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My criteria for someone to be considered as failure in life. If you are above 25 and have one or more of these checks off most people including friends, family, dating prospects, and society at large will quietly write you off as a failure. Like someone who didn’t make.

1. Net worth below $50,000 or that equivalent amount in your country (and no realistic path to retirement)
Almost nothing saved or invested. Barely scraping by and just one disaster away from ending up on the streets. Will be poor or dependent in old age.

2. Never married or had a long-term partner (2+ years)/no kids etc
Zero family of your own. Not child-free by choice with a happy life just alone, and it’s permanent now.

3. Career still low-status or low-income (under ≈$45k–50k/year)
Stuck in dead end, replaceable jobs with no authority, no skills that took decades to build and no upward mobility left. Also includes NEETs.

4. Still financially dependent or in precarious housing
Lives with parents, relies on government benefits as primary income, pays rent that eats 50%+ of paycheck or has been evicted/homeless in the last 10 years.

5. Serious, ongoing self-destruction habits and poor health. Like Active addiction to alcohol, drugs, gambling, untreated mental illness that keeps them dysfunctional or obesity/health neglect that has caused repeated hospitalizations.


I do believe that 25 age criteria isn't rigid and people can fully turn their lives around after that but more often than not they continue that trajectory and end up in the same situation as in their 40s anyway.
 
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The fat balding Bangladeshi manlet

Not gonna tag him so he doesn't chimp out :lul:
 
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I consider myself a failure because I have gotten C’s on my college report card hopefully this doesn’t ruin my life
 
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The fat balding Bangladeshi manlet

Not gonna tag him so he doesn't chimp out :lul:
I consider myself a failure because I have gotten C’s on my college report card hopefully this doesn’t ruin my life
 

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My criteria for someone to be considered as failure in life. If you are above 25 and have one or more of these hit one or more of these most people including friends, family, dating prospects, and society at large will quietly write you off as a failure. Like someone who didn’t make.

1. Net worth below $50,000 (and no realistic path to retirement)
Almost nothing saved or invested. Will be poor or dependent in old age.

2. Never married or had a long-term partner (2+ years) and no kids
Zero family of your own. Not child-free by choice with a happy life just alone, and it’s permanent now.

3. Career still low-status or low-income (under ≈$45k–50k/year)
Stuck in dead end, replaceable jobs with no authority, no skills that took decades to build and no upward mobility left. Also includes NEETs.

4. Still financially dependent or in precarious housing
Lives with parents, relies on government benefits as primary income, pays rent that eats 50%+ of paycheck or has been evicted/homeless in the last 10 years.

5. Serious, ongoing self-destruction habits. Like Active addiction to alcohol, drugs, gambling, untreated mental illness that keeps them dysfunctional or obesity/health neglect that has caused repeated hospitalizations.
I don’t think the point 2 is really that important. But yes, a lot of users here failed by that criteria.

By 25 years old I want to have at least a million euros.
 
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youve made this thread a million times
 
i am 18 and this describes me
 
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I don’t think the point 2 is really that important. But yes, a lot of users here failed by that criteria.

By 25 years old I want to have at least a million euros.
Not child-free by choice with a happy life just alone. Added that
 
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I wouldn’t say I have failed yet because I’m still kinda young but I can see how my laziness would turn me into a failure.
 
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I’m pretty sure I’ll hit half of these by 25 :feelsbadman: I guess they also depend on the country. Here in Romania it’s normal for people to move out after 25, also the average annual income is around 12k €. You would be filthy rich with 50k per year.
 
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youve made this thread a million times
No i haven't. I only made once before with completely different talking points and focus but you can have your reps
 
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LUCKY NOT THERE YET

BUT I NEED A JOB

APART FROM THAT

I DONT DRINK, SMOKE, NO DRUGS NOTHING

SO U COULD SAY IM ONE OF THE CLEANEST ORG USERS HERE
 
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My criteria for someone to be considered as failure in life. If you are above 25 and have one or more of these checks off most people including friends, family, dating prospects, and society at large will quietly write you off as a failure. Like someone who didn’t make.

