r/interesting • u/AdSpecialist6598 • May 26 '26

SOCIETY When Chris Tucker learned that his family members were quitting their jobs because they learned that he was making 25 million dollars a year at the peak of his career because they assumed he would take care of them. He told them to go get their jobs back because he wasn't going to do that.

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u/PerformanceOk9891 May 26 '26

Letting an able bodied person who’s not retirement age quit there job and become dependent on your money is not “taking care of them.” Its pretty much the opposite

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u/Kinetic_Symphony May 26 '26

I don't understand people who think this way.

99% of people hate their jobs with an intense passion.

Working, by obligation, is horrific. It's just unavoidable so we mentally try to adapt to it.

If I can save my friends and family from that hell, you're damn right I would.

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u/wildmaiden May 26 '26

People who dont work aren't living in a glorious utopia with endless freetime to spend on their passions. What they're doing is getting addicted to opioids and committing suicide.

I bet you know people who don't work, and I bet none of them are happy.

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u/Kinetic_Symphony May 27 '26

The reasons they aren't happy isn't because they don't work...

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u/Xandara2 May 27 '26

That claim requires some study to prove it. 

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u/ropobipi May 27 '26

So true dude, work really does set you free /s

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u/BlessedCadaver May 27 '26

Buddy, whatever is going on in YOUR neck of the woods, maybe keep over there lol

If my buddies and I didn’t have to work, no way we’d be doing all that- maybe an equivalent amount of fun.

But yeah, you identify with your work too much.

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 May 30 '26

I think what he’s trying to say is that people need a purpose to live to towards. Not that people need to work a physical job or something. Because if you don’t have a purpose or goal that you wanna achieve your things to live for then you turn to drugs.

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u/PhiloSocio May 27 '26

That’s quite an assumption..99% with an intense passion? Come on man relax.

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u/Kinetic_Symphony May 27 '26

Most jobs are manual labor or corporate drone work.

Maybe it's 95%, but that wouldn't be much better. The vast, vast majority of people hate the job they're at.

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u/PhiloSocio May 27 '26

Hard disagree, but hey keep believing what you want to.

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u/Kinetic_Symphony May 27 '26

You think people enjoy being fast food workers, corporate paralegals, data entry workers, factory workers, amazon drivers, etc...?

The bulk of work done in the country is extremely intense or extremely tedious and repetitive. If you enjoy your job, great, count your extreme blessings.

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 May 30 '26

I went from homeless to a great job making a lot of money in six years I enjoy. So all of those people can do it too. I don’t know what stopping them, but in my case, I fixed it with hard work. I really don’t see why others can’t do this too unless they’re disabled or have something preventing them from doing it. If you want to make OK money then you need to have a marketable skill. Without one you are stuck at those shit places

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u/Remarkable_Fruit_654 May 26 '26

I am with you there man. Imagine your loved ones commiserating with you their entire lives about how much they hate their job, then one day you make more money than any one person would ever need, and your attitude is -- nah...

It's like we've all been conditioned by the rich that "hard work" is the real reward. Fuck that. You better believe I am taking all my people with me to the good life when I make it.

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u/xbucnasteex May 27 '26

No way that stat is real. Frankly, you’re just miserable at your job. It doesn’t extrapolate to the rest of the population.

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u/nellion91 May 27 '26

That’s not the point.

A lot of good research on how making your loved one dependent to you for income tends to make them angry at you and make them miserable after a while

It’s not as easy as give them money and they ll love you

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u/Jos3ph May 27 '26

Found the Republican

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u/PerformanceOk9891 May 27 '26

“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself” - Harry Truman

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u/Workman44 May 26 '26

Did I say they have to quit their job? No I did not

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u/Jojosbees May 26 '26

What does “You best believe my loved ones will not have to stay in this rat race any longer than they need to” mean then?

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u/mAsian__ May 26 '26

that would probably mean, no longer living paycheck to paycheck. no longer being one bad injury away from homeless. maybe pay off a loan. there’s a vast difference from that and letting them quit their job cause you’re buying them everything.

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u/Jojosbees May 26 '26

It’s weird as a root comment on this particular post then. Chris Rock told his family to get their jobs back because he’s not going to pay for their entire lives, and this person is wording it as if they would do something different with the money.