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Even if you lack the skills to get a white-collar, professional job, what's stopping you from working as a labourer in a factory, farm or supermarket?

It doesn't seem like you really need that professional salary so much as you need _something_, and the difference from a mental health perspective between having a low-status job and none at all is immense.

Especially given the labour shortage at the moment, what's stopping you from turning your complete hellscape of a life into a mere moderate disappointment?



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