The fear of a resume gap is pretty tyrannical, I think a better solution than being afraid of ever going a while without a job would be resolve to just lie if you have to. Plus there's a variety of ways to make money other than a job, not all of which are illegal.
Legit used to have a friend who was like this. He'd always apologize for being an inconvenience - eating my food and opening windows while the AC was on. Like I liked his company and he'd play games with the guys. But after awhile it was like "ok man it's been a year, 3 years, 5 years you need a job you can't just live at home no income" But he wouldn't change anything. No job or friends outside of us. After a few years it hit a point where I couldn't afford it anymore. Roomate and I had a sit down with him, said "alright bud shape up or ship out we can't do this anymore". Hooked up the computer so he could job hunt and left for 2 days. Came back and checked the history - 16 episodes of DBZ watched, 2 jobs applied for. And that was the end of the friendship.
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Speculater@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y
I'm jealous they get to play video games 16 hours a day and horrified that they don't care.
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 23 pts · 2y
Right up until the money runs out and you get evicted because nobody will hire you.
dactylotheca@suppo.fi · 24 pts · 2y
Could always sell drugs.
^For^ ^legal^ ^purposes^ ^this^ ^comment^ ^is^ ^a^ ^joke.^ ^Don't^ ^sell^ ^drugs.^ ^Drugs^ ^are^ ^bad.^
snooggums@midwest.social · 11 pts · 2y
Cool, cool, cool.
Ok,sowhatdrugsareyouselling?dactylotheca@suppo.fi · 9 pts · 2y
Oh I wish it was cool, it's been so hot lately but I guess that's how it's going to be from here on out.
^Definitely^ ^not^ ^selling^ ^weapons-grade^ ^LSD^
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y
The fear of a resume gap is pretty tyrannical, I think a better solution than being afraid of ever going a while without a job would be resolve to just lie if you have to. Plus there's a variety of ways to make money other than a job, not all of which are illegal.
otacon239@feddit.de · 15 pts · 2y
“You don’t need a million dollars to do nothin’. I got a cousin that’s broke and he don’t do shit.”
Woovie@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
I'm employed and this 😎
Varyk@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2y
Killin it
Exusia@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Legit used to have a friend who was like this. He'd always apologize for being an inconvenience - eating my food and opening windows while the AC was on. Like I liked his company and he'd play games with the guys. But after awhile it was like "ok man it's been a year, 3 years, 5 years you need a job you can't just live at home no income" But he wouldn't change anything. No job or friends outside of us. After a few years it hit a point where I couldn't afford it anymore. Roomate and I had a sit down with him, said "alright bud shape up or ship out we can't do this anymore". Hooked up the computer so he could job hunt and left for 2 days. Came back and checked the history - 16 episodes of DBZ watched, 2 jobs applied for. And that was the end of the friendship.