[ SECRET POST #2028 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2028 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

THIS! People who whine about bootstraps seem to think that everybody who's, IDK, supporting themselves has had an easy time, that they couldn't possibly have any problems or disabilities or difficulties. When really, I think most people have had to push themselves along and pull themselves up.

[akashasheiress]

Of course. But pushing yourself up isn't always a possibility for everyone all the time.

[insanenoodlyguy]

Advice that works for the vast majority of people is still good advice. The fact that it's coming hard and blunt in this thread didn't stop it from being good. The possibility that maybe, just maybe this person is one of the few who really can't doesn't change that. They can or they can't. Not saying anything because of a maybe doesn't seem any better, and can in fact end worse.

A bootstrap puller has done something admirable. Saying "you can do it too if I could!" isn't smug, it's FUCKING ENCOURAGEMENT.

"awww, if you can't do it that's okay! Stop being mean people!" sounds fucking patronizing more then anything.

[akashasheiress]

Nobody said or even implied ''awww, if you can't do it that's okay!'' And ''you can do it too if I could!'' IS dismissive, sometimes.

[insanenoodlyguy]

Getting the job I had now (and the job before that, and the job before that, the job before that, all interspaced with a lot of turned down applications) wasn't an easy task. I'll admit, I felt kinda blah a few times in those spaces of unemployment, and I don't think I'm alone. I'm grateful I had people around me to kick me in the ass and keep me from getting sucked into a self-destructive attitude.