Man, I'm disappointed by the comments. Like, moreso than usual.
The cherry-picking of points to support your preconceived conclusions about the author ("he owns three houses he's better off than everyone else" did ya'll not read any of the context?), the judging of someone refusing to compromise personal values for temporary comfort, the denial on display that the country and life he lived is somehow invalid or fake simply because you personally haven't experienced it...
Just, fuck, ya'll. And you wonder why polarization is spreading even on sites like HN or Slashdot, in what used to be tech-centric circles. This is why: you cannot comprehend the lived experiences of others and their personal value systems, you refuse to acknowledge the immense role that luck plays in life for a huge swath of the planet, and you apply your personal narrative to total strangers while also crowing about how people need to be more entrepreneurial, or take more risks, or sacrifice more.
One personal snippet about how he placed his veganism as a personal principle in life, and suddenly so many feel comfortable saying he doesn't deserve help.
One mention of his work renovating homes to try and pull in reliable income while also caring for his mother, and somehow he's just as bad as Blackstone or Bezos, nevermind the admission he lives in an off-grid trailer himself.
Do ya'll even hear yourselves think before posting? "He needs to be entrepreneurial, but only in the methods I personally accept," "He went to college, it's his own fault for taking on that debt", "he complains about being hungry but chooses to be vegan."
Fucking christ. I just...I have no words for how disgustingly self-centered and willfully ignorant so many of you are. Always looking for the tiniest nitpick to unravel a personal narrative to suit your own ends, rather than earnestly listening to the message being shared and the plea being made. The notion that the only perspectives worth listening to come from folks who made all the right decisions you would've obviously made, and that any human mistake is solely personal responsibility regardless of systemic influence.
Ya'll need to learn to listen more, and judge less.
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Man, I'm disappointed by the comments. Like, moreso than usual.
The cherry-picking of points to support your preconceived conclusions about the author ("he owns three houses he's better off than everyone else" did ya'll not read any of the context?), the judging of someone refusing to compromise personal values for temporary comfort, the denial on display that the country and life he lived is somehow invalid or fake simply because you personally haven't experienced it...
Just, fuck, ya'll. And you wonder why polarization is spreading even on sites like HN or Slashdot, in what used to be tech-centric circles. This is why: you cannot comprehend the lived experiences of others and their personal value systems, you refuse to acknowledge the immense role that luck plays in life for a huge swath of the planet, and you apply your personal narrative to total strangers while also crowing about how people need to be more entrepreneurial, or take more risks, or sacrifice more.
One personal snippet about how he placed his veganism as a personal principle in life, and suddenly so many feel comfortable saying he doesn't deserve help.
One mention of his work renovating homes to try and pull in reliable income while also caring for his mother, and somehow he's just as bad as Blackstone or Bezos, nevermind the admission he lives in an off-grid trailer himself.
Do ya'll even hear yourselves think before posting? "He needs to be entrepreneurial, but only in the methods I personally accept," "He went to college, it's his own fault for taking on that debt", "he complains about being hungry but chooses to be vegan."
Fucking christ. I just...I have no words for how disgustingly self-centered and willfully ignorant so many of you are. Always looking for the tiniest nitpick to unravel a personal narrative to suit your own ends, rather than earnestly listening to the message being shared and the plea being made. The notion that the only perspectives worth listening to come from folks who made all the right decisions you would've obviously made, and that any human mistake is solely personal responsibility regardless of systemic influence.
Ya'll need to learn to listen more, and judge less.