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The author is just one of these people who has benefited from a system and pretends to care for the underprivileged. And through this article, she makes me feel
by chenpengcheng 8y ago
The author is just one of these people who has benefited from a system and pretends to care for the underprivileged. And through this article, she makes me feel that she is entitled to success in all her endeavors and if that is not the case, then it’s others fault.
This makes me sick.
- newnewpdro 8y agoHave you ever actually lived in the SF bay area? What you're describing has become typical of the area's residents.
- dang 8y agoPlease don't post regional putdowns. We don't need that here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- JamesBarney 8y agoThe author spends the first half of the article talking about how they did everything right. And they spend the second half talking about how they were sabotaged by a high cost of living, incompetent government, and most of all greedy consumers who didn't appreciate their product.
- LanceH 8y agoClearly they should be investing in affordable housing and volunteering it for rent control.
- ajkjk 8y agoThat's what makes you sick? What about all the very real problems she describes?
- chenpengcheng 8y agoThe very real problem is a restaurant which fails to serve its customers well goes out of business. There are other restaurants which are more expensive and pay healthcare, too!
- ajkjk 8y agoWhat about the other very real problems, though? I don't understand how you read this and only come away with resentment for the writer.
- dang 8y agoPlease don't post denunciatory rants to Hacker News, regardless of how entitled you feel someone else or their article is. Even if you're right, the cost of making this place more toxic exceeds the benefit. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- chenpengcheng 8y agoI don't agree with your comment on "rage" and "inferior".
- dang 8y agoYes, those were two provocative words in what I posted. I can see how that could be unhelpful. I replaced "rage" with "denunciatory" and "inferior" with "entitled". Hopefully those changes make the core point smoother.
- chenpengcheng 8y agothank for setting a good example