What do you think of a young person that would say something like this?

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I'm still stuck on Peru. It's a place with the tallest mountains and the most diverse landscapes and the most gentle people. I'm still struggling to make sense of it all. I fear, I never will
How does the hardest conditions shape the kindest of people?
I'm not sure.
My reflection is how does a America with the easiest conditions shape the most mal-discontents? It's not just my friends, my family and my enemies. It's me too.
Americans are strangely so discontent that we are malcontent - so dissatisfied that we blame others- partially the innocent Starbucks' cashier, that they are the root of our problems.
A $5 coffee.
That is the arrogance of many Americans.
How can we change that?
#1 empathy.
Don't worry about next steps. I'm still working one #1. Empathy. Really listening is part of empathy.
Pro tip. Instead of asking, "why don't you people do _____or that"
Try
"Can you tell me about ___this or that?"
Show interest. Show caring. And I think, we get better at empathy.
I am Not sure. So please let me know if empathy is important or over emphasized?
 
Could write a book about this.


Grew up poor but not in poverty. I wake up grateful for everything that I have been given and earned. Work hard every day.

I look at my mom's parents that survived WW2 and the Nazi's. They left Europe with nothing but clothes to start a new life. For them, just waking up and being alive was the greatest thing. I have never had such a life were someone had a gun to my head and you did not know if you make it to end of the day. The horrors of WW2 was not something they liked to share.
 
OldDevilDawg said:
I'm still stuck on Peru. It's a place with the tallest mountains and the most diverse landscapes and the most gentle people. I'm still struggling to make sense of it all. I fear, I never will
How does the hardest conditions shape the kindest of people?
I'm not sure.
My reflection is how does a America with the easiest conditions shape the most mal-discontents? It's not just my friends, my family and my enemies. It's me too.
Americans are strangely so discontent that we are malcontent - so dissatisfied that we blame others- partially the innocent Starbucks' cashier, that they are the root of our problems.
A $5 coffee.
That is the arrogance of many Americans.
How can we change that?
#1 empathy.
Don't worry about next steps. I'm still working one #1. Empathy. Really listening is part of empathy.
Pro tip. Instead of asking, "why don't you people do _____or that"
Try
"Can you tell me about ___this or that?"
Show interest. Show caring. And I think, we get better at empathy.
I am Not sure. So please let me know if empathy is important or over emphasized?
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buncha ramblin here -

can i get the cliff notes ?
 
TechRaiderRider said:
buncha ramblin here -

can i get the cliff notes ?
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OldDevilDawg said:
I'm still stuck on Peru. It's a place with the tallest mountains and the most diverse landscapes and the most gentle people. I'm still struggling to make sense of it all. I fear, I never will
How does the hardest conditions shape the kindest of people?
I'm not sure.
My reflection is how does a America with the easiest conditions shape the most mal-discontents? It's not just my friends, my family and my enemies. It's me too.
Americans are strangely so discontent that we are malcontent - so dissatisfied that we blame others- partially the innocent Starbucks' cashier, that they are the root of our problems.
A $5 coffee.
That is the arrogance of many Americans.
How can we change that?
#1 empathy.
Don't worry about next steps. I'm still working one #1. Empathy. Really listening is part of empathy.
Pro tip. Instead of asking, "why don't you people do _____or that"
Try
"Can you tell me about ___this or that?"
Show interest. Show caring. And I think, we get better at empathy.
I am Not sure. So please let me know if empathy is important or over emphasized?
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OldDevilDawg said:
I'm still stuck on Peru. It's a place with the tallest mountains and the most diverse landscapes and the most gentle people. I'm still struggling to make sense of it all. I fear, I never will
How does the hardest conditions shape the kindest of people?
I'm not sure.
My reflection is how does a America with the easiest conditions shape the most mal-discontents? It's not just my friends, my family and my enemies. It's me too.
Americans are strangely so discontent that we are malcontent - so dissatisfied that we blame others- partially the innocent Starbucks' cashier, that they are the root of our problems.
A $5 coffee.
That is the arrogance of many Americans.
How can we change that?
#1 empathy.
Don't worry about next steps. I'm still working one #1. Empathy. Really listening is part of empathy.
Pro tip. Instead of asking, "why don't you people do _____or that"
Try
"Can you tell me about ___this or that?"
Show interest. Show caring. And I think, we get better at empathy.
I am Not sure. So please let me know if empathy is important or over emphasized?
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Hire his ass on the cheap?
 
OldDevilDawg said:
I'm still stuck on Peru. It's a place with the tallest mountains and the most diverse landscapes and the most gentle people. I'm still struggling to make sense of it all. I fear, I never will
How does the hardest conditions shape the kindest of people?
I'm not sure.
My reflection is how does a America with the easiest conditions shape the most mal-discontents? It's not just my friends, my family and my enemies. It's me too.
Americans are strangely so discontent that we are malcontent - so dissatisfied that we blame others- partially the innocent Starbucks' cashier, that they are the root of our problems.
A $5 coffee.
That is the arrogance of many Americans.
How can we change that?
#1 empathy.
Don't worry about next steps. I'm still working one #1. Empathy. Really listening is part of empathy.
Pro tip. Instead of asking, "why don't you people do _____or that"
Try
"Can you tell me about ___this or that?"
Show interest. Show caring. And I think, we get better at empathy.
I am Not sure. So please let me know if empathy is important or over emphasized?
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//America with the easiest conditions shape the most mal-discontents\\
Actually raccoon boy posted something like this a while back on THAT OTHER BOARD. And in response to my c&p from the post, I heard somebody talking about the people that couldn't stand it/make it here. And he said where you gonna go? If you can't make it here you have to be an absolute loser.
 
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