Important update! His story went viral enough that other paint companies reached out to him and he got a job with a new paint company!!
https://www.tiktok.com/@tonesterpaints/video/6898720259675540742
Listen. This is what people are talking about when they say that if you gave people a fucking UBI, folks would still work.
Even “menial” work is beloved by various people if it’s given the respect it deserves and folks dont need to worry about - um - starving to death and dying of illness?