On: Startup work-life balance

[fr84]

That's certainly possible. But how do you know? It could also be your own projecting of the same thing.

[rhizome → fr84]

The post's entire argument is phrased in terms of a value judgement. There is no way to react to it without presenting an alternative value system.

[bduerst → fr84]

>your own projecting the same thing

I'm projecting projecting high school sucking?

Au contraire - That would require me to doubt everyone making claims that high school was awesome, which I am not doing.

[fr84 → bduerst]

Exactly. Notice you are doing exactly what you accused 'ogama' of doing. ogama made a point that is pretty valid IMHO, namely that the OP had a sad high school experience and is trying to convince herself that not having fun was fun. You assumed ogama must be projecting, in other words that ogama's high school experience was bad. That could be true. But just as likely, it wasn't. Maybe yours wasn't so good?

For reference, my own high school experience was mixed to be sure. Parts were amazing, other parts sucked. I don't know anyone whose high school experience was 100% awesome. But I do know a lot whose experience sucked 100%. And those people often broadcast statements to the contrary.

[bduerst → fr84]

Which is wrong. I'm not doubting that anyone's high school was awesome, just that Ogama is projecting his experience as motive to starting a thread.

He never made a claim that he had an awesome high school experience, and I'm not doubting that claim.