If I paraphrased it correctly, this is because the thought of family responsibility encourages men to work to support their families. (Perhaps this is why I read and hear of a lot of Filipino parents working abroad. According to TagalogLang, there are about 4 million Filipino-Americans. My paternal uncle works in the United States.)
Before I begin, I just wanna say: I feel uncomfortable disagreeing with Prager University. I like how their opinions are well-constructed and supported by facts, and I am slightly conservative. At least they're chill with opposing opinions. (I'm not sure about my readers. Being a Minecraft server staff member has made me paranoid of toxic people.)
I also admit that this specific video is controversial--it has a lot of negative comments on top and has 8.2k likes and 21k dislikes.
I have a Mr. Krabs mentality with money--I am addicted to earning money, and I HATE spending money. This is why I sometimes stop my parents from willingly buying stuff for me that I don't need for survival. (Good luck to myself when I have to pay bills and taxes.)
But as much as my Mr. Krabs mentality was amazed at how lucrative being married can be, I put on my lunatic tactician cap and thought, "Cattle feces, this is not for me. I can be single and still work as hard as a married man!" Besides, I think some of you already know that I REFUSE to get married because of the additional responsibilities.
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| Screenshot from Miitopia Yes, I used to play healers in RPGs |
I have Asperger's syndrome; one of its characteristics is strong loyalty to friends.
Once I find a person who I want to be friends with (regardless of gender/sex), I pursue that person relentlessly. I ask that person when we can hang out or play sports/video games (sometimes daily), give gifts like letters and hand-drawn art, and spy on their social media profiles to look for what they want in a friend.
However, since I'm currently a college student with a volunteer "job" at a family store, I have to balance work life, school life, family life, and friend life. I often tell my gaming friend BoltOLightnin, "Sorry, I'm doing an assignment/doing store work/about to leave the house for a family outing." I have heard similar answers from other people before, so saying that makes me annoyed because my friend time is interrupted.
On the bright side, that annoyance makes me think, "If I study and work hard, I can take a huge break afterward, and I can hang out with my friends."
I then get extra motivated to work because it helps me achieve a victory with spoils that I rarely experience, but are extremely profitable.
Speaking of which, next summer vacation, I'm gonna spam people I like with hang-out invitations... (Just kidding--I only spam fighting moves in video games; I rarely spam when talking to others.)
But it's not just friends (or thoughts of having them) that motivate me to work hard.
In Regular Show, Mordecai and Rigby are normally slackers, but when they want something that has to be bought with money, they work extra hard for the money, such as in this episode. (Rigby also re-attended high school after being motivated by the Eileen Plan, and eventually got his diploma.)
On late 2017, I studied extra hard so I can beg Dad for Pokémon Ultra Moon for Christmas, since I wanted the Rockruff that evolves into Dusk Form Lycanroc, which was available during the launch period. I passed, and I successfully got the Dusk Form Lycanroc. (I didn't use it, though.)
I plan to keep on studying hard so that Dad can buy me Hytale.
Sometimes, as a lazy loner, I work hard to get out of work so I can be left alone and I can relax.
Here's how it works:
Mom: "Juliann, please do this paperwork."
Me: "NO! Lazy! Can't you see I'm fighting?"
30 minutes later...
Mom: "You haven't done your paperwork!"
*I get killed by a hacker*
Me: "FINE!"
Mom: "But you don't have to do it now--just focus on playing and do your work when you have time..."
*I quickly finish work without saying anything*
Another situation involving getting out of work: I'm leaving for vacation at Boracay on February 13, but it's during the middle of the trimester, where school work is slightly tougher and more hectic than the early weeks.
I cannot let school work get in the way of my vacation fun. As of posting this, I plan to study extra hard from February 10 to 12 so I spend more time enjoying vacation than doing school work during vacation.
I can't remember where I said it in this blog, but I randomly get extra motivated (or extra lazy) to work when I'm angry. The adrenaline rush causes me to clean dirt and finish paperwork extra fast.
(Unfortunately, it also causes me to be more absent-minded and unable to do school work or follow Mom's orders.)
In summary, having a motivation to work hard helps me work just as hard as married men even if I stay single. It doesn't matter how weird the motivation is, whether it's friends, laziness, or anger, as long as I get the job done.
With all this said, it's up to you to find your own motivation for working your best.
I hope you all work hard and get good results!
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