>playing videogames is expensive as fuck.
>the best and easiest way to fully enjoy videogames is by being a NEET.
why life is so cruel?
>>318181457
>playing videogames is expensive as fuck.
No it isn't, poorfag
Get a proper job
>>318181595
>No it isn't, poorfag
It is.
Funny enough I took this screenshot from a game I am emulating for free. If you are going to be a NEET then you may as well go all out.
>the best and easiest way to fully enjoy videogames is by being a NEET.
>implying you dont cherish and enjoy videogames more when you don't get to play them 24/7
do you even human psychology bro
>>318181826
This. Playing games 24/7 made me depressed as fuck.
>>318181457
>not going full neet and pirating games
The only reason i can think of for you not of doing this is because you are console peasant.
>>318181731
Games cost $20-30 new. A PS3 is around $200 unless you want to buy used, then it's about $150. So maybe 10-20 hours of work to afford the system and a new-ish game.
What, do you get minimum wage or something? Are you a nigger?
>>318181595
>>318181731
no it literally isn't. you can buy a brand new game after working a shift at taco bell. Get a job.
>>318181898
I think playing video games while being NEET makes me like vidya less.>being neet around christmas truly is suicidal
>>318181990
>using autism as a defence
Alright kid.
>>318181595
internet
electricity
tv
sofa
table for your tv
>>318182114
Nigga I have a 50k job and I'm managing well with all of that.
It really isn't that expensive
>>318181898
>>318181826
this so much
video games feel fucking incredible when you DON'T play them very much, it feels like a reward and you get an awesome dopamine hit
>>318182114
>these things
>expensive
no. unless you're part time at mcdonalds, all of those are more than affordable.
>>318181990
>be you
>be a neckbeard programmer who makes good money but has no IRL friends and shitposts on 4chan from his highhorse
Lmao.
>>318182208
>he thinks these guys have anywhere close to a 50k job
>>318181457
>playing videogames is expensive as fuck.
It really isn't that bad. I can easily afford high-end PC gaming off a decent job in the shit part of Europe.
People in more western countries should be earning much more than me and paying the same for hardware & games or even less, it shouldn't be too hard have gaming as a hobby.
>>318182114
$60 for internet and $100 for electricity.
>tv
>sofa
>table for tv
Nigger do you even know how to setup? I can keep my consoles and computer in 1 place. Pic related.
>>318182114
You generally need all of those things anyway, those aren't gaming-specific expenses.
>americucƙs complaining about video game prices
just another day on /v/
>>318182386
>be me
>have my own business at 26
>make mad dosh and have lots of friends
okeh :)
>>318181898
>having the time to do whatever I want made me depressed as fuck
How do you even function?
>>318181457
>Playing videogames is expensive
What? A minimum wage job would require like 2 days of work to afford a game.
>>318181457
>>playing videogames is expensive as fuck.
What the fuck?
videogames are a cheap as dirt hobby to have, do you buy every single game on release and never play old games?
I don't even make much money and I still have more than enough for games.
>>318181457
There are ways of getting games for free.
>>318182667
Ah, a fellow business owner anon. What do you do? I do home computer repairs and setup networks/computers/servers for local offices.
>2015
>not collecting and playing Famicom games
>be NEET
>decide to learn moonspeak, take up fansubbing and translating old vidya
>play less new vidya, build backlog for 5 years
>quit translation scene, now one full vidya gen behind
>can now pirate last-gen incredibly easily and play all the backlog I want FOR FREE
It's like you don't even want to succeed in life, OP. Do you go to movies every week too? Stop going to movies and wait for the screener or BD to be ripped. It's only a few months and you're all set as long as you pace yourself.
>>318183524
>Nov 2015
>Posting last month's flavour of the month shitposting meme.
Remove yourself.
>>318183981
I have charter so I can't easily pirate nor can I look up how to pirate because ISP will disable my internet. So what's required?
When you're NEET you just have TOO MUCH time for vidya, nothing will last you long enough to not run out after a year or so, except korean grinding MMO's.
>>318182114
you also need a house/apartment and food and water
you cant play video games if you're starving in the streets
>>318184002
But I actually like Umaru.
>>318181595
>gets job
>isnt a neet anymore
logic? you cannot be a neet and have a job at the same fucktard. either you have a job or your a neet.
>>318181457
>expensive
Not really. Its actually fairly cheap as far as hobbies go.
>>318185148
>But I actually like Umaru.
Oh, so you're retarded.
>>318184257
>nor can I look up how to pirate because ISP will disable my internet
Jesus, they're really assraping you over there.
Playing with tabletop WH40K dolls is expensive as fuck.
>>318181731
compare the cost of watching your average movie vs the length of time it entertains you for. or the cost of eating a meal at a restaurant, or paying for a skydiving trip, or a holiday, or joining a gym.
now look at how many hours of enjoyment you get from a video game.
videogames are incredibly cost efficient compared to most things.
