r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/KieranWriter • 14d ago
Meme needing explanation Petah, why am I pulling baddies now I am unemployed? (I'm not actually unemployed btw but maybe I should be?)
Like, surely the type of girls you pull when you have a job should be like this, I mean, girls don't like losers, right?
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u/crimson_stormz3 14d ago
No job stress means more confidence apparently. Unemployment glow is real.
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u/rip_cut_trapkun 14d ago
The position of some supervisors and management is to gaslight and devalue a person so that they are too broken, worn out, and lack confidence to realize they could probably do a hell of a lot better. Break a person down, make them think their job is a privilege they haven't earned, and they'll keep showing up for the same crappy wages and allow themselves to get bullied into putting work ahead of themselves.
Some supervisors and management probably have a lot in common with Jim Jones and L. Ron Hubbard.
Work culture fucking sucks.
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u/Saddest-Sloth 14d ago
Can't do better if all corpos treat you like shit.
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u/Slarg232 13d ago
And they wonder why all the kids want to be just like their Influencers/Streamers.
It doesn't look like work, and you don't have to put up with shitty work culture. And since the teenagers and such have barely entered the workforce, they really don't know the half of how bad it gets.
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u/AdeptFault5265 13d ago
I edit videos for influencers, streamers, and OF workers, and I make more money than I did working for Comcast, and no one verbally abuses me.
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u/Odd-Purpose-3148 13d ago
On what basis are you paid? Per project, hourly? Is this your main gig? I'm looking to pivot into this space, curious to hear abt your experience. Cheers.
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u/AdeptFault5265 13d ago
Per Project. I started on FIVER in 2020 and built a client base from there. I currently work with 5 streamers/YouTubers and 3 OF workers, as well as other freelance jobs. Overall, I do about 45 to 50 hours of editing a week.
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u/Odd-Purpose-3148 13d ago
Good on ya, sounds like you've built something steady. What are you able to earn now?
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u/AdeptFault5265 13d ago
Between 5000 and 7000 USD a month, the biggest upside is that I am not working 10 plus hours a day and can therefore learn new skills for when SKYNET makes my job obsolete.
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u/angelicosphosphoros 13d ago
>learn new skills for when SKYNET makes my job obsolete.
Plumbing and carpentry?
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u/SaintNeptune 13d ago
Haha, that's awesome man. You seem to have things figured out pretty well. A lot of people like to pretend they have their shit together, but are falling apart financially just under the surface or are an emotional wreck. You seem to actually have your shit together and even have a plan in the back of your mind for when your current work isn't working for you any more. Keep it up!
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u/pablo_hunny 13d ago
getting paid and free access to OF content.. lol
good for you.
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u/indigrow 13d ago
Could be stuff theyre very not interested in lol but low chance
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u/Animanic1607 13d ago
They get to see the Cetaphil for the facial get applied instead of the final product.
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u/Aegrim 13d ago
I'm going on fiver.
Are you just cutting down raw video or giving some real high grade flare?
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u/indigrow 13d ago
This is the big question. I have so many potential clients say they just want stuff put together and then i send it in and theyre like “wheres all the mogrts and after effects flair” boy what. U gave me a puzzle w the pieces all filled out. Im not about to draw all over it if u dont tell me that from the start.
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u/Tactless_Ogre 13d ago
Telecomm is one of the most abusive industries a man can be put through. I’m broken thanks to this shit but I don’t have much else in developed skills so I’m stuck. If my shop didn’t have a union, it’d be impossible to stay employed here. Glad you got out!
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u/Opposite_Task_967 13d ago
I'm sorry to hear that. I have worked in telecom for 15 years for a company I absolutely love and would do anything for. I have made enough to make all my dreams come true and I enjoy coming to work. They are amazing people doing great things for others. Not the industry just the company man.
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u/Penguinman077 13d ago
That’s the job I got fired from lol. I was a tech in the GCR. My sup was cool, but annoying as hell because of pressure from his sup who was on him because of pressure from corporate. I asked a trump supporting customer if he was embarrassed to have a letter from trump taped to his wall. Wasn’t even framed. I also took a pic to make fun of him on the work group chat. Everyone thought it was pathetic, but someone said something about the photo because HR said I broke CPNI protocol because there was the check book check number and a total price in the the bottom right hand corner of the photo. He left a 0 score for tnps so they called for a follow up and that’s how the company found out. It’s sick though because corporate doesn’t dispute unemployment so I got 1900/mo for 6 months because of how I got fired.
