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Whoopi Goldberg argued on “The View” that millennials feel that raising a family and buying a house are out of reach because they simply aren’t working hard enough.

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[-] M500@lemmy.ml 128 points 1 year ago

I’d love for someone to just once elaborate on this.

What does it mean to work harder? More hours? Work harder at my current job?

Most people would not be allowed to work at their job for more hours due to overtime limits. Some jobs won’t let people work a second job.

If I work harder at my current job, what’s going to happen? Will they be grateful and just pay me more or will they create a position to promote me?

I don’t get what that means.

[-] oyo@lemm.ee 68 points 1 year ago

It means get off your lazy ass and quit that dead end job. Start your own business selling chia underwear. You can't afford the startup costs? Just get a couple mil loan from your dad.

[-] riquisimo@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Man I've got all this chia underwear, is that what I'm supposed to be doing with it?

[-] stella@lemm.ee 45 points 1 year ago

You wanna know the real answer? Take advantage of others. Cheat, steal, lie, do whatever it takes to get ahead.

Once you have money, you immediately become one of the 'hard workers.' Without it, you'll always be seen as a lazy bum who only has themselves to blame for their position in life.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

Cheat, steal, lie, do whatever it takes to get ahead.

Lie, cheat, steal, kill, win, win... everybody doing it

https://piped.video/watch?v=BEOximWoFd0

[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

This song was wild live.

[-] wetnoodle@sopuli.xyz 29 points 1 year ago

Funniest thing is, probably anyone making minimum wage is working harder than woopi shitberg ever has

[-] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 17 points 1 year ago

I'm a high-school teacher in Italy, if I wanted to work a second I would have to ask my principal for permission (and there are lota of jobs that are forbidden, anyway). If I wanted to work more at my high-school job, those activities would be paid next year, if I'm lucky.

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

What kind of jobs are forbidden?

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

People who say it don't get what it means, because people who actually work hard don't say it, and people who say it don't work hard.

[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Duh. If you aren't a multimillionaire with an EGOT, you obviously don't work hard.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

It means giving up your life for a corporation who will never even know your name beyond a number on a computer.

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