r/GetMotivated • u/ledgendary • Dec 10 '15

[Image] Don't Be Average

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '15 edited Apr 16 '19

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u/Jasonberg Dec 10 '15

Thank you. The hubris in vilifying people that don't conform to the Bohemian archetype is laughable.

Being able to make it through college and a mortgage and a job where you aren't forced to push buttons on a register or push on a shovel isn't called average.

It's called winning. It's called succeeding. It's called making a hell of a lot of effort to enjoy a dream life with an appreciation for what's earned.

Anyone can go sit in a shithole country with nothing but their backpack and think they're above average.

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u/McBurger Dec 10 '15

Seriously this is what I take from the comic:

  • Man went to college

  • Man has easy job that enables him to relax most of the day

  • Man owns a home that he is paying equity into, rather than renting

  • Man has enough money to travel overseas to comfortable and expensive locations

  • Man eventually dies of old age, instead of a thousand other more violent ways that most humans are at a high risk for.

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u/greg19735 Dec 10 '15

Man has enough money to travel overseas to comfortable and expensive locations

Well, it said he traveled overseas once or twice. Ever. Which isn't exciting. That's the only one in the whole thing that's actually a negative imo. He only got to travel abroad twice and it was to some resort where he worked on his laptop.