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Perhaps there's a difference if you meet someone who is already successful or who's past accomplishments you admire versus that idiot in high school who barely
by joejerryronnie 9y ago
Perhaps there's a difference if you meet someone who is already successful or who's past accomplishments you admire versus that idiot in high school who barely passed chemistry by cheating off your answers, exibited the worst of the sexist jock/bro mentality, skated by on his good looks and is now driving a lambo and married to a supermodel.
- lsc 9y agoI'm still not seeing how that is any more distressing than seeing, say, your boss' boss, who once took obvious relish in firing one of your friends, continue to be successful in the office every day, you know? You are going to encounter your financial superiors at work quite often, in ways that are a lot more directly impactful and a lot harder to ignore than pictures on facebook, and this is not new.
- sotojuan 9y agoI can't understand why someone over 25 that has a decent career (assuming you are a programmer since it's HN) would still care about what some chad from high school is doing. Worrying about how "unfair" life is is an energy and time black hole.
- guskel 9y agobecause your life isn't just your career.
- lsc 9y agoThis is shocking to me, too. I mean, I don't care what Chad is up to today, but the general trauma of high school is still with me in a way that I don't think is reasonable, considering that my experience wasn't unusual, and that it happened twenty years ago. See also Dahl's "galloping Foxley" for a literary take on the phenomena.