It leaves no doubt as his comment is most concentrated irony, isn't it? ;-)
PS: Look out for "2 years later update: Jesus, people, I know this scammer was from Nigeria because I SENT THE PACKAGE TO NIGERIA. Quit accusing me of being racist and hating all Nigerians and teaching my kids to stereotype."
You are right, the poster seems to be (temporary) not aware of people who are really suffering. Traffic is the certainly not the #1 cause of unhappiness in the world, maybe I would vote for greed? Or hatred?
Yeah. I'm still not sure how i should respond to such problems.
My first reaction is to judge them as irrelevant and that a wise person would valuate such things as misguided.
On the other hand, every man (and woman) in fact is living in his or her own world (or worlds). And it should be fair to make your world as nice as possible.
Not sure if one can expect mankind to extend its horizons to the whole world or universe as it really is. The older I get, the more I think of us just being animals at all. This "look beyond your own nose" thing is maybe not so realistic/real for our species, as nice it sounds in theory.
Yeah, I'm with you. I don't know anything about this lawsuit but I have the strong feeling that many of her accusations are true.
Also when I read things like "[...] Christina Lee, a Kleiner Perkins spokesperson, stated the Firm regrets that the situation is being litigated publicly and had hoped the two parties could have reached resolution [...]" I feel a bit bad. What is she implying? Paying her a big sum to keep her mouth shut? ...
The fact that law depends on which position on this planet you stay is ridiculous.
I vote that every single law is trashed and new laws are written completely from scratch. Based on universial human rights. Without discriminating anyone without a valid reason (e.g. the person is not aware of risks causing by this or that action)
I believe you are right and it's all about "dedication, persistence, and hard work", as you very well sum it up.
Maybe I'm looking a bit whiny overall, but as you see from my other two comments on this news, I did not found a reason for walking the long, difficult road.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that, as you say, i can do it (especially as I fortunately have good starting conditions, always having enough money for food etc) but why? How do all these people (you may be included as far as I see), get their, "power" focused?
Why are you for example painting and not for example dedicating your life to the poor? There are so many things to dedicate your life to. I could be a judoka, painter, musician, father, researcher at university, owner of my own little "internet business"... But not everything parallel. I tried that a bit (Okay, I just started. I didn't went so far to actually be a father... But none of the other things either, as you may have expected). Alone the many different "peer groups" would be kind of giving me that feeling that I cannot "take a break" and thus am not free. Or so.
Alas, I guess this is not a counseling board, and I will shut up for now. Maybe some day I will have figured out what is really important to me. Hopefully before I'm old, gray and sitting in a wheelchair.
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." - Albert Einstein
Y'all right, only I just don't have the energy. I say. But maybe I have. You know, it sounds great to be a good painter (or musician or stuff) but then you (at least me) ends with "how is this worth the energy spend, isn't everything irrelevant in the end? why would i care? it is not relevant."
Sometimes i conclude that the only goal of being a good xyz is to be admired by others. If it wouldn't be for others then it would be for me. But, say, when i was the last man on earth, would i say "yeah, 40 years of painting every day.. i'm good now, that was worth it"... Would I?
Working on my skills just to get better would lead me to the (maybe right) feeling that I am better than others, making me looking down on others. I really don't want end up looking down to others (and envy those who are better than me). Can someone understand me?
I read the forum that the artist was really frustrated often. I know that. Is everything really worth the hassle? :/