if you think not working is giving up youre actually mental youve got your nob in a cage mentally alright lets lay it out what exactly can one get from life?  at best we imagine is loads of sex, fuck off money and living like a saudi prince, being surrounded by friends and family (wife and kids) who care about us, doing things we like and this being meaningful, beating our competition and eventually being proven right. maybe you can fit in a power fantasy here or there.  now lets face it 99,99999% of people wont even come close to anything like this.  even then, this is the best materialism has to offer? shiny gadgets and people going oooh and seething in envy. or some power fantasy where you make a person you dont like do degrading stuff, wow so amazing. this is the supposed end result that is claimed for doing something with my life now knowing that that is just a let down, and the only thing actually worth a fuck on the previous list was wife and kids and money for facilitating this.  in modern times for most men getting a wife and kids with a reasonable amount of effort is not realistic anymore and will often end up in tears anyways, the money you try to make is sent off to ukraine or handed ngobo living next door on bennies and even then its sad as fuck that the only goal you got going out of bed is money.  so then what remains?  not gonna wall of text anymore but hope its getting through to you
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