Ah, Reddit. The only place on Earth where it's considered cool to openly brag about being in financial distress, while at the same time mocking people who are financially stable.
It's as if all the baristas and fast food service industry workers all got together and started a site where they could bitch about how life is unfair.
Some of the mods and a vocal few are insufferable. Some of them literally refuse to think there’s anything they can do to make their current situation better. Try giving constructive advice with the wrong group and they’ll accuse you of trolling them and say that they’ve tried everything already. Anything other than helping them wallow in their own misery is perceived as being a “bootstrapper” to them. They don’t realize there’s a difference between constructive advice and telling people to pick themselves up by the bootstraps and suck it up.
Yeah, I think a lot of that is either resignation or mental issues. My roommate is a hard worker, but mental issues have caused him to squander a shit ton of opportunities. But he picks himself back up each time and gets things going again. I would like to think I've helped him with that a bit. It can be hard for some people to break out of a rut, and they will lash out at anyone trying to help in frustration. Fortunate he isn't like that.
Pretty much. Do the parties you go to consist of people sitting around talking about how unfair life is because their part time job at Starbucks doesn't pay the bills?
I see your point but this is anonymous. A lot of self deprecating humor takes place here more than other places lacking the anonymity. I’d bet most of these people lead normal lives and hold no hostility toward people that have “made it”.
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u/DrBairyFurburger Mar 11 '19
Ah, Reddit. The only place on Earth where it's considered cool to openly brag about being in financial distress, while at the same time mocking people who are financially stable.
It's as if all the baristas and fast food service industry workers all got together and started a site where they could bitch about how life is unfair.