>have a job
>video games become more enjoyable since you appreciate free time more
>unemployed
>easy to get depressed
>be depressed=vidya is hard to enjoy
I've been unemployed for almost a year now and been struggling to not become depressed
>>318185408
They banned 4chan for awhile in my area for some damn reason about 2 years ago. Most productive time in my life.
>I actually played more video games
I get a 100 dollar deposit every friday by doing nothing.
>get a job for about 30 hours a week
>slowly enjoying games more
You guys were right.
>>318185621
I've never been NEET, why do you get depressed? No money or what? When I was still studying I used to love those long summers where I had nothing but time to do whatever I felt like.
>>318185775
You need to have like, a bare minimum of discipline and willpower. If you don't want to browse 4chan, then don't. Nobody is forcing you to do it.
>>318185914
Spend too long doing literally nothing and it gets boring, and once you're in that far it's hard to get out.
>>318185914
No anon, it's one thing having a lot of free time, another to have no social interaction whatsoever for years on end.
>The best way to keep your mind sharp for vidya is to eat nutritious unprocessed foods including vegetables
>Making these healthy foods takes so much of your free time away from vidya
>>318185895
I value my time even more whenever I get back.
The only drawback is that I get grumpy whenever i have to do pointless shit that get in the way of my free time.
Wouldn't want it any other way unless I suddenly got filthy rich from a Nigerian prince and never had to work again.
>>318185914
Because you feel worthless without any responsibilities, when your friends have actual lives but you're just at home playing video games. And you're too shameful to pursue romance. And you end up spiralling further and further down. There's a difference between summer break and having nothing to do all year round. I guess it depends on where you belong on the "normie" scale. I'm not super social and love video games maybe a bit too much but I want to actually have a life too.
>>318185914
normies always need someone telling them what to do or they get bored and depressed
>>318185914
Try doing it for literally years while cutting off pretty much all outside contact and having no money and no future.
>>318185914
Hes not doing NEET correctly... If you don't have a job or social life you don't hole up in your fucking house/room and do nothing... If you play JUST games you'll eventually stop playing them or find something else to occupy your time. Getting some sun and doing some high intensity sprints will get that testosterone flowing and help stop depression. It will also keep you from becoming a fat ass. Finding a hobby also will make you less depressed. But for the love of god don't just play video games, read manga, or watch anime all day. Get away from the computer for at least 2-3 hours. And remember as a human you crave social interaction also. Which is one of the reasons why people stay on 4chan for hours instead of playing games when they have a huge backlog because they're not socializing regularly in real life.
>>318185914
They're faggots. I was NEET for 8 years after highschool and they were the best years of my life by far. Now I have a job and hate life. Being NEET is freedom.
>literally haven't spent any money on games in upwards of 5 years
PC gaming.
but anon video games are free
>>318186551
>they were the best years of my life by far
What a pathetic existence.
>>318186496
I do meet friends regularly and walk my dog. But once in a while I have breakdowns. And always have to occupy myself to forget my situation, which isn't easy.
Neet life simply isn't for everyone. The job market is absolutely awful where I live sadly
>>318186687
>being this much of a wagekuck
>>318186685
>>318186683
>only playing single player games and f2p brazillians ridden garbage
poor babies
>>318186880
>being a parasite
>>318181457
the only games you can ''enjoy'' as a neet are grindfests, everything else will be over quicker then a fart
>>318186687
The only thing that's a pathetic existence is working a job you hate to get enough money to enjoy the things you love.
Either enjoy the things you love 24/7 without a shitty job or enjoy life by doing something that makes money and something you enjoy.
>>318186880
>Being this much of a lowlife loser.
Sorry, but I only work 3 times a week.
So, when are you going to kill yourself? Considering there is no future for you.
>>318181457
>society hates you for being a NEET that doesn't contribute to society
>don't feel like contributing to society because they hate you
....
>pirate/emulate for $0 dollar video game enjoyment
>flashcarts + sales for cheap video game enjoyment
Or do all the above.
>>318185775
Where the fuck do you live? Non-specifically, of course.
>>318181457
The best NEET games are fucking free.
Stop being such a pleb.
Do NEETs hold themselves hostage? I know one who is pretty much doing that; miserable when not entertained to the point of being unappreciative to his parents who take care of him but so sure that the world is shit and it's not worth improving. He expressed suicidal tendencies, which means that to tell him that the party is over and it's time to leave the house and deal with normies is when he'll end it.
>>318181731
Thanks to humble bundle and autumn sale I walked out with around 50 games for about $40, and I play them on a $200 laptop, plus I got a PS3 and Wii-U
stop being retarded
>>318186551
Maybe if you weren't a NEET for that long, your job wouldn't suck so much?
Nah, that's probably nonsense.
>>318187623
US, SC. >>318182550 My setup.
>Cost of living in my city low as fuck
>For $600 I can pay my mortgage and all bills
>And I have 2 daughters with another harlot on the way
>>318187260
Fuck I wish I only worked 3 times a week.4 times here.
