That's right, I'm poor. Please tell me how I'm good for nothing, lazy, uneducated, or any of the other ten thousand ways that some of you people use to make yourself feel better than me, while you demand that I "pay my fair share". I'm sorry that you pay more in taxes than I make in a year.

I don't take food stamps or anything like that out of pride. Oh, wait, there are actually poor people that are trying to work their way up instead of just living off your hard earned money? Your poor little holier-than-thou bubble must be totally broken into a thousand pieces.

Unfortunately, I'm coming into a difficult dilemma. I'm coming to a point very soon where it may be that I have to choose between paying car insurance, property tax, and student loans or keep a roof over my head and food on the table. Guess what I've decided?

I'm just going to give up and go camping in the Ozarks or something. I'm a useless drain on society because I'm poor, right? I'm nothing but a good for nothing little narcissist because I'm member of Gen Y, right?

I've been told over and over and over by teachers and principals and pretty much everybody over 35 that my generation is spoiled and can't work. It doesn't matter what I do, people are always looking for some minute mistake, combing every single little detail as to why I can't seem to get ahead. And even the smallest fault is berated as idiotic and this is all your fault.

I've finally decided that I'm going to finally take my useless, thieving, drain on society label and embrace it. Congrats, old folks, one less stupid kid to worry about in your glorious society You've created a society where I can't take responsibility for myself.

So I'm simply going to drop everything and refuse to try.

stop whining and get a job you hippy freak!!!
no no no,just kidding!
im an older person and i too have fell on hard times. ya it sux.
i exist only on the basics. no luxuries. not even a car.
pride can be a sin,but if you do have to drop your pride,do it for the right reason.
i feel for you friend,and i wish you well being.

Don't refuse to try, you only have a few things required of you to fit in normal society

CONSUME
OBEY
COVET


Add some lying, cheating, stealing and manipulation in there and you could be a CEO or even president

You need to stop believing yourself to be a victim. You think you have it tough? Believe me, there are people whose live's are worse than you could probably imagine. Child Labourers, working in Copper mines in the Congo for example.

You have something more powerful than poverty. You have the ability to take control of your own thoughts and direct them to an achievable goal. Some of the most successful people in history came from some of the toughest back grounds. Yet these people do not let it stop them.

You will never get anything satisfactory from life, if you keep running away from the hard parts. It's not meant to be easy.

I get what you're saying, we study for years and are made to believe that will lead us to an accomplished life.
Well, guess what? It doesn't.
Almost all the jobs are taken, the ones that aren't are getting harder to find and most of them are asking for 3-5years experience, I can't have experience if no one gives me a damn job now can I? And this is for reeeeeaally low paying jobs and I'm tired of hearing to suck it up and move on when it's impossible to even move out and keep the house secured.

Don't take any help from the state, still leave with my mom, so yes let them all tell us how ignorant lazy ass bastards we are.
And why, seriously, why do we have to bend down to this broken system when it'll never work? They call us idealistic nutjobs but it is broken from the start and the ones that support are insane and affraid of having to figure out the changes that need to be made.

I understand what you're feeling, had the desire to just up and leave for a good time now, but we have to be stuborn even if it amounts to nothing, even if in the end we all loose.

Peace, and never let your self-worth be decided by the amount of cash you have.

Dude stop being lazy and push yourself to get a job, work your way up that ladder, we have all felt the way you did, but you just can't give up and say F this.

Life is tough and it will only get tougher, it's why it makes it a challenge each day.

People are losing their jobs, homes and life savings faster than ever before. The cost of food,
gas and other necessities are skyrocketing. Who's fault is that? Hmm.....must be the OP's fault.

Why bother with what others think or say about you?
They can only see the outside of a person and know nothing of your true being.
I dropped the burden of caring about others opinions of me long ago and am a much happier person for it.
Your path in life will only be confused and the only thing of real importance is what you believe about yourself.
Deep inside you know who you are and that is good enough.

I hate to say it, but each generation after the next has been accused of being lazier than the last.
Its the last few decades they've been given a "title"
- were they called the "beatniks" in the 60s? And its gone from there.

I've read where the older generations get accused of wrecking it for the younger generations.
From what I've gathered, we've all been told that if we work hard and get some schoolin', everything will be alright.
That was a lie, started by ruling factions.
We've been lied to for many generations; its the net that has finally gotten the truth out of the perpetrators of that lie.
Whats missing from schools? Plenty-- and a class in Life 101 somewhere along the line would've been cool. Its no surprise they don't teach it, til we all live it.

Don't let yourself be pigeoned-holed in to groupings or classifications - its all name calling, and it helps to feed the lie.
This is where you distinguish yourself from the false "herding" - its a tough go, and it doesn't end any time soon. The best to you.

To be clear, I'm not trying to belittle or demean your point, as it is valid in it's claims.
Words are the strongest "weapon". The originators of the lie know this.
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me
is also a lie.

Originally posted by Asktheanimals
Why bother with what others think or say about you?
They can only see the outside of a person and know nothing of your true being.
I dropped the burden of caring about others opinions of me long ago and am a much happier person for it.
Your path in life will only be confused and the only thing of real importance is what you believe about yourself.
Deep inside you know who you are and that is good enough.

edit on 6-5-2012 by Asktheanimals because: added comment

It will still affect people even if they try to pretend it does not. Being called useless for years like this will get into your subconscious. I am personally in a similar issue due to some health problems and it has really taken a toll on my self confidence. I have basically completely given up now even trying to do something with my life.

But I guess it is different for everyone.. Such # sure has affected the person I am today.