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Rain1dog t1_ixhyu2s wrote

Reply to comment by etzel1200 in On The Rising Non-Working Class (And What Their Despair Says About Us All) by capcaunul

What is a NEET?

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PaxNova t1_ixi1ojw wrote

Not in Employment, Education, or Training.

It means they're doing nothing for income and doing nothing to improve their situation.

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eight-sided t1_ixisjz9 wrote

Cool acronym but it doesn't need to be negative. It says nothing at all about whether someone is making money from investments, and/or is happily retired, or being supported, and has a perfectly fine situation that doesn't need improvement.

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PaxNova t1_ixiua26 wrote

The full term is "Youth Not in Employment, Education, or Training." It doesn't count people retired, and if they're making money from investments, they are considered self-employed.

It does count people being supported, though if it's because of disability, that's a different category. It's possible they're just self-sufficient, but I'd they live in a city, I doubt they farm enough to feed themselves and get their income elsewhere.

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thereisafrx t1_ixk9s6v wrote

I think what you meant to say is, "that's a NEET acronym".

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