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The truth is I can't handle life..

I can't deal with the routine of it all, work 9-5, 5 days a week getting a measly 2 days off and repeating the process until you more or less die, thats if you aren't struck down by cancer before reaching retirement age. It seems a waste of time tbh as you endup spending your hard earned money on bills which you must pay in order to survive. It seems the whole system is designed to **** you left right and centre. You reproduce only to put your offsprings in the same position. Now you might argue that, thats life blahblahblah but why do we have to accept it? a counter argument may be that other countries have it worse but I think we should make the world one country and share resources equally and just live equally in terms of money etc.


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Basically, you don't like your job?

Get a different one then!
Sounds like you need to quit your job and get one you actually enjoy. Or even become self-employed? Or live on benefits?
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Want to help me take over the world then or nah?
Original post by Treypound
but I think we should make the world one country and share resources equally and just live equally in terms of money etc.


Eek! A socialist! D:
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Original post by Treypound
I think we should make the world one country and share resources equally and just live equally in terms of money etc.


Let's see how keen you are to be equal when it's your turn to work in sewers.
OP pretty much true, really, but whaddya gonna do? You have to find some way to exist within or without the system as it is.
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Original post by Treypound
I can't deal with the routine of it all, work 9-5, 5 days a week getting a measly 2 days off and repeating the process until you more or less die, thats if you aren't struck down by cancer before reaching retirement age. It seems a waste of time tbh as you endup spending your hard earned money on bills which you must pay in order to survive. It seems the whole system is designed to **** you left right and centre. You reproduce only to put your offsprings in the same position. Now you might argue that, thats life blahblahblah but why do we have to accept it? a counter argument may be that other countries have it worse but I think we should make the world one country and share resources equally and just live equally in terms of money etc.


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Honestly I totally agree and say this all the time.
I feel sorry for most people. I look around at the people who work at my placement and think wow I genuinely feel sorry for you if this is your life.

Living for the weekend, dreading Mondays, working to enjoy 25 days a year off....actually sucks balls.
Original post by Treypound
I can't deal with the routine of it all, work 9-5, 5 days a week getting a measly 2 days off and repeating the process until you more or less die, thats if you aren't struck down by cancer before reaching retirement age. It seems a waste of time tbh as you endup spending your hard earned money on bills which you must pay in order to survive. It seems the whole system is designed to **** you left right and centre. You reproduce only to put your offsprings in the same position. Now you might argue that, thats life blahblahblah but why do we have to accept it? a counter argument may be that other countries have it worse but I think we should make the world one country and share resources equally and just live equally in terms of money etc.


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Look, no one likes working, everyone would love to live for free if they could, me included, but it's immoral. Almost everything around you costs time and money to produce. People work very hard every day to provide value to society, it is immoral to demand these people give away all they worked hard for free, that's akin to theft.

And besides, imposing equality on people is immoral too, what if someone actually wants to have a different or better life than the one imposed on him through forced equality.

I feel for you bro, working sucks, but society is much richer as a result of people contributing value to the economy every day, the average poor person in the Western world today is actually richer than a king of France in the 18th century. Work is becoming less and less harder in the future and requires more knowledge and skills, rather than manual labor.

It's just that we have crony capitalism now, coupled with big government (i'm anarchist anyway, so government should go away gradually) that messes up the economy with huge amounts of debts and taxes.

Also, fundamentally, life requires work to function, your body works everyday to keep you going, in the animal kingdom animals have to work to eat, so naturally this applies to the economy too. Capitalism isn't some sort of designed, centrally planned system, it's a natural phenomenon.

Big up Eazy E though.
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Original post by Treypound
I can't deal with the routine of it all,

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Sounds to me that you just need to re-focus what you want to do. Of course a lot of people are stuck in jobs because they have commitments. If you don't have children, I would highly recommend you go travelling and challenge your rather early comfort zone.
Once you've stretched and challenged yourself, you will be more likely to embrace routine and enjoy parenthood, career, hobbies, friends much more.

If you have good health, then it is in your hands to change the pattern of your life - this sense of entitlement you have will merely waste your time.
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Original post by tinyflame
Look, no one likes working, everyone would love to live for free if they could, me included, but it's immoral. Almost everything around you costs time and money to produce. People work very hard every day to provide value to society, it is immoral to demand these people give away all they worked hard for free, that's akin to theft.

And besides, imposing equality on people is immoral too, what if someone actually wants to have a different or better life than the one imposed on him through forced equality.

I feel for you bro, working sucks, but society is much richer as a result of people contributing value to the economy every day, we are all richer than a king of France in the 18th century. Work is becoming less and less harder in the future and requires more knowledge and skills, rather than manual labor.

It's just that we have crony capitalism now, coupled with big government (i'm anarchist anyway, so government should go away gradually) that messes up the economy with huge amounts of debts and taxes.

