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AlwaysLosingAtLife t1_j8ijd9y wrote

Except for a lot of americans: you can be the hardest working magnifying glass, magnify the sun's rays for 12-16 hours a day for years, and still fail to start that fire. In the end, everyone will say you're just lazy and don't work hard because the ends define the means.

Hard work isn't worth it anymore.

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JRYeh t1_j8l0hm0 wrote

Then some dude just walk in with a gold plated lighter and lights the fire right away

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DaveInDigital t1_j8l31wf wrote

and half the people around will clap and cheer, telling everybody that he made that fire all by himself, the self-made genius of our time, and anybody saying otherwise is just poor, jealous, and lazy

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JRYeh t1_j8l4zlh wrote

But I’d also like to add a person who may start his own fire by own skill, perhaps a bit of talent and a bit of better tool

But his success still ignored because he’s not “underdog” enough

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