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Originally posted by ShadellacZumbrum
reply to post by TheToastmanCometh
A good piece of advice for you. My mother told me this and it has always been true.
Do what you love and the money will follow.
It is what you make it.
If you think you are beaten you are. If you think you can win you will.
Originally posted by tridentblue
Originally posted by ShadellacZumbrum
reply to post by TheToastmanCometh
A good piece of advice for you. My mother told me this and it has always been true.
Do what you love and the money will follow.
It is what you make it.
If you think you are beaten you are. If you think you can win you will.
That's just not true. The simple math is that a large percentage of this country HAS to work at Wal-Mart for it to exist. A large percentage of people have to work at places like McDonalds for their to be one on every corner. A large percentage has to wipe butts at the old people home, or else they'll lie in their poo. So in a world where everyone does what they love, very, very few people would be working at these places. That means there would be no big macs, and people lying in their poo. Cops would do the safety warnings they love, but opt out of the putting themselves in harms way, as that's not what they love. The world runs because people are forced, at the threat of starvation and homelessness, to do what they hate.
Originally posted by tridentblue
reply to post by TheToastmanCometh
I realized all of this way, way too late in life. My best advice is embrace hard realities now, look cynically at the world, look in terms of addressing necessities. If you want to be in entertainment, odds are you lean liberal. Okay, think of all the cool, artistic people like you basically starving and dis-empowerment, because so many want a piece of an industry that hires so few. Now think of the Koch brothers, who became billionaire toilet paper barons, now they are effecting policy globally. Why? Because toilet paper is necessity. Toilet paper is no one's dream. Its all about what people need.
Originally posted by AkumaStreak
Originally posted by tridentblue
Originally posted by ShadellacZumbrum
reply to post by TheToastmanCometh
A good piece of advice for you. My mother told me this and it has always been true.
Do what you love and the money will follow.
It is what you make it.
If you think you are beaten you are. If you think you can win you will.
That's just not true. The simple math is that a large percentage of this country HAS to work at Wal-Mart for it to exist. A large percentage of people have to work at places like McDonalds for their to be one on every corner. A large percentage has to wipe butts at the old people home, or else they'll lie in their poo. So in a world where everyone does what they love, very, very few people would be working at these places. That means there would be no big macs, and people lying in their poo. Cops would do the safety warnings they love, but opt out of the putting themselves in harms way, as that's not what they love. The world runs because people are forced, at the threat of starvation and homelessness, to do what they hate.
Maybe we don't need Wal-Mart. Maybe it does more harm than good?
Maybe some people take pride in improving the lives of those who need help (see: nurses, caregivers).
You're rather bitter in this line of thought. What dreams of yours had to die in this practical world we've made for ourselves?edit on 8/8/2013 by AkumaStreak because: (no reason given)