>>318187885
What are the best NEET games?
>>318188151
I'm jealous. I would be lucky to live comfortably on anything less than 2 grand a month. And that is assuming I have zero savings.
>>318182208
>Nigga I have a 50k job
I make about 9k a year
>>318188260
Dwarf Fortress
Roguelikes
>>318181990
You must be buying the 3rd re-release of remasters then. Because Idk what game besides shit like duck dynasty is less than 50 new. Still cheap tho compared to what I make. Which is a basic retail merch worker.
>>318182208
>50k a year
>something even a large minority of people have access to.
50k a year is good money. Most people here probably make 20k or less.
>>318188281
How do you live
video games aren't even expensive, I spend way more on cigarettes and alcohol
>>318188265
Is the cost of living very high in your area? See I don't drink or go out either. I make around $800-$1000 every week too but I throw that in savings or improving my house. If your single I'd go get a trailer or cheap ass single room house to save money.
>Plan to add upper cabinets to my setup and removing that window to create a cabinet
Oh did you see that zinogre plush in my chair? It was $400...
>>318188982
1000 bucks a week is good living. I barely make that a month.
>>318188571
very humbly
>>318188982
Why are you not investing, mutual funds muh nigga, absolute worst case scenario you get an extra dollar out of it but more than likely you'll double it after a year or so then it snowballs into lodsemone
>>318189365
I'm sorry
All the best
>>318188571
That kind of stuff amazes me, I have a friend who works three jobs and he barely has enough money.
however, he does stupid shit like buy ps4s and amiibos when he knows he doesn't have money then has to sell it back instead of just fucking saving his money.
He doesn't even drink or smoke and he's single, I have no idea how between three jobs he's struggling so hard when I make half of what he makes with one
>>318188554
http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/25/1-in-2-working-americans-make-less-than-30000-a-year/
50k a year is a good salary, these days. About half of everyone in the US makes less than that.
>>318189357
I work as an assistant manager at Quik Trip... "Starting" pay is $35k a year plus bonuses. The actually manager makes $80k+ and before taxes I'm making around $55k.
>>318189887
Yeah. I need a management job. I've spent the last week with my management staff pushing fucking trainees on me while they dick around. Its bullshit.
>>318189382
I have 10% of my paycheck going into my 401k along with my employer compensation of 5%. I also have $250 going into my investment account that my wife's father controls who works for Pioneer Investment.
>>318190214
thumbs up
It really isn't that expensive. As long as you can get the start up of building a midrange pc you can emulate like any game from NES to like Gamecube era plus steam sales and pirating if thats what you have to do.
>>318190337
Steam sales and emulation mean that you really only have to pay a bunch of money once-- for your setup. Then you have thousands of games you can play, from emulation to every old PC game ever made, to indies and modern games.
It is the cheapest form of entertainment available, from a dollar to hour standpoint.
>>318182098
Being NEET at any time of the year makes any sane adult feel suicidal
>>318189560
You answered your own question, he's always buying shit he can't afford.
His credit is probably so shit and he's probably so stupid (maybe he's a secret gambler) that he'll never be out of debt.
>>318181457
become a teacher
best of both worlds senpai desu
mfw when I'm on disability and I can live off parents and NEETbux
>>318190683
It's just that being NEET as an adult is dooming your future, and you know it.
You're early to mid 20s, you have no job, no income and no prospects. If you don't do something about it, your life isn't just going to stay bad, it's going to get worse-- your parents will die someday/your roommates will get tired of enabling you/you won't be able to afford your situation forever and you could potentially be on the street someday-- so wasting your time playing video games makes you feel guilty about it.It's why, I imagine, everyone who is a NEET tries to get on disability or is hoping that welfare is extended to them at some point. They just don't want to have to worry about money, they're fine living a dull mediocre existence. Otherwise they would be trying harder to not be NEET.
>>318181457
>playing videogames is expensive as fuck
You should specify.
Once you're out of college it's very affordable.
Now, I realize these days it's not uncommon to be in college into the late 20s, but anyone that has even a mediocre job can play all the games they want if that's what they want to do as a social hobby of choice.
I'm 24, make roughly $43,000 a year, and I can easily afford any game I want. This gen I have a high end PC, Wii U, and xbone.
The only one I don't have is PS4 and that's only because I don't see the point.
>expensive as fuck
Not really.
Just wait for games to drop to 20-30 dollars, and only buy shit you actually want to play.
You could get Bloodborne and its expansion right now for 40 bucks and be busy for 80 hours or so. You could get a Disgaea game for 20-30 dollars and play that shit for literally hundreds of hours. Since you're probably 15 years old or something, you probably never got to play all those great SNES games, so you could emulate that shit right now, and if you want a more authentic experience, it'd cost you maybe 10 bucks to get a buffalo controller on Amazon and maybe some cables to connect to your TV or whatever.
You're probably one of those retards that plays western shit though, hence you drop 60 bucks on some 5 hour dudebro campaign and then bitch that it was expensive.
