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> People talk about “fuck-you money”, the amount you’d have to make to never work again. You dream of fuck-you social success, where you find a partner and a few close friends, declare your interpersonal life solved, and never leave the house from then on. Still, in the real world you clock into your job … everyday

This is unfortunately very relatable

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That line gave me a little moment of stomach-clenching horror: the loneliness... I think that would like be my personal hell. People really are different!

Really? I had legitimately no idea what he was talking about there. Other people really want to just stay home and do nothing? That’s a personal hell for me.

It is not about staying in the house. Some people (me included) do not want to keep "socializing" to continue forming connections and friendships. We would prefer if that phase would end sooner rather than later, and we can settle down with a partner and a stable group of friends (for life).

Huh. Everyone is different I guess. Again, this sounds like a personal hell for me.

I understood it as having the option to stay at home and do nothing. I would also get bored staying at home doing nothing.

So you're "unfortunately" in the position where you can retire and still lead a rich life? Boo hoo Maybe you should retire and use that time to gain some perspective.

They aren't saying they unfortunately _have_ fuck-you money, they're saying they unfortunately relate to wanting to have a small social circle and not have to "deal with it" anymore

Cool. It doesn't _read_ that way.

FWIW, I read it that way. It's not a sequence of "finish the game of social success" coming after "finishing the game of financial success", it's a complete replacement of which game the author/commenter wishes to finish.

It did to me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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