Every Smart Person Is Failing

Every smart person I know is failing My brother who was the valedictorian of our high school is unemployed. My best friend who skipped grades and went to MIT for math is a beach bum now in Florida working at a bar. I’ve personally made enough money to quit society if I moved to a cheap college town and I am seriously considering it, I do not see the point in working and I am totally burned out. Meanwhile the most mid people I have met throughout my life are rising to director positions at companies, going on crazy vacations, becoming influencers, having families. Truly every really bright person I know who studied something serious at a good school is now unemployed and working on an esoteric passion project no one will ever care about. Has it always been this way or is society especially cooked rn?

Текстовый пост о том, как отличники, умные выпускники и люди с серьёзным образованием оказываются безработными и выгоревшими, тогда как посредственные люди строят карьеру, путешествуют, становятся инфлюенсерами и создают семьи. Шутка высмеивает ощущение, что современное общество устроено наоборот, и пост отправляют как реакцию на выгорание, разочарование в карьере и абсурдность успеха. EN: A text post about valedictorians, highly intelligent graduates, and people with serious educations ending up unemployed and burned out, while mediocre people build careers, travel, become influencers, and start families. The joke mocks the feeling that modern society is working backwards, and it is shared as a reaction to burnout, career disillusionment, and the absurdity of success.

• @gentoomemes / 10155 2024-03-26