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The phrase is a disgrace to the idea it conveys.

scott_s 16y ago
I disagree. The phrase nakedly demonstrates it's about financial freedom - the freedom from ever having to worry about money every again. It's when you don't need your paycheck that you can tell people you work with or work for to fuck off. People who depend on their paycheck can't do that.
- TotlolRon 16y ago
  > you can tell people you work with or work for to fuck off. As said. A disgrace.
  - boucher 16y ago
    I think you're confusing having the power to say something with having the obligation to say it.
    - TGJ 16y ago
      If I had the power/money to tell someone anything I wanted, I think that I could muster a few brain cells to come up with something more meaningful or creative.
  - scott_s 16y ago
    In some circumstances - if you're being exploited - it's the appropriate response.
    - jacquesm 16y ago
      Yes, but how many people reading HN are truly exploited. Only if you let them... Exploited to me smacks of child labor and indentured servitude. I highly doubt there are child laborers and true slaves reading HN. But they do exist, and in larger numbers than you probably thought possible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery#Current_situation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery#Current_situation That's more than the population of many countries.
      - scott_s 16y ago
        exploited to make use of meanly or unfairly for one's own advantage <exploiting migrant farm workers> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exploited http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exploited Some people are exploited in ways that are horrific compared to how other people are exploited. But until we have words specifically to describe white-collar workers, I'm going to use the available words that I think are most apt.
        rick888 16y ago
        "Some people are exploited in ways that are horrific compared to how other people are exploited. But until we have words specifically to describe white-collar workers, I'm going to use the available words that I think are most apt." I realize that some white-collar works are truly exploited. However, most of the people that I see complain about being "exploited" just don't have the balls to quit their job.

I disagree. The phrase nakedly demonstrates it's about financial freedom - the freedom from ever having to worry about money every again. It's when you don't need your paycheck that you can tell people you work with or work for to fuck off. People who depend on their paycheck can't do that.

TotlolRon 16y ago
> you can tell people you work with or work for to fuck off. As said. A disgrace.
- boucher 16y ago
  I think you're confusing having the power to say something with having the obligation to say it.
  - TGJ 16y ago
    If I had the power/money to tell someone anything I wanted, I think that I could muster a few brain cells to come up with something more meaningful or creative.
- scott_s 16y ago
  In some circumstances - if you're being exploited - it's the appropriate response.
  - jacquesm 16y ago
    Yes, but how many people reading HN are truly exploited. Only if you let them... Exploited to me smacks of child labor and indentured servitude. I highly doubt there are child laborers and true slaves reading HN. But they do exist, and in larger numbers than you probably thought possible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery#Current_situation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery#Current_situation That's more than the population of many countries.
    - scott_s 16y ago
      exploited to make use of meanly or unfairly for one's own advantage <exploiting migrant farm workers> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exploited http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exploited Some people are exploited in ways that are horrific compared to how other people are exploited. But until we have words specifically to describe white-collar workers, I'm going to use the available words that I think are most apt.
      - rick888 16y ago
        "Some people are exploited in ways that are horrific compared to how other people are exploited. But until we have words specifically to describe white-collar workers, I'm going to use the available words that I think are most apt." I realize that some white-collar works are truly exploited. However, most of the people that I see complain about being "exploited" just don't have the balls to quit their job.