I just ran into someone who I went to school with (~3 years younger than me), whose family I used to know…
They’re very rich (definitely 1%ers), and extremely degenerate…
Her brother is now a tranny. Her father is an androgynous weirdo, and both of her parents are constantly high on designer drugs, every time I run into them (usually at concerts or music festivals, being obnoxious).
This girl… Tells me she has just bought a house. In one of the most expensive houses in my hometown. We’re talking $2M+, average…
So I ask her what she is doing.
“Oh, I’m a professional content creator now. I specialize in TikTok.”
This girl is ugly as fuck, overweight, and probably autistic (think Luna from Harry Potter, but uglier and less endearing). She’s also half-Asian.
I saw a program last night of another TikTok “content creator” in Ireland who was doing up a family mansion, for a few million…
How the fuck is this where we’re at, as a society?
Sure, “bank of Mum and Dad” and all that, but fuck…
Just makes me more depressed and frustrated, tbh…
Man dude you care too much about other people who are leading unfulfilling and fucked lives, money is ephemeral and there are many ways to have a happy life with less.
Your mentality is holding you back more than anything else imo. Even if you did have more money you'd probably still be comparing yourself to the next person who had more than you.
Maybe. I think that’s an easy perspective to have when you’re not scrounging, but when you are, without stable long-term employment (most of my work is contract based), or like, even knowing whether you’ll be able to afford rent in a month’s time, it just… That doesn’t quite hold true.
But hey, what do I know. Maybe I should just struggle harder..?
Look, I’m being facetious here. Of course mindset is important.
But you’re also underestimating quite what it’s like without even the basics, I think.
You have the free time to constantly complain about your life in comparison to others on a reddit spinoff, you live in a first-world country, you're employed, and you almost certainly have access to food, water and shelter, and an internet connection.
The vast majority of the world's population is worse off than you, being on the bottom (or low) rung of a first world country is leagues apart from the same in other countries.
You yourself said you met these people on a plane flight. You have the means to travel through one of the most expensive methods of transportation available to the average person.
Honestly, for "basics", you're probably fine. I don't see you surviving off things like low-cost carbs like salted pasta or bread or anything, which I have heard from other people in desperate straits.
I don't think I'm underestimating your life, I'm sure its very hard, but I also think you're using your life's lowly state as an excuse to stay in that position forever.
Hell, you probably look at your own life as hopeless based on what I'm hearing here. Life will probably continue to suck for you for at least some time, but what happens after that depends significantly on what you do.
If you're living paycheck to paycheck (or contract to contract), maybe its time to find a more stable job and/or increase your own value and skillset. There are plenty of online and community college certifications and skills you can pick up that would allow you to take on different kinds of work, and they're dirt-cheap or free in a lot of cases.
If the area is so bad in terms of rent prices, then maybe you need to find a different place to live.
There are also ways to cut expenses that are available to pretty much every person that would allow you to save more money each month, and if the job's money isn't enough and you want to stay in the area, get a second job. When I was working retail, I knew a lot of people who were working 2 jobs because obviously retail isn't enough on its own to survive and support their families.
Things won't change for you unless you decide to impose your own will on both yourself and the environment you're in, and if the environment you're in isn't suitable for that, you need to find another one.
Hah, been there.
This.
If I don't get a raise within the first year working somewhere, I move on. If OP is contract, it sounds like he should be spreading a wider net and/or increasing his rates; it's easy to fall into the trap of undervalueing yourself, especially when self-employed.
OP, how crazy would it be if you should actually be doing well right now but aren't because you aren't charging what you're worth? Because you undervalue yourself (as reflected in your posts)? It could literally be that simple.
Focus on being debt free rather than rich, that's a much more achievable goal if you aren't marketing savvy or a lunatic. If we're talking finances, that's been my goal this whole time, it's why I didn't go to university, I looked at the student debt situation and the quality of 'education' being provided and noped the fuck out of there.
Learning to cook as well, you'd be surprised how much money you save. I ordered dominoes once on new years eve to treat myself and honestly even though it was okay compared to the food I cook for myself on the regular I felt like I was robbed. Learn about long term food storage and get really autistic and you'd be surprised at how much you can live off for a month, bonus points if you learn butchering skills because it's cheaper to buy in bulk. Then you can just freeze your meat and eat relatively well for that whole time, again, if you know how to cook.
I realise that may all seem pointless, but I promise it isn't, I'm amazed at how much money people piss away on shit without even realising. The worse ones though are the ones who know and just keep digging themselves into a hole. Also give up on living in the city especially if you're young, they're all turning into massive shitholes and overpriced shitholes at that. When you research real estate go for the suburbs and countryside instead.
Edit: Also as we all fucking know, realistically women in this current society have a major advantage than everybody else, especially if they're attractive in any way. Guaranteed that the majority of clicks she's getting are probably from thirsty simps if she doesn't actually produce content of any real value. So don't go beating yourself up over unrealistic bullshit that unfortunately men like us can't hold a candle to. We have to earn our way in society, a lot of women don't, that's just a fact.
He's not saying, "She's rich, you're poor, why do you care so much?"
You know your situation. You don't know jack shit about hers. I've never met a wealthy individual who had a good relationship with themselves, their family, and God.
You're getting bent out of shape over the appearance of her life. If the tiktoks aren't real, what makes you think the tiktokker is?