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You're not thinking internet scale. For the 10,000s people it went OK for, a few people it didn't.

by mattmanser 11y ago

donatj 11y ago
The few whom it didn't's lives were already on pins and needles. They'll be better off.
- macintux 11y ago
  I don't even. You're joking about people living on the edge whose livelihood is now at risk?
  - donatj 11y ago
    I'm not joking. If you're livelihood is so at risk that you could lose it over a minion gif you have a terrible unhappy life. It was a house of cards ready to fall at any moment anyway. You'd be much better off / happier having to find a new job / wife / whatever else is causing so much pain in the long run. Speaking from experience of a job triggering a stress induced bout of trigeminal neuralgia that made me want to die. After two weeks of that I quit my job of five years and found a much lower stress one.
    - scrollaway 11y ago
      It's one thing that you don't understand what it's actually like to live on the edge. Maybe you haven't experienced it. I don't wish for you to experience it. But it's another frankly repulsive thing for you to act superior and give such awful advice to those people. Maybe you should experience what it's like. Try and give you a better idea of what it's like to be a few dollars away from being homeless. Have your children removed from your care because you cannot provide from them. Have your entire life thrown away if you lose your job. Not everyone can just "find a new job". Why don't you come here in Greece and ask the majority of the population why they can't find a job?
      - donatj 11y ago
        I HAVE experienced what it is like. Its insulting that you would make assumptions. If you are living in such a terrible place you really are better off with a fresh start. Speaking from experience. If a minion gif can "ruin your life" it was already a infix able house of cards. I've updated my previous comment with details.
        scrollaway 11y ago
        > I HAVE experienced what it is like. No, you quite clearly haven't, and it's insulting for everyone in that position that you would pretend you have. As for your experience per your edit, I'm sorry you had such a high stress job and it's good to hear you got a better one, but that's not at all the situations I was talking about. Have you been in a situation where you don't know how to pay the rent, will get kicked out if you don't and have no place to live if you get kicked out? Have you been in jail for something meaningless and experienced employer after employer declining even having you in an interview because of the red flag? Have you been part of an economy where the majority of the population cannot find a job because nobody is hiring, because nobody has money left? If you had a job in any of those situations, you'd be damn glad to have it and you wouldn't be looking for a "fresh start" just because the conditions are not ideal.
        pessimizer 11y ago
        > No, you quite clearly haven't, and it's insulting for everyone in that position that you would pretend you have. You're assuming that someone who differs from you in opinion (not their view of the facts), is stupider than you, less experienced than you, and dishonest. That's not an argument, that's just peer pressure. edit: and whoever flagged it, I'd love to know what kind of criteria they were using (flagged: not feeling my pain deeply enough?)
        scrollaway 11y ago
        I'm not assuming. He edited his post with a story which has absolutely nothing to do with the kind of thing we're dealing with here. Being in a high stress job and being able to leave it to get a better one is not the same thing as being in a situation where you cannot lose your job lest you risk your children, your home etc. And even without such an edit, it's ridiculously easy to tell he hasn't been in that situation. If you go around telling people "pah, they just need a fresh start, new job, new wife", you've not been in a situation where you understand this isn't always an option. Good for you, but you live in one hell of a bubble.

You're not thinking internet scale. For the 10,000s people it went OK for, a few people it didn't.

donatj 11y ago

The few whom it didn't's lives were already on pins and needles. They'll be better off.

macintux 11y ago
I don't even. You're joking about people living on the edge whose livelihood is now at risk?
- donatj 11y ago
  I'm not joking. If you're livelihood is so at risk that you could lose it over a minion gif you have a terrible unhappy life. It was a house of cards ready to fall at any moment anyway. You'd be much better off / happier having to find a new job / wife / whatever else is causing so much pain in the long run. Speaking from experience of a job triggering a stress induced bout of trigeminal neuralgia that made me want to die. After two weeks of that I quit my job of five years and found a much lower stress one.
  - scrollaway 11y ago
    It's one thing that you don't understand what it's actually like to live on the edge. Maybe you haven't experienced it. I don't wish for you to experience it. But it's another frankly repulsive thing for you to act superior and give such awful advice to those people. Maybe you should experience what it's like. Try and give you a better idea of what it's like to be a few dollars away from being homeless. Have your children removed from your care because you cannot provide from them. Have your entire life thrown away if you lose your job. Not everyone can just "find a new job". Why don't you come here in Greece and ask the majority of the population why they can't find a job?
    - donatj 11y ago
      I HAVE experienced what it is like. Its insulting that you would make assumptions. If you are living in such a terrible place you really are better off with a fresh start. Speaking from experience. If a minion gif can "ruin your life" it was already a infix able house of cards. I've updated my previous comment with details.
      - scrollaway 11y ago
        > I HAVE experienced what it is like. No, you quite clearly haven't, and it's insulting for everyone in that position that you would pretend you have. As for your experience per your edit, I'm sorry you had such a high stress job and it's good to hear you got a better one, but that's not at all the situations I was talking about. Have you been in a situation where you don't know how to pay the rent, will get kicked out if you don't and have no place to live if you get kicked out? Have you been in jail for something meaningless and experienced employer after employer declining even having you in an interview because of the red flag? Have you been part of an economy where the majority of the population cannot find a job because nobody is hiring, because nobody has money left? If you had a job in any of those situations, you'd be damn glad to have it and you wouldn't be looking for a "fresh start" just because the conditions are not ideal.
        pessimizer 11y ago
        > No, you quite clearly haven't, and it's insulting for everyone in that position that you would pretend you have. You're assuming that someone who differs from you in opinion (not their view of the facts), is stupider than you, less experienced than you, and dishonest. That's not an argument, that's just peer pressure. edit: and whoever flagged it, I'd love to know what kind of criteria they were using (flagged: not feeling my pain deeply enough?)
        scrollaway 11y ago
        I'm not assuming. He edited his post with a story which has absolutely nothing to do with the kind of thing we're dealing with here. Being in a high stress job and being able to leave it to get a better one is not the same thing as being in a situation where you cannot lose your job lest you risk your children, your home etc. And even without such an edit, it's ridiculously easy to tell he hasn't been in that situation. If you go around telling people "pah, they just need a fresh start, new job, new wife", you've not been in a situation where you understand this isn't always an option. Good for you, but you live in one hell of a bubble.