I love a cool lifted truck, has nothing to do with my penis size. Also can’t afford one so I’ll never own one anyway.

Well he’s not wrong, it’s definitely hateful. We don’t say it because we think it’s fair they get billions and we have to scrape by while doing the actual work.

So is the “nice job Matt” a sarcastic reply to the “Matt hung himself in MY office” mug? Or were they actually hopeful for him doing something good?

It depends per case, my friend kept studying while I dropped out (due to private circumstances).

My friend ended up at the same employer for the same pay only years later, he wasn’t a good fit for his field.

A few years later I jumped ship to try and develop myself into a better paid job, I am now an actual crane operator with a beefy wage. My friend is still there making the same low wage.

But he got lucky on a different matter, due to him living at home until 33 he did manage to buy a house with massive savings. I haven’t yet.

This is life, there aren’t any given certainties. Only people who claim their experience will be the same for you.

I miss those showers at home, where you didn’t need to care about bills as your parents protected you from those.

My showers easily ended up being 30min long, looking back I wish those bills still took a similar % of your income. I’d happily sink away into my empty brain under a steaming hot shower.

I’m a crane operator, if we still got the wages people would get 15 years ago and all the required paperwork it would feel important.

But now it’s just a: “hey guy, go try it out…see how it goes” and if it goes well you get to stay…for the same wage and no official paperwork to prove you’re capable and as such no opportunity to do the same at a new employer and maybe build up your wage.

It’s a bit if a run on ramble, but yeah… that’s how I feel, after 30 years of trying to save money, increase my skills and wage, not owning a car to save on costs and doing everything on a bicycle up to 40km a day and still not being able to buy a house…I’m ready to throw in the towel