@imloyaI Social media has never been important to me. I don’t like taking pictures of myself so I’ve never put forth any effort. Y’all be funny tho so that’s why I’m here
I’m in love with this sentence:
“The degree to which a person can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth he can accept about himself without running away.”
You work 8 hours to live 4?
You work 8 hours to eat in 15 minutes?
You work 5 days to enjoy 2?
You work all year just to have 28 days of annual leave?
And people still call this a “life”.
I'll die on this hill: 9-5 is a SCAM.
Slavery never ended. It evolved into a system that makes you believe you're free. Centuries ago, slaves worked all day with no pay. But they were fed and sheltered. Today, you work all day, you get paid. Then spend it all on food, water, and shelter. The prison didn't disappear. It just rebranded. Old slavery: chains on your body. New slavery: chains of debt. Mortgages, student loans, credit cards - Debt is the modern whip. Your life is the cycle: Wake up. Commute. Work. Collapse. Repeat. You're told to be "grateful" for weekends while elites buy back their time with your labor. And every paycheck? Taxes, inflation, hidden fees take their cut. You keep scraps. They keep the wealth. They dangle luxuries to keep you chasing. Old slaves knew they were slaves. Most people today... don't.
A Gen Z joined the team.
Week one.
During onboarding, the manager said,
“We sometimes stay late during peak periods.”
Gen Z nodded.
Then asked,
“Is that paid… or just expected?”
The room went quiet.
- No attitude.
- No rebellion.
- Just a question.
Later that day, HR mentioned “growth opportunities.”
Gen Z replied,
“Does growth include raises, or just more responsibility?”
Again, silence.
- No laziness.
- No entitlement.
- Just clarity.
That’s when the team realized something.
When people say
“Gen Z is lazy,”
what they really mean is:
Gen Z watched old generation
- skip meals,
- miss birthdays,
- work weekends,
- and burn out
only to be told
“budgets are tight”
and “be grateful you have a job.”
So Gen Z chose differently.
- They don’t romanticize overwork.
- They don’t confuse suffering with ambition.
- They don’t trade health for praise.
They still work hard.
They just refuse to work for nothing.
It’s not laziness.
It’s pattern recognition.
And honestly,
after everything old generation went through…
Can you really blame them?
New teaser for ‘HIM’, a horror movie produced by Jordan Peele & directed by Justin Tipping
The film follows a college quarterback taken into a sinister world by his idol to see what he’s willing to sacrifice for fame
In theaters on September 19