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[–] Kushia@lemmy.ml 118 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah because fuck hustle culture.

[–] Chriswild@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’ll take the long odds of you vs. a serious pothead in being more chillaxed and housing mucho pie

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[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 88 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I'll stick with my guiding principle "do whatever crackheads aren't doing".

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So not your mom... yeah that's good advice.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are you suggesting crackheads have disposable income for hookers?

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't hookers usually charge though?

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Gilles_D@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Why do you want to know?

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't think crackheads are having sex with my mom... Which means I must have sex with her D:

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Curses! Foiled by logic yet again!

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

OC has been suspiciously silent since they learned crackheads breathe

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[–] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 81 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Kase@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

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

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 63 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

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

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

You gotta do what you gotta do for $20.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Greedflation coupled with stagnant wages, probably.

[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 28 points 2 years 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 35 points 2 years ago

LinkedIn vibes

[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 29 points 2 years ago

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

[–] coholic@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not that addicted to life...

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

At least crackheads have some goal in life..

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 23 points 2 years ago

Instructions unclear, now I’m addicted to crack.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] wafflez@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 12 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

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

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] SeekPie@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Well you know, lemmy knows best?

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[–] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

This is truly motivational

[–] alucard@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago

Fuck. That’s dark.

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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

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