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ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Posts like this are so weird to me. Clearly this is a common thing that a lot of people are going through, but in real life most people I know have succeeded through integrity (similar to kindness) and hard work. Not just kids from middle-class families, but immigrants, first-generation college students, etc. There must be some sort of filter creating a social bubble around me, like how I have met very few Trump voters (and don’t know any of them well) despite the fact that there are actually quite a lot of them.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
local bubbles are a thing. just because things are that way for you, doesn’t mean that they are that way for everybody. i’ve met a few unfortunate people in my life, who were just screwed over by the world around them.
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I didn’t mean to imply anything to the contrary of what you’re saying. I’m just reminded of the Simpsons episode where Smithers says
People are hidden from each other in plain sight.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Yeah, good point. I’m often surprised how different the life circumstances and personal views and opinions of two people can be, who sit very close to one another on a bus or public transport. It’s often incredible how much cultural diversity and diversity in life experiences there exists in a society.