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NoddyHolder said:
mrstickball said:

...Why is a 20 year old trying to correct a 30-something about work ethic?

Has the world got that bad? Really?

And FYI, Noddy, most of the poor people I know (and I know a lot of them) are that way because they are indeed lazy or stupid. No one wants to be poor - you are right about that - but not every one wants to take the steps needed to get out of it. I have friends that are in poverty, and could easily get out of it, but demand to spend $20-$30 on take-out dinners 2, 3 and even 4 times a week. I know others that drink and smoke, then complain about not having money. I could go on and on about the poor people I know, but in 80-90% of situations, they are self-inflicted.


yes, because clearly being younger always means my opinion is wrong...*facepalm*

maybe its just you being overly judgemental, its not just that you wont see them ALL the time, so cant judge like that, but you can also add to that, that many of the things you say they do, OUR CAPITALIST SOCIETY tells them to do...


Its not that you’re young, its that you lack experience ...

Like many people, I started out my post-secondary education at what would be considered a community college if I was in the United States and after two years I transferred to the University. I worked the entire time I was in school and went to school full time. The only reason Universities have spots for people to transfer in after a year or two is because of how many students, who are smart enough and have the capacity to pay for it, fail out of school; and the main reason these students fail is that they’re not mature enough and focus on the elements of school life beyond academics.

The older you get the more you will see people who have the ability and means to take advantage of a great opportunity that fail to take advantage of it because they’re too focused on other elements of life. In many ways there is a certain amount of fairness in the trade that is made because many successful people wish they spent more time when they were young "Chasing girls" or "Having fun" while may unsuccessful people wished they buckled down more; suggesting that the person who got the reward of having fun when they're young should share in the rewards of those that were disciplined seems remarkably unfair.