• penquin@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Man, fuck me. And I’m out here struggling for to make ends meat meet trying to do “honest work”. I fucking hate this time line I’m in.

    Edit: thank you fellow native English speakers for correcting me, albeit in a snarky/condescending way, as it were, but still appreciate it.

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      It absolutely infuriates me that having high ethical standards makes me a sucker.

      Frankly, at this point the only thing stopping me from saying “fuck it” and starting to blatantly lie and cheat to get ahead isn’t even that it’s “wrong,” but that I’m just too damn stubborn to be a “reasonable man”!

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        1 month ago

        You don’t need to cheat, just never do this bullshit of “go above and beyond”. Do what you’re paid to do, no more no less. That’s what I do. They ask for more, I tell them to pay me more.

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        1 month ago

        English isn’t my first language. So, not sure how to say it, but I know you know what I meant.

        • treadful@lemmy.zip
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          1 month ago

          I thought maybe it was something I hadn’t heard before. Humorous misunderstanding though.

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            1 month ago

            I’ve always thought that it meant “putting food on the table”. Until the time when you replied, then it made sense.