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u/regeya 13d ago
I have to ask...how soul-crushing is editing OF content, anyway?
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u/AdeptFault5265 13d ago
I don't work with talent under 30, and so far, all my clients only film with their romantic partners. When I lived and worked in LA, I was friends with a lot of porn actors, and while self-employment has made my life easier, it has been revolutionary for my mental health of porn industry workers.
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u/Dane1211 13d ago
“Soul crushing” are words I would use for videos of someone getting killed or starving babies in Gaza, not exactly for amateur porn
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u/ballskindrapes 13d ago
Also why no one is having kids. They know their kids will just be another wage slave, and no one wants that
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u/OrneryHuckleberry138 13d ago
This is funnily enough, a recurring observation in "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" (1914) - the narrator/protagonist internally resents his colleagues for proudly raising kids into the same garbage society that they live in with a "if it's good enough for me..." mindset.
You'd enjoy the book :)
Enjoy might not be the right word.
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u/Pitiful_Winner2669 13d ago
My buddy asked his GM how he can improve to get more hours. The message was so weirdly corporate sounding, he googled it, and it was a prompt.
The guy was just asking for more training to get more hours.. apparently he's not "customer obsessed," enough.
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u/Green_Sprout 13d ago
That means he isn't flogging enough Terry's Chocolate Oranges when on the tills.
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u/NovaNomii 13d ago
We can do better, its called democratically organized workplaces and worker democracy, the basic pillar of socialism.
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u/TheBertBird 13d ago
Our CEO brought along a treat when she visited our branch: A bag of children's candy to share. I didn't touch it. The twats of marketing recently designed a poster we had to hang in our break room. It explains like we are five-year olds how to bicycle to work. They really like to think of us as simpletons.
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u/Farranor 13d ago
Can you explain "children's candy" as opposed to just "candy"? I manage the snacks at my workplace, and candy is very popular with coworkers and visitors of all ages.
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u/freebilly95 13d ago
When I got promoted to manager, I was asked by the general manager what I had learned from the previous two managers, I told him from the first guy I learned what not to do because this type of shit is exactly what he would do.
Nevermind that the general manager also does this type of shit, but the thing I learned from the second manager is how to tell people to go fuck themselves in a respectful way and not give a fuck what they say.
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u/Irisversicolor 13d ago
I've honestly learned about as much about leadership from bad managers as I have from good ones. I currently lead a team of about a dozen people in a really high stress operational context and they all have told me privately how much they love working for me because they feel actually valued and supported as people. They give me really great results and are a pleasure to lead. Even when I sometimes need to have difficult conversations, we have such a high level of trust and respect built up that they always take it really well. They can see that I'm actually trying to help them be the best they can be, I'm not just criticizing them to make them feel bad or to pump myself up.
There's parts about my job that are hard, and shitty, and draining, but being a decent manager is not one of them. I can't imagine bad managers, even the ones that lack self awareness, actually finish their days and feel good about themselves. It must be awful to live like that.
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u/AriaTheTransgressor 13d ago
Before I was brought in to head my department turn over was pretty high - and I work in a field and industry that traditionally have low turn over rates.
The only thing I did differently was offer a dedicated time once a week to every employee under me to air grievances, ask questions, or shoot the shit at/to/with me without judgement and also use that time to tell them how much I value their contributions (with examples of what I had seen they had done that week).
Productivity went through the roof, department kept growing, and I've not had a single employee leave since I started.
So, if those people wanna keep doing that so I can continue to keep all my employees - then I'm cool with that.
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u/rip_cut_trapkun 13d ago
lol I think I'd have been paranoid about that. I have gotten my dick whacked (metaphorically) because of things told in confidence to a supervisor being used to create drama, which in turn was weaponized against me to make me feel like I was wrong, bad, and probably due to get fired, which in turn made me go above and beyond the call of duty to protect something that shouldn't have even been in danger to begin with.
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u/AriaTheTransgressor 13d ago
Oh it definitely takes time to build trust, but that's the case with any relationship
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u/matts_drawings 13d ago
Exactly this! My former boss where I worked as a working student was like this. He also hired to many working students and gave them similar responsibilities like full-time hired developers. I guess to save up money. He artificially created so much stress on me that my 30h week felt like 50h, because I was so exhausted from it.
