>>315273605
He's spending too much time on 4chan most likely.
>>315273320
>Fuck how do you fellow wage slaves do it?
Learn to shiftwork. I make $1250 a week on average and fit all of my work into 2 12 hour days and 2 12 hour nights. I then get 4-5 days off in a row, on average. I'm just coming off 7 days off, and after this next cycle I have 8 days off to play fallout 4.
So yeah....git gud.
>>315274194
You sleep only 6 hours per night?
>>315273320
>>315274063
Sounds like you're getting burnt out. I had a similar problem a while back. I realized I was impulse buying games and playing only the tutorial and part of the first level before dropping it for another impulse buy. I was chasing the dragon, or that spark/feeling of total immersion and fun, but that wasn't the problem. I was burnt out from too much too fast and my ever-growing backlog sure didn't help.
If I were you, I would take a break from vidya. I did two months, but even a few weeks would probably help. When you come back to the hobby, you have to treat it more like when you were a kid and couldn't mass-buy games. I mean, face it, with more adult responsibilities you'll inevitably have less time for vidya, which means now more than ever you have to pick and choose.
>>315274063
Here's an idea. Maybe as you grow older your interests shift from video games to other things and there is nothing wrong with that?
Take a break for a while and eventually you'll get the urge to play again.
>work full time
>to tired to vidya after work
>games are almost $70
>have $38 to live on after bills, food, kickstarters, patreons and twitch donations
Is gaming only a hobby for the rich? How do people do it?
>>315275135
That harsh.Why would anyone stay then?Can't Europeans move freely through each overs countries?With their Eu passport?
>>315273320
>Work 75 - 90 hours a week in a finance job straight out of uni
>No time for vidya
>Grind soul into dust dealing with shitty clients and co workers
>After 5 years have enough savings to tell boss to fuck himself and set up own company
>Money isn't as good as before but I work whenever I want and make enough to get by comfortably
>Play about 50 hours of vidya a week now
>>315275505
>spending money monthly on twitch, patreon, kickstarter
Just stop and you'll have money for actual vidya.
>>315273320
Take a break, exercise, join an intramural sport and learn how to divide up your time. I work 60 hours week in a doctoral program and get 1,300 a month but I still play a little something nearly every night before bed. And managed to develop a social life and hit up happy hours/breweries every week too.
Learn to balance. You'll be fine.
>>315275505
>Kickstarters
>Patreons
>twitch donations
You are your own problem.
>>315275224
>be european
>own buildings where people live in
>3000€ a month from NOT DOING ANYTHING
E R I C
>>315275505
2/10
>>315275519
>Eastern Europe
>Europe
nah
>>315275505
You've just got to start spreading it out.
What I do with a new release is weigh it. How important is it to me personally, and why? Do I really want to play it for the story/gameplay? Am I getting it to be part of the fresh discussion? Is my choice influenced by multiplayer, or is it a single player only title?
When I do make a purchase, I try to stick with it and get the most out of it. For example, I know the next vidya I'll be buying on release is CoD, because I want to play with all my friends. Fallout 4 is coming out soon, but I can comfortably wait for a price drop since I have Fatal Frame to tide me over until CoD comes out, and then I'll be playing that for a decent amount of time.
Pace yourself.
>>315275519
That's why most young people after graduating high school are emigrating to other countries. Every year they're trying to make it even harder to get into universities/colleges or graduate from them. Even with a good qualification you're not sure you'll get a job, but I think it's everywhere like this. The education and our government is fucked.
Maybe you could get by with 300 euros, but not if you're renting a place or having a house/bigger apartment. And it still would be pretty hard.
And yeah, they can move through countries freely, only need to have a passport.
>>315273320
I play a lot of different single-player games and I vary enough by walking, seeing my friends etc. so that video games don't become too stale
>Minimum wage IT slave for a public school
>Only goes 4 days a week so I only get around 30 hours of work
>3 day weekends are a nice thing
>Barely make $700 a month
So...this is the power...of poverty.
>Being a brainless wage slave
Neet masterrace here. While you're at work for 8-10 hours a day, I'm enjoying whatever I wanna do. Vidya, anime, fappin, you name it.
>inb4 hurr parents house
My mom and dad love having me around. It makes them feel useful. And when they take me to cash my neetbux each month, I buy them lunch at authentic sushi restaurants and we go shopping for new manga and shit.
I'm teaching myself to produce dance music in my free time. These are just a few things I do while you wage slaves waste your lives.
I'm smarter, more talented, and happier than you because I am free to do what I like.
>>315275224
Greenmarine please
>>315276052
My brother.
>>315274123
I sleep 5-6 hours on workdays and still on the top.
I sleep 10 hours on the weekend. That's why you have your weekends to have some rest and refresh.
>>315273929
Organizing your day like this guy is an other thing. If you have a daily routine it really helps. Just experiment how you can keep fresh how much sleep you need and give maximum vidya performance.
