I had a dream last night where Click was operating a hospital in the middle of the highway. Surprisingly well kept for all the cars that were coming through it.
My favorite phrase about low bars is this: "The bar was so low, its a tripping hazzard in hell. And yet here I find you, limbo dancing with the devil."
A wise employer once told me: "Look at all this company I own, it all values less than one finger from your hand, I'd rather you tell me you don't feel well and take the rest of day off, than make a mistake and lose a finger!" It was a job involving carrying heavy stuff and team work! It was the first time I met a person who valued his workers more than hitting a daily quota, of course clients are important, but if you lose a worker because they weren't in a good state of mind or a client demanded we serve them faster is the worse outcome!
"Money doesn't buy happiness" is the biggest lie I've ever seen on there. Money does buy food, housing, medical care, security, the ability to change jobs or take time off. It very much does buy happiness. The only people who say that already are rich. Its either them trying to make themselves feel less guilty, or its a gaslight on the working class to stop us for fighting for better wages.
Money buys therapy. And therapy is sometimes needed to not be a lil sad, which would mean that it would indirectly make you happy in that way alone, not to mention everything else that money allows you to have (which is almost everything necessary)
the idea is born in the middle class. Because, while you need a certain amount of money to have your basic needs met (which includes having enough to be able to take time off), having more of it does not provide you with more happiness. It is about the fact that the things that make us actually happy (community, love etc.) are not things you can buy. It is of course absolutly useless and pretty much gaslighting to take it out of this context. Because not having enough ressources to be able to survive and build the live you prefer makes people very unhappy, and for those money could buy things that are basically happiness.
There are actually studies that suggest that children learn more by example of their parents than by how they are treated. So basically, you can spoil your kid a bit and it won't turn out a spoiled brat as long as you don't behave like a spoiled brat. Vice versa, not showing care for others is more likely to make your kid be an asshole than spoiling them a little.
Yeah at least Reddit mods have self awareness. They know they're being horrible people. Linkedin "influencers" actually believe they're great people doing great things. It's so delusional.
The guy who went "homeless" also had the knowledge that it was for one year maximum. The fear and crushing reality of trying to survive each day is different when there's no clear end in sight. There's a high risk of dying from harsh temperatures in the summer or winter, as well as many infectious diseases and possible starvation. Also, this guy chose to be "homeless". Most people don't have that as their plan; they skip meals to cover rent, save money by not paying for bills and medication, and pawn of possessions until there's nothing left. Or they get kicked out of their homes. People don't become homeless with a plan and it's tough to adapt when you're already physically and emotionally drained from trying to make ends meet for weeks/months/years. The longer someone is homeless, the tougher it is to get out of it as support networks disappear (except other homeless people). A lot even get homes for a short time, through things like dating apps (which is risky but what you gonna do in that situation); but a break up means being homeless again which is another knock to confidence. Here in the UK the YMCA provides medium-term temporary housing, because without an address people usually can't have a bank account or apply for a job. And even then, the scale of the problem won't get fixed with these initiatives alone.
THANK YOU. I was about to type up a comment pointing all this out, but then I saw yours. Someone making a plan to pretend to be homeless is nowhere near the same. It's like you said, a lot of people are already drained from the stress of being financially insecure before then becoming homeless. But when it _is_ more privileged folks that become homeless, it typically is because they lose everything all at once. So many homeless people are physically/mentally ill and disabled, or become homeless before they get any life experience (like so many of the LGBTQ+ teens who get kicked out and ostracized by family), or they're fleeing domestic violence. There are so many variables, and no one can plan for them, otherwise they probably wouldn't end up homeless to begin with. And in the US, there are so few safety nets...the system is set up so that if you fall, you're almost guaranteed to hit rock bottom. I was homeless before, and all things considered, I was one of the luckier ones, as I was able to stay in a homeless shelter. It was still a hellish experience, and almost a decade later I still have so much anxiety over potentially being homeless again. This guy's little "experiment" isn't inspiring, it's honestly just a slap in the face.
He also knew if he got seriously ill or injured, he could afford the best medical care. If he was arrested he could pay for bail & lawyers. He was method acting, not actually “starting from nothing.”
It's on par with those frankly insulting "well I lived on minimum social security for a month and it was a breeze, I just ate what I had in the cupboards!"
This dude also had full health insurance the *whole time*. He probably had symptoms and decided to have it checked out. That picture looks a whole lot different when you have to seriously consider if your symptoms are "bad enough" to choose to pay for a doctors visit you cannot afford.
You'd probably be surprised that a lot of them are fake to make themselves look better. They could have "saved thousands", but what did they do on the side? Whenever someone is "let go", there's two possibilities. One: The employee was doing shady stuff. Two: The employer is doing shady stuff. In my experience, it's usually the employee. There's a lot I've interviewed that have had good interviews, but when brought on, don't live up to the hype. I've taken to reaching out to the former places of employment to save myself the headaches.
Unless it's a really tiny company thousands means nothing. To corporations a thousand dollars is equal to what an average person would consider a single cent.
@@Arturiamagus Well, yes. But I am talking about stuff like: "I have X in travel expenses. I spend 10 % of it on the supermarket. HR told me they're not paying me back, because it's not in the budget. So, now I spend 95+ % each time I travel out of spite, and HR raise me for doing the correct paperwork."
The part that annoys me the most about these "I save my company money by cooking at the hotel" stories is that it won't actually get you recognized long term. They act like they're doing a service to their company and showing loyalty, but they're really only showing how much they don't value themselves as their own biggest asset. A good employee knows how to take advantage of privileges and benefits without over stepping because those are part of your compensation for working for the company. Not using them only shows the higher ups that you're willing to undersell yourself for minor gains. Of course that'll lead to a promotion short term, but it's actually shooting both your feet in the long term. Value yourself -- no one else will.
Depending on company size and structure, your boss might not even see your (individualised) travel expenses. The only people who'll see that you're not having dinner on the company credit card are Accounting, and they a) don't care and b) have no say in your promotions anyway.
Exactly! If the company is big, only the accountants are going to see your receipts. If the company is smaller though, so that someone in charge of promotions might actually see how you spent the money, they will probably be more impressed if you put it towards things that will help you and your client out without going over budget. It would show not only that you respect the company, the client, and yourself, but it would also indicate that you are someone who can be trusted with other people's money.
It's interesting because it's something you mostly only see at American companies, both because of American culture and because there's so much fewer restrictions on corporate activity in America and even when they break them they just pay a tiny fee for it. It really has no serious consequence. Even in Japan where work culture is stricter than most countries you still get paid decently and bosses can't legally try to control you or get maximum effort for minimal pay out of you the same way a boss can in America. American work environments are dystopian compared to most of the world.
In fact, usually companies that offer these benefits know how to use them as tax deductable, so not using the benifits is actually losing them money lol
There's a couple of things that guy's twitter thread failed to mention about Mike the Millionair: He didn't spend one night "homeless". He was offered the RV on his first day. His "business model" involved taking free stuff from Craigslist and selling it for profit (not illegal, but if the original owners knew what he was doing and why, would they have been happy?) He rented a house and moved in with room-mates, however, he used someone else's ID to secure the property and charged his cohabiters such high rent that he lived there for free. the rent thing is shitty, but not illegal. However, using a stranger's ID to obtain goods or services is FRAUD. I think anyone can become a millionaire inside of a year if committing crime is an option, provided you don't get caught of course...
I love how he ironically proved that the way to become successfully rich in America is to be a scumbag. He proved a point but not the one he was trying to.
And even doing all that (plus having health insurance the whole time), he still failed miserably. I actually think this was a really great lesson in exactly the opposite way to what was intended: It shows how even for somebody with all of the advantages in the world, with special connections, knowledge, and skills from his previous work, random people just gifting him a place to live, and the willingness to screw people over and commit fraud to get ahead, no matter how hard you work, all it takes in our society is one unexpected medical turn, or some other random event to wipe out all of your hard work and make it all mean nothing in the end. And that's the _real_ reason why most people are in those sorts of situations to begin with. It's not because they're lazy, it's not because they don't know how to be successful, it's just plain dumb luck that you can't avoid, and a lack of real support systems in our society to help people who genuinely need it.
Dude who struggled to "prove" that "anyone" could make $1M from "nothing" was only able to make $65k _by using the connections he had when wealthy_ -- which is exactly how "meritocracy" works. It's "we who have all the networking and connections _deserve_ more because we're entitled to the advantage of or social position and history." It's particularly endemic on LinkedIn, where the advice is almost _always_ some variation on "all you have to do is know the right people and be in the right circles, if you can't do that then you're hopeless." (Well, that or a variation on "be neurotypical, and if you're not neurotypical just try harder to be neurotypical.")
This is SUCH a good point that I didn't even realize until your comment. Something mentioned when I was studying sociology is, when it comes to building your career, having the right connections can be just as useful if not even more useful than having a degree or extensive education in your field. So this guy not only had extensive experience on how to build and maintain a business already but he also had the right connections that the vast majority of people don't have. And still failed to make $1M. Absolutely bonkers.
Omg so i had a coworker who slacked off a ton at work, and i figured out why when i was in the break room, complaining about tax season coming up, she looked at me and said, with a percectly straight face "if your so worried about money, just have your parents pay it" i was frankly horrified and after some more questioning, i learned that she was 24 years old, and has never paid a bill, like, at all. It made me genuinely sick
Great job on the parents for creating a human who has zero life skills and when left on their own (even if inheriting money) won’t know how to manage it, have no credit rating and will struggle very hard. That’s her future. I know it’s frustrating as hell. But know you’re still in the better spot. I had a lot of rich kids at my school and I was the farthest from that. But I did very well in life while still having a life. Not so much for many of the people who had everything handed to them. Many had so much extra money they spent it on drugs (because of course THEY didn’t think they’d become an addict. Surprise surprise.
@phoenixgirl70 the sad part is she isn't even rude or snobby like most rich people, she's a genuinely kind and caring person who loves to help others, she is just woefully ignorant and oblivious
@@caliber5302 The sad reality is that in this world facing conflict and hardship is what makes humans grow. Without it we become weaker and more ignorant in general.
