How do people not even work at all their whole lives and live comfortably?

I have a friend who never held a full-time job his whole life before, and he has a degree, but however he just stays at home and plays computer games like maplestory and lives comfortably, going to posh places to eat.

When asked how he gets money he told me he earns from selling his game items, which really makes

me wonder if he is lying or he is really earning enough by simply selling his virtual items.

Funny thing is his family isn’t rich yet he can afford a Rolex and doesn’t seem in a hurry to get a job at all, while most of us here immediately go for interviews when we graduated from university.

Does anyone else have friends who don’t work yet are rich without depending on their family?

Here are what netizens think:

• Maplestory items can go for thousands FYI.

• Lesson: You will never really know someone’s financial status. You’re only seeing what others allow you to see.

• How would you know he isn’t working from home? In the current climate, I have many friends who are working from home remotely and go in to office at most 2 to 3 times a month. A Rolex could be fake, or could be an investment. I didn’t know much about watches but earlier on when the kermits were going for like 8k, my friend told me that they would probably appreciate in value and at worst hold their value, I took my house, down-payment and bought 10 kermits and 5 daytonas. At the peak of the bubble, managed to sell them off and instead of only paying for the down-payment, I almost fully paid off my bto already.

• Maybe he tio toto?

• Hes thinking outside the maplestory box.

Depressing storytime. You know how in school your teachers tell you that hard work is most important than intelligence?

I used to believe that until I got into uni.

My PSLE 100+ almost went NT but got into NA stream. A lot of my classmates are typical pai kia, smoke in toilet, don’t go school and fake MC, have S in school.

I’m the more guai type, study hard, attend all my class but just bad at study.

Maybe I stupid, idk, sometimes I see my other classmates sleep in class all day, never go school, never do homework but exam time results is same or better than me and it make me very angry, why I just cannot understand how to study??

My father kena fired that time, no money send me tuition but my teachers always offer help, give me extra tuition after school. My outside friends all also very help me, give me their school notes and past year exam papers. They all very smart, go atas school and express.

N level ok, O level not bad can go poly. At first want to challenge myself, purposely choose harder course. School alumni team even ask me go back talk to the NA NT tell them about my success into going poly.

Few months in results like s*** again, lecturer also advice me maybe this course not my calling, not suited for my skills so change to easy course, close both eye also can pass that kind. Again study very hard, go to all my lecture always ask question and after school mug until last bus home then go home.

Everyone told me I age a lot. My outside friends all also ask if I ok because I look like shit. No matter how hard I also pia because my family not rich, cannot afford change course then drop out, unlike my outside friends can go overseas do masters do this do that idw sound jealous but actually I quite jealous them.

Meet up with outside friends, all grad already, always talk about their work life, their job, marriage plan, BTO. I sit there like idiot because I 3 years behind everyone. They not purposely make me feel like shit, also give me a lot advice like do internship, do online course and build up CV all. Meanwhile I still over here studying like dog no time do internship or online course.

After mugging like for years, surprise surprise, average result. F! 90% my course mate don’t even go lecture, always ask me and others help take attendance, but still results come back half of them better than me. F**. Really F, IQ 0 EQ also 0.

Reaching 30 years old finally got 1 gf at 20+++ actually is I feel like I just anyhow settle for a gf because parents worried I gay or cannot get married so I shoot my shot with every girl. After that find out she also feel the same, just settle with me like I’m rebound because she just break up with her bf and want get back at him. We still in rs but sometimes feel like we just lonely together aiya that’s another story for another time.

Keep applying job, kena rejected by 99.999% company, only lanjiao insurance scammer give me call back. All the company tell me I no experience so cannot. Eventually bo bian settle for internship $800 a month while my outside friends working lawyer, doctor, banker all making 5-10 times more than me, probably even more.

How? Hard work? PUI! Hard work can put food on table? Can do well in school, get good job? Joke. I accepted already I just stupid. Think my big take away is the reason why is call “success story” because it almost never fucking happen.