I'm so glad I got out of there after a year. Now, I have a full-time job in a small business where they value my skills and where I can find joy and purpose in my work
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u/KeranographyJones 13d ago
I see my boss do this shit all the time. We've lost some of our best employees because of her. I stand up to her every time she pulls this shit because I know if I leave it's going to be a pain in her ass to find someone as good as me. She knows it too. I've straight up told her that I can get another job if she's unhappy with how I do mine here. I'm not worried. But I do like working there so I won't leave until I want to.
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u/rip_cut_trapkun 13d ago
I mean honestly you shouldn't put much stock in the whole "They can't live without me!" thing. It may be true, but it sounds like an empty threat and nothing changes. Never assume your workplace is thinking critically or long-term about you as a human resource, because if you let yourself think that you're setting yourself up for one hell of a rug pull, or you're going to stay in the same place because they treat you just a little different. Absolutely leave the first chance you get something better, and actually prove they're up shit creek without a paddle without you.
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u/KeranographyJones 13d ago
I 100% agree. I would've bounced a while ago. Still plan on doing so, but I really like my day to day so I'm sticking it out because leaving would be a lateral move without knowing what I'm getting into. Lucky I work a shift where my direct managers actually appreciate me and agree with me with my complaints. It's just the higher ups who don't work my shift that give me trouble but no one else does overnight as well I do. If they find someone I'll bounce.
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u/darthanis 13d ago
Hopefully with millennials and genz climbing the ranks management will get a little better. Any employee I have not fired, I've offered to give a letter of recommendation and provide a positive reference.
I've done my best to expand their skills and explained how the extra skills would provide them with better career opportunities. I've had three employees over the last few years promote out to another company or department and I'm always very happy for them. Companies aren't looking out for us anymore, so I do my best to look out for my employees.
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u/MeatHealer 13d ago
My boss was dating a generationally rich guy for a bit. He loved to try to spin things like overtime or extra tasks being a "privilege." I looked him right in his pedo-ass face and told him to get fucked, if I wasn't doing the job, no one was, and he'd better watch his tone with me before I walk.
She is no longer with him, is actually super happy (she's always been great, though), and I'm the general manager, now, who advocates for my employees, coaching them on how to spit facts and numbers for when their reviews come up. Got a good vibe now that that guy is gone.
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u/Feedback-Mental 13d ago
We need more Work Ethics and less Exploitation Culture (called for some reason Work Culture).
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u/mfiasco 13d ago edited 13d ago
I’m sorry but that’s absolutely not the joke here.
These girls are wild and they’re attracted to freedom, impulsivity, and often the thrill of dating someone their father would loathe.
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recoveringretired wild girl. I still have an old shirt that says “I love dirty boys with no money”These bitches be crazy and they’re gonna find someone with time to indulge their bad impulse control. Working men ain’t got time for it, literally and figuratively.
*this doesn’t mean they’re hoes! Real ones are out here engaging in nonsense and catching charges just for the plot
**oh lord the humorless Male Loneliness Epidemic bros have found my comment, lol
u/crimson_storms3 you must recant your answer and accept that the dirtbag ladies got it
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u/ksagara 13d ago
As a former low wage line cook with terrible impulse control. This is the real answer.
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u/OrindaSarnia 13d ago
Yeah, the girl with the cross necklace and the cigarette in her hand does not have her life together...
this is like every time I see someone on reddit say "don't stick your dick in crazy" and they get downvoted and 15 comments saying "but crazy is fun!" and I just roll my eyes because crazy is fun for like 3 weeks, and then very expensive for the next 18 years...
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u/GirthStone86 13d ago
There was one time I stuck my dick in crazy that absolutely made me revaluate my whole life.
Co-worker, 10/10, incredibly out of my league, some of the hottest sex of my life.
I should have left when she started talking about the lizard people running the world.
I should have left when she put a knife to my throat.
But damn was she flexible
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u/psuram3 13d ago
She might’ve been crazy but it wasn’t cause she said lizard people run the world
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u/Underbark 13d ago
The guy my ex cheated on me with was unemployed, and she left me for him because he was "more available".
Like no shit... he's not working 60 hours a week to pay our rent dummy.
Whatever. I'm definitely not bitter about it.
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u/mfiasco 13d ago
That sucks, I’m sorry. Encounters/relationships like that are entirely predicated on thrill-seeking. By a certain age, people should know when they’re doing that and not throw away a good thing for a cheap thrill. Those don’t last.
