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"priority #1" and as part of his priority? making money to pay the bills. While wife takes care of the kid. People around the world and throughout history sacr

"priority #1" and as part of his priority? making money to pay the bills. While wife takes care of the kid. People around the world and throughout history sacrifice for their kids... we should all be so lucky. He's able to sacrifice from the comfort of home... some sacrifice in coal mines or on oil rigs or on long commutes to long days in factories. Complaining that dad has to work to provide is a first world problem.

Fnoord 3y ago
I don't see his time with this headset as work but as fun/play. I guess we disagree on that.
- sokoloff 3y ago
  This is how he makes his income, is it not? I really enjoy programming and find it fun/engaging. It’s still work, because it’s how I earn money. Other people work as tour guides or travel writers. Do you see what they do as playing around traveling or as work?
  - Fnoord 3y ago
    I'm not sure he makes his income with writing reviews like this? Sure, you could make your hobby a job. But if they experiment with a device like this to see if it enhances their work it is kinda like the 80/20 rule at Google. It could turn out productive, inspiring. But I wouldn't want to bet on it. It wouldn't be the main task of his job.
    - sokoloff 3y ago
      Even the 20 part of Google work is work, IMO, whether it turns out to be productive/inspiring/useful.
- wernercd 3y ago
  I work as a computer programmer. I sit behind a desk and I have fun solving problems... while getting paid to use technology. You may not see it as work... but the guy is literally getting paid for it. No offense but it doesn't matter what you see or what you think you see - what matters is what's really happening. And what's really happening is this guy has gotten REALLY lucky: He's got a job where he can have "fun/play" doing something that pays his bills. That doesn't make his "sacrifice" anything less because it's enjoyable (sacrificing time with wife/kid(s)). It makes his sacrifice enjoyable but he still has to make the same sacrifice that parents around the world make on the daily. I guess I'd ask you honestly... do you see professional streamers or gaming streamers as working? Destiny, Vaush, Asmond Gold, pewdiepie, etc? I know streamers that spend 12 hours a day online engaging in content to make money - and a few of them have kid(s). They are having fun and making money while working their asses off to better their lives and, presumably, their families lives. They aren't slaving in a coal mine or sitting with dead looks in their eyes in a cubicle but they are making money and ends meet. Just because they are lucky (and work their asses off) doesn't mean they aren't also sacrificing. But I digress. I'm lucky enough to love what I do as well so I think the fact this guy can provide for his family by playing with toy is fucking awesome.
  - Fnoord 3y ago
    If he is productively working, then he needs to balance work and his RL responsibilities. His review on this device does not have higher importance than his baby, and the way he worded it is misogynistic (but like I said some men like to sound like tough boy when it comes to this, overstating their power in family while in reality he may get pussy whipped over something like this). As for the examples you mention, I only know Asmongold (and Pewdiepie from committing suicide). Asmongold is a child in an adult body. But I think that is true for a lot of influencers. I find them overrated but they can consider themselves lucky in their niche. Either way, they're exceptions, not the rule of thumb.
    - true_religion 3y ago
      Lots of people don’t balance their responsibilities in the way you are talking about. For example, soldiers on deployment or travel sales people, or people who work foe international organizations or migrant farmers… all have to leave home for weeks to months in order to earn money.

Fnoord 3y ago

I don't see his time with this headset as work but as fun/play. I guess we disagree on that.

sokoloff 3y ago
This is how he makes his income, is it not? I really enjoy programming and find it fun/engaging. It’s still work, because it’s how I earn money. Other people work as tour guides or travel writers. Do you see what they do as playing around traveling or as work?
- Fnoord 3y ago
  I'm not sure he makes his income with writing reviews like this? Sure, you could make your hobby a job. But if they experiment with a device like this to see if it enhances their work it is kinda like the 80/20 rule at Google. It could turn out productive, inspiring. But I wouldn't want to bet on it. It wouldn't be the main task of his job.
  - sokoloff 3y ago
    Even the 20 part of Google work is work, IMO, whether it turns out to be productive/inspiring/useful.
wernercd 3y ago
I work as a computer programmer. I sit behind a desk and I have fun solving problems... while getting paid to use technology. You may not see it as work... but the guy is literally getting paid for it. No offense but it doesn't matter what you see or what you think you see - what matters is what's really happening. And what's really happening is this guy has gotten REALLY lucky: He's got a job where he can have "fun/play" doing something that pays his bills. That doesn't make his "sacrifice" anything less because it's enjoyable (sacrificing time with wife/kid(s)). It makes his sacrifice enjoyable but he still has to make the same sacrifice that parents around the world make on the daily. I guess I'd ask you honestly... do you see professional streamers or gaming streamers as working? Destiny, Vaush, Asmond Gold, pewdiepie, etc? I know streamers that spend 12 hours a day online engaging in content to make money - and a few of them have kid(s). They are having fun and making money while working their asses off to better their lives and, presumably, their families lives. They aren't slaving in a coal mine or sitting with dead looks in their eyes in a cubicle but they are making money and ends meet. Just because they are lucky (and work their asses off) doesn't mean they aren't also sacrificing. But I digress. I'm lucky enough to love what I do as well so I think the fact this guy can provide for his family by playing with toy is fucking awesome.
- Fnoord 3y ago
  If he is productively working, then he needs to balance work and his RL responsibilities. His review on this device does not have higher importance than his baby, and the way he worded it is misogynistic (but like I said some men like to sound like tough boy when it comes to this, overstating their power in family while in reality he may get pussy whipped over something like this). As for the examples you mention, I only know Asmongold (and Pewdiepie from committing suicide). Asmongold is a child in an adult body. But I think that is true for a lot of influencers. I find them overrated but they can consider themselves lucky in their niche. Either way, they're exceptions, not the rule of thumb.
  - true_religion 3y ago
    Lots of people don’t balance their responsibilities in the way you are talking about. For example, soldiers on deployment or travel sales people, or people who work foe international organizations or migrant farmers… all have to leave home for weeks to months in order to earn money.