Maybe make me better person? Can eat a lot of shit 吃苦大王 too bad in life king of eating shit get shit eating job and shit eating life.

I have no one to invite to my wedding

I (24F) am so stressed and a little sad because we are currently planning for our wedding but I can’t think of a single person (except family members) to invite to my wedding. I am an introvert and I am always that person in the friend group that everyone forgets.

I feel so sad that I have no friends to invite. What should I do? 🙁

Netizens’ comments

• Absolutely no shame in doing a simple ceremony. It is in fact a wiser decision. My cousin had family+some extended family over lunch at a nice spot, private room. we had a great time because we could chat, enjoy the food, the elderlies are all smiles and basically it’s good bonding.
  Why be pressured into spending money for a banquet to impress people you don’t like :p my other family member had a banquet, got to find out she doesnt know a good bunch of folks at her own wedding (and neither does the groom lol) and till today hates the memory of it
• One of the most special weddings I’ve been to was also the smallest. 2 of my close friends married at 21, simple ceremony in a pub with not more than like a dozen of us. No adults or parents around either. Fast-forward 12 years today and they’re still married, and even though I’ve been to many weddings since they’re all very forgettable and vanilla compared to that one.
  Always remember that things don’t have to be extravagant to be meaningful.
• I had a friend who was asked to be a bridesmaid to a girl she barely knew. They were hi-bye colleagues at best. My friend was confused asf because they weren’t on that level. She had to politely turn her down. But i feel like a lot of us feel the pressure to do things like others do. Not even friends for bridesmaids? Just don’t have bridesmaids. Not enough friends for weddings? Have a small one instead!
• I believe many people are facing the same thing as you. Friends do drift apart. It’s common.
  Instead of a huge banquet, why not do a simple ceremony and between your family and his family
  Friends can subsequently be invited to your housewarming
  This removes unnecessary headaches and stress
  Simple is good. Unless his side wants a banquet, then no choice.
  Also past 2 years due to covid, many people are doing #2. Saves a lot of money and you can spend more on your house renovation/honeymoon which makes more sense.

I f-ing hate work

Not my job, but work in general. The concept of work is just f-ing wrong. You f-ing live once, why would you waste 80% of your life working?

Why don’t you get the chance to enjoy every day fully in whatever you like? Why work in order to live? Why this f-d up stupid social order?

F- waking up everyday to drag yourself to go and be slaved. If not to an employer be slaved for the f-ing system. F- the system

I just want to enjoy life. Work and career are not “life”

Netizens’ comments

• I feel you. I just took a week off of work for a staycation because I can’t afford a real vacation (my pto hours are racking up because I save it up for sick days and doctors appointments). It was nice to be able to sleep in and have energy to cook things I wanted to and spend time with my kids. It sucks to do the math and realize how much time I’m missing out on my kids.
• It never used to bother me because I thought I was working towards financial security, home ownership, and eventual retirement. In the last few years I’ve realized that no matter how hard I work, those things are likely never going to happen, despite the fact that I’m an engineer, traditionally a well-paid job. All I’m working for now is to be able to afford to live another day to work some more, and when the day comes that I’m too old to work I expect the poverty will come on fast.
• You’re right in the sense that working constantly is not truly living life, yet the reality of it is that we have to work to meet the bare minimum needs of shelter, food, clothing, and utilities.
  I used to be mad about it. But I just don’t have the time to, I know what will happen if I continue to focus on anger, especially in a time where the economy will swallow you up into poverty if you don’t make enough money for the basics. I’m scared of this economy, after the pandemic, it’s like a bubble getting ready to bust. And if that bubble burst, so many people will be out of work or homeless and unable to meet even their basic needs. Hell, I have an interview for a 3rd job next week, I am already juggling 2 jobs.
• Jobs are just kind of there to serve the community and give people something to do so we aren’t getting in trouble tbh