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> They're killing themselves because, what, their Starbucks allowance is too small? This statement is profoundly lacking in empathy, and belies not having read
by bashinator 11y ago
> They're killing themselves because, what, their Starbucks allowance is too small?
This statement is profoundly lacking in empathy, and belies not having read the article or paid any attention to what's being discussed.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoTrue, guilty as charged. I lived and worked in Palo Alto for years, and saw firsthand how pampered the yuppie offspring were. I have a profound lack of empathy for them, coming from my Iowa farm upbringing where work was a fact of life, where failure meant disaster for the family, so you were damn sure to do it right the first time. I assumed the article has plenty of upper-class empathy for their plight, where they get asked to work and don't know how, so they feel like a failure. Did I get it wrong?
- bashinator 11y agoYes. The article mostly talks about intense academic and socioeconomic pressures where kids are working > 12-hour days (between school, 4-6 hours of homework, and mandatory extracurricular everything). "Getting a B is a failure."
- tehwebguy 11y agoIt's easy to look down your nose at them if you didn't have it "as good" but if you turned out more well adjusted maybe you are the one with a childhood to be envied.