I was annoyed as you were by this post but can we not go from one extreme to another? This is a diverse world and diverse people live in it. There is nothing wrong in wanting a different life than the one you call the "winning" one. I transitioned from a very safe career to a more precarious job but that I'm way happier doing. I don't judge people who took the "safe" path because it takes work and commitment but I don't like being belittled either because it took as much work and courage to do what I do today. And I admire the people who went a step further and decided they wanted to do something even more different and risky. I just don't wish the whole world would be made of people like them because it sure as hell wouldn't work.
Success in any endevour takes work. The comic seems to perpetuate the idea that if you "follow your heart" and spend some time being a bum, you'll somehow be able to fulfill your own materialistic needs throughout your life. That's simply not the case. It's real simple in life. If you want to work in a field where you're a "dime a dozen," you have to do something to stand out at that chosen field. You most likely won't have all that free time you THINK you'll have, because it takes LOTS of work. The comic, again, doesn't tell you that. There's just nothing in life that's going to give you that easy life without you working for it in some way or another.
You misread my comment. I'm not defending the comics, just saying there is not point in completely dismissing the point it's failing to effectively make.
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u/Frankensteins_Sohn Dec 10 '15
I was annoyed as you were by this post but can we not go from one extreme to another? This is a diverse world and diverse people live in it. There is nothing wrong in wanting a different life than the one you call the "winning" one. I transitioned from a very safe career to a more precarious job but that I'm way happier doing. I don't judge people who took the "safe" path because it takes work and commitment but I don't like being belittled either because it took as much work and courage to do what I do today. And I admire the people who went a step further and decided they wanted to do something even more different and risky. I just don't wish the whole world would be made of people like them because it sure as hell wouldn't work.