@@caliber5302 Yes I believe it. I’ve met some really down to Earth, funny, nice people who you’d never know were millionaires. Unfortunately especially with social media we just see the worst. There’s all kinds in every tax bracket. I’ve met ones that made my stomach turn too. Yes it’s really too bad because it’s easier for parents to throw money at their kids than actually take the time to teach them life skills. And then people assume the worst when it’s not actually their fault. That’s really unfortunate and she may feel isolated from some of her co-workers. Her parents could be very controlling too. That’s a tough situation.
Yeah it really depends on how they were raised. My partners best friend is a trust fund kid, hasn't gotten it yet, and has never had to worry in his life but you'd never know it until you ask about his childhood. Whereas I know someone who although grew up poor has absolutely no idea what being an actual adult is due to her family doing everything for her. Working minimum wage and going off on how people just need to budget more; completely forgetting her sibling pays the bulk of rent + utilities, her parents pay for her phone, and if she couldn't make rent she KNOWS she can call her parents
The thing with the rich guy pretending to be homeless is he isn't acknowledging the help he received. How would he be faring if someone hadn't let him crash in their RV? Having shelter - a place to shower and be out of the elements and keep your stuff from getting stolen- is a HUGE factor in being able to survive and hold down any sort of regular work
that twitter thread about the millionaire who "gave up his money to become homeless and start again" left out some very crucial details... For one: He was leveraging his companies/wealth for getting credits. I think he was able to get a $20k loan with almost no questions asked, but it might've also "just" been $10k, I don't fully remember. In addition to that the business he started with that money was basically a scam business, he hooked a lot of customers and never sent them the product he promised, instead just repackaged some other things
I've taken an entire week off before because I was sick. When I got back everyone was happy because I do my job well. My manager took an entire month off, no one even knew she was gone because she's rarely there anyway. Big difference.
I went to the zoo with my sister once while she had taken a week off, and she got a call from a colleague because she was the only one in the office who knew how to use the program for travel expenses. And she was still in training at that time.
The ballet kid one made my whole week, the way he added “She did a pirouette and vanished” made me laugh so hard, Click’s dead serious voice definitely added to it 😭
And the "grindset" types often brag about letting their PTO expire instead of using it. Despite people actually doing their jobs better when they have the chance to relax, enjoy life outside of work, etc. Even if there weren't a financial case for fewer working hours, it would be worth making it happen just for the human benefit -- but people are consistently more productive per hour the fewer hours they work, to the point that really the only benefit of long hours being the norm is maintaining social control. It's not a good deal for _anyone_ to have people working as long as they do in the US (and a few other places).
also really common to only get 1 week of PTO you have to earn over time, that'll expire, and is also your allotted sick time. I think ppl outside the US really don't understand how hellish it is.
@@noaccount2494 ONE WEEK???? i thought it was at least two, wtf... in here its required by law to give people at least two weeks of vacation yearly if they're working full time and sick days aren't included in that you just have them when you need to if you have proof you're sick
How long would that $65k have lasted with 2 autoimmune conditions, a tumor, and no health insurance? Very telling that the guy had to stop his "experiment" there.
Heck, would he have gotten diagnosed at all without health insurance? Doctors visits are expensive and are your symptoms "bad enough" to pay for that? This adds more financial stress and health anxiety, which only hurts your body further, yayyy. Poverty is a health hazard
19:44 here in Germany its mandatory to have ur employees take breaks after working a certain amount of hours, aka it's illegal to not give your workers a lunsh break, so employers sometimes will make you take your break the length after which sth is considered a break is also regulated, so 5 min is not even considered a break
When I worked at the library, the time system would automatically deduct 30 minutes if you worked more than 6 hours (I think) and didn't punch out for lunch. Current job is way more laissez-faire (unfortunately). We track times ourselves, and like half the office takes their lunch break at their desks, sometimes not even taking a proper break but just eating while they're working. I've made the habit of taking mine in the break room (don't like food in my keyboard) and I'm pretty much the only person from my floor to go there. The bosses sent around an e-mail recently reminding everyone that smoking breaks don't count as work time, but that's about it. They take their hour of lunch break and don't really care what everyone else does.
@rolfs2165 that's really sad to hear, hope it gets better It's even in the company's best interest to have everyone take proper breaks, because it actually increases productivity, so I don't understand why one would be against taking breaks or not encourage taking them
Every worked in healthcare ? nobody gives a shit about lunch there .. i got bullied and harassed for wanting to take my break ... and no it wasnt just 1 employer ... i changed employer multiple times and it was the same everywhere. At my last employer they kinda threatened to destroy my nintendo switch cause i wasnt allowed to play on MY break .... insanity
@@omni-one376 I kinda doubt it will, but I've learned quite a lot of things to look out for when interviewing for jobs that I hadn't considered important to ask about before (because they seemed pretty much universal). Depending on how this year goes, I might ring up my former team lead and ask if she'd be interesting in me applying at her new place (where she's site lead now).
"The bar isn't set low. It's in the backyard." That got me laughing. It reminded me of something one of my favorite professors said about the welfare system in the US. (& this was almost 20 years ago. ) She said & I quote "The bar is set so low, it is in the basement of Hell."" 😂
LinkedIn as a site is already kind of an unhinged concept. A social media for companies and potential and current employees? Of course it breeds this kind of online culture
One day I'm just chilling on Tumblr, when an inspirational post about being a good manager was blazed onto my dashboard. For non tumblr users, you can pay, or "blaze" posts, meaning they show up other user's dashboards, regardless of if they follow you or not. So some boss babe not only wandered in from linkedin, but she also paid real money to boost her inspirational post around the site. One can only imagine the kind of hatemail she received.
That is absolutely unhinged. The blaze feature is meant for shitposts and shitposts only. Bonus points for blazing someone else’s shitpost so that it breaches containment.
Sleep is important. If you think that you will be able to function in the morning after staying up, that is fine, but if you don't, the video will still be here in the morning.
what you say about optimizing everything in life is so true. It reminded me of the book „Momo“ where the grey men secretly convince everybody to save as much time as they possibly can. And in the process those people’s whole lives get swept away as well. They all get grumpy, greedy, indifferent.. and the time „saved“ actually doesn‘t make their own lives better, the time saved goes entirely to the grey men.
I’m a published poet, (dorm magazine) artist (sold 2 pieces) playwright (original script for 2 school plays). But never thought to put that on LinkedIn, I foolishly only put actual jobs and formal education . What a waste.🤣
Me too! I mean I don't have a LinkedIn, but I have published poems (a sci Fi magazine in the 1990s) Got some rejection letters for some short stories, I'm sure I could leverage that into some heart warning tale. I was "the best artist" in preschool (cause I'd figured out how to draw grass by seeing how Charles Schultz did it in Peanuts comics) Oh and most importantly: Seth Meyers used/read two of my messages in Corrections. I should definitely have a Late Night writing credit for that 🤣🤣🤣
The last time I was active on LinkedIn a random man slid into my DM’s like it was a dating app. It’s a cursed place but I didn’t realize it had “influences” that’s just embarrassing
24:58 This whole thing reads like a, "Hello, Fellow Young People!" I highly doubt that this was written by anyone (A) under the age of 40; and (B) a job position any lower than Executive VP.
This! Like... if you live alone, the Life in Work-Life-Balance also includes all of the non-office work... cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping... it's easy to cut back on free time, as long as it's FREE time. Which for most people only works if they have someone to do all the invisible work. Either still living with your parents which I guess "young folks" are supposed to, or having a partner at home. Or being privileged enough to pay someone for it. Which most of the young people don't.
I had a dream last night where Click was selling plushies in a dark alley way like one of those cartoon drug dealers with the trench coat and infinite pockets that somehow don't show to the outside at all. I bought a beholder/biblically accurate emotional support demon plushie that was somehow on fire, kissed it, and got teleported to a candy planet.
18:31 The most hilarious thing about this post is that Just Eat Takeaway (merger of Just Eat and Takeaway) is the biggest food delivery company in Europe. Like, their entire business revolves around people taking lunch breaks (well, and ordering stuff when they can't be arsed to cook after work). And they're celebrating themselves for giving their (office - not sure about the riders) employees time to take lunch breaks? Ouch.
I have a degree in graphic design. I've never had a job that's paid over 12$ an hour. I've only ever had one graphic design job and that was before I graduated. It was minimum wage. It's been 3 years since I graduated. I've lots all hope in finding a job and am thinking of stopping my medication to join the Army. I'm about to be 29 and still living with my saints of parents. I've put in hundreds of applications, redone my resume 5 times, redone my portfolio 6 times, and have only had 3 interviews since the pandemic. I hate LinkedIn with a passion.
Try joining a trade. I graduated with an art degree in 2021, but there were 0 job opportunities in my specialty. After hopping around for a couple years, I got with a staffing company that put me in a print shop. Instantly making $17 an hour and due for a raise this year. I just gave up on getting a job I studied for. Union jobs for warehouses or loading docks can pay $22+ if you stay consistent. Then all that money can go into stability and fuel for any artistic passions.
As Gen Z myself for this 25:21 post: that poser clearly has no life if they are super willing to throw their 20s away. There’s a difference between working to live, and living to work.
"only 48k a year" he says when that's still nearly twice what a lot of my friends make before taxes and shit. I literally don't know what I would do if I had 2 thousand dollars a month after all my expenses
Right?? My husband and I TOGETHER only made 38K before expenses last year, and we were driving a lot, so those expenses were suuuper high. Individually, we would've both been under the poverty line. The only way we can survive is literally by being married and both contributing to finances. "Only 48K per year" absolutely enraged me!
54:48 i had a major abdominal surgery once. My doctor recommended 2 months of rest. When I was feeling somewhat better I went to my office to get my documents. My coworker was going on and on about how she went back to work the day after her c-section and I was like "?? You want a medal because you prioritized your work over your baby?" Why is being exploited and not taking care of your body bragging rights?
Or the people that brag about never taking a sick day, so they come into work and get everyone else sick. Some of us have immune compromised family members that we visit that can't afford to get sick. Seriously people.
