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post 1457129643 08-11-2016, 10:30 AM
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Adults lying to kids their whole lives about the future (ruslted)

as a kid I had everyone, my parents, teachers, adult family members, telling me I could do whatever/be rich when i grow up. now i'm slowly realizing the precious days of my life will most likely be limited to sitting down at a computer and working for hours on end for some company that doesn't give a chit about me and only wants to get richer. what a scam. why do they lie? as a kid i was pretty sharp, i would have appreciated if they just straight up told me 'hey so you've got like an 80% chance of doing what we're all doing, being an adult is chit and you'll amount to about 60k/year if you even get a job out of college boyo. you'll count the minutes off the clock and pray that it is friday, or that Jim brought in some donuts at least. then you'll be pressured into marriage and, well...enjoy lmao!'.

fkn liars mane
post 1457130043 08-11-2016, 10:32 AM
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So phuking true. Nobody ever told me how brutal the rat race is and how depressing working 40+ hours at a place you don't really want to be at is. My major is aerospace engineering so I'll probably get paid decent when I get a career job but I know it won't make me happy. Wish my parents would have taught me to think outside of the box to find a way to get rich or start a business so I could escape the 9-5 life
post 1457130603 08-11-2016, 10:35 AM
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You're mad because your parents treated you like a kid when you were actually a kid?

Doesn't matter what you're told when you're that young, you're naturally going to want to see it for yourself.

People who were meant to be a somebody will become a somebody. Those who are meant to be bums become bums. Genetics go further than just physical appearance.

Just because you were raised Christian doesn't mean you'll remain the same. Likewise; people who grew up poor with chitty parents may very well end up rich themselves and vice versa.

You might be influenced slightly by certain people, situations or acts, but as a teenager or pre-teen, you can't possibly fathom the importance of lifestyle because you rely solely on your providers for everything.

Your parents may be living paycheck to paycheck struggling to feed you but do you really comprehend what that entails as a kid? All you know is that you have food on your plate everyday and clothes and that's how life is.

In the end you are who you are.

As I've grown a little older I see that alot more clearly.
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post 1457130733 08-11-2016, 10:36 AM
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Self-realization is the best form of learning in this type of situation. It's one thing to out-right lie to you, but they aren't lying when they say you can potentially be anything you want to be when you're so young. Think about it. They haven't realized how ugly you'll grow up to be, how short you'll be, how anti-social you will become, etc, so in their eyes you have potential. Notice how around middle school/high school parents will stop telling you these things unless you're actually on a trajectory to succeed (extremely talented/athletic/brilliant)

They mean well
post 1457130883 08-11-2016, 10:37 AM
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Maybe that is true but it hasn't been my experience. I came from a middle class family, went to public schools, I realized I didn't want that boring chit existence so I picked one of the hardest most promising majors in college, then worked my arse off to get into a good graduate program. Worked really hard after college for years to get where I am now. If you are a lazy pleb yes you can easily get stuck in a lifelong rut.
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post 1457131203 08-11-2016, 10:39 AM
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Because that's how it was for them. They actually could do whatever they wanted. College degree or not!

So don't blame them. That was the reality for them, and they just assumed it would be the same for us


(actually, they assumed it would be better for us because we had college degrees.)
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post 1457131513 08-11-2016, 10:41 AM
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These life lessons aren't something that can be taught. They have to be learned.

What's worse is helicopter parents who don't let their kids do anything on their own, and start calling frantically if they aren't back home by 9. If their kids aren't rebellious enough to tell their parents to fuk off, they grow up mentally and socially stunted.
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post 1457132103 08-11-2016, 10:44 AM
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wow, sucks to not achieve things you wanted in life. I am exactly where I wanted to be, and then some. why don't you take charge of your life rather than letting life tell you what to do?
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So you would rather be told how chitty life is from the beginning and miserabe your whole childbood?
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post 1457132783 08-11-2016, 10:48 AM
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You can still do whatever you want fkn lmao at all the sad phucks in this thread. So many *******s on the misc.

people make a living off of youtube videos or blogging lmao. people have gone from broke with nothing to filthy rich.

