Starting a New Job vs One Month Later

Starting a new job One month leater

A young man poses cheerfully by the water under the caption “Starting a new job,” while a grim, bearded lighthouse keeper appears under “One month leater.” The joke exaggerates how quickly enthusiasm and optimism can turn into exhaustion and misery after beginning a new job, using Willem Dafoe’s severe appearance from The Lighthouse as the punchline. EN: A young man poses cheerfully by the water under the caption “Starting a new job,” while a grim, bearded lighthouse keeper appears under “One month leater.” The joke exaggerates how quickly enthusiasm and optimism can turn into exhaustion and misery after beginning a new job, using Willem Dafoe’s severe appearance from The Lighthouse as the punchline.

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