Finally a thread that i cant vent some anger in!

"I could not agree more. In fact, this brings up another point. I'm really sick of being judged because I don't necessarily want the "American Dream". I'm sick of people telling me how I should live, and what I should want. I cannot stand people calling me an idiot because I don't believe that humans were meant to work 60 hours a week. I've only got one life and I'll be damned if I am going to spend 50%+ of it working my ass off so someone else can be rich. This doesn't make me lazy.

Ironically, I'm very ambitious. The difference is I would rather work 90 hours a week for myself rather than 40 hours a week for someone else. One day I'm going to open a nice restaurant or bar, or even an Amsterdamn-style coffee shop if it ever becomes possible to do so in the US."

100% agreeable!