>>318190683
>I feel bad if I'm not being a good goy and being "productive" to society
kek
>>318190683
Do you feel like a NEET when you have a good job and get 2 weeks paid time off and you spend all that time jacking it to loli porn and playing videogames?
>>318191000
>It's just that being NEET as an adult is dooming your future, and you know it.
that's why you kill yourself, normo
>>318191000
>everyone who is a NEET tries to get on disability or is hoping that welfare is extended to them at some point.
Not every NEET tries to get on disability. Some of us just went into a hyperbolic time chamber of depression where we battled anxiety/apathy/self-hate for 1000 years. I use all my willpower to get more familiar with driving, more familiar with talking to strangers, go to the gym and lift weights while I wait for the next semester at my local community college to start.
>>318181990
>Games cost $20-30 new.
No they don't.
>>318191916
This is because you're a fakeNEET.
There's a world of difference between the kind of person that chooses the hikki life and someone who is forced into it.
If you talk about "getting better", or "battling fears", then you're a normie with social anxiety/autism, and you should probably just kill yourself.
>don't have a job
>instead of playing video games just spend all my time on the internet not playing video games
>get a job
>suddenly want to play video games all the time
>>318192196
Wow great argument fagtron you sure convinced me with those hot opinions.
>expensive
LMAO
only to underage children
If you got a decent job its easy to get a PS4, an Xbox, and some games with it
Retro gaming is not that bad either, fuck pay $50 for a SNES or PS2 and get the games dirt cheap
Honestly Xbox Live & PSPlus are cheap too.
I bought a year of XBOX LIVE this year for like $30, that's $2.50 a month, that's not bad.
>>318186914
>implying anon isn't a pirate
>>318192196
>no true scotsman bullshit
Fuck off, I ruined the past 3 years of my life by doing absolutely nothing except wasting years of my life I could have spent at college having relationships and building life skills. I don't care if I'm not mentally ill enough to meet your super special deluxe definition for what already has a definition.
>Have a good job
>Gain a lot of money
>Still plenty of time for vidya
>>318192390
>Paying for internet
I don't care if I make $1 trillion a year, I will never pay a subscription to use my internet
>>318192854
Are you stealing it from your neighbor or something?
>>318192976
I knew someone would act retarded, I'm referring to LIVE/PSN
fuck off faggot
>>318192656
There are plenty of real NEETs.
If you're the kind of person who regrets not having relationships, IT'S NOT THE LIFE FOR YOU.
If you think being a NEET is "giving up on life", then you're not really a NEET. You're a normie who is currently depressed.
No need to take it the wrong way. Plenty of people are normies. You were just dumb enough to misappropriate a way of life because it looked easy.
>>318193114
depression isn't real.
>>318193271
you happen to be an expert on this subject?
>>318193359
yes
>>318193535
Show your medical education certificate.
>>318181990
Games are EIGHTY FUCKING DOLLARS NEW YOU FUCKING KEKOLD COCKGOBBLER
>>318193114
I don't understand this retarded true/fake NEET thing. But whatever, I don't expect mentally ill Anons and normals on 4chan to have meaningful comprehension of this sort of thing.
NEET is an acronym. It doesn't stand for "people with debilitating illnesses who are permanently unemployed". You know what it stands for. There are plenty of people who are NEET who don't have to be. This true/fake distinction is some weird coping mechanism for denial. Denial that you could ever be independent/on your own/happy.
>oh, that Anon managed to stop being NEET because he was a normalfag and a fake NEET all along, that's why he succeeded and I didn't
>>318193681
Not him, but the distinction is very clear. truNEETs are aesthetes who enjoy the NEET life. fakeNEETs are failed normies who don't enjoy the NEET life. It's the difference between /r9k/ (spend all day whining about nogf, crying about lost "opportunities", feeling "unproductive") and /jp/ (talk about hobbies, not giving a shit about societal expectations, etc).
No one cares what NEET originally meant or stood for. The term took on a meaning of its own.
>>318193535
well thats not very convincing
>>318193681
I understand that it's hard from your point of view. You did actually delude yourself into thinking this was the life for you, so it's natural to assume that everyone is like you, living a lie.
But that's not the case. I wake up every morning stoked as fuck to spend the next 16 hours jerking off and playing video games. It's literally all I want to do with my time. It's nuts that you'd do this for THREE YEARS without being happy. I'd give up in a week or two if I wasn't having any fun.
I couldn't think of anything more meaningless than developing more relationships with people I don't care about, or amassing money that I'd never have anything to buy with.
>>318185914
>mfw teacher and still have summers off to play absurd amounts of vidya
I hate spending money, I pirate everything, vidya, books, movies, if I could pirate food I would
What's wrong with being 'normal'? 4chan is for everyone.
The only thing I hate about being NEET is the >nomoney thing.
But that's because I'm bad with money.
>>318185914
Exactly. You have no money so you just sit around all day. It's horribly depressing.