If i try ti save up my pto it will expire and then its just gone without me getting paid for it. Use your pto is absolutely one of the first things i tell new hires and will even remind them again in september that its about to go away forever
LinkedIn is a goddamn hellhole when it comes to fake positivity. Everyone is trying to boast about "oh, I attended this awesome seminar", "I got to participate in this cool nation-wide project", "I enjoyed my time at company X, but immediately got hired at company Y, while rejecting company Z because it didn't fit my standards" or even worse "I will take a small break and figure out what kind of job I want next". I get mentally nauseous whenever I briefly have to log on just to provide my profile url for the next job search I do. People are so pretentious. F*CKING HIRE ME ALREADY, after 50+ tailored applications and 100-300 applicants for each one I'm literally going insane
I feel your pain. Nothing like hearing a job in a rural area working for the state had 37 qualified applicants, so they couldn't interview them all. Makes me even wonder what I got my degree for, since no one in my field (ecology/environmental science) will hire me due to too many applicants, but no one outside of my field will either. The ones outside don't want to hire me because, they claim, I will obviously easily get a job in my field and leave them. If it was going to happen already, it would have. Just let me have that entry level desk position that is a career like job please.
That's job applications in general now. It's a nightmare, especially since most of the postings aren't even real, it's just the company using a legal loophole by "technically" having open recruiting. Except the postings are all the standard "entry level: 5-7 years exp required", and the company can legally say "welp, we just couldn't find anyone who fit the position!", and then outsource those jobs for pennies
I applied to Borders Bookstore (when it existed), passed the interview process, then they wanted me to come back in the next day to do "scenarios" with the manager. Basically, they wanted to see how you'd handle an agressive customer or whatever. I say whatever because that same day I was hired at a motorcycle repair shop to work as the office clerk with benefits! LOL. I called Borders and told them "thanks but no thanks". I got the last laugh. I couldn't believe they wanted to do that for a PART-TIME job with ZERO benefits! It was a freaking bookstore NOT a hospital or something. Employers ask new hires or candidates to do too much stupid crap to work for them nowadays. It's so bizarre. I get where they're coming from but I had worked for the IRS at one time. Trust me when I say I know how to handle someone who gets t'd off with the circumstances and they just want someone to explain things in a normal way that isn't a bunch of "techincal talk". A bookstore! WTF? Why would you have any scenario beyond "I hate this book and I want a different one"?
It is crazy the amount of experience places want for entry levels positions. Has been that way for as long as I hve been in the job market. The amount of places in my area paying minimum wage for a job but wanting 2-5 years of experience doing that very job (like vet receptionist having previous vet receptionist experience for minimum wage) is crazy. You also get atupid questions from minimum wage bad retail jobs, like "why do you want to work for our company" or "what do you love about us".
Scenario: There has been a containment breach in the eldritch grimoire section. You have a shotgun, some rock salt, a ritual kris and the emergency OSHA compliant company goat. What do??
Putting yourself in tough situations to overcome adversity is only applicable if you're actually using intelligence. Peeing yourself in public when there's a bathroom a few meters from you isn't overcoming adversity, it's being unintelligent. Being able to maximize the tools given to you is also a skill.
The company I work for no longer allows for saved PTO. Workers used to be able to save up and use it whenever they wanted, but now its a "use it or lose it" rule. Sucks so much since there are times when longer PTO helps with our mental health.
The weirdest part of the Mike story was that it touched/inspired others, which implies that he was live-documenting his experiment, right? Doesn't that mean that launching his brand already had clout, so he wasn't starting from zero, right? His brand succeeded not because it was a good product, but because he had supporters invested in his experiment. If his clout helped his brand succeed, then that might mean that his other jobs could have been impacted by that clout.
Three notes for the "coffee pot chicken" to take it to the next level of awful. 1: Hotel staff do not sterilize the coffee machine. 2: People also promote washing their socks and underwear in that coffee pot as a lifehack. 3: HOTEL STAFF DO NOT STERLIZE THE COFFEE MACHINE.
The brag about saving your company money by cooking chicken in a coffee pot is especially stupid because those business expenses are a tax write off for the company. You submit those to your company so that YOU get paid back, but because they were made during a business venture, it's considered eligible for tax write off. You literally aren't saving them money and making things difficult for yourself in the process.
Being able to write off an expense does not make it free lol, it just means you don't pay tax on it. So yes, as dumb as it is, it would definitely be saving a tiny amount of money for the company.
55:43 so my mind wandered to a memory of a group of gay folks in my first favorite night club that was telling me about their community meetings. They didn't tell me I was gay... They simply suggested that I hang around with them. And then I realized that yes, being attracted to all the genders is very gay. After a few years. It really took me a minute. Gay penguins kept me warm enough in my shell to eventually hatch. God bless gay penguins! I just really wanted to process that in public. ... I'm not sorry.
The buying rental property thing - They are assuming you are clearing $500 a month after paying the mortgage, taxes, insurance and other expenses. They are not suggesting paying for the house with cash. You just need your downpayment and then they expect the house will pay for itself with the rent and have a positive cash flow. Many people have become very rich doing this. Many have also gone bankrupt because the housing bubble in 2008. It's not that easy to buy a house and manage to get a positive cash flow with or without doing extra work. The expectation is they will make lots of money with appreciation on the properties while costing themselves essentially nothing.
It costs nothing because someone else foots the cost. I'm not trying to be negative towards any individual who does this, but our society shouldn't be oriented this way.
I remember being in school and being forced to create a LinkedIn…. When suddenly the staff asked us to delete it and not interact with it because they considered it a scam and virus inducing thing that could corrupt our computers… it was a crazy time
The “everyone can make a million dollars from nothing”, disregarding your knowledge and experience, reminds me of my own experience with martial arts. I’ve been doing one martial art since I was a kid, that’s almost 25 years now. Last year I started a different one. They don’t have much in common, one is without weapons, one only uses weapons, but I could still apply some of my experience which made it much easier for me to get into it. Now I’ve seen a bunch of other beginners after me and you can always tell who comes from a martial arts background
Sort of like learning a foreign language. Some concepts can be transferred even if the language is different (from different language families). I took French, Spanish and Chinese in high school. The jump to Chinese was the hardest since it wasn't a romance language. I do a lot better with phonetic languages.
55:00 "Propaganda is when a marginalized group gets the slightest bit of representation as something other than a joke or a danger to 'normal' people."
What's funny about this Mike thing is people talk about it like a super inspiring story, but when Mike tells it in interviews he was like "I got it into my head that I was lucky and I finally i was curious enough to see how close i could really get. I didn't get even close, and this was a learning experience"
"Round up because everyone else is rounding up" I've found this to be true in so many aspects of life. Even going to the doctors, I find they don't take me seriously because I'm not over emphasising how much pain I'm experiencing and everyone else is.
“Work life balance” really should mean 4x 8 hour days a week for a normal full time employee. Give half your staff Saturday Sunday Monday off and the other half Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and then you’ve still got a day with all staff there for meetings and whatever else you want to waste everyone’s company time with
I can't believe people unironically still use LinkedIn. I've never heard of a company using it here in Canada. We also have laws against employers being able to look into what employees are doing outside of work so that might be why.
I'm also Canadian, and I was required to be on LinkedIn for an old job. They made me write articles and pretend anyone cared about our product. I deleted myself as soon as I got a new job. There's nothing there that doesn't reek of capitalism and desperation.
It's a place for my CV. I update my CV generally twice a year, being a freelancer, so just add the done gigs there. Otherwise I've never seen a point for the whole thing. Other social media exist for that purpose.
Usually professional recruiters will be there, and if they see someone with a useful skillset they might recommend you for an interview. It's how I got my last job when I didn't have any luck applying directly. After that I stopped logging in. Personally I think it's sad when people get so invested.
The other day I smoked a bit of the devil's lettuce, and was rearranging stuff in my kitchen. In my head, I heard you narrating everything: "And this little guy goes over here, and this pot fits here! Isn't it wonderful!"
About the homeless-> million dollar guy: He made 65k in revenue, but only 30-35K in profits. He tried to keep going when his dad was sick etc but not really, he did take time off to take care of his dad, and then himself. He had to call off the gig with his own health issues and fall right back on his previous wealth, health insurance etc. The person himself claims it was more of an experiment to see if its possible an just to show what its like to try, rather than 'anyone can do it' but gets weirdly defensive when its brought up that he failed and goes on tangents about gratitude.
oddly enough I have heard while living in a dorm was someone tried so hard to convince me I was gay, and a former boss tried so hard to tell me I was gay, the latter I pulled a "traumatize them back" scenario
I, Internet Uncle-Gay🏳️🌈, say that it's Perfectly Valid for you to be straight. Nobody should be telling you that you're gay if you're not, just like nobody should be telling you that you're straight when you tell them that you're not.
@@John_WeissThis is exactly why the "they're trying to convert the children" ('they' being the LGBTQ+ community) because out of all the people out there, you would think it would be the people not allowed to be themselves who would be okay with people being themselves. Why would we want to make people be not straight and have them suffer when we personally know what that feels like? Especially being trans because why would we want to force a person to be something they aren't totally sure they are? 🤦🏻
What exactly were they saying to "convince" you that you were gay? I'm always skeptical of these types of stories only because they're used as anti-lgbtq talking points and the ones used are often made up.
@LGBTQLegend the dormmate said he would see me being gay, but by then, I had only known most guys as bullies to me, my former boss said I was gay because I came out as trans
@@katvanillaice2256 Oh so your boss just didn't understand how being trans worked (been there as a trans woman) and your roommate was just being creepy? Am I understanding that right?
The whole millionaire who "becomes" homeless to prove a point is such a bs story. That guy had a safety net including contacts, bank accounts, a house, etc..., even if he didnt use them, he had them. He ALWAYS had a way out, while the reality for homeless is that they don't. For actual homeless people being homeless, isn't about some social experiment or challenge, it's about survival and trying to climb your way out of a ditch while someone else tries to bury you. The psychological effect that has on people shouldnt be ignored. Id love to see this guy lose everything, all his contacts, his house, his money, all of it and then try to climb out of that not knowing whether he will ever be safe again, because for homeless people that is the position they're in.
And he also kept his contacts and health insurance. The reason that he is able to build a business is bcuz he had his business contacts and prior experiences , and the fact that he didnt need to pay much for hospital visits/medical emergencies is very helpful for his 65k "success"
I'm sure every country's tax laws are slightly different regarding business expenses, but I just graduated from an accounting program in Canada and I can tell you that the business gets to deduct half of what they spent on your meals and entertainment against their corporate taxes at the end of the fiscal year. Use it. They want you to use it for the tax benefits and you get free food while travelling for their benefit.
