i stayed at my last job for a long time for similar reasons. then i got a manager that was kind of mid and i still stayed. it wasnt so bad i thought. then that manager started drinking the chatbot coolaid and offloading his cognition to it and became a bad manager very quickly. i held on for a while for my coworkers. i was the only person with the skills to fill my role which was critical to the project, but eventually i couldnt stand it for one more minute and quit without notice. leaving after sending my resignation email felt like escaping prison. i kept feeling like they were going to call me and somehow convince me to go back. when i started there i had a good manager and every day felt like a friday. its amazing how bad things can get with a bad manager.

I'm staying for the same reason. I have jumped around a bit but I found a position that doesn't pay as well but there really isn't stress, no real fear of losing my job, etc. Still at the far low end for my position and years in the industry. But with less stress I guess it is worth it. Still can't retire, still can't afford to go on vacations. But at least I don't want to die anymore.

What proffession do you work in, if I may ask?

Same. I get to work on shit I like, my boss is chill, I get 30 vacation days plus overtime compensation, mostly reasonable deadlines, nobody really looks at when I come and go as long as things get done, and this side of a complete collapse I should have decent job security. Oh, and most people around me have sane opinions on politics, AI and priorities in life. I do get paid less with a MSc degree than some of my peers got with a fresh bachelor, but I wouldn't want to swap.

What a punchable face

My Little Pony if it was more realistic:

I have a friend who went voluntarily homeless. You can't really even do that anymore. You have to go some where shitty where theres lots of blm land, and then you lose out on resources you'd get from pan handling.

Hes charismatic and doesnt do drugs. Hes more a drinker and spends a lot of time at bars getting free drinks and food. He's train jumped and went to a few communes and it sounds like constant work just to do basic shit like take a shit.

Like all this mall cop security shit gets fed into palantir and local law enforcement you can't even sleep in a parking lot in your car anymore without getting a knock on your window. Its just hard to be homeless, and he tells me he tried one of those homeless assistant camps and he said it felt like a prison or a interment camp. They had barbwire to keep them IN lol. It doesnt sound too far off from that deep space nine episode about the bell riots. I think we are in the same year the Bell riots take place too ironically.

or just have family pay your bills for you.

Many people are these days. Many families with children. But only make line go up, no human compassion.

Name one that I can get tomorrow. Boring and unexciting but pays well and has benefits is exactly what I'm looking for. If there are plenty, where are they?

I wish I could find a job. As an adult college student, it's brutal trying to find part time work. Places won't even consider me once they see I'm a student.

... we need a better economic system?

some people will agree with a capitalist hellscape before they agree with anyone on 4chan