Don't call yourself a wageslave if you make over 20k/yr
>>315276441
Wageslave is a term that used to mean minimum wage worker, usually at a shitty Mcjob or low-level retail.
Now thanks to neo-/v/ and people like >>315276052, it's become a catch-all term for any job at all besides leeching off parents/gubmn't.
>>315276052
Here have you reply for your bad bait.
Just to make you feeleven smarter.
>>315276731
$804/wk at just under full time isn't minimum wage in any state I can think of. Or are you CAN/AUS?
>>315273320
Work sucks the soul out of you. Went through same thing. Was to exhausted due to the physical labor of my work to enjoy doing anything but sit on couch and sleep.
>i7 4790K
>GTX 980
>>315276052
I'll take 'Things That Never Happen' for $1,000, Alex.
No, seriously, every neet I've ever spoken to has said the same shit as you.
>i get neetbux
>my parents don't mind me living with them
>here's a superficial list of things i claim to be doing with all my free time
>i'm happier than you are
Yet when I talk to these folks later on in life, say, a year or so, they seem gradually more miserable. All of those things they'd claimed to be doing a year prior are suddenly on the backburner, or on hiatus, or they've switched gears and have new pursuits.
I mean, I used to be a neet for a long time as well, I know the lifestyle. Every neet inevitably stumbles into that pitfall, and it's a slippery slope. You wake up, you fap, you watch anime/movies/play vidya. You jump on /v/ for a few hours to shitpost about being a neet and how your life is infinitely better than everyone else's because you've chosen to be a hedonist and the people in your life are enabling you.
Yet, when you go to sleep at night, you lay your head down on the pillow and realize, 'Oh, I didn't work on my dance music today. Well, maybe tomorrow.'.
But tomorrow never really comes, because every day it's the same result. You wake up, you fap, you watch anime/movies/play vidya. You shitpost on /v/ for a few hours about being a neet and how your life is infinitely better than everyone else's. Then you go to sleep at night, and you realize, 'Oh, I didn't work on my dance music today. Well, maybe tomorrow.'.
It's a vicious cycle. Addicts make the same kind of excuses you do, neet. Your lifestyle is unsustainable.
Enjoy it while it lasts.
>>315273320
Stop mass buying games on impulse like an irresponsible faggot. That would probably be a good start
>MFW inheritance
>MFW never have to work a day in my life
Thaaaaaaaaaaank you grandma!
>>315276052
Why do you feel the need to defend yourself this hard senpai desu
nobody was calling you out for being a neet
>>315273320
>38 hours for 805$
try 48 for 350$ after taxes nigger
>>315273320
>spends less that 2 days a week working
>no time nor energy
Bruh.
>>315274502
Same here.
>>315275505
at least you could have said costumes, booster packs, season passes and preorders
>>315276332
>>315276332
That's not how sleep works, you don't magically "catch up" on rest by sleeping more on weekends.
The absolute best thing you can do for your sleep patterns is get into a schedule. Go to bed at the same time every night and getting up at the same time maximizes the rest you get each night, as well as many studies have linked better cognitive function to a better sleep schedule.
>>315273320
You need exercise.
If your body gets no adrenaline, you will get depressed.
>>315277426
Shit can go wrong even when you think your set for life anon
>>315277676
That's why I said experiment yourself.
What I wrote works for me.
>>315276052
How does one get neet bucks when ny parents want me to get a degree and be sucessful but I have no motivation or talent to do so?
>>315275505
>He gives money to people to play games for him
Exercise more, and you will have energy.
And get off of /v/
>>315277812
Yep, that's why I play it extremely safe, don't spend more money than I have to, have a normal apartment, normal car, nothing crazy, she left me a lot of money, I just have to fight temptation to spend it all on something stupid.
>work graveyards
>sleep like 4-5 hours during workdays
>on last day of work I sleep for 12 hours, refreshed as fuck
>get off work, enjoy my time off, go to sleep at a normal hour and get up at 6am ready for my weekend
>>315273320
Uh, hi. That's what the weekend is for. I work 40 hours a week and still find time for the things I enjoy, you fag.
![c9c905d5b9[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/wYreawk.png "c9c905d5b9[1].png")
>tfw need to upgrade gpu
>not sure what to get
>>315278496
don't get married, don't get romantically involved, don't trust anything with a vagina
>>315275313
To be honest, I wish my job allowed us to make our schedule like that. The best I can hope for is to build up enough seniority to bid back to a line that works four ten hour shifts and gets Friday, Saturday and Sunday off.
>>315278834
>don't trust anything with a vagina
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY ahead of you, bro.
>>315273320
>work an average of 5 hours a day, less than 8 if you have weekends off
>no time or energy to enjoy vidya
>>315273320
>I spent nearly $1,250 for my i7 4790K and GTX 980
>keep hearing more and more horror stories like this
>people buying $2000 gaming PC's and never doing shit with them
>I use my 2 year old, $900 rig everyday
Remember guys, don't throw down thousands of dollars on something if you're not sure you're going to enjoy it/even use it.
