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Yes, it isn't your fault that your parents have money/connections and your ego knows no limits. No, that doesn't mean you're better than anyone. When was grac

by mxkopy 4y ago

Yes, it isn't your fault that your parents have money/connections and your ego knows no limits. No, that doesn't mean you're better than anyone. When was grace in power determined to be a useless quality?

recuter 4y ago
I grew up in an orphanage.
- mxkopy 4y ago
  Then statistically speaking, you aren't in a position of power. I doubt that you even are. The "we" you used earlier was certainly a mischaracterization of your supposed "power".
  - alephnan 4y ago
    > of your supposed "power" At the very least, they aren’t resigning and relegating themselves to be a victim of Elon Musk. That’d be weakness and the opposite of “power”.
    - mxkopy 4y ago
      If you aren't resigning, show us what you're doing. Because you probably can't do anything other than voice your useless opinion. You are as weak as anybody else, don't have delusions now.
      - alephnan 4y ago
        I literally resigned from a half million dollar year job in FANG and turned a few others. I’m just happily unemployed now. Here’s what I can do. I say whatever TF I want without worrying about financial dependencies or an employer’s opinion. You can’t do the same for me cause I don’t need a tech job lol. Be in a position where you don’t have to worry about paying bills. That’s power over people. Voicing ones opinion without having to hide like a coward with a throwaway for fear of losing one’s job. That’s power. Sure, our opinions are equally useless, but there’s varying degrees of being able to take action on that opinion. Elon Musk can afford Twitter and do whatever he wants with it. You can’t. I can afford to be unemployed while traveling nonstop for years on end. I can work on whatever TF I want. No BS meetings or a boss. That’s freedom, and freedom is power. You probably can’t. Do you have a boss? If you do, that person is already more powerful than you. I’m probably more powerful than your boss, since I report to no one except the government. I can afford to not work for employers who values I don’t agree with, or just don’t feel like working for. If you are enjoying being a wage slave, be our guest. If you’re so smart, don’t be poor. Don’t be delusional for me. The world is pretty fair for people with good ideas and the ability to actually execute on them. Talk is cheap. You can also short or long Twitter or any stock too, if your opinion had any economic merit. At the very least, don’t dread Monday. That sounds awful. Bet you have student loans too. Can’t relate.
        mxkopy 4y ago
        >I can afford to be unemployed while traveling nonstop for years on end. I can work on whatever TF I want. No BS meetings or a boss. That’s freedom, and freedom is power. What freedom do you have in stopping Musk from buying Twitter? Everything else is irrelevant. >You probably can’t. Another assumption. >If you’re so smart, don’t be poor. >Bet you have student loans too. Can’t relate. Next time you go out on a date, I suggest you show them this comment. >The world is pretty fair for people with good ideas and the ability to actually execute on them. I'm happy that you haven't had any significant pains in achieving your financial independence. But just know that, if you want to make it to the big leagues, you will have to recognize the advantages you were given in order to fully make use of them. Musk, Gates, Buffet are priveleged, to be sure, but they are smart. They are in tune with the reality of their privilege. They are grateful for it, and that is essential to why they made it. Only because they are in tune with their reality, can they can shape it. Good luck.
- hooande 4y ago
  great that you keep up with hn at your age. I believe the last "orphanage" in the US closed in the 1960s
  - alephnan 4y ago
    > great that you keep up with hn at your age. Passive aggressive intolerance and ageism. Aren’t you supposed to be virtue signaling? > in the US Explains why an American team winning American “football” are deemed “world champions”. Why did you assume OP spent his youth in America? Even if they are in America now, they could have been adopted from an orphanage in a different country. Logic.
- alephnan 4y ago
  Looks like a bunch of privileged people with the victimhood mentality are downvoting you, the actually disadvantaged person who proved otherwise.
  - mxkopy 4y ago
    Nobody in the 0.001% (the "we" this troll identifies with) made it there through sheer will and determination. If you grew up in the slums you might make it out with a good, stable, comfortable life through good planning and will. But becoming rich enough to buy Twitter? To influence people on a global scale? You're not going to do that without the approval of the incumbents. And you are deluding yourself to think they are meritocratic. Consider how long it took -it is taking- for people with tattoos to not get written off as gang members or no lifes. Kindly refrain from assuming people's privilege and mentality. You don't know shit, sorry to say.
    - alephnan 4y ago
      Bet you enjoy pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks, a company with more than 2x the market cap of Twitter and founded by a person who grew up in government subsidized housing. You’ve just moved the fencepost to a random percentile. WE could very much mean anyone who owns companies, or at the very least the non-working class who controls land, labor and capital, as opposed to being the labor and barely owning land nor capitalz
      - mxkopy 4y ago
        >Bet you enjoy pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks Another assumption. >as opposed to being the labor and barely owning land nor capitalz What the fuck kind of misanthropic sociopath are you? Are you seriously implying that people who don't own land or capital are just dumb? Have you considered that they simply don't want to deal with the headache or that they don't want to commodity the work of other human beings like you? EDIT: You are closer to the slums than you are to Musk. You have no grasp of the magnitudes. $500k is nothing to them. It seems to me you're defending this reasoning because you think you are "we". You're not. You can't put satellites into space from out of your own pocket. I think someone coming from the mud can obtain their own capital and land. But that doesn't make them able to affect humanity on a global level. To someone who can, their power is nothing.

