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I remember growing up getting into scenarios like the Marshmellow Test, but I didn't learn to delay gratification; what I learned was I'm a sucker if I wait or
by Mozai 2y ago
I remember growing up getting into scenarios like the Marshmellow Test, but I didn't learn to delay gratification; what I learned was I'm a sucker if I wait or make sacrifices. Often "you'll get two later if you surrender this one now" became "there is no second marshmellow and you're not getting the first one back." How many times do other kids have to experience this before they learn not to delay gratification? and thus get accused of "poor impulse control" when I'd call it "learning from experience" ?
- sirspacey 2y agoFood scarcity will teach you that quick. Almost the entirety of the lower bracket of employment works this way “Do customer service for this big tech company and you could get into a corporate role” Except that the number of people who have every successfully done that is close to 0% of hires One of the things I love about Reddit is the visibility it has given to the “promises that no one will ever keep” system that runs most retail/service jobs