>>315273320
Bro, just stick with a small selection. I rarely have the time for much between my band, exercise, university, and a job. Just stick with a few games and save the rest for a day off.
>>315274647
Just come to Britain seriously.
>Have time at the moment
>New PC switched over from console
>Want to play games
>Don't know where to start
>Can't find a game that will hold my attention
Ever sine I started wasting my money on Resilar I've never had money for games anymore.Best thing I've ever don though, Resilar kick ass
>>315273320
>no time
I don't understand that, after I'm done cooking, eating and cleaning I usually have five to six hours of free time on workdays and the entirety of the weekends. I don't have any social life though, maybe you do. But I did came to realize that I used to play so much vidya just to pass the time, not because I necessarily enjoyed them. I still sink tons of hours into certain games but I pass on lots of games I would have previously played.
>>315281258
Also
>try to start by looking at 'Top 10 PC games' lists
>They're all console games that I played years ago
>>315273320
use that computer to do something that'll make you money so you don't have to work as much
>>315273320
I work about 2-3 hours a week making 200-600 dollars a week and I sleep for 4 hours a day. I have all the time in the world but instead I shitpost on 4chan and talk to friends most of the time. Though when I do find a good vidya, I play it nonstop.
You have a lot of free time though. You need to learn how to time management, if that isn't the problem then maybe you grew tired of vidya.
>>315276052
If NEETs are so happy then why are they constantly whining and frogposting about how miserable they are?
>>315277236
Pretty much this.
>>315276052
We've been where you're at mate, and we know deep down while you're saying these things there's a part of you that disagrees. I know for a fact if your parents were reading what you're writing now they'd fucking throw you out, or at least they should. I doubt you'd tell them that you're not planning on looking for a job any time soon.
Get it together, for your parents at least. Just get a part time job somewhere even, you get more money that way, that's more money for your vidya and top of the line fuckdolls. You'd be surprised how fast money piles up when you live with your parents and work.
>>315275505
Your an fucking idiot, that's why you can't afford vidya.
Stop paying people too make an half-assed excuse of a game that normal publishers wouldn't even touch with a two-foot pole.
Stop paying people for making some shitty furry artwork of your specul snuwflake character.At least that's better than paying people too sit on their ass and do nothing.
And for the love of god.
Stop paying people for sitting on their ass and play vidya for you.
>>315273320
I work from 12 till 20
I get home at 20:30 if I don't go have a coffee with a friend.
At home I eat and spend some time with wife.
Plaz usually games from 23 till 4 am and wake up than next morning at 10
Make myself coffee , eat some food that wife made while playing some mobile phone games and at 11:30 I go to work.
Weekends I don't work and I usually use this days for meeting friends or big shopping
>>315273870
I seriously wonder where this mythical land is where people laugh at other people who play handheld consoles. I've traveled across the country with a N3DS and either no one cares or people comment positively on getting a Majora's Mask edition.
The one place where I've gotten shit for it is here, on /v/.
>>315273320
torrent your games morron
I also work around the same hours, have nearly no bills, go do yoga every few days and lift three days a week
I've got all the time in the world for vidya, so I don't know how you don't. Hint:Stop going on 4chan
If you have low energy start exercising more
>38hr/week
>No other responsibilities
>still too tired
Fuck you. I worked 34hrs/week during college, at a FAST FOOD PLACE.
You have an extra 30hours/week that I didn't have. You're just being a pussy faggot.
>>315273320
>>315273929
>>315274123
>>315274567
This. There is nothing better for productivity than a full night's sleep.
All-nighters will destroy you.
>>315273320
why don't you save all that Money and escape wage-slavedom by creating your own business?
>>315273929
>>315274123
>>315274567
>>315283982
Literally git gud at life.
If you can't push through the pain and work at 100% efficiency on only 4 hours of sleep, then America is not the place for you.
>>315275505
You have a guilty conscience. Cut those strangers off.
>>315283739
more like you start doing it the first few weeks later you become tired to even take shower and games don't fill the void being the only person stuck in time, people who you used to know are moving on with their lifes , meeting new people , traveling exp. food and places that you never even heard off.
Meanwhile I am a neet for 14 years.
My mom died 3 years ago and the only thing that she kept telling my father is to help me find a job.
My father actually told me I should just kill myself.
I am still living with my father and making some extra money with being a camwhore for gay guys.
A honest tip for all you guys , never become a neet like me.
You can be a neet for a year or 3 but once you go over the line of 3 years you will end up like me.
>>315275982
No, that's the power of stupidity.
How many red flags did you miss about schools being a shit place to make a living? Teachers should have been a golden indicator of that. You oughta branch out and find something better, you got the experience already.
>>315284443
I have a full time job, but I still live with my parents (have been for three years post-college), don't pay any bills and pretty much stay inside all day
Is there still hope for me?
>>315279380
nice bro
>>315274647
Poland?
>>315274194
Thats because you are under skilled or dont have any qualifications .
