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Shit, let me check out a place for $500/mo please? All jokes aside, ‘da west’ as a land of opportunity, pioneering spirit, freedom, milk, honey… is gone. There
by joeman1000 4y ago
Shit, let me check out a place for $500/mo please? All jokes aside, ‘da west’ as a land of opportunity, pioneering spirit, freedom, milk, honey… is gone. There are too many people now for it to work effectively. An increasing amount of people are fighting for the same resources that aren’t becoming more abundant. ‘Constant growth’ is not the reality now.
- coutego 4y agoThis reminds me of the famous quote from Yogi Berra: "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." Now seriously, there is indeed such thing as being a victim of one's own success.
- joeman1000 4y agoI like it :) By ‘nobody’ he must mean ‘the in-crowd’, those that ‘know’. For sure. It’s like anything really. The smaller and more niche it is, the better. More people means more competition, more idiots. This is why I’m happy that emacs is this tiny community. The quality of the average emacs user is super high, everyone is polite, acts in good faith and can initiate newcomers to do the same and continue the spirit. A huge influx breaks this little ‘yolk’ and then it’s just a mess.