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0 pointsChiMan1y ago0 comments

In other words, the parents protect the kid from real life. No thanks.

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Or allow the kid to take risks and do more with their lives than they would otherwise, and become self-sufficient in an interesting and unexpected way.

What would you want for your own kids? 45 years of grudging corporate toil, then death?

What’s the point of become a wealthy and prosperous society if we’re so goddamn uncreative about how we live in it?

testval1231y ago

That is privileged take. The things we take for granted in a 'prosperous' society- food on grocery store shelves, doctors available in the ER, plumbers to fix your plumbing, etc. etc. all require people to work 'standard' hours and follow 'standard' paths. The path of the 'creative' tech worker taking two years off is incredibly privileged, and I would argue infantilizing.

navane1y ago

The things we require in society doesn't need people to work 40h a week until they're 70 years old. The reason most people can't take two years off is not because society can't go without the fruits of their labor.

nmilo1y ago

No shit. The whole point of being a parent is to give your kids as much privilege as you can. Why are you talking like it's a bad thing? My parents moved here to bring me a better life than them and I'm working to give my kids a better life than me. Are you planning on hoarding all your money and making your kids stock shelves to keep them away from "privilege"?

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titanomachy1y ago

If our society falls apart, it won’t be because I took a break from deploying kubernetes clusters for three months so I could get better at skiing and volunteer on the suicide hotline.

And yeah, this is a very privileged take. Is there some other way you’d prefer that I use my privilege?

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titanomachy1y ago

Or allow the kid to take risks and do more with their lives than they would otherwise, and become self-sufficient in an interesting and unexpected way.

What would you want for your own kids? 45 years of grudging corporate toil, then death?

What’s the point of become a wealthy and prosperous society if we’re so goddamn uncreative about how we live in it?

testval1231y ago

navane1y ago

nmilo1y ago

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titanomachy1y ago

If our society falls apart, it won’t be because I took a break from deploying kubernetes clusters for three months so I could get better at skiing and volunteer on the suicide hotline.

And yeah, this is a very privileged take. Is there some other way you’d prefer that I use my privilege?

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