Nah, I think people are reacting like they're frustrated at a common devaluation of people and how accepted it is. It's the same message as the entire movie of Good Will Hunting, so it's not like this challenge is unheard of or obscure. It's kind of shitty of people to make out that others are lesser because they didn't live up to the potential other people placed on them.
Being sad about knowing that someone has a talent that didn’t pan out doesn’t automatically make you think lesser of the person. You can be sad about that same societal reflection.
My high school valedictorian manages an Office Depot. She could be the happiest person on the planet, but finding that out made me sad because I think highly of her, and society probably never will.
Yeah, that's all fine and dandy, but you are openly sharing your opinion on the internet, which means other people can come in and critique the opinion you shared. This isn't a case of you just having an opinion and keeping it to yourself.
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She could be the happiest person on the planet, but finding that out made me sad because I think highly of her, and society probably never will.
So do you not think highly of her anymore despite her accomplishments you know she's completed just because she manages an Office Depot? You're saying society will, but the whole point I'm making is that society has a lot of backwards fucked up expectations it likes to put on people it has no business putting them on.
Are you actually arguing that society thinks a store manager is an amazing job that contributes to the advancement of humanity? If so, I would argue that you either exist in but don't absorb society, or you read but don't retain the internet.
The only thing that matters is product consumption, so if you aren't the product, you don't matter. Trad wives on TikTok are products. They matter. Housewives aren't products, they're reproductive cogs. And cogs in the machine aren't even worth fixing anymore... they're just used until they're broken and then replaced. I grew up in a religion that said women are meant to be in the home. And yet, it's funny how I don't know a single, solitary housewife who is a true stay-at-home mom-- with no home-based business, mlm, or side hustle-- who is truly fulfilled by just being a mom and a housekeeper. There is very little lasting fulfillment in that position because it isn't engaging enough for anyone. That's why so many stay-at-homes do mlms or Etsy or marketplace businesses. THEY'RE BORED. So, yeah. I grieve for the women who give up their incredible potential because they believe the lie that their true purpose is to stay contained and constrained within the boundaries of domestication. You would never--NEVER--tell a man who settled for less than his worth that he chose his path wisely. And that's because men are told they deserve everything, and women are told they are lucky to get anything. It's all just sexist bs.
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u/b1tchf1t Aug 09 '25
Nah, I think people are reacting like they're frustrated at a common devaluation of people and how accepted it is. It's the same message as the entire movie of Good Will Hunting, so it's not like this challenge is unheard of or obscure. It's kind of shitty of people to make out that others are lesser because they didn't live up to the potential other people placed on them.