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FreeMyMen t1_ir3pgha wrote

Reply to comment by need_more_legroom in [Image]Patience and motivation. by Ok_Chocolate_3480

How much did your parents make and were they good parents to you growing up?

Edit: inbox replies are turned off for this entire thread so I won't see any replies, no offense. (:

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Slant1985 t1_ir3wo2s wrote

Yeah we all know the point you’re trying to make, but instead of making a point you’re making an excuse. Why try to down play this man’s, or anyone’s, awesome accomplishment?

Just because “the numbers” say you’re likely to not succeed because of your socioeconomic upbringing doesn’t mean that you can’t. That’s some copium bullshit to excuse giving up before you even start.

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Slant1985 t1_ir47okd wrote

Whatever you say boss.

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Slant1985 t1_ir4a2l2 wrote

There we go. Thanks for coming clean with your agenda. Hopefully that homeless man gets the help he needs and is able to get his life into a healthier place. Rather than read your comment and say “fuck it, it’s not even worth trying cause I’ll probably fail.”

And statistically he probably will fail. Maybe a few times. But he also might catch a break and turn things around. He sure as hell won’t catch a break if he follows your advice and just makes excuses to not try.

I’ll keep pushing people to try and succeed. You go ahead and keep telling people they’re fucked from the start so just quit. I know which one sounds more clownish to me.

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1stbaam t1_ir4eeu6 wrote

His point not to give people unrealistic expectations of what they can aspire to be. Being a pilot is not a viable or affordable career route for most people.

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Slant1985 t1_ir536yq wrote

No but being a baggage handler is, and then working your way forward towards other goals you set for yourself certainly is.

His point of OP becoming a pilot because he had a loving parent and a certain socioeconomic upbringing is dismissive of the time, effort, and sacrifice OP himself made for his accomplishment.

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jmconrad t1_ir5ybwn wrote

Also just to add - he said he was raised by a single parent making 50k in NYC. u/FreeMyMen then extrapolated (not certain why) that he was referencing what that parent’s earnings were 15 years ago (???), did some arithmetic, and then labeled this guy privileged and not deserving of praise.

bunch of bullshit and shameful activity by someone who spends every waking second on Reddit and is looking to rationalize why hes a loser while the people who go outside are capable of success.

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Slant1985 t1_ir6wx4j wrote

Dude has a major chip on his shoulder, that’s for sure. Hopefully, he’ll realize that plenty of us without a privileged upbringing still went on to make something of ourselves. Also success and happiness looks different for everyone. Just because it was becoming a pilot for one guy doesn’t mean that’s the metric to hold everyone to.

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cragion t1_irk778a wrote

Ya bro, unless you're born in a gutter by a Crack fiend who leaves you and are then raised by raccoons, you're success means absolutely nothing

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jmconrad t1_ir5tdzr wrote

Join the military - they’ll pay for your pilot training and pay you while you do it! Alternatively, take out a loan or save money..

This attitude that you can’t succeed if you’re not born into privilege is dead wrong and prohibitive to people who are actually willing to take adversity head-on.

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1stbaam t1_ir5vj8z wrote

>This attitude that you can’t succeed if you’re not born into privilege is dead wrong and prohibitive to people who are actually willing to take adversity head-on.

I agree but dying for oil isn't a good example.

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jmconrad t1_ir5vx1a wrote

Ha! Fair point… Coast Guard has pilots!

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jmconrad t1_ir4afg0 wrote

We get it dude, you’re a loser and it’s not your fault. It’s the worlds fault. Thanks for chiming in.

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gljivicad t1_ir4g1rv wrote

It seems to me that you're the shallow husk here

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need_more_legroom t1_ir3po3m wrote

Single parent household around 50K I believe. Parent was supportive.

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need_more_legroom t1_ir3qln0 wrote

Sure? Thanks for that comment. I don’t see what 1990’s prices have to do with that.

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need_more_legroom t1_ir3r6u6 wrote

Ah I see. I was born in 96. Lower middle class from NYC.

The 50k was in reference to 2010 numbers.

But thanks.

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88cowboy t1_ir4h8jd wrote

50k is middle class in New York? What his parents making in 2010 is a lot more relevant than what they were making in 1996. Especially since you tend to earn more money as you get older not less.

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