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Right. The lack of good educational resources, poverty, structural imbalances, staggering income inequality, a government that deliberately makes access to cont

Right. The lack of good educational resources, poverty, structural imbalances, staggering income inequality, a government that deliberately makes access to contraception hard - all these are clearly deliberate choices to not stay healthy. Maybe that answer is people instead discovering that there's a trait called empathy. That luck and circumstances shape most of our lives. That ignoring that makes you into a horrible human being who's entirely self-centered. Not you, obviously, but just in general.

scarface74 9y ago
Yes there are structural problems. During the height of the recession, the local Y that I taught fitness classes at posted signs telling people that if they couldn't afford their fees just let them know and they would waive their fees. The Y also has child care.
jrq 9y ago
Like I told the other moron, I was homeless, on my own early, and an alcoholic. You're making excuses for people that aren't proactive. I'm not disparaging the poor, I was poor for the majaority of my life, I'm disparaging the poor choices people make to stay there. My mother to this day is an oxycodone addict. My dad is somewhere out there, maybe, I don't know. I didn't let those factors dictate my life. And once I learned how to make better choices, I stopped being homeless, went through a rehab, and got my career together. It was hard, but it was a hard choice I made, for myself. You don't know who I am because of an opinion your reactionary, careless ass misread on the Internet. Get a grip.
- dang 9y ago
  Hey! You're welcome here. It's good to hear from people who have this kind of firsthand experience. I value it deeply, and I believe the community does too. But we need you to follow the rules: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. It can be annoying to run into comments that seem to deny what you know from experience, give advice you don't need, and so on. But you can't respond by insulting people and calling names (e.g. "moron", " reactionary, careless ass"). It doesn't matter how right you are; being right makes it worse, because it prevents people from hearing what you have to say. So would you please the rules and follow them when posting here?

scarface74 9y ago

Yes there are structural problems. During the height of the recession, the local Y that I taught fitness classes at posted signs telling people that if they couldn't afford their fees just let them know and they would waive their fees. The Y also has child care.

jrq 9y ago

Like I told the other moron, I was homeless, on my own early, and an alcoholic. You're making excuses for people that aren't proactive. I'm not disparaging the poor, I was poor for the majaority of my life, I'm disparaging the poor choices people make to stay there. My mother to this day is an oxycodone addict. My dad is somewhere out there, maybe, I don't know. I didn't let those factors dictate my life. And once I learned how to make better choices, I stopped being homeless, went through a rehab, and got my career together. It was hard, but it was a hard choice I made, for myself. You don't know who I am because of an opinion your reactionary, careless ass misread on the Internet. Get a grip.

dang 9y ago
Hey! You're welcome here. It's good to hear from people who have this kind of firsthand experience. I value it deeply, and I believe the community does too. But we need you to follow the rules: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. It can be annoying to run into comments that seem to deny what you know from experience, give advice you don't need, and so on. But you can't respond by insulting people and calling names (e.g. "moron", " reactionary, careless ass"). It doesn't matter how right you are; being right makes it worse, because it prevents people from hearing what you have to say. So would you please the rules and follow them when posting here?