This is what happens when working hard gets you nowhere

Unhappywageslave · 2025-10-05T13:43:37+00:00

Working hard at something that goes against your genetics is a waste of time and a lost cause. Are we going to tell a 5'2 Korean if he works hard enough he can make it to the NBA? Lol yeah sure. Then you have idiots who will post mugsy bogues without even using their brain. Not everyone that's 5'4 has the same muscle twitch fibers as him, or the same bone density, or the lighting reflexs.

If the guy doesn't have natural punching power, are you going to train him to fight like Mike Tyson? It's not going to work if he has pillow hands. You could increase his punching power but he still won't be a concussive power puncher like Mike.

If it's not in your genetics, don't even work on your weakness. Only do that if you have time. In the mean time work on your strengths. If you're good at acting, don't listen to your parents about being a software engineer even if you could do it, it won't come easy to you and you will be stressed the f out at work.. Go ahead and pursue acting.

My cousin's dad gave him the blue print to be an electrical engineer. The guy hated it but did it for his father, he scored B's and C's. Then his father dropped dead from a heart attack, he changed his major to co.outer science the 2nd semester of his freshman college year and then graduated with like a 3.8 or 3.9 or something. He said learning fruit loops or something was so natural to him and he didn't even have to study.

And now hes a team lead at some software company making 120k a year developing bank and warehouse software from scratch. What if he would have listened to his father, my uncle? I'm sure he would have did alright as a ln electrical engineer but at the same time he would have struggled because it doesn't come natural for him. His high IQ would have helped him but it wouldn't have been as easy as being a software engineer.

Don't pursue what you like or have a passion in, just pursue what comes easy for you. I've seen lots of MMA fighters pursue MMA because they love it but they are terrible. Leaning in with their chin in the air, telegraphing their punch. And these guys have been training for over 10+ years but yet are still making fundamental mistakes.

Mobile_Lumpy · 2025-10-06T16:48:15+00:00

Yep it's just reality now... Im not living I'm just waiting for death to catch up.

PastDifficulty7 · 2025-10-06T13:17:20+00:00

I feel for that man. The system is deeply broken. Labor is exploited in ways that are unprecedented since the 1920's. Our value does not come from what we produce; but our economic and social systems are brutal.

DifficultPapaya3038 · 2025-10-05T06:49:32+00:00

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Title	This is what happens when working hard gets you nowhere
Author	DifficultPapaya3038
Upvotes	59
Comments	4
Date	October 5, 2025 6:46 AM UTC (10 months ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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