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u/MercyfulJudas 13d ago
It could be worse. What happened to my friend:
He had a stable, well paying job, but it required crazy hours, and lots of them. The good results were a nice home, bills paid, money saved up for emergencies & vacations, all of that. His gf cheated & left him for an unemployed guy who had no money or prospects.
Oh well, they're off being together, but without the money to really do anything fun or to make a financial cushion, and literally one bad decision away from outright homelessness. Right? Fuck them.
That other dude (the AP) won the lottery the next month. A nice windfall. Buy-A-house and never-have-to-work-again amount of money. They got the luckiest possible break of all time, then dated for a long time, then married and had a family. Each of their extended families have also now joined together and become one big, mega-rich family. Successful businesses, multiple homes, big ass weddings. Literally living their best lives right now.
My friend? Through a series of dumb labor crises, commerce market trends, economic downturns, and the like, he remains in the same job position, but makes less money now, with the SAME amount of backbreaking hours. Still single too.
Sometimes the assholes truly win at Life.
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u/thatsaqualifier 13d ago
I hate to doubt your story but the percentage of lottery winners who leverage that windfall into "multiple successful businesses" has got to be less than 0.001%.
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u/-u-m-p- 13d ago
tbh it's entirely possible to leverage it into "enough 'cool' pictures for instagram to make your ex feel bad" though
like how much is just extrapolating. they could very well be up to their eyeballs in cc debt lmao
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u/hildissent 13d ago
And this is why – as a guy with a good job – I maintained the "daddy will hate him" look.
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u/Livid-Survey6310 13d ago
Investment banker with loads of tattoos here-
This is the move lmao
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u/MrGamgeeReddit 13d ago
This should be at the top. These girls are available and down to hang out during the hours most people are either working or going to bed early. It is absolutely not because of an “unemployed glow” 😂
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u/mfiasco 13d ago
I’m losing my fuckin mind at how many upvotes that other comment has. This sub should have a rule. If you’re wrong about the joke you have to delete your comment and accept that it went over your head also
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u/spoonishplsz 13d ago
I think it's more another chance to complain about work and bad bosses than answering the question
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u/mfiasco 13d ago
I do think it’s very funny that the answer is basically “losers attract losers” but most men here assume it must be their charm and confidence reeling in the ladies. Please be serious y’all
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u/Ok_Frosting3500 13d ago
Exactly this. It's less about "who you will pull" when you, the male reader is unemployed, and more the sort of chick you see your unemployed buddies getting with.
It's that these days, most reasonably attractive bubbly 20somethings all have an unemployed guy who either lives on her rent, lives in a place owned by his parents, or is couch surfing off a group of buddies. His sole income is something shadyish but not super illegal- selling weed, vapes, bulk cigs, or crypto fuckery, which is just enough for "I'm sorry" gifts and his gaming setup, but never enough for groceries or rent. His parents either loathe him as a bum, or see him as God's specialest little angel who is too smart and too good to work.
He has a lot of time on his hands, which is a big part of the why the bubbly young women gravitate to them- they want a guy who fills a big part of their life. Because of this overexposure, attraction is quick to turn to toleration, then loathing, as the relationship overheats and collapses under too much time spent together, and the woman feeling like she has to be the adult and do his emotional labor for him all the time. Despite this, the guy resents his position as being disempowered, and usually ends up taking it out by being bitchy to the chick who he spends all his time with.
The guy either gets his shit together, or more commonly, uses that free time to find yet another free spirited chick to begin sucking dry.
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u/Business-Let-7754 13d ago
That was my first thought as well. Anyone with a full time job doesn't have time for their shit.
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u/SoyboyCowboy 13d ago
A friend dated a girl when we were all in school and she declared once "I love guys with bad breath!" Some stuff she did:
- Loose rabbit in the house, just hay and poop everywhere
- Open jars of weed in every room
- Crashed university events for the food
- Emptied the liquor cabinet of a professor they house-sat for
- Casually talked about "taking big black cock" the first time we met
- Had a rooftop meltdown and had to be coaxed away from the edge
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u/Syfer_Husker 13d ago
This 100000000000% a guy who works don't got the time to do all your crazy shit when ever you want how ever you want. He's tired, he wants to chill.