>>318193953
The truNEETs and the fake NEETs tend to be the same people, based on my experience on 4chan over several years.
because videogames are a distraction
it was never meant to be a hobby
its closer to alcohol or tobacco than movies or music
>>318194324
Something about normals being the equivalent to a loud mouthed muslim, always trying to convert people to their way of thinking and not budging on this for a second. At least from what I have seen.
>>318193059
>be stupid
>get called stupid
>get pissy about it
>>318181457
It's called being a well rounded individual.
The best way to enjoy ANYTHING is to be a hopeless shut-in who surrounds yourself exclusively with that thing. It just happens that it's especially easy to do that with video games.
Problem is, that enjoyment will only last as long as the novelty does. Eventually you will get burnt out and will long for something more stimulating.
Actually going out, having a life, friends, a job, basically being a "normie" and then setting aside time to play video games is a much better way to enjoy them than being a NEET.
This comes from experience.
>>318195042
>having a life
Define "Having a life"
And you aren't allowed to use the words "Normal" or any form of "wageslave" type term
>>318194839
But isn't thinking normies are all like this just as bad? The NEET I know thinks he's always right about everyone and that everyone is shit. He won't change his mind because to admit that people aren't always that bad is to admit that he is so much worse.
>>318181826
this, I was basically full NEET for around 6 years after highschool and the only time I enjoyed playing games were the brief stints where I was working and only had a few hours a day after work before I got too tired. You go from being bored and jaded about vidya to daydreaming about getting home so you can play.
>NEET and have all the time in the world for games.
>Don't want to play them.
>Get a job and spend all your time working
>No time to play them.
I'm beginning to think that games just take too much of a time investment assuming you want to live a normal life.
>>318195273
>daydreaming about getting home so you can play.
And then not playing because you're busy dreaming.
>>318188982
>I don't drink or go out but I do own a $400 plush toy
In same ways I'm envious of your simple way of life but in many other ways I'm not.
>>318194082
>>318193953
Not even that guy but this is some real No True Scottsman nonsense.
Most people do not choose to be NEETs, it just kind of happens to you. You have no reason to be proud of it. Whether you enjoy it or life is immaterial-- it is non-beneficial for you to be one because you need money to survive, and unless you're on some form of welfare, you probably don't have any income.
You like not having any responsibilities? Great, you're human. I don't think most people like working and would rather stay home or goof off all day. It's just that if you're a NEET who have no other choice.
>>318195192
Make some friends. Have a job. Cultivate a skill that isn't directly video game related. Go outside once every so often.
>>318182208
>nigga i have 50k and i can afford videogames
No shit sherlock. Were you trying to make a point I didn't understand?
>>318195374
Nobody is forcing you to play 6 hours a day
>>318195393
true, you have a lot less time, but I would rather feel frustrated about having to quit because I need to sleep than feel like I am sinking into a hopeless pit of existential anxiety every time I look at the steam icon.
>>318195192
have friends who you can physically touch
>>318195543
>>318195678
None of those directly relate to being alive.
You can be a NEET and have friends.
A job isn't "a life." A job is lining somebody elses pockets in return for chump change, 70% of your day, in exchange for eight days off a month. What a trade!
You can go outside and still be a NEET.
The problem isn't being a NEET. The problem is that you guys are fucking retarded.
>>318191021
>NEET logic
>>318195192
Having various activities and a enjoyable entourage with whom you can share you interests and said activities.
Everything gets dull after a while. That's why you need to expand in the life derpatment.
>>318195526
My life philosophy is that you might as well be dead if you're wasting half your day working.
There's just no reason for it in this day and age. The amount of money you need to survive in a first world country is basically nothing.
You only get a set amount of time on the planet, you should spend as little of it as possible on things you don't like.
>>318181826
I fucking hate having too much time off with games. If I don't do something before hand I cannot sit down with a game.
>>318194702
yeah, the "aesthete" bullshit is hardcore denial, I find it hard to believe the myth that these sad sacks propagate about there being a group of people who have found nirvana in their NEETness.
If NEET life is so terrible, why do all normies look forward to retirement?
>Someone makes money in an unorthodox way.
>College kiddies always get mad.
I don't understand how some people can care so much about how other's make their money.
>Be jobless
>No money for games
>Have job
>Money for games, no time.
>My face when Neet fucks start crying about how hard their life is when they literally have it made
>>318195818
Ok bud, you never had a job you liked. No need to be bitter.
>>318181457
I have no idea why I saved this image, I never get a chance to post it.
>>318195526
Look mate, truNEET and fakeNEET just denotes a difference in attitude. You can call this a no true scottsman, but you can't deny that the difference actually exists even if a lot of truNEETs are just delusional fakeNEETs, some people actually are truNEET. You aren't necessarily forced into a truNEET life
>>318196030
You can't believe it because you're a fakeNEET.
I have a full time job and I have about 1-2 hours of vidya time a day.