You're just a sad fuk with no drive. you have to actually go out and take risks and make things happen. Otherwise you'll jlust be another sad fuk with a 9-5
post 1457132803 08-11-2016, 10:48 AM
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Deep down, on a subconscious level, older generations are a bit selfish because they know that one day they will be dependent and will want someone younger to look after them to ensure their survival.

Ever noticed how hyper-rustled baby boomers and older gen-Xers get if you say out loud that you wish you could never pay a cent into social security or any collective pension funds and just try to secure your own future retirement independently? These old fukkers paid into a ponzi scheme for years like the sheeple they are, and they don't want the gravy train to dry up when they're still alive. Once they're dead they couldn't care less if the economy collapses and half the population starves to death.

I think this "you can be anything you want to be" is part of this generational brainwashing to keep us subservient towards our elders. By the time young people realize its a lie, they're often stuck in a marriage and have a $400k mortgage on a house that would have cost $120k just 20 years earlier, and there's less opportunity for any form of rebellion against the status quo.
post 1457133553 08-11-2016, 10:53 AM
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Maybe it's better to preserve that innocence before the rat race goes in dry and ends the tour
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post 1457133903 08-11-2016, 10:56 AM
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They just couldn't predict that you'd end up a *******. I always knew that nothing is given to you on a platter. I dropped college (which was paid for by a scholarship because I busted my ass in highschool) to start trading, now I make my own hours and in a few years expect to have enough to live on my own terms while still having enough for growth.

Stop blaming everyone but yourself OP.
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The thing is that you are capable of doing whatever you want, you just have to work for it instead of bitching.
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post 1457134853 08-11-2016, 11:02 AM
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I wish my parents sent me to a high end boarding school at the age of 2.

I wish they would've forced me to master violin by the age of 5.

and I had a happy childhood. But fuk it, I'd trade 10 happy years of childhood for 50 years of happy adulthood without a blink. Srsly, fuk mediocre parents. Don't have kids until you're on Trump's level. Look how his kids turned out.

LMAO if you think people become who they were meant to be. Rich parents who care about their offspring will have rich, intelligent and beautiful kids. Meanwhile 99% of ****lians will live in poverty for the rest of their life because their parents think having more kids = future pension.
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Originally Posted By RushEm
as a kid I had everyone, my parents, teachers, adult family members, telling me I could do whatever/be rich when i grow up. now i'm slowly realizing the precious days of my life will most likely be limited to sitting down at a computer and working for hours on end forsome company that doesn't give a chit about meand only wants to get richer. what a scam. why do they lie? as a kid i was pretty sharp, i would have appreciated if they just straight up told me 'hey so you've got like an 80% chance of doing what we're all doing, being an adult is chit and you'll amount to about 60k/year if you even get a job out of college boyo. you'll count the minutes off the clock and pray that it is friday, or that Jim brought in some donuts at least. then you'll be pressured into marriage and, well...enjoy lmao!'.

fkn liars mane
WTF were you looking for then?

Sit around and do nothing for money? Have a company let you get drunk and stoned while at work? Play games at work?
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Originally Posted By RushEm
as a kid I had everyone, my parents, teachers, adult family members, telling me I could do whatever/be rich when i grow up. now i'm slowly realizing the precious days of my life will most likely be limited to sitting down at a computer and working for hours on end for some company that doesn't give a chit about me and only wants to get richer. what a scam. why do they lie? as a kid i was pretty sharp, i would have appreciated if they just straight up told me 'hey so you've got like an 80% chance of doing what we're all doing, being an adult is chit and you'll amount to about 60k/year if you even get a job out of college boyo. you'll count the minutes off the clock and pray that it is friday, or that Jim brought in some donuts at least. then you'll be pressured into marriage and, well...enjoy lmao!'.

fkn liars mane
Those who taught you, only passed on the information they were taught. It is a perpetuation of ignorance.