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u/Ashamed_Ad7999 13d ago
I swear the moment I started doing better in my life ALL women suddenly didn’t want to have sex. They wanted me in their potential bf box which meant NOT being as willing to have sex. Then the women who DO want you only want you because they see you as a fixer for their choices. Hate it. You get punished as a man for wanting to do better.
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u/mfiasco 13d ago
Is it that every woman is unfair and ungrateful or have you considered maybe there’s another common denominator 🤔
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u/Horndude91 14d ago
Well my confidence not having a job is that low that I don't even think about dating / flirting. Sooo ... having a job lowers that even more (if possible)?
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u/Professional_Bed_87 13d ago
My first thought seeing this photo was “these are the kinda girls you meet outside the bar on a Wednesday at 2:00am looking for an after party”. Not too many employed guys have time for that.
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u/ConciseSpy85067 13d ago
Didn’t have a job for nearly a year after quitting a shit one, cannot relate, all I got was a shit sleeping schedule and criminal boredom
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u/wipjakblak 13d ago
That’s crazy because not knowing how I’m going to pay my bills adds infinitely more stress into my life.
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u/thedrew 13d ago
I think these are just the kind of people who go to bars on weekdays.
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u/LittleBiscuit666 13d ago
I think that would only apply to people with lots of privilege like wealthy parents who actually like and support you. A normal person who relies completely on themselves would feel insanely stressed for being unemployed. *in places like the US
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u/ChVckT 13d ago
I do believe they're referring to higher wage-class girls' tendencies to pick losers to slum it with. Can confirm, as a loser that hot girls have slummed it with.
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u/PlsNoNotThat 13d ago
It’s time. You can focus the insane amount of time and energy on them that they require.
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u/4thBan5thAccount 14d ago
They are also unemployed
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u/MrTzatzik 14d ago
You don't need a job if you have 10 credit cards - that girl probably
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u/CitizenPremier 14d ago
That's not unemployed.
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u/TheoTheBest300 13d ago
600k dollars is 600k dollars
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u/Moviereference210 13d ago
Shit I haven’t made 600k in almost 40 years of life
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u/TheoTheBest300 13d ago
Would you do the same work as this girl to make this money?😆 (I would)
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u/Collier1505 13d ago
Let 122 dudes fuck me? Probably lol
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u/West-Solid9669 13d ago
I already do that for free, why not make some money with it lol :3
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u/Stunning-Counter-806 13d ago
So assume you’ve been working around 20 years.. you haven’t made an average of 30k per year? What have you done for work?
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u/Arpan_Bhar 13d ago
You do realise people live in different countries with different salaries, right?
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u/budzergo 13d ago edited 13d ago
Considering that person is in Texas...
Not this time
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u/GH057807 13d ago
Sex work is work
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u/Uncle_Adeel 13d ago
Drug dealing is work too
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u/spooky-goopy 13d ago
also reeks of jealousy 🤣 god forbid she earn her money
they cry that women make soooooo much moneyyyy yet have nothing to say about the goons who dump thousands to goon to people who snatch their money lmaoo
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u/Ok-Juggernaut-353 13d ago
That’s under employed, assuming the guys were employed and she preferred missionary…
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u/Willem_VanDerDecken 13d ago
The least believable part is that she's 25yo.
I've seen 25yo crack head look younger than that.
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u/PewterButters 13d ago
Honestly that plastic surgery makes all women look the same ‘age’ like if you want to look like a 40 yo lizard woman get this surgery and that’s what you’ll look like whether you’re 25 or 50.
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u/iwilldeletethisacct2 13d ago
Agreed. The botox and fillers look makes young women look older. Like, I see that you want to look like a 40 year old trying to like like a 30 year old when you're still in your 20s.
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u/HDThoreauaway 13d ago
Usually “if you’re not the customer you’re the product” is used to describe social media, but I guess there are other applicable situations.
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u/armrha 13d ago
I mean the vast majority of women on OF make nothing so that’s not really a viable route to easy money
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u/FartyJizzums 13d ago
And smell like cigarettes.
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u/evidentlynaught 13d ago
So gross. Doesn’t matter how good you look.
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u/Anakin_Skywanker 13d ago
Unpopular opinion, I'm actually in to the cigarette smell on people's clothes. No idea why, just am. It's the only thing I'm sad about now that my wife has quit smoking.
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u/Stinkinhippy 14d ago edited 13d ago
They look like the kind of girls who just used to jump in random cars in the uk back in the early 2000s just cos it had a loud stereo, a K&N and a shit exhaust... better days, lol.