1. Net worth below $50,000 or that equivalent amount in your country (and no realistic path to retirement)
Almost nothing saved or invested. Will be poor or dependent in old age.

2. Never married or had a long-term partner (2+ years) and no kids
Zero family of your own. Not child-free by choice with a happy life just alone, and it’s permanent now.

3. Career still low-status or low-income (under ≈$45k–50k/year)
Stuck in dead end, replaceable jobs with no authority, no skills that took decades to build and no upward mobility left. Also includes NEETs.

4. Still financially dependent or in precarious housing
Lives with parents, relies on government benefits as primary income, pays rent that eats 50%+ of paycheck or has been evicted/homeless in the last 10 years.

5. Serious, ongoing self-destruction habits. Like Active addiction to alcohol, drugs, gambling, untreated mental illness that keeps them dysfunctional or obesity/health neglect that has caused repeated hospitalizations.


I do believe that 25 age criteria isn't rigid and people can fully turn their lives around after that but more often than not they continue that trajectory and end up in the same situation as in their 40s anyway.
Most likely won’t hit those by 25
 
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I’m pretty sure I’ll hit half of these by 25 :feelsbadman: I guess they also depend on the country. Here in Romania it’s normal for people to move out after 25, also the average annual income is around 12k €. You would be filthy rich with 50k per year.
I factored that in. I said equivalent amount in your country. I did the conversion for PPP and it would 25k-30k € annually in Romania enough to afford your own place, travel, and save without scraping by
 
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I factored that in. I said equivalent amount in your country. I did the conversion for PPP and it would 25k-30k € annually in Romania enough to afford your own place, travel, and save without scraping by
Seems fair. How old are you btw?
 
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not that age yet but 2) will still be likely
 
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Seems fair. How old are you btw?
In almost 22 but I could fall into 5. I have a drinking problem. Not an addiction atleast yet tho.
 
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No i haven't. I only made once before with completely different talking points and focus but you can have your reps
you frequently make threads like "who here is a failure in life" and detail what constitutes a failure
 
In almost 22 but I could fall into 5. I have a drinking problem. Not an addiction atleast yet tho.
I think you’ve mentioned it some time ago. Is it because alcohol makes you lower inhib?
 
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My criteria for someone to be considered as failure in life. If you are above 25 and have one or more of these checks off most people including friends, family, dating prospects, and society at large will quietly write you off as a failure. Like someone who didn’t make.

1. Net worth below $50,000 or that equivalent amount in your country (and no realistic path to retirement)
Almost nothing saved or invested. Will be poor or dependent in old age.

2. Never married or had a long-term partner (2+ years) and no kids
Zero family of your own. Not child-free by choice with a happy life just alone, and it’s permanent now.

3. Career still low-status or low-income (under ≈$45k–50k/year)
Stuck in dead end, replaceable jobs with no authority, no skills that took decades to build and no upward mobility left. Also includes NEETs.

4. Still financially dependent or in precarious housing
Lives with parents, relies on government benefits as primary income, pays rent that eats 50%+ of paycheck or has been evicted/homeless in the last 10 years.

5. Serious, ongoing self-destruction habits and poor health. Like Active addiction to alcohol, drugs, gambling, untreated mental illness that keeps them dysfunctional or obesity/health neglect that has caused repeated hospitalizations.


I do believe that 25 age criteria isn't rigid and people can fully turn their lives around after that but more often than not they continue that trajectory and end up in the same situation as in their 40s anyway.
im not 25 but ima go over this.

1. idk dude kinda extreme, r u talking about shit u own like car, assets altogether being 50k or more? yeah probs, my networth is prob like 15k

2. 25 asking for kids is kinda wild, idk man there r niggas who r still running game slaying at 25, when ur pushing 30 it should stop tho

3. jfl the income critea is not even needed, matters what state too

4. The government benefits is absolutely right, living with parents is kinda yeah u should atleast be renting ur own place

5. yep true.

