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I believe you've fundamentally misunderstood my point, there exists people for whom work is a large part of their identity and sense of purpose. Robbed of that,
by mieseratte 7y ago
I believe you've fundamentally misunderstood my point, there exists people for whom work is a large part of their identity and sense of purpose. Robbed of that, no amount of "Just do X" is going to matter.
- dredmorbius 7y agoNeither of you seems to be offering a particularly charitable interpretation to the other. Launching with "that's a pretty bold assessment" sets the tone for your own first response. The comment reads far better without that sentence. As it is, you and mikestew appear to be in violent agreement.
- mieseratte 7y ago> Neither of you seems to be offering a particularly charitable interpretation to the other. Not a lot of room for uncharitable misinterpretation when one starts off with "I can only assume..." > The comment reads far better without that sentence. It certainly would!
- dredmorbius 7y agoI probably should have mentioned that as well, yes. You had the choice to interpret charitably yourself, however ;-) https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- knolax 7y agoI'd like to interject for a moment and say that imho this entire subthread is off topic and weirdly passive-aggressive.
- dredmorbius 7y agoAlmost any time a nudge on HN culture goes past a single initial mention / response, it tends to get that way. Though the initial bit on the culture of charity (see link in my previous comment you're replying to) seems generally on point. Watching people talk past each other rubs me as tedious. I'll mention it occasionally.
- mikestew 7y agoI understood your point just fine, it seems. What I'm saying is, "go find something else to do". If you can't do that, I understand, but I'll also point out that it just illustrates my point.
- imtringued 7y agoJust work until you die. I don't see the problem.