Advice to Gen Z don't grind yourself down in your 20s. I did that for quite a few jobs, including two I nearly passed out from exhaustion at work (campaign work especially pushed me too hard to do even more). You'll be burnt out before you even get to 30
Hilariously in Crazy Ex Girlfriend a Single pair of pants at work IS actually Nathaniel's first major challenge and a the start of his character arc - he gets food poisoning but because of his toxic father's terrible worldview goes into work anyway and tries to tough it out, despite his new partner's encouragement to take a nap and sleep off the illness rather than straining himself. He finally is forced to face facts when he shits himself and has to awkwardly wheel himself to the bathroom on his office chair to deal with the situation, and after borrowing some spare pants he finally agrees to take a nap as he's only feeling worse.
It's honestly hilarious how much Nathaniel is a cringy parody of the LinkedIn mindset when he first arrives on the show. The same formal language and lack of ability to let his hair down. The same attitude of constantly working and pushing himself around others to make himself look good. The same childish outlook on life that causes people to think that adults all act and talk like so-called entrepreneurs on some pretentious, pompous social media site for bragging and making up inspirational BS stories. Sure, he's technically working in a law firm and not marketing/sales, but the attitude is too spot-on...
Just wanted to clarify the post about PTO (paid time off): The post is reminding people not to save their PTO for the next your because it (at least from what I've heard) does not get added to the next year's PTO so you are basically throwing out vacation days for no reason.
Some jobs allow PTO rollover. Mine is one of them, though I never knew it was a thing until they sent a mass email about new changes. But, yes, most hourly jobs don't allow rollover. It just sucks that you have to "accumulate" your PTO for a few months before you've maxed it out, sans what you've used up when you call out sick (one of the worst bs policies ever created in the US).
My partner took a 3-week long vacation from work, and within 3 days that he'd normally be working, hundreds of dollars of product were stolen. He's a security guard, and apparently the only one that actually does his job. He was in another country with me for those 3 weeks so all the people at his work could do was try to kick the other security guards into actually doing patrols etc. The break-ins continued until 2 days after he went back to work, when the thieves realized he was back.
I have literally stayed at a hotel and checked the kettle as i've seen so many videos of ppl "cooking in hotel room" someone had made 2min noodles in the damn kettle and not even rinsed it out after it was so foul.
Not even a kettle, in my house we have 2 different pots. One specifically for boiling water and another for instant noodle and everything else. I cant imagine using a kettle that is previously used for instant noodle. Or even, fucking meat and butter ughhh
Maybe dont teach your kids life lessons by sabotaging their grades? They kinda need those to get anywhere in life, and in my experience 'projects' are usually a pretty big part of their grade. As if she, as an adult, has never rushed out the door and forgot to grab something (because how tf do you _learn_ to remember something you forgot??)
I've actually had someone try and force that on me (35f). Back in college (before i realized I was ace) there was a girl that was similar to me and we were friends. She was bi. I forget exactly what triggered it, but we and a group of campus friends ended up doing truth or dare (formula for disaster). Well, they dared her to kiss me. She was down for it, I was not. I didn't see her that way and wanted no part in it. Well, she didn't take no for an answer and said "you might like it." I ended up being chased around the room while our friends laughed. She managed to grab me and i tried fighting her, but i didn't want to hurt her because she was still my friend. Thankfully, campus police intervened and i was able to get away. But i still remember that and hate physical touch unless it's someone I've known for 5+ years.
I lost contact with that group not long after. I stayed in college about a year afterwards. Last I knew, she got married and is happy with her husband. I'm only coming to terms with it recently. I was in the nursing program and the reason I left was because I couldn't handle the tactile part of the profession. Ty for your support though.
And another thing about the "starting from 0" a lot of homeless people don't start from zero but from -1 or lower due to debt, bad mental health and/or addiction. And if you've already run a business, you have the safety net of being able to just "break off the experiment" and go back to your old life
The property one is even funnier when you account for maintenance, fixing damages insurance and all the other things that come with owning a rental. no thank you
There are jobs that prevent you from saving up your PTO. I once worked a job that gave you 12 days of PTO for the year, and none of it was able to roll over to the next year. So some jobs, you just can't save PTO days for a decent vacation
Sad bating your kids is horrible. I also think people who write online articles about their kids disabilities is creepy. Some of those people write under their own names. So those kids will have that information following them around for ever.
I remember when I got pregnant at 18, my partner went looking for a better job. We were already struggling for money by ourselves, let alone with a baby. He got refused from one job because, and I quote, "It seems like you just want money.". Yea, no shit, John, we're gonna starve.
I saw a YT short of a heavy man who lost a bunch of weight over a year. It was pretty inspiring until came out that he was a personal trainer trying to prove that if he could drop the weight that his clients could too. The problem is that he still had the muscle mass, endurance, exercises, and dietary knowledge so it obviously was nowhere as difficult as someone who hadn't been exercising or eating right. Unhinged.
I've seen this guy I agree with you. The problem with these experiments is the people always start on a leg up and have support something others don't have. Then also let's talk on health issues etc and life stressors It can get hard for anyone The you should be able to just because I did is wild
So, just doing some quick math here regarding the post about weddings. First off, my wife and I didn't spend a huge amount of money on the wedding, but we did have a fairly large wedding (roughly 200 people attended). As a result, if we had done what was suggested in the post and given each person $500 to invest, that would have cost $100,000, twice what the poster described as too much.
Mike's experiment made no sense to me. For most rock bottom is thousands of dollars debt. Without any experience, sometimes even without chance of education
Click, I think your wall of fanart could also count as photos of the employee of the month! Also, please tell The Click to keep up the good work, we would not want him to be upstaged by The Click, now would we?
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you smell great btw
thanks click
🫶🫂
It's not me, it's the strawberry cheesecake I just had.. 😋🍰
Smellavision has nothing on The Click's gift to smell through the screen.
thank you linkedin influencer reincarnation of click
I had a dream last night where Click was operating a hospital in the middle of the highway. Surprisingly well kept for all the cars that were coming through it.
THROUGH?
@@bladehoon yep, it was structured more like a parking garage than a hospital tbh
I usually dream that I meet him on a train and he's really, really nice. ^^
Omg sounds like the sort of dreams I have lol
I once had a dream that he showed up at my house and bludgeoned me to death lol
My favorite phrase about low bars is this:
"The bar was so low, its a tripping hazzard in hell. And yet here I find you, limbo dancing with the devil."
I love this
Click in a suit > The rest of humanity
nah, he’s better in a maid outfit
Both...Both are good.
Now... ad the cat ears 👀✨️
I read that as Click in a fursuit at first.
@@AIHumanEquality i mean, that works too…
A wise employer once told me:
"Look at all this company I own, it all values less than one finger from your hand, I'd rather you tell me you don't feel well and take the rest of day off, than make a mistake and lose a finger!" It was a job involving carrying heavy stuff and team work!
It was the first time I met a person who valued his workers more than hitting a daily quota, of course clients are important, but if you lose a worker because they weren't in a good state of mind or a client demanded we serve them faster is the worse outcome!
Interesting
Fuck yes!
My bosses at my current job are like that. It's awesome.
I wonder how consistent this person would be in that stance if you started regularly doing half days
@@emdivine I mean, maybe just don’t exploit the freedom and trust this employer gives you, and things might just be fine...
"Money doesn't buy happiness" is the biggest lie I've ever seen on there.
Money does buy food, housing, medical care, security, the ability to change jobs or take time off. It very much does buy happiness.
The only people who say that already are rich. Its either them trying to make themselves feel less guilty, or its a gaslight on the working class to stop us for fighting for better wages.
not having money makes it very difficult to be happy
There is more to human psycology ofc, but base needs are pretty key
Money buys therapy. And therapy is sometimes needed to not be a lil sad, which would mean that it would indirectly make you happy in that way alone, not to mention everything else that money allows you to have (which is almost everything necessary)
“money doesn’t buy happiness”
and being broke does?
the idea is born in the middle class. Because, while you need a certain amount of money to have your basic needs met (which includes having enough to be able to take time off), having more of it does not provide you with more happiness. It is about the fact that the things that make us actually happy (community, love etc.) are not things you can buy.
It is of course absolutly useless and pretty much gaslighting to take it out of this context. Because not having enough ressources to be able to survive and build the live you prefer makes people very unhappy, and for those money could buy things that are basically happiness.
My mama told me “money doesn’t buy happiness; it buys security”.
There are actually studies that suggest that children learn more by example of their parents than by how they are treated. So basically, you can spoil your kid a bit and it won't turn out a spoiled brat as long as you don't behave like a spoiled brat. Vice versa, not showing care for others is more likely to make your kid be an asshole than spoiling them a little.
Kids and dogs are similar in that they're always watching you and learning from what you do.
There's a lot of truth to the saying "monkey see, monkey do"
That's interesting
I am not surprised by this whatsoever
I've seen enough kind ppl spoil their kids or a family member and come out with monsters.
Being a LinkedIn influencer is probably worse than being a hardcore reddit mod
agreed
Yeah at least Reddit mods have self awareness. They know they're being horrible people. Linkedin "influencers" actually believe they're great people doing great things. It's so delusional.
At least most Reddit mods have some self awareness that they're doing bad things.
@@AIHumanEqualityor to not post their bs in their bosses faces lol
I've never heard of a linkdin influencer! I've apparently come to the right place to hear all about it.
The guy who went "homeless" also had the knowledge that it was for one year maximum. The fear and crushing reality of trying to survive each day is different when there's no clear end in sight. There's a high risk of dying from harsh temperatures in the summer or winter, as well as many infectious diseases and possible starvation.
Also, this guy chose to be "homeless". Most people don't have that as their plan; they skip meals to cover rent, save money by not paying for bills and medication, and pawn of possessions until there's nothing left. Or they get kicked out of their homes. People don't become homeless with a plan and it's tough to adapt when you're already physically and emotionally drained from trying to make ends meet for weeks/months/years. The longer someone is homeless, the tougher it is to get out of it as support networks disappear (except other homeless people). A lot even get homes for a short time, through things like dating apps (which is risky but what you gonna do in that situation); but a break up means being homeless again which is another knock to confidence.
Here in the UK the YMCA provides medium-term temporary housing, because without an address people usually can't have a bank account or apply for a job. And even then, the scale of the problem won't get fixed with these initiatives alone.
