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The hard part is a having a mom who will make tendies for you, my parents used to take money out of my paycheck for themselves, ill be neet when im dead lol

[-] canniest_tod@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If I had to guess, it's probably because for a lot of people being a NEET is depressing state of being. No direction or control over your life and you're at the whims of whatever happens to your family, economically. People with nothing to look forward to tend to wig out over petty shit like one less tendie.

[-] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

society also thinks you're awful and shitty, so that doesn't help.

[-] canniest_tod@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

True, there's no reason to have everyone working at the level of automation we've reached, but some people think it's the 1950s or something.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 43 points 2 days ago

Anon is fine now, but they will absolutely lose their shit when mom loses the house and they are forced to move into an abandoned hot dog.

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

(Joke is that she wanted her NEET son to get a job in the name of helping with finances and turn his life around)

[-] mika_mika@lemmy.world 71 points 2 days ago

The Humble NEET is not problematic.

[-] froufox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 days ago
[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 day ago

Not Everyone Eats Tendies.

[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago

Not in Education, Employment, or Training

[-] imjustmsk@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

lmao, NEET is also like a really popular entrance examination in india that parents coaches and sent their kids to write so eventually they will become doctors

[-] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 43 points 2 days ago

Not in Employment, Education or Training

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

I am a self funded NEET

[-] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 11 points 2 days ago

In case anyone is wondering, this is the real answer.

[-] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Nice try, I prefer the elephant one

[-] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago
[-] froufox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 days ago

ah, that really makes sense

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 10 points 2 days ago

It means they are a burden on everyone around them on purpose.

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Don't know if it's necessarily on purpose. Some people lose their job or have to withdraw from schooling against their desires and spiral into depression. So burden, yes. On purpose, probably in the majority or more infamous cases, but far from always.

[-] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A lot of them are depressed, autistic or have a visible disability. It's really hard for them to find a job, especially in this economy. Many of them don't receive the support they need because they're adults. I don't think NEETs like being NEETs. So your statement is pretty ableist considering the reality of people. It reeks of "most homeless people can't be helped because they choose to be that way".

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[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

It's not necessarily on purpose or being a burden on anyone. Last year I spent quite a while as a NEET living off my savings while job hunting. Yes it's generally tied to those who are voluntarily unemployed without savings or responsibilities, but that's just among those taking pride or joking about it. It's just an economic category, and it's one that I and many others fear we may be forced into in the near future.

[-] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

that isn't what a neet is dude.

you were just normal unemployed. lots of people are unemployed for long periods of time while actively looking for a new job, or take on temp/part time work in lieu of full time salaried employment.

NEET is people who actively do not pursue employment, aren't in school, and who refuse to work at all. Most often they are just young people who are totally dependent on their families/parents. Sometimes they are just rich people who don't have to work and fuck around. Often they are socially isolated and don't have active social involvement with anyone.

My personal experience with NEETs is they often had well-off family who just let them fuck around for years because their parents had co-dependent personalities, or paranoid/controlling personalities, and hence they'd rather have their kid be NEET than independent of them.

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

NEET is people who actively do not pursue employment, aren’t in school, and who refuse to work at all. Most often they are just young people who are totally dependent on their families/parents. Sometimes they are just rich people who don’t have to work and fuck around. Often they are socially isolated and don’t have active social involvement with anyone.

NEET literally means "not in employment, education or training", it's just not usually used by people who are short-term unemployed, have a socially acceptable excuse (e.g. "housewife") or fit into other well-established categories like "homeless".

Most often they are just young people who are totally dependent on their families/parents.

Lots of NEETs are older. They might end up on the streets if they don't have a family that is able and willing to care for them, but homeless are still NEET (unless they are working while homeless, which is actually a thing). Homeless just aren't usually visible online.

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

I am 60 and a NEET, have been so since I was 40 but I am a self funded NEET.

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[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 0 points 1 day ago

They have already contributed to society. Do you hope to work till you die on the production floor?

[-] massi1008@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Not in education or employment

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[-] Jax@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

I can't tell if this is a joke

[-] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 75 points 2 days ago

Truly empathetic and understanding

[-] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

I remember when dad lost his job I started drinking water and stopped drinking pop.

Respect anon, respect.

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago

yeah, I stopped popping so i felt full and didn't need to eat.

[-] mo_lave@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago
[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago

A good life

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Is “make due” a Canadian accent thing?

[-] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

no. that phrase is used in USA and UK english. It's just not common.

[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago

And it’s “make do", not "make due."

[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

NEET of ten years, thats a ten year old right?

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Ten year Olds go to school, which is the second E in NEET

[-] GandalftheBlack@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

Making due with yod dropping

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