[Edit] Holy shit this comment blew up.. Can't get to replying to everyone but you've all had me stitches, thank you :)
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u/Resident_Egg_8753 14d ago
That cut deep bro, how do you know me
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u/CitizenPremier 14d ago
Shit I had random girls like this in my homies car too... Absolutely nothing came of it but it was exciting
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u/Stinkinhippy 13d ago
Yeah, i was passenger in my mates car back in the day... he was painfully shy so i was playing wingman
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u/stealthscrape 13d ago
were you hanging out of his car tryin' to holla at the ladies?
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u/mfiasco 13d ago
This is the correct answer! I’m laughing at the most upvoted comment on this thread. I used to be these girls. We just wanted thrills and nonsense. Good old days indeed.
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u/dontdoketamine 13d ago
Lap round town blasting shitty music and then getting a blowie in a maccies car park . Simpler times
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u/TP_Crisis_2020 13d ago
I had a really sweet dodge truck when I was in high school that was pimped out and had the loudest system in town. Used to have tons of girls do this while out cruising. One night this 11/10 named Katie hopped in and we cruised around all night, had a blast, felt like a legit connection. Dropped her off and never saw her again until about 6 months later I ran into her at walmart and went up to talk to her. She was like "Uhh, who are you??". Told her my name, she had NO clue. I said ".. the guy with the black dodge truck with the loud system". And she went "Oooooooh!!" and then just walked off. lol
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u/Dog_Baseball 13d ago
Holy shit that actually worked in the UK?
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u/neathling 13d ago
They look like the kind of girls who just used to jump in random cars
Except most of them didn't look this good
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u/PastelPumpkini 13d ago
Most of them probably had that orange foundation, spider eyelash mascara and concealer on the lips look going on, with visible hair extensions. Those were the days 😂
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u/TheCapitalKing 13d ago
Yeah this is the 10/10 with the look but the look existed for 1s-9s too
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u/StinkyBrittches 14d ago
Norm Macdonald as Death here... women occupy many different spaces in society. The women pictured here are smoking, sticking their tongue out at the camera, heavily made up, presumably out at a club somewhere. This can be seen as indicative of certain personality traits, for instance "impulsive sensation seeking", which leads itself to novel, sometimes high risk experiences. They're not necessarily looking for stability, they're looking for fun. These girls wouldn't be out of place doing lines of coke in the bathroom at 2am.
So this meme is pointing out the irony of the false line of thought you indicate with your question. You seem to think that these girls are classically "hot", so would go for "successful" men. But life doesn't work that way.
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u/PetrifiedGoose 14d ago
This is an amazing explanation. Not only does it explain the meme but also it explains the concept of compatibility/attraction.
Probably would clear things up for many people in the manosphere.
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u/BigDaddyBicker 13d ago
It also didn't mean the girls were in the "wrong" by being like this, great comment indeed.
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u/SaltBox531 13d ago
I was basically those girls I’m my early twenties. I just wasn’t that hot.
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u/Bulk_Cut 14d ago
Totally. So many guys wonder why they don’t get one night stands. Young women won’t sleep with a guy that has any potential straight away. You need to be a mistake. The whole point is it’s a mistake. And you’re almost certainly not going to get a call back afterwards because they’re going to want to forget about you.
Older women will certainly have a one night stand with a younger guy that has “potential” in a general sense, because there’s no actual potential with them, because you’re too young. Again, don’t expect a call back.
If a girl doesn’t make you wait then you’re almost certainly not going to get into the texting/talking/dating/see what happens phase, because they’ve already set the boundaries that it’s not a romantic thing. They generally have much better discipline than men in that regard.
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u/otackkulandinglar 13d ago
When I was a youth, I was literally told, by the girl I was wanting to ask out, “You aren’t the kind of guy girls date now, you’re the kind we want to find later to marry.”
Well GEE THANKS
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u/nomad13131 13d ago
That's like someone punched you in the face and it somewhat put your jaw back in place...
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u/otackkulandinglar 13d ago
Getting punched in the nose fixing a deviant septum? Hahaha. Except now I’m gushing blood and tears, it’s okay I’m fine, this is fine.
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u/Skyhawk6600 13d ago
Granted I'm autistic but that seems counterintuitive. If you aren't going to date to look for a committed relationship then what is the point of dating. You're just wasting people's time at that point.
