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Obviously if your life is not matching the expectations built into you from before you were aware it was happening it is because the expectations are bullshit.
by kingkawn 11y ago
Obviously if your life is not matching the expectations built into you from before you were aware it was happening it is because the expectations are bullshit. I am looking forward to a return to communal living and away from these ridiculous status markers being labeled independence and success.
- mineshaftgap 11y agoCommunal living is great in theory, in reality it is a shitshow. Boundaries are important.
- gavazzy 11y agoHaving a standard of living is a status marker? If you want to live in a commune, why don't you convince 10 other people to go live with you out on a farm?
- pm90 11y agoI did not downvote, but I really disagree with this sentiment. Financial independence for young people is probably the most revolutionary concept in Western culture and is definitely the reason behind so much innovation not just in technology, but in society as well.
- fucking_tragedy 11y agoWhere do you get the idea that we'll return to communal living? For hundreds of years, we've been taught that it is "I versus Everyone Else" in economically liberal societies. To think that will go away, and not go into hyperdrive, when people are desperate, cold and hungry seems unrealistic to me. I truly want my assumption to be proven wrong, though.