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[-] Kushia@lemmy.ml 138 points 11 months ago

Yeah because fuck hustle culture.

[-] Chriswild@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago

Even without hustle culture I'm not going to be as motivated as a crackhead looking for a fix because I am not powered by addiction. I'm more motivated to sleep and eat way too much pie so a pothead would be better competition.

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[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 91 points 11 months ago
[-] Kase@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

(Shh don't tell anyone I stole this from another post two minutes ago)

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 74 points 11 months ago

So you're saying that you should suck a guy's dick in a dark alley for $20 in order to be successful?

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 37 points 11 months ago
[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

$20? Damn, ain't inflation a bitch?

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

You gotta do what you gotta do for $20.

[-] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago
[-] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

That's the right attitude. Maybe someday you can move up to sucking dick in a dark basement instead of the alley

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[-] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 63 points 11 months ago

Well yeah I'm gonna let him out hustle me. That bastards on crack.

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 18 points 11 months ago

So then what's stopping you from being on crack?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Greedflation coupled with stagnant wages, probably.

[-] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 54 points 11 months ago

Sure, let's all hustle like crackheads:

"Oh, your job isn't paying enough? Well, have you tried stealing from your family? Your grandma has a social security check coming, right? Oh, your family doesn't talk to you anymore, huh? Well have you tried selling your neighbor's car stereo? What about his propane grill? How about stealing tube socks from Walmart and trying to sell those on the street to anyone who walks by? Still not cutting it, huh? I don't know man, maybe it's time to try sucking some dicks."

These memes seem a lot less clever if you've ever been close to someone whose life got snowed under by addiction, or lived in a neighborhood that has a crack problem. Seeing real crackheads really hustling is pretty fucking bleak. They're not getting ahead. They're not winning. They're burning everything with even a shred of value to service their addiction, including family and personal relationships.

I don't know, maybe it's a very apt metaphor for capitalism, and what our capitalist system expects of us, but I have no desire to trade the people and things that make my life bearable just so I can brag about having a couple extra dollars in the bank.

[-] Jorgelino@lemmy.ml 35 points 11 months ago

That's kind of the point though. If "hustling like a crackhead" wasn't obviously a bad thing, there'd be no joke here.

[-] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago

LinkedIn vibes

[-] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Work like it's a crippling addiction - it's not as though crackheads have miserable lives, their bodies literally falling apart as their minds figuratively do the same, until they either muster the incredible willpower to endure the intense suffering required to drop the habit, enduring lifelong consequences, or die an early death.

As far as red flags go...

[-] Mischala@lemmy.nz 36 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I don't need anything as much as that crackhead needs crack.

[-] coholic@kbin.social 30 points 11 months ago

I'm not that addicted to life...

[-] anarchy79@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

At least crackheads have some goal in life..

[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 24 points 11 months ago

Instructions unclear, now I’m addicted to crack.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Damn, people on Lemmy are among the least fun people I've ever seen, based on these comments.

[-] wafflez@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Your name is literally anticorp and thats what most of these comments are saying.

How would you like them to respond? /genc

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

You don't need to pick everything apart. It's okay to joke around.

[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago

So you say I should rob a store, or what?

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Not a fair comparison to us non-drugged people because apparently crack cocaine is quite energizing & makes people highly -driven to get shit done.

Just a buncha normies here wallowing in existential dread & unshakeable procrastination.

[-] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

so i should start smoking crack, is what you're saying.

[-] SeekPie@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Well you know, lemmy knows best?

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[-] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

This is truly motivational

[-] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

it'd seem like your only move is hustle

[-] alucard@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

Fuck. That’s dark.

[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I feel like Gus Johnson could make a video out of this.

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