tafox

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by tafox 2y ago
As someone who has also lived in some of those places. This is always my reaction when I hear that quote. It's like, no, some places really are just filled with assholes. Maybe in America it's still true, but there I also feel lik
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by tafox 2y ago
I also live in Europe (Germany & Austria) and what you're saying is 100% true. I like Europe, but I really miss the positive everything is worth a shot attitude in America. Everything here is no, no, no, why would you do that? It&#
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by tafox 2y ago
Maybe if we weren't treated like de facto slaves for the rich life would be worth living.
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by tafox 5y ago
Exactly. Just like the financial crisis. All those big CEOs getting caught on the hook.
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by tafox 5y ago
This sounds a bit like it could be the prodromal phase in psychosis. I would take this seriously.
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by tafox 5y ago
Surviorship bias. Your parent is one of the few successful ones, whose niche paid off. You don't hear about the vast majority of researchers & scientists, all smiliarly talented and motivated, where at least in their lifetime, thei
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by tafox 5y ago
Are you openly bragging about making more money while working half as much as the people you are supposed to be responsible for? I would be embarrassed to write that.
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by tafox 5y ago
I don't see life slowing down, maybe after some natural or man-made disaster wipes out half the population and most modern infrastructure, but until then, I only see things getting faster. HFT is the perfect example of the benefits of
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by tafox 6y ago
Sounds like me. Moved to Austria, feel incredibly poor... but still making 1.5x the average local salary in my mid 20s. Weird experience.
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by tafox 6y ago
I mean, immigration is never a long-term solution. Immigrants will soon be facing the same issues (high housing, high education costs, lower wages). I reckon in about 20-30 years the arbitrage opportunity to immigrate to Western countries w
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by tafox 6y ago
Thanks for this comment. Needed to read something like this today :)
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by tafox 6y ago
I think anyone under 30 today who studies or has studied feels immense competition and pressure. I started undergrad in 2011 and already getting in then you needed very good grades. Reading about the acceptance rates into my program and the
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by tafox 6y ago
Yes it is. That 3K is the average young person's only asset and it is just getting eaten by inflation anyway. These people struggle to pay rent each month let alone think about "investments".
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by tafox 6y ago
Nazi Germany declared war on the US first.
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by tafox 6y ago
I pretty much did this. Don't forget, there are tons of other amazing German authors, just to name a few: Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Schiller, Goethe... I think German literature is to this day still probably the best in the world.
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by tafox 6y ago
"They are finally forced to pay attention to the person inside their minds ... and that can be frightening I suppose." Or they start comparing their own internal values to those they see in the world and are truly disgusted by wha
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by tafox 6y ago
I agree, but luckily everyone is born with the ability to define what success means to them.
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by tafox 6y ago
There are good people with high energy too, it isn't something reserved for just the jerks.
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by tafox 6y ago
We'd have to do a study to know for sure, but as a North American having lived in Western Europe for several years now, I think you are massively overestimating the importance of the US in Europe or the world. Most people here know nex
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by tafox 6y ago
I had a boss that would try to bully employees into buying expensive cars they couldn't afford, just so they had too much debt and he could exploit them... because they could no longer afford to quit. One might be disappointed how effe