Addiction is a scary thing.

The best part is you can quit any time you want.

I've quit several times!
- I quit every single weekday!
Teied that quite a few times, always end up fucking my life even more ! Truly an addict here. It's like I need it ro survive.
The last time I quit, my boss called me the next day wondering why I didn't come to work. "I told you yesterday I fucking quit because you never listen to me."

Yes...but there is such a thing as a work addict. My father is in his eighties, hasn't had to work in decades, but still works like more than forty hours a week. I have no doubt that if he stopped, he'd be dead within the year.

My wife is also a workaholic but she's the equivalent to the alcoholic that wants to stop drinking but cannot. She just can't help herself to the point that she'll turn her own leisure time into a job.

I used to be the same but heart surgery and cancer cured me of that bullshit.

Sorry to hear about your health problems, but happy you were able to switch off as a result.

I was with the post until the end. Both workaholism and the coercion of capitalism are real, they shouldn’t be conflated.

Tankie
- No. No. They're right. When even Forbes reports that nearly 30% of people can't afford their normal expenses and a further 40% living paycheck to paycheck, it's a systemic issue. Payroll.org's numbers from 2023 put the paycheck to paycheck at 78%.
  Sure some of those are poor spending habits but, to brush it off as that is wishful thinking. Could blame it on neoliberalism but, people have been coerced into making the wealthy even more money in order to survive since long before that. Not having a home is illegal. Every bit of land on the plant is considered owned, whether occupied or not, so, there is no option to opt-out and refuse to participate while alive and free.
- Ignorant name caller. Grow up…

Definitely saved this one for my addict friends.

Just took five weeks off work on paid sick leave. Best thing I ever did for myself.

I hate eating and love grinding. God I grindso fucking hard they call me Tony hawk at work cause of all the the grinding I do. Living in a nice home and doing things you like is gay and lame. The woke loser libs want you to think we should have free time for things that make us happy so we can enjoy life. Pfft, ya know what I say? GRIND! FAMILY? NO TIME OR MONEY for that, GRIND! HOLIDAY? THATS GAY! GRIND HARDERRRRR! NIGHT WITH FRIENDS??? NAH NERD GRIIIIIIIINNNNNDDDD

Making the rich richer at my own expense makes me so goddamn HAAAAAAAARD!!!!1!
- Tell me about it buster. I'm fucking diamonds over here DIAMONDS 💎

Alternatively they be like "You got to be hardcore and be willing to put in 18-hour days just like I do!"

Are you really that dedicated if you're working less than 28 hours a day?

Scary thing is that we literally can’t go more than 2 mins without air

We’re all so addicted

Huh, i'm a full on addict it seems.

Listen. All you need too do is have a near death inhabitating health emergency and you can retire in your forties and then maybe live another twentry-forty years on a fixed income.

Shits simple dog.

I worked so hard for so long that I'm like this and it's awful.

When I get time off, I don't know what to do with myself. Right now I have a full time night/ weekend job and I'm attending university with 5 courses. This summer I'm considering picking up another job because I won't know what to do with myself.