>sponge bob, me boi! I've decided to give your job to migrants from kelp city. you're fired.
>>152333601Spongebob is already the cheap migrate worker. They even did an episode about how the person Spongebob replaced and how he's an inferior fry cook to his predecessor but Mr. Krabs doesn't care because Spongebob is willing to work for slave wages.
>>152334046Could Jim beat Neptune in a cook off?
>>152334046What does this make Squidward?
>>152334301Why does Squidward even work at the Krusty Krab if he hates it? We know the pay isn't good, Squidward could get a job at a supermarket or something if he's willing to work for minimum wage.
>>152334330Because Squidward expects his environment to change instead of himself to change. It's also why he can't succeed as an artist and it's because he can't get outside of his own head and just makes stuff to make himself feel important without factoring in any kind of demand. He won't aim for a middle ground because he's too prideful.
>>152334330The Krusty Krab functions as a friendship simulator for Squidward because nobody would want to hang out with him otherwise.
>>152334330>We know the pay isn't goodSpongebob and Squidward both own their homes, which is something you can't say for a majority of fastfood workers
>>152334415Squidward is a tragic character, because his horrible life is entirely self-inflicted. When he escaped to the squid ethno-state HOA and got everything he wanted, he gave it up because it was "boring" and he came crawling back to Spongebob like an abused girlfriend. He wants his life to change, but is terrified of it and terrified of leaving his terrible life because he's grown comfortable with it. There are probably millions of people in the exact same situation as Squidward, because to change their lot in life requires risk and effort, and most people would rather suffer through what they know than risk trying for something better.
>>152335523It's sad but he actively doesn't want to be happy. He would rather be around spongebob and patrick because it gives him something to complain about, and he can continue to blame his misery on something outside himself instead of taking steps to put his life in a direction he claims to want to be in.
