• Godort@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    I stubbed my toe against the table and am now filled with great purpose

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    2 months ago

    Corruption = networking with benefits
    Theft = Self-gifting
    Murder = reducing the competition

  • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    My obstacle is CEOs enriching themselves at the expense of the workers. What would you say the opportunity is?

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    I saw this pop up on my “all” feed and I was very annoyed until I saw what community it was posted in.

    LinkedIn is getting too close to reality lol.

  • Christian@lemmy.ml
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    It’s hard to deny that posting is a strength for Gaurav. Masterclass posts like this are essentially an opportunity to feel happy about the state of the world today. I might even say reading this gave me purpose.

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      It is, because it discourages you from making things better for yourself.

      You’re being told that being miserable is actually good, and that if you’re not satisfied with it then it’s your own moral failing.

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          Lol I’m not sure which of the perspectives that’d fall under, but I’m not sure that’s a great long term strategy either in the current job market.

          Reality and ideality (is that a word?) are unfortunately pretty divergent

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              I think you missed my point.
              Also idk how serious you’re being.

              It’s about expectation management. If you’re taught to expect that you can turn struggle into strength and obstacles into opportunity, then when you’re unable to then you’ll feel like something is wrong with you, and when society expects it of others then it becomes a moral failing.
              But the times where it’s feasible to transform those negatives into positives are rare and fleeting, so we’re setting ourselves and others up for failure with messages like this.
              And equally important, this effectively absolves responsibility from those with the power to help.

              So I don’t believe it’s healthy to take that “positive” perspective, because I don’t really believe it’s positive, any more than the belief you can fly is.

  • rustydrd@sh.itjust.works
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    Tell me you only know five words that start with “S” without telling me that you only know five words that start with “S”.