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Originally Posted By RushEm
as a kid I had everyone, my parents, teachers, adult family members, telling me I could do whatever/be rich when i grow up. now i'm slowly realizing the precious days of my life will most likely be limited to sitting down at a computer and working for hours on end for some company that doesn't give a chit about me and only wants to get richer. what a scam. why do they lie? as a kid i was pretty sharp, i would have appreciated if they just straight up told me 'hey so you've got like an 80% chance of doing what we're all doing, being an adult is chit and you'll amount to about 60k/year if you even get a job out of college boyo. you'll count the minutes off the clock and pray that it is friday, or that Jim brought in some donuts at least. then you'll be pressured into marriage and, well...enjoy lmao!'.

fkn liars mane
Age: 20
Originally Posted By AngusPeppered
So phuking true. Nobody ever told me how brutal the rat race is and how depressing working 40+ hours at a place you don't really want to be at is. My major is aerospace engineering so I'll probably get paid decent when I get a career job but I know it won't make me happy. Wish my parents would have taught me to think outside of the box to find a way to get rich or start a business so I could escape the 9-5 life
Age: 21


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post 1457136463 08-11-2016, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted By nctarheels21
Because that's how it was for them. They actually could do whatever they wanted. College degree or not!

So don't blame them. That was the reality for them, and they just assumed it would be the same for us


(actually, they assumed it would be better for us because we had college degrees.)
this op. Our parents generation actually had real opportunity. Obama ended that
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Originally Posted By badlasagna
wow, sucks to not achieve things you wanted in life. I am exactly where I wanted to be, and then some. why don't you take charge of your life rather than letting life tell you what to do?
I was expecting a cheeky comment by you when I saw your avi but then you posted a serious but true comment, wtf?!?!
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Parents don't necessarily lie, I would say it's an exception for them to say you will be ultra successful. I'd vouch they'll provide assurance (Everything will work out just fine by itself), but this is less about lying and more about accepting their own mediocrity and relaying the same experience to you.
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Originally Posted By JamaicaBrah
Age: 20



Age: 21


What the fk am i reading
This.
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Always losers saying stuff like this. Just because you failed at life doesn't mean everyone else will do the same...
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Originally Posted By RushEm
as a kid I had everyone, my parents, teachers, adult family members, telling me I could do whatever/be rich when i grow up. now i'm slowly realizing the precious days of my life will most likely be limited to sitting down at a computer and working for hours on end for some company that doesn't give a chit about me and only wants to get richer. what a scam. why do they lie? as a kid i was pretty sharp, i would have appreciated if they just straight up told me 'hey so you've got like an 80% chance of doing what we're all doing, being an adult is chit and you'll amount to about 60k/year if you even get a job out of college boyo. you'll count the minutes off the clock and pray that it is friday, or that Jim brought in some donuts at least. then you'll be pressured into marriage and, well...enjoy lmao!'.

fkn liars mane
people like to think about the fact that there are no limitations on your possible outcomes, and they don't focus on the probability of you getting there.
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Originally Posted By RushEm
as a kid I had everyone, my parents, teachers, adult family members, telling me I could do whatever/be rich when i grow up. now i'm slowly realizing the precious days of my life will most likely be limited to sitting down at a computer and working for hours on end for some company that doesn't give a chit about me and only wants to get richer. what a scam. why do they lie? as a kid i was pretty sharp, i would have appreciated if they just straight up told me 'hey so you've got like an 80% chance of doing what we're all doing, being an adult is chit and you'll amount to about 60k/year if you even get a job out of college boyo. you'll count the minutes off the clock and pray that it is friday, or that Jim brought in some donuts at least. then you'll be pressured into marriage and, well...enjoy lmao!'.

fkn liars mane
For whatever pussification reason, your generation was lied to about this and also coddled and shielded from a lot of what's out there.

When I grew up, I wasn't told that stuff. In fact I was told things like, 'you better do XYZ or you're going to end up broke etc" on a regular basis. My dad would preach hard reality to me all the time and he was right 99.9% of the time. I do that with my kids, they don't always like to hear it but that's why I'm the dad. Their mom (my ex) may or may not tell them what they want to hear, but they'll get the truth from me. Which is why I'm the 'bad guy' but someone's got to set them straight.
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Such is the cold harsh truth that we call "reality" brah srs

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Avoid those who do not want to empower and only attempt to sabotage your progress
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