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» Higher education was a trap. Most of these dweebs are anxious and depressed asf.
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post 10000102692 03-27-2026, 03:10 PM
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Higher education was a trap. Most of these dweebs are anxious and depressed asf.

After being deluded by the hustle my entire life, i'm finally settling down and opening my eyes to the world. Thinking back to all the people i've interacted with. Just sitting around public places watching people. Being more present. Seeing what I can learn from the happy people and what not to do with the miserable people.

The most miserable people by far are the higher education job title statuscels.
"Hey what do u do for a living?"
"Oh yea I got this cert and did that course blah blah blah."
"What's ur salary? 60k? yea i make 75k u chud. lick my ass and i can put u on game" Always looking to bait u into conversation just to one-up u.
Endless loop of chasing. Endless loop of one-upping each other to protect the fragile ego.
Endless loop of kissing ass to the next man up.

The happiest people are people who don't chase this loop. This loop that destroys ur nervous system. This loop of keeping receipts of the guy who mogged u so u gotta get back at him in a lawful but cheeky way.
The tradie who says what he wants regardless of other's feelings or having to worry about losing his job.
The degen who just approaches girls he finds attractive no fks given
Even the homeless guy yelling at u for a dollar has a far healthier nervous system

Leave this death trap loop if u want to be happy

I say all this as a CEO 1k/day so I mog u dont even think about leaving a cheeky response
post 10000102703 03-27-2026, 03:14 PM
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Didn't read a single word.
post 10000102705 03-27-2026, 03:16 PM
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Didn’t read incel. Visit Menards asap
post 10000102709 03-27-2026, 03:18 PM
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Read it u geeks. My greatness will enlighten u
post 10000102726 03-27-2026, 03:23 PM
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might have read if you condensed it down
post 10000102730 03-27-2026, 03:28 PM
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ouch

but yes one of my regrets is caring too much of things, people and processes who didn't care 1% as much about me

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post 10000102731 03-27-2026, 03:28 PM
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Didn’t read but op is probably right if you ask people what job they enjoyed the most 99% will tell you some bs job at a resturaunt or shop or something they did while in highschool or college
post 10000102743 03-27-2026, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted By Basedbabyy
Didn’t read but op is probably right if you ask people what job they enjoyed the most 99% will tell you some bs job at a resturaunt or shop or something they did while in highschool or college
Yup u get it. The best times were when we would just chill and laugh together with coworkers just fooling around, talking to the cute young girls our age laughing with them etc. Then a lot of us grow up and start graduating college then finding a "big boi" job and by the time u realize the toxic nature of these higher educationcels, most are completely sucked in to the game and dont have the courage to dump the progress they worked for and chase happiness instead.
post 10000102748 03-27-2026, 03:41 PM
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Once you start doing something for money, it starts to lose its fun. I went wild and never looked back. Get your food, water and shelter. Don’t make some rich guy rich. Make yourself rich. But absolutely get educated to be a better fighter. At least college. Bare minimum .
post 10000102757 03-27-2026, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted By dropped40lbs
After being deluded by the hustle my entire life, i'm finally settling down and opening my eyes to the world. Thinking back to all the people i've interacted with. Just sitting around public places watching people. Being more present. Seeing what I can learn from the happy people and what not to do with the miserable people.

The most miserable people by far are the higher education job title statuscels.
"Hey what do u do for a living?"
"Oh yea I got this cert and did that course blah blah blah."
"What's ur salary? 60k? yea i make 75k u chud. lick my ass and i can put u on game" Always looking to bait u into conversation just to one-up u.
Endless loop of chasing. Endless loop of one-upping each other to protect the fragile ego.
Endless loop of kissing ass to the next man up.

The happiest people are people who don't chase this loop. This loop that destroys ur nervous system. This loop of keeping receipts of the guy who mogged u so u gotta get back at him in a lawful but cheeky way.
The tradie who says what he wants regardless of other's feelings or having to worry about losing his job.
The degen who just approaches girls he finds attractive no fks given
Even the homeless guy yelling at u for a dollar has a far healthier nervous system

