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A thread titled “I’m a NEET — how do I get high pride?” appeared on 5ch’s “Live News Flash General” board. The poster says they graduated from a lower-tier regional national university, are under 30, and have no work history. According to the poster, what’s keeping them stuck is being unable to accept that they can’t get into a top-tier company, and they revealed that the root of their pride lies in having been sent to national-affiliated elementary and junior high schools by their parents. Reactions split, with some saying “that’s not pride, you just have no motivation” and others asking “isn’t it fine not to be top-tier?”, while a string of harsher takes — factoring in the poster’s age and education — argued “you should already give up on a top-tier company.”
What people said
I want to get further than that
I do have motivation, but I have to accept that I can't get into a top-tier company
Right now, I can't do that
I'm not doing that
Then how am I supposed to move forward?
Even if you'd gotten into a top-tier company, do you really think you'd have ended up with the life you wanted?
You might've burned out from overwork, or ended up running an abusive household of your own
That's true, but even so, a top-tier company is everything to me
I don't mind working under someone
The definition of NEET
It's ages 15 to 34
Then it's hopeless for life, isn't it? Might as well give up
I want to move forward but I can't
That's what's so painful
I get irritated when my boss calls me out
And every time it happens, I'm disappointed in myself
Well, if it's an unreasonable order, of course you'd get irritated
Sounds like there's an inferiority complex underneath it, so list it out point by point
It all comes down to my parents putting me in national-affiliated elementary and junior high schools (prestigious schools attached to national universities)
Aren't you already looking down on people by dividing everything into "top-tier" and "second-tier"?
It's a distinction, not looking down on anyone
Just give up on landing a top-tier company already
I don't know your actual age, but if you're already in your late 20s, I don't think it's happening without a serious miracle
For me it's: can't get into a top-tier company = being a NEET is the better option
It's because you don't actually want to move forward — that's exactly what I mean by having zero motivation
It's like saying "lol there's no point unless I'm Olympic-athlete level" and then not doing anything
You think someone who talks like that and never acts actually has motivation?
I don't really follow that comparison, but at least I do have motivation
I have motivation — that's exactly why I started this thread to try to move forward
Even a monkey can start a thread. That's not moving forward or backward
Seriously
I genuinely don't get it, so tell me
What kind of bright future are you actually expecting from starting a thread like this?
Right now, that's a tough one to answer
Try explaining exactly what's "tough" about it
A life guaranteed to be less than top-tier
But if you stay like this, you won't even be third-tier, let alone top-tier — you'll be living below the bottom rung
It's fine not to be top-tier
Is there an actual reason it has to be top-tier?
Some advice that actually clicks
So far, what has actually clicked for you?
All you can do is find your ambition and move forward step by step
Do you even have that kind of time to spare?
How old are you right now, and what's your work and education history?
And the result of that is the shallow comment in Re: #114
What a waste of time
I'll keep my age hidden to avoid being identified
As for education, I'm a graduate of a lower-tier regional national university
What about work history?
Nobody's identifying you just from your age — at least say whether you're over thirty or not
Under 30, no work history
Then you could still just barely make it work — do you really have time to waste like this??
I'm not trying to bully you here, but
honestly, you should seriously give up on a top-tier company already
It's at a level you could call flat-out impossible
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
In Japan’s official statistics, “NEET” is defined by the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as non-working people aged 15 to 34 who are not in school and not doing housework — a definition the poster themselves referenced in the thread. The split in opinion centered on how to take the poster’s self-diagnosis that “pride is what’s stopping me from moving forward”: some read it as plain laziness, while others felt it should be treated as the flip side of an inferiority complex about educational background. The poster’s claim that the root of their pride lies in “being sent to national-affiliated elementary and junior high schools by my parents” is likely to strike outside readers as an unexpected detail. It’s also worth noting that the poster withheld their exact age to avoid being identified, which led to some back-and-forth in the replies where the age question never quite got resolved.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Live News Flash General) thread “I’m a NEET — how do I get high pride?“
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