Comment on What the hell is this shit? Instead of pushing for the return to traditional pensions, capitalism is celebrating the idea that Millennials & Gen Z may simply never be able to stop working.

• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Eh, no one says “how sad” when a person’s Identity is creating art. I’m an engineer so I create practical things, but that doesn’t mean I have less passion for what I do.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Having passion for something and using it as the basis of your identity are two very different things. If a painter says that painting is their identity, yes, I would say that was sad too.

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    • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What would you say is a good basis for one’s identity?

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Why should any one thing be your whole identity?

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