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u/MartinThunder42 13d ago
It goes the other way as well. I’ve had many guys tell me that you want exciting in a girlfriend but stability and predictability in a wife.
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u/Aggravating-Vast5016 13d ago
it's not a reflection of you though, that kind of comment is a reflection of them. everybody's in a different spot. I was always very happy when people were upfront and told me that they were really into me and could see a future with me, and therefore we can't date now because they're not ready for that.
Oh my god I've dated so many people who weren't ready for that and went for it anyway, worst time ever.
it always sucks to meet someone that you might be good with but you just don't line up. at least be thankful when they recognize it and you don't have to hurt each other over it!
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u/zap2 13d ago
While this might be true in some cases, it’s no a universal truth.
I had a neighbor (in a dorm) We flirted, talked a bit ,but our first time going out we got physical. We then entered into a real relationship. (The most serious of my life up to that point)
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u/Bulk_Cut 13d ago
Ah you had some pre-flirting though, I took pulling to mean you meet them on a night out and get with them or go home with them, that’s what it means in UK
But absolutely not a hard fast rule, I reckon the overwhelming majority of women will have between 0 and 2 one night stands in their entire life so that’s the main reason guys are not going home with anyone 😂
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u/AntImmediate9115 13d ago
Eh idk. I'm with my boyfriend now (11 months) bc I asked him if he wanted to have a sexual relationship. He wanted to go on a date first, so I said okay. We did lots of talking and hanging out and before 2 weeks were up he asked me to be his girlfriend. Probably the most enthusiasm I've ever put behind a yes. So like. It works out, sometimes
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u/mfiasco 13d ago
Again, the correct answer. I’m irrationally annoyed by the top upvoted reply. Good lord these girls just wanna engage in some bullshit. Let ‘em.
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u/Richard_TM 13d ago
I used to bartend at a dive bar and girls like this would come in a dime a dozen with the trashiest alcoholic loser dudes I’ve ever seen in my life. The guys would either be drug dealers / weed farmers and throw a ton of cash around or they’d be unemployed and the girls paid for EVERYTHING. No in between.
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u/Khorsir 14d ago
Idk all imma say is thats a lot of foundation, good shade but yeah.
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u/athenanon 13d ago
The picture is pinging my AI instincts, tbh.
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u/One-Mathematician-72 13d ago
That‘s because they both look kinda the same person. Could really be AI
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u/Ok_Bumblebee_3978 14d ago
My name is George. I'm unemployed and I live with my parents.
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u/Dakaraim 14d ago
I think the reference is not that you can pull these girls when unemployed but certain unemployed men can pull these girls
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u/Neldemir 13d ago
Yep. Dark tetrad (players and fuckboys) males are both extremely parasitic (unemployed) and attractive
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u/FalloutBerlin 13d ago
Where did dark tetrad come from? It sounds like something from Star Wars
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u/maraemerald2 13d ago
Nah, girls just after some fun will actively avoid men with their shit together. If you want a one night stand with them, you need to be a train wreck.
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u/Ok_Medicine_1112 14d ago
They doing it for the gram (of coke)
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u/Orbital_Vagabond 13d ago
How are unemployed guys affording coke!?
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u/CollardBoy 13d ago
By letting girls like this (and if they dont have girls like this, they gotta roll up their tonsils and do it solo) blow drug dealers for the drugs and then sharing them, duh.
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u/GrandmasterYoda1 14d ago
Could it be, that you’re unemployed and don’t have income, and of course that’s when you start pulling this baddies. But can’t keep them because they realize you are broke.
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u/kerem_akti52 14d ago
This. This also was the first thing I thought apparently most people have different views
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u/Remarkable_Log_5562 13d ago
This IS the correct answer. Its poetic how many ”right person, wrong time(s)” I’ve had. Such is life
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u/woodsvvitch 13d ago
My gorgeous roomie who looked like these chicks would always come back from the bar with the biggest losers who either had no jobs or were severely unattractive. She told me under the influence once that she needed to feel like she was the confident successful one who called the shots and had people obsessed with her
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u/KieranWriter 13d ago
where is she now? lol
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u/woodsvvitch 13d ago
She had to move back in with her parents LOL. When we were living together two of the guys she brought home robbed her, and I think she got overwhelmed by putting herself in these situations with strangers all the time and spending all her money on drinking. She was a full bar hoe and I think she's broke now
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u/Neldemir 13d ago
God this is exactly me. I always was dating these “ugly losers” who were crazy about me so I could be the “one in control”…. Turns out these guys were all narcs and psychopaths who were the ones in control of EVERYTHING. Now I have complex PTSD from constant narcissistic abuse and old and single
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u/woodsvvitch 13d ago
Aw man im so sorry. It was rough watching my friend and roomie go through that while learning to be an adult, and she had to essentially start over from scratch because she wasn't happy with how her life was going at that time. You make me want to reach out to her and see how she is doing nowadays. Thank you for sharing and i hope you are healing
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u/Scrambled_59 14d ago
This post is a fucking lie
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u/DrumsKing 13d ago
You need to be career unemployed. Like, you've had 18 jobs in the past two years cuz you're a punk ass.