Some of us do and therefore have a far superior standard of living
>>315284646
If you make enough money, try to help them with paying some of the elect. or water cost.
But you have a full time job at least, the only income I have is 200 euro for putting things inside my asshole and showing my feet to gay guys.
>Live in a shit euro country
>minimal wage is 360 euro a month after taxes
>get around 500 euro a month
>minimal living costs like food only
>have no monry at the end of the month, only have xbox 360
>out of the job after foot injury
Fuck my ahit up, I dont even know what to do, might have to emigrate. Even got catherine for first time, because it was on sale
>>315284891
I do pay $200 a month in rent, but that's practically nothing
>>315277236
This. I was a NEET for 3 months when I was in between jobs. It was cool for a few weeks, but then it got boring really fast and I thought I would go crazy.
>>315281325
>Don't know what Resilar is
>Google it
>First result is cough syrup
Do you have a problem, anon?
>>315284443
>>315277236
fug
pisaj po smrdljivim nitarama
>>315285362
actually that gif made me laugh anon, but honestly don't follow my footsteps, the first 3 years are maybe fine but later you will just end up like me.
and trust me you don't want to watch how your mother dies with the look in her eyes that she is blaming herself how you did end up.
>>315273929
>which leaves me 4 hours to do whatever I want.
I'm pretty sure even roman slaves had more free time than this
>tfw it'll be me in a few years
>>315284891
post feet
>>315285913
I mean he said he goes to the gym too, so if you don't do stuff like that you'll be golden for more time
>>315277236
Yeah. I'll likely be working in February/March. Need more money for fapbait and I wanna save up for a kekshed.
>>315273320
proper diet
proper sleeping pattern
weekly exercise schedule
>>315273320
you know what I do
I sit down and play games
when I enjoy the game I can keep playing it even with little energy because the fun I have last me for hours
you dont rely on artificial chemicals to keep you awake during the day do you?
>Live neet life European Extreme mode
>Have long distance girlfriend
>Still miserable
What the fuck
>>315286237
>puporse of girlfriend is not to feel lonely and get laid on the regular basis
>wonders why online girlfriend still makes him miserable
oh anon.
>>315286118
>proper diet
I'm surprised this hasn't come up yet around the whole exercise/sleeping tips mentioned in this thread.
You eat like crap, you feel like crap. When I switched from take out/fast food to cooking at home, I felt so SO much better.
It's easy as fuck, too. Just dedicate twice a week to grocery store trips on the way home from work, and keep lists to make sure you know what you want. Grocery stores can be overwhelming when you don't know what the fuck you want, so write down stuff that you run out of/want to get during the week.
>>315286014
pay me money and I will
>>315286237
>long distance
Figured it out for you, friend. :^)
>>315286237
The point of having a girlfriend is someone who can physically interact with you. Online just leaves you longing for something that may never happen.
Don't even retort with that Hollywood/Gurren Lagann tier "nothing is impossible" bullshit. This is tried and true, having a girlfriend you can not physically fuck unless you spend the money to meet-up with them is pointless shit.
You're living a lie that only seems glorious because none of you are exploring each other for their flaws and learning to work on those or live with them.
>only working 40 hours per week
>whining about having no time
Go fucking die. 60-80 is standard. Man the fuck up and budget your time properly.
>>315273320
Get an apartment anon you are free.
>>315286949
>60-80 is standard
Enjoy your heart attack at 45.
>>315286907
I met my wife online like 13 years ago. So...you're full of shit.
>>315287175
Guess what? You're the exception, not the rule.
>tfw working 6 hours a day
>my own boss
>doesn't pay much but I am not a materialistic shitter, have my own home, I get by just enough to pay the bills and food and have some spare change to go out drinking twice a week
>pirate all my games because it's only rational
>live a fairly quiet and content life except forno gf
>at least 6 hours of free time daily
>ironically, grew to hate video games for what they are today and find no entertainment in them anymore
>watch random youtube videos and masturbate while browsing /v/ and convincing myself that I still love video games
>have other hobbies too but really wish I was still into video games
better than most of you but still equally miserable inside
>>315285698
Dal oni uopste postoje kod nas? Nemamo mi standard za tako nesto.
>>315287434
Reading that is like spelling some magic words to summon a demon.
>>315287434
I ne treba nam standard, znam dosta njih koji ne rade nista a skoro 30 imaju, zive sa mamom i tatom i eventualno studiraju, u slucaju u kom faks od 4 godine daju vec 8. to su za mene nitare, jebem li ga
>>315287564
kebab removal runes
>>315287564
Just chant those words three times before bed anon and during the night you will be visited by a succubus(male).
>>315284443
>was neet for 6 years because depression
>now going back to school and working
feels good
dont believe his lies. the neetness can be cured.
>>315287353
Drinking alone?
>>315287353
While I don't hate videogames, I admit I rarely catch up or try new things despite being intrigued by so many recommendations.
Really identify with that greentext though.
