>dude the answer to the horrible modern world is just to get a manual labor job that destroys your body and pays you nothing and contributes to all the same problemsgen x was really stupid enough to believe this huh...
Are zoomers incapable of not taking everything literally? Do they even understand sarcasm?
>>222521090>>dude the answer to the horrible modern world is just to get a white colored job that destroys your body and pays you nothing and contributes to all the same problems
>>222521090I still see him everywhere.
Why would you assume the film is trying to tell you that one particular character's life goals are in any way universal? It was never "Everyone wants to work outside" it was "This guy wants to work outside."
>>222521090He’s white and educated. Will be promoted to foreman after a month and within 10 years be managing huge projects getting paid slightly less than a lead software engineer without a bunch of office politics bullshit
>>222521090Computers weren't the same in the 90s. Work computers were boring
>>222521441No he thought the grass is greener working a job like that, but what the movie cuts out is the construction boss doing the same thing to him. As someone who has basically only worked hard labor job, I always laugh when some white collar guys complains about his chill office job, in the fucking AC, and then thinks>Hey I have this great cushy office job where I make over 100k a year, only work 40 hours a week most of the time less as I dip out early on fridays, ya know what would be better? Working 12 hour days in the elements!
>>222521346these must be the infamous salary"men" I keep hearing about
>>222521537From your post, you care about air conditioning, money, hours per week, and the weather.The guy in the movie cares about feeling like he’s actually doing something in the real world.It’s not that hard to understand. The guy in the movie can be happy working construction and you can be happy working in an office. You both might even swap a few more times to find something satisfying long term.
>>222521090>gen x was really stupid enough to believe this huh...In fairness, we were told that hard work paid off and the reality hadn't yet sunk in. This was 1999 coming off the red-hot Clinton economy.Before the dotcom bubble burstThen the post 9/11 recessionThen the Great RecessionThen the Covid recession...God, I'm just so tired...
>>222521537You work 40 hours at the entry level. Then you either step it up and begin working more seriously or get laid off. By the time you are 10 years into your career you’re working 60-80 hour weeks if you want to actually succeed in the corporate world.
>>222521090>Yeah dude, just get into programming and destroy your mindDo you know how stressing programming can be? There was a time when a new JS framework was released each week.
>>222522406>By the time you are 10 years into your career you’re working 60-80 hour weeks if you want to actually succeed in the corporate world.You have it completely upside down.You start out doing the 80 hour weeks to prove you're a go-getter. Some guy who's staring down 40 is not going to be working more than 50 hours per week. Nevermind not having the energy anymore, they have lives.
they lived in a time where this isn't that a big a setback and everything still paid wellin 2026 this would be pivoting to a AI resistant career
>>222522458Multiple recent surveys reveal the high prevalence of burnout:- Overwhelming Majority Affected: A staggering 83% of developers report experiencing burnout in their careers , with some recent surveys indicating that over 80% of developers are currently feeling burned out .- Current Burnout Rates: Surveys from 2026 show that a significant portion of the tech workforce is actively struggling. One study found that 55.7% of tech professionals are experiencing significant burnout—an 11% increase from the previous year . Another study put the figure at 46% , noting a nearly 50% increase in those reporting burnout .- Critical Levels: A 2025 survey of engineering leaders found that 22% of developer respondents were facing critical levels of burnout .- In Europe: The issue is similarly acute in Europe, where research from ISACA found that 73% of IT professionals have experienced work-related stress or burnout .
>>222521537>>222522324The point is that the guy found that construction gave his labor meaning. At the end of the day, he'll be tired but he'll be able to point to a wall and say >This morning the wall was a foot high. Now it's three feet high because I laid those bricks.As opposed to the utterly demoralizing>I worked all day in my office. I was unable to take a break for lunch so I'm starving, but I also could not tell you what I did. I wasn't doing nothing. It's just what I was doing was so pointless that it effectively doesn't matter if I do it or not.
>>222522515Damn, do I feel this.I've been half-assing it at work for the last three years. I would retire tomorrow if I had any clue what I'd do about health insurance.
>>222521090I started a fence company with my bros now I am a billionaire
>>222521090>Work in construction >Only ever do like 45 minutes of work a day>Some days I just watch paint dry or drive in a circleI get paid $50/hr. Miss me with that office bullshit
>>222521090Fuck you faggot
>>222521090Once again: That ending was a studio mandate
>>222521537Most of us are built for variety. Spending 5+ years in the same job, even a cushy one, will start to test your patience. Office workers usually feel the drain in that they're not actually doing anything. They stroll in, sit around answering emails and move numbers around on spreadsheets, accumulating a bunch of stress for what starts to feel like nothing. After enough, you start wondering if it'd be better to just fuck off and start digging holes. At least there would be evidence that you were there. You get to move and get some air around which you otherwise have to cut out personal time for. Even if they couldn't cut it as a career, even if the pay is less and the physical stress is more, it starts to sound worth it to get away from outlook and teams.Not me though I'm an accountant. I'm built different.
>>222522515thanks chatgpt!
This is what made your job suck btwhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft%E2%80%93Hartley_Act
>>222521090I work trades, in a unionized plant. I probably work 2 hours out of my 12hr shift, and everything is ergonomic friendly. Im quite happy here with my 4 weeks vacation and pension. Way better than a cucked office job
>>222521270It’s the internet and social media. It has made most people functionally retarded. Zoomers have just been exposed it to more so they seem more retarded.
>>222521537This. Honestly the movie seemed like it was made by the Freemasons and Illuminati to convince people to be slaves. Dear Jesus Christ protect me from the demonic replies I’ll get for revealing this to the world.
Got a blue collar summer job so when I get back to my classes I can put on a snap on racing jacket, put my dirty boots on the table and sayyuuuup that's not how we did it in the shop!
>>222524607I love spending hundreds of hours to produce 20 pages of financial statements for which the bank will glance at for five minutes, and then it is thrown in a drawer where it will remain for decades until the paper turns yellow and is eventually shredded. It's a great life, incredible meaning and purpose.
>8+ hours a day repetitively straining specific muscles and joints>exerciselol this shit destroys your body before you hit 40
>>222524782Sitting in a chair all day and living like a sloth will give you unimaginably poor quality of life
>>222521090>NOOOOOOOOO DONT BUILD REAL THINGS TRADE IN NUMBERS AND PIXELS LIKE A GOOD GOYretard
>>222521346Built for BWC
>>222521090unironically blue collar is comfy as fuck if you get some good union job, I worked with my dad for 2 summers doing fitting-out works and maybe 1/4th of that was actual "hard "labour" like sledgehammering shit and carrying cobblestone, the rest was just using machinery and standing around making jokes lolalso this >>222525291 some people like myself are naturally drawn to tangible physical work instead of some digital abstract pie-in-the-sky boogaboo horseshit
Just destroy America's industrial base and import millions of foreigners I'm sure it'll all be fine.
>>222522406Are people still peddling this hustle culture shit in 2k26? Get the fuck outta here.