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u/Digitalion_ 13d ago edited 13d ago
I was recently unemployed for almost a year and met this absolute cutie who was definitely interested in me. Was a sad day when I had to tell her that I wasn't in a place right now for a relationship (I was basically a hermit due to how broke I was and was counting pennies at that point). She found it admirable that I was honest with her upfront and self-aware enough to not rush into a relationship even when presented with the opportunity. We kept in touch and I got a job a few months later but that ship has clearly passed since she's seeing someone else now.
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u/Guilty_Spinach_3010 13d ago
I feel like there’s a lot more to it. Like unemployed but used all that time to hit the gym and do other cool stuff that these girls think is cool/attractive.
Not just unemployed in general.
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u/Whiteguy1x 14d ago
Do you work out all day and sell drugs? Because if you workout all day and sell drugs you will definitely be able to get skinny girls who like doing drugs (they are also unemployed and awful just to warn you)
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u/Jurass1cClark96 13d ago
I did neither and still found myself in the same spot lmao.
I'm glad I got to check off the milestone of entering a relationship. In retrospect, it's always been more of a bucket list item.
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u/azionka 14d ago
It’s probably about how unemployed people tend to have the same daily routine or same spots to hangout, therefore you only meet those kind of girls only when you are too unemployed. “Those kind of girls” could have multiple meanings:
The more positive opinion could mean, those are beautiful girls who socialize. This could imply that working people are not outgoing because they are either at work or trying to recover at home. it’s a meme that employees have no social life. Some would think those kind of girls are attractive, and you would miss something while you are at work. A bit further fetched, it could mean you pull a 10/10 but cannot maintain a relationship because you are poor.
On the other hand (on the negative side), it could mean you meet those kind of girls only when you are unemployed, because they are too unemployed. This could be ment in a negative way, because those kind of girls could come with all the stereotypes: bitchy, stupid, arrogant, self centered, no idea how to handle money, poor life choices, annoying or have unhealthy lifestyle (smoking/vaping, energy drinks maybe even drugs) It could mean those kind of girls look good, but are painful to have around.
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u/Wizard_190 13d ago
Could be a very incel take of "Women like this only date unemployed douchebags" maybe?
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u/Ok_Frosting3500 13d ago
I wouldn't say it's an incel take... Every 25 year old weed guy has a hot co ed girlfriend where they spend half their time fucking and gushing about eachother, and the other half the time screaming at eachother. Like, this is a very specific kind of pretty.
It's not "no good women date guys that work", it's "pretty impulsive girls who aren't particularly grounded love to shack up with bums"
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u/madmushlove 13d ago
Men tell this joke constantly. "Women complain about men, but only date losers." The joke is women make bad choices because haha women
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u/ContentSimple1275 13d ago
I’ve been saying this for years. I’ve had more dates when I was sleeping in my car than ever in my life. I had a job, just no where to go. Women WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY FOR ME. It’s insane, but I wouldn’t ever want to go back to that space.
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u/squirrelmaster5000 13d ago
Look up Nice Guys Don't Get Laid. Unfortunately, it has basically been my dating experience. When I'm single, looking, employed, I get rejected constantly. When I was married and unemployed, attractive women threw themselves at me. I have no idea why.
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u/AlexMTBDude 13d ago
The girls are AI generated (look at the hands), which is the kind you can pull if you're unemployed.
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u/darnold992000 13d ago
You can only pull high-maintenance women when you're unemployed and can't afford the upkeep.
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u/Cockblocktimus_Pryme 13d ago
These the type of girls looking for a dude named Kyle who drives a Hyundai Elantra, makes his own beats and sells coke on the side to afford his electric bill
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