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originally posted by: bananashooter
I can’t own a house in Northern California where I live because they are 800,000, generations before me could on a basic factory workers salary. We are worked harder and rewarded less than ever. Maybe you could say you can, but I can’t.
originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
a reply to: HunkaHunka
I pushed myself to and beyond the mental breaking point working.
I'm an overachiever and it was mercilessly run into the ground by my employers.
Last job I had I almost attacked a customer.
I'm tending to my higher education online now, away from the public eye.
Until I make sure I won't crack from pressure you best be glad I'm not in the workforce.
originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
a reply to: carewemust
Mental health cases are exploding.
A lot of the younger generation have serious mental problems, and most employers aren't accomodating.
I blame overcrowding and the digital age.
originally posted by: TXRabbit
My middle school shop teacher (yes...they did have shop class back then) would chew your ass out if you said "I can't". He'd go on a tirade which is now understood about how that phrase was basically saying "I choose not to".
Yes...he was missing 1.5 fingers, before anyone asks
originally posted by: skunkape23
"Can't never could."
It is a word I very rarely use.
originally posted by: HunkaHunka
Have you noticed how many Americans say I can’t instead of “can-do!”
The Seabee motto has always been “can-do”. They are the Naval group you call in to tackle, and achieve the hard stuff.
Every major group is touting the “I can’t” motto. InCels identify with it and affirm it... Migtow, same thing. Every Millennial I talk to is convinced by stats instead of manifest destiny.
I, along with my contemporaries, came up in a generation where boomers told us “You can’t!” And We said “watch me” and subsequently did.
But now everyone wants to act like society owes them something... be it a job, or a pronoun.
Harden the F up America... learn to survive as humans have, against all odds, for thousands of years.
originally posted by: bananashooter
I can’t own a house in Northern California where I live because they are 800,000, generations before me could on a basic factory workers salary. We are worked harder and rewarded less than ever. Maybe you could say you can, but I can’t.
originally posted by: ClovenSky
Maybe to really change this society, the I can'ts will play a huge role. If we go on struggling for bread crumbs, validating this system, will it ever get better?