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[–] FMT99@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Yeah taxes suck and being a kid was fun but I wouldn't go back. Being an adult is so much better.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yarp i like being an adult, it's the part about the world being poo and the assumption that it's responsibility to fix it that I'm hatin'.

I'm fine with taxes but i should still have hopes! I should still get to do fun! It's not fair that the fun got all sucked out! It's all been sucked out! And it wasn't even too terribly long ago.

I hear lots of stories (i bet y'all have too) from people who have worked any job for 10-20 years about how much more fun or at least laid back it used to be.

Being an adult should be fun. I should get to, with my adult freedoms, do the things i dreamed of as a child! I don't need to have the white ferrari testarossa from Miami vice but i should have the house and a nice life where i can take a month or two off every year.

Yes i should Bygawad!

Ok to finish my very serious missive, It's not being an adult that's the sucky part, it's definitely the poo world.

[–] FMT99@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hey move to Europe friend. I have 5 weeks vacation (going to negotiate for more this year) and bought my house 3 years ago. It was an arm and a leg to be fair but my monthly mortgage payments now are sub 1k for a family home.

My wife and I both work 40 hours but could drop to 32 if we really wanted and still be comfortable. Most families I know at least one partner works part time.

[–] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 4 points 10 months ago

Woah that's a cheap mortgage. What country?

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Unless you have a complicated tax situation it only takes like an hour or two to file taxes anyways.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 3 points 10 months ago

Being a healthy adult with a stable job and no kid is the best time I have ever had.

[–] ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Not exactly the kind of "level up" we are grown to expect from RPG's 😐

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

Well, not taxes per se, tho it sounds weird saying to make room for all the low wages he's getting.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Growing up, I was led to believe there was nothing more grueling than paying your taxes. They would be the bane of my adult life, a torturous experience that would drag you down and age you prematurely.

It's like 2-3 hours of my life a year. I legitimately never think about them otherwise.

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@iusearchlinux.fyi 7 points 10 months ago

Protip: save yourself 2-3 hours a year by committing tax evasion!

Or be boring and live in a country where it is done for you

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I like the version with the Dream Catcher.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Stay a kid forever? You know those narcissists who do shit like litter, drive like jerks, etc? They didn't grow up.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Nah I was nicer than that ask a kid lol

[–] treechicken@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I hope Taxes is not an HM

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago

b! B! No! Jimmy!

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Jimmy made a mistake... having a two syllable nickname when his name is already one. Jameses of the world, don't accept nicknames longer than your name!

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Jim. Or Jam. Those are your options

[–] swab148@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago

I'll sometimes call my James friend "Ya-mez"