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if you're feeling overwhelmed (these are your words), why are you doing so much? seriously. why?

• acuozzo 13y ago
  I challenge you to say this to a poverty-stricken single mother of a mentally-disabled child with no job prospects (due to not having any marketable skills, certifications, or degrees) and a mountain of debt left behind by a dead-beat husband who is incapable of providing child-support due to being an alcoholic bum with no job prospects of his own. This is what my mother-in-law has to deal with every day. Sometimes people "[do] so much" because they have no reasonable alternatives. Being overwhelmed is a fact of life for them.
  • beachstartup 13y ago
    this guy is talking about "hobby projects" and posting on HN. my response was directed at him, not your hypothetical single mother with a special needs child.
    • acuozzo 13y ago
      > my response was directed at him OK, point taken and understood. My apologies for taking your comment out-of-context. > not your hypothetical single mother with a special needs child It wasn't hypothetical. That's an accurate description of the life my mother-in-law leads.