Also, fundamentally, life requires work to function, your body works everyday to keep you going, in the animal kingdom animals have to work to eat, so naturally this applies to the economy too. Capitalism isn't some sort of designed, centrally planned system, it's a natural phenomenon.

Big up Eazy E though.


I think letting people die of hunger because they can't afford food is immoral, anyone who wouldnt give up their millions in order for everyone to be equal and not die of hunger and lack of health care etc is nothing more than poundlife IMO


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Get a hobby?
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Original post by Scienceisgood
Basically, you don't like your job?

Get a different one then!


would make little difference, people who say they love their job are lying as they wouldn't do it for free or if they didn't have to. Im putting out an idea which means they wouldn't have to.


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Original post by Hanvyj
Get a hobby?


a hobby wont pay the bills which I need to do in order to survive, the counter arguments are piss poor in here.


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Original post by Treypound
a hobby wont pay the bills which I need to do in order to survive, the counter arguments are piss poor in here.


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With an attitude like that, it's no wonder you are where you are. So, no one has posted what you wanted to hear - that says more about you than the posters who have tried to help you.
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Original post by Treypound
a hobby wont pay the bills which I need to do in order to survive, the counter arguments are piss poor in here.


Since when was a hobby supposed to pay the bills? You have your job to do that. You spend your spare time doing stuff you like, like hobbies.

Do you work?

You have a very negative outlook on everything...
Original post by Treypound
I think letting people die of hunger because they can't afford food is immoral, anyone who wouldnt give up their millions in order for everyone to be equal and not die of hunger and lack of health care etc is nothing more than poundlife IMO


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So we have to force people to give to charity?
Isn't charity supposed to be voluntary?

If a person earns millions through providing value to society, then by definition society has earned millions in terms of value.

Those millions get reinvested into businesses, grow and employ more people, thus lifting more people out of poverty. Remember poverty is the default state of humans, all this wealth around you has been created through generations of hard work.

And besides where do you think all that money for charity would come from?

Exactly, it would have to be created in the private sector first.

Where do you think government gets it's money from?
That's right, through taxes, which is forced, and so is theft by definition.
Redistributing money around actually costs money, so society would not be richer and better off as a result, also it would go disincentive people to work for their money and contribute value.

Th funny thing is that in a more free market society, charity would be more widespread than it is now, since there would be no government getting in the way of helping your fellow man. And besides throwing money at a poverty problem is not going to solve it in the long run, the best thing you could do to help a poor person is to make them self sufficient, independent and able to earn a living through their skills they learn.

At the end of the day, how would you make society spread around it's wealth, would you force people, or would you let people voluntarily decide whether they want to share their wealth or not?

If you're ideas are so good, surely they don't require force to implement right?
Nail on the head, OP.

That's life. But you can sit here and mull it over or find something that makes you happy to be alive and focus on that instead. Some people take dance lessons, some people smoke, some people listen to music, some people skydive etc. Just find something, but preferably something none destructive (smoking/drinking/drugs etc).

Original post by Scienceisgood
Basically, you don't like your job?

Get a different one then!


The actual naivety.
That's how I started feeling like after leaving education you are chucked in to the real world and you are
expected to work 9-5 your whole life. If I had it my way I'd life without the need of sticking to a
9-5 routine imagine the freedom and the time you'll have to enjoy your hobbies
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Original post by tinyflame
So we have to force people to give to charity?
Isn't charity supposed to be voluntary?

If a person earns millions through providing value to society, then by definition society has earned millions in terms of value.

Those millions get reinvested into businesses, grow and employ more people, thus lifting more people out of poverty. Remember poverty is the default state of humans, all this wealth around you has been created through generations of hard work.

And besides where do you think all that money for charity would come from?

Exactly, it would have to be created in the private sector first.

Where do you think government gets it's money from?
That's right, through taxes, which is forced, and so is theft by definition.
Redistributing money around actually costs money, so society would not be richer and better off as a result, also it would go disincentive people to work for their money and contribute value.

Th funny thing is that in a more free market society, charity would be more widespread than it is now, since there would be no government getting in the way of helping your fellow man. And besides throwing money at a poverty problem is not going to solve it in the long run, the best thing you could do to help a poor person is to make them self sufficient, independent and able to earn a living through their skills they learn.

At the end of the day, how would you make society spread around it's wealth, would you force people, or would you let people voluntarily decide whether they want to share their wealth or not?

If you're ideas are so good, surely they don't require force to implement right?


I'm not going to pretend I read past the first few sentences as it appears you misunderstood. I'm saying isnt it immoral to think only about making your life comfortable when theres an opportunity (such as the one I mentioned) to end world hunger/poverty by sharing things out equally and working for the good of the whole community instead of just yourself.


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