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I really liked this essay, and I think I would really like its author if I knew her. At the end of the essay, the vague sadness I felt was joined by a pretty u

by rfrey 8y ago

I really liked this essay, and I think I would really like its author if I knew her. At the end of the essay, the vague sadness I felt was joined by a pretty unsympathetic “well, what did you expect?” kind of feeling. I didn’t like that, it put me into the shuttle bus of coyotes she might have been talking about. But she doesn’t like technical backpacks, or people who like technical backpacks, and she took a job in a technical backpack factory.

CrestonePeak 8y ago
When the town turns into a company town for the makers of technical backpacks, I feel some admiration for the people that try to assimilate, but also... it's kind of a shame. There's no easy reaction to all the engineers and technical staff that don't love making tech products, maybe don't even like it. I want to explain to them why I love it in the hopes they'll start to feel the way I do and be happy. But people are too complex for that. And you can't just be like "get some other job" because there are very few other jobs that won't leave them struggling to make rent, at least not without moving far away.
- et-al 8y ago
  Bingo. > Surrounded by transplants, we together inhabit a prehistoric California of 1970s sedans, rickety on the highway, hot air blowing through open windows into the backseat. [...] Our coworkers had moved here to be a part of the future, but we were left over from something that had already passed.
onlyrealcuzzo 8y ago
I absolutely loved this article. From start to finish -- all the wild threads, the transitions, the prose -- it was amazing. I haven't been compelled to comment on how much I loved a literary piece like this since someone posted A Kingdom from Dust on HN. If you liked this, you might like it, too: https://story.californiasunday.com/resnick-a-kingdom-from-dust https://story.californiasunday.com/resnick-a-kingdom-from-du...

by rfrey 8y ago

CrestonePeak 8y ago

When the town turns into a company town for the makers of technical backpacks, I feel some admiration for the people that try to assimilate, but also... it's kind of a shame. There's no easy reaction to all the engineers and technical staff that don't love making tech products, maybe don't even like it. I want to explain to them why I love it in the hopes they'll start to feel the way I do and be happy. But people are too complex for that. And you can't just be like "get some other job" because there are very few other jobs that won't leave them struggling to make rent, at least not without moving far away.

et-al 8y ago
Bingo. > Surrounded by transplants, we together inhabit a prehistoric California of 1970s sedans, rickety on the highway, hot air blowing through open windows into the backseat. [...] Our coworkers had moved here to be a part of the future, but we were left over from something that had already passed.

onlyrealcuzzo 8y ago

I absolutely loved this article. From start to finish -- all the wild threads, the transitions, the prose -- it was amazing. I haven't been compelled to comment on how much I loved a literary piece like this since someone posted A Kingdom from Dust on HN. If you liked this, you might like it, too: https://story.californiasunday.com/resnick-a-kingdom-from-dust https://story.californiasunday.com/resnick-a-kingdom-from-du...