I don’t compare myself to others along that axis, so I don’t know. Also, it’s very easy for a person to see themself as being superior to others when it comes to positive qualities such as that one.

As for why I’m like this, I imagine it’s a combination of doing well in the genetic lottery combined with having reached a point of general comfort in my life that means I don’t suffer from the same desperation-induced inward focus that others do.

If only there were a convenient link you could follow that gave you an opportunity to read about the film and, in particular, see where it was produced and who produced it…

🤔

I chose the word intentionally, because it works in at least two senses: I am full of thought generally and I do things that exhibit evidence of having thought about others.

“Thoughtful”.

I assumed we were operating on your schedule.

You have made that abundantly clear so far. And in so little space!

I’ll just leave this here.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0410055

The Grammar Police fails to capitalize the pronoun “I”? 🤔

Well, approximately.

Kathryn Hahn winking.jpg

I’m sorry that you find yourself in an environment where you struggle to freely be yourself. I can strongly relate to this. I feel like I have to be constantly on guard and protect myself from people and it’s a shitty way to live.

Standing up for yourself often feels uncomfortable in the moment, but you are very likely to regret not doing it. Whichever of the various tricks in the comments you feel comfortable trying or have hope will help, go for it.

Yes.

Yes, but “GIF” is not etymologically Germanic. 😉

The people already with the money have orders of magnitude more freedom on average to decide and pursue opportunities.

Free market inventions do not guarantee persistent and open access.

Espresso in the morning. Cappuccino after meal. It’s been at least ten years.

Not enough exclamation marks. I can’t take it seriously.

Dark side of the How to Pick Up a Duck videos, I guess.

But I also feel like a loser, because even those ranting doctors earn more than twice what I do… and they get to sit for longer than I do.

Regretting my life choices.

What kind of “I also feel like a loser” is this feeling?

Maybe the sane choice here would be to study or to get a certification that means a higher salary?

What in particular would that get you? I mean beyond the obvious “More money would make my life easier” thought.

Peace.

I think MIT Open Courseware would be worth exploring.

I’ve never done this and would never do it, for all the reasons people have already described.

I would, however, choose a 6-hour train over a 2-hour flight, as long as I traveled in (European) first/business class with a seat reservation.

There is almost no amount of money that could convince me to travel 36 hours by bus if I could instead spend 5-6 hours going through airports and only one flight. If I literally didn’t have the money to fly, I would spend all my energy figuring out how not to go at all.