>>318195892
NEET logic is some twisted shit. It makes sense if you smugly plan to kill yourself when the party ends, but even then you are awful. But they think it's okay because they are punishing themselves. They take the high road to the end and leave their loved ones with the consequences.
>>318196045
Because normalfags convinced themselves that it's OK to be a NEET when you save up enough money busting your balls, or get old enough where you can't bust your balls.
>>318196124
>Implying I like being forced to go to work.
Look fag, if I could do jobs as a hobby, sure, but every day? Fuck off, faggot.
>>318195818
lol kill urself fag
>>318196045
Working sucks too.
The real winners are those who have sustainable income and don't need to work.
Working for yourself is also a victory, but good luck making any money that way.
>>318195954
And what about the people that loves working ?
>>318196045
they look forward to it and a lot of them can't stand it when they actually get there because they don't know what to do with themselves. It takes a long time to unlearn the "worker" mindset and some people are incapable.
source: I talk to a lot of old retired people at my job.
>>318196227
>Get told
>Resort to "fuck you"
TYPICAL NORMIE
>>318195954
But you do realize working can be an enjoyable and fulfilling experience right? It's not easy to find such job, but possible
>>318196256
Nobody loves working. Some particularly sad individuals enjoy watching money accumulate in their bank accounts, that's not the same as enjoying every minute of your job.
For every interesting day where you solve an exciting problem, there are dozens of days where you just go through the motions.
>>318196375
Why not just get a fucking hobby, then, retard?
It's literally the same thing except you aren't forced to do it.
>>318194187
And all school breaks as well. My dad was a teacher I envy the amount of time he has. Such a comfy job, works 9-3:30 besides odd meetings and such
>>318196045
>having money saved up, wife, kids out of house, going on vacations, living the good life
As opposed to
>in bed for days, bad hygiene, bad health, lonely (no internet friends/gf's aren't real ones), poor as fuck, miserable
Hmmm
>>318196193
What the fuck is this from?
Why is he playing Sonic with a fight stick?
What is he so upset about? That he's using a retarded controller for a game not meant for it?
>>318195818
Where does a NEET get all their money? What do they give back?
>>318196494
>>318196516
They don't get any unless they're self-employed (ie: not a NEET) or on welfare.
Which goes back to why being a NEET is shit and depressing: You have no income. If you have no income, you can't do anything because you need money to do literally anything in our society.
>>318196516
Money depends on the NEET. /jp/ does the autismbux route.
>What do they give back?
>Giving things back
What do YOU give back?
What do half the people working give back?
Here's a little hint:----Nothing----.
>>318195818
You're failing to see the difference between "job" and "career".
>>318196451
>For every interesting day where you solve an exciting problem, there are dozens of days where you just go through the motions.
that's the exact same thing that happens when you're a NEET though.
How many people are actually productive when living as a NEET? I sure wasn't. I had unlimited free time, so I spent my days sleeping, doing stupid shit on the internet, playing videogames and masturbating. no pressure to get things done, and nothing gets done.
>>318196231
How do you get a sustainable income without working? Also there are some fun jobs out there, you just have to find them and want them enough.
You won't have to worry about expensive video games for too long.
Triple A is dying. You will have all the cheap games you want.
>>318196676
Career and job are synonyms you fucking dipshit.
ca·reer
kəˈrir/
noun
noun: career; plural noun: careers
1.
an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.
synonyms: profession, occupation, job,
>>318196649
>If you have no income, you can't do anything because you need money to do literally anything in our society.
Good goy, listen to what the TV tells you. You can't be happy without deluxe shaving cream and a new car.
It's not like the information age has created literally unlimited entertainment, all available for free, or something.
>>318196494
>Be introvert
>NEET life is perfect
Must suck have those normie genes
>>318196216
>What is part-time
>What is contractual jobs
>What is freelancer
Keep twisting around your own failures into poor attempts as self-justifications.
>>318196092
why don't you just get a sidejob. Going 5-6 times to work per month isn't bad
>>318196715
>How do you get a sustainable income without working?
Ask Notch.
>>318196778
Computers/the internet aren't free.
>>318196658
They give back labor, for starters. Everything you enjoy is a product of someone's labor. What do you mean nothing?
>>318196082
Define "Unorthodox". If you mean Buying/Selling Stock or some at home make your own time thing than more power too you. But fuck Welfare/Inherritance leeches, they shouldn't be getting money for just breathing and shitting.
>>318194187
tell us about your pupils, what games do they like? are you the cool teacher?
>>318196193
>>318196658
They give back taxes so the government (by collecting taxes from their kids) will support them with healthcare and pensions when they retire.
>>318196778
Electricity isn't free. Also who buys premium shaving creams?
>>318196482
Because you'll drop your hobby just as you dropped everything else because you're a self-loathing fag.
>>318196658
>What do half the people working give back?
