The saddest archetype I observe is the comfortably numb 27-year-old guy with a “stable” job making around $150k per year. He probably wears a no-date submariner and lives in a respectable apartment. He looks forward to his 7 pm Chipotle burrito accompanied by the new show he’s binging on the couch after work. Every day is the same, and it’ll stay that way until he has enough in his 401k to retire or he implodes and drops everything – whichever happens first. Eventually, one of his “work buddies” will introduce him to a girl he deems good enough. She’s not everything he dreamed of, but he’s almost 30 and feels the societal pressure to put a ring on it. He gets angry when he sees younger dudes on social media driving supercars and finds a way to invalidate their success. “That’s a scam,” he tells himself so he can comfortably ignore the possibility that life could’ve been more than looking forward to the weekend and football season. To his bubble of naivety, he returns. He’s miserable but not miserable enough to actually change anything. It’s a life of good enough. An existence that consists of negotiating down dreams that were once possible until he started to give in to the comfort that comes with predictability. There’s nothing inherently wrong with it. He’s not doing anything harmful, and maybe he finds enjoyment in the monotony. I can’t hate on a path I didn’t choose, but I never felt like it was for me.
@benhbader Most of you including Ben will never touch 150k a year. He’s trying to guilt trip and put y’all down so you are manipulated into buying his course, then he will use that money to buy rich shit to flex on twitter and insta so more buy his course. His only skills are scamming
@Helena1894316 “He gets angry when he sees younger dudes on social media driving supercars and finds a way to invalidate their success. “That’s a scam,” he tells himself so he can comfortably ignore the possibility that life could’ve been more than looking forward to the weekend”
@Helena1894316 @benhbader found the 150k depressed guy lol
@Helena1894316 @benhbader lol this, lots of people will never even see 100k annually and they are actually happy too
@Helena1894316 @benhbader Agreed. It’s just ego bro.
@Helena1894316 @benhbader I swear one out of every five posts I see are some variation of this. Trying to sell their course. It’s like the latest variation of the multi level marketing scam.
@Helena1894316 @benhbader Agreed. It’s like someone gave him a mad lib about people who settle - except the way he built it barely makes sense.
@Helena1894316 @benhbader @Helena1894316 ur cooked 💀