THANK YOU. I was about to type up a comment pointing all this out, but then I saw yours. Someone making a plan to pretend to be homeless is nowhere near the same. It's like you said, a lot of people are already drained from the stress of being financially insecure before then becoming homeless. But when it _is_ more privileged folks that become homeless, it typically is because they lose everything all at once. So many homeless people are physically/mentally ill and disabled, or become homeless before they get any life experience (like so many of the LGBTQ+ teens who get kicked out and ostracized by family), or they're fleeing domestic violence. There are so many variables, and no one can plan for them, otherwise they probably wouldn't end up homeless to begin with. And in the US, there are so few safety nets...the system is set up so that if you fall, you're almost guaranteed to hit rock bottom.
I was homeless before, and all things considered, I was one of the luckier ones, as I was able to stay in a homeless shelter. It was still a hellish experience, and almost a decade later I still have so much anxiety over potentially being homeless again. This guy's little "experiment" isn't inspiring, it's honestly just a slap in the face.
He also knew if he got seriously ill or injured, he could afford the best medical care. If he was arrested he could pay for bail & lawyers. He was method acting, not actually “starting from nothing.”
It's on par with those frankly insulting "well I lived on minimum social security for a month and it was a breeze, I just ate what I had in the cupboards!"
This dude also had full health insurance the *whole time*. He probably had symptoms and decided to have it checked out. That picture looks a whole lot different when you have to seriously consider if your symptoms are "bad enough" to choose to pay for a doctors visit you cannot afford.
Not to mention the guy actually called it quits early because of the mental stress. Real homeless people don't get to do that
"It's not a binary 🙄 just like gender! 😊💗" -The Click, 2024
As an enby this made me unreasonably happy
As a computer this made me mad. Why all the discrimination against binary?
@@AIHumanEquality as a quantum computer screw your binary
Based Click
@@AIHumanEqualityWeak, come back to me when you learn what a 2 is/j
The amount of "I saved my company thousands, then got written up, because it was not in the company plan" I've seen is just sad.
You'd probably be surprised that a lot of them are fake to make themselves look better. They could have "saved thousands", but what did they do on the side? Whenever someone is "let go", there's two possibilities. One: The employee was doing shady stuff. Two: The employer is doing shady stuff. In my experience, it's usually the employee. There's a lot I've interviewed that have had good interviews, but when brought on, don't live up to the hype. I've taken to reaching out to the former places of employment to save myself the headaches.
Unless it's a really tiny company thousands means nothing. To corporations a thousand dollars is equal to what an average person would consider a single cent.
@@Arturiamagus Well, yes. But I am talking about stuff like: "I have X in travel expenses. I spend 10 % of it on the supermarket. HR told me they're not paying me back, because it's not in the budget. So, now I spend 95+ % each time I travel out of spite, and HR raise me for doing the correct paperwork."
I saved the company thousands. All I did was ignore government regulations and/or taxes.
@@Arturiamagus well if you ask the employer its natural that theyll tell you it was solely the employee doing the shady part 😅
The part that annoys me the most about these "I save my company money by cooking at the hotel" stories is that it won't actually get you recognized long term. They act like they're doing a service to their company and showing loyalty, but they're really only showing how much they don't value themselves as their own biggest asset. A good employee knows how to take advantage of privileges and benefits without over stepping because those are part of your compensation for working for the company. Not using them only shows the higher ups that you're willing to undersell yourself for minor gains. Of course that'll lead to a promotion short term, but it's actually shooting both your feet in the long term. Value yourself -- no one else will.
Also, its kinda stupid to be like "Hah, I saved my employer 50 bucks!" when that same employer just spent like 600 bucks on that accommodation.
Depending on company size and structure, your boss might not even see your (individualised) travel expenses. The only people who'll see that you're not having dinner on the company credit card are Accounting, and they a) don't care and b) have no say in your promotions anyway.
Exactly! If the company is big, only the accountants are going to see your receipts. If the company is smaller though, so that someone in charge of promotions might actually see how you spent the money, they will probably be more impressed if you put it towards things that will help you and your client out without going over budget. It would show not only that you respect the company, the client, and yourself, but it would also indicate that you are someone who can be trusted with other people's money.
It's interesting because it's something you mostly only see at American companies, both because of American culture and because there's so much fewer restrictions on corporate activity in America and even when they break them they just pay a tiny fee for it. It really has no serious consequence.
Even in Japan where work culture is stricter than most countries you still get paid decently and bosses can't legally try to control you or get maximum effort for minimal pay out of you the same way a boss can in America.
American work environments are dystopian compared to most of the world.
In fact, usually companies that offer these benefits know how to use them as tax deductable, so not using the benifits is actually losing them money lol
There's a couple of things that guy's twitter thread failed to mention about Mike the Millionair: He didn't spend one night "homeless". He was offered the RV on his first day. His "business model" involved taking free stuff from Craigslist and selling it for profit (not illegal, but if the original owners knew what he was doing and why, would they have been happy?)
He rented a house and moved in with room-mates, however, he used someone else's ID to secure the property and charged his cohabiters such high rent that he lived there for free. the rent thing is shitty, but not illegal. However, using a stranger's ID to obtain goods or services is FRAUD.
I think anyone can become a millionaire inside of a year if committing crime is an option, provided you don't get caught of course...
I love how he ironically proved that the way to become successfully rich in America is to be a scumbag. He proved a point but not the one he was trying to.
Stonks
also the fact that he knew there was a limit. he knew he could suffer for that long because he’d be back to his life of luxuries after that
And even doing all that (plus having health insurance the whole time), he still failed miserably.
I actually think this was a really great lesson in exactly the opposite way to what was intended: It shows how even for somebody with all of the advantages in the world, with special connections, knowledge, and skills from his previous work, random people just gifting him a place to live, and the willingness to screw people over and commit fraud to get ahead, no matter how hard you work, all it takes in our society is one unexpected medical turn, or some other random event to wipe out all of your hard work and make it all mean nothing in the end.
And that's the _real_ reason why most people are in those sorts of situations to begin with. It's not because they're lazy, it's not because they don't know how to be successful, it's just plain dumb luck that you can't avoid, and a lack of real support systems in our society to help people who genuinely need it.
Dude who struggled to "prove" that "anyone" could make $1M from "nothing" was only able to make $65k _by using the connections he had when wealthy_ -- which is exactly how "meritocracy" works. It's "we who have all the networking and connections _deserve_ more because we're entitled to the advantage of or social position and history." It's particularly endemic on LinkedIn, where the advice is almost _always_ some variation on "all you have to do is know the right people and be in the right circles, if you can't do that then you're hopeless." (Well, that or a variation on "be neurotypical, and if you're not neurotypical just try harder to be neurotypical.")
This is SUCH a good point that I didn't even realize until your comment. Something mentioned when I was studying sociology is, when it comes to building your career, having the right connections can be just as useful if not even more useful than having a degree or extensive education in your field. So this guy not only had extensive experience on how to build and maintain a business already but he also had the right connections that the vast majority of people don't have. And still failed to make $1M. Absolutely bonkers.
@@catreinhardt41 Imagine a "pro-gamer" starting a New Game + of his favorite game and still getting his ass kicked.
@@PrototypeSpaceMonkey no way that's me
Omg so i had a coworker who slacked off a ton at work, and i figured out why when i was in the break room, complaining about tax season coming up, she looked at me and said, with a percectly straight face "if your so worried about money, just have your parents pay it" i was frankly horrified and after some more questioning, i learned that she was 24 years old, and has never paid a bill, like, at all. It made me genuinely sick
Great job on the parents for creating a human who has zero life skills and when left on their own (even if inheriting money) won’t know how to manage it, have no credit rating and will struggle very hard. That’s her future. I know it’s frustrating as hell. But know you’re still in the better spot. I had a lot of rich kids at my school and I was the farthest from that. But I did very well in life while still having a life. Not so much for many of the people who had everything handed to them. Many had so much extra money they spent it on drugs (because of course THEY didn’t think they’d become an addict. Surprise surprise.
@phoenixgirl70 the sad part is she isn't even rude or snobby like most rich people, she's a genuinely kind and caring person who loves to help others, she is just woefully ignorant and oblivious
@@caliber5302 The sad reality is that in this world facing conflict and hardship is what makes humans grow. Without it we become weaker and more ignorant in general.
@@caliber5302 Yes I believe it. I’ve met some really down to Earth, funny, nice people who you’d never know were millionaires. Unfortunately especially with social media we just see the worst. There’s all kinds in every tax bracket. I’ve met ones that made my stomach turn too. Yes it’s really too bad because it’s easier for parents to throw money at their kids than actually take the time to teach them life skills. And then people assume the worst when it’s not actually their fault. That’s really unfortunate and she may feel isolated from some of her co-workers. Her parents could be very controlling too. That’s a tough situation.
Yeah it really depends on how they were raised. My partners best friend is a trust fund kid, hasn't gotten it yet, and has never had to worry in his life but you'd never know it until you ask about his childhood. Whereas I know someone who although grew up poor has absolutely no idea what being an actual adult is due to her family doing everything for her. Working minimum wage and going off on how people just need to budget more; completely forgetting her sibling pays the bulk of rent + utilities, her parents pay for her phone, and if she couldn't make rent she KNOWS she can call her parents
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I think the best part about the "what" is the person it came from is a doctor in physics who graduated from Princeton lmao
And got their PHD at MIT lol
@@m310grass You know you fucked up when the most qualified person you can think of gives a one word response of pure confusion
@@pokelily_7799 oh for sure, I was trying to think of a way to put it and I think you hit the nail on the head
The thing with the rich guy pretending to be homeless is he isn't acknowledging the help he received. How would he be faring if someone hadn't let him crash in their RV? Having shelter - a place to shower and be out of the elements and keep your stuff from getting stolen- is a HUGE factor in being able to survive and hold down any sort of regular work
You're not homeless if you're in home. That defeats the definition.
The more I hear about this guy the more he sounds like a horrible idiot
@@AIHumanEquality couch surfing is a thing and terribly precarious
@@gabriellehitchins9182
True, technically been there done that, but I sure wouldn't compare my experience to people living on the street.
that twitter thread about the millionaire who "gave up his money to become homeless and start again" left out some very crucial details...
For one: He was leveraging his companies/wealth for getting credits. I think he was able to get a $20k loan with almost no questions asked, but it might've also "just" been $10k, I don't fully remember. In addition to that the business he started with that money was basically a scam business, he hooked a lot of customers and never sent them the product he promised, instead just repackaged some other things
Well he proved the key to success in America is being a scumbag at least.
