Brave: this straight white man has chosen to be unsuccessful

A privileged man has courageously defied society’s expectations by deliberately choosing to be really unsuccessful in all of his pursuits.

Pioneering hero Dan Cartwright, 32, has impressed his friends and colleagues by purposefully squandering all of the advantages that should have allowed him to coast through life with minimum effort.

“Am I an icon? That’s up to you to decide,” revealed a humble Cartwright. “All I want to do is be a good ally, which is why I’ve taken a hit for straight white men everywhere by making nothing of myself.

“It’s been a really tough journey though. When I tried to get fired from my job for underachieving I was offered a promotion, and the breakdown of my marriage took at least a dozen affairs to pull off.”

Since news of his valiant accomplishment has got out, Cartwright’s inspirational riches to rags story has been optioned for a movie adaptation, with the man himself tipped to play the leading role.

“It’s such rotten luck that men can’t fail even if they try,” lamented Cartwright. “Hopefully the film will be a cautionary tale to blokes everywhere not to interfere with the natural order of things.”