I wouldn't really say I'm in either camp as both imply you're powerless to do anything and are purely relying on other things to happen to succeed/fail. From what I've seen if you put enough effort in, you can get most of what you want from life.
I think it's worrisome that this comment hasn't been upvoted through the roof, what with all of the practicing Christians here. Are you and me the only ones that worked hard and are grateful most for our familys and brief moment here in earth living friends and hearing good news?
Possibly. It's also the internet which oftentimes isn't a reflection of how society actually goes, with the quote "you don't go to the internet to find solutions, you go to find excuses" ringing far too true nowadays.
One of the better examples of this was a meme I saw from a while back comparing 1950s to now, where men in the 1950s could buy a house and feed their entire families wheras now men can't afford to do much of anything, got hundreds of upvotes with top comments being the usual "fuck china" nonsense, ignoring the giant elephant in the room of what their money is being spent on. When you use $2,000 a month a year on video games, another $3,000 on pop/coffee, and only work 15-20hrs a week unlike the 50+ they'd do, it's no surprise why you can't replicate their results.
I wouldn't really say I'm in either camp as both imply you're powerless to do anything and are purely relying on other things to happen to succeed/fail. From what I've seen if you put enough effort in, you can get most of what you want from life.
I think it's worrisome that this comment hasn't been upvoted through the roof, what with all of the practicing Christians here. Are you and me the only ones that worked hard and are grateful most for our familys and brief moment here in earth living friends and hearing good news?
Possibly. It's also the internet which oftentimes isn't a reflection of how society actually goes, with the quote "you don't go to the internet to find solutions, you go to find excuses" ringing far too true nowadays.
One of the better examples of this was a meme I saw from a while back comparing 1950s to now, where men in the 1950s could buy a house and feed their entire families wheras now men can't afford to do much of anything, got hundreds of upvotes with top comments being the usual "fuck china" nonsense, ignoring the giant elephant in the room of what their money is being spent on. When you use $2,000 a month a year on video games, another $3,000 on pop/coffee, and only work 15-20hrs a week unlike the 50+ they'd do, it's no surprise why you can't replicate their results.