Ngl ur expecting too much out of niggas at 25, a lot of this is economical shit which u can brag about because ur pretty good economically. I feel like u can earn 40k a year in the midwest and have ur partner work too and be living very good for yourself, and raise a family. This is also 25, like 2 years after uni and u expect thi.s Kinda wild shit.
 
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you frequently make threads like "who here is a failure in life" and detail what constitutes a failure
I only made one threads similar to this weeks ago but didn't go into details or specify

 
I only made one threads similar to this weeks ago but didn't go into details or specify

you went into detail and specified
 
Still haven't had a LTR at 24. Need to change that ASAP
it's a combination of factors that led to it, not a simple story. not only looks + low proximity environments, but my parents are gone too so i cant escape using the AM card, you need a family as a mediator usually
 
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My criteria for someone to be considered as failure in life. If you are above 25 and have one or more of these checks off most people including friends, family, dating prospects, and society at large will quietly write you off as a failure. Like someone who didn’t make.

1. Net worth below $50,000 or that equivalent amount in your country (and no realistic path to retirement)
Almost nothing saved or invested. Will be poor or dependent in old age.

2. Never married or had a long-term partner (2+ years) and no kids
Zero family of your own. Not child-free by choice with a happy life just alone, and it’s permanent now.

3. Career still low-status or low-income (under ≈$45k–50k/year)
Stuck in dead end, replaceable jobs with no authority, no skills that took decades to build and no upward mobility left. Also includes NEETs.

4. Still financially dependent or in precarious housing
Lives with parents, relies on government benefits as primary income, pays rent that eats 50%+ of paycheck or has been evicted/homeless in the last 10 years.

5. Serious, ongoing self-destruction habits and poor health. Like Active addiction to alcohol, drugs, gambling, untreated mental illness that keeps them dysfunctional or obesity/health neglect that has caused repeated hospitalizations.


I do believe that 25 age criteria isn't rigid and people can fully turn their lives around after that but more often than not they continue that trajectory and end up in the same situation as in their 40s anyway.
what about a 20yr neet?
 
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im not 25 but ima go over this.

1. idk dude kinda extreme, r u talking about shit u own like car, assets altogether being 50k or more? yeah probs, my networth is prob like 15k

2. 25 asking for kids is kinda wild, idk man there r niggas who r still running game slaying at 25, when ur pushing 30 it should stop tho

3. jfl the income critea is not even needed, matters what state too

4. The government benefits is absolutely right, living with parents is kinda yeah u should atleast be renting ur own place

5. yep true.

Ngl ur expecting too much out of niggas at 25, a lot of this is economical shit which u can brag about because ur pretty good economically. I feel like u can earn 40k a year in the midwest and have ur partner work too and be living very good for yourself, and raise a family. This is also 25, like 2 years after uni and u expect thi.s Kinda wild shit.
list is kinda modest actually, doesn't seem ridiculous
 
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im not 25 but ima go over this.

1. idk dude kinda extreme, r u talking about shit u own like car, assets altogether being 50k or more? yeah probs, my networth is prob like 15k
No. I said equivalent amount. It's all relative "failure" looks different in Bucharest than in Brooklyn but the bar is still about building stability, not scraping the bottom. And not material things. Like i said above in my reply to @Insomnia
2. 25 asking for kids is kinda wild, idk man there r niggas who r still running game slaying at 25, when ur pushing 30 it should stop this
No not children necessarily. I was just talking about having a stable ltr or atleast having someone in life
3. jfl the income critea is not even needed, matters what state too
Relative to your country
4. The government benefits is absolutely right, living with parents is kinda yeah u should atleast be renting ur own place
Living with benefits is a very bad outlook. It's only considered acceptable if you are genuinely in a terrible place
5. yep true.

Ngl ur expecting too much out of niggas at 25, a lot of this is economical shit which u can brag about because ur pretty good economically. I feel like u can earn 40k a year in the midwest and have ur partner work too and be living very good for yourself, and raise a family. This is also 25, like 2 years after uni and u expect thi.s Kinda wild shit.
I don't think it's a big ask. You are fixating on the figure and number. I'm more talking about stability and trajectory.
 
