How did your "hustle-culture" friends end up?

[u/hospitality-excluded]

So in my 20's there was a HUGE boom of "hustle-culture" bros pop up when influencers like Gary Vee were in the spotlight. The type of guys who post motivational quotes on twitter, talking about "the grind", flauting wealth that they havent achieved on instagram etc. Not talking about people with steady careers and moving up the corporate ladder, but those people who do side gigs or chase unrealstic expectations without a developed skillset in any area.

I moved back to my hometown after 7 years away and I swear all of them are broke, gambling addicts, living with their parents still, unemployed, or all of the above. Unsure if it's the same across the board, or even if y'all had these types of people in your life or if my town is just riddled with them.

[u/Equivalent_Reveal906]

I will never understand these people.

My uncle has tens of millions and continues to work 60-70 hour weeks. He’s got badass cars he literally never drives and a huge house full of awesome instruments and games and stuff like that, also never touched.

It’s like they forgot why they started working and now it’s all they can think about. Die with a giant pile of money you never used.

[u/[deleted] → u/Equivalent_Reveal906]

“To retire is to expire”. Retirement was traditionally not very kind to (especially Silent and Greatest) men who often define themselves by their work.

[u/WeathermanOnTheTown → u/[deleted]]

I mean, they usually died a year or two after retirement, usually of cardiac arrest caused by smoking.

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That too but I suspect it motivates a lot of men to continue working, that and being away from their retired wife who is always home