by mxkopy 4y ago

recuter 4y ago

I grew up in an orphanage.

mxkopy 4y ago
Then statistically speaking, you aren't in a position of power. I doubt that you even are. The "we" you used earlier was certainly a mischaracterization of your supposed "power".
- alephnan 4y ago
  > of your supposed "power" At the very least, they aren’t resigning and relegating themselves to be a victim of Elon Musk. That’d be weakness and the opposite of “power”.
  - mxkopy 4y ago
    If you aren't resigning, show us what you're doing. Because you probably can't do anything other than voice your useless opinion. You are as weak as anybody else, don't have delusions now.
    - alephnan 4y ago
      I literally resigned from a half million dollar year job in FANG and turned a few others. I’m just happily unemployed now. Here’s what I can do. I say whatever TF I want without worrying about financial dependencies or an employer’s opinion. You can’t do the same for me cause I don’t need a tech job lol. Be in a position where you don’t have to worry about paying bills. That’s power over people. Voicing ones opinion without having to hide like a coward with a throwaway for fear of losing one’s job. That’s power. Sure, our opinions are equally useless, but there’s varying degrees of being able to take action on that opinion. Elon Musk can afford Twitter and do whatever he wants with it. You can’t. I can afford to be unemployed while traveling nonstop for years on end. I can work on whatever TF I want. No BS meetings or a boss. That’s freedom, and freedom is power. You probably can’t. Do you have a boss? If you do, that person is already more powerful than you. I’m probably more powerful than your boss, since I report to no one except the government. I can afford to not work for employers who values I don’t agree with, or just don’t feel like working for. If you are enjoying being a wage slave, be our guest. If you’re so smart, don’t be poor. Don’t be delusional for me. The world is pretty fair for people with good ideas and the ability to actually execute on them. Talk is cheap. You can also short or long Twitter or any stock too, if your opinion had any economic merit. At the very least, don’t dread Monday. That sounds awful. Bet you have student loans too. Can’t relate.
      - mxkopy 4y ago
        >I can afford to be unemployed while traveling nonstop for years on end. I can work on whatever TF I want. No BS meetings or a boss. That’s freedom, and freedom is power. What freedom do you have in stopping Musk from buying Twitter? Everything else is irrelevant. >You probably can’t. Another assumption. >If you’re so smart, don’t be poor. >Bet you have student loans too. Can’t relate. Next time you go out on a date, I suggest you show them this comment. >The world is pretty fair for people with good ideas and the ability to actually execute on them. I'm happy that you haven't had any significant pains in achieving your financial independence. But just know that, if you want to make it to the big leagues, you will have to recognize the advantages you were given in order to fully make use of them. Musk, Gates, Buffet are priveleged, to be sure, but they are smart. They are in tune with the reality of their privilege. They are grateful for it, and that is essential to why they made it. Only because they are in tune with their reality, can they can shape it. Good luck.
hooande 4y ago
great that you keep up with hn at your age. I believe the last "orphanage" in the US closed in the 1960s
- alephnan 4y ago
  > great that you keep up with hn at your age. Passive aggressive intolerance and ageism. Aren’t you supposed to be virtue signaling? > in the US Explains why an American team winning American “football” are deemed “world champions”. Why did you assume OP spent his youth in America? Even if they are in America now, they could have been adopted from an orphanage in a different country. Logic.
alephnan 4y ago
Looks like a bunch of privileged people with the victimhood mentality are downvoting you, the actually disadvantaged person who proved otherwise.
- mxkopy 4y ago
  Nobody in the 0.001% (the "we" this troll identifies with) made it there through sheer will and determination. If you grew up in the slums you might make it out with a good, stable, comfortable life through good planning and will. But becoming rich enough to buy Twitter? To influence people on a global scale? You're not going to do that without the approval of the incumbents. And you are deluding yourself to think they are meritocratic. Consider how long it took -it is taking- for people with tattoos to not get written off as gang members or no lifes. Kindly refrain from assuming people's privilege and mentality. You don't know shit, sorry to say.
  - alephnan 4y ago
    Bet you enjoy pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks, a company with more than 2x the market cap of Twitter and founded by a person who grew up in government subsidized housing. You’ve just moved the fencepost to a random percentile. WE could very much mean anyone who owns companies, or at the very least the non-working class who controls land, labor and capital, as opposed to being the labor and barely owning land nor capitalz
    - mxkopy 4y ago
      >Bet you enjoy pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks Another assumption. >as opposed to being the labor and barely owning land nor capitalz What the fuck kind of misanthropic sociopath are you? Are you seriously implying that people who don't own land or capital are just dumb? Have you considered that they simply don't want to deal with the headache or that they don't want to commodity the work of other human beings like you? EDIT: You are closer to the slums than you are to Musk. You have no grasp of the magnitudes. $500k is nothing to them. It seems to me you're defending this reasoning because you think you are "we". You're not. You can't put satellites into space from out of your own pocket. I think someone coming from the mud can obtain their own capital and land. But that doesn't make them able to affect humanity on a global level. To someone who can, their power is nothing.