Well that's stupid
Not only that he kept his health insurance and stop once he started having health problems
I've taken an entire week off before because I was sick. When I got back everyone was happy because I do my job well. My manager took an entire month off, no one even knew she was gone because she's rarely there anyway. Big difference.
I went to the zoo with my sister once while she had taken a week off, and she got a call from a colleague because she was the only one in the office who knew how to use the program for travel expenses. And she was still in training at that time.
If I'm gone one day, even the customers notice. Gone a week, oh boy.
Oh wow
It doesnt mean they aren't doing anything, just not anything involving personnel.
@@rickwrites2612 no we run out of everything and she's in charge of ordering so no she doesn't do anything but complain about her life.
Click: I love the smell of success and money in the Morning!
Also Click: Good evening!
That day passed reaaaaaaly quickly.😂
had a lot of takes to nail that intro
Smells like profit!
@@TheClick As a Danish person I could 100% believe that a Swede could take all day to get a take right.
@@TheClick poor click 😢
The ballet kid one made my whole week, the way he added “She did a pirouette and vanished” made me laugh so hard, Click’s dead serious voice definitely added to it 😭
I'm honestly ashamed to admit how long this dude has been my number one background noise to play to motivate myself to work
Don't be.
The same, only that I feel no shame.
Me too 😭
I like to listen to r/antiwork to motivate me.
I don't know why, but it does.
Oh you too? Lol
On the "use your PTO:" In the US, it's very common for your PTO to expire after a year. If you don't use it, you lose it.
As a note: this vary from state laws. Check your state if unsure about it.
And the "grindset" types often brag about letting their PTO expire instead of using it. Despite people actually doing their jobs better when they have the chance to relax, enjoy life outside of work, etc.
Even if there weren't a financial case for fewer working hours, it would be worth making it happen just for the human benefit -- but people are consistently more productive per hour the fewer hours they work, to the point that really the only benefit of long hours being the norm is maintaining social control. It's not a good deal for _anyone_ to have people working as long as they do in the US (and a few other places).
also really common to only get 1 week of PTO you have to earn over time, that'll expire, and is also your allotted sick time. I think ppl outside the US really don't understand how hellish it is.
@@noaccount2494 ONE WEEK???? i thought it was at least two, wtf... in here its required by law to give people at least two weeks of vacation yearly if they're working full time and sick days aren't included in that you just have them when you need to if you have proof you're sick
Canada too, at least in my province. Vacation hours carry over, but PTO expires.
Are we Click’s clique?
Most certainly.
Certainly we are
are we certainly?
I love clicking together as we all click on The Click as Click's Clique together clicking cause we just click. You know?
I mean, it is the name of his Discord
I thought LinkedIn was where you make an account to find jobs and, you know, work, not whatever some of these "influencers" are thinking.
How long would that $65k have lasted with 2 autoimmune conditions, a tumor, and no health insurance? Very telling that the guy had to stop his "experiment" there.
Heck, would he have gotten diagnosed at all without health insurance? Doctors visits are expensive and are your symptoms "bad enough" to pay for that? This adds more financial stress and health anxiety, which only hurts your body further, yayyy.
Poverty is a health hazard
19:44 here in Germany its mandatory to have ur employees take breaks after working a certain amount of hours, aka it's illegal to not give your workers a lunsh break, so employers sometimes will make you take your break
the length after which sth is considered a break is also regulated, so 5 min is not even considered a break
It's after 6 hours normally.
When I worked at the library, the time system would automatically deduct 30 minutes if you worked more than 6 hours (I think) and didn't punch out for lunch. Current job is way more laissez-faire (unfortunately). We track times ourselves, and like half the office takes their lunch break at their desks, sometimes not even taking a proper break but just eating while they're working.
I've made the habit of taking mine in the break room (don't like food in my keyboard) and I'm pretty much the only person from my floor to go there.
The bosses sent around an e-mail recently reminding everyone that smoking breaks don't count as work time, but that's about it. They take their hour of lunch break and don't really care what everyone else does.
@rolfs2165 that's really sad to hear, hope it gets better
It's even in the company's best interest to have everyone take proper breaks, because it actually increases productivity, so I don't understand why one would be against taking breaks or not encourage taking them
Every worked in healthcare ? nobody gives a shit about lunch there .. i got bullied and harassed for wanting to take my break ... and no it wasnt just 1 employer ... i changed employer multiple times and it was the same everywhere.
At my last employer they kinda threatened to destroy my nintendo switch cause i wasnt allowed to play on MY break .... insanity
@@omni-one376 I kinda doubt it will, but I've learned quite a lot of things to look out for when interviewing for jobs that I hadn't considered important to ask about before (because they seemed pretty much universal).
Depending on how this year goes, I might ring up my former team lead and ask if she'd be interesting in me applying at her new place (where she's site lead now).
The parent not reminding the kid about the packed lunch: that's some 8 Passengers shit
"The bar isn't set low. It's in the backyard." That got me laughing. It reminded me of something one of my favorite professors said about the welfare system in the US. (& this was almost 20 years ago. ) She said & I quote "The bar is set so low, it is in the basement of Hell."" 😂
I mean, if going below the bar is more profitable than staying above it, companies *WILL* go below it.
Same vibes as "The bar is so low it is a tripping hazard in hell, yet here you are limbo dancing with the devil!"
i like to say "the bar is so low, it's serving satan drinks"
The Billionaire thing was a scam.
He still had his Buisness partners and Health Insurance. He did not start with nothing.
LinkedIn as a site is already kind of an unhinged concept. A social media for companies and potential and current employees? Of course it breeds this kind of online culture
At least it's fun to laugh at
One day I'm just chilling on Tumblr, when an inspirational post about being a good manager was blazed onto my dashboard. For non tumblr users, you can pay, or "blaze" posts, meaning they show up other user's dashboards, regardless of if they follow you or not.
So some boss babe not only wandered in from linkedin, but she also paid real money to boost her inspirational post around the site. One can only imagine the kind of hatemail she received.
That is absolutely unhinged. The blaze feature is meant for shitposts and shitposts only. Bonus points for blazing someone else’s shitpost so that it breaches containment.
"No mom, I can't go to bed right now, The click just posted"
-Me to my mom at 10:48 pm ist today.
Italian standard time?
@@coogerlion Indian
@@Vai_Editzz 👍
@@coogerlion 👍
Sleep is important. If you think that you will be able to function in the morning after staying up, that is fine, but if you don't, the video will still be here in the morning.
what you say about optimizing everything in life is so true. It reminded me of the book „Momo“ where the grey men secretly convince everybody to save as much time as they possibly can. And in the process those people’s whole lives get swept away as well. They all get grumpy, greedy, indifferent.. and the time „saved“ actually doesn‘t make their own lives better, the time saved goes entirely to the grey men.
Oooh I remember that book! It had a bridge or something where the faster you walked, the less distance you covered
I’m a published poet, (dorm magazine) artist (sold 2 pieces) playwright (original script for 2 school plays). But never thought to put that on LinkedIn, I foolishly only put actual jobs and formal education . What a waste.🤣
Me too! I mean I don't have a LinkedIn, but I have published poems (a sci Fi magazine in the 1990s) Got some rejection letters for some short stories, I'm sure I could leverage that into some heart warning tale. I was "the best artist" in preschool (cause I'd figured out how to draw grass by seeing how Charles Schultz did it in Peanuts comics) Oh and most importantly: Seth Meyers used/read two of my messages in Corrections. I should definitely have a Late Night writing credit for that 🤣🤣🤣
I "won" NaNoWriMo twice, and you bet I put that on my resume!
Ya done gud lad
Yea you should leverage any achievement on your resume if it helps with your target job.
The last time I was active on LinkedIn a random man slid into my DM’s like it was a dating app. It’s a cursed place but I didn’t realize it had “influences” that’s just embarrassing
It's crazy how LinkedIn is.
Tell me, in a formal way, that your job is to watch the Click.
You can't say "I perform charity", that's rude.
My job is to observe a specimen who is trying to make sense of the world. I am responsible for seeing if he's going insane.
It is my responsability to supervise a Professionally Funny man.
Primary function specified as ‘alien overwatch duty’ today.
👀what😊
I’m an investor in an independent entertainment startup.
"I study and assess socio-political concerns through curated feedback on an international cultural forum."
24:58 This whole thing reads like a, "Hello, Fellow Young People!"
I highly doubt that this was written by anyone (A) under the age of 40; and (B) a job position any lower than Executive VP.
This!
Like... if you live alone, the Life in Work-Life-Balance also includes all of the non-office work... cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping...
it's easy to cut back on free time, as long as it's FREE time. Which for most people only works if they have someone to do all the invisible work.
Either still living with your parents which I guess "young folks" are supposed to, or having a partner at home. Or being privileged enough to pay someone for it.
Which most of the young people don't.
Plus gen-z are not old enough to even have finished uni… wtfff
I had a dream last night where Click was selling plushies in a dark alley way like one of those cartoon drug dealers with the trench coat and infinite pockets that somehow don't show to the outside at all. I bought a beholder/biblically accurate emotional support demon plushie that was somehow on fire, kissed it, and got teleported to a candy planet.
18:31 The most hilarious thing about this post is that Just Eat Takeaway (merger of Just Eat and Takeaway) is the biggest food delivery company in Europe. Like, their entire business revolves around people taking lunch breaks (well, and ordering stuff when they can't be arsed to cook after work). And they're celebrating themselves for giving their (office - not sure about the riders) employees time to take lunch breaks? Ouch.
Calling them Just Eaters also felt kind of brag-shaming in a fatphobic way
Love the filter at the start. It with the vest and cuff links make you look like a victorian gentlman.
"Fly well, fart kid." My new favorite the Click quote.
Lol
I have a degree in graphic design. I've never had a job that's paid over 12$ an hour. I've only ever had one graphic design job and that was before I graduated. It was minimum wage. It's been 3 years since I graduated. I've lots all hope in finding a job and am thinking of stopping my medication to join the Army. I'm about to be 29 and still living with my saints of parents. I've put in hundreds of applications, redone my resume 5 times, redone my portfolio 6 times, and have only had 3 interviews since the pandemic. I hate LinkedIn with a passion.
