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PaxNova t1_ixi1ojw wrote

Reply to comment by Rain1dog in On The Rising Non-Working Class (And What Their Despair Says About Us All) by capcaunul

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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