Here's actual life advice from our "mirror subreddit"

Yeah... just do what's "at least bearable" for 40+ years. Come live in reality and be miserable for 8+ hours Monday to Friday like the rest of us. That's not wasting your life at all.

"Show up every day for years and you'll get promoted". That promotion might even come with a raise that keeps up with real inflation so you can tread water while feeling like you're making progress.

Just join the rat race, keep your head down, do as you're told and maybe you'll be allowed to enjoy the final 10-20 years of your life if you play your cards right and invest your melting monopoly money in the right assets.

Don't get me wrong. There's nothing wrong with having a job. It's the "it's normal to be miserable most of your life" mentality that I have an issue with.