Get Off My Pop Culture Lawn!

I've never understood how people look at full-time office drone work as a horrible outcome.
Seated work in an air conditioned environment is awesome. 8 AM to 5 PM, M-F? That's a fantastic schedule that lets you live a life outside of work.

I don't know why, but I automatically read the John McClane one in a Jim Gaffigan voice in my head. TOTALLY worked!

That first picture couldn't possibly be any more wrong. "Nice Homes" -> I've lived in every size home you can think about, and you don't get happier when the home gets nicer. The more you own, the more it owns you. A person in a 1-bedroom apartment doesn't stay up at night worrying over his employees, a business, or a 10-bedroom mcmansion full of people he has to feed. "Easy jobs" - I don't think any of those movies give enough context for us to know that. If a movie shows a guy at their job for a day, it doesn't really convey what the other 364 days were like. Even if they were easy jobs, that would be boring and it would create a whole other type of stress. "Incredibly secure lives" - that statement is not just wrong it's silly. You could be the richest person on earth and step off a sidewalk and get hit by a car. 99% of the universe is uninhabitable. No such thing as "incredibly secure life" in this universe or any other. You could be the richest person on earth and you still age/suffer. Out of 7.6 billion people on this planet - how many would gladly do physical/mental harm to Jeff Bezos to better their own situation? Jeff Bezos isn't safe anywhere on this Earth but behind armed guards.