>>315284165
Sleep well and that 100% becomes 120%
Rested bonus you nigger
>>315287695
Ja sam neet, zivim sa mamom i tatom, shitpostam po ceo dan i igram vidyu, ne idem na faks, nemam posao
I keep looking for a better job in the mean time. I honestly think socialism is the better way but only after we let robots take over and do all our work for us.
>>315287834
At home yes. I go out once or twice a week with one of few friends I have. It's not nearly as interesting as you might think.
>>315287860
I don't hate them for the form of entertainment that they are, despite genuinely having now that shitty dinosaur belief that they are the ultimate form of wasting time. I hate them because I got so nittpicky about them. When I play them I think and evaluate them more from a developer standpoint than that of a player. Terrible pacing, unnecessarily long load times, menus that aren't quick or responsive and require 5 seconds of needless animations between switching etc. You a random new game and think "does this shit game really expect me to waste my time on it?". Then I just load up retro ps1 and ps2 games and play those for half an hour before switching around or whatever.
>>315284165
>If you can't push through the pain and work at 100% efficiency on only 4 hours of sleep, then America is not the place for you.
I consider myself a coffee acheiver but you're fooling yourself if you think that's healthy. Pretty sure your immune system will raise a mutiny the moment you take a Holiday.
>>315287992
kolko imas godina pederu?
sta igras trenutno?
>>315288268
21, trenutno fallout 3, dok cekam f4
>don't spend money on bills
>wage slave
>working only 38 hours
What the fuck, that's plenty of free time.
>>315286949
>60-80 hrs standard
Learn to live modestly instead and you might actually enjoy life
>>315284443
I did this NEET bullshit for 8 months and I made a promise I would kill myself if I couldn't find a job or go back to college before I hit the 12 month mark.
>so fucking boring
>no money to do anything
>everyone looks at you like a burden
>literally just wasting the days away while everyone else you know or went to school with is living their life to the fullest.
I´m surprised by the crappy salaries in this thread.
I´m making 1800€ per month, pues 4000€ annual bonus, man, must suck to be you.
>>315275312
>tfw this dawned upon me a few months ago for the first time in four years
I'd sooner reveal a cocaine habit than addiction to this site of all places.
>>315273320
>$2,500 on vidya
Shit, son.
The fuck you buying? Trains?
>>315273320
Well I'm poor as fuck, my rig is a dual core 35300 with a ATI card (that' how old it is) 512 mb, I pirate all my games, because I literally would stare if I bought one game per month.
>>315289032
not everyone lives in scandinavian countries.
hell, I don't make 4000 euros in a year.
>>315274902
underage detectedwe're all living on a clock anon, death comes for all of us, can't blame us adults who want to make the most of our time remaining by being able to formulate and calculate and manage our time
>>315286949
Such is life in the third world.
>>315288129
Yeah, I reached a point where I can buy a game and it stays on my shelf unopened for months up to a few years on end.
I keep telling myself I'm gonna have a session with that one game I haven't finished or opened and just feel like doing something else. Vidya makes me think of when I had something to look forward to. Life feels a bit empty and I'm sure I've become estranged from my friends from letting it get to me too easily.
As a kid I didn't have much of a reality to care about, so playing games for escapism was okay. Nowadays my reality is all I can think about to the point it's a bother to put 2 hours in a game that isn't on an emulator, even though I have some consoles and a PC that can run most games. At least that's useful for some other things besides gaming.
Whether I'm NEET or working, it's just the same shit on repeat.
>>315289656Fuck
>canada
>40 hour weeks
>have 3 day weekends every weekend
>no energy for vidya
>>315290176
Dude, you buy videogames as comfort, not as an entertainment. Is the same as eating trash-food.
And to everyone, I buy all my games during Steam sales, I´m likely 6 months or 1 year behind, but I really, really save lots of money and get less bugs.
>>315288129
I live literally across the street from a pretty cool dive bar, but every time I feel the urge to pop inside for a bite and drink I lament the fact that I'd probably look like a creepy loner.
>>315288962
So why can't you find a job? Or is it because you are unwilling to take a lower paying job out of pride?
>>315284443
I was neet for 2 years. I was doing practice LSATs and GMATs though, but never committing to taking the exam, it was just insane. I bit the bullet and entered the world again when I heard my mother had cancer.
>>315290176
What I found personally to be very effective is to stop downloading (or in your case buying) games. Keep multiplayer games installed and ready, but stick with no more than one single player game at the time. You will actually get more tied to it and won't get into "gosh I have 50 games, I dont know which one to continue". One game at a time.
As far as reality goes... as a self employed high school drop out, I don't really have a bright future ahead of me. I'm taking it one day at a time, and even then that one day is hardly filled with things. Learn to leave work at the work place, once you get home there honestly is no point to worrying as there is nothing you can do about it. Split your mental attitude and mood depending on what you are doing and where you are. I can also recommend redecorating your home a bit, not everything but find a really nice color that you like and paint the walls, maybe save a bit and get a nice new sofa for console games, stuff like that. Adjust your home environment so that it's a bit more cozy and relaxing to you.
