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Would you set yourself on fire, sacrifice your mental health and physical health, for 1.5x the pay but 10 years down the road?

Don't ever stop working for an employer, citizen.

And then the covenant attacks cause they see you slippin. Don’t disappoint the chief!

This what poverty is like because wages haven't kept up with inflation in 100 years

My favorite part is that the photo sort of implies that it's really cold, and he's in some sort of pit. If a deep pit with a person's body heat inside is freezing, it's probably even colder topside.

Plus, there is more than one kind of ladder, he still has plenty of wood to make a new one later.

I'm pretty sure the old saying goes, "If you're going to start a fire with a wooden ladder, be sure to climb out of the hole first."

Yup. It’s easy to lose all the work you’ve put in.

That is Wall Sina

Fires literally built civilisations.

Is the ladder a way out? If so, why is dipshit burning it?

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This picture always gets me thinking: what if that man over there climbed over, saw that the other side was even worse, and decided to do everyone a favour by rendering the ladder useless?

Could be seen in many ways. Especially when the picture is overused.

Pull it up and burn it at the top. Cake and eat it too!

Came here to say this.

>Fortunately not.

FTFY

Is the moral of this to stubbornly die in the now in hope of a better future?

If anybody is searching for the artist, it's Pawel Kuczynski

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The boy is actually pretty smart. He not only created a way to stay warm and survive, but he also made sure the ladder is still easily climbable for when he is able to leave. If the kid chose warmth over escape, clearly it wasn’t a situation where escaping was the end of the issue.

Yes noted

Awe... And yet you don't have an argument refuting said facts. Adhominems aren't gonna help you here, buttercup 🤷

I guess I could go outside now that it is spring but winter here is absolutely miserable.

I am fit right now though my muscles seem to have faded a bit. I know I could easily slip though as I have been steadily gaining weight since August

Agreed. I wish people had the answers to the fact that everyone is going to die in the end.