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list is kinda modest actually, doesn't seem ridiculous
Yea I don't think these are big things. Most people hit these things much before
 
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No. I said equivalent amount. It's all relative "failure" looks different in Bucharest than in Brooklyn but the bar is still about building stability, not scraping the bottom. And not material things. Like i said above in my reply to @Insomnia

No not children necessarily. I was just talking about having a stable ltr or atleast having someone in life

Relative to your country

Living with benefits is a very bad outlook. It's only considered acceptable if you are genuinely in a terrible place

I don't think it's a big ask. You are fixating on the figure and number. I'm more talking about stability and trajectory.
i dont think ur a loser if u dont have a ltr and ur slaying ngl,

not even relative to ur country, ngl UK more money is needed, but u can genually raise kids with that amount here, even in london if u know how to bargain right.

idk which nigga at 25 isnt gonna be living with parents though or be at the process of moving out, i feel like 25-26 is the age people be moving out to rent nowadays.

These r all quite crazy requirements jfl, ur unironically saying like 99% of guys are failures at 25 then, i dont think u will even match these requirements.
 
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No. I said equivalent amount. It's all relative "failure" looks different in Bucharest than in Brooklyn but the bar is still about building stability, not scraping the bottom. And not material things. Like i said above in my reply to @Insomnia

No not children necessarily. I was just talking about having a stable ltr or atleast having someone in life

Relative to your country

Living with benefits is a very bad outlook. It's only considered acceptable if you are genuinely in a terrible place

I don't think it's a big ask. You are fixating on the figure and number. I'm more talking about stability and trajectory.
At the end of the day success is kind of subjective. Rotting all day on forums without any care in the world is considered success by some, and failure by others. Everyone should try and achieve their own version of success.
 
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My criteria for someone to be considered as failure in life. If you are above 25 and have one or more of these checks off most people including friends, family, dating prospects, and society at large will quietly write you off as a failure. Like someone who didn’t make.

1. Net worth below $50,000 or that equivalent amount in your country (and no realistic path to retirement)
Almost nothing saved or invested. Will be poor or dependent in old age.

2. Never married or had a long-term partner (2+ years) and no kids
Zero family of your own. Not child-free by choice with a happy life just alone, and it’s permanent now.

3. Career still low-status or low-income (under ≈$45k–50k/year)
Stuck in dead end, replaceable jobs with no authority, no skills that took decades to build and no upward mobility left. Also includes NEETs.

4. Still financially dependent or in precarious housing
Lives with parents, relies on government benefits as primary income, pays rent that eats 50%+ of paycheck or has been evicted/homeless in the last 10 years.

5. Serious, ongoing self-destruction habits and poor health. Like Active addiction to alcohol, drugs, gambling, untreated mental illness that keeps them dysfunctional or obesity/health neglect that has caused repeated hospitalizations.


I do believe that 25 age criteria isn't rigid and people can fully turn their lives around after that but more often than not they continue that trajectory and end up in the same situation as in their 40s anyway.
There's a very small amount of people that have these criterias to be honest.. (except number 2, as inceldom is pretty common) even if you did, then i doubt you'd be spending your time on a looksmax forum - as there is other forums that these people are more welcome in :ogre:
 
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These r all quite crazy requirements jfl, ur unironically saying like 99% of guys are failures at 25 then, i dont think u will even match these requirements.
Name one crazy requirement besides maybe an LTR in this list. All these are more than achievable for the average person with a modicum of work ethnic
 
SO U COULD SAY IM ONE OF THE CLEANEST ORG USERS HERE
You just described the average Muslim
The whole forum is south Asian Muslim so you're just normal.
 
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You just described the average Muslim
The whole forum is south Asian Muslim so you're just normal.
The average muslim drinks alcohol and do cigarettes
 
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The average muslim drinks alcohol and do cigarettes
Hard disagree
At most the teens vape but they never touch the alcohol unless they're some depressed oldcel or agnostic zoomer larping as Muslim to their parents
 
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My friend fits your list. Its brutal for him
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