In the end, you don't miss out on anything by not playing video games. I'd much rather have a super busy social life and only get to play one game a month, and have a blast with that game, than to play 2 hours of limpy dicked equivalent every day and hate both myself and those games for it.
Unfortunately I don't think we are all going to make it, one way or another.
>final exam this january
>haha, time to find a job
Not very realistic, but I'll try and work in to only work part time or just 20 hours a week.
Money is not my biggest concern but I don't want to work my life away.
>>315290567
Eh.. stop first couple of times for coffee. Coffee is something you can consume fairly fast, stay for like 20 minutes, chat up the bartender a bit, then leave. After a couple of times employees will get to know you and it won't be uncomfortable. You are not the only one. Funpost on your phone to seem busy, if you care that much.
>>315290496You'd be surprised how little I buy vidya, but it doesn't mean that statement about buying out of comfort isn't true
>>315290827
I do feel like my home situation might be part of it. Living in a shared household with little if any say in the decisions can feel awfully belittling.
>no vehicle
>closest store is 10 minute walk
>want to buy stuff but i'd have to ask for rides all the time
JUST
>>315286237
>I need </thing> to be truly happy, if I work towards it really hard, I'll be a normal guy!
Oh son
If you can't figure out why you're not happy now, then keep banging your head against the wall till you figure it out.
>>315290735
>So why can't you find a job? Or is it because you are unwilling to take a lower paying job out of pride?
I found one (best one ive ever had), I was NEET during 2013-14
spoiler for blogshit.I couldn't find one at the time because no place would hire me, I worked at a temp company before I went NEET and it was terrible how the companies I worked for treated us, but after I got laid off that last time at the temp service they didn't have anymore work for quit awhile until I finally found a different job outside of the temp service.
>>315273605
>going home -> work and then work -> home
>shower time, grocery shopping, cooking etc.
>work out
>preparing for the next work day (study stuff, write stuff, read stuff), if you have any job that's not simply physical labor
Now tell me how you have over 10 hours a day to eat and game.
>>315273605
>tfw all the time in the world to lift weights and vidya
>browse /v/ instead
>>315291273
Get a bike, amerifat.
>>315291861
i dont want to be sweaty as fuck
>>315291585
He's a neet with no responsibility other than to eat moms cooking.
>>315291903
not that guy but
why is walking 10 minutes such a fucking problem?
>>315291903
>implying you need to go full tour de france on a bike
You can make a 10 minute walk a 3 minute bike ride with no sweat.
I'm danish, I would know.
>couldn't afford to go to college out of high school
>get job in security to try and save up for college
>7 years later and I still haven't saved up because I was born in an area that is incredibly expensive to live in
>Vidya is my only escape
> want to draw. Good a while ago, but don't do it anymore
> too tired to do anything but play video games when I get home from work
S-such is the life..
>>315291585
THISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHIS
I have no idea how all these anons who supposedly have a job can just switch off completely when they leave. E-mail and phone traffic extends well beyond 9-5 for me.
>>315292183
That's stupid. You're not paid for that.
>>315275313
Why you lyin bro? Unless you mean to tell me you make 80k a year and are still immature enough to shitpost on 4chan
>>315292252
'Oh anon, you didn't answer my e-mail yesterday night. You do understand deadline day approaches ever more steadily do you not?'
'Yeah I was out having a meal with mymom
'If you wanted to relax you should have worked in civil service.'
>>315292174
Just draw furry porn and make mad bux on comissions anon.
>>315292456
>'Oh anon, you didn't answer my e-mail yesterday night. You do understand deadline day approaches ever more steadily do you not?'
I don't read my work emails when not at work. Otherwise I tell my boss to pay me. It's the law.
>'If you wanted to relax you should have worked in civil service.'
Your boss want you to work on your free time. Ask him money.
>>315292252
Yeah, it's how they squeeze every drop of blood from you. You're not on the clock, but they still expect work from you all the same. Something about keeping a well oiled ship I guess.
>>315292183
>>315291585
Commuting back from work or running some errands after your shift is a world of its own bullshit. 2-3 hours or more of running around and you'd be lucky to get home before 10.
If you have messy roommates and apartment inspections in less than two weeks, prepare to kiss your days off goodbye.
>>315292517
That was actually my intent. But my anatomy is still bad and I need practice. My only problem is that my brain just wants to play video games when I get home.
5 years ago when I was just starting at my job I could draw several pictures each month. Now I barely finish a sketch in half a year because all my evenings are now is video games.
>>315292725
Literally the only other anon in the thread with a job in the private sector.
>>315292725
What the fuck. You not have to be ponctual. If they give you too many work do it, but at the correct time. They can't force you to work at home? Can they? In my country they can't. They will have to give me huge money if they try so they don't try.
>>315292725
You really need to fucking look to see if you are exempt from the FLSA or not. Doing shit for work, whether on the clock or not, is still supposed to be paid.
