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while the current generation whines about any sort of adversity, earlier generations sucked it up and enjoyed the challenge. Or... we could reverse which side
by glhaynes 13y ago
while the current generation whines about any sort of adversity, earlier generations sucked it up and enjoyed the challenge.
Or... we could reverse which side we're being charitable to:
while the current generation more often demands appropriate behavior, earlier generations just "sucked it up" because they wouldn't have had establishment support if they had spoken up. Millions of female/minority employees with tremendous potential (and the companies that could have employed/promoted them) lost out.
- yummyfajitas 13y agoThe principle of charity means applying a charitable interpretation to whoever's argument you are attempting to understand, which is what I did. As a result, I correctly interpreted his argument: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6096457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6096457 You did not.
- glhaynes 13y agoI wasn't taking exception with your interpretation but with the argument itself.