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I seriously wish I could never hear the word the "privilege" again. Its an extremely spiteful mechanism to tear people down.

dijit 5y ago
“Your problems are not as bad as these other people’s problems so they are not really problems”. Lots to unpack, but that’s the statement every time someone mentioned someone else’s privilege.
- culopatin 5y ago
  I meant to say “man your problems are real, but they have been a problem for a big portion of the society for a very long time and they wish they could act on it, maybe be a bit more sensitive about it”
  - pksebben 5y ago
    I think the thing that rankles for me in a lot of posts like this, is that they tend to talk about solutions to problems like burnout that are only feasible if you have the privilege to execute on them. "Give yourself space to not work so you don't get burnt out" is only applicable if you have the expendable resources to do so, and the reason that many people don't is that our culture and society are broken for them. For someone like that, listening to people talk about things like "work-life balance" is enraging, frustrating, and demoralizing. That said, if we're going to fix this situation, we're going to have to work together on it; which, for people who have the capacity to spend extra time on social issues, means putting their oxygen mask on first, so they're more effective at whatever it is that they're focused on. In many cases, this is precisely the kind of change necessary to fix the system. My point here is that it's a complex situation, and it's correct both that a) there are bigger problems than burnout in the world and we should be aware of this and b) burnout is a real issue for some people, and that deserves support and attention too. There's no reason we can't focus on more than one thing.
    - culopatin 5y ago
      Your response makes me think you truly understood what I meant. And I agree with the latter part of the post. Hopefully people in the position of making the change experience the burnout and keep it in mind for when they are in a managerial position
goodpoint 5y ago
No, privilege is very real. The problem is using it as a bludgeon to silence someone's complains or to induce guilt or shame.
phaemon 5y ago
I'm sure you do. Along with your wish to: "check back on this coin when its tokenomics have improved. I am not interested in something with 70% of the total supply not yet in circulation." ...

dijit 5y ago

“Your problems are not as bad as these other people’s problems so they are not really problems”. Lots to unpack, but that’s the statement every time someone mentioned someone else’s privilege.

culopatin 5y ago
I meant to say “man your problems are real, but they have been a problem for a big portion of the society for a very long time and they wish they could act on it, maybe be a bit more sensitive about it”
- pksebben 5y ago
  I think the thing that rankles for me in a lot of posts like this, is that they tend to talk about solutions to problems like burnout that are only feasible if you have the privilege to execute on them. "Give yourself space to not work so you don't get burnt out" is only applicable if you have the expendable resources to do so, and the reason that many people don't is that our culture and society are broken for them. For someone like that, listening to people talk about things like "work-life balance" is enraging, frustrating, and demoralizing. That said, if we're going to fix this situation, we're going to have to work together on it; which, for people who have the capacity to spend extra time on social issues, means putting their oxygen mask on first, so they're more effective at whatever it is that they're focused on. In many cases, this is precisely the kind of change necessary to fix the system. My point here is that it's a complex situation, and it's correct both that a) there are bigger problems than burnout in the world and we should be aware of this and b) burnout is a real issue for some people, and that deserves support and attention too. There's no reason we can't focus on more than one thing.
  - culopatin 5y ago
    Your response makes me think you truly understood what I meant. And I agree with the latter part of the post. Hopefully people in the position of making the change experience the burnout and keep it in mind for when they are in a managerial position

goodpoint 5y ago

No, privilege is very real. The problem is using it as a bludgeon to silence someone's complains or to induce guilt or shame.

phaemon 5y ago

I'm sure you do. Along with your wish to: "check back on this coin when its tokenomics have improved. I am not interested in something with 70% of the total supply not yet in circulation." ...