>Here's a little hint:
>----Nothing----.
they give back the products you fucking use dumbass
>>318196763
You're still not getting it, anon. Anyway, I'm 100% convinced that working a physically demanding job leads to more happiness than sitting in an office all day. I know some of you guys earn 100k+ working as sys admins and stuff like that but that job would be hell to me.
>>318196892
>>Computers/the internet aren't free.
The cost of a decent computer is 500 bucks every 3 to 5 years.
You could literally scrape together that much in a month or two of welfare programs.
If you live with your family, i.e. you have no money at all, then you can use all the old shit they throw out after a year or two. And a house without internet is like a house without a TV.
>>318195954
>My life philosophy is that you might as well be dead if you're wasting half your day working.
It depends on what you do, I agree 100% when it comes to wage slavery or ladder climbing bullshit, any situation where you are working toward someone elses ambitions, but I have worked for/volunteered at charities and other non profits where the work was incredibly satisfying and I never felt like I wasted my time. I think the key is that if you need money to survive, you are better to work on your own terms if possible, if you can't than you owe it to yourself to put every effort into putting yourself in that kind of situation.
If you can get by on inheritance or parents who will support you and you are actually happy with that than I guess there is no shame in it.
>>318196778
>all that talk of thinking big by getting the next best phone, a new car or a nice diamond ring for the gf
>tfw all I want in my life is a motorcycle, some vidya and a job that doesn't require my full dedication for some 365 days of the year
Is that too much for me to ask for now? I don't have big plans to be the next best thing I just want to live my life the way I like and thats to be in the freedom of spontaneous living, without being restricted by the whims of others.
>>318197104
>>318197058
>>318197042
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>>318196823
Asshurt wagekeks.
Shouldn't you be in bed, buddy? Gotta get up early tomorrow for that Sunday morning overtime so you can save up money for Christmas gifts.
>>318196830
Because if I was eligible to be Neet, I would be. One day I will find the secrets of how you autists keep getting the fabled Obama Bucks
>>318196516
Parents
Welfare
Trust fund
Inherited rental property
>implying NEETs care about giving back
>>318193114
>>318181457
yard sales are the best...get games for like 2-5 dollars a piece
>>318197242
You think there is no shame in parents that still have to support their child when he's past 30?
>>318197373
Fucking kill yourself, you parasite.
>>318197373
No way in fucking hell most neets on 4chan are trust fund kids or wealthy from an inheritance. The vast majority still live at home and get by on a meager monthly allowance.
>>318195954
People who don't have that NEET mentality actually like making money. They like improving and the feeling of a job well done. There is a difference between happiness and meaning. Happiness lasts from moment to moment where meaning will last you a lifetime.
>>318195954
That's a good philosophy on paper.
The problem is the real world doesn't work that way, unless you were born into wealth. You've got to support the good times somehow.
And even if you don't and you do end up in a situation where you can sit on your ass playing video games all day every day consequence free, you'll find you'll get jaded and tired of it sooner rather than later. You need to do something you'd rather not do to make the good times all the sweeter. That's just how the human brain works. It's shitty, but that's life.
>>318197258
I feel you buddy. I'd be content with so little and yet even that's too much to ask for where I live 'cause everything's so expensive. Sometimes I think I should run off into a forest and live off of tree moss and snails.
>>318181826
>>318181898
>>318182257
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>>318195964
Fucking lol
Do you guys smash your cocks with hammers before you whack off so you can "appreciate it better"? You people are fucking broken
>>318185914
1) Humans are social monkeys. Being at home alone for years can fuck you up.
2) Being poor means your needs are at the "food and shelter" stage rather than any of the personal fulfillment stages
3) Self hatred and boredom
>>318197193
If you really believe in the product/company/whatever then working in an office is great. Otherwise working in an office is the most soul-destroying shit that has ever been invented by humanity.
I'd much rather work on a farm or work retail or some shit than have a generic office job I don't care about. Maybe it's just the grass looking greener?
>>318197596
dud calm the fuck down christ
>>318196508
He's been in prison for a long time. It's from a tv show called Rectify
>>318197320
Staymad buddy. i'm prepping for my exhange in Norway and i just finished Bloodborne dlc this morning. But don't worry, eventually something good might happen to you too :^)
>>318197527
its really in the eye of the beholder, if the parent and their child are both okay with the arrangement then I don't see how it's wrong. I think usually the parent that has a problem with it but I'm sure there are people who happily support their children into old age.
>>318197042
Well technically my taxes go to helping jobless lazy niggers and NEETs. And baby boomers. And single mothers who use government benefits they don't need.
Wagies have never
NOT ONCE
NOT IN ALL THE YEARS THIS COMIC HAS EXISTED
disproven this!
NOT EVEN CLOSE!
>>318196482
Because it's easier to get paid for a job than a hobby.
Though, in all fairness, ideally you'll have both.
>>318197721
I would say the same for retail.
literally the lowest brunt of job workers, you deal with the worst of people, you are easily replaceable and the company does everything they can to micromanage and keep you in line.
>>318196508
It's from a show called Rectify.
