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Yeah, I get enough of this as is - outside of HN. It still blows me away how having a kid is used both as a "meaning of life" play and a "look at how much mone
by algaeontoast 7y ago
Yeah, I get enough of this as is - outside of HN.
It still blows me away how having a kid is used both as a "meaning of life" play and a "look at how much money I have" play (akin to humble bragging about a $70k BMW in the driveway). During my time living in Los Altos with three other Google engineers (in the same house) this was common place in our neighborhood.
- benatkin 7y agoHomer Simpson has the best reason to enjoy having kids: "Kids are the best; you can teach them to hate the things you hate."
- algaeontoast 7y agoAfter multiple friends of mine had kids, they all seem to agree that kids can also teach you to hate everything you once enjoyed.
- Domenic_S 7y agoI mean, you're humblebragging about different things (Los Altos, Google), not sure the subject really matters
- algaeontoast 7y agoI was giving location as context for my perspective / statement...
- Domenic_S 7y agoI was (too subtly) making the point that perhaps it's the location and not kids-as-trophies per se. Possibly your experience in the 3rd richest zip code in the nation isn't generalizable to the rest of the world?
- filoleg 7y ago>Possibly your experience in the 3rd richest zip code in the nation isn't generalizable to the rest of the world? Your experience anywhere in the US isn't generalizable to the rest of the world. Just like your experience in China or South Africa isn't generalizable to the rest of the world. Which is why the parent comment pointed out his location to give some context. Making a post like that without mentioning the location is absurd and makes things more confusing for everyone.