Try joining a trade. I graduated with an art degree in 2021, but there were 0 job opportunities in my specialty. After hopping around for a couple years, I got with a staffing company that put me in a print shop. Instantly making $17 an hour and due for a raise this year. I just gave up on getting a job I studied for. Union jobs for warehouses or loading docks can pay $22+ if you stay consistent. Then all that money can go into stability and fuel for any artistic passions.
@@demi42899 I’ll start doing my research on stuff nearby right now!! Thank you so much!!
As Gen Z myself for this 25:21 post: that poser clearly has no life if they are super willing to throw their 20s away. There’s a difference between working to live, and living to work.
"only 48k a year" he says when that's still nearly twice what a lot of my friends make before taxes and shit. I literally don't know what I would do if I had 2 thousand dollars a month after all my expenses
Right?? My husband and I TOGETHER only made 38K before expenses last year, and we were driving a lot, so those expenses were suuuper high. Individually, we would've both been under the poverty line. The only way we can survive is literally by being married and both contributing to finances. "Only 48K per year" absolutely enraged me!
54:48 i had a major abdominal surgery once. My doctor recommended 2 months of rest. When I was feeling somewhat better I went to my office to get my documents.
My coworker was going on and on about how she went back to work the day after her c-section and I was like "?? You want a medal because you prioritized your work over your baby?"
Why is being exploited and not taking care of your body bragging rights?
Or the people that brag about never taking a sick day, so they come into work and get everyone else sick. Some of us have immune compromised family members that we visit that can't afford to get sick. Seriously people.
From influencer for influencers
Influencer influencing influencers influencing
Haha love it! ❤
If i try ti save up my pto it will expire and then its just gone without me getting paid for it. Use your pto is absolutely one of the first things i tell new hires and will even remind them again in september that its about to go away forever
LinkedIn is a goddamn hellhole when it comes to fake positivity. Everyone is trying to boast about "oh, I attended this awesome seminar", "I got to participate in this cool nation-wide project", "I enjoyed my time at company X, but immediately got hired at company Y, while rejecting company Z because it didn't fit my standards" or even worse "I will take a small break and figure out what kind of job I want next". I get mentally nauseous whenever I briefly have to log on just to provide my profile url for the next job search I do. People are so pretentious. F*CKING HIRE ME ALREADY, after 50+ tailored applications and 100-300 applicants for each one I'm literally going insane
I feel your pain. Nothing like hearing a job in a rural area working for the state had 37 qualified applicants, so they couldn't interview them all. Makes me even wonder what I got my degree for, since no one in my field (ecology/environmental science) will hire me due to too many applicants, but no one outside of my field will either. The ones outside don't want to hire me because, they claim, I will obviously easily get a job in my field and leave them. If it was going to happen already, it would have. Just let me have that entry level desk position that is a career like job please.
That's job applications in general now. It's a nightmare, especially since most of the postings aren't even real, it's just the company using a legal loophole by "technically" having open recruiting. Except the postings are all the standard "entry level: 5-7 years exp required", and the company can legally say "welp, we just couldn't find anyone who fit the position!", and then outsource those jobs for pennies
I applied to Borders Bookstore (when it existed), passed the interview process, then they wanted me to come back in the next day to do "scenarios" with the manager. Basically, they wanted to see how you'd handle an agressive customer or whatever. I say whatever because that same day I was hired at a motorcycle repair shop to work as the office clerk with benefits! LOL. I called Borders and told them "thanks but no thanks". I got the last laugh. I couldn't believe they wanted to do that for a PART-TIME job with ZERO benefits! It was a freaking bookstore NOT a hospital or something. Employers ask new hires or candidates to do too much stupid crap to work for them nowadays. It's so bizarre. I get where they're coming from but I had worked for the IRS at one time. Trust me when I say I know how to handle someone who gets t'd off with the circumstances and they just want someone to explain things in a normal way that isn't a bunch of "techincal talk". A bookstore! WTF? Why would you have any scenario beyond "I hate this book and I want a different one"?
Didn't Borders end decades ago? I worked there in 98-99 and they just had 1 interview for ft w bennies. It's crazy they expect that.
It is crazy the amount of experience places want for entry levels positions. Has been that way for as long as I hve been in the job market. The amount of places in my area paying minimum wage for a job but wanting 2-5 years of experience doing that very job (like vet receptionist having previous vet receptionist experience for minimum wage) is crazy. You also get atupid questions from minimum wage bad retail jobs, like "why do you want to work for our company" or "what do you love about us".
Scenario: There has been a containment breach in the eldritch grimoire section. You have a shotgun, some rock salt, a ritual kris and the emergency OSHA compliant company goat. What do??
Putting yourself in tough situations to overcome adversity is only applicable if you're actually using intelligence. Peeing yourself in public when there's a bathroom a few meters from you isn't overcoming adversity, it's being unintelligent. Being able to maximize the tools given to you is also a skill.
The company I work for no longer allows for saved PTO. Workers used to be able to save up and use it whenever they wanted, but now its a "use it or lose it" rule. Sucks so much since there are times when longer PTO helps with our mental health.
We had UIorLI also, but if we didn’t use it, it just got paid out at the end of the year.
The weirdest part of the Mike story was that it touched/inspired others, which implies that he was live-documenting his experiment, right? Doesn't that mean that launching his brand already had clout, so he wasn't starting from zero, right? His brand succeeded not because it was a good product, but because he had supporters invested in his experiment. If his clout helped his brand succeed, then that might mean that his other jobs could have been impacted by that clout.
Three notes for the "coffee pot chicken" to take it to the next level of awful.
1: Hotel staff do not sterilize the coffee machine.
2: People also promote washing their socks and underwear in that coffee pot as a lifehack.
3: HOTEL STAFF DO NOT STERLIZE THE COFFEE MACHINE.
Thank you for the warning, I'll never use one again. o.o
The brag about saving your company money by cooking chicken in a coffee pot is especially stupid because those business expenses are a tax write off for the company. You submit those to your company so that YOU get paid back, but because they were made during a business venture, it's considered eligible for tax write off. You literally aren't saving them money and making things difficult for yourself in the process.
This is not a certified stonks moment
EVERYTHING is a tax write off. That is how tax on profit works.
Being able to write off an expense does not make it free lol, it just means you don't pay tax on it. So yes, as dumb as it is, it would definitely be saving a tiny amount of money for the company.
55:43 so my mind wandered to a memory of a group of gay folks in my first favorite night club that was telling me about their community meetings. They didn't tell me I was gay... They simply suggested that I hang around with them. And then I realized that yes, being attracted to all the genders is very gay. After a few years. It really took me a minute.
Gay penguins kept me warm enough in my shell to eventually hatch. God bless gay penguins!
I just really wanted to process that in public.
... I'm not sorry.
That is so heartwarming
The buying rental property thing - They are assuming you are clearing $500 a month after paying the mortgage, taxes, insurance and other expenses. They are not suggesting paying for the house with cash. You just need your downpayment and then they expect the house will pay for itself with the rent and have a positive cash flow. Many people have become very rich doing this. Many have also gone bankrupt because the housing bubble in 2008. It's not that easy to buy a house and manage to get a positive cash flow with or without doing extra work.
The expectation is they will make lots of money with appreciation on the properties while costing themselves essentially nothing.
It costs nothing because someone else foots the cost. I'm not trying to be negative towards any individual who does this, but our society shouldn't be oriented this way.
I remember being in school and being forced to create a LinkedIn…. When suddenly the staff asked us to delete it and not interact with it because they considered it a scam and virus inducing thing that could corrupt our computers… it was a crazy time
The “everyone can make a million dollars from nothing”, disregarding your knowledge and experience, reminds me of my own experience with martial arts. I’ve been doing one martial art since I was a kid, that’s almost 25 years now. Last year I started a different one. They don’t have much in common, one is without weapons, one only uses weapons, but I could still apply some of my experience which made it much easier for me to get into it. Now I’ve seen a bunch of other beginners after me and you can always tell who comes from a martial arts background
Sort of like learning a foreign language. Some concepts can be transferred even if the language is different (from different language families). I took French, Spanish and Chinese in high school. The jump to Chinese was the hardest since it wasn't a romance language. I do a lot better with phonetic languages.
"It's like when people say 'no homo'... like bro, we've been married for ten years and you're my husband, WHAT DO YOU MEAN" -Click to OT
That satire post where he said he was worth $19m, he said he inherited $22m from his parents. I love the subtle implied comedy.
55:00 "Propaganda is when a marginalized group gets the slightest bit of representation as something other than a joke or a danger to 'normal' people."
Give a man food, and he'll be fed for a day. Give a man a headlamp, and he'll eat from the dumpster for the rest of his life.
This sounds like something you'd hear in a Valefisk video
What's funny about this Mike thing is people talk about it like a super inspiring story, but when Mike tells it in interviews he was like "I got it into my head that I was lucky and I finally i was curious enough to see how close i could really get. I didn't get even close, and this was a learning experience"
I have never heard of LinkedIn in my entire life lmfao
Lol how
me neither lol
Ironically, it was already installed on my phone when I got it. (My phone is a few years old, I don't remember when it came out 😂)
As I’ve scrolled the comments Ive seen this a lot
They all got called bots ;/
Because they don’t know what LinkedIn is
@@Ria__2010-l3zI saw only one and it WAS a bot
"Round up because everyone else is rounding up" I've found this to be true in so many aspects of life. Even going to the doctors, I find they don't take me seriously because I'm not over emphasising how much pain I'm experiencing and everyone else is.
Some places PTO doesn't roll over year to year. So it's "use it or lose it." At least in America...
“Work life balance” really should mean 4x 8 hour days a week for a normal full time employee. Give half your staff Saturday Sunday Monday off and the other half Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and then you’ve still got a day with all staff there for meetings and whatever else you want to waste everyone’s company time with
I can't believe people unironically still use LinkedIn. I've never heard of a company using it here in Canada. We also have laws against employers being able to look into what employees are doing outside of work so that might be why.
I'm also in Canada and it is use at my job, but only to watch the videos there if we want to
I'm also Canadian, and I was required to be on LinkedIn for an old job. They made me write articles and pretend anyone cared about our product. I deleted myself as soon as I got a new job. There's nothing there that doesn't reek of capitalism and desperation.
@@FunkyLittlePoptart I can't imagine why the company has to fake success when they're relying on LinkedIn lol.
It's a place for my CV. I update my CV generally twice a year, being a freelancer, so just add the done gigs there. Otherwise I've never seen a point for the whole thing. Other social media exist for that purpose.