Leave this death trap loop if u want to be happy

I say all this as a CEO 1k/day so I mog u dont even think about leaving a cheeky response
poverty ceo gtfo
post 10000102763 03-27-2026, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted By MegaSloot
Once you start doing something for money, it starts to lose its fun. I went wild and never looked back. Get your food, water and shelter. Don’t make some rich guy rich. Make yourself rich. But absolutely get educated to be a better fighter. At least college. Bare minimum .
Yea I remember my uncle telling me to get college educated at least. I didn’t know what he meant at the time but I think I undetstand now. Being college educated gives a better view of the world
post 10000102766 03-27-2026, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted By MegaSloot
Once you start doing something for money, it starts to lose its fun. I went wild and never looked back. Get your food, water and shelter. Don’t make some rich guy rich. Make yourself rich. But absolutely get educated to be a better fighter. At least college. Bare minimum .
i like this. have fun while young and also have in the back of your mind an overall goal to exit the rat race as soon as possible. this will likely mean buying and paying off a small house (people aren't having many kids nowadays and who cares about impressing people) while carrying little to no debt. at that point your overhead costs to life are low so you can continue having fun....like me for example, retired early and now work a few days a week at a job that has me chillin around new fertile women each day ,
post 10000102773 03-27-2026, 03:54 PM
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I don't know what happened, we could just assume that it became over saturated at some point....supply>demand.
post 10000102833 03-27-2026, 04:25 PM
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So why cant i join your business why u aint hooking me up with a job
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post 10000102852 03-27-2026, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted By piramparam
So why cant i join your business why u aint hooking me up with a job
People are stressful. My life is setup where I don’t have to rely on people. And I don’t want people relying on me. This is the key to happiness on modern hyper capitalistic earth
post 10000102862 03-27-2026, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted By dropped40lbs
People are stressful. My life is setup where I don’t have to rely on people. And I don’t want people relying on me. This is the key to happiness on modern hyper capitalistic earth
i think this is right. like a person making $50k/year low stress income with no debt/paid off house and car could live more peacefully than many making 5x+ more money.
post 10000102864 03-27-2026, 04:39 PM
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It's only worthwhile for licensed profession
post 10000102870 03-27-2026, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted By edwardhaskell
i think this is right. like a person making $50k/year low stress income with no debt/paid off house and car could live more peacefully than many making 5x+ more money.
Expectations of other humans is 99.9% of all stress
post 10000102898 03-27-2026, 04:57 PM
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Your life will depend on who you are, not what piece of paper you faked your way to.
College means 'crap' for most.
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post 10000102905 03-27-2026, 05:01 PM
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Didn't read the entire OP but the reason higher education doesn't give much return on investment is because it's too damn easy to get a degree. You could borderline retarded and get one. Just look at how poorly you can perform in high school and still get a degree.
post 10000102913 03-27-2026, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted By AnabolicMind
Your life will depend on who you are, not what piece of paper you faked your way to.
College means 'crap' for most.
Originally Posted By SpeakethTruth
Didn't read the entire OP but the reason higher education doesn't give much return on investment is because it's too damn easy to get a degree. You could borderline retarded and get one. Just look at how poorly you can perform in high school and still get a degree.
Neither of u read the post so ur just yappin bout nonsense
post 10000102918 03-27-2026, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted By dropped40lbs
Neither of u read the post so ur just yappin bout nonsense
I told you I didn't read the entire OP lmao.
post 10000102921 03-27-2026, 05:10 PM
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Although they try to act like they do what they do as some kind of selfless public service, the whole education industry is a huge business. Everyone should understand that. First, they have you for 13 years where they mooch off the taxpayer. Then they try to get you into at least 4 more, and they overcharge. For profits have made it so that anyone and everyone can get in and get through. You not getting in, or flunking out is not good for their pockets. Because of financial backing for everyone and anyone, demand overrode supply and they charged more. Add DEI into the mix and now it really gets bad. Due to the bar lowering, even if you have a degree, something that would get you instantly accepted, now there is a good chance you'll have aptitude testing and such working in many professions.
post 10000102943 03-27-2026, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted By Jaydubs
Although they try to act like they do what they do as some kind of selfless public service, the whole education industry is a huge business. Everyone should understand that. First, they have you for 13 years where they mooch off the taxpayer. Then they try to get you into at least 4 more, and they overcharge. For profits have made it so that anyone and everyone can get in and get through. You not getting in, or flunking out is not good for their pockets. Because of financial backing for everyone and anyone, demand overrode supply and they charged more. Add DEI into the mix and now it really gets bad. Due to the bar lowering, even if you have a degree, something that would get you instantly accepted, now there is a good chance you'll have aptitude testing and such working in many professions.
It goes deeper than just profits and business. It’s a great way for elites to have the g0ys compete with each other to see who can be the better ass lickers for their nepo baby heirs that immediately go into all the management positions
post 10000103080 03-27-2026, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted By edwardhaskell
i like this. have fun while young and also have in the back of your mind an overall goal to exit the rat race as soon as possible. this will likely mean buying and paying off a small house (people aren't having many kids nowadays and who cares about impressing people) while carrying little to no debt. at that point your overhead costs to life are low so you can continue having fun....like me for example, retired early and now work a few days a week at a job that has me chillin around new fertile women each day ,
Just to clarify, when I said that I went wild I meant that I decided to leave humanity behind. In my case, I really didn’t have fun in college, it was some pretty brutal studying constantly. Fun for me means living life off the chain in a modified version of what you described. Substitute “new fertile women” with “adorable Yorkie and bunnies” and we have the same playbook. No debt means total freedom. Ownership of land means dignity.
post 10000103084 03-27-2026, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted By dropped40lbs
Yea I remember my uncle telling me to get college educated at least. I didn’t know what he meant at the time but I think I undetstand now. Being college educated gives a better view of the world
It’s a little extra polish. I felt like in conversations. It has given me a certain amount of confidence and depth. That’s not to say that a similar effect couldn’t be achieved with reading widely and having experienced the world. I don’t think that I would have ever studied that intensely on my own. It’s the kind of thing that once you’ve gotten it, you can trash talk it, but if you’ve never experienced that level of education, there’s a certain lack of confidence that’s practically inevitable.
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