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> It is an extremely boring time to be alive. It is <whatever adjective> time to be alive that you choose it to be. The fact that you aren't teary eyed with j
by EdSharkey 10y ago
> It is an extremely boring time to be alive.
It is <whatever adjective> time to be alive that you choose it to be. The fact that you aren't teary eyed with joy about today's endeavors just tells me that you've got a laundry list of historical achievements you want to make before you croak it. Oh, what, you expect all that striving and effort from the rest of us?
Spend your precious time contributing (beyond tossing out criticism), try to sing the praises of good things when you get the chance, and you might not be filled with regret in your later years.
- babyrainbow 10y ago> Spend your precious time contributing (beyond tossing out criticism), try to sing the praises of good things when you get the chance, and you might not be filled with regret in your later years. No. Any fool can sing praises. But instead, try to criticise and question every one of those supposedly good thing that gets thrown in your way. Or else you might not have a later year at all... The reason we are in this mess in the first place, is that there were too many to sing praises and too few to look beyond the immediate future, and all those voices that did look beyond the immediate future and warned about it, were overwhelmed, and were looked down as you now look down on me and my comment...
- EdSharkey 10y agoI get it, you see yourself as the watchman on the tower. You're telling people to not be suckers, sheep, etc. Wake up, don't look at the bright and shiny, there are REAL problems here. Am I hearing you correctly now? Griping, by itself, is repulsive. Getting grumpier because others are turned off by you doesn't help. In my opinion, rather than doubling down on the grouchiness, the best thing you can do is flip the script; turn off the complaints and retort with leadership or ideas on how you'd improve things. I doubt you're as skeptical and questioning as you think you are, though. You use lots of hyperbolic language which makes me think you've bought into a lot of hype.
- babyrainbow 10y agoAs I see it, there is nothing in your comment that is worthy of a reply. So not bothering.
- EdSharkey 10y agoWow, flagged and dead, what did you originally write?! There's no profit in doubling-down!
- babyrainbow 10y agoI said "As I see it, there is nothing in your comment that is worthy of a reply. So not bothering.". I guess that had too little sugar coating for HN's taste...
- EdSharkey 10y agoThat's lame, I thought you had edited something after the fact. I take back what I said!