He's been in prison since he was a teenager I think. He's crying because he's reminiscing about his lost young adult life that he never had.
>>318185914
NEETs get depressed because society views them as losers. Women don't want them cuz they have no money, and since most people's social networks come from work/school, the NEET's have no one to talk to.
It's funny how everyone is saying playing games all the time leads to depression, but I guarantee you if they were getting a decent paycheck to play games, people would be fighting over that job like fucking dogs
>>318197721
Agreed. I work construction and working a standard office job would be an absolute fucking nightmare.
>>318197683
>He literally tricked himself in to believing that working a 6-3 gives him "meaning."
KEK
Busy making car parts in a factory for minimum wage, my man?
>>318197926
A hobby is just a job without a paycheck.
>>318197905
>>318197320
I know this is bait, but it's incredibly sad that there's an off chance of you seriously thinking that's an insult.
QUESTION
In every single one of these threads, there is always some /pol/ guy ranting on about how you need to be useful to society
Can I ask where this line of thinking comes from? It sounds so far out and illogical
>>318196508
It's from Rectify. Fucking fantastic show, one of the few that's ever made me cry.
>>318197690
I prefer with a life on muted happiness over one with highs and lows.
>>318197683
Meaning is the kind of thing that really stupid people try and invent to stop them killing themselves. All that matters is your overall happiness.
>>318197707
no, but I do get bored of masturbating when I do it too much and taking a break makes it way more fun.
>>318185914
They're NEET because they're depressed, not the other way around. You have to realize this. It's a reactive lifestyle, not a proactive one — they were already fucked. And so is the case with most of 4chan users and why there is so much anger on here.
>>318198050
It's not bait.
I see people doing it all the time, because Sunday overtime is double time, whereas Saturday overtime is only time-and-a-half.
>>318198052
Indoctrination state run or jewish propaganda
>over 500 unplayed games in backlog
>at least 1/6 of those are long retro RPGs that takes 200+ hours to complete
>only have about 4 hours a workday to play vidya
I gotta give credit to streamers who amass 10,000+ followers who barf endless streams of money at them... they figured it out. I just don't have the affable personality to be a good streamer.
>>318198052
>Can I ask where this line of thinking comes from?
It's propaganda.
People that own companies need workers. How do you get workers to force other people to work for you?
Tell them they have to or they're losers parasite faggots with no meaning in life if they don't.
>>318198138
>I prefer with a life on muted happiness
Without the highs and lows, you won't even have that.
>>318197905
You're proof enough.
>>318197905
Ok I know you're trolling, but here's a serious reply.
There's no ethical way to be a NEET unless you're lucky enough to have inheritance, you've already saved a lot of money from working, something like that. If you're dependent on the government to meet your basic needs of food and shelter then you're a piece of shit leech.
It's impossible for everyone in society to be a NEET, that's inherently unfair. Unless everyone should build their own house and subsistence farm or something. But is that really NEETdom at that point?
>>318198318
>You can't be happy unless you're sad
>>318198052
It's from the logical idea that since everything you have is made by other people, you need to give something back-- since others are helping you to survive you need to contribute, too.
The thing is, it's an outdated idea. There are too many people now and the work of a few provides for the lives of many. In the next two decades technology is going to advance to the point where only a few people need to actually do any labor and the majority of work is done by machines.
>>318198052
if everyone was a NEET welfare monkey then society would collapse, that's where they're coming from. Work is shit, I agree, but a lot of people have to do it.
>>318198006
Actually for most car part manufacturing places they pay upwards to $15-$20/hr. Hell even Bosch starts off at $17. And you can work however much hours your body can handle. And its double time on the weekends if you want to work. My friend compares the place to Netflix because you can choose your own hours and when you wanna work. But you have to work at least 40 hours a month to stay an employee.
>>318198415
Essentially yes. It's just how the human mind works.
>>318182731
>having the time to do whatever I want
When you do the same thing every single day at every waking moment of the day, it becomes not only dull, but it makes you realize how empty your life is.
How do YOU even function?
>>318183524
Nice waifu dude. When you will merry her?
>>318198518
Well, I'm sad that I had to listen to your retarded opinions on working.
Gimmie my happiness.
>>318198415
how can you tell what happiness is if you have nothing to contrast it with?
>>318198052
You can't survive without society. You use their food, their shelter, their water. If you're not completely self-sufficient and living out in the woods somewhere, then you are obligated to be useful to society. Otherwise, someone's getting cheated somewhere.
>>318197596
lmao, they really programmed you hard
>>318198365
>ethical
Whoops, looks like you just said something utterly retarded!
A capitalist society, like the one you live in, is based entirely on the suffering of others. In order to make money, people must lose money. Lots of little worker ants support a few fat cats at the top, and are lied to with delusions like "if you work hard for long enough, you'll make it to the top one day!".
Thus, the only ETHICAL response to blatant manipulation would be to completely ignore the entire system. If you have a job, you're literally murdering people.
