03-04-2018, 06:17 AM
You obviously grew up in the era when fast food and other minimum wage jobs were stepping stones to better paying skilled work. So did I.
I did too. It paid for in-state college tuition. Is that possible anymore?
People who "got theirs" generally attribute their success to hard work, dedication, and good decision making. But as you pointed out Chas, sometimes no matter how diligent you are, if your job goes away there's not much you can do about it. When a blue collar factory in America closes, the workers can't just follow their jobs to Asia or Mexico. Sometimes (not in every case), and more often than people tend to believe, our success or failure is largely dependent on luck.
Watch football as a prime example. At numerous points in the game the ball will unpredictably bounce directly toward a player from one team, or the other team. That bounce or a series of bounces can determine the outcome of the game. And yet, in the end, all of the announcers will attribute the glorious victory of the winners to their skill and superior performance. And we fans gobble it up.
Recycle Puna. Humans, although probably not you personally, have already left 400,000 pounds of trash on the moon. - YouTube's Half As Interesting
I did too. It paid for in-state college tuition. Is that possible anymore?
People who "got theirs" generally attribute their success to hard work, dedication, and good decision making. But as you pointed out Chas, sometimes no matter how diligent you are, if your job goes away there's not much you can do about it. When a blue collar factory in America closes, the workers can't just follow their jobs to Asia or Mexico. Sometimes (not in every case), and more often than people tend to believe, our success or failure is largely dependent on luck.
Watch football as a prime example. At numerous points in the game the ball will unpredictably bounce directly toward a player from one team, or the other team. That bounce or a series of bounces can determine the outcome of the game. And yet, in the end, all of the announcers will attribute the glorious victory of the winners to their skill and superior performance. And we fans gobble it up.
Recycle Puna. Humans, although probably not you personally, have already left 400,000 pounds of trash on the moon. - YouTube's Half As Interesting
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