Usually professional recruiters will be there, and if they see someone with a useful skillset they might recommend you for an interview. It's how I got my last job when I didn't have any luck applying directly. After that I stopped logging in. Personally I think it's sad when people get so invested.
The other day I smoked a bit of the devil's lettuce, and was rearranging stuff in my kitchen. In my head, I heard you narrating everything: "And this little guy goes over here, and this pot fits here! Isn't it wonderful!"
About the homeless-> million dollar guy: He made 65k in revenue, but only 30-35K in profits.
He tried to keep going when his dad was sick etc but not really, he did take time off to take care of his dad, and then himself. He had to call off the gig with his own health issues and fall right back on his previous wealth, health insurance etc.
The person himself claims it was more of an experiment to see if its possible an just to show what its like to try, rather than 'anyone can do it' but gets weirdly defensive when its brought up that he failed and goes on tangents about gratitude.
oddly enough I have heard while living in a dorm was someone tried so hard to convince me I was gay, and a former boss tried so hard to tell me I was gay, the latter I pulled a "traumatize them back" scenario
I, Internet Uncle-Gay🏳️🌈, say that it's Perfectly Valid for you to be straight.
Nobody should be telling you that you're gay if you're not, just like nobody should be telling you that you're straight when you tell them that you're not.
@@John_WeissThis is exactly why the "they're trying to convert the children" ('they' being the LGBTQ+ community) because out of all the people out there, you would think it would be the people not allowed to be themselves who would be okay with people being themselves. Why would we want to make people be not straight and have them suffer when we personally know what that feels like? Especially being trans because why would we want to force a person to be something they aren't totally sure they are? 🤦🏻
What exactly were they saying to "convince" you that you were gay? I'm always skeptical of these types of stories only because they're used as anti-lgbtq talking points and the ones used are often made up.
@LGBTQLegend the dormmate said he would see me being gay, but by then, I had only known most guys as bullies to me, my former boss said I was gay because I came out as trans
@@katvanillaice2256 Oh so your boss just didn't understand how being trans worked (been there as a trans woman) and your roommate was just being creepy? Am I understanding that right?
Still waiting for them to explain how working the same job, but unpaid, gets you more experience than being paid for the exact same work.
The whole millionaire who "becomes" homeless to prove a point is such a bs story. That guy had a safety net including contacts, bank accounts, a house, etc..., even if he didnt use them, he had them. He ALWAYS had a way out, while the reality for homeless is that they don't. For actual homeless people being homeless, isn't about some social experiment or challenge, it's about survival and trying to climb your way out of a ditch while someone else tries to bury you. The psychological effect that has on people shouldnt be ignored. Id love to see this guy lose everything, all his contacts, his house, his money, all of it and then try to climb out of that not knowing whether he will ever be safe again, because for homeless people that is the position they're in.
And he also kept his contacts and health insurance. The reason that he is able to build a business is bcuz he had his business contacts and prior experiences , and the fact that he didnt need to pay much for hospital visits/medical emergencies is very helpful for his 65k "success"
I'm sure every country's tax laws are slightly different regarding business expenses, but I just graduated from an accounting program in Canada and I can tell you that the business gets to deduct half of what they spent on your meals and entertainment against their corporate taxes at the end of the fiscal year. Use it. They want you to use it for the tax benefits and you get free food while travelling for their benefit.
Advice to Gen Z don't grind yourself down in your 20s. I did that for quite a few jobs, including two I nearly passed out from exhaustion at work (campaign work especially pushed me too hard to do even more). You'll be burnt out before you even get to 30
PTO at a lot of American companies tends to be capped pretty low. So there really does come a point where trying to "save" more is useless.
Hilariously in Crazy Ex Girlfriend a Single pair of pants at work IS actually Nathaniel's first major challenge and a the start of his character arc - he gets food poisoning but because of his toxic father's terrible worldview goes into work anyway and tries to tough it out, despite his new partner's encouragement to take a nap and sleep off the illness rather than straining himself. He finally is forced to face facts when he shits himself and has to awkwardly wheel himself to the bathroom on his office chair to deal with the situation, and after borrowing some spare pants he finally agrees to take a nap as he's only feeling worse.
It's honestly hilarious how much Nathaniel is a cringy parody of the LinkedIn mindset when he first arrives on the show. The same formal language and lack of ability to let his hair down. The same attitude of constantly working and pushing himself around others to make himself look good. The same childish outlook on life that causes people to think that adults all act and talk like so-called entrepreneurs on some pretentious, pompous social media site for bragging and making up inspirational BS stories.
Sure, he's technically working in a law firm and not marketing/sales, but the attitude is too spot-on...
This will be the most epic anime ever. It shall be called "Shitting For The Stars"
Just wanted to clarify the post about PTO (paid time off):
The post is reminding people not to save their PTO for the next your because it (at least from what I've heard) does not get added to the next year's PTO so you are basically throwing out vacation days for no reason.
Some jobs allow PTO rollover. Mine is one of them, though I never knew it was a thing until they sent a mass email about new changes. But, yes, most hourly jobs don't allow rollover. It just sucks that you have to "accumulate" your PTO for a few months before you've maxed it out, sans what you've used up when you call out sick (one of the worst bs policies ever created in the US).
That's pretty dumb
My partner took a 3-week long vacation from work, and within 3 days that he'd normally be working, hundreds of dollars of product were stolen. He's a security guard, and apparently the only one that actually does his job. He was in another country with me for those 3 weeks so all the people at his work could do was try to kick the other security guards into actually doing patrols etc. The break-ins continued until 2 days after he went back to work, when the thieves realized he was back.
You know what's worse than LinkedIn unhingedness?
Dealing with certain healthcare colleagues with LinkedIn mentality.
I have literally stayed at a hotel and checked the kettle as i've seen so many videos of ppl "cooking in hotel room" someone had made 2min noodles in the damn kettle and not even rinsed it out after it was so foul.
Not even a kettle, in my house we have 2 different pots. One specifically for boiling water and another for instant noodle and everything else.
I cant imagine using a kettle that is previously used for instant noodle. Or even, fucking meat and butter ughhh
I worked only 3 days in December and was on vacation until after new years. They were texting me every day more then once to ask how to do everything.
Maybe dont teach your kids life lessons by sabotaging their grades? They kinda need those to get anywhere in life, and in my experience 'projects' are usually a pretty big part of their grade. As if she, as an adult, has never rushed out the door and forgot to grab something (because how tf do you _learn_ to remember something you forgot??)
I've actually had someone try and force that on me (35f). Back in college (before i realized I was ace) there was a girl that was similar to me and we were friends. She was bi. I forget exactly what triggered it, but we and a group of campus friends ended up doing truth or dare (formula for disaster). Well, they dared her to kiss me. She was down for it, I was not. I didn't see her that way and wanted no part in it. Well, she didn't take no for an answer and said "you might like it." I ended up being chased around the room while our friends laughed. She managed to grab me and i tried fighting her, but i didn't want to hurt her because she was still my friend. Thankfully, campus police intervened and i was able to get away. But i still remember that and hate physical touch unless it's someone I've known for 5+ years.
unfortunately Ace erasure happens even in the LGBTQ+ community. Sorry that happened and you deserve better
@@noaccount2494 yeah but i hope op forgive her also as a bi teens well she was really being too forceful i hope everything is okay
Aroace here, 34f. If someone treated me like that, he wouldn't be my friend anymore.
I lost contact with that group not long after. I stayed in college about a year afterwards. Last I knew, she got married and is happy with her husband. I'm only coming to terms with it recently. I was in the nursing program and the reason I left was because I couldn't handle the tactile part of the profession. Ty for your support though.
And another thing about the "starting from 0" a lot of homeless people don't start from zero but from -1 or lower due to debt, bad mental health and/or addiction. And if you've already run a business, you have the safety net of being able to just "break off the experiment" and go back to your old life
I didnt even know being a LinkedIn influencer was a thing. Thank you for opening my eyes to a new societal cesspool to be disgusted and depressed by.
The property one is even funnier when you account for maintenance, fixing damages insurance and all the other things that come with owning a rental. no thank you
There are jobs that prevent you from saving up your PTO. I once worked a job that gave you 12 days of PTO for the year, and none of it was able to roll over to the next year. So some jobs, you just can't save PTO days for a decent vacation
Sad bating your kids is horrible. I also think people who write online articles about their kids disabilities is creepy. Some of those people write under their own names. So those kids will have that information following them around for ever.
The Click in the cold open reminded me of the ‘Trade Offer: I Give/You Give’ Meme. You look so fabulous in suits.
I remember when I got pregnant at 18, my partner went looking for a better job. We were already struggling for money by ourselves, let alone with a baby. He got refused from one job because, and I quote, "It seems like you just want money.". Yea, no shit, John, we're gonna starve.
I saw a YT short of a heavy man who lost a bunch of weight over a year. It was pretty inspiring until came out that he was a personal trainer trying to prove that if he could drop the weight that his clients could too. The problem is that he still had the muscle mass, endurance, exercises, and dietary knowledge so it obviously was nowhere as difficult as someone who hadn't been exercising or eating right. Unhinged.
I've seen this guy
I agree with you. The problem with these experiments is the people always start on a leg up and have support something others don't have. Then also let's talk on health issues etc and life stressors
It can get hard for anyone
The you should be able to just because I did is wild
They're not acronyms, they're initialisms; an acronym is when a word is formed (like PIN or M*A*S*H or YUPpies).
Oh ok. I've never heard of that before
The funny thing is Click actually IS genuinely accidently empowering people by reading memes. 😅
So, just doing some quick math here regarding the post about weddings. First off, my wife and I didn't spend a huge amount of money on the wedding, but we did have a fairly large wedding (roughly 200 people attended). As a result, if we had done what was suggested in the post and given each person $500 to invest, that would have cost $100,000, twice what the poster described as too much.
Mike's experiment made no sense to me. For most rock bottom is thousands of dollars debt. Without any experience, sometimes even without chance of education
It feels oddly prescient and serendipitous that just today I discovered the delightful song 'It's time to take a shit on the company's time' 😂
Click, I think your wall of fanart could also count as photos of the employee of the month! Also, please tell The Click to keep up the good work, we would not want him to be upstaged by The Click, now would we?
Cooking things in a coffee maker is some straight up prison sh*t.