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I don’t know man, it’s not like I said the peasants should be content with their gruel. A private apartment in the center of one of the most desirable ZIP codes

I don’t know man, it’s not like I said the peasants should be content with their gruel. A private apartment in the center of one of the most desirable ZIP codes on the planet is an inherently limited good. Believing you deserve it (over, say, a family with kids who truly do need the space and privacy) is kind of the definition of entitlement. And it’s not like it was a barely tolerable existence — I wouldn’t trade my five years living in a glorified flophouse for anything, even after that time my housemate attempted to clean their vomit off the bathroom floor at 3 in the morning with the communal Roomba. I guess that was hardship of a sort, but hardship creates friends and memories — I don’t think I built an ounce of “character”, but I had a hell of a time.

cxr 2y ago
> Believing you deserve it (over, say, a family with kids who truly do need the space and privacy) k. So you're not against strawmanning. > And it’s not like it was a barely tolerable existence — I wouldn’t trade my five years living in a glorified flophouse for anything That's good for you, I guess. Are you acquainted with Rob K. Henderson and what he calls "luxury beliefs"? Or abfan1127[1]? It's easy to discount having "a quiet place to study"[2] if you've never been harmed by not having it and your response to your roommates' youthfully stupid hijinx involves grins and not grief. 1. <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25468799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25468799> 2. <https://pudding.cool/2024/03/teenagers/ https://pudding.cool/2024/03/teenagers/>