>mfw I had to spend 1400 euro ($4000) for my i7 4790k +970
You Amerifats have it so easy.
>>315292456
Then take up his suggestion and change your job.
Sure there are going to be times you're too busy, but if your job is preventing you from enjoying the things you love, then what's the point?
>>315292704
>It's the law
Not in America
There are laws specifically protecting employers from being sued over expecting their employees to do work at home for no pay.
The only real legal requirement is that every hour of work that you do on property your employer owns has to be compensated. That's why when you work from home you sign a contract that forces them to pay you even though you aren't on the company's property.
>almost done studying
>planning to find a job in public sector
>mum goes full shamfur dispray
Says that public sector is the worst, will scar me for life and never allow me back into the private sector.
Public sector just seems more laid back than private.
>>315293151
So they have to pay for that. It's OK. Just ask a lot of money.
>>315292256
There are jobs that do that weird 12 hours shifts in small bursts stuff; I think warehouses and some oil refineries I know of. And yes, some pay for 40hrs for the 36 hr week.
>>315293234
>I can't read and am also retarded
They DON'T have to pay you for reading and responding to emails sent out while you're at home.
Go ahead and try to force your employer to pay you for that shit.
If you live in some states they'll be completely within their legal rights to fire your retarded ass.
>Work 50 hours a week
>Measly $15 an hour
>Days I work change from week to week. Almost never get two days in a row off. Almost always work weekends
>Get shitty schedules like having monday and tuesday off one week, then getting saturday and sunday off the next so I work 10, 10 hours shifts in a row
>Shifts are all over the place and I suffer from sleeping disorders, meaning I hardly ever sleep when I'm supposed to or often go to work without sleeping at all
>No breaks
>No lunch
>On my feet from when I get out of my car, until I get back in my car to go home
Don't make the same mistakes I did. Get a decent education so you won't want to kill yourself
>>315292861
I'm flattered that you think so, but I'm just commenting on the situation. I've seen people go through that before.
I'm more of a pop-up at best.
>>315293031
I sure hope not, but it never hurts to establish my terms if I'm put in that situation.
>>315293031
I'll wave this with the hammer of justice. This is why they tell people to be assertive in the workplace.
>>315293065
>$4000
It's not 1998 anymore, chumley. That's barely 1600USD.
>>315293412
In my city, jobs like that require a bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience.I'm not kidding.
A little tip for those that like to buy games they might play on Steam/sales
Don't buy it and add it to your library, buy it and add it to your gift library. Then, if you never end up playing it, you can gift it to someone who will, or trade it/sell it.
>>315273320
Buy one game at a time. Beat one game at a time. Anxiety will consume you if you bury yourself in unplayed games.
>>315293404
>They DON'T have to pay you for reading and responding to emails sent out while you're at home.
And you have to check them? Is it obligatory?
>Go ahead and try to force your employer to pay you for that shit.
The idea is not to be paid, the idea is to not do that. I do not read my mails when @home.>>315293404
>If you live in some states they'll be completely within their legal rights to fire
What the fuck? In my country it's almost impossible to fire someone, hopefully. Sorry for you anon.
>>315292456
lol, just laugh at the idiot? They can't make you do anything like that, regardless, and you don't need to give excuses. Unless you really think you're so worthless they can replace you on a dime; and really that's your own fault.
>>315293151
Except that companies get sued over that all the god damned time and lose. The only way you can work "off the clock" is if you're a salary exempt employee. And there are strict rules over what does and doesn't qualify a salary exempt.
If you're legally salaried exempt, then you're dicked. In which case if you're not happy with your job, you should consider changing careers.
But the fact that OP mentioned only working 38 hours means that they're not salaried exempt, because there's nothing to prevent an employer from making a salaried exempt worker work 60+ hours.
If you're non-exempt, you have to get paid for every hour you work, and companies get sued ALL THE GOD DAMNED TIME over that.
>>315293587
Can you move a gift to your own library? If so, that's a great idea.
>>315293710
You should look up Right to Work laws and policies. Some parts of America are fucked.
>>315293745
>Except that companies get sued over that all the god damned time
Literally has never happened in any state I've ever lived in. Considering it's my job to know that kind of shit, I'd say you're pretty much full of shit.
>>315293745
Yeah, a lot of people are just really kinda, um, pushovers. I knew a guy at my job that worked huge overtime, for free, at home with no compensation. Even the vice president (we're a tiny company) asked him to stop doing it; but he just kept it up until they salaried him. And then bitched about it. Constantly.
Honestly most companies aren't unreasonable, as long as you put your foot down and aren't just shirking your job every day they will probably be fine with it. Just have a fucking backbone.
>>315293902
>Some parts of America are fucked.
I know that America is a right-wing nation.
>>315293404
http://sovalaw.com/blog/2013/08/21/yes-you-do-have-to-pay-employees-for-checking-e-mail-outside-of-work/
Here you go, an employment law firm that says literally the opposite.
