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My mother keeps telling me to get a job, even though I'm and r /sa mod.

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Basically the title, i am a full time r /sa moderator and right now i am managing 10 servers at once, I enjoy my job, i enjoy interacting with different communities and it's nice that people recognize me in all the chats, Recently my mother has been nagging me to get a job even though discord is my job. We had family and cousins over for dinner once and they were discussing their job prospects , My cousin is a firefighter and was talking about how physically exhausting it can be to climb ladders and manage the fire equipment. I also say that my job is hard and that my fingers get tired and that i have to do special hand/finger stretches so i dont get carpal tunnel. I heard my brother smirk and i realized that none of them take what i love to do seriously, so i stormed back to my room

A few weeks passed and i was in the middle of getting a promotion and training to become an admin when my mother opened the door and asked to speak to me , i sighed and deafened myself since i was on call, She looked at me with sad eyes and said 'Honey your father and i are kicking you out in 2 weeks if you dont get a job" , I replied telling her that once again this is my job, she then asked if i make any money from it which i replied one of the owners bought me a month of nitro for helping manage a discord raid, she told me that she didnt understand what nitro was or what a raid was, she once again told me or thats it, I am 28 years old, this is my dream and my passion, i am in the middle of completing my training and getting my admin certificate, i dont even want to imagine what my kittens would do without me if i cant go on my pc to use discord

What should i do? Any advice? Please help me because i am serious

Edit: mods, please pin this.

Haha, this post apparently hit a nerve. Even though I've been perma banned already, they just let me know that I'm rebanned and now also muted. They're lurking here. Not sure if they've actually tried to message me as well, because they're all blocked long ago.

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Posted Jul 10, 2022, 2:05 PM UTC · edited

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Doube1323•

Well done on the shit post, walking a fine line there.

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EagleSgt•

The only serious thing is the chuckle you gave me. Thanks. You weren't serious right, right ?

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Supergomguy•

People are taking this very seriously lol

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macsquoosh•

If something is taking up all your time , and it's not paying you cash money , you are being exploited , this is not a job it's manipulation .

At 28 , you should know that making your parents look after you is parasitic in nature , and you are exploiting them . You sir are a grown ass man and you're not earning enough money to support yourself. Do you think that it's ok to be a life time burden to your parents ?

Instead of being a Reddit moderator with zero money , I'd suggest you start finding yourself an income , and a place to stay ..because your parents are not fucking about anymore , and you're about to get a big ole taste of reality.....

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Personal_Studio4051•

While your advice is sound i am almost 100% sure this is a shitpost.

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macsquoosh•

It's a shitpost because it is a slice of truth that is hard to swallow..

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_M_I_C_H_A_E_L_•

I think he meant the original post is a shitpost. As in, satire, or sarcasm.

It's a troll post to make fun of the moderators at the South Africa subreddit.

So, he meant to say you're giving good advice, but it's to a troll post.

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africanrhino•

Are you here for sympathy or for honest advice? I feel sorry for you and all but dude.. you’re nearly 30 and somehow confuse volunteer work for a job.. that’s not a good sign. like get a job and do this as a side show..that’s all it is, a side show.. you won’t make a living wage this way, at least not at this level.. at 28 you definitely should be making a living wage.. your folks were crazy to let it go on so close to 30?! They effectively retarded your personal development. It’s very late in life to get started.. everything will be harder.

go into tech/admin/community manager for a smaller company if you enjoy this kind of work.. smaller companies are more likely to be/have a little community of people you can look after..

On a side note, r/ sa (not r/ rsa) is a c.esspool.. a big hint should be that text you have for the group description.. mods literally handed out lifetime bans to its users for less.. fucking dirty bunch of hypocrites that exploit their position of power to push personal ideology.. a bunch of narcissist who get off at draw a mod competitions..

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NotFromRedditOP•

This is actually a joke post mocking r /sa mods. I'm not a mod of anything, lol.

It's not originally mine either. I copied it from another post on Reddit and just replaced some words with r /sa.

I would have cross posted, but seems this sub doesn't allow cross posting.

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africanrhino•

Oh. Shit. You got me.. excellent depiction of a r/ sa mod.. the only way you could have made it more realistic is including the cabal drama the mods have

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H0ll0wKnight_1•

Cudos on the shitpost, laughed my ass of at some of the comments

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katz201•

Can you earn enough money to support yourself with this job? If not, then you probably need to find another job that does pay enough. Had to make the same decision with my photography. Loved it, but couldn't pay the bills

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NotFromRedditOP•

I just feel like protecting online communities from conspiracy theories is more important than earning money and being able to support myself. My parents can't seem to understand this.

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Cute_little_person•

The internet is not more important than your life outside of it. You should get a job, because that is the responsible thing to do. At this moment, you are only living as an extra expense in their house. Your parents probably raised you with the hope that you will be independent one day and leave their care and still be fine, so don't push the blame onto your parents for you being lazy.

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NotFromRedditOP•

My life serves a higher purpose.

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PlasticAd9622•

Get new parents then. It's the only way.

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AnomalyNexus•

Unless you're doing daily finger pushups you're really not taking it seriously enough

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Amazing-Excitement26•

Hey this is a famous copypasta you edited.

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wheresmattynow•

Ban them both. Im actually shocked you havent muted them for talking to you in such a manner. Makes me think youre not a real moderator amd this post is just slander against this brave group of selfless heros who are saving the world and fighting nazi trolls singlehandedly.

Also your mom sounds like an apartheid denier yikes id have banned her long ago

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PlasticAd9622•

He should also scream "Downvote" and give a thumbs down whenever his parents say something he doesn't like. Like a real Reddit mod.

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Useful-Interaction-9•

Get a fucking job.

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btwnastonknahardplce•

Hahaha. Here’s a place to start… (yes I know it’s a shitpost, but someone reading may be interested!)

https://t.me/dailyapehr

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ThiccSkipper13•

lol i was all in until yu said you are 28 and your kittens need you. good troll

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OrganizationSolid967•

I nearly thought you were serious.. just get paid for something

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jourdeaux•

My advice is to kick out your mother before she kicks you out. It is either kill or be killed in this dog eat dog world, and your mother made the mistake of announcing her sinister intentions before carrying them out. Use that.

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NotFromRedditOP•

This is the kinda advice I came here for. I'll be changing the locks on the house as soon as possible.

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DarkSil3ncer•

I'm not sure if this is satire... In the slim chance that it isn't - if you aren't earning a salary to sustain your standard of living then I side with your parents on this one. Some folks have 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet.

If this is something that you have a passion about then try and see if you can manage company forums / social media profiles on a contractual basis and turn your passion / skill set into some form of business plan / income.

If I was in your shoes I'd feel like a doose for bumming off of my parents af the age of 28.

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Tokogogoloshe•

Lol. Funny shitpost. If this were true then it would be hella sad.

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RECCEginger•

I heard this story on tiktok the other day, coincidence, I think not! The part about the finger exercised killed me though!

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NotFromRedditOP•

Haha, same. I heard it there and then I just had to copy it because it sounded so familiar.

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xfuneralxthirstx•

It's 2022. You can literally earn a living sitting on your ass in front of your PC at home. There is nothing wrong with that.

The OGs need to realise that it is in fact an actual job and stop giving you grief.

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