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> Some people just have a terrible fate and nothing that comes in their life changes it because not everyone gets a good job, significant other, place to call h
by ThrowawayP 7y ago
> Some people just have a terrible fate and nothing that comes in their life changes it because not everyone gets a good job, significant other, place to call home, and the healthy body.
There's actually a term for this, SLS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shit_Life_Syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shit_Life_Syndrome
Apparently it was coined as a "ha ha, only serious" joke but came into more general usage in the UK: https://authenticmedicine.com/did-i-discover-the-concept-of-social-determinants-of-health/ https://authenticmedicine.com/did-i-discover-the-concept-of-...
- sysbin 7y agoFate is a real thing and so I can see how SLS started as a joke. I didn't know of the term SLS (thanks for sharing).
- trianglem 7y agoFate is not a “real” thing. What are you talking about exactly when you say fate?
- sysbin 7y agoFate is a "real" thing. Predestination is another word for it. Everything is cause & effect and you cannot change the path you're on.
- meiraleal 7y ago"Fate" might be a real thing. But while a bunch of white rich guys are complaining about fate in the US, millions of Africans and Latinos are living happily without 1/100 of their affluence.