>>315293902
Yes, they can fire your for anything. Unless you bring nothing unique to the table it probably isn't worth it to try and hire a new guy and train him to your level for something so minor. Have some confidence in your abilities.
>>315293902
8,142 FLSA lawsuits were federally filed in 2014.
I average 1 16 hour shift a week at my current job, nice 3 day weekends some times I get 2 in and it's 4 day weekends.
>>315273582
Sadly this.
At least while drunk, I manage to start up some games and play, even if its just for 5 minutes,
>Get job as Cart Pusher
>Utterly miserable, feet in pure pain, minimum wage, 8 hour shifts of nothing but pain and boredom.
>Go home and instantly collapse.
>Repeat.
This is hell. I'm suffering in school now because I can't get the effort to do homework now.
>work 0 hours for $0 a week
>cell phone bill and college loans but still live with parents
>don't have money for it or vidya
>don't play all the vidya I have anyway, and don't play anywhere near as often as I want to want to
If I had a job, I'd at least have money. I doubt my vidya habits would change.
>>315293902
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124986371466018299
T-Mobile settled for an undisclosed amount.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/can-you-sue-the-boss-for-making-you-answer-late-night-email-1432144188
>>315291585
>going home -> work and then work -> home
8h of work, 10minutes of walking
>shower time, grocery shopping, cooking etc.
40-50 minutes of shower, getting dressed, breakfast, etc. I only do shopping once a week and it takes me 1h at most
>work out
kek
>preparing for the next work day
You mean getting my clothes ready?
I have plenty of time, idk
>Work 42 hours a week
>Get $600 dollars a month
YOU FUCKING AMERICANS WITH YOUR FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS MAKE ME FUCKING
SICK
Jetison the rest of your life for video games
Nigga you don't know shit, I work 65 hours a week for a mere 500€/month yet I still play vidya
>>315294331
>can't even push carts
How out of shape are you?
>>315294726
Pretty bad. Or at least my feet. Its not like I'm winded or something. Just every step I take feels like they're on spikes. I got new shoes but don't know if that will work.
>>315273320
>$2,500 on vidya
You're doing it wrong.
>Work 45 hours a week
>Make $15 an hour
>$3 raise coming
I love Mennonites and their daughters tight pussies.
Life is now video juegos.
>>315274367
what game is that
>>315276052
this desu baka senpai
>>315273320
Why do you keep buying things you're not playing? That seems like a pointless waste of money.
Even if you were paying full price $60 for brand new games, then you'd have to buy a new game every 10 days to hit that mark. Why are you buying a new game almost every week if you're not playing them?
>>315273320
Just stop being a little bitch?
>never had to call in sick due to flu/illness etc outside of a surgery
>as soon as i book a week off, all my fucking organs stop working
what the FUCK IS THIS SHIT
>mfw my work contract is finally ending on Friday
Back to being NEET master race soon, it's been a long 3 years but it's finally over.I did ask my boss if he wanted to extend the contract but he bluntly said no and walked away
>Make $10k a month before paying for neets/spics
>browse 4chan pol and v
>build gaming comp to play hearthstone
>>315293412
>$15 an hour
>measly
>>315275505
thanks, i needed this
>>315273320
desu senpai.
>>315293412
>decent education
>anywhere $15
Yea no, unless you're getting your doctorate's or in a trade school, you're going to make under $12 no matter where.
>>315295927
It is unless you live in the middle of nowhere
>go to college
>depression comes back
>drop out and become NEET
>it doesn't go away
>get job
>it doesn't go away
>quit job
>it doesn't go away
>go back to college
>it doesn't go away
help
>>315296321
Start exercising
>>315296065
I worked in a shitty warehouse and I started at $14
>>315294648
Anon, a living wage is only as high as the cost of living. It's all relative.
You're focusing too much on dollar amount and using it as a penis size measurement when it doesn't have to be.
>>315296468
my mom makes 60k cleaning toilets for rich people, what is your point exactly? I'm talking about averages, most jobs will pay $10 or less.
>>315296536
True what this guy's sayin
>>315273320
Friday nights and weekends bro. Also plan your vacation time wisely. I like to do it before Christmas break from work so you get a long stretch. And you can take a couple sick days a year right before a long weekend.
It sucks but that's the life of a wage slave. I at least live with my parents still so I don't have to worry about rent and food.
You aren't managing your time well. I spend time on this shitty site because I have too much of it; in a few minutes, ill probably start playing video games and wont stop till midnight. But if you have a full-time job, stop wasting your free time complaining on /v/ and make yourself play some games. You WILL thank yourself.
>>315296321
see a shrink
>>315296321
you need to find something that makes you happy
cleary none of those things are doing it for you
>company downsizes
>get fired
>live NEET life with parents
>be happy having time for anime/vidya
>parents give you the look after a year of this
>Look for a job, get invited to many interviews, still no job after some months
God, just tell me straight if I should get a job again or self-employ myself instead of this torture
If you have enough time to shitpost on /v/ then you have enough time for vidya too.
